"Chief Engineer, they want us to surrender." The sound came clearly along the sea breeze, and when he heard it, the French sailors immediately lost their will to fight.

As romantic Frenchmen, they don't like to fight, and even more so they don't like battles that are doomed to failure, and now, this is the situation, the bridges of their warships have been destroyed, a large number of officers have been killed, and the soldiers in the lower ranks, there is simply no will to fight.

Beside Joseph, the sailor shouted anxiously to him.

Joseph raised his head, his eyes were already red, and at this time, his heart was faced with a difficult choice.

What to do?

General Laborde, Colonel Gerali and others were all killed in battle, should he avenge them? But is there a possibility of revenge?

Surrender? This is a disgrace for the soldiers, especially if he is asked to give this order, it is even more unwilling for him to do it.

He can't do it alone, he's just a marine engineer.

Joseph didn't speak, just stared blankly at the people around him, his eyes were full of complicated feelings, as if asking them, what do you say?

"Chief Engineer, Chief Engineer, no, outside, there are a lot of rubber boats, approaching us."

Hearing this, Joseph was finally moved, and he got up and ran outside.

When he ran to the upper deck, he could see clearly, at this time, the German battleship, only a nautical mile away from his side, could clearly see the muzzle of the opponent's black hole, aiming at his own hull, it is conceivable that the 283 mm naval gun, as long as it fires, will definitely be able to send his own side to hell!

At the same time, behind the other party, there were large rubber boats, speeding towards them!

The history of inflatable boats can be traced back to 880 BC, when Assyrian troops inflated animal skins to allow them to cross rivers.

At the same time, in ancient China, in the Song and Ming dynasties, people also used sealed inflated animal skins to cross rivers.

In modern times, it is necessary to start from 1912, when the tires of the car of Berlin business owner Gelmann Meydon exploded, along with his 16-year-old son Albert.

In this era, if you want to drive a car, you must be able to repair the car, and they replenish the inner tube, and after filling a basin with water, in order to check for air leakage.

That's when Menard had an idea: isn't the inner tube a boat with a bottom?!

So, just do it, and the father and son glued together such a boat. In order to prevent damage to the eraser, it was first covered with a net, and later with a linen coat.

After receiving a patent for the invention, they performed their work to the soldiers on a waterway in Berlin. It is a pity that it did not interest the troops at that time.

After all, a bullet can penetrate rubber, and such a rubber boat has no use value.

But the two were not discouraged, and in 1916, the two inventors began to set up a small workshop to produce their own rubber boats.

Although it did not break into the military department, the emergency department became interested in the product. By 1925, more than 100 workers had worked in Meydon's small workshop and were producing Albert's invented air mattresses.

And now, the rubber boats used by the Marines come from the rubber boat factory in Albert!

The Army was not interested in such a thing, however, the newly formed Marine Corps, found rubber boats to be a pretty good water tool.

When not in use, it can be deflated and can be easily carried, and when in use, it can be quickly inflated to meet the needs of river crossing.

Moreover, at the request of the Marine Corps, the Albert factory also developed the current large rubber boat, which can accommodate an infantry squad and has a small motorcycle engine at the tail to drive a propeller.

It is mainly used on rivers, and now at sea, they are also used without fear!

The 26-horsepower engine in the tail roared, the propeller drove the seawater, and the entire rubber boat, with the waves up and down, from time to time there were waves surging up, beating the soldiers in the rubber boat to the point that they were soaked.

However, they did not hesitate, and their eyes were filled with determination and determination!

At the forefront were the fighters of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Marine Corps Grenadier Regiment, the battalion commander, Admiral Reinhardt Haldegen, with an MP38 "submachine gun" in his hand and a murderous look in his eyes.

"Rush, rush up, we are marines, we are sea dragons, land warriors, there is no task we can't accomplish!" Haldegen couldn't have been more excited.

Originally, their mission was to prepare for the landing in France with other troops, but now they were still at sea, and they suddenly received a new mission.

Just after Berlin's order came, the marines were mobilized, and when their own warships already had the advantage, they stepped on the opposing warships and completely controlled the opposing warships!

This kind of task, for the Marine Corps, is exactly within the scope of their training! They spent all day long, training all kinds of combat skills of the infantry at sea.

Originally, they were going to rush ashore with the tanks, but now, after the order was given, they were inside the landing ship, unfurled their rubber boats, inflated, and then, through the open hatch of the landing ship, sailed out!

As a newly formed Marine Corps, they will definitely not discredit their troops!

Reinhardt-Haldegen was born in Bremen on 18 March 1913 and began his naval career in April 1933.

Historically, he was first trained as a flight observer and later became a pilot. Later, because of an accident, he left the plane and joined the submarine force.

In this way, it was not until February 1945 that he served as a battalion commander in the 6th Marine Regiment.

Because at that time there were no submarine forces that needed him to serve.

And now, history has changed, after the formation of the Marine Corps, he was transferred to the Marine Corps and became an honorable battalion commander, whether in the sky, at sea, on land, he wrote his loyalty to the empire with his life.

Because the speed of the landing ship was not as fast as that of the battleship, they had always lagged behind, and when they caught up, this side had already completed the task of forcing the other side to surrender, blowing up the opponent's bridge, and the 283 mm naval guns were putting huge pressure on the other side.

And the arrival of the Marines was the last straw that crushed the will of the other side.