Chapter 915: Call
"No, our intelligence can't be wrong!" Without thinking about it, Alexander denied: "That's the intelligence that our intelligence agents have detected at risk, and you know it...... Our intelligence has always been accurate! ”
"So? Is that my troop misjudged? Zhang Chi asked rhetorically. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"It's not strange, is it?" Alexander replied: "They are Algerians!" ”
"Yes!" Zhang Chi said: "They are Algerians on the battlefield, and when they successfully penetrate Palermo, what are you doing? What were you doing when they rushed into German positions again and again on the Italian lines? ”
Alexander was speechless.
Zhang Chi couldn't imagine why Alexander still looked down on these Algerian soldiers in the Zoaf Corps for granted...... Perhaps, this is the so-called "white superiority".
At this time, the communication soldier handed the phone to Zhang Chi and said, "General, General Ji Luo is on the line!" ”
Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a little strange, what was General Giro calling to do at this time? Normally, he didn't ask about the situation of the Zoaf Corps...... Because he knew that it was useless to ask, he simply couldn't make a proper decision, so he just waited for the result.
"How's it going?" General Giraud asked on the other end of the phone.
"It's fine!" Zhang Chi casually said that this was not the time to do home.
"Is there a TV at the headquarters?" General Giraud asked again.
Zhang Chihuan looked around, and there was a TV in the corner of the wall, perhaps used to play video information.
"Yes, Zhang Chi replied!"
"Open it!" General Giraud said.
Zhang Chi turned on the TV with doubts, and then Zhang Chi knew why General Giraud gritted his teeth.
On television, de Gaulle was dressed in a crisp military uniform, with medals draped over his chest, his hair neatly combed to almost his scalp.
"The people of France!" De Gaulle waved his fist and said: "A great and sacred battle has begun!" Our army has waged a war against the enemy's coastline, the brave French people...... Pick up your weapons and help the soldiers who are braving the bullets of the Nazi enemy to land in France! This is a brutal war, and it is also the most critical moment, stand up, down with fascist Germany, long live France......"
Zhang Chi couldn't help but turn his gaze to Alexander.
"Oh, this is a call to the French to cooperate with your actions!" Alexander Tian said shamelessly.
There was nothing wrong with calling on the French, it was wrong that he chose to be at this time...... The choice was when the Zoaf Corps attacked Normandy and fought bloody battles with the German army.
It is clear that if de Gaulle had begun to call for it at this time, everyone would have mistakenly thought that the troops that had attacked Normandy and fought the enemy were the troops of "Fighting France".
Of course, this was deliberately "misunderstood" by the British and de Gaulle.
Eisenhower patted Zhang Chi on the shoulder and said, "Forget about it, now is not the time to pursue this, we have more important things to do!" ”
Zhang Chi agreed, he was not such a person who did not care about the overall situation, he was just disgusted with Alexander...... The Zoaf Corps paid with their lives at the front, while these British gentlemen were behind them to steal their credit.
At this time, the situation at the beach of "Omaha" is really not optimistic.
At this time, the sky had not yet dawned, and the Zoaf corps was pressed to death by German fire on the beach...... From time to time, several flares were fired from the cliffs more than 30 meters high on both sides, which illuminated the Zoaf soldiers on the beach clearly.
Shells and bullets poured down on the soldiers' heads along with the rain, and the dead, dying and wounded soldiers were strewn across the beach.
However, the 1st Division of the Zoaf Corps deserved to be a unit that had fought several major battles, and they did not fall into confusion and did not run around in such a critical situation...... In fact, thanks to the calm command of the Chinese instructors, they did not let the Zoaf Corps continue to charge, because after rushing several times, they found that the enemy's fire was very fierce, and the enemy's artillery was still very well coordinated with it, and continuing to rush up was tantamount to sending them to death.
So Xu Yun gave an order: "Stay put!" ”
This order was clearly correct, because if the landing force was unable to advance forward, it would face an even greater risk...... Received a counter-attack from the enemy and was driven into the sea.
The Omaha beachhead was the most ideal place for the German counteroffensive...... The 1st Zoaf Division was almost surrounded by German fire.
Then, as long as the Germans launch a counteroffensive, the 1st Division will be at risk of total annihilation.
As a result, the fighters of the Zoaf Corps took refuge in bunkers and pillboxes seized from the Germans...... Although these bunkers and pillboxes were sea-facing, they could be barely used to hide from German fire from both flanks, and then slightly modified to form a line of defense against the Germans.
Sure enough, the Germans soon launched a counteroffensive against the 1st Division.
At this time, Xu Yun became more and more sure that the army in front of him was not the so-called 716th Division of Haiphong, because the German soldiers actually dispatched more than ten tanks to attack together at one time...... Most of them were tank No. 4.
Xu Yun quickly reported this information to the headquarters.
Zhang Chi asked Alexander: "Do the Germans have tanks in the 716th Division of Haiphong?" ”
"No, of course not!" Alexander replied.
"But they met!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said, "Right on the Omaha beach, there are fifteen of them, and eleven of them are No. 4 tanks!" ”
"It can't be!" Alexander replied.
"Perhaps......" Montgomery continued, "these tanks may be the reinforcements that the Germans will send after they get hold of the landings in Normandy!" ”
"It's possible!" Alexander said: "But this is not a matter of intelligence, I insist that they are the 716th Division of Haiphong!" ”
"You have to take responsibility for what you say, you know?" Zhang Chi said: "Because this will affect our decision-making, and at the same time, it will also affect the fate of the soldiers of a division and even the entire plan!" ”
"Yes!" Eisenhower said, "This is important! ”
It is obvious that if it is determined that Omaha Beach is the 716th Division of Haiphong, then the order given to the 1st Division now is to resolutely break through. Otherwise, it's time to be on the defensive.
If the information is wrong...... That is, the German army in Omaha was an elite force, and then a "resolute breakthrough" would have disastrous consequences for the 1st Division.
"Of course, of course I can take care of it!" Alexander replied without thinking.
But soon a voice slapped Alexander in the face: "General, the 1st Division repelled the attack of the Germans, they got information from the prisoners, and it was the German 352nd Division on Omaha Beach!" ”