This scaled-down version of the Normandy landings did not last long.

Neither side has invested troops comparable to another time and space.

The whole process was like a rehearsal according to a script, and nothing came as a surprise.

The Germans did not have many troops in the whole of France, let alone in the Normandy region, which had never been given much attention. If the Germans hadn't discovered some clues of Allied movements, and for the sake of safety, intensified the defense of the coastal areas, I am afraid that the troops stationed here would not even have a division of strength.

Because the British had been busy with their own affairs, even if the Russians accused them again, they had an excuse to excuse themselves, and they had not organized the unsuccessful landing of Diep until now.

It should be said that this was the first time that the German army faced a surprise attack by the Allies on the European continent.

This gave the Allies a surprise advantage when they landed in Normandy.

After all, the landing in Italy was the result of a strong attack by the Allies under the defense of the German and Italian armies. However, it was the previous landings in North Africa, Sicily, the southern tip of Italy, and even many places in Asia that allowed the Allies to have more landing experience and not make the same mistakes as the landing in Diep.

The sandy and gentle terrain of Normandy is suitable for the mechanized landing of tank armor, which increases the offensive firepower and speeds up the pace of the landing.

And after so many years, the amphibious landing ships and various amphibious armored vehicles of the US military have been equipped in large quantities, and even in the previous landing battles, the appearance of prefabricated artificial ports has appeared. These hardware equipment, which far exceeded those of the Diep landing war, also ensured the smooth landing.

At the same time, the Americans have also realized the importance of naval and air support firepower, especially in this kind of large-scale landing campaign, it is no longer possible to quietly enter the village and shoot guns like a special detachment.

Although this large-scale landing battle was already very secret, it also implemented deceptive tactics against the Germans and pinned down the strength of the German army. But as soon as a large fleet appeared off the coast of France, it was immediately detected by the German patrol fleet or aerial reconnaissance planes, which had intensified their patrols. How to ensure the smooth operation of the next step, it is natural to have strong fire support and cover.

In order to make this landing, in addition to a large number of warships in other places to carry out feints to lure the enemy and block and pin down, the main warships concentrated in and around the Normandy Pass alone consisted of 3 battleships, 5 aircraft carriers, 38 cruisers, and 127 destroyers.

In order to protect the Calais passage to the British mainland, the German army only deployed 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 14 destroyers and 21 submarines in Calais and the nearby waters.

With the exception of the Strait of Dover near Calais, which was too narrow to maneuver, the rest of the naval forces were scattered throughout the country.

Numerous German battleships were concentrated in the Atlantic.

German sea wolves are even more concentrated in the Atlantic. However, they faced the threat of Allied air and numerous destroyers. In order to block the supply lines to the British mainland, the Germans sent numerous surface ships to carry out sabotage warfare and escort submarines, and even the Bismarck and two of the three German aircraft carriers at this time were sent out.

Two more German battleships were in the Bay of Biscay, incidentally assisting the fleet in the raid on the Strait of Gibraltar route, and one of the Yamato-class battleships was docked near Nantes at this time, but even though it had to go north to support. I'm afraid it will also be pinned down by the 2 Allied battleships from Plymouth.

The H-class battleship Prussia, the newly commissioned aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin, and the battle cruiser Gneisenau led five cruisers around the North Sea. However, their attention was drawn to 2 battleships of the British and 1 Montana-class battleship of the Americans from Edinburgh and Newcastle, as well as 3 aircraft carriers.

Even if the Gneisenau was docked near Rotterdam in the Netherlands, how could it deal with the suppression of 3 battleships and 5 aircraft carriers on the Normandy landing lane?

It should be said that in the English Channel, the naval forces of the Allies had absolute superiority.

After all, the development of the German Navy was inferior to the British and American, not to mention the Anglo-American union.

The Germans knew it from the beginning, so they wanted to make up for the lack here with the help of airfields on land, relying on the attack power of the air.

But this time. The Allies dispatched more than 8,600 warplanes, completely overpowering the 2,100 warplanes deployed by the Germans in the periphery.

If it weren't for the fact that the half-ruined British mainland did not have enough places to take off and land, the Americans would have sent more fighters. After all, in order to ensure the landing on the British mainland, the Germans also strengthened their air power in this vicinity.

In addition to more than 500 transport aircraft and more than 800 bombers, the Germans had more than 700 fighters in the vicinity.

It is enough for these fighters to serve as escorts and interceptors in the surrounding area in peacetime, but in the face of the huge air power of the Allies, which have more than 3,000 fighters alone. The Germans were somewhat overwhelmed.

