The JU-52 was one of the most widely used transport aircraft in Germany during World War II, and was designed to be very successful in terms of reliability and fuel economy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It uses a corrugated body skin like a shipping container, which is sturdy and practical. The fixed landing gear makes it look a little backward, but it can land roughly, and the maintenance is also very good.

From a 40-year perspective, this aircraft is already slightly outdated, but because of its superior performance, the JU-52 is still in large-scale service on the front line with air supremacy.

In fact, as far as Germany's miserable production capacity is concerned, it will not use the JU-52, and there will be no energy to produce "useless" transport aircraft.

This transport aircraft is a rare aircraft with three engines, which provides very stable power. Because the engines are scattered and numerous, it is relatively safe.

The strange and ugly appearance gave it the nickname "Aunt Junker" among the German soldiers - you see, it was not the Junker beauty, not the Junker lady, but the word aunt......

Outside the distinctive square portholes of the bumpy JU-52 transport plane, the clouds were already illuminated by the rising sun.

The spectacular sea of clouds lingered near the wings, and the mood of the German paratroopers who watched such a magnificent sight through the portholes was also cheerful.

They were ordered to seize a new piece of land and win the war for their homeland.

These soldiers have every right to be proud of, because they have proven themselves to be arguably the greatest soldiers of our time.

In the Netherlands, they descended from the sky, crushed their opponents in hundreds, captured the bridge, and captured the fortress, all the way invincible.

Similarly, in Belgium, it was they who captured the Allied fortresses, blocked the retreat of the other side, and allowed the Germans to quickly occupy various important points in Belgium.

Compared with their own losses, the feats they have established and the achievements they have fought are worthy of talk from future generations.

It is precisely because of their amazing performance as a pioneer of paratroopers in these battles that they later achieved more brilliant victories of the famous British and American airborne troops.

"The sun shines red, ready,

Who knows if it will smile at us again tomorrow?

The engine started and worked at full power.

Take off, take us on the road, and today we go face the enemy! ”

Unconsciously, someone in the noisy cabin sang their own war song, which accompanied them through the worst battle conditions and accompanied them to win victory after victory.

"Arrive at the predetermined airspace! We have checked the ground targets! Get ready to skydive! The children! The pilot of the plane turned around and shouted loudly to the paratrooper captain waiting behind the cockpit.

The plane shook incessantly in the air current, and all the paratroopers who heard the shouts stood up.

"Check your gear! Pay attention to the state of the parachute! Gentlemen! We're going down to teach the damned Britons a lesson! Don't let me down! "The leader of the paratrooper squad standing in the first shouted hysterically.

Everyone was checking their gear, strapping up the messy parachute equipment on their bodies, and the red lights on the plane kept flashing, reminding everyone that it was almost time for them to jump out of the cabin to experience the landing process.

The squad leader, who pressed the pistol on his waist, finally asked his soldiers: "Have you checked everything?" Report! ”

"One! Check it out! "Two! You're ready! "Three! Check it out! "...... "Twelve! I'm ready! ”…… One answer after another, echoing through the noisy cabin.

Suddenly, the green light in the cabin, which represented readiness, flashed, and the paratrooper squad leader opened the plane door without the slightest hesitation.

The cold wind poured into the cabin of the plane at once, and the slightly thin air at high altitude cheered up all the paratroopers.

Holding on to the handrails of the plane to avoid falling in the bumpy plane, looking at the back of the steel helmet of the person in front of him, every soldier was ready to jump.

The singing that could be heard clearly even though it was noisy just now has become as far away as the horizon.

"Come, don't lose your soul, come!

The roar of the engine, accompanied by the individual's own thoughts,

Everyone's mind is thinking about their loved ones at home.

In an instant, comrades-in-arms, a signal came to parachute,

We flew to the enemy and lit the beacon fire there.

Drop fast, land fast! ”

The lyrics were vague and no one cared at all, and now the people in the plane saw the anti-aircraft shells flying up from the ground and passing through the group.

The enemy's anti-aircraft fire, apparently, was not completely destroyed by the previous air force bombardment, and a large number of anti-aircraft weapons were firing frantically at the German transport aircraft.

"Jump! Jump! Inside the plane, the paratrooper squad leader shouted out his orders.

