The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Bertrand spent this time in tension and excitement.

The reason is that the entire France is enveloped in an atmosphere of "the Allies are about to launch an attack, and France is about to be liberated."

This was certainly true, for British and American aircraft were already in the skies over France, bombing French lines of communication day after day.

At least some of this was the work of Bertrand and his men...the Allied bombers were not that accurate.

Therefore, Bertrand and his men planted explosives on bridges or roads in advance. When the Allied planes started bombing the next day, they detonated the explosives... The Germans would only think that it was dropped by an airplane. The bombs exploded, completely unaware that at least some of them were tampered with by the guerrillas.

"Have you not been contacted yet?" Bertrand asked the correspondent anxiously in the basement.

There are three main factions of the French resistance movement, namely "Combat", "Liberation of the South" and "Fighting for Freedom".

Bertrand is a captain of the "Combat" organization and is responsible for commanding the guerrillas in the Crecy area. At the same time, because Crecy is very close to the United Kingdom in northern France and is more convenient to contact the United Kingdom, he is also responsible for liaison with the "Fighting France" in the United Kingdom.

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

Bertrand couldn't help but frowned.

Frank, the deputy captain, walked in from outside and said excitedly: "'Captain', we have heard from the Germans that the Allies are likely to launch an attack in the next few days!"

Bertrand silently took out a cigarette from his pocket.

"Captain" is Bertrand's nickname, which was his rank when he served in the French army, but this rank seems to have become a shame.

"What's the matter, 'Captain'?" Frank asked.

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

"Yes!" Frank replied: "The information came from a man in Paris. You know, the Germans there always have access to important information, and it is also easy for us to get something from them!"

Bertrand nodded.

He believes that this intelligence is true, which can be seen from the actions of the Germans during this period...radio interference, pre-war control, frequent troop movements, etc.

"This is not a good thing!" Bertrand said: "Because it means that the Germans know the maximum time for the Allied attack."

"Who knows?" Frank laughed: "That's just what the Germans think, maybe they intentionally let them think that way!"

"This time is different, Frank!" Bertrand said: "This time is different, and we have lost contact with them. We are not prepared for anything!"

This is a kind of fear, a kind of fear that comes from ignorance. The guerrillas know nothing about the Allied attack time and plan. This makes the guerrillas have to tighten their nerves and dare not relax for a moment.

"They should give us some time!" Frank complained, "We will go crazy if we continue like this!"

"No, Frank!" said Bertrand: "They can't give us time, because that would also allow the Germans to prepare!"

Frank nodded in agreement, having to admit that the guerrillas, 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 alarm sounded. Artillery shells, flares and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets were flying in the air. The panicked German sergeant shouted the command to assemble amidst the sharp whistle, and then Teams of people boarded cars and headed to the front line...

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

"Damn it!" Bertrand said: "Your information is inaccurate, not these days, but now!"

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

"Notify others immediately!" Bertrand said: "They will implement airborne landings in half an hour. We must find and assist their airborne troops to complete their mission!"

"Yes, Captain!" Frank responded, and then asked the guerrillas to pass on the order.

Guerrillas always have their own methods of gathering members, such as telephones, flags, fireworks, etc.

Qin Chuan and others don't need to worry about this.

What they have to do is to fly a helicopter to parachute... This is not an easy task, mainly because there is a large open space in the darkness below, which has been covered with sharpened wooden stakes by Rommel, with barbed wire hanging on them. and mines.

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, there are still some low-lying areas. Rommel originally planned to flood this area with seawater. After listening to Qin Chuan's suggestion, he set up a dam, so it became controllable.

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

Therefore, the German army still has several landing sites that are suitable for airborne landings. The problem is that when skydiving, be careful not to be blown too far by the sea breeze... But who knows? It was pitch black below and nothing could be seen.

Before parachuting, Qin Chuan ordered: "Open the parachute after 21 seconds, do you understand?"

The 21 seconds is calculated repeatedly in order to open the parachute later to prevent the paratrooper from being blown too far during the parachuting process and causing an accident.

But this was almost inevitable. In the end, dozens of people were blown into the minefield and injured or trapped.

However, this had an unexpected reward, because the French guerrillas "rescued" them from the minefield without fear of sacrifice or danger... This made the German soldiers disguised as American paratroopers a little embarrassed to arrest them.

Of course, this is all for later.

At this time, parachutes fell slowly from the sky one by one.

Unlike transport aircraft skydiving, helicopter skydiving is relatively concentrated, so it didn't take long for them to assemble on the ground.

The unit led by Qin Chuan only had 60 people... This was in order to find as many guerrillas as possible, so a whole regiment of more than 2,000 people was divided into fifty units, with each unit ranging from 20 to 60 people.

Qinchuan's force is facing the important town of Crecy in the rear of the Brittany Peninsula and Normandy, so the number of people will be slightly larger.

"Sir..." Werner was about to report something to Qin Chuan when he was stopped by Qin Chuan's angry eyes.

"English, do you understand? English!" Qin Chuan said.

"Understood!" Werner hurriedly replied in English, but he soon stuttered... Werner's English is not very good.

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

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