"General!" the staff officer replied: "The enemy had already fought with our troops at the first time, and our artillery and warships could not function!"

Only then did Montgomery get nervous. .

"Order them to hold the position and never take a step back anyway!" said Montgomery.

"That's what we said to them, General!"

"Then say it again!"

"yes!"

As mentioned before, Montgomery's command style was to like to arrange everything before the war, so even the staff could guess what order Montgomery would give. Montgomery seemed a little helpless when encountering this situation, because he didn't know what to do... The danger of landing fell on the British army again, and behind the British army was the ocean. If the German army was allowed to defeat them step by step, the troops of the two divisions that had landed would undoubtedly be devastating.

At this time Eisenhower called.

"I want to know what's going on now?" Eisenhower said: "Because it's only more than two hours away from the scheduled landing time for the US military! I want to decide whether to let those young men continue to wait or proceed as planned!"

"No, the plan has been postponed!" Montgomery replied without thinking.

The British army was defeated by the German army. If the US army squeezed forward again at this time... it would be everyone's nightmare.

"Is the situation bad?" Eisenhower heard another meaning of this.

"Yes, the situation is not good!" Montgomery could only answer truthfully.

"Do you need our help?" Eisenhower asked.

"No, we can solve it!" Montgomery will not seek American help until it is absolutely possible, because that means giving up.

So Eisenhower stopped talking.

In fact, the US military can be said to have won half of the victory... Montcomarley had previously vowed to ensure the safety and order of the US military's logistics supply, but they could not even guarantee their own safety.

After half an hour, the situation continued to worsen and even showed signs of collapse on the whole line.

The reason is that the British Fifth Division continued to retreat to the beachhead on the coast under the fierce attack of German tanks. The beachhead was filled with British logistics personnel and supplies unloaded from the transport ship during the day. So the British Fifth Division commander Bai Dewen thought this was very dangerous... It is easy to suffer heavy casualties due to being covered by enemy artillery fire. If the impact of the tank is coupled with the tank, these people will either die from the tracks of the tank or have to jump into the sea to feed the fish.

Bodewen contacted the transport fleet as soon as possible and hoped that they could transport a group of people from the beach so that the combat troops could have room for combat.

But what Bodewen didn't expect was that one person and two people might be easy to control, and it was easy to tell them what was happening and explain why they were doing this, but if it was one thousand and ten thousand people... the situation would be completely different.

When the sailors appeared on the beach in hundreds of Higgins ships to withdraw some of the logistics personnel, the combat troops thought they could not hold the position and retreated. In front was the sound of the "rumbling" motor of the German tanks, so close that even the sound of the "cracking" tracks could be heard, and behind were ships organizing the retreat... Everyone in the trench was wondering: Have they been abandoned? Has it been a stepping stone for others to withdraw?

I don’t know who took the lead. The British soldiers turned around and ran towards the Higgins ship despite the officer’s refusal to stop them... They wanted to occupy a position, but they were afraid that they would stay here and never go back.

So more and more people on the beach were crowded, and everyone wanted to get on the boat, which forced Bai Dewen to order the Higgins ship to leave the coastline and even fired a gun to warn him, but this was still useless. The British soldiers dropped their guns and jumped into the sea to swim towards Higgins ship...

Fortunately, at night, the Germans did not notice the British beachhead positions and slowly advanced forward in a straightforward manner. Otherwise, they would have only one charge to launch a massacre on the beachhead.

Even so, the situation is still very critical.

The Germans have advanced to a point only 1.5 kilometers away from the beachhead, which can be said to be only one step away.

At this time, Montgomery could only grit his teeth and ordered the artillery to bomb a village called Forka and on both sides of the village.

The staff officer expressed surprise: "General, that village has our troops!"

"How many people?" Montgomery asked with a stern face.

"I don't know, I'm sorry for a battalion!" The staff officer replied: "I'm not sure if they ran away!"

"Fire!" said Montgomery.

"yes!"

...

So the six hundred artillery pieces prepared by Montgomery on Sicily and the large number of shells were stored. They poured the shells to the other side in tons and exploded a barrage that could almost be said to be airtight, which finally blocked the German army's advance.

Of course, the French Toulon fleet also joined the bombing soon. Montgomery even ordered them to sail near the sea and approach the beach. If a German army rushed over, the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons on the warship could serve as a cover.

It should be said that these orders from Montgomery were still correct... Although bombing may lead to accidental injuries, these accidental injuries are almost negligible compared to being rushed to the beach position by the enemy who broke through the defense line and rushed to the beach position.

It was not until this time that the British army had a chance to breathe and organize defense again.

In fact, this may also be said to be a blessing in disguise.

Because if the British army had not escaped... at this time, the British army would have been almost stuck by the German army. The British army could not advance and dared not retreat easily, because they were worried that they would be chased by the German army and rushed into the sea in one breath.

So the artillery was unable to play a role, because at this time it was not as simple as a battalion troops on the front line.

On the contrary, the British army's sudden retreat was without warning. Although this caused some chaos on the beach to almost get out of control and there was some potential danger, the two armies had a rare "disengagement", and it was this "disengagement" that allowed the British army to escape.

After that, the British army almost hid behind the artillery fire and fired guns, so they could not breathe a sigh of relief until dawn.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the German army had to retreat.

In fact, the German army retreated before dawn... The tanks need time to return to their positions and hide them, otherwise it will be too late for the Allied fighter planes to come out after dawn.
Chapter completed!