Chapter 1626: Special Operations Mission
"Good luck to you." There was a call from the tractor plane in front of the radio, and with this sound, the steel cable towed in front suddenly loosened.
One after another, like kites, continue to fly forward in the sky.
Inside each glider is the soldiers of the griffin special forces who are waiting for battle, and they have been accustomed to this kind of operation at least once a month.
Completely trust your own pilots.
The aircraft is unpowered and can only glide slowly with the advantage of altitude, and at the same time, the pilot must find the landing site as early as possible and descend with the most suitable trajectory.
The huge Me321 giant glider, like a bloated hippopotamus, glides through the air, and the pilots have long seen the river beach in the distance, which is their best place to land.
"Attention, there are five minutes left before landing, get ready to land." The pilot shouted loudly.
The landing of the glider, every time it was thrilling, although the structure was made of steel tubes, it was strong enough, and every time it landed, almost all of them fell apart, and for them, the landing was the first serious test.
Everyone clung to the handrail next to them, ready for the terrible impact.
Morris's face was camouflaged in camouflage, his hands firmly grasping the handrails, his body swaying with the jolts of the glider, thinking that when he was a new fighter, he was by Skorzny's side, and Skorzny used his wine to give him courage, and now he is a full-fledged veteran.
He closed his eyes, enjoying the last of the silence, and waited until after the landing, when their battle began.
Most of the gliders are equipped with a Panther 2 tank in the middle, after all, they are a tough attack this time, but not all gliders carry this kind of equipment, and the gliders where Morris is are all his subordinates, a company, more than a hundred people, this glider is enough to bring it all.
"Attention, there's still one minute to land."
The attitude of the fuselage continued to tilt, and the pilot relied on the fuselage's own resistance to quickly reduce the speed of the plane, and then headed towards the river beach with a graceful glide line.
For the Airborne Forces, the choice of the landing site is quite important, if it falls into the ambush of the other side, it is quite dangerous, in the history of World War II, almost every airborne operation, is full of crises.
However, compared to direct parachute landing, gliders are much less dangerous, if they encounter anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, they can dodge, if they encounter an ambush by ground forces, they just need to fall to the ground, and the main battle tank will teach the enemy how to behave.
It is precisely because of the powerful strategic bombers that they can drag these powerful tanks, and it is precisely because of the tanks that the airborne forces like them have terrible combat effectiveness.
There was a slight crashing sound from the fuselage, it was a perfect landing, and the wheels slid on the river beach for more than ten meters before it stopped because of the huge drag.
Behind, gliders, like a flock of birds, came densely towards the river beach.
"Quick, get off the plane, get ready for battle!" Maurice beckoned to his men.
Ordinary parachutes will waste a lot of time when they assemble after landing, because after parachuting, the landing point is not under their control, but the glider is different, it can land at a fixed point, which is quite beneficial to the assembly of troops.
They were to quickly assemble in battle formation, march towards Stalingrad, and pretend to be the arrival of the main German forces.
Tanks are driven out of gliders, and diesel-powered engines give them good endurance, and they don't have to worry about fuel for the time being, and they can almost hold out until the arrival of the Southern Corps from Kharkiv.
"What? What's new? Just before Morris landed, the first Skorzny plane had already landed on the river beach, and just as he was calling for the troops to assemble, the radioman received the latest telegram.
Just as they were flying to Stalingrad, a new situation arose in the city.
The intelligence officers who were supposed to take the lead in Khrushchev, liaise with the German side, and discuss the surrender of the matter, found that Khrushchev was controlled after going to the tractor factory!
Now, the people of the tractor factory have contacted the headquarters, hoping that the high-ranking officials of the army will go to the tractor factory to discuss the matter of continuing the fight, but none of these high-ranking officials dare to go, and they hope that the people of the tractor factory will go to the headquarters to contact them.
And the people at the tractor factory also seemed to be afraid of something and did not dare to go to the headquarters, and in this way, there was a temporary stalemate.
The people who controlled Khrushchev and the tractor factory did a good job, but in the next operation, they delayed time, they should immediately call on the army and the people to continue the war of resistance, so that they would definitely get a response from the subordinates, but they were at a stalemate in discussions with other officials of the army.
Mikhailov and others cannot be blamed for this, because they are the people inside the factory, and the troops are two systems.
If Mikhailov declares himself the supreme commander of Stalingrad and continues the war of resistance with the people below, it is not in accordance with the rules, he has not been appointed by his superiors, and his orders are invalid, and they may not be able to be generalized, after all, soldiers are strictly obedient to discipline, and they cannot be given orders by just one person.
Mikhailov can only contact the high-ranking officials of the army, but unfortunately, the most important battle Chuikov has been killed, and the others are also full of wall grass, looking at the wind, and no one will come forward.
It was a stalemate, and now is a good opportunity for Skorzny.
By this time, the sun had set in the west, and soon it would be dark.
"The most important thing now is to get Khrushchev out." "As long as Khrushchev can get out of the control of the people who opened the tractor plant, then he will turn his back and kill all those people, and at the same time, the surrender of Stalingrad will continue," Skorzny said. And that's what we're best at. ”
As a special forces, what they are good at is definitely not a large corps operation, but a special operation, and this kind of saving people is simply one of the must-haves.
Skorzny already had itchy hands.
Now he has to command a force of several thousand men, and it is impossible for him to go there himself, so he must send a capable man.
"Morris, come here!" Skorzny shouted loudly: "With your people, I have a task for you to do. ”