Chapter 668: Airborne
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A girl in a strong suit jumped up: "Uncle Ma, I heard that there are many heroes from Hengyang City in your family, can you meet them?" β
"If the girl doesn't study well, she looks like a man's wife, be careful not to get married!" The countryman's mother-in-law smacked the girl.
The person called Uncle Ma was the countryman who saved Company Commander Zhou and his party: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, recuperate for a few days and send it away!" β
"How can it be done, look at this, I'm almost out of breath, I'm so scared!" Aunt Ma blamed Uncle Ma with disgust: "Everyone has been saved, don't you wait for the injury to heal and send it away, no!" β
"Yo, there's a doll hero, hee-hee!" Qiangzi, who was washing his face, was hit head-on by the girl: "What's the matter, are you still shy?" The girl chased after the strong son.
Hadron's face was red to his neck, and he didn't know where to hide: "No, no, I'm not a hero!" β
"Why not, all the heroes who come out of Hengyang City are heroes, and the defenders of Hengyang are all heroes!" The girl argued unconvinced: "Don't think we don't know anything, the eyes of the common people are bright!" β
"Doll, Hunan girl is spicy!" Lian Chang Zhou cracked his mouth and smiled.
"This uncle, your face is so dark, don't wash it yet!" This time, the girl actually teased Company Commander Zhou.
"Little girl, it's dark when it's black, is there anything that doesn't come out of there?" Lian Chang Zhou also felt a little embarrassed.
"Wash quickly, wash it quickly, wash it and it will be white!" The girl egged on.
The arrogance that was dull just now was enlivened by the girl.
"Cha Gangluo, Cha Gangluo!" With the sound of a gong, a male duck's voice came out.
"Han Jian, two dogs!" The gong sounded, and the doors of the houses slammed shut.
"Ergouzi, give you bones!" With a giggle of laughter, a brick burst through the air and landed on the pointed head of the second dog, and the door was shut.
"Thief mother-in-law, Lao Tzu can't spare you" Ergou scolded and scolded, and suddenly found that the door of Lao Ma's house shook for a while.
"Old horse, old horse, what's the hurry!" The second dog came to the door and slammed the door.
"What are you doing, tearing down the house!" The old horse, who has always been honest, suddenly hardened a lot: "What are you doing at my house, what kind of friendship do I have with your second dog!" β
"Hehe, friendship, old horse, you harbored anti-Japanese elements!"
", you wronged people, my old horse has never even seen the shadow of the anti-Japanese elements, harboring? I still want to hide! β
"yes, tell the truth, open the door, let me check!"
"The dog cub who suffered a thousand cuts, did you take the wrong medicine, bullying my old horse is honest, my mother will fight with you today!" The door swayed open, and Lao Ma's mother-in-law ran out with a big kitchen knife.
"Ouch, you mother-in-law, who bullied the old horse!" The second dog hugged his head and ran away, dodging desperately.
"Everyone's comments and criticisms, the second dog bullies people and bullies the door, and they want to kill people!" The old lady screamed as she chased back.
"Shoot him, kill him!" Suddenly, the doors opened everywhere, and countless farmers chased after them, and the second dog was so frightened that his face turned blue.
"Grandparents, spare me, spare the second dog, don't you still want me to intercede when the imperial army comes!"
"Kill him, kill this!" The villagers didn't appreciate it, and the two dogs soon lost a complete place.
"These Diao people not only harbored anti-Japanese elements, but also beat me like this!" Ergou, who was covered with plaster, returned to the garrison of the army and reported to Li Youguo, the pseudo-battalion commander of the Zhoucun Battalion of the Second Division of the "Xianhe Army".
Li Youguo held a cigarette in his mouth, and one sleeve was empty: "You deserve it!" β
"Battalion Commander Li, you have to be responsible for what you say, and I will report back to the imperial army when I go back!"
"The dog still wants to sue me?" Li Youguo sneered: "I advise you, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself!" β
"Li, Camp Commander Li, what do I mean when I hear you say it, it's like a very anti-Japanese element"
"Get out!" Li Youguo kicked the second dog away angrily.
