Chapter 548: Is This a Trap?
In the headquarters of the German Army on the Western Front in Paris, Rommel has been in the operational command room since the beginning of the airborne landing of the Anglo-American forces, closely monitoring the situation on the front line. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Normandy landing battle had been fully opened, and the Anglo-American forces were still operating according to the historical trajectory, which made Rommel unable to hide his excitement.
But at this time, the most critical thing is not the landing of the Anglo-American coalition in Normandy, but the pocket array arranged by Rommel around the Maginot Line, whether it can accommodate more than two million Anglo-American troops is the key, this victory will not dare to touch the German tiger whiskers for several years, and this defeat will destroy Germany.
In this way, the German army in Normandy was destined to become cannon fodder that consumed and dragged down the Anglo-American coalition forces, which was also a matter of no choice.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, Marshal Gluck has called."
"Reading ......"
"On the evening of August 25, the Anglo-American forces had landed eight divisions in Normandy and airdropped three paratrooper divisions, and the troops defending the coast had retreated to eight kilometers from the beach because they could not withstand the heavy bombardment of the Anglo-American naval guns.
Between the coastal forces and our armored forces, there are three Anglo-American airborne divisions fighting desperately, trying to prevent our two forces from converging, please instruct our troops on their next move. ”
Rommel pondered for a moment, then ordered the telegraph officer:
"Order Field Marshal Gluck to use all his forces to-night to destroy the Anglo-American airborne forces sandwiched between them, and let them rain their shells on the Normandy landing zone!
There are two things to pay special attention to: first, not to rush to the coast, and I don't think Marshal Gluck wants Marshal Gluck to drive the landing Anglo-American troops into the sea to feed the sharks.
Second; Even 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 mines of all kinds on the way to retreat, and do not hesitate. ”
Field Marshal Gluck soon received a telegram from Rommel, and immediately began to organize his troops, only waiting for nightfall, and now two hours before dark, the Anglo-American air force was hovering in the air at any time, which was very unsuitable for the German armored forces.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the British and American airborne troops sandwiched between the German troops were fiercely attacked, and the German army had 140,000 troops in Normandy, although eight divisions of allied troops had landed on Normandy beach, but the German troops retreating from the coastal defense line could still draw three divisions of infantry to participate in the encirclement of the allied paratroopers, while the other troops had to defend the Anglo-American troops on the beachhead.
At the same time, the four German armored divisions secretly deployed in Normandy also participated in the attack, and the British and American airborne troops were very elite, but they did not have any heavy weapons.
That night, German tanks and infantry, under the cover of night, rushed to the three paratrooper divisions of the Anglo-American coalition, what 101 airborne division, 82 airborne division, under absolute armored forces, were all tofu scum.
Without air force support and without many heavy weapons, many people were killed and countless soldiers were taken prisoner, and even the commanders of three paratrooper divisions were taken prisoner by the Germans.
The battle lasted all night, and the Anglo-American forces on the beachhead also tried to reinforce them, but were beaten back by the defending Germans.
However, after the Germans annihilated the three allied paratrooper divisions, countless shells exploded on the beach, and the Germans' shells were like hailstones, causing heavy casualties to the British and American troops who landed.
As they were, they also wanted to reinforce the encircled paratroopers, and if Germany really wanted to encircle them on the beachhead, it would not be a difficult task, but Rommel did not intend to do so.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Germans in Normandy had basically cleared out three Anglo-American paratroop divisions, and only a few Anglo-American paratroopers fled through the gap to the beach.
After the Germans cleared the paratroopers of the Anglo-American coalition, they did not launch an attack, but chose to take the initiative to retreat 30 kilometers and arrange a defensive line on the front line of Caen.
When Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the Anglo-American forces, learned that the Germans had secretly deployed four armored divisions in Normandy, he was almost not scared to death, and Eisenhower's first reaction was that Normandy was a trap dug by the Germans, and if it were not for the night, Eisenhower ordered the landed Anglo-American troops to immediately withdraw back to Britain.
What made Eisenhower feel very pleased was that the three Anglo-American paratrooper divisions had dragged the four German armored divisions all night, and by the time the German armored divisions had eliminated the Anglo-American paratrooper divisions, it was already ten minutes of dawn.
As soon as daylight came, it would be the world of the British and American air forces, and Eisenhower vowed in his heart that he would blow all four German armored divisions into slag with aerial bombs.
Eisenhower, the commander of the Anglo-American Airborne Forces, was tormented all night, and the intercom was full of cries for help from his elite paratrooper units, and Eisenhower, who had millions of troops, more than 10,000 aircraft, and countless warships, was unable to do anything.
"This damn intelligence officer should be shot, the Germans actually hid four armored divisions in Normandy, which is completely to send all the tens of thousands of Anglo-American soldiers who landed to hell."
Eisenhower was furious in the command room, and only after the telegraph officer reported that the Germans had retreated 30 kilometers did Eisenhower breathe a sigh of relief.
At first, Eisenhower also felt that this was a trap for the German army, but then after careful analysis, these German armored divisions did not have any air force cover, and they could only choose to retreat and hide during the day, otherwise the British and American air forces would be incomparably stronger and would turn them all into piles of burning iron coffins.
However, Eisenhower was still not at ease, so he asked the staff officers to discuss it immediately, and at the same time gathered various intelligence and analysis, and the German army did not masse a large number of troops to Normandy. Only then did Eisenhower determine that the German Führer Rommel did not dig a trap for him in Normandy.
Early the next morning, Eisenhower ordered several thousand planes to launch an air attack on the German defensive positions, and countless aerial bombs were overwhelming, and the temporary defensive line built by the German army was suddenly full of holes, and there were many casualties.
Although the German army had a lot of anti-aircraft fire, four or five hundred shells could only beat a plane, and this loss was almost negligible for the Anglo-American coalition forces.
All right! The hours of the day belonged to the Anglo-American forces, at least the sky. Rommel's method of dealing with the Anglo-American coalition was also simple, and the 39 divisions of Army Group B, 29 of which took advantage of the cover of night, began to retreat in great strides.
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[I feel that I can't live anymore, really, I can't see hope, I can't find the future. (To be continued.) )