Reborn South Africa as a police officer

While the Eighth Infantry Division was attacking, the U.S. and British armies also launched attacks on their respective targets according to the plan. The mission of the U.S. 1st Army was to capture Cherbourg as the main attack; The illusion is used as a feint to share the pressure of the US military.

Although Rommel's armored forces failed to move in place, they still actively mobilized infantry divisions to fill the line of defense, although the mobilization of infantry was equally difficult.

On the night of the 6th, Rommel once suggested to Mustache that he hoped to withdraw all troops to the other side of the Seine, shrink the line of defense, and deploy defenses along the Seine.

This request was also rejected by Mustache, and now Mustache cannot accept any suggestion related to retreat, even if the retreat suggestion is correct——

It's not necessarily true either.

Rommel was a person with a complicated emotional world.

Like many ordinary Germans, Rommel regarded Mustache as the savior of Germany and expected that Mustache would lead Germany to rise again. This was also Rommel's ideal.

Before the start of the Barbarossa plan, everything went well. Poland was conquered in 27 days, Denmark in 1 day, Norway in 23 days, Holland in 5 days, Belgium in 18 days, and even France in only 39 days.

If Rommel is allowed to command the German army, then after Poland, Germany may choose to join forces with Britain and France to attack Russia, and the entire history of World War II will be rewritten.

Mustache did not choose to join forces with Britain and France, but chose to launch an attack on France. Although the German army defeated France like a bamboo shoot, this became the beginning of a series of failures.

Perhaps it was precisely because Rommel disapproved of attacking Russia that he was sent to North Africa by Mustache.

Compared with two years ago, the Third Reich of Germany is at the end of the road at this time. No matter how powerful Rommel is, he can't save Germany. Therefore, Rommel hopes to end the war in a way similar to World War I and avoid Germany. suffer more damage.

Mustaches this way are definitely not acceptable.

Like the 1.5th Infantry Division, the British and U.S. troops were equally difficult to attack. Bad weather was the biggest enemy. The U.S. armored units were mired in mud, and their average daily advance speed was only [-] kilometers. Cherbourg takes almost two months.

The British army was even worse. The troops never set off. The road to Caen was completely destroyed by Allied bombers. It would take at least a week to repair the road.

Of course, there may be other reasons for this. After all, the British army has always been lacking in enthusiasm for saving France. According to Montgomery, if the southern African engineers do not help, then the British army will have to wait until at least next year to repair the road.

The 8th Infantry Division's offensive was not smooth. The 21st Tank Division was composed entirely of Germans and had a strong will to fight. The 8th Infantry Division launched a total of four offensives on the 7th, when it was closest to the German forward position Only less than 50 meters.

The 50 meters failed to break through in the end. The German resistance was very tenacious, and the 8th Infantry Division suffered more and more casualties. After nightfall, the fighting gradually stopped.

"The Germans are too cunning, there is absolutely no chance of a sneak attack—" Xie Jianye and Bloomfield personally went to the front line to inspect after dark, and the situation was not optimistic.

The Germans had been prepared for a long time, and after night fell, they kept firing flares without stopping for a moment, and there was no chance of a sneak attack.

The chances of winning a sneak attack are not great. The Germans have tanks to assist in the defense. If they rashly send light infantry, there is a high probability that they will be massacred by tanks. Sending tanks to fight is also dangerous. German anti-tank guns can still penetrate at close range. "Leopard" style.

"Then spend it. Let's see how many flares the Germans can use." Blomfield is not in a hurry. Compared with the British and American troops, the southern African army has already taken the lead.

Although there is no bet, there is still competition among the Allied forces. In a big way, it depends on who will occupy Berlin first. The nearest target is Paris.

"Don't give the Germans a chance to rest, and boil them to death—" Xie Jianye was ruthless, wanting to fight a war of annihilation and show off the military power of southern Africa.

It wasn't easy either, and things changed on the 8th.

On the morning of the 8th, southern African bombers routinely bombed the German positions, and accidentally discovered that the German army had completely destroyed Cannes Airport.

Fichtinger may not be capable enough, but he still has courage.