"Battalion commander, call!" The guards came to report, and Li Youguo took it weakly: "What do you want from Taijun?" β
"Go to Zhou Village? Good good! Li Youguo put down the phone, a displeasure appeared on his face, but Ergou buried his head and snickered.
Company Commander Zhou and Qiangzi mixed in the crowd, their heads bowed. Li Youguo, the commander of the puppet army battalion, wandered around, saying that it was a battalion, but in fact, the strength of this puppet army battalion was less than that of a company, and even he himself knew that if there were really anti-Japanese elements, this so-called battalion would not be able to do anything.
"Folks, it's a routine, we're not the imperial army, don't be afraid!" Li Youguo tried to close the distance between himself and the villagers: "Actually, I am also a farmer"
"Phew!" One of the village women took a sip, and the other villagers also had straight faces.
"You, you, you guys look up!" Li Youguo seems to have discovered a few of Lian Chang Zhou and Qiangzi.
Company Commander Zhou still refused to raise his head, but Qiangzi raised his head suddenly.
Li Youguo was taken aback: "This little brother is so familiar!" β
"Hello, Wounded Soldier Company Commander!" Qiangzi sneered, and these words made Li Youguo's face change several colors in an instant: "You, what did you say?" β
"Senior Ge wants to see your German surname, I don't think he will dare to abuse people anymore!" Qiangzi's cynicism finally reminded Li Youguo of something, it turned out that he was the wounded trainee platoon commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Pre-10th Division, and Li Youguo, who was promoted to the commander of the wounded soldier company by Ge Xiancai's division commander on the battlefield.
"Are all all brothers from Hengyang?" Li Youguo was extremely concerned: "How many people are there, is the situation okay?" β
"I don't need you to worry about it, but we won't be like you and sell our ancestors!"
Unexpectedly, Li Youguo was not angry when he heard this: "Everyone, I keep this life, also for the brothers, it won't be long before you will soon know whether I, Li Youguo, am a person or not, not much to say, the brothers I brought are all from Hengyang City, it won't be difficult for you, take care of your injuries!" β
"Let's go!" As soon as Li Youguo gave the order, he was going to withdraw his troops.
"Battalion Commander Li, don't you check!" The second dog is a little angry.
"Check the fart, get out!" Li Youguo didn't even look at the second dog, pulled out his legs and left, but the second dog stared at the back but was helpless.
Hengyang City entered the city-wide alert.
Li Youguo entered the city with a worried heart, but found that the army did not hold the so-called Zhou Village anti-Japanese elements at all, and the reason why he was called into the city turned out to be a major incident.
"Yours, there are those who open the way for the great Taijun!" At the door, Li Youguo finally learned the news from the mouth of a military policeman.
Sure enough, the commander of the Hengyang guard of the army was furious, and Dian Junliu and Yokoyama Yong even directly called to launch a large-scale search within dozens of miles of Hengyang.
"Who of you are deceiving the Imperial Army like your generals? In the future, we must strictly restrict the actions of you Hengyang generals and never allow similar incidents to happen again! At the meeting, the commander of the army lost his temper in the face of the senior generals of the so-called "Xianhe Army."
From Fang Xianjue to Sun Mingyu, chief of staff of the 10th Army, Zhou Qingxiang, commander of the 3rd Division, Ge Xiancai, commander of the 10th Division, Rong Youlue of the 190th Division, and even Rao Shaowei, commander of the 54th Division, none of them went to their posts.
"Baga, the cunning Chinese, turned out to be a fake surrender!"
Fang Xianjue's escape made the Yue army very angry, and a long-planned conspiracy went bankrupt in less than three months.
During Fang Xianjue's detention, although he was restricted to a certain extent, Yujun has always been good at drinking and meat, and he has also hired doctors with very good medical skills to treat him and re-appointed high-ranking officials, which can be described as "caring and caring", and they do not understand why this Chinese still does not appreciate it.
"Li Jun, what new have you discovered!" Back in the bunker near Zhou Village, Nakamura, the leader of the army, asked Li Youguo at the head.
"I just came back from Hengyang, what can I find!" Li Youguo dealt with an inexplicable anger without looking back.
