Rise from the sword

Chapter 565

"what happened?"

The person in the wheelchair looked at the staff officer who entered the door.

At this time, the president's tone was calm and his expression was indifferent. It seemed that nothing in the world could surprise him. His eyes were full of confidence, as if he could easily deal with anything that happened.

As the president of the most powerful country in the world, he has the confidence.

No country in the world can launch two battles at the same time and fight on two fronts, but the United States can launch wars against Germany and Japan at the same time, and it is even a little more than capable.

"The Germans in northern France are on the offensive."

The staff officer paused before continuing:
"A total of eight armored divisions and twenty infantry divisions attacked under the cover of bad weather."

"Oh?"

All the generals raised their eyebrows, Qiqi was a little surprised.

But only a little surprised.

The situation of the Germans, they know very well.

The domestic production capacity is seriously insufficient, and it cannot meet the needs of the two-front battle at all, and it cannot meet the needs of the entire army. The eastern front has contained most of the forces, and the loss is huge. Therefore, the western front is seriously insufficient in equipment, especially heavy equipment such as tanks.

There are eight armored divisions on the surface, but in fact the number of tanks is probably the size of three armored divisions.

The most serious thing is that the Germans are seriously short of fuel. Without fuel, tanks, and planes can't move at all, and their combat effectiveness is greatly affected.

Not enough to be afraid of.

However, everyone was a little curious. According to intelligence, the Germans only had five armored divisions in northern France. Why did they suddenly have eight?And the number of infantry divisions also exceeded expectations.

"How's the result?"

Before the staff officer could continue, a general asked.

Being able to speak at will at this meeting shows that the general's status is very high and he has a lot of power to speak.

"It's bad."

A word from the staff officer made the expressions of all the generals and staff members change:
"Three German armored divisions and three infantry divisions moved to the vicinity of Cherbourg, defeated the troops preparing to attack Cherbourg, and continued to advance along the coast, and are now approaching the landing site."

"On the other way, two German armored divisions and five infantry divisions also broke through the defense line deployed by the three British divisions. After defeating the five subsequent support divisions, they have now arrived at Montfort and advanced."

"what happened?"

The president's face remained unchanged, but his tone was a little dignified.

Montbourg, the node of the Cotentin Peninsula in France, occupying here means truncating the Cotentin Peninsula. The strategic location is very important, and there is Cherbourg, the largest port in northern France, on the peninsula.

According to the Overlord Plan, the occupation of the Cotentin Peninsula is an important step in the plan. The Eighth Army of the United States and a part of the British army, a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, are responsible for capturing the Cotentin Peninsula.

but why?
Why were the Germans able to mobilize their troops so quickly, and they were able to defeat a total of more than a dozen divisions from the two routes?
"Where's Lu Hang?"

The general before also asked questions.

Armored divisions are indeed strong, but they cannot be organized effectively against aircraft.

"The enemy armored division is very strong."

Staff introduction:

"According to the report from the front line."

"The three German armored divisions that defeated the Eighth Army that was responsible for attacking Cherbourg had nearly 105 tanks, but all of them were No. [-] tanks, followed by a large number of infantry carried by half-track armored vehicles, and even many [-] self-propelled artillery .”

"The two armored divisions attacking Montfort also had more than [-] Panzer IV tanks, as well as a large number of half-track armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery."

"The two armored divisions in other areas also have more than [-] tanks each."

The staff officer hadn't finished speaking, and suddenly, the meeting room exploded.

"There are nearly nine hundred Panzer IV tanks in the Cherbourg area?"

"There are also more than 600 tanks in Montfort?"

"..."

"This is impossible."

In the end, it was impossible to suppress the audience. The person who spoke was a major general, the director of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau in charge of intelligence, Major General Donovan:
"Eight armored divisions, that is to say, the Germans have [-] tanks in northern France alone. This is absolutely impossible."

