Battle of the Third Reich

Leaning against the cab window of the Opel truck, Sergeant Hanson Aubrey happily carried his Kodak camera and took a picture of the small city monument in the downtown square.

"That is the iris sign of the French royal family. Since the city was built in Louis XIV, there has been little change." Kruger sitting in the driver's seat waited and leaned his head from the position of the front window of the cab. That monument. A yellow-brown granite monument with a bronze iris coat of arms on the top, with five or six signs of various materials nailed to the body with bronze screws. The above is a record of major events or famous people in this small town over the years. The history and glory of this city.

"Gravolina is a very famous city." Seeing the sergeant withdrew his arm, Kruger stepped on the clutch and engaged the gear. The Opel truck slowly circled the small city square and then turned. Enter the street leading to the dock area.

"Is it famous? I have never heard of this city." Sergeant Aubrey carefully closed the camera flap and fastened the leather buckle.

"Kruger, senior soldier, you seem to be very researching on history."

"Before joining the army, I studied European history in the History Department of the University of Cologne." Kruger laid a hand on the steering wheel, and was skilled in driving this two-ton transport vehicle on the narrow streets of the ancient city.

"Oh, I only read high school, and originally wanted to go to university, but I didn’t have free money to pay for my tuition at home. In the end, I could only enter a mechanical processing factory in my hometown. Don’t look at me like this, then I was a Skilled mechanic." Sergeant Aubrey put the camera in the glove bag on the seat, and then took out two apples from inside.

"Kruger, why do you think of being a soldier? College students are very rare among soldiers. You can go to a military academy and become an officer after graduation."

"I didn't find a job. History was too cold. The original professor was going to stay with me in the school. But the position was finally pushed by others. Then I quarreled with my family and ran into the Army Recruitment Office. Anyway, a lot of things have passed in the middle, and now I am here." Kruger didn't want to talk too much about himself. He took the apple delivered by the sergeant, wiped it on the sleeve of the uniform, and then gnawed. Got up.

"Oh, it's hard for everyone this year. You said that the city is famous, what's the story?" Aubrey finished the little apple with two or three mouths and threw the core out of the window.

"Graveline. A famous naval battle named after the city took place in the not far strait of the city." Kruger chewed the apple and answered with a cheek.

"The Battle of Gravolina?" Aubrey tilted his head and said he had never heard of it.

"Yes, the Spanish Invincible Fleet decisively battled the British Navy here, and it was in this naval battle that the whole army was finally destroyed."

"Oh, so I understand. I heard people tell this story, but I didn't expect it to be here. I want to take a little more photos, which is very memorable. No wonder this small city will build such a strong wall, here It should have been a military fortress." Aubrey found that he was not ignorant. Feel very happy.

The truck had left the city, passed a solid stone arch, opened a concrete highway bridge, and turned to look around. On both sides is a six-meter-high brick wall and a wide moat.

"It was built in the seventeenth century. If you look down at the city from the sky, you will find that this small city is actually a huge double-layered bastion." Kruger threw the core out of the window and then hung Gear.

The truck started to accelerate. From this location you can already see the canal wharf of the inner harbor. The Opel truck turned right at the T-junction, drove straight ahead for about a kilometer, and turned two turns. After passing through two outposts, the highway in the dock area was opened.

The quayside in front of him has completely turned into a messy barracks. German soldiers wearing army uniforms and navy uniforms are everywhere, most of these people are auxiliary logistics personnel, and some are guards and anti-aircraft artillery units. Everyone is busy, and the flow of people and various transportations are constantly running on the road between the terminal and the warehouses of various yards.

Kruger pressed his horn hard and found that the other party was unmoved. The graduate of the history department of the University of Cologne reached out from the window and left his hand out of the window to pat the door of the truck and shouted to the guy who was blocking the road.

"Hurry up and remove this pile of garbage. I have important supplies in my car, and I will ship them soon."