"Jump! Jump! Jump! All the paratroopers shouted along.

Without the slightest hesitation, the first paratrooper stepped out of the cabin in one step and stretched out his body.

This is the standard maneuver for German paratroopers, and in order to avoid hitting something or affecting the opening of the parachute, they have to open their bodies as much as possible when jumping out of the cabin.

Only a few tenths of a second later, the paratroopers who jumped out of the cabin could feel their bodies being pulled by a huge force.

This is the parachute hook hung on the plane, and the feeling of pulling the parachute open under the force of the plane's flight, as well as the force of the paratrooper's fall.

Feeling this, feeling your upper body being pulled by something and slowly descending in less than a second, this is a good start.

Because only in this way can the paratroopers who jumped know that their parachutes are open, and the first fatal link they face can be regarded as a safe breakthrough.

The second paratrooper jumped out, followed by the third, then the fourth, and the white flowers in the sky bloomed one after the other, and then joined together, one after the other, densely packed.

The air currents quickly swayed people back and forth, and ammunition boxes full of weapons landed.

If you don't close your eyes at this time, you can see your feet hanging in the air and swaying back and forth, and there are traces of tracer bullets flying up from time to time and shells from anti-aircraft guns.

"Hell! When did the bastards who flew the bombers actually complete a mission? "Grab your shoulder and pull your own parachute rope, paratrooper Kos? Lyman shouted inwardly.

Every time, before he landed, when he held a meeting to confirm the target task, he would hear the squad leader's explanation: The ground anti-aircraft fire had been basically paralyzed by the Air Force bombers.

It is a pity that neither in the Netherlands nor in Belgium, and this time in Malta, the enemy's anti-aircraft fire never disappeared......

Compared with the Normandy landings in 44, the 82 and 101 airborne divisions of the United States, the German paratroopers have not been able to parachute weapons and soldiers together in the years when German paratroopers were dominating the world.

At this time, the weapon was dropped alone, waiting for the paratroopers to brave the rain of bullets to find it after they landed.

Now Kos? Lyman's only weapons in his hand were a dagger to cut his parachute, and a self-defense weapon system that was issued to the superior soldiers before the war.

Well, self-defense weapon systems are a bit of a tall term, and they have a more familiar name - pistols.

The place where he landed was a meadow with a slight sea mist in the early morning, and the huge impact force made him fall directly to the ground, and then rolled several times before stopping.

Then, before he could get up, a huge parachute came down, and he was in a hurry, and it took him a long time to cut the ropes on his body.

When he climbed out of the parachute and looked around carefully, he found that his luck was really bad.

Not far away, the Englishman shouted, and it was clear that the place where he had landed was very close to the enemy.

What made him even more depressed was that he had no comrades around, not even a weapon box - he only had a pistol, but he had to face all kinds of weapons that the enemy might have.

"I'm X!" Lyman cursed in a low voice, drew his pistol from the belt of arms around his waist, and then he took his dagger in one hand and the pistol in the other, and took his steps in the opposite direction from which the voice of the British came.

He hoped to find his squad leader, or find some other companions, preferably a real weapon, and go back to the bad luck of the British.

Then he didn't take two steps before he tripped over something and fell to the ground, and when he struggled to get up, he saw the body of a dead German paratrooper.

The opponent was obviously hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun, and the parachute did not have time to cut, and he was already dead when he landed.

Seeing that the other party did not have a pistol at his waist, Lyman could only crouch down and collect some ammunition from the soldier.

If he finds a rifle in a moment, he will have more ammunition, which is a valuable experience accumulated in previous airborne operations.

It's a pity that this paratrooper is supposed to be a newly replenished unlucky ghost, who only has Mauser 98K ammunition on him.

And Lyman was one of the first soldiers to be armed with an STG-44 assault rifle, so the bullets of the Mauser 98K rifle did not have much effect on him.

Unless, his luck is too bad to find a Mauser rifle to fight...... Lyman smiled wryly, still stuffing his pocket with magazines before leaving the corpse.

Behind him, the sound of heavy machine-gun fire was intermittent but never stopped, and Lyman staggered through the grass, searching for his large force and weapons boxes.

By this time, he had begun to envy the parachutes who had landed in gliders—at least, they were holding their rifles when they landed......