Guillaume? Melgard (80 years old) is the head of the intelligence network of the French resistance. His members conducted meticulous reconnaissance of Omaha, Juneau, and Gordes beaches in Normandy prior to landing. He then became a member of U.S. military intelligence, one of the first Allied forces to enter the Dachau concentration camp near Munich. After the war, the Frenchman, who was once a professional cyclist, went into business and published a local newspaper. He now resides in Bayeux, France.

"In March 1941, there were 92 members of our intelligence network. Our task was to gather information on the military activities of the German army. None of us are career intelligence officers. But we all aspire to the day when our country will be restored to its dignity and freedom.

All of this motivates us to get things done. We rode bicycles, trains, cars, or horse-drawn carriages to and fro to reconnoiter German movements, artillery positions, fortifications, airfields, and so on. It's a great deal for me to do. As a cyclist, I can ride 80 to 100 kilometers a day to the seaside and to Scout in Saint-Lô.

All the information I got on my bike. Some of the information was of no value, but some was about fortifications and minefields. The most important piece of information we have obtained is the one about Cape Hawke. We have long submitted to the Allies a report that the artillery positions at Cape Hawk have been transferred. But the Allies did not believe this intelligence.

The Germans camouflaged themselves so successfully that both the Americans and the British thought that artillery positions, including six 155-mm guns, were still there. When I learned that the U.S. Army Rangers had climbed the cliffs there, I shook my head. Because that's pointless. But you can't criticize them. Their actions were truly heroic. ”

"On June 2, we were informed of the landing through two telecommunications broadcast on BBC Radio. For those of us who are members, the telecommunications from this station should be 'hot weather in the Suez Canal region' and 'a foregone conclusion'. On Monday, June 5, I found the Allied airlift busy. This gave me a hunch that something big was going to happen. So, I screwed the radio into the BBC band. ”

"At 18:30, the first wave of telecommunications came from the air, twice in a row. After that, there was a brief disturbance. Then came the second telegraph, also two times in a row. Then. I know that the landing will begin the next day on our shores. We've been waiting for this for four years. Then. I couldn't be more excited. ”

"On the afternoon of D-Day, I met with Captain Stewart, an intelligence officer of the British Army, in Bazinville, near Bayeux. I told him that there were no more Germans in Bayes. I told him unequivocally that the Germans had retreated and had deployed a first line of defense seven to eight kilometres south of it. There were only 10 German signal men stationed at the post office. They were abandoned by their colleagues who were retreating. They can't run away. ”

"Early morning of the 7th. When the first British Einsatzgruppen arrived at Bayeux. I led them to the post office. The Germans were captured. At noon, 200 to 300 British troops arrived at Bayeux. They gave us chewing gum and chocolate candy. In the next 8 to 10 days, many of us said they were going on vacation. June 14th. General de Gaulle came to Bayeux. It was a really elated day......"

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In the headquarters of the German Army on the Western Front in Paris, Li Mo has been in the operational command room since the Allied troops began to parachute, paying close attention to the situation on the front line.

But at this time, the most critical thing was not the Allied landing in Normandy, but the pocket array arranged by Li Mo around the Maginot Line, whether it could accommodate more than two million Allied troops was the key, the victor Allies did not dare to brush the German tiger whiskers within a few years, and the defeated Germany perished.

In this way, the German army in Normandy was destined to become cannon fodder to consume and drag down the Allies, which was a matter of no choice.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, Marshal Gluck has called."

"Reading ......"

"The Allies have landed eight divisions in Normandy on the evening of June 6, and three paratrooper divisions have been airdropped, and the troops defending the coast have retreated to eight kilometers away from the beach because they cannot withstand the heavy bombardment of the Allied naval guns, and between the coastal troops and our armored troops, there are three Allied airborne divisions fighting desperately, trying to prevent our two units from converging, please instruct our troops to move next."

After thinking for a moment, Li Mo ordered the telegraph officer:

"Order Marshal Gluck to use all his forces to destroy the Allied airborne troops caught between them tonight, and let them rain their shells on the Normandy landing area!

There are two things to pay special attention to: first, we must not go to the coast, and I do not think that Marshal Gluck will drive the landing Allied troops into the sea to feed the sharks, and second, the rest of Army Group B can begin to retreat to a distance of fifty kilometers east of Caen, establish a second line of defense, and lay all kinds of mines on the way to retreat, and do not be stingy. ”

Field Marshal Gluck soon received a telegram from Limer, and immediately began to organize his troops, only to wait for nightfall, and now two hours before dark, the Allied air forces were hovering in the air at any time, which was very unsuitable for the German armored forces.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Allied airborne troops sandwiched between the German troops came under fierce attack, the German army in Normandy had 140,000 troops, even if the Allies suffered losses when landing, the German troops retreating from the coastal line could still draw three divisions of infantry to participate in the attack, while the other troops had to defend the Allied forces on the beachhead.

At the same time, the four German armored divisions secretly deployed in Normandy all participated in the attack, the Allied airborne troops were very elite, but they also lacked heavy weapons, and the German tanks and infantry, under the cover of night, rushed to the three paratrooper divisions of the Allied forces like a tide, what 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, under the absolute armored force, are all tofu scum.

Without air support and without much heavy weaponry, many Allied airborne troops were killed from both sides, and countless soldiers were taken prisoner, even the commanders of three paratrooper divisions were taken prisoner by the Germans.

The battle lasted all night, the Allies on the beachhead also tried to reinforce, but were beaten back by the defending Germans, and soon countless shells exploded on the beach, the Germans' shells were like hail, so that the landing Allies suffered heavy casualties, and they also wanted to reinforce the surrounded paratroopers, if the Germans really wanted to encircle them on the beachhead, it was not a difficult thing, but Li Mo did not intend to do so. (To be continued......)