The Allies did not notice that the German 21st Panzer Division was launching a counteroffensive against them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This was a surprise, given the importance that the Allies had always attached to intelligence, especially during this sensitive and vulnerable period shortly after the landing force came ashore...... What the Allies were most worried about was that the Germans would launch a large-scale counteroffensive at this time, so from the beginning of the landing, the Allied forces, which had mastered air supremacy, sent reconnaissance planes from all directions to conduct reconnaissance, and prepared a large number of fighters and bombers, just waiting for the discovery of enemy reinforcements before sending out bombing.

This is not an accident.

Because most of the Allied reconnaissance was ten kilometers away...... Everyone, including Zhang Chi and others, believed that if there were still German troops within ten kilometers, they would have been thrown into Normandy a long time ago and consumed in the recent battle.

But unexpectedly, the 21st Panzer Division was hidden in the forest five kilometers away, and they did not attack because they did not receive orders from their superiors, and the reason why they did not receive orders from their superiors was because the Germans believed that the main direction of attack was Calais under the deceptive plan of the Allies, so they did not care about Normandy at all.

So the 21st Panzer Division became a surprise force.

If it's just a surprise soldier, it's nothing, after all, it's just an armored division...... There are more than 100 tanks and 16,000 people, which is far from the more than 100,000 people and nearly 1,000 tanks of various types that the Allied forces landed, not to mention that the Allied forces still have air and sea supremacy and strong firepower.

The problem was that the main Allied forces were busy unloading supplies at the beach, and the vanguard was mired in the "floodplain" and advancing at a turtle pace...... The American GIs even had sapper shovels in their hands.

But at this moment, the Germans rumbled up with camouflaged tanks and appeared in front of them.

The first to bear the brunt was the 1st Division of the US Army, which did not react at all to what was going on, and when they saw the German tanks, they only had time to say "God!" Then the German tanks opened fire one after another.

All of a sudden, there was a roar...... A single artillery shell knocked the American tanks to pieces, and the American GIs searched everywhere for a place to hide.

However, most of the "floodplains" were selected in depressions, and the German troops were condescending, and it was difficult for the US troops to find cover, not to mention, because there was sea water everywhere and mud everywhere and they could not maneuver, and in addition, they were unguarded and very crowded, and there was chaos among people and vehicles for a while, and there were tanks, cars, and American troops who were in a quagmire because they were in a hurry to escape, and the American troops who escaped with their lives in the depths and shallow feet.

Of course, the German tanks would not give up this opportunity, and after urgently reloading the second batch of shells, they roared again, only to blow up the American troops screaming.

What's more, the German infantry also followed, so the shells were densely packed with bullets...... The bullets and shells came together, and it was a bloody storm in the 1st US Division, and many American troops were knocked down by the enemy in a pool of blood before they even had time to fire a single bullet.

Major General Smith, commander of the 1st U.S. Infantry Division, couldn't help but be shocked when he received the news, and he immediately ordered a regiment on the second line as a reserve to go up for reinforcements.

This decision can be described as a "conditioned reflex", as is the case in almost all battlefields, if the forward troops are defeated, reinforcements will be sent to save them or block the enemy's attack.

But this time the situation is different, this time the battlefield is in the muddy area of the "floodplain", and sending troops up will only bog more troops into the quagmire.

Therefore, the correct command should be to order all troops to withdraw from the "floodplain", try to distance themselves from the Germans, and then bomb the Germans with the naval and air forces of the American army...... Then the casualties of the US 1st Division can be minimized.

Unfortunately, Major General Smith did not do this, and Conrad, the commander of the German 21st Panzer Division, made a surprising decision at this time, he ordered his troops to move on.

"Go ahead?" The staff officer was skeptical of Conrad's order: "Lieutenant General, but there is a swamp ahead, and it will immobilize our tanks!" ”

"I know!" Conrad put down his binoculars and replied calmly, "Do you still think we can go back with those tanks?" No, Colonel Cole, the moment we drove out of the forest, our tanks were already doomed to stay here in full! ”

The staff officer seemed to understand something, and then quickly conveyed Conrad's order.

Conrad was right, the German 21st Panzer Division had no other reinforcements, not only a navy nor an air force, not even a few infantry divisions.

How, then, were they able to defeat the enemy in front of them, who was armed to the teeth and dozens of times more powerful than them? Especially since the enemy still has the navy and air force, and by the time they reacted, the number of shells and warplanes was enough to destroy the 21st Panzer Division several times.

Therefore, the Germans had only one choice, to keep rushing forward!

Then the German tanks rushed at full speed along the inclined plane and rushed towards the American ranks...... Ironically, because the German tanks were fast and a considerable part of the swamp had already been filled in by the American army, a considerable part of the German tanks had successfully crossed the swamp.

At this time, the American army was quite painful, and the German army had already entered the American group, which made the American warplanes and warships completely useless, unless Eisenhower dared to order artillery, warplanes, and warships to fire at the American soldiers.

But this is obviously unrealistic, if it is to fire at the Zoaf Corps, it is better to say, after all, the Zoaf Corps is Algerian, but it is firing at the American GIs...... You must know that General Patton was questioned as a "fascist" by the people at home just by slapping the American GIs a few times, and if he ordered to fire on his own people, it would mean the end of Eisenhower's military career and even be court-martialed.

So the U.S. military was in a mess at that moment, and Eisenhower hurriedly called Zhang Chi.

"Major General!" Eisenhower said anxiously: "I heard that you are in the area of Saint-Sauver? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied, "What happened?" ”

"I need you to get back now!" Eisenhower said: "One of the armored divisions of the Germans suddenly jumped out and broke into our lines, as soon as they let them kill to the coast...... There's a lot of munitions, gasoline supplies waiting for them, you know? ”

Of course Zhang Chi understands, not to mention how many people will be killed or wounded, just a few random cannons of arms, gasoline and the like can cause a fire, and at that time, I am afraid that the entire battle plan will be ruined!