Chapter 532 Marine Corps
In history, there were indeed navals in Germany that came ashore, but at that time it was not called the Marine Corps, but the Naval Infantry Division.
Their experience was actually similar to that of Soviet soldiers, mainly because they had no warships in their hands.
When Bismarck sank into the cold ocean and when the German navy's surface ships lost Hitler's trust, Hitler even ordered the guns of old warships to be removed as shore defense guns. In this way, a large number of naval officers and soldiers would have no equipment to operate.
However, their sense of war seeking is very strong. Under such circumstances, they transformed into infantry divisions, still in the navy and the ranks of the navy, but they were doing the work of fighting on land.
This became the Navy Infantry Division, which was very powerful in combat and was even called the Blue SS.
But now, it is different from the situation in history.
The German Navy is constantly expanding its scale and is using victory after victory to prove its value, and the Navy is developing in great strides.
One of the combat objectives that the Navy needs to face is to land in the UK across the sea, and the first batch of landing troops is the Marine Corps!
From formation to training, they all aim to land in the UK. Of course, they did not expect that one day they would land in the United States across the sea.
Under his feet was a tank landing ship with a displacement of 4,000 tons. The division commander Rear Admiral Ernst Xue Allen stood on the bridge, full of energy.
This is the first battle of the Marines, and they must show their own style!
He was very confident that, after all, he had studied Brest for dozens of times. The beach there was the ideal place for landing. More importantly, until now, the French had no defense and had not arranged any counterattack positions, which was simply an ideal place for landing!
At the same time, he was quite confident in the landing ship under his feet. After many researches and even made a model, they finally found the correct solution for the landing ship.
This landing ship has a seat of 100 meters in length, a maximum width of 15.24 meters, and a minimum draft of 1.16 meters.
As a landing ship, the biggest feature is that it changes the draft through a ballast tank. When landing on the beach, the bow can be slightly raised, so that tanks and vehicles can get ashore more conveniently.
At the same time, a special door was designed at the bow of the ship, so that the vehicles inside could be driven out directly.
Now, on the lower level of the landing ship, twenty Black Panther 3 tanks are loaded, which are their main combat weapons. With these tanks, they can be more confident in landing on the beach!
For this reason, the German Wehrmacht Army was very unhappy. The SS was scrambling for equipment with them, so they recognized it. However, they did not expect that even the Navy was scrambling for equipment with them now!
Their Sixth Armored Division could not gather enough Black Panther 3 tanks and had to equip the Chaser Tank Destroyer. At the same time, the newly established Marine Corps snatched more than 100 of their Black Panther 3 tanks!
However, in front of Head of Cialek, the National Defense Forces did not dare to say anything even though they were unhappy.
This made Major General Ernst very happy. This time, we must let the National Defense Forces see that the Marines can fight tough battles, and this batch of equipment is not for nothing.
At the stern of the landing ship are four 700-horsepower marine diesel engines, which are 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 set out from the Spanish port at night and needed to reach Brest until dusk.
And what we need to stick to when we arrive early is the time of day.
They were not fighting alone. Just as they seized the vault and repelled the attacks of the surrounding French soldiers, the carrier-based aircraft of the German aircraft carrier formation and the Juncker-88 bomber that took off from the Spanish air base had already flown over Brest!
Germany's plan is quite precise! It cooperates with extremely tacit understanding!
In the port, the "Joan of Arc" and the "E-Belden" have always been in a state of movement at any time. Their boilers have not been turned off, and the internal steam pressure is also in a state of activation at any time. Once needed, as long as the fire is added, it can be activated immediately.
Now, when they discovered the fleet flying from the sky, they immediately entered the battle.
"Quick, fast, fast!" A gunman shouted loudly. His men and several French naval officers and soldiers were shaking the high and low aircraft quickly, allowing the model1932 130mm high-level dual-purpose secondary cannon in his hand to point quickly to the sky.
Although they are in a state of movement at any time, the generator on the ship is still not activated and there is no electricity, so they can only use manual methods.
The high and low aircraft were shaking in circles, and the gunners on both sides turned rapidly at this time. They also knew that there was not much time and they had to be fast!
However, the gunner kept tracking the target, but finally put down the telescope helplessly.
The height is not enough! It has exceeded the shooting realm! Our high-level dual-purpose gun cannot increase the muzzle to an angle of 75 degrees. Now the opponent's flying posture is just outside our firepower range.
He could only give up the attack helplessly, and at the same time, there were constant exclamations on the civil dock on the other side.
When these panicked French civilians saw the bombers flying over their heads, painted with terrible cross signs, they immediately became even more scared.
So much so that they were no longer afraid of the sailors standing guard coming towards the dock here, and they wanted to get on the warship!
The arrival of German bombers made the civilians panic. On the dock of the military port, several soldiers standing guard were instantly washed away by the abortion. Then, countless abortions rushed towards this side!
"Rise up and leave the port!" The captain saw all this on the bridge and immediately issued an order.
Those people cannot be allowed to board the warship because they have a mission. However, if the other party comes up, can they use machine guns to shoot?
Get out of the port quickly!
At this time, black smoke came out of the chimney, the propeller at the tail turned, and the huge hull slowly left the dock.
"No, wait for me!" A civilian who ran the fastest threw away his hat, his suitcase, and ran over quickly. His eyes watched the warship gradually leave, and he was very anxious.
When he ran over, the warship had already left the dock for several meters! He did not stop, speeded up, and then jumped out!
He could jump onto the boat just half a meter away, and now, he ran out of speed and then fell down.
He struggled in the water, he couldn't swim!
Facing this civilian, the soldiers at the tail of the ship silently threw down a swimming ring.
They are soldiers, and their duty is to protect civilians, but now, they cannot protect the people of their own country!
Chapter completed!