If Lieutenant General Qin Shaoquan of the Airborne Army knew that Jiang Shuai described Cross Mountain as a small dirt slope, he would be killed on the spot.

Airborne operations were not too much trouble. With the lessons learned from the last Yeovil airdrop, the preparations for this airdrop were very thorough. Whether it is the weather or the choice of airborne landing points, it is more reasonable.

Lieutenant General Qin only took 24 hours, and gathered more than 10,000 troops, of course, not all of them were soldiers of the Guards Airborne Division, but also quite a number of Dongying paratroopers.

The quality of these Dongying paratroopers is also quite good, whether it is landing on the ground or cutting the rope and collecting the parachute after the airdrop, it is enough to be quick. Except for the individual equipment, there is still a little gap compared to the Guards paratroopers, and the others are not much different.

Even Qin Shaoquan couldn't help nodding after commanding the paratroopers to capture Hoth Town, "These little devils are not bad!" ”

One of the guards commanders beside him said twice, "Commander, pay attention to unity!" ”

"Damn! Isn't that what our own people say? Don't fool me, boy! I heard that Quan Shuai was sued by Concubine Ying at His Majesty because he shouted a few little devils, and then he was scolded! ”

"Haha......" The soldiers of the Guards laughed happily, and the paratroopers around them were looking at me, I looked at you, I didn't know why.

In Japan, Chinese is already a compulsory course, and these paratroopers can also understand a few common phrases, but Lieutenant General Qin's Shandong-flavored accent still makes them a little confused.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, the Han army is all uncles, and we laugh when they laugh, that's right!

"Haha......" What's more, he laughed exaggeratedly until he covered his stomach.

Now, on the contrary, the Guards paratroopers are blinded! "What's the situation, scolding them for being devils, and they still laugh so happily?" Everyone looked at each other, "Is it that funny?" I laughed like that after being scolded! Are Japanese people so cheap? ”

"Alright, assemble!" Lieutenant General Qin tightened the armed belt around his waist, "Nima, the Japanese really don't understand the realm!" ”

According to the plan, the paratroopers assembled in advance would be responsible for capturing the three towns of Hoth, Muck, and Glasington, and then the rest of the paratroopers would assemble nearby. After 48 hours, all marched towards the westernmost town of Hoth, and after the convergence, the troops were rebuilt. This is necessary, after all, with familiar comrades-in-arms, the combat power will be stronger, and the communication command will be smoother.

Lieutenant General Qin was fortunate enough to land near the town of Hoth, where the local armed forces, after communicating with a guide group composed of several British paratroopers, also expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Allies.

But this does not mean that Lieutenant General Qin can rest in peace for 24 hours in Hoth Town. The more important Benning and Deere trails are still in the hands of the multinational forces, and they must take advantage of the increase in the multinational forces to seize the passes. Otherwise, if the paratroopers want to go west out of the Pennine Mountains, they will really have to climb mountains and jump off cliffs.

Two elite squads of Guards paratrooper fighters took on the task of capturing the trail pass.

Two 55 mm recoilless infantry guns and four wheeled Clouded Leopard infantry assault armored vehicles were all their heavy weapons. Such firepower is certainly not enough to storm the positions of the multinational forces in the passes, where man-made fortifications and caves are combined. The paratrooper squad relied more on the Viper semi-automatic sniper rifles in the hands of five special snipers per team.

Use 12. The 7 mm caliber bullet, the Viper with a range of up to 2,500 meters, is the standard sniper rifle of the Navy SEALs. Long range, fast shot, low recoil, a qualified sniper, using the "Viper", can be in 1. Five bullets are fired in 5 seconds.

The "Viper", with a variety of high-tech materials applied, weighed only 12 kg with an empty gun and a total length of 1369 mm. It can be broken down into several basic sub-sections in less than three minutes for easy maintenance or transport and storage, all parts are interchangeable, and the rifle can be disassembled in the field without the need for a screwdriver.

As the base's latest and SEAL anti-materiel/long-range sniper rifle, the Viper's unmatched destructive power and accuracy are undeniable, but its five-round magazine has been criticized by special forces. However, with the most advanced variable magnification telescopic large-scale thermal imaging aiming transaction, the "Viper" has a fairly high one-hit kill rate, and a variety of armor-piercing and incendiary bombs make the "Viper" have the ability to shoot through walls.

This is the most sophisticated super infantry weapon in the world today. It was precisely because of the "Viper" that Lieutenant General Qin Shaoquan dared to send a special combat team of less than 100 people to seize the pass on each trail.

On the Soviet-German battlefield, there were many legendary snipers who killed more than 100 people, but in the eyes of Lieutenant General Qin, it was pure nonsense. Perhaps in a meat grinder battlefield like Leeds City, a real master can snipe a hundred people and save himself. But in most Allied military operations, there was rarely an opportunity to show individual heroism. No matter how good a sniper is, can he withstand shells and bombs? Can it withstand a precision strike against a surface missile?

However, in the narrow and small road types that are not suitable for the operation of large troops, these killing gods, who are usually inconspicuous, will have a chance to show their talents. Lieutenant General Qin is looking forward to how the top shooters in the command headquarters who were praised by Major General Quan Zhiyong will behave.

Straddling the north and south, the Pennines became the watershed of northern England. The eastern part was gentler and became the York Valley, where the Allied paratroopers landed. The western part is steep and has quite a few cliffs. In the mountains, the only ones that can cross the east and west are the Benning and Dill trails.

