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Over the Inguli Strait, there were no clouds and the sun was blazing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

The sea is very quiet without a hint of wind.

But underneath this calm, there was an even more violent storm.

At noon on June 24, more than 100,000 German troops were massed on the Atlantic coastline of Lower Normandy, France, preparing to resist a joint large-scale landing operation.

The originally joint landing operation should have been carried out quietly, as far as possible on the beaches where the German forces were small. However, the plan could not keep up with the change, and the 101st Airborne Division of the Chinese Empire successfully attacked and occupied Paris, and then the 7th Army Armored Division, which landed directly at the Paris airport, stabilized the situation in Paris, which gave General Cai Ye more strategic options. ╔╗

Originally, it was planned to carry out a large-scale parachute operation within a depth of 50 to 100 kilometers of the German coastal defense line before the landing in Lower Normandy, but Cai Ye had already prepared nearly 100,000 airborne troops from six airborne divisions and was ready to sacrifice 50 percent of the parachute battle losses. Now that the joint has succeeded in capturing Paris, the parachute landing will be changed to a direct airborne landing, and unnecessary casualties can be avoided.

At the same time, the Union controlled Paris, an important strategic point in France, and directly blocked the rear of the German army on the upper and lower Normandy coastal lines, providing the Union with an excellent fighter plane to flank the German army in front and rear.

In this way, in order to pursue the maximum effect of destroying the enemy, Cai deliberately exposed the strategic purpose of the coalition forces preparing to land in Lower Normandy, so that more German troops could gather on the Lower Normandy defense line.

From the early morning of 24 Ri, the coalition dispatched more than 200 warships and more than 5,000 bombers to launch a saturation attack on the German coastal fortifications and defensive positions in depth in the Lower Normandy area. ╔╗

Tons of shells and bombs rained down every second, and the German defensive positions were suddenly in flames. By noon, the whole of Lower Normandy was on fire. Under this indiscriminate bombardment, half of the German troops suffered heavy casualties, even if they were hidden in strong fortifications.

The fire was scorching and the smoke was billowing out.

Each explosion made the earth tremble violently. The solid tunnels inevitably shook and dust, and the fire on the surface burned for more than ten hours, turning the originally cold dark fortress into a scorched furnace. The German troops inside sweated profusely, but they did not dare to rush out, so they had to wait for the moment to jointly launch a beach-grabbing landing. ╔╗

However, the joint forces delayed launching the beach-grabbing landing offensive for a long time, and all the landing troops had only one order, that is, they had to sleep all the time, and if they couldn't sleep, they had to close their eyes and recuperate. The navy and air force continued to bombard the enemy with naval guns and aircraft, which made the Germans nervous and exhausted their strength as much as possible.

The continuous large-scale and high-intensity bombardment led the German high command to judge that the United forces were going to carry out a landing operation from Lower Normandy. Therefore, the German High Command, on Hitler's orders, maintained a first-class combat state and was ready to meet the combined landing offensive.

As a result, the Germans did not have time to rest, and kept a high degree of tension, for fear that as soon as they closed their eyes and rested, they would land on the beachhead.

After noon, the sun shone down on the side of the German anti-aircraft positions in Normandy. ╔╗This is exactly the moment that Cai Ye is waiting for. Because only at this time, the dazzling rays of the sun will blind the optical sights of the German air defense positions, so that the German air defense soldiers can not clearly see the combined fighters coming to attack with the sun on their backs, and the German machine gunners on the coastal fortresses will also be pierced by the dazzling sunlight and unable to see the landing ships surging on the sea.

When you die! Although it is not the magic weapon to determine Xing, it can effectively reduce the joint equipment loss and casualties.

"The landing operation begins!"

As soon as Cai gave the order, the landing ships quickly approached the coastline, and all the landing combat personnel were woken up and sent to the deck for training.

Under the instructions of the commanders in charge of each ship, all the officers and men shouted slogans such as "Long live the empire" and "Our army will win," and after boosting their morale, they boarded their assault boats one after another and began to rapidly advance in the direction of the coastline. ╔╗

"The enemy is in!"

There was a sudden tension on the German positions. Finally, when the decisive moment came, reluctant German soldiers rushed to their positions under the punches and kicks of their respective commanders to prevent the joint beach-grabbing landing.

Tens of thousands of assault boats on the sea carried the combined soldiers towards the shoreline, the soldiers clutching their weapons tightly, listening to the shells that exploded next to them from time to time, and letting the stirred sea water smash on their white spoon helmets and bodies.

The assault boat was hit by a cannonball in an instant, and a whole squad of soldiers above it turned into blood in the blink of an eye. The bullets that came from the bullet clattered on the bulletproof rigid board, taking the lives of his companions from time to time. But all this fear could not stop the Chinese Emperor's soldiers from attacking the beachhead and defeating the German army.

The German shore fire was very strong, but most of it was hidden in advance. Most of the targets bombed and destroyed by the United Nations Air Force and Navy were German defensive forces on the surface, and the German shore fire resistance at this time caused huge casualties to the landing coalition.

This casualty was inevitable, but the Union quickly turned the tide. Thousands of planes swooped down from the air, dropping bombs on newly discovered German fire. Under the guidance of reconnaissance aircraft, the navy's large-caliber naval guns carried out fierce fire suppression on the German coastal positions. Every roar of large-caliber naval guns tore off a piece of what Hitler hailed as an impregnable fortification of the Atlantic Line. The blast wave of the explosion swept the German soldiers out of the way, causing them to cease their fire.

Combined with the powerful naval and air force firepower, the German shore fire was once again weakened and even unable to attack the combined landing force on the sea.

At 1:03 p.m., the battle flag of the Chinese Emperor was the first to be planted on the landing beach in Area C. Half an hour later, the British troops gained a foothold on the landing beachhead in Area E. An hour later, the French Army also raised the French flag on the landing beachhead in Area B. All the French troops were very excited because they had taken the first step towards the liberation of France.

The Chinese Emperor's offensive was the most violent, and the 3rd Marine Division was the first to establish a solid beachhead at the landing point in Area C, and the temporary floating dock was also completed within an hour, so that the subsequent amphibious landing ships were directly close to the landing site, the amphibious armored fighting vehicles could directly launch an attack in the shallow water, and the infantry could also directly carry out armed swimming, which greatly shortened the landing time and greatly reduced the casualties of the troops.

The Germans in Area C quickly organized a counterattack, and the counterattack was unusually ferocious. There were several scuffles between the two sides, and the naval guns and the air force fighters did not dare to open fire easily. The Germans used this method to drive the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division, which had landed, to the beachhead, making the situation very critical.

At the most dangerous moment, the Atlantic Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy quickly brought in two escort aircraft carriers to come to support. The two escort aircraft carriers did not have any warplanes on their decks, only a dozen helicopter gunships were parked.

Originally, the navy did not expect the new helicopter gunships to participate in the war, but the 3rd Marine Division was the heart of the navy and could not afford to lose, so when the fighters and warships could not be accurately attacked, it was forced to send a killer weapon in advance.

The arrival of a dozen helicopter gunships quickly repelled the counteroffensive Germans. The slicing skills of the powerful rocket artillery system caused the Germans to suffer heavy casualties. The 3rd Marine Division took the opportunity to quickly recapture the beachhead, and under the cover of 32 King Tiger main combat vehicles, it broke through the German defense line in Area C in one fell swoop, tearing the first hole in the German Atlantic defense line.