The bombing by the Americans did not happen, although the 1st Infantry Regiment arrived at the second line of defense only two hours after dawn.

On the one hand, the reason is that the US military has little interest in infantry, even infantry transported in cars.

In fact, it cannot be said that there is no interest, but the cost performance of bombing for infantry is very low...... The infantry would see the bombers flying towards them from afar, and then get out of the vehicles and scatter to find a place to hide.

Therefore, for such targets, a lot of ammunition is often spent with little success, except for a few worthless cars.

Armored units are a different matter, and bulky tanks and armored vehicles will wave to pilots in the sky like targets.

On the other hand, there was something wrong within the Allies.

The advance of the American troops on the battlefield was very unpleasant to the British army, and to be more precise, to make de Gaulle feel threatened...... Because the American army was about to pick the fruits of victory and march into Paris, and whoever liberated Paris first was almost a symbol for the French troops, a symbol of seizing dominance.

Therefore, de Gaulle did something in this regard, or it can be said to be a strategy.

First, he had the 2nd Combat French Panzer Division, led by Leclerc, drive to a position ten kilometers south of Clercy.

The 2nd Panzer Division was not driven here to wipe out the remnants of the German army, let alone fight the Germans...... The retreat of the Germans was planned, so it was completely withdrawn.

Fighting: When the French 2nd Panzer Division arrived, it scattered and blocked the road as if it was a tank malfunction or stuck in a crater.

This section of the highway was the only way for the US Third Army led by Patton to transport supplies, and this made the logistics and transportation of the Third Army basically at a standstill.

This made Barton furious, and he called Eisenhower with a phone call and scolded angrily: "Ike, I know they did it on purpose, it must be on purpose!" Any idea what they're doing? They put the whole 3rd Army in danger for their own benefit, we are about to kick the enemy in the ass, they routed one of our regiments last night, and now we have to stop because we have no fuel and ammunition! It's ridiculous, we are not defeated by the enemy, but we are going to be defeated by our own people, these ridiculous British and French, what is even more ironic is that they are driving American tanks...... American tanks, they blocked the way of the American army with American tanks! ”

This is true, because of the poor performance of British tanks, the fighting French 2nd Panzer Division was mostly armed with tanks reinforced by the United States.

Although Eisenhower knew that it was very likely that this was indeed deliberate by the British or the French, as Patton had suggested, he certainly could not answer that, as commander-in-chief of the Allied forces.

"No, Joe!" "You know, the roads have always been in poor condition, and it was just a coincidence that the French Panzer Division would be there, and you shouldn't think so," Eisenhower said. I'll let them change that! ”

But in reality, it was difficult for Eisenhower to change this situation, because the French had a good excuse.

"General!" "We can't just drive our tanks to the side of the road and let the cars pass first, because there is a constant stream of cars, so we can never go to the front line and fight the enemy," Leclerc said. We have tanks and armored vehicles, generals, and well-trained and incomparably brave fighters, and we should put them to good use and put them into battle with the enemy as soon as possible! ”

So Eisenhower had no choice but to acquiesce, and the convoy could only advance behind the French Panzer Division or through the cracks, so that Patton had no ability to pursue the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 275th Infantry Division.

In fact, this is lucky, if the German army knew this, and organized several armored units to counterattack Patton's 3rd Army at this juncture, then Patton was afraid that he would capsize here.

But that's not enough.

Because it is still possible for the US military to point directly at Paris and occupy Paris...... The Germans had withdrawn from Paris in batches, leaving only a few security forces and sappers to put the finishing touches on.

Hitler's order was to plunge the whole of Paris into a sea of fire, and if he could not get Paris, then no one could get it.

However, the German officers on this mission later disobeyed this order and did not order the blasting and setting on fire.

Of course, that's an afterthought.

The British had this information, and they knew very well that if the American army attacked Paris, they would be able to occupy Paris without much effort, even if supplies were limited, and become the greatest liberator of France.

In fact, that's exactly what General Patton intended.

He even joked to Eisenhower on the phone: "Do we want to do what the Germans did before...... Drive the hateful British and French to the sea? ”

General Patton was referring to the Anglo-French retreat from Dunkirk, and the American army turned back after occupying Paris, and it was indeed possible to drive the British and French forces to Dunkirk again as the Germans had done before.

"And this time!" Patton laughed and said, "I wouldn't make that mistake like the Germans!" ”

Barton had always been open-mouthed, and his jokes were inappropriate.

This made Eisenhower frown.

"Watch your words, Joe!" Eisenhower reminded: "If it gets out, you're afraid you'll make the headlines again because of this sentence!" ”

"Oh, then let them come!" Barton replied rather nonchalantly.

In fact, Patton still cares in his heart, because he is a belligerent man, he likes to stay on the battlefield and like to command his troops to charge.

So, even if he knew that Bradley had plagiarized his offensive plan, he didn't care, as long as he had a fight.

But just as Patton was directing his troops to Paris, the British Intelligence Service sent a message to General Bradley: "We have received information from the partisans that the Germans have at least two more panzer divisions in Paris!" ”

General Bradley was convinced of this.

He has always believed in the "stop when in doubt" combat style, and immediately contacted Patton.

"We should stop moving forward!" Bradley, in his capacity as the commander of Army Group, ordered: "We have received information that Paris has at least two Panzer Divisions, and we are short of fuel and shells, we should be more fully prepared and wait for the French 2nd Panzer Division to catch up before launching an attack on Paris!" ”

"No, General!" "It's a lie," Barton protested, "and my intuition tells me that the enemy will not be stationed in Paris!" ”

"Your intuition?" General Bradley said: "Do you think I will trust intuition or intelligence?" I'm not going to put our troops in danger because of your instincts! I command you, stop advancing! ”

Barton was so angry that he slammed the phone on the phone holder, but he couldn't do anything.