"You don't use the horn anymore! These boxes are all pyrotechnic items. What do you ask me to do, kick them?" The leading corporal shouted at Kruger with his waist. The trailer with the axle falling off crooked in the middle of the road, and several soldiers who were following the car were carefully moving the wooden box on the car to the side of the road.

"It's a **** hell, it's a mess here." Kruger withdrew his head helplessly. The left side of the lane was a slowly moving truck team, and the right side was just an air defense surrounded by a pile of crates. The gun position, the truck has no way to go. Seeing several gendarmes running in the distance, Kruger took off his military hat and scratched his head, and then put the truck into neutral.

"It’s already pretty good. Last week, I went to Le Havre for a business trip. The situation there was a mess. The French dock workers and the German Construction Corps filled the port area, plus a bunch of naval gunboats and warships. There are Marines, everything is messed up. I haven’t done anything for a whole day, and I’m just using it to find people.” Aubrey pulled out a cigarette and dipped it in his mouth, and then he glanced at the wood carried by the soldiers. The fire prohibition sign on the box hesitated for a moment and then stuffed the cigarette back into the uniform pocket.

"Oh, I thought we were bad enough here. Look at Sergeant quickly. It's the emerald hill. It seems that it has been loaded." Kruger shouted at the inner canal, and the hull in the field of vision was painted dark gray. The medium-sized transport ship is slowly moving along the straight canal towards the outer port. The hull is pressed deeply, and the red water line is no longer visible. Now the black ribbon on the water line is exposed on the water.

"This is going to the outer port berth area. This ship does not need to load people. Look at the pile of anti-aircraft guns on the deck. It should be the third echelon, or it might be the reserve team." With the help of the soldiers passing by, the speaking room The road was finally cleared, and dozens of infantry and military police pushed the damaged trailer directly into the open space and overturned to the side, waiting for the engineer to drag it away with a heavy trailer. Kruger patted the horn. Waving to the soldiers on the side of the road, and then stalled, heading towards his company boarding point.

"Have you noticed the group of soldiers on the cart? They are all new faces and the colors of their uniforms are different. Did they see the armbands on their arms? They should all be mountain infantry." Aubrey pulled out his cigarette again , And then pressed the electronic cigarette lighter next to the dashboard of the Opel truck.

"Mountain infantry, are elite troops, I hope they can give the British guy a heavy punch." Kruger looked into the mirror, and did not find the group of infantry. He took a small one from his pocket. The cigar, and then the cigarette lighter passed by Aubrey lit the fire.

"Where did you get the good stuff. I only got one when I took part in the construction of the outer periphery of Paris." Aubrey pointed to the cigarette and pointed to Kruger's cigar.

"Sent at home, sergeant, I have half a box left. If you want, I can give you two."

"Okay, I'll go find you after dinner." Aubrey smiled and patted Kruger's shoulder.

At this time, the truck slowly drove into a dock berth, painted with huge numbers on the ground, and surrounded by various types of engineering vehicles. The Opel truck stopped beside a gray medium-sized cargo ship parked on the berth.

"All came to help unload the goods. This is a kind of cargo. Push the crane over, and a few of you come to help carry the boxes." Aubrey jumped off the truck. While greeting the surrounding soldiers, he walked behind the truck compartment.

The sergeant climbed into the carriage, opened the canvas curtain at the rear of the shed, and the two soldiers opened the latches on the rear of the carriage. Put down the hoarding.

"Take these boxes of engine spare parts first, be careful, the weight is very heavy." The sergeant stood in the car and commanded. The two soldiers climbed into the carriage and lifted the box with difficulty. The soldiers behind the carriage quickly rushed forward and took over.

