The order soon reached the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, with a focus on destroying ammunition and withdrawing troops. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Smith couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this order, if his superiors told him to defend it, he was afraid that the 1st Infantry Division would be lying here...... Not long ago, he thought that the "Omaha" beach was an impregnable wall, and the Germans could not attack it, but in the blink of an eye, the American troops were reduced to the point of destroying ammunition, supplying and diverting.

However, the reality was in front of him, and Smith did not dare to hesitate, and immediately issued three orders:

One: A regiment was responsible for covering, stopping the Germans at any cost, and never allowing the Germans to advance unless they were given the order to retreat...... One step forward is the beach, and the US military will not be able to carry out the destruction mission and retreat in an orderly manner.

Two: The third regiment was responsible for the destruction of ammunition and supplies, and could not leave any supplies to the enemy.

Three: The second regiment entered the retreat procedure.

There was no problem with Smith's three orders, and if all three regiments could resolutely carry out his orders, the 1st Infantry Division would not have suffered many casualties.

The reason is simple, it is easy to destroy ammunition and supplies, just load a time bomb or douse it with gasoline and ignite it...... Although it is a rainy day, there is never a shortage of gasoline in the supplies of the US military.

But it is well known that the 1st Infantry Division has always been a disobedient unit, and they even staged a mutiny as early as the Battle of Sicily because it was time to "rotate" home to rest and have fun, but they still wanted to stay on the battlefield.

But the United States has not been able to replace them to recuperate, and this is because the United States has decided to go to war on both sides and fight very hard.

If there was any recuperation for the 1st Infantry Division, it was when they were transferred to England, and the U.S. military gave them imaginable benefits in order to compensate them, such as vacations and scenic coastal bases.

But that was clearly not what the American GIs wanted, and what they wanted was to return home and be reunited with their families.

At this time, they were even more angry...... They should have been comfortably at home, but now they are in danger of lying here forever.

Worse still, why was the 1st Regiment on cover duty?

You must know that the first regiment fought fiercely with the Germans from the very beginning, and suffered the heaviest casualties, even if it was the turn of the other regiments...... In fact, Smith's decision was a helpless move, you must know that the soldiers of the first regiment were guarding the defensive line and the cliffs, and they had already fought with the German army in close combat, and at this time, even if they wanted to, they could not be replaced.

However, the officers and men of the 1st Regiment did not think so much, they only felt unfair and unconvinced, so they protested to the commander while facing the bullets and shells of the German army.

The chief reported these problems layer by layer, and soon reached Smith, who was busy directing the retreat, and there was no room for manoeuvre, so he simply replied: "This is an order!" ”

Smith's attitude completely annoyed the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, and the regiment commander, Colonel Thomas, slammed the phone and said, "Fuck the order!" ”

Saying that, Thomas didn't care about 3721, and retreated the headquarters three miles, which immediately shook the already unstable military spirit again, and the officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment looked at their rear...... The soldiers of the 2nd Regiment had already boarded the landing craft that had come to meet them in rows and moved to other positions, but they were still holding on to their own positions.

And it is predictable that even in the end, they may not be able to withdraw, because the German tanks will always bite their tails, and they are afraid that they will not even be able to land the landing craft at that time.

So I don't know who to start with, and the first regiment began to retreat. Even the American troops stationed on the cliff abandoned their artillery and fled from the cliff along the net rope.

The German tanks took this opportunity to "rumble" up.

This time, the German tanks did not hesitate, because they already knew that the Americans were preparing to burn the supplies and flee, and the captured supplies were the key to whether they could hold the "Omaha" beach.

As a result, one tank after another is like a tiger, completely ignoring whether there is infantry to accompany it and step on the accelerator to the end...... In this way, many American soldiers were crushed by the tanks under the tracks of the tanks and turned into pulp, and the machine gunners in the German tanks even fought until they ran out of bullets, and the corpses of American soldiers were everywhere.

To make matters worse, the Germans quickly captured the fortifications on both flanks and turned the muzzles of the guns on the cliffs to aim them at the landing craft...... With the sound of "boom", several landing craft loaded with American GIs were blown to pieces.

This soon caused even more confusion, because everyone knew that it was the last moment, and it would be too late if they didn't evacuate, so everyone abandoned their tasks and rushed to the landing craft, and several of them even lost their balance because they were crowded with too many people and capsized in the wind and waves.

Smith had lost control of the 1st Infantry Division by this time, but he was still in a cool head, and he knew what it would mean if the Germans were given the arms in their hands...... That would be the collapse of the whole plan, and the tragedy of "Omaha" beach would soon happen on other beaches.

So he immediately ordered: "Detonate the ammunition depot, repeat, detonate the ammunition depot!" ”

"But, General!" The sapper in charge of the detonation of the ammunition depot said: "There are still many people in the vicinity of the ammunition depot, which can cause accidental injuries!" ”

"I can't care so much!" Smith said, "Execute the order!" ”

"Yes!" The sapper answered, and then gritted his teeth and pressed down the electric switch.

With a loud bang, a cloud of black smoke exploded from the beach of "Omaha", and along with the black smoke, there were also gravel and bullets, and they flew far away like shrapnel to take away a large number of American soldiers' lives...... In fact, not only the American army, but also the German troops who rushed to kill the American defense line, and even the German tanks were destroyed in this explosion.

"Retreat!" Smith gave one last order: "Withdraw by all means, or ...... Just surrender to the Germans! ”

Smith is not joking, the fighting habits of Europeans and Americans are like this, if you can't change the outcome of the battle, then there is no need to sacrifice your life.

At the same time, under normal circumstances, European and American wars will not do anything to the prisoners.

Of course, this is just a general situation, at this time the German army has already killed the red eye, or at this time the German army has already felt that they are about to lose the war, so it is natural that the massacre of prisoners and even civilians will begin, and this will also intensify between the Allies and the Axis powers.