"Retreat! Fall back! Colonel Will yelled at his men. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He knew that in this case, any resistance would be futile.

But in fact, there was no need for Colonel Will's order at all, and the American troops would have already turned around and fled.

But no matter how fast it is, it can't be faster than the shells and bullets of the tank...... With a burst of machine gun calls, the American soldiers fell in rows in pools of blood.

Colonel Will looked at the surroundings while retreating under cover, and when he spotted a group of mine-laying sappers, he ordered in a loud voice: "Soldiers, lay all your mines, all of them!" ”

"But they're going to hurt our own people!" The sapper objected: "And our mines are all anti-infantry mines!" ”

"Then plant a little flag!" Colonel Will yelled, "Do as I say!" ”

Under the supervision of Colonel Will, the sappers hastily laid mines on the ground and withdrew...... They even just activated the mine and put it on the ground like that.

Of course, Colonel Weir didn't want to use these mines to blow up those tanks, anti-infantry mines were ineffective against tanks, all he hoped was that the Germans would slow down their attack a little when they knew that there were mines ahead, otherwise the Americans would not have time to prepare and would be beaten back to the sea by the Germans.

Colonel Weir was right, mainly because a considerable part of the German tanks came from 200 kilometers away day and night, and when they arrived, they were in a hurry to carry out diving modifications and then put them into the battlefield, so they did not replace the tracks or maintain them as necessary, and as a result, two No. 3 tanks were blown off their tracks when they ran on anti-infantry mines.

This made the Germans think that the Americans had laid anti-tank mines in the front, so they stopped for a moment and waited for the infantry in the rear to follow...... The German infantry was also in the rear, they were disembarking from the wooden boats and following the tanks, so this was also desirable.

It was only in a few minutes that Colonel Will and half of his men were able to escape into the rain and back to the second line of defense.

As for the other half of the American GIs, they were already lying in the line of defense or being crushed by German tanks.

Rommel received a telegram from the front: "Successful landing, the enemy is crushed!" ”

"Good!" Rommel suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly ordered: "Go ahead and take the beach of 'Omaha' as fast as you can!" ”

"Yes!"

Rommel was justified in targeting Omaha Beach, because Omaha Beach was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if it was taken, it would mean that the Germans had driven a wedge in the Allied lines, and because there were still unclimbable cliffs on both sides of Omaha Beach, and these cliffs could suppress the beaches on both sides with condescending fire, and even the sea surface could be suppressed with artillery fire...... Thus it was possible to create extremely favorable conditions for a full-scale counteroffensive of the German army.

Of course, the U.S. military also knew the importance of "Omaha" beach, so it was the 1st Infantry Division with the strongest combat effectiveness stationed here...... It's just that the 1st Infantry Division was also defeated by the Germans.

The second line of defense was quickly occupied by the Germans, after all, the Germans used tanks and infantry assaults, and the American troops were defenseless, and most of the American "Sherman" tanks even hid in bunkers to avoid the rain, and the engineers were worried that the high salt and humidity would make the tank malfunction, so many tankers were destroyed by the German tanks just before they had time to get into the tank.

The only thing the U.S. military can rely on is the cliffs on either side of Omaha beach...... The tanks on this cliff could not be driven, and the US engineers also used this time to build some reinforced concrete fortifications facing the Germans on it, and the artillery fire on the cliff formed a crossfire to provide fire cover for the US army's beach defense line, so that the German army could not attack even if there were tanks or even five "Tigers" for a while.

But predictably, this is only temporary.

Because as the Germans increased their strength, the cliffs would eventually fall into the hands of the enemy in the face of a full-scale charge by tanks, artillery, and infantry, and still condescending to the cliffs.

The telephone of the command of the expeditionary force soon rang.

As soon as Zhang Chi picked up the phone, Eisenhower on the other end of the phone shouted: "Major General, the situation is very bad, the enemy has already attacked the 'Omaha' beach, and the situation is extremely dangerous!" ”

"What? How so? Zhang Chi was also surprised by this.

On the one hand, Zhang Chi also thought that the German army's start of the war was only a small-scale attack, and on the other hand, it was only 20 minutes before the German army started fighting, and such a short time was almost enough for the American army to lose the "Omaha" beach.

"Yes!" Eisenhower replied angrily: "The tanks of the Germans can dive, they came from underwater!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but let out an "oh", and immediately understood what tricks the Germans were doing.

"I need you to blow up the dam immediately!" Eisenhower said, "The sooner the better!" ”

"Does blowing up the dam work?" Zhang Chi said.

Eisenhower could not help but be silent, the so-called "far water cannot quench the thirst of the near", the German troops ashore had already posed a serious threat to the US troops, and the "Omaha" beach was not guaranteed...... At this point, blowing up the dam is no longer helpful.

"I don't have a choice!" Eisenhower said: "Otherwise, our supplies and defenses will be seriously threatened!" ”

Zhang Chi thought about it for a while, and then replied: "No, General, I don't think the problem is as serious as you think!" ”

"What did you say?" Eisenhower was a little puzzled: "Now it's all burning eyebrows......"

"It's not about the safety of supplies that we're worried about!" Zhang Chi said: "I think what we have to worry more about is whether the supplies on the 'Omaha' beach will fall into the hands of the Germans!" ”

"You mean ......"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "The consistent style of the German army, in fact, this is Rommel's style, what he is best at is to use the enemy's materials to expand the results of the battle!" ”

Eisenhower's side was silent, then nodded and said, "So...... Should we blow up 'Omaha' supplies? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Of course, we will blow it up, and then organize ships to temporarily withdraw the troops on the 'Omaha' beach!" ”

After a pause, Zhang Chiyou continued: "You know, although the 'Omaha' beach is a strategic location, it is also a supply dead place, it is flanked by cliffs, the ocean in front, and the depression filled with sea water in the rear, how much ammunition and supplies can the Germans carry in wooden boats?" Not to mention that we can also blockade with artillery, and if the Germans do not have bullets and shells, then what will they use to garrison the beach of 'Omaha'? And what will be used to suppress our firepower? They can't even do an airdrop...... We just need to wait until they run out of food or run out of bullets and shells! ”

"That's right!" Eisenhower said, "I hope you're right, I mean, I hope it doesn't make a mess!" ”

Eisenhower hurriedly hung up the phone, and he had to hurry up and order the US 1st Infantry Division to blow up the supplies.