"This is the last roll of emergency road on the manifest. Tow the crane. You two hang the hooks. Be careful." The four soldiers climbed onto the truck, removed the tarpaulin bracket in the rear compartment and brought the bracket together The tarpaulin was folded to the front, and then dragged over the traction rope of the crane and hung on the hanging strap of the cargo. With the twelve-horsepower petrol engine banging, several soldiers pulled the towing rope and carefully turned the cargo from the carriage to the side trailer.

"This is the last volume. Immediately install it on the No. 6 paving car. Pay attention to the direction indicated on the label. All the locks should be checked on one side and move quickly." The sergeant shouted loudly in the compartment.

"Got it, head."

"Relax, we've done it many times." The soldiers promised in full talk, and then pushed the pallet truck towards the construction vehicle parking place.

"Now there are more and more new equipment, and our work is more and more complicated. I hope that the battle is really on, and this group of guys will not perform too badly." Aubrey jumped out of the carriage and stood next to him. Kruger said with a smile.

"The task of our engineering company is very heavy. Listening to the commander of the company, this time it may be more dangerous than that in France. We may have to directly participate in the battle." Layers of things like a layered cake hung from a strange Mercedes four-ton semi truck. The soldiers uncovered the mouth of the lasagna, and then hung around the top of the semi-circular skid on a bracket at the rear of the truck, looking like a strangely patterned curtain.

"Like this thing, it's called military expressway on the top. It looks like a chain mail armor. These hexagonal aluminum alloy plates are connected in series with steel rings. It is said that it can withstand a weight of forty tons. A car can Paved 80 meters of pavement. I have seen the data of our landing area. The widest beach is only 70 meters in depth. This distance should be enough." Aubrey lost his cigarette butt.

"I was in charge of material transfer when I landed. This kind of pavement is very useful." Kruger turned and said to Aubrey.

"In addition to this kind of paving, we also have bulldozers, motorized cranes, tractors, trenchers, and are also responsible for setting up temporary oil depots and refueling points. The forty-eight rubber bladders are allowed to be filled before landing, so we can only Canned on board during landing. The two armored engineer companies also carried minesweepers and heavy semi-tracked tractors, armored fuel tankers and motorized steel bridges, assault boats, and mechanized pontoons. The two construction engineer companies carried A pile of forklifts, road rollers and bulldozers, compressors, pneumatic picks, pneumatic hammers, concrete mixers, dozens of truck tools and various explosives. Looking at this list, we will put all the engineering equipment and tool materials before midnight tonight Load it on board.

The goods must also be arranged in the order of the list, not to be disrupted. There are only four cranes on this ship. We have to install a few temporary booms. The order of unloading after arriving at the destination must also be strictly according to the plan. A little mistake will mess up the entire process. It's really hard to do. "Aubrey pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket and frowned and looked around."

"Don't worry, Sergeant, after all, I have prepared for a month, and we have done everything we can. Before that, I think it is still time to think about how to get to the beach safely." Kruger comforted with a cigar To.

"This question is useless no matter how much I think about it. I'm just a deputy. When it comes to how to get to the beach safely, I think you can see the answer now." Aubrey stared back at Kruger. Looking away.

Kruger quickly turned around, and he was immediately stunned by the sight in front of him. In the distance, several huge warships were lined up in a column, slowly outward with an unspeakable majesty. The breakwater of the port approached. Kruger quickly pulled out his private telescope from the glove bag around his waist.

Immediately in the camera, he clearly saw a huge red cross iron flag hanging on the top of the tall mast of the first battleship.

"It's the navy's main fleet! Sergeant, it's the big fleet!" Kruger shouted excitedly.

"It's a battleship. I've only seen pictures in magazines before."

The huge sword-mounted bow of the leading battleship easily plowed off the sea, and huge waves hit the gray hard hull. The snow-like droplets sparkled like diamonds in the sun.

"What is that?"

Kruger adjusted the focus in disbelief. On the huge navy mast of the leading battleship, there seemed to be a black cloth hanging faintly. Perhaps it was a naval custom that Kruger thought about. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and faster!