Is the Klein bottle a quotient of a $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$-action on the plane?

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One of the basic examples of a group action on a topological space is the $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}-$action on $\mathbb{R}^2$ whose quotient is a torus.

There is also an example of a $G-$action on $\mathbb{R}^2$ whose quotient is a Klein bottle, but $G\neq\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$, being instead the fundamental group of the Klein bottle.

My question is: is there a $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}-$action on $\mathbb{R}^2$ whose quotient is a Klein bottle?

I understand that, if there is such an action, it can't be properly discontinuous, otherwise the Klein bottle would have fundamental group $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$.