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This is of course not high for the entire million-dollar Allied Army, but for the front-line troops, the average casualty of each infantry division reached 2000 to 4000, that is, 8 casualty for every 1 people.

The paratroopers were even more tragic. The 2.1 paratroopers suffered more than 1.1 casualties, which means that one casualty for every two is of course quite tragic.

The main opponent of the Allies, the 352nd Infantry Division of the Nazi German Army, lost more than 3000 people, of which about 1000 were killed, and most of the losses were captured.

In addition, it should be emphasized that the Normandy landing is not the entire Normandy campaign, but only a small part of it. The real test is to move forward next.

The German armored divisions on the western front were more complete than those on the eastern front because they were replenished first, and the German armored units that the Allied forces were about to encounter were more formidable than those on the eastern front, although they were more or less inexperienced.

According to British Duncan Anderson's research statistics, the entire Normandy campaign had more than 22 Allied casualties, about 40 German casualties and captures, and 10 French casualties. The total loss during the three-month campaign reached 3.

From this, it can be said that the most tragic part of the Normandy campaign was not the beachhead battle, but the advance on land.

But it doesn't matter, war is like this, there is no way out except life and death.

"What? The Allied forces landed in Normandy? How could it be that they chose to land in Normandy at this time!"

Rommel, who was still on vacation in his hometown, was struck by lightning after hearing the sad news.

After a short period of extreme consternation, Rommel immediately bid farewell to his wife, not daring to stay for a moment, and went directly to the front line in Normandy by plane.

Chapter 1591

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

It was not until the Allies had gained three footholds on the beaches of Normandy that Rundstedt had to admit that the worst was happening:

The Allies have placed their biggest bets on their weakest link, and so far it looks like the Allies are going to win.

After Rommel, who was thousands of miles away, received an emergency call, he didn't dare to delay for a moment and rushed back to the battlefield, but it had been more than half a day, and the situation on the western front was deteriorating every moment for most of the day.

Back on the front line, after meeting with Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front Lundstedt, Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh Army Dorman and others, Rommel's heart became cold, and he couldn't think of anything worse than this .

As early as 1943, Rommel had already started to transform the Atlantic Wall, and the purpose of transforming the barrier was to prevent the Allied forces from landing in France.

In addition to conventional fortifications such as bunkers, mines, and anti-infantry barbed wire, there are also anti-aircraft positions and anti-tank trenches.

There is no doubt that if the Atlantic Wall is really completed, its defensive capabilities will be quite amazing, and the landing operations of the Allied forces will inevitably be greatly hindered, and it will definitely not be as easy as it is now.

But it is a pity that before the Normandy landing, not only the Atlantic Wall was not completed, but even the design drawings were stolen by French agents.

The Allied forces had long been aware of the deployment of the Atlantic Wall, and this was also an important factor in the Allied forces choosing to land in Normandy.

Although before this, Rommel always felt that something was wrong, thinking that the landing point of the Allied forces was likely to be Normandy.

And he had applied to the head of state to mobilize more troops to deploy 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 Battle of Kursk in 1943, the German army retreated steadily on the Eastern Front, and the Soviets started a large counter-offensive mode.

The head of state had already been devastated, so he rejected Rommel from the very beginning, and hoped that he could use great spirit to lead the troops to overcome negative factors and strive for victory with all their strength.

May, the most suitable month for landing, spent peacefully in peace. Rommel once thought that the Allied forces would not land in a short time, but he did not expect that things would happen so suddenly.

Although Rommel had 3 armored divisions and could support each other in an emergency, there was only 1 armored division in the entire Normandy area that could be used to counter the enemy's landing.

The other two divisions are far east of the Seine-Marne River. In the absence of air cover and poor traffic conditions, there is little chance of being able to rush to the theater in time.

Therefore, it is definitely not enough for the Normandy guards to rely solely on the Seventh Army. They need to immediately mobilize the nearest armored division to save the scene.

However, none of the officers present had this kind of power, because the head of state did not know what "the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be accepted".

In order to centralize power, the Fuehrer did not allow any officer to transfer armored divisions without his consent.

