"Retreat! Retreat!" Colonel Will shouted at his subordinates.

He knew that in this case, any resistance would be futile.

But in fact, Colonel Will's order was not needed at all, and the US military had already turned around and fled.

But no matter how fast it is, it is not as fast as the tank's shells and bullets... With the shouts of machine guns, the US soldiers fell in a pool of blood in a row.

Colonel Will looked at the surroundings while retreating under cover. When he found a team of engineers who had mined, he shouted: "Soldiers, lay all your mines on them, all!"

"But they will hurt our own people!" the engineer opposed: "And our mines are all anti-infantry mines!"

"Then put a small flag on it!" Colonel Will shouted, "Do as I said!"

Under Colonel Will's supervision, the engineers hurriedly arranged mines on the ground and then evacuated them... They even just activated the mines and placed them on the ground like that.

Of course, Colonel Will did not want to use these mines to blow up those tanks. Anti-infantry mines are ineffective against tanks. All he hoped was that the German army would slow down their attack speed slightly when they knew there were mines ahead, otherwise the US military would have no time to prepare and were driven back to the sea by the German army.

Colonel Will's approach was correct, mainly because a considerable number of German tanks came from two hundred kilometers away day and night. After arriving, they rushed to dive and then went to the battlefield, so they did not replace the tracks or maintain them necessary. As a result, two No. 3 tanks were blown off when they were tossing and turning infantry mines.

This made the German army think that the US military had laid anti-tank mines in the front, so they stopped for a while and waited for the infantry in the rear to follow... The German infantry was also in the rear, and they were coming down from wooden boats and advancing with the tanks, so this approach was also desirable.

It was only in these few minutes that Colonel Will and half of his men were able to escape into the rain and return to the second line of defense.

As for the other half of the American soldiers, they were already lying in the defense line or being crushed by German tanks.

Rommel received a telegram from the front: "A successful landing will lead to a defeat in the enemy!"

"Very good!" Rommel suppressed his inner excitement and ordered calmly: "Continue to move forward and take the 'Omaha' beach as fast as possible!"

"yes!"

It makes sense that Rommel pointed his target at the Omaha beach, because the Omaha beach is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Once you take this beach, it means that the German army has entered a wedge on the Allied defense line. Moreover, there are unclimbable cliffs on both sides of the "Omaha" beach, and these cliffs can also suppress the beaches on both sides with condescending firepower, and even use artillery fire to suppress the sea surface... This can create extremely favorable conditions for the German army's comprehensive counterattack.

Of course, the US military also knew the importance of the "Omaha" beach, so the first infantry division with the strongest combat effectiveness was stationed here...but this first infantry division was defeated by the German army.

The second line of defense was soon occupied by the German army. After all, the German army used tanks and infantry assaults, and the US army was unprepared. Most of the US "Sherman" tanks even hid in bunkers to shelter from the rain. Engineers were worried that high salt and high humidity would cause the tank to malfunction, so many tankers were destroyed by German tanks as soon as they had time to get into the tank.

The only thing the US military can rely on is the cliffs on both sides of the Omaha beach... The tanks cannot drive up this cliff, and the US engineers also used this period to build some steel and concrete fortifications facing the German army. The artillery fire on the cliff formed cross-fire to provide fire cover for the US military's beach defense line, so that even if the German army had tanks and even five "Tiger" cars could not be attacked.

But it is predictable that this is only temporary.

Because as the German army's troops grow, with the full charge of tanks, artillery and infantry and condescending toward the cliff, the cliff will eventually fall into the enemy's hands.

The phone ringing of the Expeditionary Force Command quickly rang.

As soon as Zhang Chi answered the phone, he heard Eisenhower on the other end of the phone shouting: "Major General, the situation is very bad. The enemy has attacked the 'Omaha' beach. The situation is extremely dangerous!"

"What? How could it be?" Zhang Chi was also surprised by this.

On the one hand, Zhang Chi also thought that the German army's war was just a small-scale attack. On the other hand, it was only more than twenty minutes before the German army started to fight. In such a short time, the US military would lose the "Omaha" beach.

"Yes!" Eisenhower replied furiously: "The German tanks can dive, they come from underwater!"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but say "Oh" and immediately understood what tricks the Germans had used.

"I need you to blow up the dam immediately!" Eisenhower said: "The faster the better!"

"Is it useful to blow up the dam?" said Zhang Chi.

Eisenhower couldn't help but remain silent. As the saying goes, "Far Water Can't Relieve Near Thirst", the German army who went ashore has posed a serious threat to the US military, and the "Omaha" beach is in danger... At this time, the dam explosion was useless.

"I have no choice!" Eisenhower said: "Otherwise, our supplies and defense will be seriously threatened!"

Zhang Chi thought about it and replied: "No, General, I don't think the problem is as serious as you think!"

"What did you say?" Eisenhower was a little puzzled: "Now I'm so angry..."

"What we have to worry about is not the security of the materials!" Zhang Chi said: "I think what we have to worry more about is whether the materials on the Omaha beach will fall into the hands of the German army!"

"You mean..."

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "The German army's usual style is actually Rommel's style. What he is best at is using the enemy's materials to expand the results of the battle!"

Eisenhower was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "So... should we blow up the 'Omaha's' supplies?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Of course we have to blow it up, and then organize ships to temporarily withdraw the troops from the 'Omaha' beach!"

After pausing, Zhang Chi continued: "You know, although the 'Omaha' beach is a strategic place, it is also a place for supply dead. It is on both sides of the cliffs, the ocean is in front, and the depressions filled with sea water are in the back. How much ammunition and supplies can the Germans carry with wooden boats? What's more, we can block it with artillery. If the Germans don't have bullets and shells, then what will they use to station the 'Omaha' beach? What will they use to suppress us? They can't even airdrop... We just need to wait until they finish their food or have bullets, and the shells are exhausted!"

"It's right!" Eisenhower said: "I hope you're right, I mean, I hope there won't be any trouble like this!"
Chapter completed!