At 5 o'clock sharp, the landing force began to approach the beach, and by this time the shelling fleet had already pulled up its position and began to shell the beach for several days. Ron's command ship stayed between the American battleship cruiser formation and the destroyers responsible for fire support. Ron stood on the bridge with the roar of the ship's guns in his ears. He held up his binoculars and looked at a beach in the distance - Omaha Beach, which had been featured in many movies from his original time and space.

Omaha Beach is 6.4 kilometers long, and the coast is mostly 30 meters high and unclimbable, with only a limited number of places with barely climbable steep slopes. The Germans built a large number of pillboxes there, with machine-gun bunkers and artillery bunkers dotted around. In the original history, the U.S. military paid a terrible price to capture this stretch of beach, and the U.S. Army lost at least 2,500 casualties on this 6.4-kilometer-long stretch of beach alone. In other words, on average, a corpse falls every 2.5 meters or so on this beach. Now, of course, with the help of fuel-air bombs, the number of casualties can be expected to be significantly reduced.

Still, looking at the sea ahead, Ron furrowed his eyebrows - the wind was too strong here. Looking through the telescope, the waves near the Omaha beachhead were noticeably higher than the position of his command ship. There are only two possibilities for this to happen: either the wind is stronger near the beachhead than here, or there are a large number of reefs in the sea near the beachhead. Either way, it is not a good thing for the landing force.

The Allied weather forecast, which said that the wind force would not exceed level 3 throughout the straits and on the beachhead, was undoubtedly correct. However, in some parts, the wind becomes stronger due to the influence of the topography. Judging from the waves off the coast of Omaha alone, if there are not too many reefs under the surface, the wind here may be more than level four.

And that's not the most troublesome, the most troublesome are the slopes that can be climbed in several places. There is a natural tuyere, and Ron estimates that the wind there is more than level 5. This can be seen from the speed at which the smoke from the guns that hit the ship there is blown away by the wind. Such strong winds will seriously affect the effectiveness of fuel air bombs.

Ron turned and walked into the war room. "Where are all our planes?"

"Five minutes to be in place!" A staff officer replied.

"Immediately transfer two P/A-38s from Sword Beach and four P/A-38s from Utah Beach to Ohama Beachhead." Ron ordered.

In the pre-landing plan, 48 P/A-38 attack aircraft with fuel air bombs were distributed in this way. Omaha Beach, Utah Beach and Juno Beach each have 10 attack aircraft, and the remaining two beaches, Gold Beach and Sword Beach, have each allocated 9 attack aircraft. Each beach is also equipped with two reconnaissance/electronic liaison aircraft.

Now, with Ron's orders, the number of attack aircraft in the direction of the Omaha beachhead has increased considerably.

……

Hain?? Corporal Severo was the son of a peasant family from South Germany. In the early morning of June 6, while on combat duty, he was crouching in his machine-gun bunker, sitting on the ground and napping against the wall. Suddenly awakened by a burst of artillery fire. He found himself in a machine-gun bunker that was shaking violently. He saw that not far from him, his commander, Captain Luther, was crouching underneath the shère, holding the telephone, shouting into the receiver, "Yes! Some! They definitely have more than 3000 warships! Don't believe me! Luthor held up the receiver of the telephone to the shè hole, as if to get the people in the receiver to listen to the Allied cannons.

"Listen to it! Listen to the sound of the cannon! Luthor shouted, then he withdrew the receiver and shouted inside, "Hear me! Believe it! You said they wouldn't come, but here they are! Feed...... Feed? Luthor slammed the phone receiver to the ground. Damn it! The phone line is broken! …… Get ready for the battle! ”

Severo quickly got up from the ground, and at this moment, with a loud bang, the earth shook violently, and Severo slipped under his feet, and fell to the ground at a short time. Severo knew that it was a battleship's naval guns that exploded nearby. He couldn't help but congratulate himself on his good fortune. Although the reinforced concrete pillbox was so strong that it could completely ignore the 8-inch and 6-inch guns of the American and British cruisers, it was absolutely unable to withstand direct hits from the battleship's guns.

The heavy shelling continued for a long time, as if it would continue until the end.

