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Chapter 907 Since you call me evil, I'll show you what evil is.

The 352nd Motorized Rifle Division was equipped with 2400 vehicles of various types, making it Rommel's most important mobile force.

The 101st Airborne Division was too dispersed, with only about 2000 personnel concentrated in one location.

The 352nd Motorized Infantry Division has a total strength of 1.5 men, fully equipped and manned.

German soldiers were also inhumane, mounting MG42 general-purpose machine guns on sidecar motorcycles and chasing American troops across the mountains and fields. This tactic was jokingly referred to by the Germans as "chasing rabbits."

When the 101st Division was besieged by the 352nd Motorized Rifle Division, the Allied landing forces in Normandy also encountered strong resistance from German armored forces.

Rundstedt and Rommel's original plan was to let the Allied forces land in Normandy, and then deploy their main forces deep inland to launch a counterattack to stop the Allied advance.

The speed of the Allied landings far exceeded Rundstedt and Rommel's expectations. By the morning of the 8th, in just one day, the number of Allied troops landing in Normandy had reached 15.6.

This cannot be blamed on Rundstedt and Rommel.

The navy has always been a weak point for the German military, and Rundstedt and Rommel seriously underestimated the projection capabilities of the Allied forces.

By the time Rundstedt and Rommel realized that the Allied landings were happening faster than expected and tried to move their main forces from the rear to the battlefield, it was too late.

This is also thanks to the bombing of French transportation hubs by the British and American forces before the landing.

The infantry is alright; they don't have much heavy equipment.

Armored forces rely heavily on railways for long-distance marches.

Ignoring the bombing raids by the British and American air forces, Rommel ordered his armored units to discard their broken-down vehicles and rush to the Normandy front.

Rundstedt transferred Army Group G, stationed west of the Loire River, and the 19th Army, stationed in southern France, to Normandy to assist Rommel's Army Group B in encircling and annihilating the Allied landing forces.

On the 9th, the vanguard of Army Group B arrived in Normandy.

Without a moment's rest, the German troops immediately launched an attack on the British and American forces that had already landed.

Because the heavy equipment of the British and American forces had not yet landed, the British and American forces dared not leave the protection range of the naval guns and did not launch an attack into the interior.

The newly equipped 88mm anti-tank gun of the British and American forces proved its worth. Except for the German Panther V armored vehicle, which was the latest to be equipped, the 88mm anti-tank gun could penetrate the armor of all German vehicles without the addition of external armor.

Rommel knew that as time went on, more and more Anglo-American troops would land, and he had to annihilate all the Anglo-American troops that had already landed in the shortest possible time.

The Allied forces, relying on air power and naval guns for protection, fought a desperate battle.

The battle was exceptionally fierce, with German infantry launching a frenzied attack on the British and French forces under the cover of destroyed German tanks.

The Anglo-French forces did not have time to construct proper fortifications and could only rely on rudimentary trenches to fight against German armored vehicles.

The fierce battle raged from 12 p.m. until midnight, with both sides suffering heavy losses.

Rommel's seven armored divisions had lost more than half of their strength, and Gauss suggested withdrawing the armored units to rest and temporarily replacing them with infantry divisions.

Rommel disagreed with the retreat and reorganized the remaining tanks into three armored divisions to continue the offensive against the British and American forces.

"We cannot afford to lose this momentum. If we retreat, we will be utterly defeated."

Rommel remained resolute, and both the German and British-American forces gritted their teeth and persevered.

Montgomery was also alarmed by the casualties of the landing forces and wanted to withdraw them to open up another landing battlefield.

"We have been preparing for the attack for six months. There is no second chance. If we retreat, we will lose the European continent."

Eisenhower remained resolute, having already received word that the Russian army had halted its offensive.

Eisenhower was not surprised that the Russian army had stopped its offensive.

George is not Nicholas; he would not risk the fate of the nation for the interests of Britain.

Since Britain and the United States chose to stand idly by when the German army launched its attack on Russia, they must now bear the consequences of standing idly by.

If Britain and the United States can rely on their own strength to defeat Rundstedt and Rommel in France and establish themselves, then Britain and the United States will be entitled to share the spoils of victory.

If the Anglo-American landing fails, George will never give them the chance to pull chestnuts out of the fire.

Eisenhower was right; George had been closely monitoring the Allied landings.

De Gaulle was fortunate not to get the opportunity from the Anglo-American coalition, and instead sought help from Russia.

George told de Gaulle to calm down.