"Yaga, how do you speak!" Although Nakamura is a squad leader, he is a man after all, and Li Youguo, the exaggerated battalion commander, does not have many soldiers, and he is not under his eyes at all.
"Damn, what did Lao Tzu say, don't lie too much because you are yourself!" Li Youguo dropped his hat and went to sleep without looking back.
"Yaga, you must pay for today's words and deeds!" Nakamura rushed into the back room, dragged Li Youguo up, and slapped him a few times.
"Little devil, don't mess with grandpa, grandpa is not something you can fight if you want to!" Li Youguo suddenly became angry, and he also confronted the soldiers.
The quarrel between the two woke up the people in the bunker, and all the puppet soldiers and the Yue army formed a circle.
"Baga, fight the imperial army!" All of a sudden, all the soldiers rushed over to help Nakamura.
"Dog, stand in a daze, with the devil!" I don't know who shouted, but the puppet soldiers didn't think about it, and pounced on the army.
The whole bunker was thrown into chaos.
Half an hour later.
With a bang, the bunker flew into the sky, and Li Youguo was in a daze with a group of ragged puppet soldiers.
"Battalion commander, what to do, what now?" A puppet soldier timidly asked Li Youguo.
"What should I do, do you still need to ask, continue to work with the devil!" At this moment, Li Youguo's temper seems to be irritable and abnormal.
"I mean, where are we going now, where can we still be contained?" The words of the puppet army asked Li Youguo's heart: "I don't know, to tell you the truth, brothers, I have been fighting with the devil for more than a month, and you have been beaten to the death, and suddenly you have become their lackeys, which of you is willing, which of you is willing?" β
"We are all reluctant, we just heard that it was still the military seat that took us, so we came in to eat, who wants to be this Han Annihilation!"
"The military seat, the bones of the military seat are not so soft, you don't know, today, just today, the military seat escaped from Hengyang City, and the devils panicked!"
"Really, the military seat is really out of danger?" The faces of the puppet soldiers were filled with joy.
"Battalion commander, I know what to do, you take us to find the military seat, we will also follow the military seat to fight devils!"
"Okay, find the military seat, our tenth army will come back, little devil wait and see!" Li Youguo's face also showed an excited look.
"Doll, I see you're here!" The girl happily hummed a song and ran into Uncle Ma's house.
Qiangzi found out that the girl was coming, but he always blushed without saying a word.
"Uncle Ma, will it be okay to let the doll go out with me?" The girl begged Uncle Ma.
"The girl's family is not shy!"
"Do people just play, what are you shy?"
"Then you have to ask if they want to!" Uncle Ma said happily: "Little hero, don't go, my girl has taken a fancy to you!" β
"Then, no, I still have to find troops!"
"Hey, the team is gone, what are you looking for!" Uncle Ma sighed, but these words made the company commander Zhou in the house uncomfortable, these people said that the injury of the head of the group He was gradually getting better, and he had been sighing for a long time, and the company commander Zhou understood why the head of the group He sighed - although he escaped from Hengyang, where could it be their home.
"Report to Taijun, Li Ying, the stronghold of Zhou Village, has rebelled, and all the imperial troops there have died!" As a weak phone call came into Hengyang, the defenders of Hengyang were almost panicked.
"It should be related to Fang Xianjue's absconding, don't panic, we will support soon!"
The nearby army and the so-called Xianhe army quickly surrounded Zhou Village from all directions, and Li Youguo and his entourage, who were still glad to have escaped at first, suddenly found that they had fallen into an iron net that could not be broken through at all, and the net gradually shrank, and soon forced them back to the area of Zhou Village, and the front team of the army was already close at hand.
"Battalion commander, what should we do, what should we do now?" The soldiers looked at Li Youguo anxiously.
Li Youguo stood at the head of the road with an empty right sleeve, which was scrapped after being stabbed by the bayonets of the Yue army during the defense of Hengyang, but it did not make him feel uncomfortable in the slightest, and he was even proud of it in private - it was a sign that he had fought for his country.