……

While the Germans were hiding from the shelling in the pillboxes, the amphibious tanks of the landing force had already begun to be launched. Nicknamed "Donald Duck" by the soldiers, these amphibious tanks were modified from the M-4 tank with an inflatable floating tent and tail propeller thrusters. It was also fitted with a special drain and steel bracket to combat the sea water seeping into the tent, but if the wind and waves were too strong and the water entered the tent faster than the water could be pumped, the tank would be out of luck.

According to the calculations of mathematicians, the tent can ensure that the tank can safely float on the water if the wind does not exceed force 3. But now the wind is clearly above level 3. As a result, it turned out that the mathematicians were correct. As soon as 32 amphibious tanks were launched, they encountered a gust of wind and ...... Ron saw through his binoculars that one tank after another was sinking with a burst of waves. Fortunately, the DD amphibious tank considered such a danger when it was sailing, and the hatches were all open so that the members could quickly escape when the tank sank. As a result, quite a few tank crews escaped.

At this time, the landing craft also began to sprint towards the beachhead. The landing craft have no ceiling, and the soldiers who stay in the landing craft are like sardines crammed into a can, a night of sailing, nervousness, and now that it is raining again, although the battle has not officially begun, everyone feels exhausted.

Lieutenant Miller checked his firearm one last time, then took out the jug and took a sip. This kettle is not filled with water, but with authentic Sogra whiskey. Relying on this wine, Miller finally felt a little warmth.

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"General, the Navy will end the shelling in five minutes!" A staff officer reported.

"Put the attack aircraft in place!" Ron ordered, "Attack as soon as the shelling is over!" It's windy today, so let's try to be as accurate as possible with the boys! ”

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Severo suddenly noticed that the shaking of the earth had stopped. At this time, he saw Captain Luthor shouting at him. "Quick, get to your place! The enemy is coming up right away! Severo quickly picked up his MG-42 and placed it in front of the shè punch. At the same time he stared at the sea ahead with his eyes wide open. The landing craft were already very close, and they were about to lower the gangplank in front of them. Severo planned to wait for the landing craft to lower the springboard, and immediately finish the 250-round chain according to the Yankees inside.

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"Dive Attack!" Immediately after the last round of Qi shè, the navy fired three red sè signal flares into the sky. Looking at the flares, Arthur knew it was time to attack. Now that his fleet was at an altitude of about 4,000 meters to the west of the enemy's defensive position, he looked at the ground, estimated the landing time of the last round of shells, and then gave the order to raise it like this.

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Severo stared at a landing craft that was getting closer and closer to the shore from the shè hole, and he felt his mouth thirsty and his palms oozing sweat from his nervousness. He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, then brought his eyes to the sight. At this time, he suddenly heard what seemed to be the sound of something exploding, this sound was not loud, it sounded like the explosion of 60 mortar shells.

But then, to his horror, he noticed that a white mist with a strange smell was spreading. A lot of mist also seeped into the bunker along the shè opening. At the same time, his nose smelled a strange smell.

"Damn! They actually used chemical weapons! Severo choked his breath and dropped his machine gun again, trying to pull out a gas mask from the backpack he was sitting aside.

"Good thing I have a gas mask!" Severo thought.

"Bring ......," Luthor had barely as he uttered two words when Severo noticed a bright light flash in front of his eyes.

……

Arthur pulled up his planes, and this time the bombs dropped by 16 of their attack planes covered a large area.

"Hold on to the cāo stick and hold the plane steady!" Arthur shouted over the radio. At this time, a violent air flow blew from behind. The plane shook violently. Then it was back to normal. Arthur didn't have to ask the machine gunner sitting in the back seat, he could have come to this judgment from this air flow - the bomb had blown up well.

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"Plug in the oxygen tube!" Lieutenant Miller shouted. His oxygen tube was plugged in, and this tube was fixed to his nose with a piece of white tape, and the white tape attached to his nose made him look like a clown.

With a thud, the gangplank door in front of the landing ship was opened, and Miller took the lead in jumping into waist-deep water and began to walk towards the coast. The beach was quiet, and the Germans could not shè a single bullet.

"Quick, forward! We're going to rush up and take those bunkers before the German reserves come up! God bless America, kill the Germans! Miller shouted. At his shout, the soldiers also jumped into the sea with their M1 rifles held high and walked towards the beachhead.