At half past five in the morning of the next day, Qin Chuan and others sat on a transport plane to Crete.

The Italian Caproni transport plane could intercept up to 18 paratroopers, which was not a good thing for the German army, because the German army had 10 people in a squad, and one transport plane could barely intercept two unsuccessful squads, which made a platoon have to take two or more transport planes, which would undoubtedly bring great trouble to the assembly after parachuting.

But this is also a helpless thing, after all, this is in Africa, and the German army has to rely on Italian equipment to parachute...... In fact, having transport planes for them to parachute is pretty good.

It was pitch black outside the window, and if it weren't for the occasional white cloud drifting by, it would give the illusion that the plane was stationary.

The flight time is precisely calculated: the sunrise in Egypt in November is around 6:05 a.m., and Kaproni is flying at a speed of 250 kilometers to reach the island of Crete, 300 kilometers away, just in time for dawn...... In this way, the Italian pilots could find the landing point smoothly, and the German parachute was safer and more suitable for them to attack.

Werner looked up at the roof of the cabin with some concern.

I don't know if it's because the cabin is old or the Italians haven't repaired it carefully enough, somewhere in the dark the roof of the cabin is constantly making a "gurgling" sound with the vibration of the transport plane's engine.

"This is the transport plane of the Italians!" Werner said: "I think we were lucky to get to the target safely! ”

"Don't worry, Sergeant!" Alfredo said, "I've seen anything more broken than this!" ”

"Oh, really?" Werner glanced at Alfredo and asked, "I'm a little curious how you survived!" ”

Alfredo shrugged his shoulders and replied, "That's why I chose to drive a car!" ”

There was a burst of laughter from the cabin.

At this time, the Italian pilot turned back to Qin Chuan and said in the German he had just learned: "There are still five minutes!" ”

Qin Chuan turned his head and ordered, "In five minutes, we will fly over the target area, get ready!" Remember, cut the parachute as soon as you land and make room for your comrades behind you! ”

It's a little different from training...... Training requires parachute recovery and reuse, but of course there is no waste of time on the battlefield to recover and the weight of the parachute can also become a burden on the soldier, the easiest and fastest way is to cut the parachute line.

"Yes, Ensign!" The soldiers replied in unison.

Then, without warning, the sun jumped out, and in an instant it was like a red cloud on fire. The soldiers were about to revel in the sight when a black cloud burst nearby, and the plane shook violently.

"Anti-aircraft guns!" Qin Chuan shouted, "They have discovered us!" ”

Soon, a dense burst of machine-gun fire rang out below, and through the window, you could clearly see the bullet lines cutting through the clouds.

A transport plane was hit on the left, and it fell down with a shrill whistling, and for some reason the pilot did not open the rear hatch, so not a single paratrooper jumped out of it...... So everyone knew what their fate would be.

This fear is very helpless, if it is on the ground, the soldiers can at least use their experience and tactical movements to dodge shells and even pick up rifles to protect themselves, but in the air, all they can do is hope that they will not be too unlucky to be shot down by enemy bullets or artillery fire.

At this time, I don't know who sang the song of the paratroopers:

The sun is shining red, get ready!

Who knows if it will smile at us tomorrow?

……

At first, the voice was small and trembling with fear, but soon everyone sang along, and then it became louder and louder, provoking the Italian pilots in front of them to frequently turn their heads and look at these German soldiers with incredible eyes, which was really incredible.

It's a good way to dispel fear, and it's not so scary to sing for a while about shells and bullets outside the window and one transport plane after another that has been shot down or even disintegrated in the air......

The slow speed of the Italian transports was one of the reasons for the high casualties: the slow speed meant more time to get past the enemy's air defense positions, and the enemy had more time and was easier to target and shoot down the transports.

Qin Chuan believed that if it weren't for the fact that the British thought that the German target was Malta Island, not many of these transport planes would have been able to fly over the airborne landing point.

Then the red light in the cabin came on, and the dispatcher shouted loudly for the soldiers to prepare for the parachute jump, and the German soldiers stood up and lined up in a one-way column, and hung their nine-meter-long fixed rope firmly on the steel cable at the top of the cabin.

"See you on the ground, comrades!"

"See you on the ground!"

……

The German soldiers blessed each other.

The cabin door opened, and the soldiers jumped out of the cabin one by one, Qin Chuan followed behind Werner, and Keller jumped down after Qin Chuan...... The two submachine gunners, Werner and Keller, can basically be said to be Qin Chuan's guards, they always cooperate with Qin Chuan intentionally or unintentionally, or it can be said that they are protecting Qin Chuan's safety.

Jumping out of the cabin, Qin Chuan's surroundings were immediately filled with bright sunlight, and a strong wind blew Qin Chuan's military uniform and body. After a short free fall, the fixed pull rope opened the parachute, and Qin Chuan only felt a strong pull up, and the speed of descent slowed down.

And this is the most terrifying, because it means that the paratroopers are already naked under the crosshairs of the gunners on the ground, and there is no power to fight back.

The tracer bullets of the machine gun flew up from the ground, and a row of bullets flew under Qin Chuan's feet, and Qin Chuan could almost feel the air flow brought by them when they flew by, which made Qin Chuan subconsciously bend his feet, but he soon realized that this was a very stupid approach.

Several paratroopers were hit by bullets, blood was sprinkled like raindrops, and they were actually dead on the parachute, but the parachute still hung them and slowly fell. Luckily, the bullet hit a parachute...... But falling too fast would mean they would fall to their deaths.

A transport plane was hit directly by an anti-aircraft gun, and with a loud bang, the wing of one side of the transport plane was blown off, it lost its balance, the window emitted black smoke, rolled straight to the ground, and then turned into a shocking fire.

Qin Chuan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart.

He knew that it was pointless to worry about the enemy's bullets and shells now, he couldn't do anything and couldn't stop it, and what he could do was to take this opportunity, that is, to learn as much as possible about the terrain on the ground while he was still hanging high in the air.