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On the beach, 150 rangers climbed up to Cape Hawk with difficulty and found that the so-called coastal cannon was actually disguised by telephone poles. Eliminated the threat of coastal cannons. The US destroyer exerted great power and opened fire at the German fire points on the beach one by one. The powerful firepower made the German army unable to resist and had to retreat in disgrace.

Then the destroyer fired at every newly discovered target, and as long as the army fired with tracer bombardment, it was regarded as an indication of the target and immediately bombarded. It was the destroyer's active assistance that gradually suppressed the German firepower and created conditions for the US military attack on the beach. The US commander on the beach also worked hard to motivate his subordinates, such as Brigadier General Kota, the deputy commander of the 29th Division, shouted on the beach with shrapnel:

"There are only two types of people who stay on the beach, one is the dead, and the other is the one who is about to die. Come on! Fight with me!" Colonel Taylor, the commander of the 16th Regiment of the 1st Division, also encouraged the soldiers: "Stay here and only die, and rush out of the beach even if you die!" Under their leadership, although the US troops on the beach were suffering heavy casualties, they were ace divisions that had been experienced for a long time, especially the 1st Division. They have made great achievements since World War I. They have been known as the "Big Red First Division" in the US military. They organized the remaining troops to continuously blast the exits of Kaifeng, and finally rushed across the embankment. After hearing the news, Bradley said with emotion: "Fortunately the 1st Division is there!"

At noon, the new forces of the three regiments of the second echelon landed in advance. With the support of naval guns and tanks, they expanded the landing ground step by step. Then, under the guidance of the "Breathing Fire" aircraft, heavy artillery on US battleships and cruisers also joined the shooting on the other side, causing heavy casualties in the German army. The firepower of the Allied forces was too strong, which was also the reason why Li Mo was unwilling to fight with the Allied forces on the coast.

When it was dark, the 1st and 29th Divisions finally opened a bloody road. At night, the front of the landing ground further expanded to 8 kilometers. The price paid by the 5th Army of the US was extremely heavy. 2,500 people were killed alone. That night, the 5th Army headquarters went ashore and opened a forward command post. The first telegram sent by the commander of the Army Major General Roger to Bradley was: "Thank God for creating the US Navy for us."

Sefro was a corporal from the 352nd Division. The fortress they were stationed in was named Post No. 62.

The weather conditions were extremely bad on the day of landing. Before landing, the Allies lost 10 landing craft and more than 300 officers and soldiers due to excessive storms. Most of the officers and soldiers on the landing craft suffered from seasickness and wetness, and were basically exhausted before they arrived at the combat site.

The landing operation started very difficult. 27 of the 32 water and land tanks prepared in the western section of the beach sank due to the heavy wind and waves as soon as they got off the sea. Two of the 5 surviving tanks were quickly blown up by German artillery fire. Due to the influence of the tide and the chaos of order, many of the US soldiers who landed were unable to figure out the direction and meeting point, and a large number of soldiers squeezed on the beach and allowed the German artillery fire to attack.

When the sea water had just passed the knees of the Allied soldiers, Seffro's boss ordered the fire. Seffro used the mg42 machine gun to continuously fire bullets at the large number of American soldiers who were advancing, and almost never stopped for a moment in the last nine hours. The only gap was to replace the spare barrel. The machine gun crew, which was so eye-breathing, had forgotten the lifespan of the barrel.

The barrel of his machine gun finally turned red and hot, and it was unbearable to use. He had to change the machine gun. When the replaced red barrel was thrown aside, the hay next to the bunker was immediately ignited by the huge heat. In that battle, Seffro's eyes were red, and American soldiers rushed to the bunker where Seffro was like a tide, and fell to the ground like a tide. The blood stained the entire sea and beach red.

In 9 hours, he used up all the 12,000 bullets in the outpost, and the sea water was stained with blood from the corpse. After the machine gun bullets were used up, he continued to shoot 400 bullets with his Mauser rifle. After the rifle bullets were fired, he could only take out his own p38 pistol for self-defense and continue to shoot "because there are too many enemy troops."

He recalled: "I almost wiped out a regiment's landing force, and the water around me was dyed red. I could hear the hysterical shouting of the US commander in the horn. I saw the machine gun bullets splashing on the beach, and when these small fountains approached the American soldiers, they began to fall, and soon. The first corpse began to float on the high tide waves, and soon. All the American soldiers lay down and started shooting."

Seffro recalled that a young American soldier escaped the fire from the line of fire at sea and rushed to Omaha Beach. After seeing this, Seffro immediately raised his gun and aimed at him. The bullet hit the American soldier's forehead and flew his helmet. The American soldier's head immediately blossomed and fell on the beach stained with blood.

Sefro still remembers the twisted and painful expression before the death of the American soldier. He recalls: "Until then, I realized that I was killing people. Until now, I still often dream about the American soldier. Whenever I think of him, I feel so heartbroken and guilt."

The beach was covered with blood and sea water. Large-caliber artillery exploded the US troops on the beach in pieces. The mg42's extremely high rate of fire was like a chainsaw. The US troops curled up on the beach in groups of three or five, and all the tanks were sunk by the magnetic mines buried by the German army and the coastal defense guns.

After the battle lasted until 9 hours, the US Navy brought a turn for Omaha Beach. Since the beach landing troops had no contact for a long time, the naval commander realized that the situation on Omaha Beach might have been extremely serious, so 17 destroyers went on to strand and were overturned by coastal artillery, and advanced to only 730 meters away from the beach to provide firepower support to the landing US troops at close range.

The US suicide squad also climbed up to Cape Hawke at this time, and found that all the coastal artillery was actually disguised by telephone poles. The navy, without any worries, unscrupulously poured shells into the German stronghold. The US military, which had been blocked on the beach, began to charge under the leadership of the elite First Division. At noon, the second echelon of the landing troops landed in advance. Under the guidance of the Air Force, the US Navy's battleships and cruisers also began to shoot on the other side, and the German defense basically collapsed.

When it was dark, the US military officially landed successfully, and the Fifth Army headquarters went ashore and opened a command post. After the commander of the Army Major General Roger came to the land, he immediately sent a telegram to Bradley: "Thank God for creating the US Navy."

Golden Beach is located east of Port Basing, which is a low and flat beach, basically a steep sandy slope of about 10 meters above sea level. The German army set up as many as 2,500 obstacles here, and also built many solid support points. The deployed firepower can cover the entire beach vertically, but the distribution of support points is unreasonably balanced. Most of them are concentrated in La Rivier, Le Amir, and Alomenchi, and there are very few other places. (To be continued)

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