The airborne troops, also known as paratroopers, are mainly parachuted into the battlefield as a mode of operation, and are characterized by lighter equipment, a high degree of mobility, and elite soldiers.

During World War I, two soldiers jumped from the wing of a biplane and carried some explosives to blow up enemy warehouses, which caused a sensation at the time. In 1927, the Soviet army used transport planes to drop troops in Central Asia, annihilating the rebels such as the Batuma Red bandits in one fell swoop, which was the first airborne war in the true sense. In 1930, the Soviet Airborne Forces officially established the first official paratrooper unit in the world. During the Second World War, the Soviet Union, Germany and the United States all used airborne troops on several occasions.

The super-mobile ability of the parachutes overshadowed the swiftness of the cavalry and the galloping of the motorized troops.

Airborne operations have placed the military importance of the heights, the use of obstacles, the use of reserves, the coordination of supporting firepower, flank cover, and the use of feints and surprise attacks, all of which have been placed in a completely different position. Wide rivers, high cloud-filled mountains, impenetrable rainforests are no longer a problem, because there is always an exposed sky above our heads.

In accordance with Ye Feng's order, the newly established First Marine Regiment of the Air Force began its first actual combat today.

The soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment are all veterans selected from various infantry divisions, and they are experienced, and after only a few months of training, they are basically qualified paratroopers, and the 1st Marine Regiment is also a veritable airborne regiment.

Each C-47 transport plane can carry about one infantry platoon, and the first batch of soldiers to take off from Xiaoshan Airport reached more than 1,000. A total of dozens of planes, after taking off, complete the formation in the air and fly into the distance.

Immediately following these dozens of transport aircraft. It was the "Flying Fortress" bombers of two squadrons, and a total of 48 bombers formed a formation immediately after taking off, catching up with the dozens of transport planes that took off first, and everyone formed a huge group and flew north.

At Ningbo Airport, the situation is similar, dozens of C-47 transport planes also took off from here with more than a thousand fighters of the 1st Marine Regiment. More than 3,000 soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment of the Air Force boarded the plane at the same time in two places. Take off from Xiaoshan Airport, Ningbo Airport.

This time, everyone's goal is Xuzhou. A battleground for soldiers.

Hangzhou is about 5 to 600 kilometers away from Xuzhou in a straight line, and the main fighter of the new 6th Army, the Messersmitt BF-109 fighter, has a short range, and the "Flying Fortress" bomber, which has a certain air combat capability, temporarily plays the role of escort aircraft.

Weather at the beginning of October. Balmy autumn day. There were no clouds, and the huge group of planes flew over the Yangtze River, all the way to the north, maintained a flight altitude of about 5,000 meters, and flew towards Xuzhou at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

Xuzhou Airport.

This was one of the largest airfields of the North China Front of Little Japan, and at least a quarter of the planes of the entire North China Front were parked. Almost a hundred aircraft, including fighter jets. Bombers, transport aircraft, and even reconnaissance aircraft.

The weather is fine today, and the little devils on the airport are as usual, basking in the sun, and going out to hang out.

In the entire North China region, little Japan has absolute air supremacy, the national army in North China has almost no decent planes, the pilots of little Japan have always had very few combat missions, and there has been no big war during this period of time, and the little Japanese pilots at Xuzhou Airport seem to be a lot lazy.

In the distance, a huge group of planes began to appear, the group of more than 200 large aircraft looked too large, whether it was a C-47 transport plane, or a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, it was not small, and the aircraft formation composed of more than 200 planes looked very spectacular.

As soon as the group approached the small Japanese airfield on the outskirts of Xuzhou, the altitude began to drop from the previous four or five thousand meters, and the transport planes were ready to descend to the optimal altitude for parachuting.

The airborne altitude of the airborne troops is generally 400-800 meters, and the lower the parachute jump height, the shorter the time spent in the air, the more advantageous it is in wartime, and the higher the danger at the same time. Most of the parachutes who can jump below 300 meters and above 1000 meters are special forces, not ordinary paratroopers.

Xuzhou Airport in small Japan, although it looks scattered, but there is still a normal alert, some posts are still responsible for the lookout, the entire Xuzhou Airport is almost not equipped with radar, basically rely on lookout.

On a lookout post, a little devil looked at the group of planes in the distance in a daze, such a huge airport, the little devil was definitely the first time to see it.

Rubbing his eyes vigorously, the devil sentry picked up his binoculars and looked at the sky in the distance through the telescope.

This is an aircraft of the Chinese army!!

With so many planes of the Chinese army, this little Japanese immediately shouted anxiously, and when he heard the shouting, some little devils also raised their eyes to look into the distance, and the huge group of planes covered the sky and the sun.

A devil lieutenant who was basking in the sun and smoking, saw such a huge group of planes, and suddenly his mouth opened wide, and the cigarette he had only smoked a few puffs in his mouth fell to the ground, and the devil lieutenant was unconscious.

Finally, the poignant air defense sirens sounded!

The scattered little devils suddenly panicked, a large number of little devils were in a hurry, all this was too sudden, without warning, there was no big war for a long time, and the little devils never thought that such a huge group would suddenly appear.

The supreme commander of Xuzhou Airport, Major General Kenichi Sato of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps, is standing in the command building of the airport at a height of more than ten meters, and through the wide glass window, you can see almost the entire Xuzhou Airport.

There has been no major war in recent times, and as the commander of the airport, Kenichi Sato is also more leisurely, holding a cup of coffee and looking at the huge Xuzhou Airport outside.

Suddenly, a terrible alarm sounded, and Kenichi Sato, who was drinking coffee, was startled, this is what happened, and immediately looked at the sky outside, only to see the sky in the distance, a large black dot flying towards him.

Enemy Attack!!

Seeing this large black spot, Kenichi Sato knew that this was a plane, put down his coffee, picked up his binoculars, Kenichi Sato hurriedly looked at the group of planes in the distance, and after just a little look, Kenichi Sato's face changed greatly.

Aircraft of the Chinese army!!

This is actually a huge fleet of aircraft of the Chinese army, when did the Chinese army in the entire North China region have so many aircraft, is it

Kenichi Sato thought of the name of a terrible unit, the new 6th Army.

"Yaga! The fleet of the new 6th Army. Kenichi Sato shouted, his face gradually became very gloomy, and he could almost pinch out the water, but he didn't expect the new 6th Army, which was hundreds of kilometers away, to make a move on his own airfield.

The siren sounded violently, and at the airport, some little devil pilots hurriedly ran towards the plane in the distance, a small number of little devil pilots were hurriedly climbing onto their planes, and some devil soldiers were hurriedly preparing for battle.

On the huge tarmac of the entire airport, the planes of the little Japanese were grounded neatly, and a large number of little Japanese pilots were rushing towards these planes, and as soon as they ran in front of the planes, they immediately hurriedly climbed onto the planes.

The little devils in charge of air defense no longer dared to bask in the sun, their faces changed one after another, and they hurriedly ran towards their combat positions, preparing to fight, preparing to deal with this huge group of planes that had already flown over the airport at an altitude of less than 1,000 meters.

Anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns are being prepared in a hurry, the little devils at Xuzhou Airport are not in a state of combat readiness, and all preparations will take time.

One after another, the C-47 transport planes had lowered their altitude, and after the fighters had reached the altitude of the parachute jump, they jumped off the planes one by one.

Soon, umbrella flowers appeared in the sky, and the soldiers parachuted as fast as they could, preparing to forcibly seize the Xuzhou airport, risking the fire of the Japanese anti-aircraft fire.

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