In the early morning, a large number of Allied troops began to successfully land under the cover of artillery fire. At this time, the German commander-in-chief Lundstedt on the Western Front was still calmly convinced that the attack was not a large-scale.

Until the Allies had gained three footholds on the beaches of Normandy, Lundstedt had to admit that the most terrible thing was happening:

The Allies have already made the biggest bets on their weakest link, and it seems that the Allies are going to win the bet.

After receiving the emergency call from thousands of miles away, Rommel did not dare to delay and quickly rush back to the battlefield, but it had been half a day, and the situation on the Western Front battlefield was deteriorating every moment.

After returning to the front line and meeting with Commander-in-Chief Lundstedt, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front, Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh Army, and others, Rommel's heart became cold and could not think of anything worse than this.

As early as 1943, Rommel had already begun to transform the Atlantic barriers, and the purpose of the transformation of the barriers was to prevent the Allied forces from landing in France.

In addition to conventional fortifications such as bunkers, mines, anti-infantry barbed wire, there are all kinds of air defense positions and anti-tank trenches.

There is no doubt that if the Atlantic Barrier is really completed, its defense capabilities will be quite amazing, and the Allied landing operations will inevitably be greatly hindered, and will never be as easy as it is now.

Unfortunately, before the landing of Normandy, not only did the Atlantic barrier not complete, but even the design drawings were stolen by French agents.

The Allies had long known the deployment of Atlantic barriers, which was also an important factor in the Allies' choice to land in Normandy.

Although before this, Rommel always felt something was wrong and believed that the Allied landing site was probably Normandy.

He also applied to the head of state to mobilize more troops to set up defenses in Normandy, although he himself knew very well that the war on the Eastern Front was not optimistic.

However, due to the failure of the Kursk Battle in 1943, the German army retreated steadily on the Eastern Front, and the Soviets started a large counterattack mode.

The head of state had been frustrated, so he rejected Rommel from the beginning and hoped that he could lead the troops to overcome negative factors and strive for victory with great spirit.

The most suitable month for landing was spent peacefully in peace. Rommel once thought that the Allies would not land in a short period of time, but then he did not expect that things would happen so suddenly.

Although Rommel has three armored divisions under his jurisdiction and can support each other in an emergency, there is only one armored division in the entire Normandy area that can be used to counterattack enemy landings.

The other two divisions are far east of the Senna-Marne River. In the absence of air cover and poor traffic conditions, the chances of rushing to the war zone in time are very slim.

Therefore, it is definitely not enough to rely on the Seventh Legion alone in the Normandy guards. They need to mobilize armored divisions nearby to rescue the ground immediately.

However, none of the officers present had such power, because the head of state did not know what "will be outside and the king would not accept the order."

In order to centralize power, the head of state did not allow any officer to mobilize the armored division without his consent.

So, at Lundstedt and Rommel jointly issued a rescue report to the Army Headquarters in order to use the four armored division reserves that were personally controlled by the head of state.

General Yodel, chief of staff of the Army, refused to report because the head of state was resting, and believed that this was just a strategy for the Allied forces to attack the east and west.

However, every minute passed, countless Allied soldiers climbed onto the land of France in Normandy.

By the time the head of state finally woke up, it was too late.

Although the permission for the Armored Division was immediately uploaded to the Western Front battlefield, the Allied beachheads in Normandy were already very considerable, and there was no way to organize a strong enough force to complete the counterattack.

However, the willful head of state did not reflect on the issue of sleeping for too long, nor did he consider the status quo. Instead, Rommel had to throw the Allies who had already landed back to the sea that night.

After receiving the order, Rommel was anxious and angry, and immediately followed Lundstedt to Wolf Castle to meet the head of state.

After seeing the head of state, Rommel clearly told him that it was no longer possible to drive the Allies back to the sea. The wisest way at present is to evacuate the troops from outside the enemy's air and ground artillery fire range and organize a rearguard battle.

Lundstedt, who had long believed that Germany had exhausted, advocated more directly that the head of state holds peace talks with the allies.

The two kept emphasizing to the head of state that after the landing of Normandy, the German mainland would be in danger. In order to curb the more terrible things, they strongly recommended that the head of state "end the war."

Based on Rommel's own experience in Africa and his judgment on his past experience, the armored forces should be arranged as close to the beach as possible, rather than placed behind as a mobile force.

The idea of ​​a remote coastline area as a mobile force is not a problem, but in actual use it will be blocked by the absolute air superiority of the Allied forces and become worthless.

However, this kind of words hit the head of the head of state more than "retreat", and the head of state was simply crazy.

In the end, he had already interrupted Rommel without hesitation, and almost covered his ears and shouted, "I don't listen, I don't listen."

The head of state was not willing to believe in the reality that he was most unacceptable, and even more so, he did not agree with the matter of "retreatment" and "end of war".

He was like a whimsical ignorant, promising to drive away the Allies with an unguaranteed air force. Rommel felt helpless and angry.

At the end of his life, Rommel and his two had to return to the front line to continue commanding the troops to fight.

After obtaining command of the five armored divisions of the Western Front Armored Cluster, Rommel was determined to launch a large-scale counterattack with this elite force.

But in the face of the severe situation, Rommel had to set the first target of counterattack to prevent the Allies from connecting the five landings to form a complete large landing field, and then ensure Caen and Cherbourg.

Unfortunately, these armored troops were constantly subjected to fierce air strikes from the Allied forces on the way from a distance, and they were unable to enter the battle in an organized manner.

Even if sporadic troops arrived at the beach, they suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of Allied warship artillery fire, and they no longer had their former majesty.

Because Germany was deeply trapped in the quagmire of the Soviet-German battlefield, most of Germany's air power was used to fight against Soviet aircraft.

Originally, the Luftwaffe had suffered a major blow in the battle of Britain with Britain, and the remaining elites were transferred to the Soviet battlefield.

Therefore, on the battlefield on the Western Front, Germany had less than 1,000 aircraft, and most of them were dilapidated aircraft. Only more than 300 were truly useful.

As for the Allied forces, the Royal Air Force has long been restored after several years of rest and recuperation.

Coupled with the terrifying US air support, the Allied forces dispatched more than 10,000 aircraft during their landing.

This was a completely unbalanced battle. In the fierce air artillery fire of the Allied forces, the German army had no power to fight back at all.

In this way, during the day on June 7, 1944, under the absolute superior firepower of the Allied Navy and Air Force, the German army was unable to launch a decisive large-scale counterattack.

After a large number of Allied troops landed successfully, each unit was as if he was injected with chicken blood and occupied the important traffic routes at an extremely fast speed so that the subsequent armored troops could be launched.
Chapter completed!