"Enter the village!" Li Youguo didn't think about it: "Only by using the complex terrain of the village can it be possible to avoid the search of the army!" β
The village was quiet, every house was closed, Li Youguo and his party were cautious, they felt that the villagers were not welcome to them.
The army was approaching soon, and Li Youguo, who had no way to retreat, had eyes like desire*.
"Brethren, are you afraid of death?"
"I'm afraid of death, don't be the Tenth Army!" The soldiers replied loudly.
"Okay, we have no way out, we didn't die in Hengyang, let's make up for it, don't see the former brothers who can't hold their heads up!"
"Get on the bayonet!" Li Youguo roared, before the time to carry out the mission, the guns of the puppet army had no bullets, not to mention that the Xianhe Army had just been established, and the army did not trust them, and most of the soldiers in Li Youguo's team were holding empty guns, and there was no other way than to fight bayonets.
The first to come up was also a group of puppet troops, and they confronted Li Youguo's team.
"Brothers in Hengyang, we are here with you!" With a trombone, Li Youguo rushed towards a puppet army officer.
Unexpectedly, the puppet army officers retreated again and again.
"Brother, brother"
Li Youguo was stunned, and the puppet army officer nodded at him.
"What to fight, we are all the same, we are all soldiers of the Tenth Army, can we fight with you!"
"What about you"
"Don't say so much, the devil is behind, leave quickly, otherwise it will be trouble!" After the officer finished speaking, his voice also became louder: "I heard it clearly, you didn't see or hear anything, okay, get out of the way"
"Baga, you guys are very bad, and the Chinese are all bad!" A roar suddenly sounded from behind: "Target, all Chinese, open fire"
The machine gun roared angrily, and it turned out that he was following closely behind the puppet army, and the scene where the officer gave way was clearly seen by them, and they were immediately extremely angry, and even ignored the puppet army in front of him, and covered the range of the machine gun.
The puppet army officers and puppet soldiers who pursued Li Youguo fell in large numbers in advance.
"The dog said that he himself, even we beat us!"
"It's the other way around, I said I can't be this Han Annihilation!" Most of the puppet soldiers are soldiers of the Tenth Army in Hengyang City, and there is no one who is really convinced to do what the puppet army is, the flame is lit at a moment, and they immediately counterattack the army, and they come out to carry out the task with live ammunition, which will help Li Youguo a lot.
"Brothers fight together, our brothers in Hengyang fight side by side!" Seeing this situation, the soldiers of Li Battalion were encouraged and began to take the opportunity to pick up ammunition and confront the army.
The entire Zhou village was plunged into a sea of fire
Sino-US cooperative air base.
The Second Parachute Brigade of the "Army Assault Corps" entered the "Red Combat Logistics Preparations," and each detachment received military supplies in accordance with the provisions of the operational regulations.
Cai Yuanfei, who has been a paratrooper for a year, is a technical sergeant of the detachment, and his main duty is to ensure the normal use of weapons and equipment -- this is not difficult to do, because the paratroopers' weapons, ammunition, provisions, and equipment, from guns to bullets, from helmets to shoelaces, are all American, and all of them are brand new. Speaking of which, a "technical sergeant" doesn't really need a very high level of technology - the equipment of the Americans, as long as it is packed in a box, has this instruction manual inside. The instructions in the grenade box tell you where to install the "safety latch", and the instructions in the can box not only remind you how to properly open the tin lid, but also tell you to pay attention to the shelf life of the beef. So as long as you can understand English and have a little basic common sense, anyone can be this "technical sergeant".
Although the technical content is not high, there are a lot of miscellaneous things, and they are even more busy before the battle.
