Chapter 461: Airborne Mongolia
readx; Qiqihar Air Base, which is not only one of the three major air bases in the northeast, is also home to the 89th Airborne Division, and is also responsible for all air support missions in the northwest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
With the exception of a small number of air forces transferred to Soviet territory, most of the air forces were based on this base, because it was the closest to the border, the closest to the battlefield, and the airfield least vulnerable to destruction by the enemy.
In Qiqihar Airport alone, there is enough airborne division, more than 700 fighters of all kinds, and the transport planes of the airborne division are equipped separately, that is to say, there are as many transport planes as there are people, and the nearest fighter is responsible for escorting the mission.
The 89th Airborne Division had been busy since an hour ago, and the soldiers walked down from the training ground, took five minutes to take a shower, and then rushed back to the dormitory, bringing a set of combat uniforms, because the weather was slowly getting hotter, so there was no need to bring too many clothes, just a temporary coping at night.
Airborne operations are not like army operations, they are mainly parachuted over, so what individuals carry is limited to death, unlike infantry, as long as they want, they can even carry a quilt to fight.
In the airborne division, these daily necessities are not allowed to be carried, each person is only allowed to carry a maximum of one set of clothes, a pair of shoes, and the rest can only bring more ammunition, medicine and other combat materials, otherwise once the ammunition is consumed, they will be finished.
He Xin is from Zheng County, to be precise, he should be Su Dao's fellow countryman, to be precise, he and Su Dao are people from the same village, but Su Dao did not grow up in this village at this time, and Su Dao rarely talked about this secret, because he didn't want people to know too much about his life experience.
However, He Xin is still a relatively lucky one, not only successfully became the commander of the 89th Airborne Division, but the most surprising thing is that He Xin turned out to be a little fat man, although his body shape seriously affected his physical agility, but this guy has fought so many battles, but he has never been injured once.
He Xin was transferred from the earliest airborne division, and was also one of the earliest batch of airborne troops in the Chinese Empire, with rich experience in airborne operations, once commanded an airborne regiment to block a brigade of the Chinese army for 12 hours of wheel warfare, and finally held the defensive line at the cost of more than half of the casualties, and held on until the arrival of reinforcements.
During the surprise attack on Jeju Island, He Xin personally led the troops to parachute into the center of Jeju Island, and defended it to the death, disturbing the sight of the Japanese army and winning a certain amount of time for the successful landing of the marines.
These two are relatively large battles, and there are countless small battles in other aspects, and it is not false to say that he has great military achievements, but in the army of the Chinese Empire, every general or officer has accumulated with military exploits.
Whether it is a combat officer of a front-line army or a staff officer of an organ unit, everyone has more or less meritorious achievements, which is also the reason why the army of the Chinese Empire is becoming more and more courageous the more they fight.
A year ago, He Xin was transferred to the 89th Airborne Division, and the original old airborne troops were changed into the 99th Airborne Division, which is now stationed in Borneo, and the three airborne divisions here were also formed by the three airborne brigades of the old airborne division.
Since the formation was completed, they have only experienced a few small battles, which is not very tragic, but it can be regarded as out of the recruit period, but this unit still has room for development, and only needs to let them fight one or two slightly larger battles, which will not be inferior to the old airborne division.
"Division, the commander asked us to observe the dynamics of the Soviet army after we arrived, and if we can't stand it, we should call for support quickly, the brothers of the 90th Division are already on standby at the airport, and they can take off within an hour after receiving the request for support."
Huang Jianbin, chief of staff of the major general of the airborne division, held a telegram, a neat combat uniform, an AK47 on his chest, a bullet on his waist, a grenade on his chest, and even an umbrella bag on his back.
"Lao Huang, you came just in time, let's discuss it."
He Xin nodded, in response to Lao Huang's words, but he didn't intend to let Lao Huang go like this, although the commander's arrangement looked perfect, He Xin felt that there were some loopholes, even big loopholes.
"What's wrong? Haven't we all discussed? ”
Huang Jianbin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.
He Xin always likes to make a little joke, he can often make everyone laugh, and he talks and does things with a funny taste, although he has always been very serious when it comes to business, but the plan that has been made is overturned, which is a waste of time.
