Although the P/A-38 attack aircraft group of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing beat the Tiger tanks of the 3rd Company of the German 50 Triple Tank Battalion to the ground. But this attack of the British was a shameful failure. The attack of three whole armored regiments, supported by 2,000 heavy bombers, was actually discarded by the Germans. Malone looked over from the air, and just in his field of vision, there were dozens of flaming British tanks. Sometimes, these tanks explode all at once. It was the ammunition inside the tank that exploded in flames.

The Germans also lost ten Tiger tanks, though Malone was not sure if they had been completely destroyed. Because, many times, most of the tanks that were destroyed on the battlefield, except for the kind of ammunition that were completely destroyed, only need to be dragged back and repaired, and they can go to the battlefield again. For example, according to the figures in the German war report, they destroyed more T-34 tanks than they produced, but the Soviets still had more and more T-34s in their hands. One of the reasons for this is because now after every war, the Soviets control the battlefield, and they can completely tow the "destroyed" T-34 back for repairs, and then the Soviets have another T-34 tank.

Of course, in addition to this reason, there is also a reason that the war reports of various countries will desperately pour water into them for propaganda reasons. Especially those countries that are at a strategic disadvantage need to use such war reports to boost morale. For example, the Eighth Route Army ambushed the Rì Army at Pingxingguan, and the Eighth Route Army reported to Yan'an, saying that it had eliminated more than 1,000 people in the Rì Army, and Yan'an reported this number to Chang Kaishen. Another example is Rì himself, who was beaten by the US Navy and Air Force in the Philippines, but sent back a sensational battle report that sank more than ten aircraft carriers and battleships of the US fleet. As a result, not only did the people of Rì and the people jump all over the streets to celebrate, but even Roosevelt was taken aback. Of course, the war report will not only exaggerate the results of the battle, but also reduce its own losses. For example, after the war, Rì himself compiled a book called "North China Public Security Warfare" based on the war report, in which he admitted that there were often squad-sized devils who were ambushed by the Eighth Route and annihilated, and on the other hand, the total annual losses they counted were only one or two squads. So sometimes the numbers on the battle report are really just a reference number, and it's also super unreliable.

In order to make it as difficult as possible for the Germans to repair the tanks, Malone called his fleet to repeatedly replenish the guns of the Tiger tanks that had been "destroyed". It wasn't until the 37mm shells on the plane were exhausted, and the Tiger tanks were covered with various bullet holes, that Shi Shiran walked away.

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This defeat slowed down the offensive of the British, but on the other hand it also gave the Germans an illusion. Before this battle, Field Marshal Krueger and Field Marshal Rommel had always told Hitler that the current situation of the German army was very dangerous, and that the American army was in danger of being surrounded after capturing Cherbourg and moving westward. So not only could the Germans not attack, but on the contrary, the Germans had to retreat and level the battle line in order to avoid falling into encirclement.

Such an offer, of course, would not have satisfied Hitler. But it is unlikely that even a man as mad as Hitler would immediately remove his successor from the post of Commander-in-Chief when he had just replaced him, although he had sent this guy to take over the position of Commander-in-Chief in the hope that he would launch an immediate counteroffensive.

But now Hitler had ample reason to refute the suggestions of the two marshals. Since such a small unit, after being bombed indiscriminately by more than 2,000 bombers, it was still able to defeat the strong with the weak and beat the British ** team, which had obvious numerical superiority, to the ground. So considering that the current comparison of total forces is much more favorable than the battle just now, why can't the German ** team hold the existing position, or even launch a counterattack to drive the enemy back from the European continent?

"No, I will not allow retreat! Never allowed! Wherever we Germans go, we have to be driven there like nails, not a single step, and no one can make us retreat! Kruger, and Rommel, they all fell! Frightened by the enemy! Balance of power, balance of power? Have they all forgotten when the balance of power has been in our favor when we have just begun to challenge those seemingly formidable enemies? When we entered the Rhine, how many times more powerful were the French than we were? But we won! When we began our holy revenge to punish those vile Poles, the whole of Europe was against us, including England, the world's first naval power, and France, the world's first army power, but, by the belief of victory, by the great god of the German nation, we were victorious again! No, we never triumph because we have more power, more steel. The foundation of our victory has always been the great and fearless German god Jīng! In the dark forest of the world, with it, no matter what kind of opponent we face, we can be invincible! But now, apparently, some of our generals are degenerate, decadent, and they no longer see the great German god jīng, they only see the balance of forces! They are not even as good as a company commander now! Hitler was first overjoyed, then angry.

