Chapter 702： French Volunteers

Calais.

This place was once the main battlefield for stopping the retreat of the British expeditionary force. Even if the battle has passed, craters can be found on the ground at any time. In many places, fragments of shells can be dug out.

As the closest place to Britain, here is also a high degree of martial law.

And now, here, Germany has gathered a large force.

The tanks of each tank are out of sight. If you observe from the sky, you can find that there are definitely thousands of tanks, and the formation is quite majestic.

However, if you get closer, for example, you can find the clues when you get to the front of the tanks. These tanks seem to tremble involuntarily after being blown by the wind, absolutely not like dozens of tons. The tank should look like a model.

Around these tanks, you can also see some German soldiers. These soldiers have put all the surroundings under martial law, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach. Obviously, a major military operation is being planned here.

French soldier Joseph, holding his rifle, looked at the surrounding scene, with a strange feeling. His body, as the car was bumping, a flag was flying on the roof of the car.

French volunteer army.

At Cyric's call, the French Volunteer Army was established on the same day. When the news was released, there were tens of thousands of French people in northern France enthusiastically signing up.

In the end, 6,000 soldiers were elected to form the First Corps of the French Volunteer Army. Their leader was Jacques Dorio, a former gcd member, but after the defeat, he changed and became a member of the French Workers’ Party. Leaders, now, are doing their best to work hard for allegiance to Germany.

These soldiers are all made up of retired soldiers. After all, the active French soldiers have been captured by Germany. Before the Petain government has enough financial resources to redeem them, the active soldiers were captured in German mines. Work inside.

Moreover, it is not appropriate to arm the captives. After all, the issue of loyalty must be taken into consideration. It is still more reliable to retired before.

Joseph was discharged from the army five years ago. He did not have any resistance to the current German rule. In the conscription test, he shot a bird flying in the sky with a single shot. As a result, he got a Take the rifle and become a glorious French volunteer army!

"Quick, come down, our camp is here." While Joseph was still thinking about the past, Joseph heard the squad leader's call.

The car stopped, Joseph jumped out of the car and looked at the camp here, which was actually just some tents.

"Come down and clean up our camp. In the afternoon, we will conduct training exercises for cross-sea landing. We will follow the German Marines. The first wave will rush to the opposite beachhead." When I came down, I was confronted by a German instructor who called them in unskilled French.

Joseph was stunned for a moment. The first wave rushed over. This was purely using the French volunteers as cannon fodder. Everyone knows that the death rate in the first wave was quite high.

But when they sign up, they should be able to think of the ending, right? However, it may not be so miserable. After all, Germany’s combat effectiveness is obvious to all. When the Germans landed on the beach, they did not use sailors to fill the beach. The Germans owned the landing ship and landed directly on the beach. In the landing ship, There is also the main German Panther 3 tank, which is invincible.

It is only a temporary need for our own to follow behind, helping the German Marines to expand their beachhead positions.

Along the way, my body was broken by the bumps, but just after lunch, strict military training began.

The soldiers recruited in the early days were all skilled in military technology. Now, the training for them is mainly how to charge behind the tank!

A strangely shaped tank appeared in front of Joseph. When he saw this tank, he only felt fresh and curious.

From the appearance, this tank is very big, the hull underneath is just like a hull, extremely wide, underneath is the crawler, and behind, there are two small propellers!

Above, there is a small turret. Looking at the caliber of the tank gun above, it should be an ordinary 75mm, not the current mainstream 88mm tank gun.

"This kind of tank is our most advanced amphibious tank." The German instructor said: "The mission of our French Volunteers is to take a rubber dinghy, follow the amphibious tank, and drive directly to the opposite shore!"

In German weapons and equipment, there are already wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, which are inherently small in weight and large in size. They are inherently amphibious.

However, the infantry fighting vehicle is not the main battle weapon after all. It can only follow the tank to help soldiers improve their mobility, and cannot face the front-line battle.

Therefore, in the German rear tank development organization, UU reading has never given up on the development of amphibious tanks. Now, this tank has been finalized.

In the tank design stage, the plan of the island country’s internal fireboat was widely absorbed, and at the same time, Cyric’s various suggestions were integrated. The amphibious tank that is now manufactured is very similar in appearance to the later China’s 63 type. similar.

The car body is large, the reserve buoyancy is sufficient, and at the same time, it can withstand the attack of the opponent's anti-tank weapons. It uses an eight-cylinder diesel engine with 320 horsepower, which is just right.

This amphibious tank was prepared for cross-sea landing, especially in the current English Channel, which is only more than 20 kilometers wide!

It is useless for the British to mine mines in the strait, because the draft of this tank is only half a meter, and they can easily drive around on top of the mine!

Listening to the German instructor introducing the performance of this amphibious tank, the French soldiers present opened their eyes wide. In this war, the French won't be wronged, because Germany has been preparing!

This tank has gone through five years of research and development, that is to say, five years ago, Germany was preparing to conquer Britain!

"Well, now, let's practice tactics once!" the German instructor said: "lift the rubber boat!"

Ten soldiers from the Volunteer Army, an infantry squad, lifted a rubber boat, and then they saw the amphibious tank started by German soldiers rumblingly.

In a puff of black smoke, the amphibious tank and its tracks rattled. The entire body of the car quickly drove from the beach to the sea, followed, and floated!

Yes, no one thought that the tank could float on the sea. Then, this tank was converted to propeller and continued to sail on the sea!

"Go!" The German instructor on the side shouted to the volunteer soldier who was carrying the rubber dinghy.