Twelve transport planes, two of which carried small-caliber artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, shells and bullets, and the other ten planes, each carrying twenty-four soldiers, a total of two hundred and forty paratroopers, fell from the air.

This is the first time in the history of mankind that paratroopers have been put into actual combat, and it can be said that it has opened a new era in the history of warfare, and the infantry is no longer able to measure the land only on two legs, but can completely descend from the sky and attack the enemy's deadly position by surprise.

However, these soldiers did not have the joy of making history, on the contrary, they were all quite nervous, and in the past, they were trained in the Mongolian steppe, which was endless and very flat. But now in Yungui, there are mountains everywhere, and there are too few places suitable for airborne.

They had to choose a place less than two kilometers away from Zhaotong County, which was relatively open and flat, but there were more people coming and going, and these paratroopers were in the spotlight and landed.

These people all looked like they had big mouths, and they couldn't believe it at all, could this be the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals, how could they fall from the sky?

Song Qingquan couldn't care about these people's exclamations, he was the person in charge of this operation, as the first battle of the paratroopers, he must not fail, and he must hand over a perfect answer. But it seems that God is deliberately against him again, just when he landed, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and his parachute fluttered towards a sparse forest, and Song Qingquan's face changed.

If this is hung on a tree, it will either be dead or injured, but he has no choice but to resign himself to fate. This is the tragedy of the paratroopers, when they fall, even if they shoot with guns. There's no way you can dodge either.

Crash!

Song Qingquan's parachute hung on the branch, but fortunately it was a branch sticking out, and the height was not high, and there was a thick layer of fallen leaves below. Song Qingquan hurriedly cut the rope with a dagger and fell smoothly from the tree without any injuries at all.

However, his back was already soaked with cold sweat, and in the previous training, there were soldiers hanging on a tree branch, and as a result, his stomach was cut, and when it was time for people to go to the rescue. The intestines have flowed out.

Song Qingquan wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly ran out of the woods, at this time the others had also landed one after another, and everyone was packing up their parachutes. Don't underestimate these parachutes, they are all made of the lightest and most haode silk. Such a large piece can be cut to make several shirts. This can also be considered a kind of benefit for paratroopers.

Everyone is very quick to move. After simply packing up, the weapons on the transport plane were also thrown away, and everyone rearmed. Song Qingquan counted the number of people, a total of 240 people, a total of 227 people on the spot, and a few of them broke their feet. There were a few scrapes on his body, but they weren't serious.

But the 13 people were missing, and it was clear that some were blown away by the strong winds, and some may have deviated from the position of the skydive. There is also a possibility that it fell on the top of the cliff, but in short, it can't be found for the time being.

This loss is not unacceptable to Song Qingquan, paratroopers have always been a high-risk profession, this is still the Yunnan army is relatively ignorant, and they don't know how to prevent parachutes at all, let them land calmly, otherwise the losses will be even more amazing.

After World War II, paratroopers in various countries were like this, the process of landing was full of variables, and after landing, they would fall into encirclement, paratroopers were born surrounded, and they had to use rudimentary weapons to fight against the enemy's powerful firepower. Therefore, the paratroopers must be the most elite and tenacious fighters, able to withstand unimaginable losses. In World War II, it was not uncommon for paratroopers to lose a third, half, or even more. Their only chance of winning is to be sudden, unexpected, and this operation is a perfect interpretation of this.

For the Dian army, they could not have imagined this mode of operation in any case, in fact, it can be forgiven, how can a unit that is not even equipped with much aircraft think of airborne!

Therefore, this operation completely became a paratrooper performance, and after Song Qingquan gathered everyone, he rushed towards Zhaotong County. The whole process lasted more than half an hour, but none of the soldiers came out to stop them, and they didn't know anything about it.

After a simple firefight, Song Qingquan led people to seize the city gate, and the Dian army defending the city was all frightened and stupid, they couldn't imagine how the Wehrmacht would suddenly appear, and many soldiers simply knelt down and surrendered.

It only took two hours for Zhaotong to change hands, this is the throat road from Yunnan to Sichuan, once controlled, the Dian army into Sichuan will never think of coming back, tens of thousands of people suddenly become a kite with a broken line.

