Forced to stop, the remaining dozens of tanks of the British and French forces began to turn around, after all, it was the first time to use in actual combat, tank drivers and commanders were worried about excessive losses, and there was no radio command in Britain and France during this period, and the tank squad leaders found that the small-caliber artillery pushed out by the Germans had caused such a big loss to their own side, so they were frightened one by one, and many tank squad leaders began to command their tanks to turn around and retreat.

The infantry were counting on the tanks to help block bullets and shells, but no one expected that the tanks would drive the tanks to turn around, and many of the infantry were caught off guard and knocked down by the tanks U-turn, and there were many infantry between the tanks and the tanks, and the people were crowded, and many British and French infantry were knocked down and then crushed to death.

The morale of the British and French troops, which had been high, was suddenly demoralized here, and many soldiers immediately turned around and ran, and even the platoon commanders and squad leaders at the grassroots level commanded the troops to retreat. Originally, according to this situation, especially in the beach-grabbing landing battle, the attacking troops were absolutely not allowed to retreat after rushing to the beachhead, and they could not retreat even if they were dead, but the current situation is slightly different, the attacking troops have already occupied the first line of defense, and now that the attack has been frustrated, the attacking troops can retreat to the first line of defense that they have already occupied to set up defenses, waiting for backup and further orders.

"Bastards, bastards, damn it, those tank crews of the British are really making trouble, I said don't do those weird things, now it's okay, not only did not defeat the Germans, but also knocked our own people to death and crushed so much!" French Marshal Petain cursed after receiving the specifics of the landing battle.

Commander-in-Chief Foch reassured: "Okay, okay, the British are well-intentioned after all, and they definitely didn't expect this to be the case." After all, it was the first time to use it in actual combat, and they were also inexperienced. Anyway, the reason why we were able to capture the first line of defense so quickly. It's also because of those tanks, they blocked a lot of German bullets and shells! Although these tanks caused us a lot of trouble this time, you have also seen their effects, and I believe that after a little more actual combat, the power of those tanks will be highlighted. By the way, you go to the British, let them cooperate, and continue to launch an attack before twelve o'clock at noon, and our infantry must follow closely."

Pétain stood up and saluted: "Okay." Commander in chief! ”

After losing some of their tanks, the British tank units continued to attack from the first line of defense, with the French infantry cooperating, while the air force continued to send fighters to bomb the German second line of defense.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the Anglo-French forces launched a second wave of attacks, because the Germans had lost air supremacy, the artillery positions deployed by the German troops on the positions were quickly destroyed by the Allied air force, so the German artillery support fire was completely devoid. But despite this, the Germans stubbornly held on to the second direction.

Until it was dark that afternoon. The Anglo-French forces launched five consecutive attacks during the day, but still did not break through the second line of German defense.

For three days, the Germans had used up almost every bullet and every grenade, and still did not allow the Anglo-French army to move forward. Often, during the day, the Anglo-French forces captured the second line of defense of the German army, and then the German army launched a night attack at night to recapture the second line of defense, because at night the naval artillery and air bombardment of the allied forces would be ineffective. The allied army's firepower superiority was gone, and the German army, which had an absolute advantage in individual combat effectiveness and tactical literacy, could certainly not be withstood by the British and French forces.

During the day, the Anglo-French forces relied on their superior firepower and infantry onslaught. The defensive line was taken again, and the Germans recaptured it in the night. This was repeated for several days, until the ammunition ran out, and the Germans had to retreat to the rear.

On May 2, 30,000 British and French troops first occupied Omaha Beach, where the British and French troops lost 50,000 men, while the Germans also suffered more than 50,000 casualties.

Because of the loss of air supremacy, the German army fought to the death when all artillery positions were destroyed by the Allied air force, causing huge casualties to the Allied army.

In the next two days, the British and French forces at the four landing sites of "Utah", "Juno", "Sword" and "Gold" also successfully consolidated their beachhead positions and developed in depth with the support of the navy and air force.

The loss of the coastline made the German army realize the terrible place of losing air supremacy, and the German army quickly reacted, they could not surpass the Entente in terms of navy, but they were not afraid of the Entente in terms of air force, and with Germany's current mechanical equipment manufacturing capacity, it would soon be able to replenish the more than 1,000 fighters destroyed by the Chinese army this time.

Far from the coastline, the Allied forces could not get the powerful artillery support of the navy's large-caliber naval guns, and as long as they could contain the Allied air forces in the sky, the Germans were confident that they could stop the offensive of the British and French forces.

