It happened five hours after the start of the exercise...... The drill began at half past seven in the morning, at noon. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At that time, the troops of the "Fighting France" were heading on the transport ship towards the target island called Sladun, which was supposed to be "Normandy" by the Allies.

It was lunchtime, and most of the French soldiers were sitting on deck eating their canned beef, while the officers were loudly emphasizing to the soldiers one last time what they were going to do...... Half an hour later, they would reach their destination and land under the cover of British warships.

Of course, all this is a drill.

Because de Gaulle gave them the order to behave well in this battle, almost everyone focused their attention on the subjects of the upcoming exercises.

At this time, several German fast torpedo units mixed in...... The Germans called this wooden fast torpedo boat an S-boat, and the British called it an E-boat.

It is constructed with double wood panels and lightweight alloy ribs, which is not only lightweight, but also quite strong, almost synonymous with "stability" and "reliability", and it is a sharp weapon for the German army to launch a "blitzkrieg" at sea.

These German S-boats were not found in any of France...... In fact, someone discovered it, but they thought it was a drill, so these German speedboats should also be enemy ships captured by Allied forces as a rehearsal of the "Blue Army", so they even ignored the Iron Cross symbol on the S boat.

This allowed the German S boats to quickly launch torpedoes after taking up an advantageous position...... Even when the torpedo hit the French transport ship and exploded, many people thought that it was an effect deliberately created for the sake of realism.

To make matters worse:

Before leaving, all the vehicles on board were refueled, and in order to make the exercise more realistic, the tanks and trucks were fully stocked with ammunition, and they even moved these things to the deck for landing because they were about to arrive at their destination.

As a result, the torpedo hit the transport ship and quickly caused a fire, which was followed by an explosion, and in an instant the French army was thrown into chaos, and the air was filled with the cries of desperate soldiers......

The end result was that three transport ships were sunk, more than 1,000 soldiers were wounded, and more than 600 officers and men died.

These casualties were nothing, after all, these were French troops, and neither Eisenhower nor Alexander cared about French casualties.

But the problem is that eight of these officers went missing, knowing the entire plan for the Normandy landings.

"General!" At this time, the communications soldier took a telegram and said to Zhang Chi: "It's General Eisenhower, he asked you to go to the headquarters!" ”

Without saying a word, Zhang Chi picked up his hat and put it on, and walked towards the jeep outside the door.

The commander of the Zoaf Corps was not far from the Allied Command, and in less than half an hour the jeep was parked outside the headquarters.

Before he could enter the headquarters, Zhang Chi heard Eisenhower's angry shouts: "As I said, you can't let 'Fighting France' be part of the first attacking force...... They have no combat experience, and I also don't think they have enough courage! ”

"But the General!" Alexander's voice retorted: "The addition of 'Fighting France' is more conducive to the landing of the Allied forces, because they are French, and they can communicate with the French underground organization and the people more easily......"

"Oh, really?" Eisenhower interrupted Alexander almost with a roar: "I have already made it very clear that the most important thing in this battle is the first day, the first day...... On the first day, we didn't need to have any communication with the French underground or even with the common people! ”

Zhang Chi walked into the door at this time, and everyone's eyes shifted to him.

"Oh, Major General!" Eisenhower said, "You have come just in time, and perhaps you have heard that our allies have given us another problem!" ”

Zhang Chi looked at Alexander and Montgomery, who had embarrassed expressions, and replied, "I've only heard about some, and it's not very detailed!" ”

Eisenhower shook his head and said, "I'll cut it short, the point is on the eight missing officers, and if they were captured by the Germans and confessed our plans, the consequences would have been dire...... All our efforts will be in vain! ”

"Have you ever done a job of recovering a body?" Zhang Chi asked.

"It's always going on!" Eisenhower replied, "We've sent hundreds of boats to do a massive salvage in the area, but you know what...... It's very difficult to find them all, and you may not even find them at all! ”

"So...... We'll just have to wait! Zhang Chi replied.

Zhang Chi was a little strange why Eisenhower called him here, he was not a god, and he couldn't pinch his fingers to figure out the whereabouts of these eight officers.

"Hmm!" Eisenhower said, "These jobs are put aside for now, and now ...... We have to prepare for the worst, that is...... What should we do if one of these officers falls into the hands of the enemy, that is, our plan is leaked! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but suddenly realize that this approach is indeed necessary, otherwise it will be helpless when the crisis comes.

"General!" At this time, a staff officer came in and reported: "They confirm that the bodies of three officers have been found!" ”

Eisenhower nodded, then said, "Five more ......."

But everyone knows that it will be very difficult to find the body again, one because it is dark and the other because of the tides...... The corpse will drift a long distance.

Compared with the nervousness of Eisenhower and others, Zhang Chi seemed very relaxed.

Because Zhang Chi knew that the plan for the Normandy landing in history was not leaked, which means that this accident should be dangerous.

"First of all!" Eisenhower looked up at Alexander and said, "I think 'Fighting France' should be kicked out of the first attacking forces!" ”

"No, General!" Alexander objected: "You can't do this......"

"Why not?" Eisenhower said in a firm tone: "General Alexander, don't forget that I am the Supreme Commander, don't you?" Moreover, I believe that you insisted on involving the 'Fighting France' in the first offensive simply because you wanted to defeat the 'Government of Algiers', didn't you? Otherwise, why did 'Fighting France' have to attack in the first batch? If you just contact the French underground organization or also communicate with the French people, you should land in the second and third batches, right?! ”

"No, I don't agree with that......"

……

Although Eisenhower's words were addressed to Alexander, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he heard them...... Could it be that the butterfly effect is coming?!