Chapter 881 Kramer

As the helicopter carrying the 1st Battalion landed in La Roche-Giron, the 1st Battalion's diving training soon began.

The training ground was in the Seine River next to the village.

The Seine River is a large river in northern France. It is about 200 meters wide in the La Roche-Giron section, which is very suitable for soldiers to do diving training.

Since the mission has been determined to launch a sneak attack on Dover at night, and it is also to train not to be discovered by British pilots, it is usually carried out at night.

At the beginning, it was diving training.

This is no pressure for the soldiers of the 1st Battalion. In fact, they like this kind of training very much... The temperature in Paris in mid-March is between 7 degrees and 15 degrees. This temperature may be considered cold for ordinary people, but it is simply warm for the soldiers of the 1st Battalion who have just returned from the Soviet Union.

On the other hand, the entire training is swimming in the water, which has always been their dream.

The only thing that makes them uncomfortable is that they have to wear diving suits.

For this reason, Werner protested: "Lieutenant Colonel, I think we should take off the diving suits for the sake of weight reduction!"

"I agree, Lieutenant Colonel!" Alfredo said: "It's better to take off all the clothes!"

The soldiers laughed in the water.

Someone else called Qin Chuan on the shore in the water: "Lieutenant Colonel, don't you want to join us? I just love diving training!"

Qin Chuan just nodded at them in response.

The follow-up training of the first battalion is to learn to use underwater thrusters... But it's not difficult at all, just grab the thrusters and let them carry you forward. In order to prevent the thrusters from leaving the driver, the researchers also designed a grip switch in a very humane way.

That is, it will only start when the driver holds the thrusters, otherwise it will automatically shut down.

After that, it should be a complete set of training.

That is, transport it to the river surface by helicopter, then jump into the river from the helicopter and move forward for five hours continuously... The speed of the underwater thrusters can reach five kilometers per hour, and it takes about five hours to reach the other side from the center line of the strait.

Among them, they also have to train how to avoid Allied patrol boats, etc.

But Qin Chuan's mind is not thinking about these, but these subordinates who have been together for many years, comrades who live and die together, may not come back in this battle.

Qin Chuan didn't know how to tell them, especially since he was not allowed to participate in this operation, which made Qin Chuan feel like a deserter.

Many times, Qin Chuan wanted to escape from them because he couldn't face the trusting eyes of his subordinates.

Before this, these eyes would make Qin Chuan feel warm.

But now, they will make Qin Chuan feel a burst of burning pain, like swallowing a burning cigarette butt, and like stuffing a piece of red-hot iron.

This feeling made Qin Chuan sleepless all night but he had no way to do it. Sometimes he hoped that he could take them with him personally and accompany them to complete the last section of the journey and complete the last mission.

But he knew that Rommel would not agree.

The reason is very simple. Qin Chuan's role in this battle or future battles is far more than that.

Rommel saw it clearly, so he would rather cancel the entire plan than let Qin Chuan lead the team to carry out this mission.

After a week of training, Rommel would come to inspect the progress of the training from time to time, and occasionally comfort Qin Chuan with understanding.

But Qin Chuan could never let go of this matter.

In the early morning of that day, the communicator woke Qin Chuan up: "Lieutenant Colonel, the marshal asked you to get ready and leave for Paris immediately!"

"Paris?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard it.

Paris means Rundstedt, because only Rundstedt can call Rommel.

But Rundstedt didn't get up before ten o'clock, just like last time, he had breakfast at half past ten, went to the command post for a walk and had lunch.

And now it's six in the morning, and Rundstedt has already woken up?

Sure enough, when Qin Chuan got in the car with Rommel and Colonel Slaine, Rommel said, "The commander-in-chief ordered us to go to the headquarters!"

After a pause, he added, "Maybe it's related to the 1st Army, because he designated the three of us!"

Rommel guessed correctly, it was indeed related to the 1st Army.

When Rommel, Qin Chuan and others walked into the "Bold Rooster", they saw Rundstedt eating at the same table with an old general. The two were chatting and laughing, and they raised their glasses to salute from time to time.

Seeing Rommel come in, the old general hurriedly stood up and saluted excitedly, but his movements were a little slow, making people feel unstable.

"Your Excellency Marshal!" The old general stood up.

Rommel looked at the old general and said in surprise: "General Kramer, it's really you, you are not..."

"Yes, Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt explained: "He is your old subordinate, Hans Kramer, commander of the African Armored Corps."

"You are not..." Rommel looked at Kramer with an incredible look: "Weren't you captured by the Americans?"

"Yes, Marshal!" Kramer replied: "You remember correctly, in Tunisia!"

This happened when the main force of the German army withdrew from Alamein to Algeria. At that time, Qin Chuan was building the Gabes Line in Algeria.

"So now..." Rommel still didn't understand how Kramer came back.

"Because General Kramer's health is getting worse, Field Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt seemed very patient: "So, at the request of the Swiss Red Cross, the Allies sent General Kramer back!"

Rommel finally reacted, he nodded, then went up and hugged General Kramer, saying: "Great, General Kramer, I'm glad to see you return safely!"

"Thank you, Field Marshal Rommel!"

At Rundstedt's signal, Rommel sat next to General Kramer.

Rundstedt seemed to be trying his best to control his excitement. He first toasted Rommel and Kramer with a glass of wine, and then said: "Dear Field Marshal Rommel, this time I asked you and your men to come here, in addition to celebrating General Kramer's return, I also hope you can listen to General Kramer's experience..."

"Of course!" Rommel smiled and nodded.

But Rommel's eyes betrayed him. Rommel didn't want to hear about his experience. He just wanted to work and meet the upcoming war in the best condition instead of listening to a prisoner's description of the treatment in the prisoner-of-war camp, even though General Kramer was his old subordinate.

Rundstedt seemed to see through Rommel's thoughts, so he added: "General Kramer... passed through Dover before returning. I think you would be interested in knowing what he saw!"

Rommel's smile froze on his face.