After Rommel knew that the 2nd "Imperial" armored division was defeated in less than a day, he couldn't help but stand in a daze and couldn't say a word for a long time. .

At this time, the phone on the desktop rang. After answering the phone, the staff officer pressed the microphone and said to Rommel: "Marson, it's Marshal Lundstedt!"

Rommel took the call and heard Lundstedt ask on the phone: "I heard that your progress is not going well?"

"Yes!" Rommel replied: "Mr. Commander, I hope you can send reinforcements!"

There was a silence on the other side of the microphone. After a while, Lundstedt replied: "I really hope to do this, but you know, the command of the Head of State cannot be disobeyed, and he will not allow me to reinforce Normandy!"

Rommel couldn't help but close his eyes, as if he didn't want to see the result.

"You have done enough, Marshal Rommel!" said Lundstedt. "I have to admit that everything you did exceeded my expectations, but... everything is over and you can't save Normandy! Listen to me... Time is not long, and in less than two days, the storm will pass, and you know what will happen!"

Rommel certainly knew that once the storm passed, Allied fighter jets and bombers would soon fly all over the sky, and the Allied forces in Normandy could still receive sufficient supplies... This means that the Germans not only could not win, but would also face the danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the Allied forces.

It can even be said that by then the German army could not retreat even if they wanted to retreat.

After thinking about it, Ronmeira said, "No, I can't retreat!"

"Why?" Lundstedt said: "Are you crazy? You are taking risks with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers!"

"Because we can't afford to fail!" Rommel replied: "If you let the enemy land in Normandy, you know what that means!"

As he said that, Rommel hung up the phone.

He turned around and ordered the staff officer: "Order the 12th SS's Armored Division to launch an attack on Caen immediately!"

"Marson!" The staff officer was stunned when he heard this. The 12th "Hitler Youth Group" Armored Division of the SS was the only reserve force left in Rommel's B Army. It even covers the withdrawal of the B Army. If they are used, then the B Army...

"Execute the order!" Rommel ordered.

"Yes!" The staff member stood up and turned helplessly and conveyed the order.

The "Hitler Youth League" is a paramilitary organization established by the Nazi Party. The members are generally between 13 and 18 years old... The reason for doing this is to provide supplementary strength to the troops, and on the other hand, to brainwash education for German youth.

This kind of education should be said to be very successful, and the "Hitler Youth League" are all fanatical supporters of the Nazis.

The 12th "Hitler Youth League" Armored Division of the SS Army is a special unit in the German army. All its soldiers are composed of "Hitler Youth League" volunteers born in 1926 (18 years old)... This unit is also called the most "hopeful" unit by Hitler.

As for what kind of hope... it is undoubtedly loyalty to the head of state and the fanaticism of war, which is somewhat similar to the militarists educated by Japanese militarism or the Bushido spirit.

The commander of this division is Major General Meier. He has worked as a miner and a policeman. After joining the Nazi Party at the age of 19, he was a staunch supporter. He broke 19 bones in various battles and accidents, but he was still able to move freely. Therefore, he was also called "Armored Meer" by his subordinates... It means that he is like an armored vehicle and can't die no matter how hard he fights.

Armored Meyer immediately became excited when he heard the order to attack.

"It's finally time for us to report our achievements to the Head of State!" said Armored Meyer.

Then before he even waited for the troops to assemble, he set off with a battalion's vanguard and several armored vehicles.

The fanaticism of the "Hitler Youth League" is first manifested in the march. They almost kept moving towards Caen, without rest for fifteen hours, and they kept maintaining high morale... To a certain extent, the spiritual atomic bomb still has a certain effect on the battlefield.

In the early morning of the next day, they arrived in Caen.

Without much reconnaissance, no preparations or plans were made, the order of armored Meyer was very simple, which was to "advance and destroy, without giving the enemy any way to survive!"

Armored Meyer is confident enough because it believes that the failure of the previous SS 2 "Imperial" armored division was just an accident...or it can be said that they failed just because they didn't know there was another enemy behind them.

More importantly, compared with dozens of tanks that were almost scrapped from the 2nd "Imperial" Armored Division, the 12th Armored Division was fully equipped with more than 200 tanks.

Therefore, Armored Meyer believes that wherever the tanks of the 12th Armored Division go, they will definitely be able to crush this almost unpreserved Caen under the track.

Armored Meyer was right. The 12th German Armored Division quickly attacked Caen under the cover of artillery fire and tanks, and easily occupied Caen.

but……

Armored Meyer was stunned. He was stunned. It was not because of the resistance of the enemy. In fact, they not only did not resist by the enemy, but even did not see an enemy... All they could see was the trembling French people hiding in the room and the burned warehouse.

In other words, they got an empty city where they didn't even leave a piece of grain or a bullet.

"Where have those Chinese and Algerians gone?" Armored Meyer said to himself.

Then he turned his head to his subordinates: "Ask those French, I want to know where they hid their enemies?"

"yes!"

But no matter how the Germans interrogated, or even shot a group of people, they could not ask for it. So... no one knew where the Chinese went.

When Rommel got the information, he sat on the chair and shouted, "God, how stupid I am!"

"The Marshal knows where they went?" The staff officer asked in confusion when he saw this.

Rommel nodded weakly: "They went to Lyon..."

"Lyon?!" The advisor's face turned pale: "But they... our 12th Armored Division just arrived from Lyon!"

"Yes!" Rommel nodded: "They used their usual tricks again. The Chinese had long expected that we would transfer the 12th armor to attack Caen, so they rushed to Lyon overnight... Their ultimate goal is Paris!"
Chapter completed!