"Our actions did not hide from the Germans!" Walking into the headquarters, before Zhang Chi could take a sip of water, Eisenhower said: "They have been actively building fortifications and mobilizing troops in northern France, look at this ......"

As he spoke, Eisenhower pointed to a large-scale map on the table, which was densely marked with the units and numbers of the German army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is not surprising, because the place where the Allies are going to attack is, after all, France, and there are many French people who volunteer to serve as spies to provide intelligence to the Allies, so it is not difficult to know the numbers and locations of the German troops.

To Zhang Chi's surprise, this map even marked the fortifications of the German army on the Atlantic coast, such as fortresses, flamethrowers, artillery positions, etc., and even the firing range and firing angles of various types of artillery, ammunition supply points, communication systems, the location of each command post and the main defense facilities were recorded in detail.

Looking at Zhang Chi's surprised appearance, Eisenhower couldn't help but smile and said, "This is a French painter who gave us ...... We didn't have any contact with him before, he did it voluntarily, he got into the engineering team built by the Germans at the 'Atlantic Barrier', and then got this defense map! ”

(Note: The Germans referred to the coastal city defense as the "Atlantic Barrier")

Then Eisenhower exclaimed: "God, this picture is timely, but it also shows us the preparations of the Germans, who we had thought were inadequately defended in northern France!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but nod his head when he looked at the map, and it was clearly marked on the map that the Germans had laid a large number of radar stations, command posts, shore defense guns, mines, and defensive facilities composed of solid support points along the northern coast of France.

In fact, the facility was far from what Hitler had requested.

Hitler's order was to pour a steel plate and cement fortress every 46 meters at important locations, so that it would form a series link to form a complete and solid line of defense on the coast, and at unimportant locations to be built every 91 meters, and the walls and ceilings should be poured with reinforced concrete four meters thick, and everything should be taken into account in the design, so that they should be able to resist poisonous gases and have an oxygen supply at all times; To be fireproof, the Allies had napalm, and the bunker had to have steps and protrusions to stop the flow of burning gasoline into the bunker; Each larger bunker is to be equipped with a flamethrower; It also needs to have enough food and ammunition to sustain itself for hours or more even if it is completely cut off by the enemy......

If this is what Hitler envisioned, then it is very likely that the Allies would abandon the landing in northern France and attack from southern France or even attack Italy.

But this plan of Hitler was destined to remain on the drawing paper...... When the commander-in-chief of the German Western Front, Rundstedt, saw this order, he complained: "If the 'Atlantic Barrier' is to be built as the 'Bohemian corporal' demands, or as strong as he imagined, it will take at least 10 years!" ”

That's how Rundstedt called Hitler's ......'Corporal Bohemia'. (It's so called because Hitler had worked as a petty painter before, and Bohemia was a place of petty bourgeoisie and art.)

So Rundstedt sent a report to Hitler, saying that the shore defenses were insufficient and manpower was insufficient, and his troops could only be "conditionally ready for battle."

But in reality Rundstedt did nothing, and as Eisenhower and most Allied commanders had estimated, the Germans stationed in northern France were not keen on building fortifications, but more on how to enjoy life...... As a member of the French occupation army, he lived in a luxurious villa every day and held banquets at the French restaurant called "Bold Rooster" at a fixed time.

Hitler could not do anything with such a veteran general, so he had no choice but to transfer Rommel back from the Alps and appoint him "commander of a special mission army group" to study the fortifications of the coast and draw up a plan of action against the invasion.

This coastal fortification was also made by Rommel.

"It's Rommel again!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but sigh, it was really a narrow road, and he could run into him everywhere.

However, this also shows that Hitler has few trustworthy or talented generals available, otherwise he would not have repeatedly sent Rommel to help everywhere.

"Yes!" Eisenhower replied: "When Rommel took office, he recruited a force of 500,000 laborers...... Most of these people, of course, were French, and it was these laborers who built this fortification, and it is ridiculous to say that the French built a barrier for their liberation. ”

Eisenhower then added: "What is not indicated on this defense map is that the Germans have laid a large number of anti-tank traps, barbed wire, infantry bunkers, and minefields behind the coast, and a large number of posts behind them. To make matters worse, the Germans also introduced large quantities of seawater in the depressions behind the Normandy coast, especially in the low-lying areas south of the important port of Cherbourg, where we had planned an airborne assault! ”

Zhang Chi nodded to show that he understood what Eisenhower meant.

The last sentence contains two important pieces of information, one is that the Germans seem to know that the Allied goal is Normandy, and the other is that the Germans even predicted the movements of American troops in Normandy.

You must know that the Allies originally planned to parachute behind the Normandy defensive shoreline, and then flank the German troops on the coastline with the landing force, so the airborne landing became unrealistic.

This caused great trouble for the Allies, especially since the Germans could actually guess that the Allies would land in Normandy...... Then do the Allies want to continue to land in Normandy as originally planned?!

After carefully observing the defense map, Zhang Chi said: "I think that the Germans may not be sure, or that Normandy is only one of the landing sites they guess, or maybe their opinions are not unanimous!" ”

"Why do you say that?" Eisenhower asked.

Zhang Chi pointed to several locations on the defense map and said, "If they are sure that we will land in Normandy, then they should not build such a dense defense along the Strait of Dover, which is obviously a waste of manpower and material resources." Therefore, the actions of Normandy should be the actions of Rommel himself, who was familiar with the way the Allies fought and those generals stationed in France...... In addition to indulging in the glory of the past, they will only play a role in pulling back the legs of this battle! ”