Calais.

This was once the main battlefield to stop the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force, and even after the battle had passed, craters could be found on the ground here at any time, and fragments of shells could be dug up in many places.

As the closest place to the United Kingdom, it is also under a high degree of martial law.

And now, here, Germany has amassed large forces.

If you look at the tanks from the sky, you can find that there are definitely thousands of tanks, and the formation is quite powerful and magnificent.

However, if you get closer, for example, to the tanks, then you can find clues, these tanks, it seems that after being blown by the wind, they will involuntarily let out a slight tremble, definitely not like a tank of tens of tons should look like, but like a model.

Around these tanks, you can also see some German soldiers, who have put martial law around them, and it is clear that a major military operation is being planned here.

Joseph, a French soldier, holding his rifle, looked at the surrounding scene with a peculiar feeling. His body, as the car was jolting, and on the roof of the car, a flag was fluttering.

French Volunteers.

Under the call of Ciric, the French Volunteer Army was established on the same day, and when the news was released, tens of thousands of French people in the entire northern part of France enthusiastically signed up.

Eventually, 6,000 soldiers were elected to form the First Regiment of the French Volunteers, and their leader was Jacques Dorio, a former GCD, but after defeat, he became the leader of the French Workers' Party, and now, he is working for German allegiance.

These soldiers are all composed of retired soldiers, after all, the French soldiers on active duty were all captured by Germany, and before the Pétain government had enough financial resources to redeem them, those active soldiers were captured and worked in the German mines.

Moreover, it is not appropriate to arm the captives, after all, it is more reliable to take into account the issue of loyalty, or to retire from the previous ones.

Joseph, who was discharged from the army five years ago, had no resistance to the current German rule, and in the conscription test, he shot down a bird flying in the sky with one shot, and as a result, he got a rifle and became a glorious French volunteer!

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

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

"Come down, pack up our camp, and in the afternoon, we will conduct a training exercise for landing across the sea, and we will follow behind the German marines, and the first wave will rush to the opposite beachhead." When they came down, they were confronted by a German instructor who shouted to them in French, which they were not proficient in.

Joseph was stunned for a moment, the first wave rushed over, this is purely using the French volunteers as cannon fodder, everyone knows that the death rate of the first wave is quite high.

But when they sign up, they should be able to think of this ending, right? However, it may not be so miserable, after all, Germany's combat effectiveness is obvious to all, the Germans did not use the flesh of sailors to fill in when they landed on the beach, the Germans had landing ships, and they directly landed on the beach, and in the landing ships, there were also the Panther 3 tanks, the main force of Germany, which were invincible.

They were only temporarily needed to help the German Marines and expand their beachheads.

Along the way, the body was so jolted that it was about to fall apart, but just after lunch, the rigorous military training began.

These soldiers recruited in the early days were all highly skilled in military technology, and now, the main training for them is how to charge behind the tank!

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

Outwardly, this tank is very large, the hull underneath, like a hull, is incomparably wide, with tracks underneath, and in the back, 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 75 mm, not the current mainstream 88 mm tank gun.

"This tank is our most advanced amphibious tank." The German instructor said: "The task of our French volunteers is to take a rubber boat, follow behind the amphibious tank, and drive directly to the opposite shore!" ”

In the armament of Germany, there were already wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, which were inherently small in weight, and at the same time large in size, congenitally amphibious.

However, after all, the infantry fighting vehicle is not the main battle weapon, it can only follow the tank and help the soldier improve his mobility, and cannot face the front-line battle.

Therefore, in the German rear tank development institutions, the development of amphibious tanks has not been abandoned, and 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, it synthesized various suggestions of Shirek, and now the amphibious tank is very similar to the Type 63 of later China in terms of appearance.

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

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

It is useless for the British to lay mines in the strait, because the draft of such tanks is only half a meter, and they can easily drive away on top of the mines!

Listening to the German instructor's introduction to the performance of this amphibious tank, the French soldiers present all opened their eyes wide, in this war, the French did not lose unjustly, because Germany has been preparing!

This tank has gone through a five-year research and development process, that is, five years ago, Germany was preparing for the conquest of Britain!

"Okay, now, let's practice tactics!" The German instructor said: "Lift the rubber boat!" ”

Ten volunteers and an infantry squad lifted a rubber boat, and then they saw the amphibious tank, driven by German soldiers, rumbble.

In a puff of black smoke, the amphibious tank, the tracks rattled, and the entire hull quickly drove from the beach to the sea, and then floated!

Yes, no one could have imagined that the tank could float on the sea, and then, the tank, converted to propeller propulsion, continued to sail forward on the sea!

"Let's go!" The German instructor on the side shouted to the volunteer soldiers who were carrying rubber boats.