In the following days, Foch, commander-in-chief of the Western Front of the Allied Powers, commanded the British and French forces to establish a continuous landing site in an area of 80 kilometers in front and 13 kilometers ~ 19 kilometers in depth, and the allied forces of 1 million people, 50,000 trucks, 130,000 horse-drawn carriages, and 2 million tons of war materials were transported ashore, and in the next two months, troops continued to land and land from Britain on this road.

During this period of continuous transportation of troops by the Allied forces, the German army was not idle, on the one hand, the army built fortifications and transferred troops to strengthen the defense, on the other hand, it also brought in a large amount of ammunition to replenish the number of artillery, and deliberately increased the 37 mm guns with small caliber and extended barrels to deal with tanks.

In addition, the German army also transferred troops and secretly cultivated ten more airfields in northern France, all of which were north of the Seine, on the one hand, from the aspect of secrecy, and on the other hand, they were worried that the Chinese Air Force fighters would bomb them, and the danger of being bombed in France north of the Seine River was much smaller, after all, the distance between Britain and Italy was not close, and if the Chinese Air Force took off, the German intelligence officers in the southeast and northwest of France could report the news in time. Thus preparing the German airfield side. The German army also transferred more than 1,000 fighters from the German mainland to prepare to fight against the Allied air force, and this news was extremely secretive, and the Allied side did not get any information, which shows that the German army has strengthened the news blockade this time.

On May 12, more than 20,000 German troops retreated to Cherbourg, the largest port in northern France on the northern Cotentin Peninsula. The Germans built concrete field fortifications, used rivers and canals to set up anti-tank barriers, and deployed 20 batteries of artillery in bunkers on the outskirts of the city, 15 of which were 150mm guns, which could fire at sea targets and control inland roads. Moreover, due to the abundant strength of the German army, the German generals firmly believed that they could hold out here for a year and a half, and the German army had already laid a large number of mines in the port waters, and they also sunk ships on the channel to bet on the channel.

In order to preserve the facilities in the port of Cherbourg, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, Foch, urged the German generals stationed in Cherbourg to surrender by telegram and radio, but the Germans refused, so Foch had to order his troops to storm Cherbourg.

On 15 May, the Allied air forces prepared for the attack on Cherbourg with 400 warplanes from Britain to bomb Cherbourg intensively, dropping 1,000 tons of bombs. Subsequently, three divisions of the American and British armies launched a fierce attack from the south, and the Germans resisted to the death.

At this time, the ten secret airfields built by the German army in the area north of the Seine River had been built, and even the fighters had all flown to the secret airfields, but because the flight range was too long, the Luftwaffe could not participate in the war against the Allied air force, and could only watch the Allied air force reckless.

In order to capture Cherbourg as soon as possible, the British army urgently needed the navy to provide naval artillery fire support, but bad weather made the naval artillery fire, until May 18, the navy sent 4 battleships, 4 cruisers, and 11 destroyers to form a naval gun support formation to support the ground forces, and Vice Admiral Mast, commander of the British 8th Army, avoided the ship's guns from accidentally damaging his own troops, and asked the warships to only return fire on the German guns that shot the warships in addition to providing summon fire, and canceled all other long-distance naval gun fire. The naval warships carried out 8 hours of naval artillery fire, which was extremely effective in suppressing German artillery fire. Even in this situation, the German army still carried out desperate resistance, the British and German sides fought for half a month of fierce street fighting, with the support of powerful naval and air force firepower, the British 8th Army rushed into the city of Cherbourg at dusk on May 30, but lost 25,000 people, while the German army was only 20,000 in total, and there were still 4,000 when the German army in Cherbourg finally surrendered.

Even with absolute naval and air forces and absolute superiority, the British army still lost more than the German defenders in Cherbourg, and from this point of view, the German army's individual combat quality and overall tactical literacy definitely surpassed the British and French armies.

The German general in charge of the defense, Alexander. Heinrich. Rudolph. Feng. Kluke suggested to the German High Command that the troops be withdrawn to the east bank of the Havre River, using the river to block the fierce offensive of the British and French forces, and retreating to the area east of the Havre River, the German air force in northern France could come in handy, and the Allied air force could be contained, and the German army could give full play to its artillery superiority, but the German High Command did not agree to his suggestion and ordered him to fight for every inch of land. (To be continued......)