Chapter 531: Cross-Sea Landing (Addition)
Germans, what do you think? Got a convulsion in your head? This is a doubt in front of Darlang's eyes.
What are you kidding, the Germans in the north are still hundreds of kilometers away from here, even if the Germans rush all the way over, it will take at least two or three days, and these Germans, parachuted into their own territory, still think they can hold on for two or three days?
They must be crazy!
"Immediately ask Paris for instructions and request that two nearby infantry divisions be mobilized to come to Brest and retake our estate." Darlan said.
At least near Brest, there are two infantry divisions, although they are reserve troops that have just been recruited, but after all, they are tens of thousands of troops, even if they are filled with human lives, they can drown the German airborne troops with the tactics of crowds!
Paris will definitely agree to his request, because Paris also knows what the estate here means, which is an indispensable support for France in the future flop.
Even if France is destroyed, as long as there is such wealth, France will have a chance to make a comeback.
Even if the French government wants to surrender, this gold will have to be transferred.
Call for help from nearby infantry divisions!
"Tom, tom." At this moment, in the distance, the sound of anti-aircraft guns was suddenly heard.
"What's going on?" Darlan asked.
"Oh no, there are a large number of planes coming to our skies over Brest!" An adjutant, hurriedly walked over: "At least more than three hundred German fighters!" ”
More than three hundred? Suddenly, Darlan suddenly understood something, the Germans, the appetite is really big, they actually want to land across the sea!
Yes, it's a cross-sea landing! The proud Germans actually want to open up a second battlefield in Brest!
Actually, this was already in Ciric's plan.
The most important of these, of course, was the gold of the French, and the thousands of tons of gold were the most eagerly desired of Ciric.
You must know that the war in Germany has been fought almost entirely on the original 600 tons of gold, and up to now, there is still a part of that batch of gold left, about 100 tons, which shows how huge the consumption of the war was.
At the same time, the high amount of gold, which imported a large number of materials, fed the American capitalists, they would not agree to Roosevelt's interference in European affairs, if Roosevelt stood on the side of Britain and France, whose money would those capitalists make?
Germany needs new gold in order to be able to continue its plans, and Germany must get this French gold.
Even, launch a cross-sea landing operation, at any cost!
Darlan's guess was accurate, just parachuting a small detachment, even if even the next airborne division was not enough for the French to consume, and the French used the tactics of crowds to be able to regain the treasury and transfer the gold before the troops from the north rushed over.
Historically, Germany discovered the gold transfer plan of the French, and the armored divisions in the north, hurrying up, rushed to Brest, the last shipload of gold had already been transported, and the Germans did not touch anything.
This made Germany quite angry, but unfortunately Hitler could not help it.
Now, while planning the White Plan, Ciric is thinking about how to get this gold into his own hands, like last time, pretending to be a pirate at sea, even if he succeeds, he will get a maximum of one or two hundred tons of gold, once the French find out, then there is no way to start the follow-up.
What he needs is thousands of tons of gold, and for this, there will be a new war!
Compared with history, the German navy is already quite developed, not long ago, they just defeated the proud British navy in a battle at sea, and the British have since lost their hegemony in the Atlantic, and the British do not know where the German navy is in the Atlantic.
The French are even less aware.
The twin aircraft carriers of the German Navy, forming a large formation, sailed just outside the Bay of Biscay, waiting, and last night, when the news was finally confirmed, when the operation began, it was not only the special forces of Skorzny that were in action, but also the Navy in full force!
In addition to the Navy's aircraft carrier formation, in the ports of northern Spain, landing ships loaded with marines and merchant ships loaded with German army units in Spain also set off!
In recent years, with sufficient funding, the German Navy has developed by leaps and bounds, but few people have paid attention to the German landing ships.
In fact, the landing ship has always been in Ciric's plan, and it has been carried out for nearly ten years.
Germany needs landing ships, and it needs a large number of landing ships, because Germany wants to cross the English Channel and conquer Britain!
It can be said that the landing in Brest is actually just a rehearsal for landing in England.
Compared with other warships, the landing ship can be directly driven to the beachhead, which greatly reduces the death in the beachhead attack, and at the same time, the landing ship can also transport a large amount of equipment, such as tanks!
Yes, tanks.
Germany's advantage is the advanced tanks, and if they can send the tanks to the beach landing at the first time, then it will be much easier for them, and it will be easy for them to exchange their own small price for victory.
So, a landing ship designed by Germany is a tank landing ship!
This is also the inspiration that Shirek got from the later Allied forces, in World War II, the Allies built a large number of landing ships, especially the LSTMK2 tank landing ship with a full load displacement of about 4,000 tons, more than 1,000 were built!
Therefore, under Ciric's arrangement, the German Navy is also carrying out the research and development of tank landing ships, but unfortunately, the German shipyards are full of construction schedules, and it is too late to start construction of various battleships and aircraft carriers.
So, after negotiations, the construction of German tank landing ships was put to Spain, and just two years ago, German and Spanish shipyards signed a contract for the construction of ten tank landing ships in Spain.
The construction of these landing ships has fed Spanish shipyards, provided tens of thousands of jobs, and led to the development of Spain's shipbuilding industry.
And now, eight ships have been completed, all of which are assigned to the 1st Marine Division of the German Corps.
Once on the proposal for the development of German aircraft carriers, Ciric proposed the development of the Marine Corps, he had a multifaceted purpose, and now, after continuous development, the 1st Marine Division is already a fist force!