But there is really no "remedy" for this.

This is where the amphibious landing is dangerous...... For example, the Allied forces landed a total of 132715 people on five beaches, and these 130,000 people were transported in batches by landing craft, rather than just withdrawing as in land operations.

Even the retreat was much more difficult than the attack, because there was no suitable port, and the landing craft would be suppressed by German artillery fire and could not get close.

"No, we have no way back!" Eisenhower said, "We can only keep going on the offensive!" ”

After thinking about it, Eisenhower gave an order to the staff officer: "Order the air force and fleet to suppress the 'Utah Beach' with all their might, and the 5th Infantry Division will take over the task of the 4th Infantry Division to attack the 'Utah Beach'!" ”

"Yes, General!" The staff officer answered, and the order was relayed.

Eisenhower's order was correct, since it was impossible to retreat and must attack, it was necessary to retake "Utah Beach".

Otherwise, the entire flank of the US landing surface will be exposed to German firepower, which is likely to cause the collapse of the entire offensive line, and then it will not be a problem of heavy losses of the US 4th Infantry Division, but a problem of all the more than 100,000 Allied troops that are landing will be encircled and annihilated.

Eisenhower also gave a special order to the 8th Air Force, which was in charge of coordinating the boarding operation: "Find and destroy all the German tanks, they will seriously hinder our landing operation!" ”

What Qin Chuan felt here was that the cannonballs were smashed towards the beach in pieces.

Suddenly, the sound of whistles and explosions resounded all around, but Qin Chuan could still tell that most of the aerial bombs that exploded along the coast were aerial bombs of aircraft.

This made it impossible for the US troops to effectively kill the tanks of the 21st Panzer Division...... On the battlefield, the smoke was thick and visibility was low, and on the other hand, the tanks hid in the dead corners of the pillboxes and covered with camouflage canvas as soon as the air defense warning was issued.

Here are good air defense tactics that the armored forces have long prepared:

Hiding in a dead corner of a bunker is an effective way to dodge shells from other directions.

The camouflage canvas is the same color as the concrete fortifications of the bunkers, and some even have some twists painted on them, and when viewed from the air, the tank looks like a small pillbox, and it is difficult to see that it is a tank.

Of course, this camouflage would not have worked much if it had been under the intensive and indiscriminate bombardment of naval artillery.

But as Qin Chuan thought, it was unlikely that the Allies would be able to directly cover the shooting with naval guns in this situation...... Because this will directly injure a large number of surviving soldiers of the US 4th Division on the beach.

Although there will inevitably be accidental injuries on the battlefield, and to some extent, this is still suppressing the German army to cover the retreat of the American army.

But the problem with the U.S. military is that it is very constrained by the pressure of domestic public opinion, and they must take into account the complaints of the surviving soldiers and the pressure from the news media...... General Patton was rebuked for slapping a soldier several times due to a misunderstanding while inspecting the front line, and even ruined his own political future.

By the same token, Eisenhower had to take into account the safety of the remnants of the 4th Infantry Division when carrying out the next step of the operation.

Otherwise, the news media soon appeared with a headline: "Front-line soldiers fought valiantly under enemy fire, but they dodged the bullets of the enemy in front of them, but they could not dodge the shells coming from behind!" ”

Eisenhower would soon be the target of public criticism and a detailed explanation of the matter.

This is also the reason why the shells of US naval guns always fall farther away from the defensive line, while the front line is more bomber bombing and fighter strafing.

No one can be sure whether this is good or bad.

Because the battlefield is a real place, this may seem like the right thing on the surface, but it leaves more casualties on the incoming 5th Infantry Division...... They had to face both German pillbox fortifications and tanks at the same time.

Qin Chuan didn't need to think about this issue, he only knew that he and his subordinates endured the roar and vibration above his head in the bunker fortifications.

No one knows how long the fortifications will last, or if they will suddenly collapse and bury everyone in the fortifications.

Luckily, none of this happened, and the explosion faded down, but never went away.

I don't know who shouted: "Here they are, the enemy landing force!" ”

Qin Chuan got up and looked out from the perforation, and sure enough, he saw that many landing craft were driving on the smoke-filled sea, and they occupied all the space that could be observed by the perforation, so Qin Chuan couldn't estimate how many of them there were.

"Ready for battle!" Qin Chuan ordered loudly.

The German soldiers immediately set up their guns in the shooting holes.

The fortifications of the "Atlantic Fortress" are somewhat similar to the "Maginot Line", there are many large and small perforations in the blockhouse to exert the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and it is also a combination of underground and ground fortifications, but it will be much simpler than the "Maginot Line...... This does not seem surprising, the "Atlantic Barrier" is too long to be built like an underground city like the Maginot Line.

At the forefront are tank landing ships.

That's a big guy with a full load displacement of more than four thousand tons...... It was originally converted into a British transport tank by a cargo ship, and the Yankees thought that it would be convenient for the tank to get on and off the ship, so they opened a large hole in the front of its hull and installed a landing bridge, so that when the tank was transported to the destination, it was possible to lift the tank without using cranes and other equipment...... These tanks, armored vehicles, or cars loaded with supplies can drive themselves onto the docks.

Later, it occurred to me that why not develop a special tank landing ship that could quickly land tanks to carry out landing operations?

So there was the LST tank landing ship...... It is designed to be well suited for shoal landings, as its counterweight is mainly in the aft half and the bow has a shallow draft in the front half, which makes it easy to wash up onto the beach and lower the landing bridge.

They did just that, one by one, driving up to the beach and opening the cabins from the left and right like monsters with their mouths wide open, lowering the landing bridge from the inside...... Several "Sherman" tanks "rumbled" out of it.

Then, one after another landing craft followed the beach and lowered a large number of US soldiers, and at the same time, the machine guns and rocket artillery on the landing craft fired indiscriminately at the bunker fortifications on the shore.

The wounded of the US 4th Infantry Division were carried onto the landing craft in groups.

But this prestige of the American troops was obviously only temporary, and they were able to do all this safely only because the German soldiers did not receive the order to open fire...... They needed the U.S. military to get closer so that the German tanks would be safer.