Thanks to the reminder of the book friend Yuxian bookworm, it is true that "Rouen" is miswritten as "Leon". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

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Rommel was right, just when the German 12th "Hitler Youth" Panzer Division was rushing from Rouen to Caen, Zhang Chi led his troops to Rouen from another road.

As a result, the German 12th "Hitler Youth" pounced on Caen, while Zhang Chi and Zoaf's corps easily captured Rouen...... The German logistics unit with only one battalion and the police force of less than 500 men stationed in Rouen were not a heavyweight at all in the face of a regiment of the Chinese army and a division of the Zoaf Corps.

However, the "Hitler Youth" was really not in vain, even if there was only one battalion, and it was also a logistics unit, they still chose to resist to the end in the face of a large number of "enemies" such as the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Zoaf Corps.

However, the disparity in strength was clear, and this battalion of German troops was quickly outflanked by the Chinese army, and then killed by bazookas and grenades in the three-story concrete building they were holding on to as warehouses.

When Zhang Chi walked into the warehouse and saw the corpses of German soldiers lying in the middle of the room, all of them were childish teenage children, he couldn't help but shake his head (the soldiers of the 12th Panzer Division were almost the same age, and they were all members of the "Hitler Youth" who had just turned eighteen).

Zhang Chi couldn't understand why these children insisted on resisting in this situation...... Even if it is the ace unit of the German army, I am afraid that in this case, I will choose to surrender, because there is no point in resisting any longer, except death.

The soldiers of the expeditionary force looked at these children lying in a pool of blood, and their faces were thoughtful: either they couldn't bear it, or they remembered themselves back then...... It was at about this time that they went to the battlefield and experienced the test of life and death in war.

But Zhang Chi knew that although they were like this now, the next time, they would not hesitate to raise their rifles and shoot bullets at the enemy.

Because, this is war, and the Chinese expeditionary force has long learned how to face war.

On the other hand, Rommel's headquarters soon received information that Rouen was occupied by the enemy, and Rommel stared blankly at the map in front of him...... He really didn't expect the enemy to deceive himself twice in one day in the same way.

From the point of view of the art of war, it is taboo for soldiers to use the same tactic continuously in a short period of time, because the enemy will be prepared for it after suffering a loss, so this situation will not occur under normal circumstances.

However, the enemy not only used it, but also succeeded.

The reason for this, Rommel believes that this is because he is too narrow-minded, and he has always cared about Normandy, or arguably his own Army Group B.

And Caen was the throat of Army Group B in Normandy, so he took it for granted that the enemy would definitely choke this throat and cooperate with the Allies to defeat Army Group B in Normandy.

So, of course, Caen is a place to be saved.

The problem is ......

The enemy's goal was not at all this, but all the German troops in France.

"Marshal!" The staff officer panicked and suggested to Rommel: "Transfer the 12th Panzer Division of the 'Hitler Youth' back to pursue the enemy, or it will be too late!" ”

Rommel knew what the staff meant...... At this time, the German army in France was like an egg, and as for the north of France, it was like this, that is, it was the outside and empty on the inside.

The reason for this was that the Germans devoted almost all of their living forces to the coastline, especially in Calais and Normandy...... Calais was because of Hitler's orders, and Normandy was because of the Allied landings.

In fact, Rommel was responsible for a large part of this "internal emptiness" in the Normandy direction...... Since the Allied landing, Rommel has been crazy to transfer and increase troops to Normandy, and almost all the German mechanized troops stationed in the Paris area have been transferred.

This was especially the 12th Panzer Division...... If the 12th Panzer Division had been stationed in Rouen, it would have provided conditions for the German retreat and had become a barrier to Paris.

But now......

Rommel has never been so depressed, even in Africa because of the lack of supplies and is on the verge of despair, at this time he only feels that he is completely played by that Chinese, as a monkey playing, the Chinese named Zhang Chi, he seems to be able to see through everything about himself!

"Do you think it's still too late?" Rommel replied with a wry smile.

"We can travel light!" The staff officer said: "Let the 12th Panzer Division organize a fast force of armored vehicles and cars, and the enemy is likewise without heavy equipment......"

"Colonel Bowen!" Rommel interrupted the old subordinate: "The point is not these, do you think the Chinese will let the 12th Panzer Division come back so easily?" ”

"The marshal means ......" added a hint of panic to the staff officer's eyes.

Rommel nodded and said, "Yes, now the road and railway between Caen and Rouen are only afraid that they have been controlled by the Chinese!" ”

Rommel once again unfortunately said that the Chinese army was not simply interspersed this time, and on the way to the interspersed detachments, they also kept breaking out small detachments to rush to the Karui Highway...... Of course, they did not go to trouble the 12th Panzer Division of the "Hitler Youth", they just waited for the 12th Panzer Division to pass over the road, and then planted explosives and mines on the road or road bridge.

It's hard to build something, but it's easy to destroy something.

The same is true of roads and railways, so after the Germans march from Rouen to Caen, they can't actually go back, to be exact...... If you want to go back, you can only build a road from Caen all the way back, and you may be ambushed by the enemy in the meantime.

"Marshal!" The staff officer asked Rommel: "So...... What do we do now? ”

Rommel thought for a moment and said, "Order the 12th Panzer Division and let them move on!" ”

"Go ahead?" The staff officer couldn't help but look at Rommel in surprise.

"Yes!" Rommel nodded firmly, looked at his watch, and said, "We...... There may be thirty hours left! ”

Hearing this, the staff officer knew what Rommel was going to do, and he was desperate to defeat the Allied forces in Normandy with the only troops and supplies he had.

But......

This is almost a fantasy, the troops occupying the beach of "Omaha" do not have sufficient supplies, and the other German troops also do not have sufficient supplies because of the destruction of Caen's supplies, how can the Allies be defeated in this situation?!

But the staff officer had no choice, because he knew that once Rommel had made up his mind, no one could change it.