Rundstedt has already transferred Army Group G and the 19th Army to Normandy, creating a huge power vacuum in southern France. When the time is right, the Russian army will join forces with the Free French forces and, under the cover of the Russian Mediterranean Fleet, land on the Mediterranean coast of southern France.

Ye Zhu has already chosen the location; Marseille is a perfect fit.

Marseille has a direct train connection to Paris.

The French might dislike the Russians, but they would certainly welcome the Free French Army led by de Gaulle. Once the Free French Army landed in Marseille, Paris would be easily secured.

Why can't it be now?

De Gaulle's taste is bitter.

Although the fighting in Normandy was between German and British/American forces, the French, who lived in the Normandy region, suffered the most severe losses.

There's nothing we can do about it.

When the British and Americans were fighting, even the British and Americans wouldn't protect each other, so they wouldn't care about the lives of the French.

Needless to say, the German army, fighting like a cornered beast, would stop at nothing to annihilate the Allied forces.

It was precisely for these reasons that George first allowed the German and British-American forces to wear each other down.

As for the losses suffered by the French, Georges would care even less.

Since the French government has consistently portrayed Russia as evil.

Then George showed the French his evil.

Hitler was quite clever; as soon as Russia stopped its offensive, he reassigned two armored divisions that were originally going to the northern front to fight in France.

Both of these armored divisions were equipped entirely with Panzer IV and Panzer V armor.

Hitler was also stubborn; even though the German army needed quantity, Germany was organizing the production of the more advanced "Type 6".

The Leopard weighs only 44 tons.

The Tiger 6 was built to a weight of 56 tons by the Germans, making it a veritable mobile armored fortress.

In response to the German Panther, the Russian army began equipping itself with the Type 40, which has a combat weight of 45 tons.

The Type 40 can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour. Its armor is made of the latest nickel-chromium-manganese high-pressure cast steel, and the upper armor of the wedge-shaped turret is 110 mm thick.

The Type 40's artillery has a caliber of 88 mm and is equipped with an infrared night vision device, giving it the ability to fight at night.

Although the production of the Type 40 is still relatively low, George is not in a hurry.

The German and British-American forces still had a fighting chance, so George decided to first gather 10 armored divisions before resuming the offensive.

Ten armored divisions would need approximately 1600 armored vehicles.

It's impossible for all of them to be Type 40 rifles; at most, only one regiment could be equipped with them.

While the mustachioed man secretly rejoiced, Churchill and Roosevelt launched a fierce attack on George's egregious behavior.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was relatively polite, only expressing regret and hoping that the Russian army could resume its offensive as soon as possible.

Churchill was in grave danger. If the British army suffered heavy casualties, even if Britain won the world war, Churchill would have to pay a heavy price.

Unlike Russia, Britain has a vastly different capacity to withstand casualties.

Russians are thick-skinned; even with hundreds of thousands or millions of deaths in the last World War, the Russian Empire could still continuously conscript reinforcements from within the country to the front lines.

Although Britain suffered the least losses among all the belligerent nations in the last World War.

Lloyd George and his Liberal Party were quickly abandoned by Britain after the World War, and their position in Britain was directly replaced by the Labour Party. They have not been able to recover since.

Churchill started his career in the Conservative Party, then defected to the Liberal Party, and later tried to join the Labour Party but failed. In desperation, he had no choice but to cultivate an independent persona.

If the British army suffers too heavy a loss, Churchill may be disgraced, even more so than Lloyd George.

Churchill interpreted the Russian military's halt to the offensive as a sign that Russia had joined forces with Germany to create a trap for Britain.

"The Russians have betrayed their friendship with the United Kingdom. While we extended a helping hand to Russia and launched an attack on our common enemy, we were betrayed by Russia. This is a conspiracy and trap set by Russia and Germany against the United Kingdom. But I firmly believe that the great United Kingdom will surely achieve final victory, and no conspiracy can stop our progress—"

Churchill gave a public speech on the radio, first giving the British people a heads-up.

The purpose of the "precautionary measure" was to remind the British that if Britain was defeated or the British army suffered heavy losses, it would not be because Churchill was incompetent, but because the Russians were too treacherous.

George ignored Churchill and did not respond publicly.

Vasily responded sharply via radio: "During the last World War, Russia saved Britain at least twice. Without our help, Britain would have been defeated long ago and enslaved by the Germans, for which we lost nearly 1500 million people. Now the British are trying the same trick again, hoping that the Russians will risk their precious lives to protect the security of the United Kingdom. Now I just want to say: Go to hell!"

George highly praised Vasily's speech and encouraged him to continue his efforts.

While Vasily and Churchill were exchanging barbs, Crown Prince William returned to Berlin.

(End of this chapter)