Song Qingquan hurriedly sent the good news, but after the telegram was sent, he was also a little worried, there were only more than 200 of them in total. But more than 500 captives were captured, and if these guys made trouble, they were afraid that they would be in trouble.

However, contrary to Song Qingquan's expectations, these Dian troops were obedient and obedient, and they had no intention of resisting at all, and it was only later that Song Qingquan figured out the situation, it turned out that these people regarded them as demons and did not dare to resist at all.

The Wehrmacht took Zhaotong in one fell swoop, which was like a thunderbolt that fell on the land in the southwest, and everyone's heart couldn't help but tremble.

Everyone knew that the Wehrmacht was powerful, but no one expected that it would be so powerful. Hundreds of miles away, they can actually seize important places, as if they are looking for something, this kind of army is simply a heavenly soldier, can it still compete?

Just after the news of Zhaotong's change of hands came out, Yunnan set off a monstrous wave. Although Tang Jiyao has occupied Yunnan for many years, this guy is blindly belligerent, Yunnan is already barren, and the burden on the common people is amazing.

As a result, Tang Jiyao encouraged the cultivation of opium, and the name of Yuntu was known to everyone. The Dian army even directly used opium to pay military salaries, which was used as hard currency.

However, opium cannot be eaten as food, everyone grows opium, and naturally food prices go crazy, and the people are not able to make a living. Everyone has endured Tang Jiyao to the extreme. This time the Wehrmacht suddenly arrived and became a straw that broke the camel's back.

All walks of life in Yunnan suddenly set off a wave of opposition to Tang Jiyao, and Tang Jiyao, who was still frantically retreating in Sichuan, suddenly got the news, fell to the ground at once, and almost fainted.

"Quick, get back. Back to Yunnan! ”

Tang Jiyao, who came to his senses, shouted hoarsely, he now regrets that his intestines are green, who is not good, but he competes with the Wehrmacht, and as a result, he received a solid slap, which made him spin.

The Dian army retreated in a hurry, embarrassed, like a lost dog. But the Sichuan army was extremely excited, especially Liu Xiang and others, who were trapped in the small place of Sichuan. It also seriously affected the vision of these grass kings. They could never have imagined that war could be fought like this.

No wonder Chang Yinhuai dares to say that it is a killer feature, this thing is really powerful, hundreds of miles away, say to kill the past. And he killed it. If this is used on yourself, I am afraid that this side will make love in the bed. The people over there suddenly came to their eyes. Pull you out of the covers.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang was scared from the bottom of his heart, in the past, when he was marching, he always liked to ask the fortune tellers of Zhao Shenxian, Liu Banxian, Wang Tiezui and others around him. Now listen to the opinions of these masters. But at this time, Liu Xiang has completely changed, and it is better to believe in no one than in the National Defense Army, it seems that he surrendered honestly and did not continue to do it. It's so right, or the head would be gone.

Of course, Liu Xiang didn't know that paratroopers were not so easy to use, and if they didn't do their homework in advance, it would be absolutely impossible to succeed. After Chang Yinhuai entered Sichuan, he continued to collect information on the southwest and find out all kinds of situations, otherwise there would not be the current smoothness.

The Sichuan army didn't know this, they only knew that the very brave Dian army was completely finished, and over the years, the Sichuan army had often suffered losses from the Dian army, and this time it was finally able to get it back.

These people all worked extra hard and pursued the Dian army with their lives, which made Liu Guiwu a little confused. The vigor of the tiger seems to be even more powerful than that of the Wehrmacht, and these guys are still very good at fighting against the wind.

The army quickly moved south, the Dian army disintegrated and the ice disappeared, and Huang Xiansheng and Deng Xihou took Luzhou. Directly killed from the eastern front, and cut off the way for the Dian army to retreat in the direction of Guizhou. In this way, Tang Jiyao's troops have completely become turtles in the urn.

"Tell Gu Pinzhen, let him take Zhaotong, I'll make up for it when the people are exhausted, no matter what, I can't lose the way home, I ask him!"

Tang Jiyao has always been very strong, and now he is crying when he speaks, he is really a little desperate. Gu Pinzhen, who had been in charge of the defense along the river, was also shocked when the National Defense Army occupied Zhaotong.

