When the news of the Allied landing arrived, Rommel was living for his wife at home in Germany.

"The Allies have landed?" Rommel asked, "Where?" ”

"Yes, marshal, in Normandy!" On the phone, a voice said anxiously.

"Okay, I got it." Rommel put down the phone and turned around. His wife and children were seen standing there looking at him with concern.

"Ah, Lucy. I'm sorry, there was a little bit of a situation at the front, and I had to go back. Rommel said.

Lucy looked at Rommel, she knew that if it was really just "a little situation", then Rommel would definitely not put down the phone and would go back to France immediately. She knew that something big must have happened, and maybe the Allies had already begun to land. When her husband came back yesterday to celebrate her, she was grateful but also worried about her husband. Isn't it said that there is a lot of pressure at the front? Why are you free to come back? Rommel told her that the weather would make it impossible for the Allies to land in the near future. Lucy could clearly feel that Rommel was visibly lighter than before. But now, that stressful, anxious feeling came back to him, even more so than before.

But she didn't say much, she just silently walked to the closet, took out Rommel's coat, put it on him, and handed him the military hat.

Rommel put on his military uniform and cap, gave Lucy another deep look, and then walked out. His new lieutenant followed him closely. And outside the door, a car was already waiting for him there. An operational staff officer was also standing next to the car.

Rommel got into the car and asked the staff officer, "How is the situation?" ”

"Marshal, the Yankees and the Britishmen have landed in Normandy," he said, opening his purse, taking out a stacked set of maps, placing them on his lap, and trying to unfold them. "Marshal, you see, from 6 o'clock this morning, the American ** team landed here, here, the British landed here, here, and the Canadians, they boarded from here."

"Where are they now?" Rommel asked.

"The Americans have broken through the beachhead and advanced here, and besides, these landing sites are already connected." The operational staff officer replied.

"How did they move so fast?" Rommel frowned.

"According to information from the front, the enemy used a very powerful bomb. This bomb can destroy any fortress in an instant. And smaller attack aircraft can carry it. ”

Hearing this, Rommel could only shake his head, the military superiority of the Allies is so great, and they still make this kind of open thing from time to time, and they don't let people live!

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At Sword Beach, the resistance of a certain unit of the German 21st Panzer Division had been crushed. Speaking of which, this time the British broke through the defenses of the German 21st Panzer Division, which was very dramatic. When the American bomber group appeared, the British army, which was already fighting lively, immediately began to retreat. And the retreat of the British troops frightened the Germans. The effect of the large array of fuel air bombs of the American army just now seems to have really impressed the Germans, as soon as they saw the American bombers coming, and the British began to retreat, the first reaction of the Germans was that kind of large bombs came again!

The Germans understood that if they disengaged from the British at this time, the American bomb would fall. Whether the tanks could withstand such bombs, the Germans did not know, but the infantry attached to them could absolutely not withstand them. So, at this time, the Germans were faced with two choices, one was to leave the fortifications, attack the British, and stick to the British, so that the Americans could not use that terrible bomb. It's just that the problem is not small, just now relying on the fortifications, they blocked the attack of the British, and now chase out, attack the British, considering the balance of forces between the two sides, they only have more than ten tanks here, hundreds of people, run out to attack, isn't that looking for death?

The second option is to retreat altogether. It's just that it's not so easy to get down safely. Breaking away from the fortifications, retreating all the way, being chased all the way, it's really hard to say how much you can run. However, after thinking about it, the commander decided to retreat quickly. In any case, it's better than waiting to die.

As a result, as soon as the British retreated, the Germans also ran. Then, the British did not capture the fortification, probably, well, probably for fear of being bombed by the Americans by mistake.

In short, with the retreat of a certain unit of the German 21st Panzer Division, by noon the entire beachhead was already connected. The Allies also temporarily halted their offensive and moved to consolidating their positions. This is because there are very few things that can be transported from the beachhead, and with its heavy equipment, it cannot be transported for the time being. Long Bu once said that the success or failure of the landing is determined by the 24 hours after the landing. If the Allies were not pushed into the sea while the heavy equipment had not yet been transported, the Germans would be defeated.

Now, thanks to the effectiveness of the fuel-air bombs, the Allies were able to take the beachhead in just one morning after landing, which meant that the Allies were able to push the defensive ring farther and build a stronger beachhead.

