This feeling of powerlessness on the battlefield is terrifying...... It's like knowing the date of your death and not being able to do anything about it.

Some of the "Sherman" tanks even gave up altogether, stopped and fired at the enemy with their tank guns.

But this is obviously useless, and the shells are invariably bounced off by the "Tiger" armor, and before they bounce off, they will flash a spark due to a violent collision with their armor.

Then, one by one, the Sherman tanks turned into a ball of fire.

Some of them were destroyed by the frontal "Tiger", and some were destroyed by other tanks approaching from the side, but whatever destroyed them, the result was the same...... Death, fire, total destruction.

Major General Jetton shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Ask for air cover, ask for air cover, we are under attack by enemy tanks!" ”

"Sorry, Major General!" The pilot's answer almost made Rear Admiral Jetton despair: "There is smoke everywhere, visibility is very poor, and the tanks and personnel are mixed, and we can't tell the difference between friend and foe!" ”

If even pilots can't tell the difference between friend and foe and make an accurate attack, let alone a warship that undulates with the waves in the sea...... The shells they fired deviated from the target for several kilometers at every turn, and could only be effective when covered by large artillery fire.

As a result, Major General Jetton could only watch as the German tanks rushed into the crowd of American troops, and the course machine guns and side-by-side machine guns were strafed everywhere, knocking rows of fleeing American soldiers to the ground.

Some U.S. soldiers were smarter and lay down as soon as the barrel of the tank turned at them, and some were more experienced in rolling, crawling, and then jumping up to get into the tank's firing corners...... The U.S. 4th Infantry Division had participated in battles with the German Afrika Korps in Africa and could be regarded as an experienced veteran unit.

But this still did not work, because there were still groups of German soldiers in the rear who followed the tanks to attack the Americans.

The U.S. forces in World War II were arguably the most firepowered, even the infantry, because they were mass-armed with M1 semi-automatic rifles, which had a rate of fire several times higher than that of pull-bolt rifles.

However, at this time, the German army was already equipped with STG44, and its rate of fire and firepower were not comparable to the M1, not to mention that the formation of the American army was still scattered by tanks.

As a result, even the tanks that dodged in front became targets for the German soldiers in the rear, and after a rain of bullets and the explosion of grenades, the American soldiers soon became corpses lying on the ground.

The fast American soldiers finally organized a defense on the "Atlantic rampart", but this defense could not withstand the footsteps of the German tanks, even if only for a while.

The German tank group "rumbled" up, regardless of the 3721 artillery fire, which blew up the defense line everywhere with smoke before covering the infantry to advance towards the defense line.

The American soldiers soon realized that they had little in their hands to resist or stop the German tanks, so they finally broke down at this moment, and one after another abandoned their defenses and fled in the direction of the sea.

This was correct, because the "Atlantic barrier" was preceded by a sandy beach, a minefield and an obstacle set by the Germans themselves...... Although American sappers carved several passages in it, in some places there were even iron plates paved with tanks.

But such a passage is still not suitable for a large number of tanks to advance.

That is, the German tanks will most likely not be able to pursue them.

However, this was also incorrect, since the fortifications of the Atlantic ramparts were only 270 to 360 meters from the sea, which was well within the range of tanks and even the rifles of German soldiers

That is, the Germans did not need to pursue them at all.

Major General Jetton knew this, so he kept ordering on the walkie-talkie: "No, we can't retreat!" This is our last line of defense, and I order you to come back......"

But this command has lost its purpose.

No one paid any attention to the order, as it had been said before...... Fear can make people lose their most basic judgment, and anyone who is still sober knows that Major General Jetton is right, and the "Atlantic Barrier" is the last line of defense of the US military, and it cannot be given up no matter what. Otherwise, they have only soft beaches and water that constantly laps against the shore.

However, American soldiers still rushed to the beach in large numbers, mixed with many soldiers of the German coastal defense division.

The most embarrassing of these should be the soldiers of the German coastal defense division...... They had just surrendered to the Americans and become prisoners of the Americans, and they would soon have to raise their hands again to the Germans.

But things are not as simple as they think.

The German tanks drove up the "Atlantic Barrier" one by one, and it took a little time to adjust the angle of the body...... "Atlantic Barrier" is generally located on high ground, and the tank must adjust the body to a downward tilt state if it wants to shoot.

Then the machine guns and artillery spat out tongues of fire on the beach mercilessly, and both the German and American soldiers were knocked down in pieces or blown into the sky in a panic.

Some tanks aimed at the landing craft that were receiving deserters, and with a "boom" they exploded the landing craft full of personnel into a ball of fire, and the landing craft immediately lost its balance and was overturned by the waves amid the screams and screams of the American soldiers.

Seeing this, the other landing craft hurriedly activated and tried to withdraw in time, but more and more tanks appeared on the shore, blocking them on the beachhead with machine guns and artillery shells, unable to move.

Worse still...... The infantry, following behind the tanks, entered a defensive position.

Because the German coastal defense division surrendered quickly and the American troops did not have time to destroy it, most of the machine guns and artillery in the pillbox fortifications were intact, and the German infantry aimed them at the American troops on the beach after they came up...... A more violent rain of bullets swept across the beach like a storm, and because of the impact of the waves, the line separating the beach from the sea was littered with the corpses of American soldiers, densely packed, like piles of wood that had been washed ashore.

"We were counterattacked by German panzer divisions and suffered heavy losses!"

"The 4th Infantry Division is asking for reinforcements!"

"The 1st Infantry Division is moving slowly, and the enemy's firepower is much stronger than expected!"

……

Eisenhower, who was in the command headquarters, soon got the news, and he turned his pale face to Halke, and after a long time said: "Your Excellency, it seems that we have guessed wrong this time...... We failed to fool the Germans, to be exact, the Germans succeeded in fooling us! ”

Halke couldn't deny this either, he gritted his teeth and replied: "General, now is not the time to talk about this, we have to find a remedy!" ”

Genius one second to remember the address of this site:. Mobile version reading URL: m.