According to the rules of the US military, the soldiers' usual equipment is used during training, and after the announcement of the "red combat service," a new set of equipment must be issued, which includes a paratrooper helmet, a pair of parachute jumping shoes, a pair of combat shoes, and a combat bag containing a military blanket, a set of new clothes, a nylon raincoat, a pack of cigarettes, a pack of chocolate, two canned meat, two packs of biscuits, a first-aid kit, which contains anti-inflammatory drugs, disinfectants, hemostatic drugs, analgesics, antidiarrheal tablets, a paratrooper knife, a folding shovel, and a flashlight, a military kettle, and a base of ammunition: four grenades, 50 rounds of pistol bullets, 200 rounds of rifle bullets. In addition to this, the paratroopers also need to carry other ammunition, such as mines, explosives, machine gun bullets or rocket launcher shells
All of these things are American, and the "technical sergeant" needs to read all kinds of instructions. And the above content is only the minimum amount of equipment to carry, if anyone has the strength and is willing to carry more on their backs, whether it is ammunition or food and medicine, they can take it casually, because paratroopers are different from ordinary infantry, once they are put into the battlefield, it is difficult to guarantee logistics supply, and the most reliable way is to carry all the necessary things with them. So some people just desperately get things, and then carry parachute bags and weapons on their shoulders, and they can hardly stand up.
When the equipment was distributed, the "technical sergeant" also gave each person a waterproof bag, which contained a photograph and a military registration card. The American soldier has a "military badge" on his neck, and we [***] don't have that thing, so we have to use this small bag instead. At this time, everyone should also hand over the military salaries they have accumulated in normal times to the hands of the "technical sergeants" and register their home addresses one by one. In this way, "if anyone can't come back," the troops also know where to send money and letters. As for the expenses during the war, there was no need for the soldiers to worry about it, and the officers had not only money from the enemy-occupied areas, but also the ocean, which was hard currency.
It was 12 o'clock at night when they were done, and the paratroopers drove to the airport.
There were more than a dozen US military transport planes parked at Wujiaba Airport, including C46 and C47, and Cai Yuanfei was sitting under the wings of the plane. After a while, a number of trucks and jeeps drove outside the airport, and dozens of American soldiers jumped out from under the cars, loading boxes onto the plane.
The commander of the assault corps, Major General Kim Suo-joo, also came, and with him were several American [***] officers, including Major Hess.
The U.S. advisers to the assault corps came from two quarters, one was from the 11th Airborne Division, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Cox, the head of the advisory group; The other part came from the 14th Air Force, and Major Hess was their head. This group of people in the 14th Air Force is actually not regular paratroopers, but they have been in China for a long time and have a good understanding of the situation in [***], so they are responsible for the training of airborne troops. Major Hess was originally engaged in logistics maintenance work in the "American Volunteer Air Corps" and now serves as Lieutenant Colonel Cox's deputy. The man was about forty years old and could speak fluent Chinese. However, because he did not have much contact with parachute training, the officers and men of the paratrooper detachment were not very familiar with him. On the night of this day, the superior commander was especially polite to the soldiers. Commander Golden Lockpillar saluted everyone one by one, and the officers of the headquarters helped the soldiers up the gangway one by one.
Major Hess patted the Chinese paratroopers on the shoulder and said loudly: "Young man, I am proud of you. Before today, only your companions knew your name, and after tomorrow, your name will be the pride of the Chinese team! β
Cai Yuanfei and his partners boarded the plane at around 4 a.m.
The captain's arrangement was for everyone to take time to sleep in the cabin. But where could the soldiers sleep, so they began to sing: "Hold the gun in your hand, polish the knife in your hand, the time has come to take revenge, and sacrifice yourself to kill the enemy in this day."
One C47 can only transport thirty paratroopers, therefore, the soldiers of three paratrooper detachments occupy four transport aircraft.
The cabin door was not closed, and the soldiers kept looking out, one moment saying, "Look, the landing detachment has boarded the plane," and the next shouting: "Look, look, the American soldiers are also on the plane." β
Everyone is speculating about the location of the airborne operation. Someone joked, "If the Americans go together, if you don't get it, you're going to attack Tokyo!" β
Everyone else was happy: "This is a good idea, let us land in the Imperial Palace, arrest Emperor Showa, and the war can be declared victorious immediately!" β
There was a lot of gossip, a lot of discussions, and a lot of fun, and the time passed quickly. When it was dark, the plane taxied off the runway and flew into the sky with a loud roar. Of the 15 planes that took off from Wujiaba Airport, one was on board at the headquarters of the 2nd Paratrooper Team, four were carrying paratroopers and five planes carrying planes and Americans, and the remaining five were loaded with military supplies. The transport plane circled in the sky, and twenty-four escort fighters arrived. Then, the huge group of planes flew towards the east in the direction of the rising sun.