Director Donovan spoke urgently:

"According to multiple sources, the Germans' production of Panzer IV tanks is at most 300 per month. How could it be possible to deploy so many Panzer IV tanks to the Western Front? This is absolutely impossible."

"Twenty-five hundred, which is more than one-third of the production of the German Panzer IV."

A string of categorical denials of what Donovan said.

"General."

The staff officer had to stop talking:

"The information comes from preliminary statistics from the frontline, and the specific situation needs further verification, but the frontline once sent planes to forcibly investigate and took aerial photos, proving that there are indeed a large number of German tanks appearing in northern France."

"That is, how is it possible, [-] tanks, this is absolutely impossible."

"..."

Donovan's words immediately aroused a kind of disbelief among the generals. They couldn't believe that there could be such a huge tank group in northern France.And all of them are Panzer IV tanks.

"You keep talking."

The president in the wheelchair chooses to control the field.

The staff officer continued, with a more serious tone:

"Today, a storm occurred in the English Channel, with a force of force eight and a wave height of 1.8 meters. The storm caused the artificial port of Mulberry A and the floating dock to disintegrate, and the caisson broke. The artificial port of Mulberry B suffered less damage, but four caissons were also destroyed."

"However, the storm also caused large-scale losses of beachhead ships, including seven tank boarding ships, a large personnel landing ship, a large oil tanker, three barges, and 67 landing craft, including 110 ships of eight sizes. Sunk. Fifteen ships damaged, and eight hundred ships, large and small, blown ashore by the storm and stranded."

"It is expected that within five days, we will not be able to continue unloading the cargo."

"It was also because of the storm that planes could not take off to support the army, and German armored forces are generally equipped with self-propelled multi-barreled anti-aircraft guns, which have strong anti-aircraft firepower, and it is difficult for small-scale attack aircraft to affect them."

After the voice of the staff officer fell, Qiqi's expression in the conference room changed drastically, including the calm and confident Mr. President.

Landing on the coast for five days without unloading!

The enemy's armored divisions appeared in the excellent port of Cherbourg, and the occupation was nowhere in sight.

Moreover, the enemy has also appeared a large-scale armored cluster, a large-scale armored cluster of more than [-] tanks.

The landing troops are in danger.

"If this information is true, and the enemy really has a large number of tank troops appearing near Normandy, then..."

Donovan narrowed his eyes:

"It means that our information is wrong. The Germans probably knew about our landing a long time ago."

"It doesn't make sense logically."

As soon as the voice fell, someone retorted:

"If the Germans know that we are going to land in Normandy, they only need to strengthen the defense in each landing area, build permanent concrete fortifications, and then strengthen their troops, and they can easily drive us into the sea. There is no need to suddenly take us back more than ten days after we landed. Such a strong armor force."

But someone immediately refuted his words:
"No matter how strong the German anti-landing capabilities are, it is impossible to stop hundreds of warships, nearly 200 aircraft sorties, and more than [-] million landing troops. The Germans know this very well."

"Only after we landed, the foothold is not stable, the supply line is stretched due to rushing forward, coupled with the opportunity of bad weather, and the armor force is suddenly revealed, can we wipe out all the living forces and organize further military operations."

"..."

Immediately, in the conference room, the public said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right, and there was a quarrel.

"Quiet."

The President took a deep breath, and after controlling the situation, he asked:
"There is no need to discuss these now. What we need to discuss now is how to deal with this situation?"

The meeting room suddenly fell into a long silence.

The current situation in northern France, no one knows how to solve it.

"Let the landing force establish a defense line, and then do their best to repair the port. During this period, the air force will provide full support, bomb the German armored forces, and continue to attack after the port can unload."

"in addition."

The general who had begun speaking said:

"Intelligence services are fully investigating the sudden presence of German armored units on the Western Front."

