The nights in June are not long, and the dawn comes exceptionally early. Update fastest 78xs// This short night was not peaceful, only in the first half of the night, there were four exchanges of fire between German sappers and American squads. There were more than 20 casualties on the American side, and the situation of the Germans was unknown, but after these four exchanges of fire, the Germans' night-laying operations were completely stopped. From this point of view, the losses of the Germans are estimated to be also not small.

As the storm faded away, the weather began to improve. For example, today is not as foggy as yesterday, so the time of the attack has been greatly advanced. By half past five in the morning, the sun was already shining brightly on the ground, and around six o'clock, the American bombers began their routine bombing. Compared with yesterday, the number of bombers dispatched has been reduced to 300, a decrease of 200 planes from yesterday, and the number of bombs dropped has dropped by two-thirds compared to yesterday.

However, this does not mean that the intensity of the strikes has decreased, and the decrease in the number of bombs is not only due to the decrease in the number of bombers, but also because the Army Aviation has changed the ratio of bombs and increased the number of heavy aerial bombs that are considered to be more effective in destroying reinforced concrete in accordance with what the ground forces learned during yesterday's attack. These bombs are much heavier than the average 250-pound or 500-pound bomb, so of course the carrying capacity of each aircraft will be much less.

And the area that needs to be attacked now is greatly reduced compared to yesterday. The area of fortification, which is still under German control, is only a third of what it was yesterday. Therefore, the intensity of the army's attack not only did not decrease, but even increased significantly.

After the bombing of the bombers, as usual, it was naval shelling, and the hour-long preparation time for artillery fire was the same as yesterday. However, because of the reduction of the shelling area, the density of the shelling has also increased significantly compared to yesterday.

By half past eight in the morning, the attack of the ground forces began again. Today's German resistance has weakened even more than yesterday. The ground forces found that the number of APK-43s that fired at them today was noticeably reduced. And along the way, they constantly found anti-tank gun pillboxes destroyed by heavy aerial bombs or the main guns of battleships. It seems that the fire preparation, which has been further strengthened just now, has played a big role.

In addition, the soldiers of the 7th Army also found that there were many machine gun bunkers and anti-tank gun bunkers equipped with PAK-40 anti-tank guns, and there were no defensive units. This also seems to indicate that the German army is close to exhausting its human resources.

This suspicion was quickly confirmed. By 11 a.m., a unit of the 7th Army had broken through the German defenses, successfully penetrated the city of Cherbourg, and cut the German fortifications in two. Just when the U.S. military was about to completely destroy the German army in one go, the Germans sent an envoy with a white flag.

The German army, which was still shouting yesterday to fight to the last man, has surrendered. This was a bit unexpected by the Americans, but when they saw the German ** team who helped each other out and surrendered, they felt that this was really a normal thing. According to previous information, the defenders of Cherbourg were only more than 4,000 people, and now there are only more than 1,000 German troops who can get out of the fortifications and surrender. Of the more than 1,000 people, nearly half were wounded. According to the surrendered Germans, there were still almost a thousand seriously wounded people in the hospital who were unable to move.

"It's normal to surrender like this." General Collins said to Ron, "I thought that the Germans, after alliing themselves with Rì himself, had become mad with Rì himself." ”

"Well, if it were Rì himself, they would have shouted 'Hurray' last night and rushed to our position to die." Ron also remembered Rìzi on Kuah Island.

"If that's the case, that's great." General Collins laughed, "Then we can enter Cherbourg early this morning." ”

"Actually, it's not too late, we still captured Cherbourg before the expected time, didn't we? At least better than the British. They are still in a stalemate with the Germans near Caen. Ron said. Because of the things he learned about the British selling teammates in Burma in his previous life, Ron's impression of the British is not very good.

"But if it weren't for the British, who were holding back the Germans at Caen, we might not have had such a smooth ride. Although these arrogant Brits are sometimes annoying, it has to be said that in Caen, they play a key role. They have several German aces in front of them, and with the current decline in shipping capacity, it is not so easy for them to capture Caen. Oh, I heard that the other day they were ambushed by the 1st SS Division in Pokaki, and in five minutes they lost 25 tanks and 28 other vehicles. I reckon that the time for the British to capture Caen will be pushed back. ”

"These Germans are so tough! I'm waiting for the airport in Caen, and I'm waiting for the flowers! Ron said.

"Waiting for the flowers? It's really an artistic metaphor. But that's not like we who are fighting wars...... Well, I heard that your girlfriend is an artist, shouldn't it be when you were late for a date, and people told you? Collins laughed.

