Heavy bombs detached from the pylons and smashed towards their targets. Welcome to the reading // Malone didn't have time to see if the bomb hit or not, so he urgently leveled the plane. The wings of the plane almost brushed the top of the steel frame of the railway bridge. Ma Long did not pull up the plane to climb, on the contrary, he lowered the P/A-47 attack plane to an altitude of about 10 meters and broke away at high speed along the river.

Ma Long's bomb was dropped quite accurately, and the 1,600-pound bomb easily penetrated the steel bracket and deck of the railway bridge, almost clinging to the piers and crashing into the river. Then it exploded violently under more than 5 meters of water. Such a result is even better than a direct hit on the pier. If you hit the pier directly, there is still a limit to the overpressure that the final explosion can cause on the pier because of the compressible xìng of the surrounding air. A 1,600-pound bomb is far from enough to destroy a strong pier. The damage it has caused may soon be restored. However, when a bomb explodes in the water next to the pier, the damage caused is completely different. Since the water is incompressible, the overpressure conducted to the piers is much greater. Such overpressure may even cause structural damage to the piers. Such damage is almost irreparable.

However, although the piers were not made in Germany, they are still very strong. When the bombs exploded and the water splashed down, the piers were still standing firmly. However, the air raid was not over, and at that moment, another P/A-47 attack aircraft dropped another bomb.

The bomb landed a little more remotely than the bomb dropped by Malone, but not by much. After the violent explosion, the bridge pier still stood majestically.

Carlwood, the commander of the German anti-aircraft artillery unit, looked at this strong bridge pier and couldn't wait to kiss it. "It's, it's so much like we made it in Germany. No matter how you blow it up, you can't blow it up, and you can't blow it up! "But now is clearly not the time to admire the strength of the French bridge. Four more enemy aircraft are pounced on the piers and they must be stopped.

The Germans' 37mm anti-aircraft guns were turning their barrels to aim at the P/A-47 attack planes that were whizzing down, but most of them had attacked the P-47 fighters just now, and their barrels were pointing far away from the planes they were trying to intercept now, and it was completely impossible to turn them around in such a short time.

The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth bombs all fell one after the other. There was a violent explosion, blowing up a mist in the sky. The sunlight slanted on these mist, and suddenly a brilliant rainbow appeared. As the mist cleared, Carlwood's eyes widened as he saw that the pier was still standing.

"It's indestructible! The bridge looks like it was built in Germany. Otherwise, how could it be so strong! Wait......" Just then, a large block of concrete peeled off the pier and fell into the flowing water below the bridge. Then came the second and third ......, and as the concrete blocks continued to peel off, the piers seemed to be unable to carry the steel structure deck above. It began to tilt to the left, and finally, with the two sections of steel bridge deck above, poured into the river together, making a large splash. After being bombarded by six successive bombs of 1,600 pounds, the pier finally became unbearable.

"Damn! It's not German, it's ...... Moreover, they didn't know that the spare piers should be wrapped in oiled paper and buried next to them! Carlwood shook his head, he knew that the bridge was completely finished, and that a pier could not be built in one night or in more than ten days. With the current Allied air superiority, even given a few more months, it is impossible for the Germans to fix it.

"I'll leave it to the Americans to worry about fixing it." Carlwood thought.

Malone's plane didn't get too much shè as it retreated. Their assault was so rapid that the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery failed to react, and when they retreated, they flew very low, making it difficult for the Germans to target them. As a result, they all succeeded in growing up. No blow was taken.

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"It's been a busy day." Malone sat in the cockpit and complained to the command over the radio. "Ron, Sir Ron, you made us strike 4 times in one day! You're abusing your employees! ”

"Come on, Marlon! You're showing off your achievements! Don't you blow up a few more bridges while the Germans are not familiar with our tactics today, and you wait for tomorrow when they make adjustments? Come back soon, you still have a goal today! If you can't fly, I can also send the courier instead of you! A voice came over the radio.

"Daddy, is that you? Are you tired of flying a fighter jet? Want to practice? Otherwise, I'll reluctantly agree to let you serve as my wingman for the time being! After successfully killing 4 targets, Malone was very proud.