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Now that the bunker groups along the coast had been breached, the attack planes and light bombers of the 21st Attack Wing no longer had to circle around the beachhead, and they began to leave the beachhead and go farther away to use flying artillery for the paratroopers who had been behind enemy lines earlier. The frequent movement of paratroopers behind the enemy can also slow down the enemy's counterattack. However, in fact, because Long was not there, how easy was it for the Germans to launch a counterattack immediately?

At this time, in the rear of the German lines, there were British and American paratroopers everywhere.

Of the paratroopers who were dropped, the British were in the best position. The British 1st Airborne Division was accurately airdropped to the left flank of the landing area. According to the plan, they successfully took the planned goal - the Pegasus Bridge. And soon got in touch with the British troops who landed on the landing, and the victorious rendezvous.

And the situation with the two American airborne divisions is not so good. Unlike the Royal Air Force, the U.S. Army rarely flies missions at night. This led to the fact that the navigators of the American army were far inferior to the British in their ability to navigate at night. Coupled with the complex situation on the ground, coupled with the interception of enemy artillery fire, the troops were scattered everywhere. For example, the 101st Airborne Division was thrown into a very large area, which made it impossible for the soldiers to assemble until now. However, the Germans found that there seemed to be Allied paratroopers in action everywhere, and they greatly overestimated the number of paratroopers, so much so that they sent a large number of troops to deal with these guerrillant straps, which greatly interfered with their counterattack on the Normandy beachhead.

However, the dispersion of the paratroopers, combined with the lack of firepower, also made it difficult for the paratroopers to capture the planned bridges. Now, the attack planes of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing will go to provide fire assistance to these paratroopers in attack and destruction.

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Arthur was flying with his wingman towards an area on the south side of Normandy. There was an important bridge here, which, according to the battle plan, was to be captured by the 101st Airborne Division. But the number of paratroopers in this vicinity was too small, less than sixty soldiers were concentrated, while on the bridge there was almost a battalion of German troops. Without the support of heavy firepower, relying on such a small number of people, it is almost a fool's dream to capture the bridge. Fortunately, the U.S. Army has a powerful army aviation unit, and with them, this task is not impossible.

"Number 1, pay attention to your direction at 11 o'clock, it's that bridge!"

Arthur gently pressed the lever, causing the plane to make a slight sideslip, aiming the nose of the plane at the target area.

The Germans placed two 20-mm 4-company high guns on the bridgehead, which played a huge role in the tentative attack launched by the paratroopers just now. This high-speed weapon inflicted terrible casualties on American paratroopers. Some unlucky soldiers were even stopped by this thing and beaten in two. However, in the air and in the face of strongly armored attack aircraft, the deterrent power of this weapon is far inferior to that of 37-mm anti-aircraft guns.

Seeing the US planes swooping over, the two high guns began to fire from a long distance. This practice shows that the people who are now controlling these anti-aircraft guns are all recruit eggs (river crabs), and what good can it do to fire at such a long distance other than expose themselves? Arthur dodged the enemy's shè attacks with a light side slide, while firmly encasing the enemy's high shè cannon in his shè aura.

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Due to some success, Ron quickly settled down. In fact, not only was Ron idle, but even the shelling fleet was a little out of business. Ron, who had been at leisure, went to the wide foredeck with his staff officers to breathe. At this time, several tugboats were dragging what looked like an oversized cement box, and they were sailing not far from Ron's command ship.

"What's that?" Scott asked, pointing to the thing.

"Oh, that's probably the cement caisson used to build the artificial harbor." Ron replied.

Artificial harbor too. was a project in charge of British Rear Admiral Tennant. It is planned to build two artificial ports, codenamed Mulberry A and Mulberry B. According to the plan, the Allies first built 146 hollow concrete caissons, each 61 meters long, with eight different sizes depending on the depth of the sea water at the sinking site, with a minimum displacement of 1,772 tons and a maximum displacement of 6,044 tons. The caisson contains the crew's cabin and 2 high guns. There is a floating tank that can be floated, and there is a sea valve to sink it, which can be sunk to the designated position in more than ten minutes after opening. The caisson will not be able to propel itself, so it will be towed across the strait by a tugboat and sunk on the 5.5-metre isobath one nautical mile offshore, forming a breakwater about 9,000 metres long. Then the Allies can also use it to build port trestles. In this way, it will be difficult for the Americans to send heavy weapons.