Chapter 700: Danger
Qinchuan's battalion was quickly replaced and transported to a village on the west bank of the Don River called Vikino.
The first thing all the officers and men of the first battalion did was to sleep hard for ten hours after a full meal, even Qin Chuan was no exception...... In the fighting conditions of Stalingrad, you had to sleep in a corner and close your eyes, and then you had to open your eyes to see what was going on, because you had to make sure that you were with your own people and not enemies.
There was a situation where a group of soldiers slept dead in the corner of the floor, and soon after the building was attacked by the Soviets, and the Germans had to temporarily withdraw. The result...... The group of soldiers who had fallen asleep woke up to find themselves surrounded by enemies, communicating loudly in Russian and fighting the Germans outside the building.
Fortunately, because the soldiers were sleeping in the storage room, the Soviets did not even notice them, and the Germans instead made a difference.
But it was only luck, and no one dared to try to do it again.
Therefore, the extremely sleepy soldiers fell asleep as soon as they lay down at this time, and Qin Chuan also woke up several times unconsciously...... It can be said to be a conditioned reflex or a habit developed during the battle at Stalingrad, always forcing yourself to sleep when you sleep, making sure that there is no danger around you or remembering that this is the rear, and then falling into bed and falling back to sleep.
Ten hours seemed like a blink of an eye to everyone, and when Qin Chuan opened his eyes, it was already the next morning.
Maybe it's because I'm too tired, my eyes still sting, but it's a lot easier, like putting down a stone on my shoulder.
The cooking class brought buckets of millet porridge to Qin Chuan and others, and then gave everyone a piece of toast and jam...... The food in the rear will naturally be more abundant, but later Qin Chuan learned that these were actually specially explained by Alexander.
"So......" Kuhn asked Qin Chuan while gobbling up porridge, "Major, what special tasks will we have?" ”
"How did you know we had a special mission?" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically.
"It's not hard to guess!" Kuhn replied: "The Soviets attacked the northern line, and Stalingrad was short of troops, and we were able to sleep here and drink millet porridge......"
When the soldiers heard this, they all turned their eyes to Qin Chuan.
"I'll tell you!" Qin Chuan said: "The task now is to eat all this food!" ”
After eating breakfast and resting for another twenty minutes, Qin Chuan even made a cup of tea with the soldiers at this time, and then Alexander and Conrad appeared in front of the soldiers.
Alexander was the temporary staff officer of this plan, or it could also be said that Qin Chuan was the link between the 6th Army...... Alexander would use all the resources he could mobilize to assist Qin Chuan in this task.
Needless to say, Conrad was in charge of the program's technical advisors for the time being.
Qin Chuan nodded at them, and then said to Kuhn's company commanders, "Come with me, I'll show you something!" ”
Needless to say, it's the helicopter that transitions to Vikino.
But unlike Qin Chuan's envy when he saw the helicopter before, Kuhn and the others had no other expression on their faces when they saw the helicopter except for doubt.
But they didn't seem to blame it, because they didn't know what this strange guy was doing.
"Let me guess!" Fergeman said, "It's an airplane! ”
The commander of the first company, Richard, was a well-informed veteran, and he thought of the "hummingbird" used by artillery observers, so he said: "Major, is it used to indicate targets to artillerymen?" ”
"No!" Kuhn said, "I think he should be for us!" We're going to fight on it, aren't we, Major? ”
Qin Chuan nodded, in fact, this is not difficult to guess, Qin Chuan took them to see this plane of course not for them to visit, and at the same time, this cabin can be loaded with many people at a glance.
After a pause, Kuhn asked, "Say, Major, how are we going to train?" ”
"Wait!" Conrad, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but ask, "You don't even know the performance of this plane or how dangerous it is...... And you're going to start training? ”
"Does that make any difference, Colonel?" Kuhn replied.
"Yes!" Fogman looked at the helicopter in front of him and replied: "None of this matters to us, because there is always danger on the battlefield, and I don't believe there is anything more dangerous than Stalingrad!" ”
"Unless this plane can't fly, Colonel!" Richard agreed: "Otherwise we wouldn't have a problem, and more importantly ......"
As he spoke, Richard glanced at Qin Chuan and said, "We believe in the major, he will lead us to victory, and I believe that other soldiers will have the same idea!" ”
Alexander nodded slightly, and Conrad rolled his eyes, something they thought was difficult to resolve so easily.
Kuhn's officers were right, the soldiers didn't pay much attention to this so-called "danger", after all, when the danger reached a certain level, they all died, and people can only die once, so there is really not much difference, no matter how dangerous it is, it is also a death, and many soldiers take this lightly.
Due to the tight schedule, the training started on the same day.
Of course, the training at this time was not training on a helicopter...... At this time, the helicopter had not yet been refitted, and at the same time did not fly to the Soviet Union.
The initial training was carried out in a three-story building without heavy loads, in order to familiarize the soldiers with the rappelling props and avoid injury.
There is no shortage of rappelling equipment, and even rappelling instructors have ready-made ...... As mentioned before, there are many mountaineers in the mountain troops, and rappelling is just one of the skills of mountaineering, and it is even relatively easy.
On the other hand, the Caucasus Mountains did not have much combat demand for the time being, so they did not say anything, and immediately transferred a group of equipment and experienced instructors from the mountain division to train.
The main equipment is a high-strength, wear-resistant, tensile static rope, a safety belt buckled on the person's body, as well as a figure-8 horn ring, wear-resistant gloves, etc.
The instructor carefully explained to the soldiers how to use the equipment and the key points while demonstrating, and checked the soldiers' readiness one by one and pointed out the mistakes, such as the belt should be tied to the lower abdomen, so that the center of gravity will fall on the most comfortable and suitable "carrying point" (the best point to carry yourself) when landing.
Another example is to control the brake with the left hand, let go of the speed down, free up the right hand to do other things, and so on.
The whole process was not complicated, and it didn't take long for the soldiers to jump down the wall one by one.
Of course, Qin Chuan knew that this was just the beginning, and they were far from reaching the point where they could quickly descend in a tense battle without relying on the wall.