If it weren't for the fact that the Germans' ground anti-aircraft firepower had been deliberately strengthened with the support of the bases in order to prevent Allied air raids, I am afraid that the Germans would have lost air supremacy in the surprise attack as soon as possible.

"Drive them out of our continent!" After the first outbreak of air warfare, Goering jumped out early and shouted.

Ge Fat Man has a lot to be desired. But he is also an expert at fighting in the air. Although he showed contempt for the enemy. But he still knows where he is lacking.

Under the fierce counterattack of Soviet Russia, the pressure in the air on the Eastern Front was great.

After receiving support from the United States. The Soviet Russian Air Force has developed the fastest, and the Russians have always relied on the life and death of actual combat to train pilots, so even if the German Air Force on the Eastern Front has an unbelievably brilliant record, it has to be denied that the increasingly strong Soviet Russian Air Force has also put a lot of pressure on the German army. Even under the chaotic fist fighting, as well as the Soviet Russian ace elite who were eliminated by life and death, the losses were not small.

Not long ago, a batch of fighters from the Western Front was transferred to the Eastern Front, including those in the English Channel. After protecting the Calais sea route, the air protection force has also been appropriately weakened.

The Luftwaffe, aware of the crisis of Allied operations, quickly drew reinforcements from other places to support, but the United States on the other side of the Atlantic was also sending more reinforcements here, always pressing the Germans.

The Germans lost both sea and air forces, and the only one with a slight advantage was the army. It is a pity that Germany did not pay attention to the Normandy area, had few garrisons, and was attacked by the Allies, and lost its geographical advantage from the beginning.

At this time, the German army had not yet shown its decline, and the Atlantic defense system was more reflected in propaganda, and the actual implementation was less than one-third, and it was misjudged by the German army, focusing on Norway in the north.

Meng Xiang reminded him, but he was afraid that history would change, and the Allies would break through from Norway and cut off the iron ore of the Germans in Sweden and other places, so he simply let the Germans toss it themselves.

Normandy lacked enough fortresses and few troops, and was soon controlled by the Allied vanguard at three landing sites.

The Germans had less than one division of defense along the coastline of the five landing sites, and the rest of the nearby forces that had arrived on the news were blocked by five Allied airborne brigades.

Having taken the lead in gaining air superiority, the Allies activated the preparatory program, increased the size of the vanguard airborne forces, and suddenly added 2 more American airborne brigades. They also quickly took control of the surrounding towns with the help of the French Resistance and set up positions to block German reinforcements, especially from Calais.

But the Germans were not slow to react, and the nearby 32nd Panzer Division was ordered to strike quickly.

This armored division is a newly formed armored unit that received the second-hand goods from Huaxia, and it is still in the run-in period. In normal times, he was only responsible for patrolling a large area east of Calais and all the way to the border between Belgium and France east of Normandy.

The Germans did not expect the Allies to land at all, this armored unit was poorly prepared, and in a hurry only 25 tanks were sent.

Among them, 12 tanks No. 3 and 6 tanks No. 4, as well as 6 Panthers tanks and one King Tiger.

The second-hand goods of the Chinese Wehrmacht are mainly T-34s, Haw Pars and the like, which have been refurbished in repair shops, and their superior performance has not been reduced in the slightest, and most of them have been used on the more urgently needed Eastern Front, as well as in North Africa and Italy. The main force of the newly formed armored divisions on the Western Front was still No. 3 and No. 4.

However, such armored forces, combined with the bravery of the German army, broke through the interception of the British and American airborne forces.

Even in 44, the American Airborne Forces could not get rid of the Achilles' heel of the lack of heavy weapons.

Each of the four American airborne brigades was equipped with a lot of bazookas, but not everyone had the courage to carry bazookas at close range to stop German tanks, and German tanks would not be stupid enough to stop there as targets. Moreover, the strong attack of the armored forces along the way, against the US airborne troops, who lacked heavy weapons and lacked enough time to arrange defensive positions, had no surprise ending.

The 24 tanks of the 32nd Armored Division were shot down by the US military rocket launchers in a town at close range, and 7 tanks were lost due to mechanical failure and destruction by Allied attack aircraft, but finally penetrated the simple fortifications that the US troops had set up in less than 2 days and rushed to Normandy.

However, relying on these 12 tanks could not save the overall situation of the entire landing battlefield in Normandy.

"We'll have to wait until Calais' big army arrives soon!" Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, who had lost his Tiger King's mount and had replaced himself with a Black Panther due to a mechanical failure, looked at the Allied warplanes in the sky in frustration and comforted his subordinates who were resting in the woods.