Casualties

"Attack!" Lieutenant General Alexander? Linsingen gave the order for the Marine Corps to launch its assault from aboard a transport ship. Several thousand officers and men of the 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division boarded several hundred landing craft and began their landing operation ten kilometers from the coast.

Each of these landing craft could carry a squad of infantrymen. Powered by diesel engines, they were very fast. The ten-kilometer distance took less than twenty minutes.

Once the Marine Corps had successfully established a beachhead on the shore, the transport ships would move closer to the coast to save landing time. At the same time, Amphibious Tanks and other landing weapons would begin their attack, assisting the Marine Corps soldiers who had already rushed onto the beach in further expanding their gains.

Hundreds of landing craft were scattered across this stretch of sea, packed as densely as hemp stalks. The German Marine Corps soldiers hunched down, lowering their profiles as much as possible. The landing craft used by the Marine Corps had all been reinforced. Their fronts had even been fitted with a thin layer of armor. It could not withstand shells, but bullets posed no problem. Even machine-gun rounds might not be able to punch through.

Landing operations were undoubtedly extraordinarily brutal. Before charging onto the beach, the brave Marine Corps soldiers had virtually no means of protecting themselves. Therefore, their safety had to be ensured as much as possible.

"General, the Germans have landed. They've dispatched hundreds of landing craft, packed so densely they're practically carpeting the sea!" an officer reported to General Haig.

After fleeing from Le Havre back to Britain, General Haig and the others had not been punished. Instead, they were still entrusted with important responsibilities. After all, the British Army lacked experienced generals to begin