At ten o'clock in the evening, the paratroopers will urgently assemble, so before that, in the camp on the outskirts of the airport, the vast number of paratrooper fighters are nervously carrying out the final preparations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Each warrior wears a blue and white Sea Soul shirt, and they also have this new military uniform, a new boat-shaped hat, a new steel helmet, and a new high-top military boots.

They will carry huge parachute bags on their backs, which is the most important equipment for soldiers to wrap their lives, and everyone is checking them very carefully before setting off, lest any rope become entangled and the parachute will not open.

In addition to this, they also carried a large amount of dry food, ammunition and a blanket, which were packed into a backpack and hung on their chests, and if they carried a rifle behind their backs, the overall image was really bloated!

In order to perform the task well, there is no point in looking good or anything.

Time was running out minute by minute, and the planned action time was two o'clock in the morning. In order to maintain a good mental state, the paratroopers have been adjusting their work and rest time in the past few days, they basically get up at 6 p.m. to eat, and each person deliberately adds a cup of extremely bitter coffee to dinner.

The soldier knew that this was to keep his spirits high, and he had to pinch his nose and drink it no matter how bitter it was.

Their intense preparation didn't take long, and many of their gear were actually ready long ago, and all that was left was to put the finishing touches on and check for omissions. Many people who are sure that there is no problem simply get together to play cards with cigarettes in their mouths to relieve tension and kill time.

The outdoors was filled with the roar of propellers, and they understood that a large number of transport planes and bombers were lining up in a huge formation!

The time went until ten o'clock in the evening, the order for an emergency assembly was broadcast by loudspeakers, and the paratrooper brigade urgently assembled.

The soldiers reversed their laid-back appearance, threw away the miscellaneous entertainment toys, quickly sorted out their military uniforms, and then brought their parachute bags, military bags, and their weapons with them. This extremely heavy bag can still endure them for a while, at least for dozens of minutes.

The four battalions of the brigade, plus the attached reconnaissance company and artillery company, totaled more than 2,000 men. They rushed to the assembly point with all their equipment, where the commander of the paratrooper corps, the brigade commander and others were already waiting.

In fact, 2,000 people standing together in unison is not enough to give people the feeling of a huge force. This group of "bloated" soldiers still maintained a trotting pace, and they formed a whole team according to the formation, and not a single person in the entire brigade was absent.

The four battalion commanders and two company commanders, with their heavy preparations, walked steadily in front of the senior officers.

Under the searchlight, the military appearance of the entire unit is very good, and with the large and small military aircraft around, the scene at this moment is extremely spectacular.

The army had been assembled, and it was moving a little slower than expected. Considering the sheer weight of their loads, Rechkalov was quite satisfied to see that no one was out of breath even so.

At this moment, he was holding a microphone in his hand and ordered that it would be broadcast to the whole brigade by a loudspeaker.

As we approached departure, he still had to say the last few words routinely.

"Comrades, you all know the mission, and tomorrow morning you will descend on the Plipet Marsh. What awaits you will be a very tough battle, but you are also likely to make immortal deeds! Comrades! Would you like to? ”

"Yes!" Suddenly, the audience shouted in unison.

"What?! I don't quite know! ”

"Yes!" Now the soldiers are shouting at the top of their voices.

"Excellent! You're acting like a frenzy of brown bears, hoping that this ferocity will be completely unleashed on your enemies! Seeing your current mental outlook, I knew that this operation would be successful. Comrades, this operation was specially approved by the leader and fully supported by the Front. Don't think that the whole brigade has been parachuted into a muddy and swampy area, where the strategic value is very important, and when our army counterattacks, you are a sharp blade that will be stuck in the back of the enemy at any time!

So, remember your mission, and now, get ready to board! ”

Refchkalov said a little more, and it was only twenty minutes before and after.

Rather than morale boosting in front of the station, the most important thing is to quickly assign soldiers to their own planes as platoons. The soldiers could assemble in ten minutes, but when they were all sitting in the cabin, it would take more time.

A battalion was divided into three companies, each of which was divided into five groups of more than 30 people, which was the standard number of passengers carried by the Li-2 transport aircraft, and it was also about to reach its upper load.

On the contrary, because the TB3 bomber is a large double-layer main wing, after replacing with more advanced aero engines, the carrying capacity is stronger, but unfortunately its cabin is still too small. As a result, some paratroopers had to sit in the cabin of the glider.

In this operation, the cargo of bombers and transport planes was almost only paratroopers, and since gliders were disposable consumables, their wood-based fuselages would carry their cargo directly into the forest.

Considering the environment of the destination, most of the paratroopers still have lingering palpitations, and if the landing point is not well controlled, they will either fall into the mud pond or hang on the treetops. Fortunately, the 284th Division in the swamps was also prepared, and a large number of soldiers and militia had already entered the forest. The paratroopers were promised that when they appeared in the sky, the responders on the ground would be fully prepared and would be safe and sound wherever they landed.

It was not until half past eleven in the evening that the paratroopers got into the cabin, and the rest was a boring wait. They received an order that before departure, they were allowed to leave the cabin only to go to the toilet.

At this moment, the hustle and bustle of the airport is still going on. The paratroopers were in place, and the fighter pilots began their build-up. But these things will not be the turn of the command of the paratrooper corps, and Rechkalov has already done his part.

Teplov and the others also prepared their own equipment, and they were exactly the same as their own subordinates, all of them were "bloated".

The ground crew continued to inspect the planes, and the gendarmes stood guard around the planes to disperse the idlers.

In this operation, the navigator is still Ivanov's last operation, he survived the attack of enemy planes nine times in his life, and this time he is more confident.

"Each fighter has two auxiliary fuel tanks attached to it, and the endurance is unprecedentedly increased. Moreover, these advanced Lager-3 fighters are more powerful than those Seagull fighters. Therefore, he is extremely optimistic about the progress of this operation. Ivanov has also been involved in other airdrops for several months, and at a time when there is a shortage of skilled personnel, this man has been rising in the ranks, and now more than 200 transport aircraft gliders are under full command. After all, there was only the old crew that he brought out, up to the exact location of Novgomel.

With Ivanov's assurances, Tapunov's last bit of worry was also missing a trace.

In the last two hours of waiting, the soldiers could only sit in the cabin to chat and pass the time, and their lively chatting and laughing also showed their optimism about the future.

Most believe that the planes take off at night, and enemy aircraft and ground anti-aircraft artillery are not capable of attacking. If there is danger, it is also in the return time, but the paratroopers have landed, and the rest should be considered by the escort fighters.

Time passed second after second, and the two hours of waiting seemed like a long time. Just ten minutes before the start of the operation, the loudspeakers began to broadcast to the entire airport again, which was the last preparatory event for the entire fleet.

The brigade commander, like the soldiers, sat in the cabin of a Lit-2 transport plane, quietly waiting for the plane to take off, waiting for the dawn of March 30.