"We did not hide our actions from the Germans!" After entering the command center, Eisenhower said, "They have actively built fortifications and mobilized troops in northern France to see this..."

As he said that, Eisenhower pointed to a large-scale map on the table, which were densely marked with German troops and numbers.

This is not surprising, because the place where the Allies were attacking was France after all, and many Frenchmen volunteered to act as spies to provide intelligence to the Allies, so it is not difficult to know the number and location of the German troops.

What surprised Zhang Chi was that this map even identified the German army's fortifications on the Atlantic coast, such as fortresses, flamethrowers, artillery positions, etc., and even the range and angle of various types of artillery, ammunition supply supply points, communication systems, locations of each command post, and main defense facilities are recorded in detail.

Looking at Zhang Chi's surprised look, Eisenhower couldn't help but smile and said, "This is given to us by a French painter... We had no contact with him before. He did this voluntarily. He got into the engineering team built by the German "Atlantic Barrier" and then got this defense map!"

(Note: The Germans call coastal city defense "Atlantic barrier")

Then Eisenhower sighed: "God, this picture came too timely, but it also allowed us to see the preparations of the Germans. We had always thought that the Germans had insufficient defense in northern France!"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded as he looked at the map. The map was clearly marked. The Germans set up a large number of radar stations, command posts, shore defense artillery, landmines, and strong support points along the northern coast of France.

In fact, this facility is far from what Hitler asked for.

Hitler's order was to pour a steel plate cement fortress every 46 meters at important locations, so that it forms a series link to form a complete and solid line of defense on the coast, and to build one every 91 meters at unimportant locations. The walls and ceilings should be poured with four meters of steel cement. In addition, everything should be taken into consideration when designing, it should be able to prevent poison gas and provide oxygen at any time; to be able to prevent fire, the Allies had napalm bombs, and the bunkers must have steps and protrusions to prevent burning gasoline from flowing into the bunker; each larger bunker must be equipped with flamethrowers; and sufficient food and ammunition must be provided, even if the enemy completely cut off the connection, it can be supported alone for hours or even longer...

If it was really as Hitler had imagined, then the Allies would probably give up landing from northern France and switch to southern France and even attack Italy.

But Hitler's plan was destined to be limited to the drawings... When the German commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Lundstedt complained when he saw this order: "It would take at least 10 years if the 'Atlantic Barrier' was to build what the 'Bohemia Corporal' required, or as powerful as he imagined!"

That's what Lundstedt calls Hitler... "Bohemia Corporal'. (The reason why he calls this is because Hitler had been a young painter before, and Bohemia is a place where petty bourgeois mood and art are prosperous)

So Lundstedt sent Hitler a report, which was that there was insufficient shore defense fortifications and insufficient manpower, so his troops could only "prepare for combat with conditions."

But in fact, Lundstedt did nothing. As Eisenhower and most Allied commanders estimated, the German troops stationed in northern France were not keen on building fortifications. They focused more on how to enjoy life... As the French occupation force, he lived in a luxurious villa every day and held a banquet at a fixed time in the French restaurant called "Bold Rooster".

Hitler even had no choice but to transfer Rommel from the Alps and appointed him as the "Commander of the Special Mission Army Group", responsible for studying the coast's fortifications and drafting a combat plan to fight the invasion.

This coastal defense fortification was also made by Rommel.

"It's Rommel again!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but sigh. It's really a narrow road for enemies, and you can meet him after walking around.

However, this also shows that Hitler has no more trusted or talented generals available, otherwise Rommel would not have repeatedly sent to rescue him.

"Yes!" Eisenhower replied: "After Rommel took office, he recruited a 500,000 hard work... Of course, most of these people were French. It was these hard work that built this fortification, which was ridiculous. The French built a barrier for themselves to be liberated."

Then Eisenhower said: "Without indicating this defense map, the German army also laid a large number of anti-tank traps, barbed wire, infantry bunkers, and minefields behind the coast, and a large number of outposts were built behind. What's worse, the Germans also introduced a large amount of seawater in the depression behind the Normandy coast, especially in the low-lying areas south of the important port Cherbourg, which was originally the airborne assault point we planned!"

Zhang Chi nodded to show that he understood what Eisenhower said.

The last sentence contains two important information, one is that the Germans seem to know that the Allied forces are Normandy, and the other is that the Germans even predicted the actions of the US military in Normandy.

You should know that the Allies originally planned to airborne the rear of the Normandy coastline and then attack the German troops on the coastline with the landing troops. This made it unrealistic to airborne it.

This brought great trouble to the Allies, especially the Germans could guess that the Allies would land in Normandy... So should the Allies continue to land in Normandy as planned?!

After carefully observing the defense map, Zhang Chi said: "I think the Germans may not be sure, or Normandy is just one of the landing sites they guessed, or maybe their opinions are not consistent!"

"Why do you say that?" Eisenhower asked.

Zhang Chi pointed to several positions on the defense map and said, "If they were sure we would land in Normandy, then we should not build such intensive defensive workers in the Dover Strait. Doing so is obviously a waste of manpower and material resources. Therefore, Normandy's actions should be Rommel's personal actions. He is familiar with the Allied combat methods, and the generals stationed in France...apart from intoxicating in the glory of the past, they will only play a role in pulling their legs to this battle!"
Chapter completed!