Chapter 534 Marine Corps

In history, Germany did have a navy who went ashore, but it was not called the Marine Corps at that time, but the Navy Infantry Division.

Their experience is actually similar to that of the Soviet soldiers, mainly because they have no warships in their hands.

When Bismarck sank into the icy sea, when the German Navy's surface ships lost Hitler's trust, Hitler even ordered the old warship's guns to be dismantled and used as coastal defense guns. There is no equipment to operate.

However, their awareness of seeking war is very strong. Under such circumstances, they have transformed themselves into infantry divisions, which are still the establishment of the navy and the rank of the navy, but they are doing the work of fighting on land.

This became the Naval Infantry Division, so powerful they were even called the Blue SS.

But now, and the situation in history, is different.

The German navy, which is constantly expanding its scale, is proving its existence with victories, and the navy is developing in great strides.

And one of the operational goals that the Navy needs to face is to land in the UK across the sea. The first troops to land are the Marine Corps!

From their formation to training, they were all aiming to land in the UK. Of course, they did not expect that one day, they would cross the sea and land in the United States.

At his feet was a tank landing ship with a displacement of 4,000 tons. Rear Admiral Ernst Xue Allen, the division commander, was standing on the bridge in high spirits.

This is the first battle of the Marine Corps, and they must show their style!

He is very confident. After all, he has studied Brest dozens of times. The beach there is the most ideal place for landing. More importantly, until now, the French have no defenses and no arrangements. Any counterattack position is simply an ideal landing ground!

At the same time, he was also quite confident in the landing ship under his feet. After many studies and even made a model, they finally found the correct plan for the landing ship.

This landing ship has a total length of 100 meters, a maximum width of 15.24 meters, and a minimum draft of 1.16 meters.

As a landing ship, the biggest feature is that through a ballast tank, the draft can be changed, and the bow can be slightly lifted when landing on the beachhead, so that tanks and vehicles can land more easily.

At the same time, a special door is designed at the bow, and the vehicles inside can be directly driven out.

Now, on the lower level of the landing ship, there are twenty Panther 3 tanks, which are their main battle weapons. With these tanks, they can be more confident in the beach landing!

For this reason, the army of the German Wehrmacht was very unhappy. The SS was robbing them of equipment, and they recognized it, but they did not expect that even the navy is now robbing them for equipment!

Their 6th Armored Division did not have enough Panther 3 tanks, so they had to be equipped with Stalker tank destroyers. At the same time, the newly formed Marine Corps took their Panther 3 tanks away. Hundreds of cars!

However, the Wehrmacht, although unhappy, did not dare to say anything in the presence of President Cyric.

This made Major General Ernst very happy. This time, we must show the National Defense Forces that the Marine Corps can fight tough battles. This batch of equipment is not given to them for nothing.

At the stern of the landing ship are four 700-horsepower marine diesel engines directly transplanted from the diesel engines on the submarine. These four diesel engines can drive the landing ship to a high speed of about 15 knots.

In this way, they departed from the port of Spain at night, and also needed to arrive at Brest at dusk.

And Skorzeny, who arrived early, needs to stick to the time of this day.

They were not fighting alone, just as they captured the vault and repelled the attack of the surrounding French soldiers, the carrier-based aircraft of the German carrier formation, as well as the Junkers-88 bombers taking off from the Spanish air base, had already flown. Arrived over Brest!

The German plan is quite sophisticated! Cooperate extremely tacitly!

In the port, the "Joan of Arc" and "E-Belden" have always been in a state of action at any time. Their boilers have not been turned off, and the internal steam pressure is also in a state of being activated at any time. Once needed, as long as Add fire and it will start immediately.

And now, when they found the group of aircraft flying in the sky, they also threw themselves into the battle for the first time.

"Quick, quick, quick!" a gunner shouted loudly. His subordinates, several French naval officers and soldiers, were shaking the high and low planes quickly, so that the Model 1932 130mm high-level dual-purpose secondary gun in his hand could quickly point to the sky.

Although it is in a state of action at any time, the generators on the ship are still not started, there is no electricity, and they can only use manual methods.

The high and low machines are shaking in circles, and the arms of the gunners on both sides are turning rapidly at this time. They also know that time is running out and they must be fast!

However, the gunner kept tracking the target, and finally put down the telescope reluctantly.

Not high enough! It's beyond shooting range! This kind of high-level dual-purpose gun of our side cannot raise the muzzle to a angle of more than 75 degrees. Now the flying attitude of the other side is just outside the firepower range of our side.

He could only reluctantly give up the attack, and at the same time, on the other side of the civilian pier, exclamations were constantly heard.

These panicked French civilians became even more frightened when they saw the bomber flying overhead, painted with a terrible cross.

So that they are no longer afraid of the sailors standing guard, coming towards the pier here, they want to get on the warship!

The arrival of the German bombers made the civilians panic. On the pier of the military port, several soldiers standing guard were instantly overwhelmed by the flow of people. Then, countless people rushed towards this side!

"Anchor and leave the port!" The captain, on the bridge, saw all this, and immediately gave an order.

You can't let those people get on the warship, because you have a mission, but if the other party comes up, can you use a machine gun to fire it?

Get out of the port now!

At this time, black smoke came out from the chimney, the propeller at the tail turned, and the huge hull slowly left the dock.

"No, wait for me!" One of the fastest civilians threw away his hat and suitcase, and ran over quickly. His eyes were very anxious as he watched the warship gradually leave.

When he ran over, the warship had already left the dock for several meters! He didn't stop, picked up speed, and jumped out!

Just half a metre away, he was able to jump onto the boat, and now, he ran out of speed and then fell.

He's struggling in the water, he can't swim!

Facing this civilian, the soldier at the stern silently dropped a swimming ring.

They are soldiers and their duty is to protect civilians, but now, they cannot protect the people of their country!