Guillaume Melgarde (80 years old) head of the French Resistance Intelligence Network. His members conducted meticulous reconnaissance on Omaha, Juno, Normandy, before landing. He later became a member of the US military intelligence department and was one of the first Allied troops to enter the Dachau concentration camp near Munich. After the war, the Frenchman, who was once a professional cyclist, began to do business and publish local newspapers. He now lives in Bayeux, France.

"In March 1941, our intelligence network had a total of 92 members. Our mission was to collect intelligence on German military activities. We are not professional intelligence officers. But we all hope that one day we will regain dignity and freedom of our country.

All this inspired us to complete our mission. We rode bicycles, trains, cars or carriages to reconnaise German movements, cannon locations, fortifications, airports, etc. For me, it was really easy to do this. As a cyclist, I could ride 80 to 100 kilometers a day to the beach and San Lo for reconnaissance.

All intelligence was obtained by my bike. Some intelligence was worthless, but some were intelligence about building fortifications and minefields. The most important intelligence we obtained was intelligence about Cape Hawk. We had long submitted reports that the artillery positions in Cape Hawk were transferred to the Allies. But the Allies did not believe this intelligence.

The Germans were so successful that both the Americans and the British thought that artillery positions, including six 155mm artillery pieces, were still arranged there. When I learned that the U.S. Rangers climbed the cliffs there, I kept shook my head because it was meaningless. But you could not criticize them. Their actions were indeed very heroic."

"On June 2, we learned about the login through two telecommunications broadcast on BBC Radio. For our members, the telecommunications from this station should be 'hot weather in the Suez Canal area' and 'a foregone conclusion'. On Monday, June 5, I found that the Allied air transport was very busy. This gave me a premonition that there would be a major situation. So I screwed the radio to the BBC band."

"At 18:30, the first wave of telecommunications came from the air, two consecutive times. After that, there was a brief interference. Then, the second telecommunications was also two consecutive times. At this time, I knew that the login would start on our coast the next day. We had been waiting for this for a full four years. At that time, I was so excited."

"On the afternoon of the day, I met with Captain Stewart, the British intelligence officer in Bazanville, near Baye. I told him that there were no more German troops in Baye. I told him clearly that the German troops had retreated and deployed the first line of defense 7 to 8 kilometers south of this place. There were only 10 German correspondents guarding the post office. They were abandoned by their retreating colleagues. They could not escape."

"In the early morning of the 7th, when the first British rangers arrived in Baye, I led them to the Post Office and captured the Germans. At noon, 200 to 300 British troops arrived in Baye. They gave us chewing gum and chocolate candy. In the next 8 to 10 days, many of us said they were going on vacation. On June 14, General Charles de Gaulle came to Baye. It was a really exciting day..."

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In the German Western Front General Command in Paris, Li Mo has been in the combat command room since the Allies began to airborne, closely monitoring the situation on the front line. The landing war in Normandy has been fully launched, and the Allies are still operating according to the historical trajectory, which makes Li Mo unable to hide his excitement.

But the most important thing at this time was no longer the landing of the Allies in Normandy. It was the pocket formation arranged by Li Mo around the Maginot line of defense. Whether he could hold these more than two million Allies was the key. The winners of the Allies did not dare to stroke the German tiger beard within a few years. The loser of Germany was destroyed.

In this way, the German army in Normandy was destined to become cannon fodder that consumed and dragged down the Allies, and there was no way to do so.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, Marshal Gluke called."

"read……"

"The Allied forces landed eight divisions in Normandy at dusk on June 6, and airdropped three paratrooper divisions. The troops defending the coast had retreated eight kilometers away from the beach because they could not withstand the fierce bombardment of Allied naval guns. Between the coastal forces and our armored troops, three Allied airborne divisions were fighting to the death. Trying to stop our two troops from merging, please instruct our troops to take the next action."

After thinking for a while, Li Mo ordered the telecommunications officer:

"Appoint Marshal Gluke to use all his strength to eliminate the Allied Airborne troops sandwiched between their troops. In addition, let them pour their shells into the Normandy District to the fullest!

There are two things to pay special attention to. First, you cannot go from the coast. I don’t think you want Marshal Gluck to drive the landed Allies out of the sea to feed the sharks. Second, other troops of the B Group Army Group can start to retreat fifty kilometers east of Caen and establish a second line of defense. Various types of landmines must be buried on the way to retreat, and don’t be stingy."

Marshal Gluke soon received a telegram from Li Mo and then began to organize his troops, waiting for night to fall. Now there are two hours before dark, and the Allied air force is hovering in the air at any time. In this case, it is very unsuitable for the attack of the German armored forces.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Allied airborne troops sandwiched between the German army were attacked violently. The German army had 140,000 troops in Normandy. Even if the Allies lost some losses when landing, the German army retreated from the coastal defense line could still draw three divisions of infantry to participate in the attack, while the other troops had to defend against the Allied forces at the beach.

At the same time, the four German armored divisions secretly deployed in Normandy all participated in the attack. The Allied airborne troops were very elite, but they also lacked heavy weapons. Now, under the cover of night, the German tanks and infantry rushed towards the three Allied paratrooper divisions like a tide, such as the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division, under the absolute armored power, were all tofu.

Allied airborne troops without air force support and without many heavy weapons were shot dead under the attack on both sides, countless soldiers became prisoners, and even the commanders of the three paratrooper divisions were captured by the German army.

The battle lasted all night, and the Allies on the beach also tried to reinforce, but were shot back by the defending Germans. Soon, countless shells exploded on the beach. The German shells seemed to be hail, causing heavy casualties to landed Allies. They also wanted to reinforce the surrounded paratroopers. If Germany really wanted to encircle them on the beach, it would not be difficult, but Li Mo did not intend to do so. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!