"Nothing! I've always been an artist. People say I'm a fighter Karajan. ”

After laughing for a while, Ron added, "Actually, it's a good thing that the British have been dragging along with the Germans in Caen. Now that we have settled Cherbourg and the entire Seventh Army is empty, perhaps, we can move eastward, attack from the flank, and fight a large-scale battle of annihilation. Think about it, take out the Flag Guard, the Empire, and whatever, and the collapse of the Germans on the Western Front will be inevitable. We can march forward and take Berlin before the Russians! ”

General Collins thought for a moment and said, "That's a good idea. However, there are also a lot of materials needed, and there is a lot of pressure on logistics. Whether we succeed or not depends on how many supplies we can transport ashore...... According to previous investigations, Cherbourg was badly damaged, and it is unknown how long it will take to restore sufficient capacity. ”

"Why don't we go to the city together?" Ron said.

"General Ron, do you know about port engineering?" Collins asked.

"I don't understand." Ron replied.

"I don't understand either, not at all." "So, we can't see anything when we look at it...... But if you hit it, you have to go and see it. Once the situation is under control, let's go and see with the port experts. ”

……

Although the Germans surrendered at 11 a.m., there were still some Germans who were either separated and did not receive the order to surrender or were brainwashed by the Nazis, and those who did not want to surrender still insisted on fighting.

At this time, even General Collins' subordinates missed those "cute" rì devils.

"It's better to be rì himself! If they don't surrender, they will rush out and die. And once they surrender, they will be extraordinarily honest. How can they be like these Germans, who do not surrender, and do not come out to long live the charge. Just hide like a rat in a room on the side of the street and shoot a black gun! "A sergeant with a scar on his face held his 1 semi-automatic rifle in his hand, hid in a street corner, turned his head and said to another soldier.

Opposite them is a four-storey building facing the street. In the street, there was also an American soldier lying there, moaning loudly, his legs were broken by bullets, but he was not dead yet. Obviously, the Germans used him as a decoy, and anyone who dared to come to his rescue would be the target of the Germans.

The soldier who followed the sergeant was loading grenades into his 1 semi-automatic rifle. Without raising his head, he replied, "Have you observed the position of the Germans clearly?" ”

"Just now in the third window on the second floor. As for ...... now," said the sergeant, sticking a branch with a mirror tied to it a little out of the corner. On the other side, another soldier also carried a steel helmet with a tree branch, deliberately protruding half from the corner of the wall.

With a "bell", the steel helmet flew straight out, spun in the air, and was hit by two bullets, flying more than ten meters away.

"Fourth on the second floor!" The sergeant shouted. At the same time, the soldier with a grenade on his gun leapt out of the corner and fired a grenade at his target. Then he jumped out of the way and rolled down the street, straight to the corner on the other side.

"Bang Bang Bang", a string of bullets fell behind him, and the dust was raised.

At this time, the grenade from the soldier also accurately hit the fourth window on the second floor. The sergeant looked through the mirror and saw that there had been an explosion in that window, and a machine gun had been blown out of the window, rolled several times in the air, and fell to the ground.

The machine gun was knocked out, and several American soldiers immediately showed half of their bodies from the corner of the street, and used the 1 semi-automatic rifle and Browning automatic rifle in their hands to frantically shuffle towards the building. A soldier rushed forward, grabbed the wounded man's clothes, and quickly dragged him backwards into the corner.

"Medic! Medic! The sergeant shouted.

In fact, without him calling, the medical guards had already pounced. He opened the medicine box and bandaged the wounded soldier.

……

After a day of fighting, the remaining remnants of the army who refused to surrender were wiped out, with the exception of Trabi. Trabi was an Waffen-SS sniper. On the Eastern Front, he killed no less than 40 Russians. Later, however, he was shot in the chest by a Soviet sniper, and if it weren't for the fact that his heart was not in the same position as a normal person, he would have been doomed. So he was able to leave the Eastern Front and go to France to recuperate, and then he fought the Yankees again.

In the battle just now, several of his comrades-in-arms were killed one after another. He managed to escape and hid in another building.

From a curtained house on the sixth floor of the building, Trabi pulled the curtain open and peered through the Zeiss military binoculars. He saw a group of U.S. military vehicles stop next to a collapsed gantry crane about 800 meters away, and several officers and a group of people who looked like technicians walked down.

Trabi took a deep breath and then fumbled his Mauser 98K sniper rifle.

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