Then, information came one after another, the First Division, the Second Division, the Fifteenth Division... The five divisions of the Zoafu Corps have successfully landed on all beaches in Normandy as planned.

At this time, Zhang Chi couldn't help but let go half of his heart.

These are five divisions, with a total of more than 70,000 people... Such a huge army landed on the beach in the dark and was not discovered by the German army. In addition to luck, plan, and the training and quality of the Zoafu Corps, there is another thing that Germany is indeed as unprepared as he imagined.

Zhang Chi guessed right. Although the German army knew that the Allied attack was imminent, Meijie even knew that the target of the Allied attack was Normandy, they were still unprepared.

This was first because the intelligence they received from the captured French officers was that the Allied forces would attack ten days later, and this preconceived intelligence made them think there was still time to prepare.

Secondly, it was because of the storm in front of them... they thought that when the sea water was soaring and the waves were tumbling, the Allies would never be able to land.

Therefore, the three senior generals in charge of Normandy, including Rommel, were not on duty... Tomorrow is Mrs. Rommel's birthday. At this time, Rommel was rushing back to Germany overnight to celebrate her birthday during the period when "the Allies could not implement landing."

After getting ashore, Xu Yun felt much quieter... Although the sea breeze was still howling in his ears and the rain made the beach "swish" sound, it was obviously much better than fighting with the waves in the sea.

Xu Yun looked around and found that there were only three searchlights that were rotating symbolically... It was actually used to scare people, because the searchlights did not play any role in this rain curtain.

Xu Yun carefully adjusted the direction of the signal light and sent a signal backward. The soldiers of the Zoafu Corps expanded their formation as they did during training and crawled forward.

They move forward very slowly. While crawling, they use military stings to penetrate into the sand of the beach to detect whether there are landmines... Therefore, the person walking at the forefront of each team must have rich experience in mine sweeping and sufficient patience, and even have the ability to clear mines in the dark. For example, if the mines are too dense and cannot pass through the gap, or if they have to pass through the mines due to terrain restrictions, they must implement mine clearance.

The person following behind will insert the iron needle with a soft rope tied to the shore from the starting point of the landing, and then put the rope down in front, and insert the iron needle tied on the rope to the beach every 30 meters to fix the rope to prevent it from moving.

This is done so that the person who follows behind can walk forward strictly according to the path he has explored before without going astray.

This method is very effective. It allowed more than 1,000 vanguards of the First Division to successfully pass through the minefield and lurk at the forefront of the German fortification without triggering a mine, and of course it was not discovered by the German army.

Xu Yun was lurking at the location of the German army, and he could even hear the German army talking. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand German so he didn't know what they were saying.

The landing situation in other directions was not so lucky. There were thunderstorms in Jintan and Jiantan, and two more thunderstorms occurred in Jintan.

Fortunately, none of these aroused the Germans' vigilance:

The landing troops tied their mouths with towels in advance, so that even if they were injured by a mine, they would not make a sound... In fact, there were not many opportunities to make a sound, because the soldiers who were detecting the mines at the front were all lying on the ground and they did not even have the chance to make a sound when the mine exploded.

On the other hand, it is common for landmines to be triggered when a storm comes, such as the slapping of waves, the falling of cliff stones, and the branches falling from the sky caused by the storm, so the Germans are not surprised by this. They just used searchlights to scrutinize the direction of the sound... Of course, the searchlights can't see anything except the smoke when the mine explodes.

The headquarters soon received news of the success of the second phase of lurking.

"Unbelievable!" Eisenhower couldn't help but screamed excitedly: "They actually succeeded, and only paid such a small price. I thought at least one or two beaches would be discovered by the Germans!"

Alexander said with a somewhat unnatural expression: "It seems that the Germans have indeed relaxed their vigilance in the storm. Now they are half successful, aren't they?"

Zhang Chi knew why Alexander had such an expression... The Zoafu Corps was carrying out this mission. He never wanted the Zoafu Corps to win so easily, although the Zoafu Corps' victory was even in the interests of Britain.

"No, not necessarily!" Zhang Chi replied: "Not until the last moment, no one can be sure what will happen!"

Then, the soldiers lurked at the front of the position as planned for one hour.

This hour is to prepare for other actions of the Zoafu Corps... They need to place explosives in some obstacles, or prepare to blow up barbed wire, and even lay steel plates in some soft geological places (preparing for tank advancement) to facilitate the Allied forces' subsequent larger-scale attacks.

Finally, the time pointed to four o'clock in the morning... It will dawn in the Normandy area around four o'clock in the morning, which is also the time for the Zoafu Corps to launch an attack in the planned manner.

"Attack!" Zhang Chi ordered.

The signal was sent, and the battle started almost at that moment. The Zoaf soldiers lurking in front of the German positions immediately threw out a row of grenades in the direction of the enemy... Regardless of whether these grenades could blow up the enemy, at least they would detonate the mines in front so that they would not be frustrated in charge.

Then, the soldiers of the Zoafu Corps shouted, then drew their scimitar and rushed towards the German positions.

That's right, it's a scimitar.

The reason is that it was not dawn at this time. Compared to those spears who came to fight at night, the scimitars were more advantageous in melee combat...

This is true. The German army was caught off guard by the scimitar of the Zoafu Corps and was defeated. The first line of defense was almost immediately captured, and many fortifications even fell into the hands of the Zoafu Corps intact.

But then the First Division encountered difficulties and was attacked by the German army when attacking the second line of defense. Moreover, the German army on the cliffs on both wings also woke up and suppressed the beach...

Xu Yun suddenly felt that the situation was not good. If he could not quickly break through the second line of defense and develop to both wings, the First Division would be likely to be surrounded by German firepower.

At the same time, Xu Yun also felt something was wrong, so he immediately sent a report to Zhang Chi: "The information is wrong, the information is wrong... The enemy has strong combat power, strong firepower, and quick response. It is impossible for the 716th Division of the Coast Defense!"
Chapter completed!