This suggestion was unanimously agreed by everyone in the conference room, and detailed supplements were made. During the period, everyone's expressions became more and more relaxed. Although the Germans suddenly appeared with unreasonable armored troops, the overall strength, that is, their own Occupy an absolute advantage.

It's just a temporary hiccup right now.

"Just follow this plan."

Finally the president made the decision.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and at this moment, another staff officer rushed in:
"President, according to the news from our allies, there are a large number of new No. 5000 tanks on the Eastern Front of Europe. The number is as high as more than [-] No. [-] vehicles. There are also a large number of armored vehicles and trucks, which hindered the offensive. They asked us to launch an offensive in northern France to contain the Germans. .”

In an instant, the expressions of everyone in the meeting room changed drastically again.

Afterwards, a group of people looked at Major General Donovan in unison.

In northern France, that is, on the Western Front, there were 7000 Panzer IV tanks, while on the Eastern Front, there were more than [-] Panzer IV tanks, totaling more than [-]. This was a major intelligence error.

"More than 7000 vehicles?!"

At this time, Donovan's complexion also changed drastically.

With a tank of this size, and it was a Panzer IV, he thought of one thing.

one person!

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"God help me too."

In northern France, in a headquarters, Rommel almost jumped up happily:
"The landing port of the British and American coalition forces was hit by a storm. It could not be unloaded for at least three days and up to five days. Moreover, a large number of ships were damaged and could not provide logistical supplies for the frontline troops."

"Good news indeed."

Kesselring was also happy and wanted to clap and dance.

This is really God help Deutschland too!

"pity."

Then, Rommel sighed:

"We are short of troops, and there is no way to deal with British and American ships, otherwise..."

In order to make up eight armored divisions, in order to activate the 3000 tanks and more than [-] armored vehicles, Rommel mobilized all the armored personnel and reserve personnel on the western front, and even many maintenance personnel were pulled to the front line to make up the number.

Thanks to the good quality of the guys produced by the system, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to drive so many people.

This also made it impossible for him to further expand the results of the battle. In the end, only a dozen British and American divisions were annihilated, and a total of 10,000+ people were captured.

"And their superior air force is also an issue."

Rommel continued to sigh.

"It is very difficult to defeat the British and American Air Forces. We have a serious shortage of pilots."

Kesselring said:
"But to provide air defense for the Army, to overwhelm its air force, it can be done after a while."

"Cooperating with them not only solved the fuel problem, but also solved some other resource problems. At present, the production of new aircraft is on the right track, and they have also provided us with several new interceptors."

"Combined with the concrete strong concealed hangar, there is no problem with air defense."

"However, at present, we can only equip ground air defense forces to ensure effective air defense in some areas."

"enough."

Rommel nodded.

"What are you going to do next?"

Kesselring asked.

"Take advantage of this time to build anti-aircraft towers and heavy coastal artillery forts in Cherbourg and other places."

Rommel said:
"They have a kind of quick-drying cement, which can reach the strength of our military cement in only three days. We can use this to build, as long as we build a few large forts before the British and American coalition forces attack again."

"With the help of their 'warehouse' to provide materials nearby, they will provide steel bars, cement, cables, generators, anti-aircraft guns, and radars, and the construction speed will be very fast."

"it is good."

Kesselring nodded in agreement.

At this time, Rommel was ordered by the head of state to be the commander-in-chief, responsible for fully commanding the operations in northern France. Suddenly, he changed the subject:
"Is there really such a technology in the world?"

"I didn't believe it at first, but seeing is believing."

"Space teleportation technology is real."

Rommel was very interested in this. If Germany can master this technology, the combat capability of the troops will be increased by ten times, or even dozens of times:
"The head of state has mobilized domestic technical personnel from various industries to study this technology, allocated a large amount of funds, and even personally supervised it."

"but."

Speaking of this, Rommel frowned:
"It is said that this project seems to have been infiltrated by a spy of the Allied Forces, and part of the information was leaked."

(End of this chapter)