With the landing of the helicopter carrying the 1st battalion in the village of La Roche Guirong, the diving training of the 1st battalion soon began.

The training ground is located on the Seine River next to the village.

The Seine is a large river in the north of France, and it is more than 200 meters wide in the village of La Roche-Guirong, which is very suitable for soldiers to do diving training.

Since the mission was determined to be a sneak attack on Dover at night, and also to train to avoid being detected by British pilots, it was usually carried out at night.

It started with diving training.

This was not stressful for the soldiers of the first battalion, and in fact they enjoyed the training...... Temperatures in Paris in mid-March range from 7 to 15 degrees. This temperature may be cold for ordinary people, but for the soldiers of the first battalion who have just returned from the Soviet Union, it is simply warm.

On the other hand, the whole training was about swimming in the water, which has always been their dream.

The only thing that made them uncomfortable was having to wear a wetsuit.

For this reason, Werner protested: "Lieutenant Colonel, I think we should take off our wetsuits for the sake of weight reduction!" ”

"I agree, Lieutenant Colonel!" Alfredo said, "It's better to strip naked!" ”

As he spoke, the soldiers laughed in the water.

There were also people in the water who greeted Qin Chuan on the shore: "Lieutenant colonel, aren't you together?" I love diving training! ”

Qin Chuan just nodded at them in response.

The follow-up training of the first battalion is to learn to use underwater propulsion...... But it's all difficult, it's just holding on to the thruster and letting it carry it forward. In order not to break away from the driver, the researchers also designed a grip switch very humanely.

That is, it will only start if the driver holds the thruster, otherwise it will automatically shut down.

After that, it's a whole set of training.

That is, it is transported by helicopter to the surface of the river, and then jumps from the helicopter into the river and travels continuously for five hours...... The underwater thrusters can reach speeds of up to five kilometers per hour, and it takes five hours to reach the opposite shore from the center line of the strait.

Among them, they also had to train how to evade Allied patrol boats, etc.

But what Qin Chuan was thinking about more was not these, but these subordinates who had been with each other for many years, comrades-in-arms who lived and died together, and it was likely that none of them would come back in this battle.

Qin Chuan didn't know what to tell them, especially since he wasn't allowed to participate in this operation, which made Qin Chong feel like a deserter.

Many times, Qin Chuan wanted to run away from them because he couldn't face the trusting eyes of his subordinates.

Before that, these eyes would make Qin Chuan feel warm.

But now, they would make Qin Chuan feel a burst of burning pain, like swallowing a burning cigarette butt and stuffing a piece of red-hot iron.

This feeling made Qin Chuan sleepless all night but helpless, sometimes he preferred that he could take them with him personally and accompany them through the last leg of the road to complete the last task.

But he knew Rommel would not agree.

The reason is very simple, Qin Chuan's role in this battle or future battles is far more than that.

Rommel saw it clearly, so he would rather cancel the entire plan than let Qin Chuan lead the team on this mission.

The training lasted for a week, and Rommel would come to inspect the training progress from time to time, and occasionally he would understand a few words from An Wei Qinchuan.

But this matter always couldn't let Qin Chuan go.

In the early morning of that day, the correspondent woke up Qin Chuan: "Lieutenant Colonel, the marshal asked you to prepare and leave for Paris immediately!" ”

"Paris?" Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but have some doubts.

Paris also means Rundstedt, because only Rundstedt can call Rommel.

But Rundstedt didn't get up until ten o'clock, just like last time, he had just eaten breakfast at half past ten, went to the headquarters to go around and eat lunch again.

And it's six o'clock in the morning, and Rundstedt has already woken up?

Sure enough, when Qin Chuan got into the car with Rommel and Colonel Slein, Rommel said: "The commander-in-chief ordered, let's go to the headquarters!" ”

After a pause, he added: "Maybe it has something to do with the 1st Army, because he designated the three of us!" ”

Rommel guessed correctly, it was indeed related to the 1st Army.

When Rommel and Qin Chuan walked into the "bold rooster", they saw Rundstedt eating at the same table with an old general, and the two talked and laughed, and raised their glasses from time to time to salute.

Seeing Rommel walk in, the old general hurriedly got up and saluted excitedly, but his movements were a little slow, making people feel unsteady on his feet.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" The old general stepped forward.

Rommel looked at the old general and said in surprise: "General Kramer, it's really you, you're not ......"

"Yes, Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt explained: "He is your old subordinate, the commander of the African Panzer Corps, Hans. Kramer. ”

"Aren't you ......" Rommel looked at Kramer with incredible eyes: "Aren't you captured by the Americans?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Kramer replied: "You remember correctly, in Tunisia! ”

This happened when the main German army withdrew from El Alamein to Algeria, and Qin Chuan was building the Gabès defense line in Algeria.

"So now......" Rommel still didn't understand how Kramer had come back.

"Because General Kramer's health is deteriorating, Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt looked patient: "So, at the request of the Swiss Red Cross, the Allies sent General Kramer back!" ”

Rommel reacted at this time, he nodded, then went up and hugged General Kramer, and said, "Great, General Kramer, it's nice to see you return safely!" ”

"Thank you, Marshal Rommel!"

At the signal of Rundstedt, Rommel sat down next to General Kramer.

As if trying to control his excitement, Rundstedt first toasted Rommel and Kramer with a glass of wine, and then said: "Dear Marshal Rommel, this time you and your men have arrived here, in addition to celebrating General Kramer's return, I also hope that you will hear General Kramer tell him about his experience......

"Of course!" Rommel smiled and nodded.

But Rommel's eyes betrayed him, Rommel didn't want to hear anything about the experience, he just wanted to work and be in the best shape for the coming war rather than listen to some prisoner tell about the treatment of the prisoner of war camp, even though General Kramer was his old subordinate.

Rundstedt seemed to see through Rommel's thoughts, so he added: "General Kramer...... Passing by Dover before coming back, I think you'll be interested to know what he saw! ”

Rommel's smile froze on his face.