Chapter 532: Marines
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Historically, there have been navies in Germany, but at that time they were not called marines, but naval infantry divisions.
What happened to them was actually similar to that of the Soviet soldiers, the main thing was that they didn't have warships in their hands.
When Bismarck sank into the icy sea, when the surface ships of the German Navy lost Hitler's trust, Hitler even ordered the old warships' naval guns to be dismantled and used as shore defense guns, so that a large number of naval officers and sailors had no equipment to operate.
However, their sense of war is very strong, and under such circumstances, they have been transformed 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, which was so strong that it was even called the Blue SS.
And now, unlike the situation in history, it is different.
The German Navy is constantly expanding in size and is proving its existence value with one victory after another, and the Navy is developing in great strides.
And one of the operational goals that the Navy needs to face is to land in Britain across the sea, and the first troops to land are the Marines!
From formation to training, they were aiming to land in the United Kingdom, and of course, they did not expect that one day they would cross the sea and land in the United States.
At the feet, a tank landing ship with a displacement of four thousand tons, the division commander, Rear Admiral Ernst Scheer Allen, stood on the bridge and was in high spirits.
This is the first battle of the Marines, and they must play their own way!
He was very confident, after all, he had studied Brest dozens of times, and the beaches there were the most ideal sites for landing, and more importantly, until now, the French had no defenses and did not arrange any counterattack positions, which was simply an ideal landing ground!
At the same time, he was also quite confident in the landing ship under his feet, and after many studies and even made a model, they finally found the right scheme for the landing ship.
This landing ship has a total length of 100 meters and a seat of 15.24 meters in maximum width and a minimum draft of 1.16 meters.
As a landing ship, the biggest feature is that through a ballast tank, the draft has been changed, and the bow can be slightly raised when landing on the beachhead, so that tanks and vehicles can go ashore more conveniently.
At the same time, a special door is designed in the bow, and the vehicles inside can be driven out directly.
Now, on the lower deck of the landing ship, twenty Panther 3 tanks are loaded, which are their main battle weapons, and with these tanks, they can be more confident in the beach-grabbing landing!
For this reason, the land forces of the German Wehrmacht were very unhappy, and the SS was grabbing equipment with them, and they admitted it, but they did not expect that now even the navy is grabbing equipment with them!
Their 6th Panzer Division did not have enough Panther 3 tanks and had to equip the Stalker tank destroyers, and at the same time, the newly formed Marine Corps stole more than 100 of their Panther 3 tanks!
However, in the presence of the Führer Cirek, the Wehrmacht, although not happy, did not dare to say anything.
This made Major General Ernst very happy, this time, we must show the Wehrmacht that the Marines can fight tough battles, and this batch of equipment is not given to them in vain.
At the stern of the landing ship, there are four 700 horsepower marine diesel engines, transplanted directly 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 Spanish port at night and had to arrive at dusk to reach Brest.
And Skorzny, who arrived early, needs to stick to this day.
They were not alone, just as they had seized the treasury and at the same time repelled the attacks of the surrounding French soldiers, the carrier-based aircraft of the German aircraft carrier group, as well as the Junkers-88 bombers that had taken off from the air bases in Spain, had already flown over Brest!
The German plan is quite sophisticated! The cooperation is extremely tacit!
In the harbor, the Joan of Arc and the E-Belden are always in motion, their boilers are not extinguished, and the steam pressure inside is also in a state of constant operation, as soon as the fire is added, it can be started immediately.
And now, when they found a group of planes flying in the sky, they also threw themselves into combat as soon as possible.
"Quick, quick, quick!" A gun commander shouted loudly, and his subordinates, several French naval officers and sailors, were quickly shaking the high and low planes, so that the Model 1932 130 mm high-level dual-purpose secondary gun in his hand was quickly pointed at the sky.
Although they are in action at any time, the ship's generators are still not started, there is no electricity, and they can only use manual methods.
The high and low planes were shaking in circles, and the arms of the gunners on both sides were turning rapidly at this time, and they also knew that time was running out, and they had to hurry!
However, the gun commander kept tracking the target, and finally reluctantly lowered the telescope.
Not enough height! It's beyond the boundaries of shooting! This kind of high-level dual-purpose gun of our own side cannot raise the muzzle of the gun to an angle of more than 75 degrees, and now the opponent's flight attitude is just outside the range of our own firepower.
He could only reluctantly abandon the attack, and at the same time, on the civilian dock on the other side, exclamations were already coming constantly.
These panicked French civilians were even more frightened when they saw the bombers flying overhead, painted with terrible crosses.
So much so that they were no longer afraid of the sailors standing guard, and they came to the dock on this side, and they wanted to get on the warship!
The arrival of the German bombers made the civilians panic, and on the dock of the military port, several soldiers standing guard were instantly overwhelmed by the flow of people, and then, countless people rushed towards this side!
"Lift anchor and leave the harbor!" The captain, who was on the bridge, saw all this and immediately gave the order.
You can't let those civilians get on the warship, because you have a mission, but if the other side comes up, can you strafe them with machine guns?
Hurry out of port!
At this time, in the chimney, black smoke came out, the propeller in the tail turned, and the huge hull slowly left the dock.
"No, wait for me!" One of the fastest civilians, throwing away his hat and suitcase, ran over quickly, his eyes watching the warship gradually leave, very anxious.
By the time he ran over, the warship had already left the dock several meters! He didn't stop, picked up his speed, and jumped out!
He was only half a meter short of being able to jump onto the boat, and now, running out of speed, he fell.
He's struggling in the water, he can't swim!
Facing this civilian, the soldier in the stern of the ship silently threw down a swimming ring.
They are fighters, their duty is to protect civilians, but now, they are not able to protect the people of their own country!