As soon as the plane took off, the cabin fell silent. Everyone closed their eyes to recuperate, but they were actually silently thinking about their thoughts.
Cai Yuanfei recalled all aspects of the skydiving procedure over and over again. After all, he had only jumped the parachute once before, and he was unfamiliar with his business, and it would be too unjust to fall himself to death before he saw the shadow of the enemy.
The sun came out, and the sun shone through the cockpit into the cabin and on people's faces. The paratroopers opened their eyes and looked curiously at the pilots in the cockpit. The morning glow in the clear sky smeared the driver's body with a brilliant halo, making them look as mysterious and solemn as fairies.
Everyone in the cabin was speculating, where would the steering wheel in the driver's hand take him? But no one dared to ask. Captain Zhou Zhijiang looked at his watch vigorously, and he walked to the door of the cockpit and said to the pilot: "Please turn on the yellow light ten minutes earlier than the prescribed procedure, our movements are not very proficient, it is better to prepare earlier." β
The pilot agreed. The pilot of the plane, a Chinese guy, stood up and said to the cabin: "No problem, you must be well prepared, the weather conditions in the airborne area are good, and the conditions are very suitable for parachuting, please rest assured!" The paratroopers nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time scolded in their hearts: "Little rabbit! Where the airborne area is, you should tell me first."
At 9 a.m., the yellow light in the cabin came on.
"All stand up! Get ready for your skydive! Captain Zhou Zhijiang roared loudly. This shout means that the first paratrooper airborne operation in the history of China is about to begin.
However, at that time, the paratroopers in the cabin did not realize what an important historical moment this was. Ten minutes in advance, the yellow light is lit to prepare the light, that is, the soldiers are allowed to stand for ten more minutes with their heavy bags on their backs. However, everyone had no objection to this, and they all carefully and repeatedly checked the tow line hitch and their own umbrella bag over and over again.
Interestingly, Cai Yuanfei did not consider at all at this time that the transport machine would not be intercepted by enemy fighters, nor did he consider whether there was enemy artillery fire on the ground. All he was worried about was whether the parachute would open smoothly, or if he would fall into a strange place off the beaten track and find no companions.
"Hurry up when skydiving!" The squad leader continued to yell: "Don't stop at the door! After a second or two of grinding on the plane, it fell to the ground and was several miles away, killing people! This statement makes a lot of sense. Everyone couldn't help but move a few steps towards the cabin door, for fear of being delayed by the people in front.
Cai Yuanfei not only carried a full set of paratrooper equipment, but also carried fifty dry batteries. He was overwhelmed by the weight of his bag, and he was worried about whether he would be able to jump out of the hatch in time.
Turning his head to look at Pan Chongde beside him, Cai Yuanfei couldn't help but be happy. The herald carried a rifle, a parachute bag and a combat bag, and an "American-style walkie-talkie" on his chest. Pan Chongde was not tall in the first place, and he was caught by several large burdens all over his body, revealing only half of the paratrooper steel helmet, which looked like a canvas pocket that could be moved. Cai Yuanfei gloated and thought: "As soon as this kid leaves the plane, he will definitely fall directly like a big scale, and a sturdy parachute will not work." β
"Di-di-di-di", the skydiving bell suddenly rang, and the green light overhead turned on.
The cabin door was opened, the detachment leader shouted, and the soldiers urged each other: "Jump, jump!" β
One by one, the paratroopers by the hatch jumped out. When it was about Cai Yuanfei's turn, the plane suddenly turned, and the fuselage tilted sharply to the right, causing him to lose his balance and fall to his knees all of a sudden. The captain of the detachment didn't care so much, held up his backpack, and pushed him out of the hatch stiffly.
Cai Yuanfei almost fell headfirst out of the plane. He thought to himself, "It's over, the parachute line must be knotted, I'm going to die this time," but it didn't take long for the parachute to open above his head with a "bang". If you look up, the big umbrella flowers with blue backgrounds and green stripes are really beautiful.
