In the Anglo-American coalition group, the Supreme Headquarters commands the U.S. Third Army, which has extremely strong maneuverability and assault power, and is led by the brave and adept American General Patton. This time the U.S. military sets foot on the European continent to fight, it can be said to be of extraordinary significance.
However, the Nazi Party's SS Armored Division was not a free-for-all unit. After being transferred to the Weil River area, it immediately began an offensive against the US military. However, despite the division's all-out efforts, it could not stop the US military's advance. However,
After the appearance of the First Corps of the Far East Army, everything was different.
After the Normandy landing, the US military launched a pincer attack on Saint-Lo, an important transportation hub in the Normandy region. However, the German army was still relying on the pre-built fortifications to resist desperately. The US military's attack failed in the end, so the US military temporarily stopped the attack and reorganized the troops first.
, carrying out logistical replenishment of ammunition, and seemed to be preparing for the second round of attack.
The German troops are running low on personnel, equipment, and ammunition, and cannot be replenished immediately. They are at the end of their rope, so it is very likely that they will finally be exhausted in the second round of attacks launched by the U.S. military, but Li Ningyu will not watch.
The US military occupied Saint-Lo in this way, so after secretly sending representatives to discuss with the German commander, the Far East Army took over Saint-Lo.
However, with the change of defense in Saint-Lo, the German defense line in the Normandy area was divided into two sections, which can be said to be more passive and unfavorable for them.
In the second offensive and defensive battle of Saint-Lo, the U.S. military was winning steadily at the beginning. Just when the U.S. military thought it would soon capture Saint-Lo, more than 300 large bomber formations suddenly appeared in the sky, directly attacking the U.S. offensive positions.
Intensive bombing was carried out, and in just thirty minutes, a total of 2,500 tons of bombs were dropped.
Therefore, in the second battle to capture Saint-Lo, the U.S. military paid a high price of nearly 140,000 casualties, and Lieutenant General Mark, an important front-line commander of the U.S. military in the Normandy region, was killed.
At the same time, according to the advance plan of the British and American coalition forces, the British army on the eastern front also launched a second round of offensive against Caen. The British and American coalition forces also dispatched 460 sorties of heavy bombers to launch indiscriminate bombing directly at the German positions.
Two divisions of the German Army and one division of Canada, supported by the naval gunfire of the British and American coalition forces, carried out a concentric assault on Caen. Unexpectedly, the British and American coalition air forces launched a fierce bombing. Although it caused heavy casualties to the German army, it also caused serious damage to the German army.
Rubble and ruins were everywhere, and the extent of the damage even seriously affected the advancement of the British and American coalition ground forces. Therefore, the British army's occupation of Caen had to be postponed for about a week.
In the critical week that followed, the British and American forces replenished their troops and supplies while constantly exerting pressure on the German forces in the front, mainly because they hoped that the German forces would not be able to readjust and deploy. However, they did not know that the Germans were not alone in the two major positions in the Normandy area.
, but the Far East Army and the German Army each occupied one place.
The U.S. military suffered heavy losses in the second battle to seize Saint-Lo, but they could not figure out where the Germans got so many large bombers. However, after close contact, the British and American coalition forces figured out that there was no half-man in the Saint-Lo position.
They were all German soldiers, but they were all soldiers of the Far East Legion.
In order to further expand the landing site to the area between the Orne and Divo rivers, the British and American coalition forces can only continue to attack Caen and Saint-Lô. However, their plan to advance to the southeast is not so easy to realize, so in order to cooperate with the British and American coalition forces
In response to the crazy attack, the British and American air forces began to implement more intense aviation firepower preparations. This time they planned to dispatch 1,700 large bombers and 400 medium bombers, and planned to drop 12,000 tons of bombs within a week.
But for such a plan, the Far East Army also formulated corresponding operations. Therefore, after the British and American coalition air force formation took off, the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Far East Navy and all carrier-based attack aircraft immediately began interception operations. In the first battle,
The shooting down of 108 bombers by the British and American coalition forces made the British and American coalition forces extremely sad. Therefore, learning from the previous lesson, the British and American coalition forces began to send out a large number of escort fighters. However, in the first air combat battle, the British and American coalition forces were once again dumbfounded. Because the fighter jets of the Far East Corps, the British and American coalition forces
The coalition fighter jets can't catch up and can't fight!
Because after five years of development, all the carrier-based fighters of all the aircraft carrier battle groups of the Far East Legion have been replaced by jet fighters. Compared with propeller-type fighters, the speed of such fighters is completely incomparable, and the combat altitudes are also different, so
In the comparison of air power, although the British and American coalition forces were large in number, they were not comparable at all, and they lost completely.
During this period, the German army also began to change its tactics, imitating the Far East Army to adopt a deep echelon defense, using a large number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns to shoot flatly at British and American tanks, and continuously organizing large-scale counterattacks on favorable terrain, causing casualties to the British and American forces.
It was so big that the British and American coalition forces lost 150 tanks almost every day. In the end, the British and American coalition forces had to stop the attack.
Although the attack of the British and American coalition forces did not make any progress and suffered heavy losses, the British and American coalition forces have formed an invisible front throughout the Normandy battlefield, from the Gangcheng area to the Caumont area, and finally from the Saint-Lo line to the Lesso area.
This formed a large landing site with a frontal width of 150 kilometers and a depth of 35 kilometers. It established a solid strategic bridgehead, made all preparations for a large-scale ground attack, and provided an offensive starting point for the deployment of large-scale armored forces.
The position also laid a solid foundation for the recovery of Western Europe.
At this point, the Normandy landing campaign of the British and American coalition forces ended in victory. However, the seaport of Cherbourg and Saint-Lô were both in the hands of the Far East Army. In this battle, the British and American coalition forces suffered a total of 722,000 casualties, including 373,000 U.S. troops and 373,000 British and American forces.
The coalition's naval force lost 2 battleships, 7 cruisers, 18 destroyers, 23 frigates and 48 other ships. The British and American coalition air forces lost 221 fighter aircraft of various types, but the German army only suffered 273,000 casualties and captured 41,000 prisoners.
people, with a total loss of 314,000.
Such a result is unacceptable to the British and American coalition forces, but this is the final result. The huge casualties of more than 300,000 U.S. military forces, as well as the losses of the British and American coalition naval forces and air forces, were all caused by the Far East Corps, so the U.S. military hates the Far East.
Deep in my heart, this also paved the way for the final battle of World War II, the Battle of Midway.