The Allied forces have completely controlled the airspace of Normandy. Even if everything is normal at Cannes Airport, the 21st Armored Division cannot receive air reinforcements, so Feichdinger simply ordered the airport to be completely destroyed, so that even if the Allied forces captured Cannes, they would also be unable to use the airport. Resupply.

This is considered to be the end of the boat, and then it is the turn of the Allies to suffer.

The goal of the Allied forces attacking Cannes was to capture the Cannes airport. Now that the airport has been completely destroyed, even taking Cannes would be useless. Considering the fighting will of the German 21st Armored Division, Gavin ordered the 8th Division to stop the attack and take the Cannes was surrounded.

"Why stop the attack? Even if the Cannes Airport is out of action, completely annihilating the German 21st Armored Division is still a major victory." Eisenhower was not satisfied with Gavin's order, and he was very angry these two days.

After the "Overlord" operation began, apart from the sudden establishment of a beachhead by the landing force's tactics, almost nothing went well.

The southern African army was not wrong. At least the 8th Division successfully surrounded the German 21st Armored Division in Cannes.

The British and U.S. troops are in a mess. The U.S. 101st Airborne Division has been airborne for more than 72 hours, and the assembly has not yet been completed.

The situation of the British army was a bit better, but there was a problem with the will to fight. Eisenhower now suspects that the road to Caen was not cut off by bombers, but by the British army itself.

"It's not a good idea to attack Cannes by force. The Germans have a strong defensive position and a strong will to fight. If they attack by force, the attacking troops will suffer huge losses. The best way is to surround and not attack. When the German supplies are exhausted, The Germans will take the initiative to leave the position.” Jan Smolts took the initiative to take responsibility, and the old Marshal spoke confidently, not fearing Eisenhower at all.

Eisenhower had just graduated from West Point and served as a second lieutenant in San Antonio, Texas, when Young Smother was promoted to marshal.

Eisenhower's resume is also very strange.

Eisenhower graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1915, awarded the rank of second lieutenant, and was promoted to major the following year.

There are several levels of difference between a second lieutenant and a major. With reference to Rommel's promotion speed, it would take at least 30 years for Eisenhower to be promoted to a major.

When World War II broke out, Eisenhower's military rank was lieutenant colonel. At this time, it has been 20 years since Eisenhower was promoted to major.

Then Eisenhower entered the fast lane. He was first appointed as the deputy director of the war planning department, and then promoted to the director of the planning department. After arriving in Europe, he was promoted like a rocket. He was promoted from major general to general in just two years. metamorphosis.

Even if he is an admiral, he is still far behind Yang Smozi's marshal.

So Yang Smolts is fully qualified to respond strongly to Eisenhower.

"Cannes is the shipping center in northern France. The Germans have hoarded a large amount of supplies. How many years will it take for the Germans to run out of supplies?" Montgomery said in a strange tone.

"You should fix the road to Caen first!" Yang Smother was annoyed. The current commanders of the Allied Forces are younger brothers than Yang Smother——

Montgomery's rank was lieutenant when Jan Smother became Field Marshal.

Everyone else didn't speak, Southern Africa was fighting with British and American gods, and the marshals and generals of other countries were not even qualified to participate.

"The weather is worse now than some time ago. We need time to replenish supplies and stabilize the beachhead." Montgomery is confident and confident, and he can blame God for not being beautiful.

This is also true. The weather forecasting department originally predicted that there would be at least a week of clear weather after the start of the "D" Day operation, and the Allies could use this time to transport more troops and supplies.

Now the plan was completely disrupted, the sunny weather lasted less than 48 hours, and the troops and supplies sent by the Allied forces to Normandy were only 20.00% of the plan.

In other words, even if the German army opens the door now, the Allied tanks may not be able to drive to Paris.

"Then let's just wait until the right opportunity arises." Yang Smozi was not in a hurry.

The Allies now have three offensive lines, one in Normandy, one in the direction of Spain, and the last in Italy.

Except for the one in Normandy, the other two lines are mainly based on the southern African army, and they are progressing smoothly. It should be Eisenhower and Montgomery who are anxious now.

If this delay continues, southern Africa and Russia will become the saviors of the European continent. This is probably the last thing Britain and the United States want to see.