The parachute fluttered in the sky, but the paratroopers did not feel as relaxed as they had been in the previous training. Before skydiving, all equipment is fastened to the crotch belt below the waist and abdomen. I didn't feel anything inappropriate when I was carrying these things on my back before, but now that I was hanging in the air, all the weight was concentrated on my lower body, and Cai Yuanfei felt that his ass was about to be ripped off.
Looking down at the ground - it was nice, no one fired a gun, no one fired a cannon, and the endless fields were full of rice. "This must be in the South, where in the South? Whatever! I only took a three-hour plane, and I wouldn't have really flown to Yuben anyway," Cai Yuanfei thought.
The equipment on his body was not only heavy, but also bulging to affect the direction, and when he was about to land, Cai Yuanfei found that there were many ponds on the ground. He was anxious: "God forbid, don't fall into the pond!" There are so many things on my body, I will sink directly into the water and I will never be able to climb up."
Fortunately, God really opened his eyes. Cai Yuanfei landed on a ridge, he ran a few steps to untie the umbrella bag - the parachute landing was successful!
But others weren't so lucky. The rice paddies were covered with parachutes, and a humanoid monster arched under the umbrella cloth, but it couldn't get out. One guy was so anxious that he shouted, "Someone! Help me! The people on the ridge hurried to save his life.
The person who shouted "help" was the bazooka hand Hai Kuniying. He is a Muslim, usually loves to be clean, and washes his hands more than a dozen times a day, like a surgeon. But this kid's current appearance is extremely miserable, covered in mud, and there is a small animal stuck to his neck, and he can't pull it off for a long time.
"What is this? Is it toxic? Hai Guoying asked with a grin.
"It's a locust, a blood-sucker."
Hai Guoying's face turned white with fright - no wonder there was no such vicious thing in the Muslim territory in the northwest.
I managed to pull all the people in the paddy fields up, but I didn't know what to do with those parachutes.
In normal times, the parachutes of the paratroopers are managed by the "folding paratroopers", and the paratroopers only take care of the jumps. Nowadays, the paratroopers on the battlefield are faced with an overwhelming number of parachutes and suddenly do not know what to do.
Someone proposed: "Let's go, let's go, whatever." β
It's okay for others to care, but Cai Yuanfei is a technical sergeant and is responsible for weapons and equipment, so he doesn't care if it's appropriate or not. When he was in trouble, a few ordinary people came to the ridge, and Sergeant Cai discussed with them: "Friend, help us pack these parachutes, [***] pay you, okay?" β
The people readily agreed. Cai Yuanfei asked again: "Friend, what kind of place is this?" β
"Hong City."
"What Hongshi? Which province and which county? β
"Hengyang County, Hunan Province."
Hi! It turned out that he came to Hunan.
At this time, all the transport planes and fighter planes in the sky were gone, leaving only some red and yellow parachutes to continue to float in the air. According to the rules of paratroopers, the parachutes of soldiers are green stripes on a blue background, and the parachutes of officers are white, and these red and yellow parachutes carry weapons, ammunition and military equipment.
With so many weapons and equipment, how to pack them up? What do you do after you pack up? No one knows - the first priority is to quickly find the commander of the unit and figure out what the next task is. As far as the eye could see, a white convening flag was raised in the distance, and everyone hurriedly ran there.
In front of the "Calling Flag" stood Captain Zhou Zhijiang, the commander of the detachment, and Pan Chongde, a herald, was assembling the walkie-talkie next to him. Not only did this kid not fall to death "like a scale", but he didn't even have a little muddy water on his body, which is really capable.
Raise your hand and salute to report: "Report to the captain, Sergeant Cai Yuanfei returns to the team!" β
Captain Zhou nodded, and continued to look around. After a while, he quietly asked Sergeant Cai, "Did you see anyone from the team headquarters on the road?" β
"No, what's wrong?"
"Well, they seem to have flown back", after a pause, Zhou Zhijiang asked again: "What is this place?" β
"It's Hengyang, Hunan - what? You don't know? β
"Hell! How would I know? Captain Zhou looked angry.
