Chapter 881: Parachuting

Bertrand spent this time in tension and excitement.

The reason for this was that the whole of France was enveloped in an atmosphere of "the Allies were about to attack, and France was about to be liberated".

This is certainly true, because British and American planes have appeared over France and bombed French lines of communication day after day.

At least some of them were the work of Bertrand and his men...... The Allied bombers were not so accurate.

Bertrand and his men planted explosives on bridges and roads in advance, and then detonated them the next day when Allied planes bombed them...... The Germans would only have thought that it was a bomb dropped by an airplane, and they did not realize that at least part of it was the partisans.

"Haven't you been in touch yet?" In the basement, Bertrand asked the correspondent anxiously.

There are three main groups of resistance in France, namely "Fighting", "Liberation of the South" and "Freedom Fighting".

Bertrand was a captain of the "Combat" group, commanding the guerrillas in the area of Clercy. At the same time, because Clercy was close to Britain in northern France, it was more convenient to get in touch with Britain, so he was also responsible for liaison with "Battle France" in Britain.

"No, it's still the same, Captain!" The correspondent shook his head: "It's all noise!" ”

Bertrand couldn't help but frown.

Captain Frank walked in from outside, and said with excitement on his face: "'Captain', we have heard from the Germans that the Allies are likely to attack in the next few days!" ”

Bertrand silently pulled a cigarette out of his pocket.

"Captain" was Bertrand's nickname, a rank he held in the French army, but that rank seems to have become a disgrace.

"What's wrong, 'Captain'?" Frank asked.

"Nothing, Frank!" Bertrand replied: "Is the information credible?" ”

"Yes!" Frank replied: "The information comes from a Parisian, you know, the Germans there always have access to important information, and we can easily get something from them!" ”

Bertrand nodded.

He believed that this information was true, which can be seen from the actions of the Germans during this time...... Radio jamming, pre-war controls, frequent troop movements, and so on.

"It's not a good thing!" Bertrand said: "Because it means that the Germans know the time of the Allied attack." ”

"Who knows?" Frank laughed: "That's just what the Germans thought, maybe they deliberately made them think that way!" ”

"This time it's different, Frank!" "This time it's different, and we've lost touch with them, we're not prepared for anything!" Bertrand said. ”

It was a fear, a fear that came from ignorance, and the guerrillas did not know anything about the timing and plans of the Allied offensive, which forced the guerrillas to crumble their nerves and not dare to relax for a moment.

"They should give us a moment!" Frank complained, "We're going crazy if we go on like this!" ”

"No, Frank!" Bertrand said: "They can't give us time, because it will also prepare the Germans!" ”

Frank nodded in agreement, and he had to admit that the partisans, like the Germans in Paris, were not good at keeping secrets.

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion outside, and then the air defense sirens sounded, shells, flares, and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets flew in the air, and the panicked German sergeants shouted the order to assemble at the sharp whistle, and then drove to the front line in groups of cars......

Bertrand and Frank looked at each other and looked at their watches, it was four o'clock in the morning.

"Damn it!" Bertrand said: "Your intelligence is not accurate, not these days, but now!" ”

"It's possible that the Allies are ahead of schedule!" Frank said, "What do we do now? ”

"Notify the others right away!" "In half an hour they will be airborne, and we must find and assist their airborne troops to complete their mission!" Bertrand said. ”

"Yes, Captain!" Frank answered, and then sent the order to the partisans.

The guerrillas always have their methods of gathering members, such as telephones, flags, fireworks, and so on.

There is no need for Qin Chuan and the others to worry about this.

All they had to do was parachute in a helicopter...... This was not an easy task, mainly because large areas of open space in the darkness below were covered with sharpened wooden stakes by Rommel, and barbed wire and mines hung from them.

In response, Rommel spread his hands and said, "Who knew we would parachute in this area?" ”

Rommel's "I don't know" brought real danger to the 1st Infantry Regiment.

Fortunately, however, there were still low-lying areas that Rommel had planned to flood with seawater, but after listening to Qin Chuan's suggestion, he set up a dam, so it became controllable.

To put it simply, the German army will certainly not open the floodgates and release water in the current state of acting.

As a result, the Germans still had several landing fields that were very suitable for airborne. The problem is to be careful not to be blown too far by the sea breeze when skydiving...... But who knows? It was pitch black below, and nothing could be seen.

Before the skydive, Qin Chuan ordered: "Open the parachute in 21 seconds, understand?" ”

The 21 seconds were calculated repeatedly in order to open the parachute later to avoid the paratroopers being blown too far away during the parachute landing process and causing accidents.

But it was almost inevitable, and in the end dozens of people were blown into minefields and wounded or trapped.

However, this was an unexpected gain, because the French partisans were not afraid of sacrifice and danger to "rescue" them from the minefield...... This made the German soldiers disguised as American paratroopers a little embarrassed to arrest them.

Of course, that's all for later.

At this time, parachutes slowly fell from the sky.

Unlike transport planes, helicopter skydives are relatively concentrated, so it didn't take long for them to assemble on the ground.

The army led by Qin Chuan consisted of only 60 people...... In order to find as many guerrillas as possible, a whole regiment of more than 2,000 men was divided into 50 units, ranging from 20 to 60 men each.

Qinchuan's army was facing the Brittany Peninsula and the important town of Crissi in the rear of Normandy, so the number would be slightly larger.

"Sir......" Werner was just about to report something to Qin Chuan, but was stopped by Qin Chuan's angry eyes.

"English, got it? English! Qin Chuan said.

"Understood!" Werner hurriedly answered in English, but soon stuttered a little...... Werner's English is not very good.

"What do you want to say, second lieutenant?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Nothing, sir!" Werner replied: "I just want to say ...... I like the American paratrooper helmet, it looks cool! ”