Unbeknownst to the Americans, the British certainly do not want to see southern African influence expand in Europe.

On the night of the 8th, Winston summoned Montgomery. It is unknown to outsiders what the two talked about. On the 9th, the British army began to attack Caen on its own initiative. At this time, the road had not yet been repaired.

"I can now quite understand your father's feelings during the last world war. I remember at that time, because of your father's unresponsiveness, conflicts broke out between the two of us." Yang Smozi thoroughly recognized the reality and was not afraid of God. The same opponents are afraid of teammates like pigs.

Gavin smiled wryly and had nothing to say.

Although the British and U.S. troops moved slowly on the battlefield, they rode the wind and waves to advance by leaps and bounds in the newspapers. After these days of propaganda, Germany is retreating across the board, and the Allied forces are reporting success on almost all fronts. The repair of a bridge by the British army has been highlighted , although the length of the bridge is less than ten meters.

During this period, news about the Russian battlefield completely disappeared from the newspapers. No one paid attention to the nearly 180 divisions in the Russian battlefield. Even the most objective "The Times" focused most of its attention on Normandy.

Newspaper editors are also talents.

In Normandy, there is almost no news except for the strong wind and heavy rain. The U.S. Army is fighting with the mud, the British Army is busy building roads, and the 8th Division in Southern Africa surrounds the 21st Armored Division of the German Army in Cannes, consuming dozens of tons of shells every day, but the battle has no effect. progress.

"Have you received any secret instructions from your father?" Yang Smother said bluntly, as if he was worried that Rock would order Gavin to deliberately preserve his strength in private.

"No, no, no, my father didn't give me any orders not to make it public." Gavin firmly denied that compared with the British, Rock still had a bottom line.

Rock, like Yang Smudge, wanted the war to end as soon as possible.

Some people don't think so. They don't care how many people will die every day the war is delayed, they only care about whether their own interests are lost.

"If possible, I hope that the 8th Division will resume its offensive as soon as possible—" Yang Smozi was still rational, and what he said at this moment was completely different from what he said at the military meeting.

Gavin looked questioningly, not quite understanding what Yang Smozi meant.

"If we wait, then we can win in the end as well, but that win doesn't mean anything, people won't remember what we paid for it, I know you want to say history books are written by the winners, but I hope that when people discuss this war in the future, they will think of more than conspiracy and brutality.” Yang Smother was a witness to the two world wars, and he has a deeper view on war than Gavin.

"Marshal, you are the commander-in-chief of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and you should issue this order." Gavin did not shirk responsibility, but respected the old and loved the young.

Speaking of which, Marshal Yang Smother was aggrieved enough. During the two world wars, he never went to the front line and stayed in the rear all the time, even worse than Winston.

In the last world war, Rock was the main character, and Jan Smudge was a member of the British War Cabinet, and neither was strictly speaking southern African.

Now the opportunity came, Rock appointed two commanders, one was in North Africa and the other was in the Far East, and Jan Smudge was the biggest on Normandy, so Gavin gave this opportunity to Jan Smudge.

"Thank you, but no need, I'm old, now is the time for your generation to make contributions." Yang Smozi smiled, he was not a greedy person.

Then come Gavin.

The bombardment of the 8th Division over the past few days and the indiscriminate bombing of the Air Force still played a certain role. When Xie Jianye received the order, 60.00% of the positions outside Cannes had been destroyed, and a wave of "Leopard" tanks was concentrated. Ability to break through German positions.

The main reason is that technology has advanced too much. The artillery of World War I, in terms of power and accuracy, is far behind the current artillery.

The gap in the air force is even greater. Although the Allied forces have not launched a ground attack in the past few days, the air force has almost come out, taking out all the weapons that have not yet been finalized for the troops, and using the German army as a test product.

The tanks of the 21st Armored Division have obviously proved to be better. The Allied forces have used aerial bombs weighing more than 9 tons in the past few days, and their power is simply devastating.

"At six o'clock tomorrow morning, the troops will launch an attack on time. I hope to live in Feichdinger's command post tomorrow night." Xie Jianye has high requirements. Even if the Germans suffered heavy losses, it is still very difficult to resolve the battle within 12 hours. big.