As a result, Rundstedt and Rommel jointly sent a rescue report to the Army Headquarters in order to use the four armored division reserves under the personal control of the head of state.

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

However, every minute now, an unknown number of Allied soldiers climbed onto French soil in Normandy.

When the Führer finally woke up, it was too late.

Although the permission for the transfer of the armored division was immediately uploaded to the Western Front, the Allied forces had a very large beachhead in Normandy, and there was no way to organize a strong enough force to complete the counterattack.

However, the wayward head of state did not reflect on the issue of sleeping for too long, nor did he consider the current situation, but regardless of March 21 and [-], Rommel had to throw the Allied forces that had landed back into the sea that night.

After receiving the order, Rommel was anxious and angry, and immediately followed Rundstedt to Wolfsburg to meet the head of state.

After seeing the head of state, Rommel told him clearly that it was impossible to drive the Allied forces back to the sea. The most sensible approach at present was to withdraw the troops from the range of the enemy's air and ground artillery fire and reorganize to organize a rearguard battle.

Rundstedt, who had long believed that Germany was doomed, advocated more directly that the head of state should conduct peace talks with the Allies.

The two kept emphasizing to the head of state that after the Normandy landing, the German mainland would be at stake. In order to prevent more terrible things from happening, they strongly suggested that the head of state "end the war."

According to Rommel's own experience in Africa and his judgment of past experience, armored forces should be deployed as close to the beachhead as possible, rather than placed behind as a mobile force.

There is no problem with the idea of ​​using the area far from the coastline as a mobile force, 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 state even more than "retreat", and the head of state was going crazy.

In the end, he interrupted Rommel recklessly, almost covered his ears and yelled "I won't listen, I won't listen".

The head of state is not at all willing to believe the reality he cannot accept, let alone agree to the "retreat" and "end the war".

He was like a whimsical ignorant who promised to drive away the Allied forces with an air force that could not be guaranteed at all. Rommel felt helpless and angry,

In desperation, the two Rommel could only return to the front line to continue commanding troops to fight.

After obtaining the command of the five armored divisions of the armored group on the western front, Rommel was determined to counterattack with this elite force.

But facing the grim situation, Rommel had to set the first goal of the counterattack as preventing the Allies from connecting the five landing beaches into a complete large landing field, and then ensuring Caen and Cherbourg.

It is a pity that these armored units were constantly subjected to fierce air strikes by the Allied forces on the way from afar, and they could not be organized into combat at all.

Even if sporadic troops reached the beach, they suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the Allied warships, and lost their former prestige.

As Germany was mired in the quagmire of the Soviet-German battlefield, most of Germany's air power was spent on confrontation with Soviet aircraft.

Originally, the German Air Force had already suffered a major blow in the British air battle with the United Kingdom, and the remaining elites were transferred to the Soviet battlefield.

Therefore, on the battlefield on the Western Front, Germany had less than 1000 aircraft, and most of them were dilapidated aircraft. There were only more than 300 aircraft that were really useful.

As for the Allied Forces, the Royal Air Force has already recovered after several years of recuperation.

Coupled with the terrifying air support of the United States, the Allied forces dispatched more than 10000 aircraft during the landing.

This is a completely unbalanced battle. Under the fierce aerial artillery fire of the Allied forces, the German army has no power to fight back at all.

In this way, on June 1944, 6, under the absolute superior firepower of the Allied navy and air force throughout the day, the German army was unable to launch a decisive large-scale counterattack.

After a large number of allied troops successfully landed, each department seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and occupied the main traffic arteries at an extremely fast speed, so that the follow-up armored troops could be deployed.

In just a few days, the size of the Allied landing force exceeded one million people, and they firmly established themselves on French soil.

Chapter 1592

"Extra! Extra! The Allies completed the epic Normandy landing!"

"The Allies have successfully opened up the second battlefield in Europe, and the end of Nazi Germany has arrived!"

"Good news! Good news! The Huaxia Tigers and Ben are showing their talents in the European battlefield, showing off the prestige of China!"

"Saint Sauvo victory! The Allied forces are in full swing!"

