But at this time the SS's 2nd "Imperial" armored division actually did not have much strength, because like other first armored divisions rushing to Normandy, it was being bombed by the Allied forces along the way, and the armored vehicles and tanks had dropped sharply from more than 300 to more than 100.

More than 20 tanks with better performance were also requisitioned by armored teachers used to attack Normandy... The armored teachers were also bombed and suffered heavy losses. If they wanted to launch a sufficient attack on the US military in Normandy, they had to concentrate all available resources as much as possible, such as the 2nd "Imperial" armored division of the SS, which was seriously insufficient in fuel.

Therefore, the SS's 2nd "Imperial" armored division only had some broken tanks and armored vehicles that had just been repaired or were still under maintenance.

Rommel is not unaware of this, but the SS 2 "Imperial" Armored Division is closest to Caen, and he believes that the Chinese army can arrive at Caen in such a short time and launch an attack, and it will definitely lack heavy equipment. In addition, the Chinese army has no firm foothold in Caen, so if the SS 2 "Imperial" Armored Division can catch the Chinese army off guard, it can retake Caen within an acceptable range of losses.

What Rommel said here is that "loss is acceptable" means that the materials concentrated in Caen are able to recover.

Rommel underestimated Zhang Chi when he thought so.

At this time, the Chinese troops had opened one warehouse after another in Caen... In fact, these warehouses didn't need to be opened at all. They were always open, and the German army transported supplies to the front line almost day and night.

As mentioned earlier, Caen was a traffic jam, a material transfer station and a gathering place. So what was placed in front of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was a cannon and mountain of equipment, ammunition and food... The situation where the German army destroyed and seized US supplies on the Omaha beach, it appeared in Caen at this time, but the enemy and us fell in a direction.

Zhang Chi's first order was: "Change all German equipment and carry out adaptive training immediately!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded and immediately replaced the rifles, machine guns and other items in their hands with German equipment in the warehouse.

This is impossible. As Rommel thought, because of the overnight attack on Caen, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had basically no heavy equipment. Not only did it not have heavy equipment, but it was not even equipped with ammunition. It is also foreseeable that there would be no supplies or reinforcements for a long time in the future.

Then the Expeditionary Force has only one choice, using the enemy's weapons and equipment, and it is better to change the gear sooner than later... After the battle begins, various chaos and discomforts will inevitably occur.

Of course, all the American weapons of the soldiers were still kept in the warehouse.

This was something Rommel didn't expect. He thought that no matter what the Chinese army would not change the entire regiment immediately... This would inevitably affect combat effectiveness to a certain extent, and there were even many problems in operation and familiarity.

However, the Chinese army has used equipment made by all countries. Not long ago, there were German armed divisions in the Chinese army, so the Expeditionary Force was not unfamiliar with German armed forces, and it can almost be said that it can fight with just one's hands.

There is indeed some adaptability. After all, the rifle has changed from a semi-automatic rifle to a bolt-pull-type rifle. The firepower is not at the same level at all, but there is always nothing perfect on the battlefield. If you want to have sufficient supplies, you have to sacrifice some.

More importantly, Zhang Chi knew early in the morning that the SS's 2nd "Imperial" Armored Division was near Caen, so he was prepared early in the morning.

The 2nd "Imperial" armored division prepared for two hours... in fact, it was half an hour, and the previous hour and a half was waiting for fuel. As soon as the fuel arrived, they immediately started all the 21 tanks and 33 armored vehicles that could be activated and advanced towards Caen.

As usual, they were still marching and shouting loudly, and the cars were scrambling full of ammunition and following the tanks, and reconnaissance and advance from the front three rounds.

The division commander Major General Cole thought the same as Rommel thought. He believed that the battle would be fast enough... before the enemy was ready and started an attack before Caen gained a foothold, so that Caen could be taken down in one fell swoop. The dozens of tanks and armored divisions in the army gave Cole great confidence. He believed that as long as he arrived at Caen, Caen would be the item in the 2nd "Imperial" armored division.

However, neither Cole nor Rommel expected that it was not only one regiment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force that was raiding Caen, but also the First Division of the Zoafu Corps.

At this time, the First Division of the Zoaf Corps had arrived at a location about ten kilometers south of Caen and ambushed in the high ground on both sides... Ambushing in a storm with low visibility is not very difficult, because the wind and rain will quickly wash away the traces left outside without accident, and this also greatly limits the German scout's ability to move.

So, the First Division of the Zoafu Corps watched the Germans sing triumphant songs all the way through. They even reported to Zhang Chi clearly the number of German tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and cars.

There is no need to say more about what will happen next.

When the German SS Second "Imperial" armored division launched an attack on Caen... in fact, Zhang Chi pretended to be defeated and gave up some of the positions. This part allowed the German army to enter Caen to fight street battles with the Expeditionary Force, and the other part allowed the German army to invest more troops in Caen.

The German army was indeed fooled. Tanks and armored vehicles rushed into Caen with teams of German soldiers. At this moment... the First Division of the Zoafu Corps launched an attack on the German army from the rear, and from the beginning it started to fight close-knit combat. Zoafu Corps was good at this.

You should know that the German army was in the rear with artillery and logistics troops. The Zoafu Army secretly came out of the rain and slashed and killed the scimitar, killing the German army in chaos, but the German army was charging in front of them and continued to rush forward. As a result, they were attacked by the Zoafu Army and the Chinese Expeditionary Force that rushed out of Caen, and immediately killed them and fled in a panic.

In this battle, the Chinese army lost only more than a hundred people, while the Zoafu army suffered more than 500 casualties, while the German army killed and injured more than 2,000.
Chapter completed!