With Eisenhower's orders, every rank-level combat commander was given a large-scale map.

Maps were distributed to each landing ship and to the company commander of the landing force. There is a panoramic photograph of the landing site from the sea from the sea, showing the buildings and other landmarks in detail, as well as sunlight and moonlight data, as well as beach slope charts, offshore water flow data, tide charts, etc., each of which is printed with the name and boundary of each landfall lot.

These were the result of long-term probing by British and American intelligence officers and the French people, and even the softness of the sand of the beach for the armored forces to be landed.

The operations department of the Allied High Command and the headquarters of the 21st Army Group were also transferred to the seaport city of Portsmouth on the south coast of England, where the Navy also established a liaison structure to facilitate command of the front.

Commander-in-Chief Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters was located in a forest in the Portsmouth Junction...... This was due to the fear of German bombing of the Allies.

However, this proved to be completely redundant, and the Germans were no longer capable of bombing Britain at this time, except with the V1.

Then, the pre-landing fire preparation began.

In fact, this can hardly be said to be the beginning of fire preparation, since the Allied bombardment of France has hardly stopped...... The daytime bombardment was particularly heavy that day.

It's just that usually these bombardments stop when it gets dark, and today not only did not stop, but intensified.

From time to time, the sound of the engines of large formations of heavy bombers was heard in the dark sky, low and powerful, like a "rumbling" thunder, as if to shatter the entire sky along with the ground defenses of the German army.

It didn't take long for the sound of engines to be drowned out by the dive whistling of planes and the explosion of bombs, and the northern coast of France was littered with the bright light of exploding fires and flares, as well as the lampposts of German searchlights.

At this time, Rundstedt was a little panicked, because he received information that the Allied bombardment of Calais was unprecedentedly fierce...... Hundreds of heavy and medium bombers attacked the German shore artillery positions in Calais for several hours, and the German coastal defense artillery positions on the beachhead were shot and set on fire.

And in comparison, the Allied bombardment in the direction of Brittany was much less.

"This may still be a cover-up for the Allies!" Rundstedt said to himself: "They are still trying to convince themselves that their direction of attack is Calais!" ”

But another voice asked in her mind: "What if the target of the Allied attack is actually Calais?" Otherwise, why would the Allies spend so many bombs on shore defense artillery? ”

Rundstedt was tempted to call Rommel about the situation, but eventually held back...... He knew that he should have the demeanor of a general, and he couldn't mess up because of a little change in the battlefield.

Immediately after that, a large number of warships joined the bombardment ranks, and dazzling fires flashed on the dark sea, and tons of shells fell from the sky with a sharp whistling, and then smashed heavily on the coastal defense fortress of the "Atlantic Barrier" and exploded into flames.

The Germans had never seen such a dense and prolonged bombardment, and casualty reports and damage reports poured into Rundstedt's headquarters like snowflakes.

The staff officer was a little stunned, and he took the reports and said to Rundstedt in horror: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, if these are still feints, then how can they be called the main attack?" ”

"Calm down, Colonel!" Rundstedt replied: "This is most likely a trick of the enemy to deceive us, do not be fooled by these performances!" ”

In fact, Rundstedt was not as calm as he appeared, and he was asking the same question to his staff officer......

A few minutes later, when the staff officer reported to him the number of Allied warplanes and warships in the Calais direction monitored by the radar station, Rundstedt could not hold back any longer.

"What? They actually have more than a thousand bombers and more than a hundred warships in the Calais direction? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" The staff officer replied: "No matter how our intelligence analyzes, but the fact is that we are wrong, the direction of the Allied attack is Calais and not what Brittany peninsula!" ”

Rundstedt immediately had Rommel on the phone.

"I want to know how many warships and planes your radar station has detected?" Rundstedt asked.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied: "Our radar stations have been blown up by the Allies, and we cannot get the detection results!" ”

"There are more than a thousand bombers and more than a hundred warships in our direction!" Rundstedt said: "How to explain this, the radar does not lie!" ”

"I can't explain this, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied, then turned back to Qin Chuan and asked, "They detected a large number of bombers and warships!" ”

Qin Chuan replied without thinking about it: "That's a trick done by the British, they deliberately left a few radar stations in the direction of Calais, and then used transport planes to sprinkle aluminum and platinum back and forth in the air, disguised as a large number of warships and bombers attacking!" ”

"Makes sense!" Rommel couldn't help but nod his head again and again, and then said to Rundstedt on the other end of the phone: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the Allies know our situation very well, they can completely destroy every one of our radar stations, and the reason why there are still a few radar stations left in the Calais direction is that we want to be alarmed by what we see on the radar!" ”

Rundstedt hung up the phone with some embarrassment...... It really seems like that to Rommel, the few surviving radar stations are not secretive, but they can miraculously be unharmed.

Originally, Rundstedt thought they were lucky, but now it seems that the British deliberately left them behind.

If it weren't for Rommel and others, Rundstedt would have been deceived by the British again and hastily transferred his troops to Calais.

Because of this firm idea, Rundstedt will be able to keep calm when the Allies have follow-up actions in the Calais direction next...... The Allies then used the same method to disguise themselves as a large number of transport planes in Calais and fly to the rear of Calais and carry out a large-scale airborne landing.

But in fact, only a few battalions were parachuted, and then these American troops lurked in the dark and played the sound of long-recorded gunfire and passwords to confuse the Germans.

If it was before, the Germans might not dare to act rashly in the dark night, but this Rundstedt was basically sure that this was a hoax, so where would they be polite to them, and let the Germans attack resolutely at the first order...... As a result, several batches of these bluffing American troops were quickly arrested.

That's when Rundstedt got a definite answer...... Rommel was right, the direction of the Allied offensive was Brittany.