As the Allied landing forces continued to spread out, exciting good news was transmitted to every corner of the world through beams of radio waves.

All the big and small newspapers and communication stations in China are scrambling to print more newspapers and periodicals, broadcasting these good news in turn, and the people of China are encouraged again, setting off a new round of anti-war upsurge.

At this time, China's domestic battlefield is full of smoldering smoke, and the "Operation No. [-]" launched by the Japanese army has been fully launched, and fierce military wars are going on in many provinces.

Among them, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Guangdong were the most violent. The Japanese army used millions of troops in an attempt to open up the mainland communication line to strengthen the connection between the Japanese army in the Chinese mainland and the Japanese army in Nanyang. At the same time, it destroyed the main US air force bases in central and southern China, and Take advantage of the trend to eliminate the main force of the national government army.

However, there is still the old saying that "the ideal is full and the reality is skinny". Although the Japanese army assembled a large number of troops and used a lot of new technology and equipment, the preparatory work was also well done.

But at this time, the Huaxia army was no longer in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Bicycles had long been transformed into motorcycles, weapons and equipment had been greatly enhanced, and combat effectiveness had been raised several levels.

Tokyo Imperial Palace.

"Why don't you talk anymore?"

"Are you waiting to die like this?"

"The German allies are at the end of the road. Is the Great Japanese Empire going to perish along with it?"

"Baga! Is the dream of the Great Japanese Empire and the Yamato nation going to be ruthlessly shattered for thousands of years?"

Yuren's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, looking at the military and political ministers in front of him, he kept roaring with anger, and constantly vented his inner anger, dissatisfaction, and panic.

These days, it can be said that all kinds of bad news have continued. The South Pacific and Central Pacific battlefields have been retreating steadily, the defensive island chain has been continuously lost, and the armed forces of the sea, land and air have continued to lose troops and lose generals.

The "Operation No. [-]" that was painstakingly carried out on the Huaxia battlefield is now struggling. It has been fought for more than two months. Apart from countless casualties, there is no way to achieve the expected combat effect.

Today, the Papua Peninsula and the Mariana Islands are still under heavy attack by the Allied Forces, especially Saipan, which is undergoing fierce artillery preparations by the Allied Forces.

Seeing that the Allied forces are about to launch a landing operation on Saipan, this makes Hirohito have a very strong crisis of destroying the country.

Located in the Mariana Islands, Saipan is a small land with an area of ​​120 square kilometers.But it strangles the throat of the North and South Pacific Ocean, and has always been a battleground for military strategists.

It is the hub to the United States in the east, Southeast Asia in the west, Indonesia in the south, and the Philippines and Japan in the north. It has an extremely important position in the military.

In the early days of World War I, Japan captured Saipan without any battles, and has since regarded it as its strategic point.On the one hand, they planted a large amount of sugar cane here in order to maintain the production of sugar and supply it to the country.

On the other hand, it is also a military base, which Japan calls an unsinkable aircraft carrier.On the small island of Saipan, there are airports, ports, and fortifications, and it is like a military fortress.

Before the war, Japan deployed nearly 3 soldiers in the army and 5000 people in the navy on Saipan. The No. 30 First Army Command was also deployed here, and the First Air Force was also deployed to provide air power.

In the early days of the war, the Japanese attacked from here, and it was also an important barrier for them to protect their homeland in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

As for the Allied Forces, once they occupy Saipan, they will be able to use Saipan as a base, shorten the distance between Allied bombers and Japan, and tear apart the barrier that Japan relies on to ensure its homeland security.

The US military planned to avoid the Caroline Islands and Palau Islands to capture the Mariana Islands, so that the Japanese mainland and the Japanese army's passage to the south and west would be cut off.

The troops in Southeast Asia cannot get ammunition supplies, and the troops in the mainland cannot get oil and minerals in Southeast Asia.

The new U.S. military B-29 bomber can fly over 2400 kilometers from the Marianas, directly hitting the Japanese mainland to carry out strategic bombing.

For this operation, the U.S. military invested no less manpower and material resources than the Normandy landings. Obviously, this was the largest counterattack by the U.S. military in the Pacific, and it also symbolized the official start of the U.S. counterattack in the Pacific.

