In this capture of Omaha Beach, the Allies captured about 100 machine guns of the German artillery regiment with countless ammunition, including several MG-42 general-purpose heavy machine guns.

100 machine guns, enough to equip a full-fledged division.

In order to defend the skies over Omaha Beach, Field Marshal Rommel invested in this regiment.

The German command believed that with these 100 machine guns, the regiment could hold out on to Omaha Beach for at least two days.

They would never have imagined that after a sudden surprise attack by the Chinese Independent Company, the regiment would collapse without holding out for 20 minutes.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole had long heard of the name of the Independent Company, and in today's battle, he completely obeyed the Independent Company.

If it had not been for the surprise attack of the independent company on the German artillery regiment on Omaha Beach, his battalion might still be fighting hard with the other side at this time, and it might even be violently attacked by the Germans when it was airborne, and the whole army would have been annihilated.

When Yan Zhi said that he wanted to take away a dozen machine guns, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole pointed to the rows of machine guns that had been captured, and said that this was originally the trophies of the independent company, and Yan Zhi could take as many as he wanted. He knew that the Independence Company was going to conquer the German infantry battalion stationed in Brekul.

In this regard, Yan Zhi was unceremonious, he needed these machine guns too much, especially those MG-42 general-purpose machine guns.

The MG-42 general-purpose machine gun, developed and equipped by Germany in 1942, replaced the MG34, and its biggest feature is that it has an extremely fast rate of fire, with a minimum of 1200 rounds per minute and a maximum of 1500 rounds per minute, which is known as "Hitler's chainsaw".

The MG-42 was hailed as the best machine gun of World War II, and its firepower was so powerful that it once depressed the will of the invincible and domineering American GIs for a long time.

MG-42 was seen as a nightmare for the infantry.

When Yan Zhi left, every soldier in the Independent Company and E Company brought an extra machine gun.

As he parted, Yan Zhi asked Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole if he could borrow a sniper rifle.

Before leaving for Normandy, Yan Zhi asked Shao Daodao to bring an M1903 sniper rifle, but lost it during a parachute jump.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole very generously gave Yan Zhi two M1903 sniper rifles, which made Yan Zhi overjoyed and grateful.

Omaha Beach is located south of Brekul and is about six miles apart.

The soldiers of the Independence Company and the Men of the E Company, walking about four kilometers north along Omaha Beach, began to march through the thorns of the seashore, although the German defenders of Brekul knew that the Allies would attack their positions, but did not know when.

With about a kilometer to go, Yan Zhi asked all the soldiers to rest on the edge of a secluded beach, and he, along with Second Lieutenant Winters, Ma Ben, Fang You, and Warrant Officer Compton, walked down the thorn bush towards Rekul's cat's waist.

In the face of a German battalion several times his own strength, Yan Zhi thought that he still had to find a way to launch a surprise attack on the enemy.

If you want to win more with less, you can only launch a surprise attack on the enemy.

The shore was covered with palm trees, the salty smell of the sea breeze, a little bit of blood, and a hint of gunsmoke, and the rumbling of artillery in the distance, this was the German artillery battalion, which was firing at the Allied ships off the coast of Utah.

The German artillery battalion had to be killed as soon as possible, and the 108-mm cannon was the nightmare of the Allied troops who landed on this beach.

A few hundred meters further, there was a tall watchtower in the distance, standing in the eyes of everyone.

Yan Zhi and the others hid in the palm trees and took out their binoculars.

Sure enough, there were two German soldiers on the watchtower, also looking around with binoculars, and they looked at the beach on their side from time to time.

Yan Zhi took off the M1903 sniper rifle from his back, and from the sniper scope, he could see more clearly the every move of the two Germans on the watchtower.

The sniper scope moved down, at the bottom of the watchtower, there were two German soldiers, smoking, one of the soldiers could be killed with one shot, Yan Zhi could see the tension on the soldier's face, but the other soldier only showed one shoulder outside.

Winters also saw through the binoculars, the two German soldiers sitting at the bottom of the tower, said.

"The two German soldiers had explosives bags in front of them, and their intention was to blow up the watchtower as soon as they spotted us."

Yan Zhi zoomed in on the camera, and sure enough, in the place leaning against the watchtower, a corner of the explosives bag was exposed.

Winters chewed gum: "If you use a sniper rifle to kill the two soldiers above the watchtower, it will definitely alarm the two soldiers below, why don't we send someone over and kill the two soldiers under the watchtower first." It was very advantageous for us to keep this watchtower, and from the tower we could observe the movements of the German infantry battalion 600 meters away. ”

"Horse Ben, Fang You!" Yan Zhi said, pointing towards the watchtower.

Ma Ben and Fang You met, and the two of them drew their bayonets, bent their waists, and touched towards the watchtower.

Five minutes later, Winters saw through the binoculars that Ma Ben and Fang You appeared behind the two German soldiers, and when their bayonets were inserted into the throats of the two German soldiers, two M1903 gunshots were heard in their ears, and Winters looked up the binoculars again, and the two German soldiers on the watchtower were already lying on the lookout, and blood was gushing out of their heads like a spring.

Immediately afterwards, Winters saw that Fang You and Ma Ben appeared on the watchtower, the two of them moved very quickly, and dragged the dead bodies of the two German devils down the wall from the watchtower, and about two minutes later, Ma Ben and Fang You, who were wearing German devil uniforms, appeared in Winters's telescope and made an OK gesture towards them.

Winters and Compton glanced at each other, and at the same time admired in their hearts, the independent company's surprise attack technique was so skillful, and the tacit understanding between them was even more admirable, just a few seconds, the four enemies on and below the watchtower were quietly killed, and they also changed into German military uniforms to avoid arousing the suspicion of the German barracks department.

Yan Zhi climbed the watchtower with Second Lieutenant Winters and Warrant Officer Compton to observe the two German battalions on the opposite side through the gap in the watchtower wall.

Looking from the watchtower towards the two German battalion headquarters, you can see their defensive deployment clearly.

The Germans never dreamed that their own sentinels had been killed.

From the watchtower, the German infantry battalion and the artillery battalion were only 500 meters apart, and the two battalions were connected by a trench and trench to support each other in wartime.

From the point of view of topography, the geographical location of the two German battalions was in turn low-lying towards the sea, especially the artillery battalion, which was almost arranged in a depression, surrounded by reeds, thorn bushes, and bushes, and if it were not for the twelve 108-mm cannons that were firing at the coast of Utah in turn, it would be difficult to find these cannons even if they were standing on a watchtower.

Winters believed that these thorn bushes and bushes could serve as a natural camouflage for enemy cannons, as well as a grave for them.