Two trails were above the mountain passes, and the multinational forces were each stationed with a company of troops.

The York Valley was not suitable for a large march, so the Pennine Mountains were not given much attention to by the Multinational Force. Garrisoning troops on the trail pass is just a precaution.

Before the allied forces in Tunisia carried out a large-scale airborne landing, the US military did not pay enough attention to paratroopers! In the German operation Mercury in Crete, 30,000 paratroopers parachuted into the air suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and they were laughed at by the US military at that time.

After the "Big Eared Fox" campaign, the highly motorized paratroopers and the tremendous role of airborne raids and blockers behind the enemy's positions during the campaign were profoundly recognized, and the US military also began to organize its own paratroop units on the mainland.

It's just that Eisenhower still underestimated the boldness of Jiang Yunzhi's use of paratroopers. Airborne landings were carried out in the middle of the million-strong multinational forces, especially after the Jovel blockade, in which two Guards paratrooper divisions suffered heavy losses.

The appearance of the paratroopers of the Dongying Regiment exceeded everyone's expectations.

What is even more unexpected is that in the battle at the pass, the paratrooper squad, which lacked heavy weapons, only paid a dozen casualties and completely annihilated the defenders of the multinational force at the Xiaodao Pass.

For the first time, the "Doomsday Knight" special forces appeared in the eyes of the world. The "Viper" semi-automatic long-range sniper rifle uses a thermal imaging sight and 12. 7 mm armor-piercing shells, making the fortifications of the defenders of the pass useless. The "Doomsday Knights", lurking a few hundred meters away, easily harvested the lives of American GIs who thought they were hiding well, and pinned the others firmly behind caves and thick stone walls. The probe and any tactical maneuver are tantamount to death, and the five "Knights of Doom" are like five demonic scythes hanging over their heads, intimidating all the defenders.

The assault of the other paratroopers in the squad on the trail became extremely simple, and the rifles that the enemy stretched out at the mouth of the cave were simply indiscriminately fired, and they withstood the accurate shooting of the "Viper" at the beginning, and the American GIs did not dare to go beyond it at all.

Once approaching, all the paratroopers had to do was tactical evasion and grenades flying around, and after seizing external control of the pass, two recoilless infantry guns came in handy.

The "pollen" incendiary bombs did not allow the paratroopers to venture into the caves to clear out the hidden enemy, and the Bennine Mountains area was full of limestone and many caves and rivers, and the interior of the caves was often extremely complex, and casualties were inevitable when searching cave by hole. The "pollen" incendiary bomb is actually a kind of white phosphorus shell suitable for small-caliber artillery, the body of the projectile contains a large amount of viscous agent, which can be attached to the rock and continue to burn after being fired, as if the stone is ignited, once it sticks to the human body, it is even more difficult to extinguish, the flame is not large, but the temperature is extremely high. It doesn't seem to have much loss on the outside, but in fact, the proteins in the human body have been coagulated by the high temperature, and the death is extremely miserable.

The paratroopers fired dozens of rounds of "pollen" at the cave fortifications on both sides of the pass, and gradually advanced, not giving the American GIs a chance to shoot at each other at all. Knights don't necessarily have to go head-to-head to win. An hour later, after seeing the tragic death of their comrades who were glued with "pollen", the remaining dozens of American soldiers laid down their weapons, raised their hands, carefully dodged the yellow flames on the stone wall, and walked out of the cave.

The battle for the pass on the two trails is the same. After receiving the news that the "Doomsday Knight" special squad had successfully pressed the pass, Lieutenant General Qin Shaoquan immediately dispatched all the "clouded leopard" paratroopers special wheeled infantry assault vehicles assembled in his hands to quickly reinforce the pass position to prevent Penrith's multinational troops from sending troops to counterattack.

But in fact, Penrith now has only one brigade of American troops, less than a few thousand troops, and does not dare to divide his troops to fight for the Cross Mountain Pass.

At a time when the battle for Leeds City was becoming more and more intense, and the Allies as the attacking side suffered heavy casualties, how much better could the multinational force that suffered a combined ground-air strike? Eisenhower, who had planned to bring the Allies to Leeds at the expense of 200,000 men and buy time for reinforcements from the American homeland, suddenly found that he could choose where to fight, but he could not decide when to end it.

The two warring sides in Leeds are firmly glued together, and under the constant pressure of the Allies, the multinational forces are also forced to increase their troops in Leeds, and the two sides are like a tug-of-war, once one side breathes a sigh of relief, it will face a total collapse.

A battle that Eisenhower carefully arranged turned into a conference battle that no one could afford to lose.

The Jingzhou Army of the Han Dynasty crossed the canal at Gul City and outflanked the rear route of the multinational force in Leeds City, Wilkins 100,000 urgently asked for help, and Eisenhower ordered the 52nd Army of the United States Army in Carlisle to rush south.

The Spanish Phalangist Blue Regiment made a surprise landing at Middlesbrough on the east coast and marched into York overnight. The firefighting force of the 52nd Army was simply not enough to defend the porous right flank line. For the East Coast, which was not protected by the Navy, the Allies could land in any port almost at any time.

The defeat of Leeds seemed inevitable, and Eisenhower began to consider abandoning the north of England, retreating to the Pennines, and rebuilding the line south of Hadrian's Wall. It was only then that he realized that the retreat of the multinational force had been cut off.