"No, the overall plan remains the same, but I think it is necessary for us to airdrop at least one battalion of troops in the two places of Darkhan and Erdenet, mainly because I don't know what the situation is on Chairman Chiang's side, what if their troops mess around and the Soviets enter from there?"
He Xin said with a frown.
Although the current Republic of China is no longer what it used to be, He Xin still doesn't trust them very much, in the early years, He Xin did not rarely see Chairman Jiang fighting, and even after the embankment broke at Huayuankou, He Xin's family also participated in the operation to help the Yue army disarm.
It sounds like a nonsense thing in the first place, how can there be any such thing as unarmed people disarming the army? But in fact it happened, and it happened so smoothly, that there was basically no resistance, and a group of peasants easily unloaded the weapons of the regular army.
In desperation, the peasants had to pick up their own steel guns, aimed at the invaders and pulled the trigger, He Xin didn't know what the situation was at that time, but he knew that the battle was very hard, and in the end the army won, He Xin's family was relatively lucky, although they suffered a little, but they all survived.
Later, the Chinese Empire was established, He Xin wrote a letter to persuade his family to leave there and go to the Chinese Empire, and now He Xin's family is in Singapore.
"There is too much of a battalion, our troops are not enough in the first place, and now we have to count this point even more, besides, even if the Soviet army breaks through from there, Chairman Chiang doesn't care, will it be effective for us to send only one battalion there? Otherwise, one company was airborne in each of these two places, and after landing, it was hidden, mainly to observe the movements of the Soviet troops, and once they were found to have entered from there, they would report to us in time, and at the same time let them follow the Soviet troops closely and guide the airborne coordinates for the reinforcements. ”
Huang Jianbin thought about it for a while and rejected He Xin's plan to parachute a battalion, but he gave a suggestion to parachute a company.
"It's okay, give them an extra radio, and then parachute behind these two cities, so that they won't be seen."
He Xin nodded, thinking that what Lao Huang said was right, the strength of a battalion does not play a role at all, and it is not conducive to concealment, the troops of a company seem to be just right, which is not only conducive to concealment but also convenient for monitoring the situation of the two cities, and more importantly, once the Soviet army enters from here, they can directly contact the 90th Division, guide the airborne coordinates for the 90th Division, and directly block those Soviet troops entering Mongolia.
Airborne a company, the road can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone, so He Xin has no opinion, and directly agreed with Huang Jianbin's suggestion.
Five hours passed quickly, and half an hour before the troops had boarded the plane, one by one they were loaded with ammunition, anticipating that some uncontrollable situation might occur, so in addition to the weapons they carried, each soldier also carried an ammunition box, which was the kind of ammunition box made of rectangular iron boxes.
Each box can hold about six or seven hundred rounds of bullets, and such a box weighs about twenty pounds (an ordinary AK47 bullet is about 1** gram, and 500 rounds is 1** pound weight.) If you meet someone with better physical strength, you will carry an ammunition box on your chest and back, an extra weight of more than 30 catties, plus an umbrella bag and a rifle, as well as a magazine on your body, grenades, etc., and the whole body weight is nearly 50 kilograms.
However, the basic ones who can achieve this situation are monsters, and the whole division may not be able to find ten such people, most of the paratroopers carry a weight of about 30 kilograms, and if there are more, it will be a little unbearable. (The American paratroopers carry a weight of 20 kilograms, and it should be no problem to add 10 kilograms here.) )
Of course, in fact, they are not only carrying such a little load, many people are also lazy, and at the same time, in order to ensure the safety of parachuting, so they put ammunition into a special ammunition box, and this ammunition box is also bound to a special equipment parachute, before parachuting, they will throw these ammunition first, and then people will follow.
This is also the way recommended by the troops, and the ones mentioned above are the weight after landing and distributed to everyone, not the weight when parachuting.
More than 500 transport planes suddenly took off into the air, this is the first batch of more than 10,000 people put into the battlefield, and now the surname of the transport plane can not be compared with the future generations, a transport plane will pull 30 heavily armed soldiers, and if there are more, there may be accidents, so these 500 transport planes must run at least three times before they can send an airborne division over.
In just three hours, two companies of troops were successfully airborne at Darkhan and Erdenet. (To be continued.) )