Then information came one after another, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, and the 15th Division...... Five divisions of the Zoaf Corps have successfully landed on the beachheads in Normandy as planned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, Zhang Chi's hanging heart couldn't help but let go of half of it.

That's five divisions, with a total of more than 70,000 people...... In addition to luck, planning, and the training and quality of the Zoaf Corps, the Germans were as defenseless as he had imagined.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, although the Germans knew that the Allied attack was imminent, and even knew that the target of the Allied attack was Normandy, they were still unprepared.

This was first of all because they received information from the captured French officers that the Allies would attack in ten days, and this preconceived information led them to think that there was still time to prepare.

Secondly, it is because of the storm in front of us...... They were convinced that the Allies would never be able to land at such a time when the sea was swelling and the waves were rolling.

Therefore, the three senior German generals in charge of Normandy, including Rommel, were not on duty...... Tomorrow happens to be Mrs. Rommel's birthday, and Rommel is rushing back to Germany overnight to celebrate his wife's birthday during the time when "the Allies cannot carry out the landing".

After going ashore, Xu Yun felt much quieter...... Although there is still a sea breeze whistling in your ears and the rain making the beach "sizzle", it is obviously much better than fighting the waves in the sea.

Xu Yun looked around, and there were only three searchlights spinning symbolically...... That's actually meant to scare people, because searchlights don't play a role in the rain at all.

Xu Yun carefully adjusted the direction of the signal light, and sent a signal backwards, and the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps spread out in formation and crawled forward as they did during training.

They advanced slowly, crawling and digging their thorns diagonally into the sand of the beach to detect the presence of mines...... Therefore, the person at the head of each team must have a lot of experience in mine clearance, and must have enough patience, and even have the ability to clear mines in the dark, for example, if the mines are too dense to pass through the gap, or if they have to pass through the mines due to the terrain restrictions, then they must be cleared.

Those who follow behind insert a pin with a soft rope into the beach from the starting point of landing, and then follow the front to lower the rope, and insert the pins tied to the beach every 30 meters to fix the rope and prevent it from moving.

This is done so that those who follow behind can follow the path that has been explored in front of them and not go off the rails.

This method worked very well, and it allowed more than 1,000 people in the vanguard of the 1st Division to successfully pass through the minefield and lurk in front of the German fortifications without triggering a single mine, and certainly not being detected by the Germans.

Xu Yun was so close to the Germans that he could even hear the Germans talking, but unfortunately he didn't understand German, so he didn't know what they were saying.

Landings in other directions were not so lucky, and there were two mine-striking incidents at both Jintan and Jiantan, including two at Jintan.

Fortunately, however, none of this alarmed the Germans:

The landing force had to tie its mouth with a towel beforehand, so that even if it was injured by a mine, it would not make a sound...... In fact, there are not many opportunities to make a sound, because the soldiers who are detecting the mines at the front are all lying on the ground with their heads on the ground, and they do not even have a chance to make a sound when the mines burst.

On the other hand, it was because it was common for mines to be triggered during a storm, such as the crashing of the waves, the fall of rocks on the cliffs, and the falling of branches from the sky brought by the storm, so the Germans were a little surprised by this, and they just used searchlights to shine in the direction where the sound came from...... Of course, the searchlights could see nothing but the smoke from the explosion of the mines.

The command soon got the news of the success of the second phase of the lurk.

"Unbelievable!" Eisenhower exclaimed excitedly: "They succeeded, and at such a small cost, I thought that at least one or two beachheads would be discovered by the Germans!" ”

Alexander said with an unnatural expression: "It seems that the Germans have indeed relaxed their vigilance in the storm, and now they are halfway there, aren't they?" ”

Zhang Chi knew why Alexander had such an expression...... It was the Zoaf Corps that carried out this task, and he did not want the Zoaf Corps to win so easily, although the victory of the Zoaf Corps was even in the interests of the British.

"No, not necessarily!" Zhang Chi replied: "Until the last moment, no one can be sure what will happen!" ”

Then, as planned, the fighters lurked at the front of the position for an hour.

This hour was spent preparing for other actions of the Zoaf Corps...... They needed to place explosives in some obstacles, or prepare to blow up barbed wire, or even lay steel plates in some soft ground (in preparation for the advance of tanks) to facilitate a larger Allied offensive in the future.

Finally, the clock ticked to four o'clock in the morning...... In the Normandy area, it would be dawn around half past four in the morning, which was also the planned time for the Zoaf Corps to launch an attack.

"Attack!" Zhang Chi ordered.

The signal was given, and the battle began almost instantly, and the Zoaf soldiers, lurking in front of the German positions, threw a volley of grenades in the direction of the enemy at the first moment...... Regardless of whether or not these grenades can blow up the enemy, at least they will detonate the mines in front of them so that their charge will not be frustrated.

Then, with a shout, the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps drew their scimitars and rushed towards the German positions.

That's right, it's a scimitar.

The reason is that it is not yet dark at this time, and it is more advantageous to use scimitars than those spears in night battles and melee combat......

In fact, the German army was caught off guard by the scimitars of the Zoaf Corps, and the first line of defense was captured almost immediately, and many pillbox fortifications even fell intact into the hands of the Zoaf Corps.

But then the 1st Division ran into difficulties, and when attacking the second line of defense, it was met with a frantic counterattack by the Germans, and the Germans on the cliffs on both flanks also woke up and suppressed the beach......

Xu Yun suddenly felt that the situation was not good, if the second line of defense could not be quickly broken through and advance to the two flanks, then the first division would most likely be surrounded by German fire.

At the same time, Xu Yun also felt that something was wrong, so he immediately sent a report to Zhang Chi: "The information is wrong, the information is wrong...... The enemy's combat effectiveness is very strong, the firepower is fierce, and the reaction is fast, it cannot be the 716th Division of Haiphong! ”