The DFS230 glider is a small glider, its size is about the same size as a fighter jet, it can carry more than a dozen fighters, and the load capacity is about 1.2 tons, so a large number of such gliders must be used in one operation.

And now the glider, in size, is a little bigger, it is almost like a huge hamburger, with a fat belly, and like a pregnant doe.

The Me 321 "Giant" glider, from the nose, is similar to the superhelicopter of later generations.

It is centred around an 11-metre-long, 3.15-metre-wide, and 3.32-metre-high box-shaped cargo compartment, with a shell-shaped cargo door opening to the front of the nose that can be opened to both sides, allowing for direct loading of large cargo volumes. This is very similar to the large transport aircraft of later generations.

To facilitate vehicle access, the cargo compartment floor is low from the ground and special ramps are designed. At the same time, the cargo hatch floor is reinforced with a sturdy skeleton and can carry 22 tons of cargo.

The floor area of the cargo hold is about 40 square meters, and the entire cargo hold volume is 108 cubic meters. With the addition of auxiliary partitions in the middle section, 200 heavily armed soldiers can be transported.

It can be said that the entire aircraft is centered around this cargo compartment, and above the cargo compartment is a metal wing girder of welded N-shaped structure with steel pipes, which maintains its airfoil shape with wooden ribs.

Compared to those pediatric gliders, this glider is already bigger than the largest aircraft in many countries!

It can be said that this glider, which was specially prepared for landing in the UK, is only the first experiment.

In the war of invasion of Belgium, such gliders were not used, because they were not suitable, only small gliders, capable of accurately landing on the roof of the fortress, next to the bridge, such heavy gliders were not suitable and at the same time unnecessary.

When you open the hold, as long as you see the majestic tank inside, you know that it is really unnecessary.

This glider has a load of 22 tons, of course, developed for the transport of main battle tanks!

Paratroopers, who can only carry light weapons and equipment, on the battlefield, are quite passive, if they have a main battle tank, then it is different!

Due to the limited load capacity, the glider did not carry forty-ton Panther 3 tanks, but 20-ton Panther 2 tanks, which still had some stocks and were equipped with the special forces in Skorzny, a total of twenty of them, and with this batch of tanks, they were able to hold out for enough time!

The tanks occupied most of the volume of the compartment and were cleverly fastened, and in the other half of the compartment, in the middle were their individual equipment, 75 mm recoilless guns, neatly placed in the box, also fixed to the floor, and the fighters, sitting in the spaces on the sides.

There was not one more number of people on board, only 50 fighters, and these twenty gliders, carrying a thousand fighters, they would be the first to land in Brest, and they would have to rely on these equipment to hold out until the arrival of the follow-up troops.

On the other hand, it was not easy to tow these gliders, and in later history, German engineers had to rack their brains to come up with various methods.

For example, three transport planes were used to tow it, but it turned out that the danger was too high, and it was like walking a tightrope in the air!

Later, two HE111 aircraft were used for traction, in order to avoid danger, the two aircraft were simply spliced together from the middle, and an additional engine was added at the wing junction of the two aircraft to form a unique aircraft like He111Z, which solved the problem of traction.

Fortunately, there is no problem now, Germany already has an advanced intercontinental bomber, the Junkers JU-290 bomber, this advanced four-engine large bomber, which can completely tow the ME321 glider.

Now, this is the scene, twenty Junkers-290 bombers, already in place, behind them, towing the bulky ME321 glider ready to take off.

As a heavy glider, the ME321 has a total crew of five people, including 1 pilot, 1 communications officer, 1 onboard commander, and 2 machine gunners. The fixed armament on board was a 7.9 mm MG15 machine gun protruding from the left and right sides of the upper part of the nose cargo door.

Now, the pilots are nervously preparing for takeoff, although the plane has no engine, but when it takes off, it must also rely on external forces.

"After completing the preparations before takeoff, you can take off." The pilot shouted.

"001, ready to take off." The Communications Officer shouted over the radio.

Suddenly, the Junkers-290 in front, with four engines at full power, and the propellers were spinning wildly, pushing the large bomber to slide down the runway.

Then, the shining firelight illuminated everyone's eyes.

On both sides of the fuselage of ME321, four booster rockets were bundled, and now, these four booster rockets are ignited together! Blazing flames, illuminating the entire runway.

The Junkers-290 would need a full runway of 1,500 meters to tow the glider to take off, and in order to be able to fly more easily, it would have to rely on booster rockets.

It was also the first rocket-booster aircraft of the Messersmi company.

With the ignition of the booster rocket, the bomber in front suddenly became a lot easier, and after only running more than 800 meters, it pulled the glider, took off into the air, and entered the darkness!

In the back, the second Junkers-290 is already ready to take off.

One by one, one by one.

Reinhardt stood at one end of the runway, watching the troops march like an unsheathed sword to the heart of the French.

"Oh, no!" Suddenly, people on the runway shouted.

I saw a ME321 glider, when taking off, only the booster rocket on the left ignited, and the booster rocket on the right actually failed unexpectedly!

In this way, it caused the glider to deviate, and it deviated to the right! At the same time, the reaction force acted on the steel cable, and it seemed that it was about to collide with the tractor in front!

At the critical moment, the pilot of the glider, pressed the button, and the towing hook in front was disengaged.

Throwing off the burden, the Junkers-290 in front suddenly relaxed, glided forward for a while, and took off quickly, while the glider behind rolled and glided to the side and rushed to the lawn on the side.

The fire truck, the ambulance, quickly headed towards the lawn, and here, the commander's voice was still firm: "Keep taking off!" ”

This is war, and there must be no fear of any danger! Even if the person in front falls, the person behind must continue to rush forward!

Over there, the fire has been lit, the wooden structure, the canvas-covered glider, has been burned, and this side, it is still taking off!

As a special forces, every day, you must be ready to die, for the sake of Germany, willing to die!