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During the day, the attack planes of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing were in all directions, and the P/A-47 attack aircraft showed even more, destroying a railway bridge and four road bridges in just one day, and all of them were quite completely destroyed. In this way, the armored forces of the Germans wanted to be brought up, but it was not so easy.

However, at the German command, Field Marshal Rommel was not particularly anxious about this. At least, when his adjutant informed him of the information, he did not notice any eagerness on the part of the marshal. Of course, Marshal Rommel has experienced a hundred battles, and the general defeat will not move him, but as an adjutant who has followed him for a long time, he can still judge Marshal Rommel's mood. Judging by the marshal's performance, he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Marshal, aren't you worried that the armored division will not be in place in time and that the attack will be difficult?"

"The weather forecast is for sunny days these days. Armored forces raid enemy positions, we already tried last time. Although our strength has strengthened this time, after so much time, the enemy's defenses must have also strengthened, even faster than us. Also, if we were to attack this time, we would have to march a longer distance. Losses on the march will also be greater. So, even if this attack is difficult to launch because of delays, it is not necessarily a bad thing. In any case, the materials for the construction of the defense line were available in France, and there was no need to transport them from Germany. Rommel replied. Due to the absolute superiority of the Allied air forces, the Germans could not even send a reconnaissance plane to the beachhead. So Rommel didn't know what had become of chaos on the beachhead because of the storm.

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The Normandy beachhead, the Mulberry B artificial harbor, was in good condition, suffered little damage, and after a night and most of the day's repairs, it was partially usable by the afternoon. And the situation of the Mulberry A artificial port on the side of the US military is really not optimistic. The floating dock was so badly damaged that it was estimated that it would not be repaired in a week. And that's not even the worst loss. The most fatal damage was the cement caissons used to build the breakwater under the sea, most of which were damaged. And it is very difficult to build them, these have a minimum displacement of 1,772 tons, and a maximum displacement of 6,044 tons, which is not something that can be built again in a short time. So, even if the Americans repaired the floating dock of Mulberry A, due to the existence of a huge gap in the breakwater, as long as the wind and waves at sea were slightly stronger, the Mulberry A pier would be unusable. Therefore, in a short time, this artificial port cannot be counted on. If the Americans want to get enough supplies, they have hope in the port of Cherbourg.

Just 19rì, a day ahead of Ron's original history, American soldiers were under the city of Cherbourg. and captured a German airfield just a few dozen kilometers from Cherbourg. It was also the first permanent airfield that the U.S. military acquired on the European continent. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when the American soldiers approached the city of Cherbourg, and because it was already close to twilight, the American troops did not attack immediately, but only persuaded the German troops in the port of Cherbourg to surrender through radio. Of course, this persuasion was rejected by the Germans.

On 20rì, 500 heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force launched a fierce air attack on German positions in Cherbourg, after which the US Seventh Army began a ground offensive. The Germans, on the other hand, relied on fortifications to hold on.

In order to guard against the fuel and air bombs of the US army, after understanding the principle of this bomb, the Germans sent a large number of oxygen cylinders to Cherbourg almost immediately, and improved the airtightness of some key fortifications in Cherbourg. Therefore, although the bombers of the Eighth Air Force used fuel-air bombs, they did not inflict a decisive blow on the Germans as they did during the beach landing. So the next day, the American troops were met with firm resistance from the Germans.

On June 21, after Ron's 21st Attack Wing had completed its attack on the key bridge, Ron also received a new order - the 21st Attack Wing was transferred to Cherbourg Airport to assist the 7th Army in the rapid capture of Cherbourg.

Transitions can be a hassle, not to mention an enlarged wing like the 21st Attack Wing, which has a fighter squadron, two attack aircraft squadrons, and a light bomber squadron.

On the evening of 21 rì, the personnel of the mission support group of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing first flew to Cherbourg Airport on a C-47 transport plane and began preparations for the transfer. Early the next morning, the squadron of B-25 bombers, which had been in England, was first transferred to Cherbourg Airport, and after noon, a squadron of P/A-38 attack aircraft was also transferred to Cherbourg Airport. Ron also landed at the airport with a P-81 fighter jet.

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