Under pressure from Hitler, the plan to retreat and straighten the front was rejected, and even Kruger and Rommel had to draw up another counterattack plan and agreed to carry it out as soon as possible.

"Attack? This is simply sending you to death! Knowing this, I would rather be beaten in the previous battle with us! As for the prospects for this operation, Marshal Rommel said.

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The defeat of Goodwood also affected the Allies. It even led to a slight dispute with the British Army. When the British summed up the reasons for the failure of "Goodwood", they added this clause to it: the open space is out of touch. According to them, at the most critical moment, the attack aircraft of the US Army Aviation, which was supposed to provide direct fire support, did not know where to go. It was even said that if it had not been for the Americans' claim that they would have been able to provide longer cover, the task of direct air fire assistance would have been handed over to the British Royal Air Force, and perhaps there would not have been a situation where our British tanks were in danger and our planes could not be seen.

This irresponsible statement naturally aroused Boeington's anger.

"MMD, these Brits still have the face to talk about us! And dare to say that the protection we provide is not good enough? Without our protection, they would be able to have a two-hour picnic at their leisure? If those pigs ...... No, no, no, I shouldn't insult pigs, pigs are much more useful than they are! Pigs won't be blocked by a railroad for two hours! If they hadn't been there for two hours, how could our plane have had to turn back because of the lack of fuel? ”

However, to Boeington's surprise, Ron expressed some agreement with the British's statement that the air-ground coordination was disjointed.

"There is a real problem of coordination between the two sides, and the problem is mainly poor communication," Ron said. I have an idea that we should perhaps set up a joint air-ground command. Responsible for the integrated coordination of air-ground forces. ”

Ron understood that the British were just trying to save face. In fact, no one, including the British themselves, will take this accusation seriously. It's just that the British have always regarded themselves as the number one in the world, and now, well, even the British themselves know that the world boss can't take his turn, not even the world boss, and even the second position can't be his turn. In the midst of such a loss, it is actually normal for something like this to happen. Americans can understand, for example, General Eisenhower never argued with the British over these face-saving issues. Even Barton, who was famously outspoken, would not say anything to the British that would destroy unity. After all, in this war, Britain lost the world, and the United States won the world.

Although his leg injury is not yet healed, Ron still needs to attend a lot of combat meetings. Now, for example, Ron has been notified that there is a meeting that he needs to attend. At this time, he was about to go to the train station to see Nadya off. Nadya had traveled all the way to visit him, and now that she was going back, Ron had wanted to see her off at the train station. But now it seems that this promise will not be fulfilled.

Leaving the send-off to Scott, Ron flew to London with another staff officer, Lieutenant Pirlo, on a Lysander MKIIISD liaison plane to discuss the next round of military operations.

The speed of the "Lysander" MKIIISD is not fast, but it is still very fast compared to the train. Ron took a nap on the plane, and the plane was in London. Then a small car took him to General Eisenhower's headquarters.

At this operational meeting, the next phase of the offensive was discussed. After the British offensive was blocked, the Americans, who had moved eastward, prepared to launch a large-scale attack on their own side in order to tear open the German lines and finally encircle the Germans. This operation was named Operation Cobra.

According to the plan, the American forces, including Patton's Third Army, would be thrown into battle, and they would break through the German defenses from the direction of Le Mans and eventually encircle the German forces in the area around Falaise.

At the end of the meeting, Eisenhower suddenly asked Ron, "Ron, do you have anything else to add to the plan?" ”

"Ah, General, I'm thinking about something. There are so many assault lines in our plan, and there are many times when air and ground forces are used in a staggered manner, and even heavy bombers and ground forces are directly coordinated. It's easy to blow up by mistake. We need to strengthen the air-to-ground connection and try to avoid this as much as possible, and I have some ideas for that......"

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