Cai Yuanfei couldn't help but be stunned - oh my God! So, who knows what we are doing when we fly to this rice field in Hunan?
On 6 June, Gao Fei, commander-in-chief of China's Fourth Theater of Operations, and McCree, the "operational commander" of the US military, left Kunming and headed for the front-line headquarters in Anjiang, Hunan. These two commanders were figures capable of supporting the Chinese paratroopers and the U.S. Air Force. Before leaving, they asked the "Army Assault Corps" to send part of their troops to cooperate with the decisive battle on the Xuefeng Mountain battlefield, but they did not give clear instructions on where they should fight or how they should fight.
Since the First Parachute Corps was preparing to carry out the plan of "attacking the Luoding Airport," the task of going to Xiangxi to participate in the war could only be entrusted to the No. 2 Parachute Corps -- as a result, the honor of "the first airborne operation of the Chinese paratroopers" fell on the heads of Cai Yuanfei and his comrades-in-arms.
The Fifth Army and the US Army Advisory Group did not greet the Second Paratrooper Corps, and the battle plan was determined on the same day. They chose the paratrooper paratrooper to be airborne at the Hongluo Temple in Hengyang, Hunan.
Hongluo Temple is located about 50 kilometers northwest of Hengyang City, it is not a "temple", the administrative place name should be called "Hongshi Town". At that time, Hengyang County had been occupied by the Yue army, and this Hongshi town became the seat of the Kuomintang county political axe, so it can be regarded as a base area of the Kuomintang army behind the enemy.
The reason why Hongluo Temple was chosen as the airborne landing site was not only because the environment of the "base area" was relatively safe, but also because it was close to the Hengbao Highway, and using Hongluo Temple as a springboard for sorties, it could block the enemy's rear communication lines, prevent the Yue troops in Hengyang and Lingling from reinforcing the main battlefield, and block the enemy who had retreated from Xuefeng Mountain; In addition, one of the most important reasons is that there is an airstrip near Hongluo Temple, and the 4th, 5th, and 6th detachments of the second paratrooper team can use this site to complete the landing operation. At that time, [***] was not equipped with gliders, and the so-called "landing" could only be landed on a transport plane.
Interestingly, perhaps because the paratrooper parachute was a new topic for both Chinese and American soldiers, the higher-level organs made this operation very mysterious -- they blocked the Wujiaba airfield from noon on 6 June, and they did not reveal anything about it internally and externally, and even Captain Jiang Jian only learned about the combat plan before he boarded the plane at night, and of course all the others were kept in the dark.
Taking off in the early morning of the 7th, the group flew into Hunan.
When they arrived over Zhijiang Airport, the ground control tower informed the paratrooper commander: "According to the reconnaissance report, the runway of Hongluomiao Airport is seriously damaged and does not have the conditions for landing. As soon as Major Hess heard this, he immediately turned around and returned to Kunming, taking with him the team headquarters of the American soldiers, three airborne detachments, and the paratrooper team.
In addition, a C46 transporting paratroopers also flew back in a daze, carrying the two groups of the third division and their detachment leaders.
As a result, only eight transport planes flew over the Hongluo Temple, three of which dropped large living people, five airdropped weapons and equipment, and the last combatants landed included the first and second detachments of the second paratrooper team and a group of the third detachment!
When he just landed at Hongluo Temple, Cai Yuanfei didn't know about the above situation at all. Therefore, when he heard Captain Zhou Zhijiang say that "the people at the team site seem to have flown back", he couldn't help but be startled.
During this period, officers and soldiers constantly came to report for duty, including the second detachment, the third detachment, and the first detachment. Everyone said that not only did they not meet Captain Jiang Jian, but even the two team leaders could not be found. The people present couldn't help but be a little panicked and muttered, "What should I do now?" β
Zhou Zhijiang hurriedly comforted his subordinates: "Don't panic, put away the weapons and equipment first, as long as you have guns and ammunition, you are not afraid of going anywhere." β
It's a lie to say that you're not afraid, but now, even if you're afraid, there's no way to do it!
(To be continued)