"Do you still believe that the French will not leak our intelligence?" Eisenhower asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"No!" Zhang Chi shook his head: "I think they will tell the truth, Germany will clearly know our offensive plan!" ”

"Then ......," Eisenhower looked at Zhang Chi suspiciously.

Zhang Chi explained: "It is because the Germans know about our plan that we may have a chance!" ”

After a pause, Zhang Chi continued: "First of all, psychologically speaking, when we thought that the battle plan would be changed because of the capture of the French officer and the leakage of intelligence, the Germans might think the same way!" ”

"Yes!" Alexander agreed: "If it were us, we would have the same worries!" ”

"But that's not enough to say we can go as planned, do we?" Eisenhower said: "They will at least make some preparations in Normandy, or send some troops to strengthen the defenses!" ”

"That's what I'm going to say...... Zhang Chi continued, "We originally planned to attack in fifteen days, so the Germans thought they had fifteen days to prepare, if we had planned the attack earlier...... For example, if you launch an attack in five days, you will catch them off guard! ”

Alexander agreed again: "That's right, and ...... Under our bombardment, France's roads and railways were basically paralyzed, and even if the Germans made any preparations in five days, they could only mobilize a small number of troops, and it would not have much impact on the whole. ”

Zhang Chi seems to understand the reason why Alexander is uncharacteristically on his side, if the whole plan can be remedied, or if the leak of the French officer will not have too much impact on the Allied plan, then Alexander and the others will be much less culpable.

However, Zhang Chi didn't have time to worry about these things with Alexander now, he continued: "Thirdly, the intelligence and preparations we collected before were all aimed at Normandy, and if we continue to choose to land from Normandy, these information can still be used as well as preparations." Otherwise, change to a landing spot such as Calais, or the Constantine Peninsula...... It will be a long wait to gather intelligence again, which will not only give the Germans longer time to prepare, but also hit the morale of the Allies! ”

For example, they wanted to know if the beaches of Normandy were enough for tanks or armored vehicles to land, so they sent submarines to the coast of Normandy and released frogmen to climb the beach in the dark to dig up sand samples and return for testing...... You must know that there were five landing sites in Normandy, and each of them had a wide frontage, so this work had to be repeated dozens of times.

On the other hand, in order not to let the Germans guess the intentions of the Allies...... For example, the Allies only dug in Normandy, and the Germans always found some clues, so it was easy to guess that the Allies would land in Normandy. Therefore, the Allies did this kind of sand digging all over the north of France, and even in Calais to confuse the Germans. In the meantime, of course, many soldiers' lives were sacrificed.

Now, if the landing site were to be changed, all these preparations would be almost in vain.

But Eisenhower was still skeptical: "Even if this information is in vain, it is better than hundreds of thousands of people landing and falling into the enemy's trap, isn't it?" We can't afford to lose that much! ”

Zhang Chi understands that the mentality of the United States and the United Kingdom is completely different...... Britain was indifferent to the victory of the war, because it had long insisted that amphibious operations in northern France were not feasible.

Therefore, if this battle is lost, it will still be beneficial to Britain in some ways.

The United States, on the other hand, had to win, so Eisenhower was cautious.

"Finally!" Zhang Chi said: "We can make some changes in tactics to achieve the suddenness of the battle!" ”

"A change in tactics?" Eisenhower asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Just like the plan says!" Zhang Chi explained: "Each part has its own requirements for the time and conditions of the attack, the navy hopes to attack at low tide, so that they can find the obstacles placed by the enemy under the water as much as possible, the army hopes to attack at high tide, so that they can shorten the distance they are exposed to enemy fire, the airborne troops hope to carry out airborne landing on a moonlit night, so that they can land more safely and not be exposed to the enemy's anti-aircraft fire when in the air, while the army hopes to attack at dawn, Because in this way, they can get strong artillery support from the navy and air force and do not fall into confusion or find their targets......"

Eisenhower nodded, this was to consult the needs of the various parts before, so that the time for the attack was set before dawn, which was between low tide and high tide, dark and dawn, and if well mastered, the needs of each part could be perfectly satisfied.

"So......" Eisenhower asked, "what do you want to change about it?" ”

Zhang Chi did not answer directly, but continued: "It is very likely that these information will also be transmitted to the Germans through the French officers, so the Germans will know about it...... Our airborne troops will be airborne by moonlight before dawn, and the landing force will attack at dawn! Other times, they don't have to worry about it! ”

Of course, what Zhang Chi said was not only because of the problem of planning, but also because the US and British armies have always been bad at night battles, which was exposed in the African battlefield, and Rommel must have deeply understood this.

At this point, Eisenhower seemed to understand something: "You mean...... Choosing to fight at night? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

"No!" Montgomery objected at the first time: "I do not agree to do this, knowing that the enemy's beach is full of strong pillboxes, barbed wire and mines, and if our soldiers do this in the dark of night, it is almost to die!" ”

"And we have many troops who haven't been on the battlefield!" Eisenhower said with some concern: "Although most of the first offensive troops have combat experience, you know it...... None of them are used to fighting in the dark, which can create chaos! ”

"I didn't say let the British or the American troops go!"

"That's ......"

"I'm talking about the Zoaf Corps!" Zhang Chi replied: "They are good at night fighting, they can attack before the first landing force, and if they can break through the German defense line, they can outflank the German defense line in a roundabout way!" ”