The Far East Army's secret capture of the port of Cherbourg has ended long ago, but it has not been announced to the public. However, before the US military is about to attack Cherbourg, the Far East Army still notifies the countries in advance. Everything that follows seems to be a bit chaotic, especially
It was the Normandy landing plan.
As soon as the news came out, the British 7th Armored Division was originally on its way to the Villebeuge area southwest of Caen, but finally had to stop its advance, leaving the German 2nd SS Armored Division coming from Amiens
The division encountered directly, and then a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. In this battle, the British troops suffered heavy losses in personnel and tanks, and were forced to retreat a day later.
Although the Anglo-American coalition's landing attack plan was delayed due to the outbreak of the Cherbourg incident, it finally attracted the elite 2nd Armored Division of the German Army to the Caen area, which created a great opportunity for the subsequent Anglo-American coalition's offensive to land.
favorable conditions.
When the British and American coalition forces occupied the Carentin area, the German army immediately found that it could not draw troops from the Caen area to fight. In the end, it could only urgently mobilize the 17th SS Armored Division from the Brittany Peninsula. In addition to attacking the British and American coalition forces,
On the flank, the German army also wanted to eliminate the potential threat from the Far East Army's control of Cherbourg. However, after a fierce battle with the German army, the British and American forces once again repelled the German army and took advantage of the victory to break through the German defense line in the Saint-Sauveur area.
Three days later Saint-Sauveur was captured.
At that time, according to the highest instructions of the fascist German head of state, the four German divisions in the area must do their best to block the advance of the British and American coalition forces, and then assemble towards the port of Cherbourg. They must fight and retreat, but they must trap Cherbourg. Li Ningyu
It is clear that these four German divisions will consume a lot of troops and equipment in the battles in the next few days, and they are simply unable to cope with the important task of trapping Cherbourg. Even if the German army wants to attack Cherbourg, it must first
Passed the test of the British and American coalition forces.
So at best, it was just a force that looked very strong but was actually useless. However, after this plan failed, the German army withdrew these troops directly to the Seine River to strengthen the defense of the Seine River area. It was this decisive order.
, allowing all the German troops that could be contacted to quickly retreat southward, saving many German troops.
In the following days, the British and American coalition forces captured Barneville in the middle of the Cotentin Peninsula, and brilliantly took advantage of their high mobility. In the end, the British and American coalition forces turned around and captured Fort Monte, cutting off the entire Cotentin Peninsula from the middle. However, at the same time,
On that day, a storm suddenly broke out in the English Channel. The maximum wind force reached level 8 and the swell was 2 meters high, which caused great losses to the landing of the British and American coalition forces.
The artificial port built by the British and American coalition forces was seriously damaged due to the disintegration of the floating dock, the abnormal fracture of the caisson, and the collision of cross-shaped steel parts. At the same time, the losses in other artificial ports built by the British and American coalition forces were not small, with 4
The caissons were destroyed, a total of 7 tank landing ships, 1 large personnel landing ship, 1 oil tanker, 3 barges, 7 trawlers, 67 landing craft were sunk by strong winds, 1 coalition cruiser and 1 ferry were damaged by each other.
The ships were damaged by collisions, and some ships were injured when hydraulic mines deployed by the Germans were detonated by turbulent winds.
The violent storm in the English Channel finally threw nearly 800 ships on land, and finally forced the British and American coalition forces to suspend the unloading for five days, making it impossible for 20,000 vehicles and 100,000 tons of supplies to land as planned. This big storm caused
The material losses greatly exceeded the total combat losses in the six days after the landing, and forced the British and American coalition forces to encounter serious difficulties in logistical supplies. If the German army can seize this once-in-a-lifetime fighter opportunity this time and carry out a favorable and resolute counterattack, then the entire Eastern Europe
The situation of the war is very likely to be changed.
It is a pity that the German troops at that time could barely carry out defense. Although there was information quietly revealed by the Far East Army, and although the German army transferred from Hungary the reorganized 9th and 10th SS Armored Divisions that had just withdrawn from the Russian battlefield, this
The two armored divisions were unable to arrive in time due to the severe damage to the railways in France, which made it difficult for the troops to assemble and maneuver, thus missing this perfect opportunity.
However, the Far East Army seized this opportunity and successfully airdropped two field divisions of the first echelon to Cherbourg. At that time, the U.S. military responsible for advancing to Cherbourg, which was only 8 kilometers away, had three divisions. Li Ningyu believed that relying on
With the concrete field fortifications previously built by the German army and the anti-tank obstacles set up using rivers and canals, even if the British and American coalition forces sent troops to seize Cherbourg, it should take at least three days.
Sure enough, after the British and American forces arrived, they probably used radio to urge the Far East Army to surrender in order to protect the facilities at the port of Cherbourg. However, the Far East Army refused, so the U.S. military decided to attack Cherbourg regardless of British opposition.
Subsequently, the British and American air forces carried out aviation fire preparations before the attack. They prepared to dispatch 500 bombers to carry out intensive bombing of Cherbourg. They planned to drop 1,100 tons of bombs. After the bombing, three US army divisions,
Then launch a fierce attack from the south.
As soon as the fierce battle at Cherbourg Port began, Li Ningyu received the news. After seeing such a message, Li Ningyu immediately ordered the Navy's Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group to go to the English Channel for support, and immediately ordered the European North Sea Base to dispatch the second echelon
The airdrop force is not two divisions this time, but three integrated field armies, with more than 60,000 people. However, the Far East Army and the British and American coalition forces have different configurations. In European and other Western countries, one division usually has 30,000 people, while one integrated field army in the Far East
The field army only numbered 30,000 people.
After the battle began, the iron soldiers began to make perfect arrangements in accordance with Li Ningyu's previous instructions, and to boost morale, they were ready to defend to the end.
In order for the British and American coalition forces to capture Cherbourg as soon as possible, the U.S. military proposed that the navy provide naval gun fire support. However, in bad weather, if they want to use naval gun fire support, they must wait a few days. However, just before the British and American coalition naval forces
, dispatched 3 battleships, 4 cruisers, and 11 destroyers to form a large naval gun support formation to prepare to support the ground forces, the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Far East Navy also arrived in the sea area.
Although the commanders of both sides already knew that the battle was unavoidable, some things had not been made public after all, so they both stayed put and immediately reported to their respective commanders. However, in terms of information transmission, the Far East Army was better than the British and American Allied Forces.
So after receiving the report, Li Ningyu did not hesitate to order the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group to kill this group of naval formations preparing to support the British and American coalition land forces.
(The overlords of the Qing Dynasty have begun to enter this stage. Maybe their techniques are not clever enough, so there are some rough places. Please forgive me!)