On the same day that the Allied forces launched "Operation Overlord", that is, on June 1944, 6, the US expeditionary fleet left Pearl Harbor, where the war broke out, and the huge fleet almost filled the sea.

If the Normandy landing was the largest amphibious landing operation in history, then the current expeditionary fleet is undoubtedly the largest fleet in the current world.

整个舰队一分为二，其中攻击塞班岛的部队是有7艘战列舰、11艘护航航空母舰、11艘航空母舰、11艘巡洋舰、67艘舰队驱逐舰、282艘其他舰艇和辅助船只，用于登陆作战的美军地面部队则多达71034人。

Such a huge fleet is unimaginable for the Japanese army.Because Japan itself does not have such a large fleet, and the once powerful combined fleet is a thing of the past, and it is almost impossible to stop such a fleet.

"Hey! I knew why it was now, I knew it would be the situation today, the Empire of Japan should have taken advantage of the victory when it won a major victory in the Far East, and cooperated with the German allies to destroy the Soviet Union!"

The Allied forces successfully landed in Normandy and opened up the second battlefield in Europe, which meant that Germany would be attacked from both sides, and its demise was imminent.

Once the powerful Third Reich collapses, the Axis Alliance, which has already been disintegrated once, will completely fall apart.

The so-called single tree is hard to support, then the power of the anti-fascist alliance around the world will be concentrated on the side of the Japanese Empire. At that time, it is self-evident what the Japanese Empire will be like.

Thinking of this, Hirohito felt a kind of sadness that the rabbit died and the fox grieved, and then he couldn't help but began to regret deeply.

I regret that I shouldn't have made small calculations at the beginning, and I shouldn't have tried to reap the benefits of fishermen, so that the Soviet Union survived on the brink of death, and in just two years, it grew into a terrifying red giant again, becoming the axis Mighty Gravedigger of the Alliance!

Just when Hirohito sighed and sighed, Prime Minister Tojo drooped his head half-deadly, bowed his head in silence, his face was extremely ugly, and he was not at all domineering and "full of pearls" in the past.

Some are just deeply aggrieved, and desolate at the end of the road!

With Japan's repeated heavy losses in naval battles with the United States and the defeat of "Operation No. [-]", there are already many contradictions in Japan, and great panic has appeared among the people, which has triggered a fierce wave of opposition.

As the instigator, Tojo is naturally the first one. Not only the emperor is very dissatisfied with him, but the people are also strongly urging him to take the blame and resign, and replace him with a cabinet prime minister who can change the status quo.

Tojo is very clear that as long as the situation deteriorates a little bit, such as the occupation of Saipan, the fall of the Papua Peninsula, etc., the anger of the military and civilians will be irresistible. At that time, he will have no choice but to resign and accept punishment.

After yelling for a long time, no one dared to stand up and speak, Hirohito's eyes gradually turned cold, and he stared at Tojo, who was pretending to be a dog, and said, "Tojo-kun, shouldn't you say something at this time? "

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Being called face to face, Tojo could only bite the bullet and replied: "Your Majesty, the Allied Forces have fully grasped the sea and air initiative in the Pacific battlefield, and the Empire of Japan can only adopt passive defense.

However, passive defense means being passively beaten. The island-hopping tactics adopted by the Allied forces made the Empire of Japan hard to defend, and there will always be situations of isolation and helplessness.

In this passive defense situation, the Great Japanese Empire has no way to block the powerful attack of the Allied Forces. Sooner or later, the defensive island chain will be broken one by one! ..."

Hearing this, Hiroren frowned immediately, and interrupted impatiently: "I don't want to hear your useless and frustrating words, I just want to ask you if you have any countermeasures?

The best opportunity for the rise of the Dahe nation for thousands of years must not slip through our fingers like this, let alone let the Dahe nation fall into the abyss, otherwise we will all become sinners of history and the nation! "

"Hayi, what His Majesty said is very true. For the sake of the eternal life of the Yamato nation, we must not give up hope and hard work. Even if we die together, what is there to be afraid of?"