The right weather finally came on the fifth day after the storm began. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It was a force 6 strong wind that day, and the wave was 8 meters high, which was actually not very suitable for attacking with wooden boats...... But Rommel knew from previous reconnaissance that the wind and waves in the depression were much lower than the actual wind and waves on the sea.

This is mainly because the sea water in the depression is actually separated from the open sea, on the other hand, there are high ground around the depression to block the wind, so don't look at the strong wind and waves outside, but the wind and waves in the depression are about level 4.

The only fly in the ointment was that it was still raining heavily, so visibility was very low.

But Rommel thought, isn't this an opportunity? If the visibility was good, maybe the German tanks would have been discovered by the enemy while they were still in the depression and all of them would have been blown up.

So Rommel made a quick decision and ordered an immediate attack.

The sound of artillery soon rang out over Normandy, and the shells kicked up smoke in the American lines, which further reduced visibility, and drowned out the sound of the tank's motors as they advanced.

The deafening sound of artillery mixed with the thunder, which made the US officers and men who were already struggling to hide from the rain in the storm even more complaining.

"What are those Germans doing?" Smith, commander of the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, shouted dissatisfiedly: "Are they going to attack? ”

"I think so, General!" The staff officer holding the microphone replied: "Colonel Weir, who is on the front line, reports that he has noticed some movement in the direction of the enemy!" ”

"Damn it!" Smith spat out: "Can't they just pick a good day?" ”

Smith has a reason for complaining like this, and in this weather the American warships and warplanes are not functional.

Of course, this was not the main reason for Smith, who, like all American officers and soldiers, believed that the Germans could not successfully break through the line under such a storm and with the American army still having a "moat...... So the absence of cover from warships and warplanes was not a problem at all, and they thought that only machine guns and mortars were needed to crush the German offensive.

The reason why he doesn't like to fight in this kind of weather is simple: it's this kind of weather that makes people not want to fight!

"Fuck the Germans!" Smith scolded, "Don't they know we haven't done it in days!" ”

After a pause, Smith asked again, "What are they going to attack?" Wooden boats? ”

"It seems like yes, General!" The staff officer replied: "But not sure, because I can't see clearly!" ”

"No need to doubt it!" Smith said, "What else do they have besides wooden boats? Let the soldiers prepare their machine guns and teach them a good lesson! ”

There was a burst of laughter from the command, and they were all in amazement at the stupidity of the Germans.

A staff officer said: "They must have thought that attacking in this weather would avoid our planes and warships, but they will soon find out that our machine guns are not easy to mess with!" ”

The American soldiers also thought that the only thing the Germans could come over was wooden boats, so they set up machine guns in front of the defensive line, and because they were worried that the enemy's wooden boats might be equipped with protective steel plates, the American soldiers also transferred several mortar companies.

As soon as the mortar company came up, it began to fire, regardless of whether the target was seen or not.

In fact, these mortar shells still played a role, because there were already many German soldiers on the water who were advancing with their bodies bowed down on the wooden boat cats, and the mortar shells exploded in rows among them, and immediately set off a burst of waves and shrapnel to hit the wooden boat, which was already struggling to keep steady in the wind and waves, and some of the shells happened to hit the wooden boat directly, and the wooden boat was blown to pieces in an instant.

It's just that these are the situations that Rommel estimated in advance, and Rommel's real killer feature...... The submersible tanks, which were already moving slowly under the water of the depression like ghosts, were like entering another world, and the sound of cannons, gunfire, and screams on the water had nothing to do with them.

In fact, tank crews can't see anything in a submersible tank, and they can only determine whether they are walking in a straight line based on a makeshift gyroscope.

That's why each of them wears a life jacket, and if they find out that the situation is not good...... For example, if the tank is trapped under the water or encounters an obstacle and cannot be bypassed in time, then they can only abandon the tank to save themselves.

The U.S. military knew nothing about this, and they even uncharacteristically planned to bring the Germans closer and fight again.

In addition to their excessive self-confidence, another point is that the storm blocked the logistics supply lines, and the storm did not know when it would end, so the US military had to hold Normandy with limited supplies for an uncertain period of time, which required them to conserve ammunition.

The key point of saving ammunition is to "destroy one enemy with every bullet" as much as possible, so the officers of the US military in all parts invariably chose the tactic of "getting closer and then fighting."

This tactic turned out to be wrong, as it gave more German troops a chance to survive to the shore.

"What sound?" Colonel Will, who was commanding at the front, suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

"It's thunder!" The adjutant replied: "Either it's the sound of cannons!" ”

"No, that's not right!" Colonel Will listened to it on his stomach, and then said: "Why do I think it's the sound of tank tracks!" ”

Colonel Weir was a veteran of the Guadalcanal Campaign as part of the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater and had fought the Japanese in the Philippines not long ago...... Because the 1st Infantry Division needed to carry out the Normandy landings for amphibious operations, he was transferred from the Pacific.

The adjutant couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Sir, you were frightened by the German tanks!" ”

Colonel Will listened for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I'm sure it's the sound of tank tracks, although I don't know how they did it!" Damn, get bazookas and anti-tank guns ready! ”

But it was too late, and I only heard the "rumble" sound getting louder and louder, and then there was a "whoosh" sound, and a huge "Tiger" tank appeared in front of the American soldiers, steaming hot, and the rain hit the steel plate of the tank "horn" and "horn", and was unsurprisingly smashed to pieces.

The American GIs all stared at the behemoth in front of them in dumbfounded, they didn't know how this thing got out of the water......

While the GIs were stunned, the thick and long barrel of the "Tiger" turned to the side, and then with a "boom" sound, one shot blew up a US machine-gun point into the sky.

At this time, the U.S. military reacted and looked for bunkers and bazookas.

But then the GIs discovered to their horror that one German tank after another had emerged from the water.