This is called a fatal blow, they worked hard in Sichuan, but their throats were choked all of a sudden, isn't this fatal? He didn't know how Zhaotong was lost, and he didn't know how many people came from the Wehrmacht, so he could only send someone to investigate.

After some understanding, he found that there were not many troops in Zhaotong, Gu Pinzhen finally regained a trace of courage, even if it was a heavenly soldier and a general, two fists were difficult to defeat four hands, and he still had a chance.

Gu Pinzhen immediately led a regiment of soldiers south, wanting to recapture Zhaotong. However, because he reacted a little slower, Song Qingquan's situation improved a lot.

Fortifications had been erected, and six more transport planes flew over and threw a large amount of supplies at them, including four artillery pieces, which greatly strengthened the fire of the paratroopers.

Moreover, Song Qingquan also found those captured Dian troops and lured them in every possible way, and these people also saw that Tang Jiyao couldn't hold on, so they all defected.

Song Qingquan didn't dare to put them on the front line, but just asked them to assist in auxiliary work, and they also recruited 300 people to prepare for battle.

Just after Song Qingquan was ready, Gu Pinzhen also rushed over, and the two sides quickly entered the battle. Song Qingquan personally commanded on the front line.

As a veteran, he fought against the Japanese on the Korean Peninsula, guarded the frontier on the Mongolian front, and clashed with the Russians. After going through so many things, he has been able to face various situations with great calm.

"Brothers, this is the first battle of the paratroopers, and they must only win and not lose!"

"Don't be afraid, we are born to be surrounded, so there is nothing to worry about."

In the midst of this encouragement, the Dian army was constantly killed, and their submachine guns mercilessly rained bullets on the Dian army, a density that the Dian army could not imagine at all. The charging soldiers fell one after another, and Gu Pinzhen also widened his eyes when he saw this.

Obviously, there are not many people on the other side, if you can't take it yourself, then you don't have to mess around, so Gu Pinzhen immediately organized a death squad, found out the most brave three hundred people from among his subordinates, and prepared enough opium for everyone, let these soldiers take a few puffs beautifully, and then drove them towards the Wehrmacht.

Gu Pinzhen personally set up a machine gun and acted as a supervising team, and if she wanted to retreat, there was only one way out. The death squads rushed forward one after another, and gradually they got closer and closer to the Wehrmacht positions.

After all, there are only 200 people, and it is inevitable that there will be a time when there will be a hundred secrets, and these death squads have finally got closer and closer to the position after paying huge casualties, and the two sides have started a white-edged battle.

When Gu Pinzhen saw it, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the others to rush forward, relying on the advantage of numbers, to seize the position in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, more than a dozen planes appeared in the air, quickly rushing towards the direction of the Dian army, and heavy bombs were dropped on their heads, blowing these people apart, and their parents screamed.

Gu Pinzhen was also frightened and retreated, and as a result, the 300 death squads were basically wiped out, and the paratroopers also paid the price of 37 people.

Just when Gu Pinzhen wanted to regroup and attack again, suddenly a news that made him completely collapse came again. There was turmoil in Kunming, and Tang Jiyao had been overthrown.

It turned out that Tang Jiyao had been perverse for many years, and had turned Yunnan into a powder keg, and this military defeat completely detonated his dissatisfaction, and Long Yun, who stayed in Kunming, with the support of all parties, issued a telegram, announcing that he would not recognize Tang Jiyao's status and asked the national defense forces to enter Yunnan.

Internal and external troubles completely broke out at this moment, not to mention that there were Wehrmacht blocking the way, even if they didn't get in the way, they couldn't go back. The Dian army completely collapsed, and Gu Pinzhen could only change her makeup and flee immediately.

Gu Pinzhen ran away, Tang Jiyao also fell into a heavy siege at this time, the three-way army surrounded him on the edge of the Yangtze River, Long Yun betrayed Tang Jiyao again, and under repeated blows, Tang Jiyao was in a hurry, vomiting blood and fell into the army.

Tang Jiyao fell, the largest hero in the southwest fell, the Dian army also completely collapsed, and Yuan Zuming in Guizhou also escaped from Guiyang overnight.

"Mr. Shaochuan, although these military leaders have been resolved, the chaos in the southwest has not been resolved, and after years of war, the livelihood of the people in the southwest has withered and needs to be restored urgently. I want Mr. to be the chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, I don't know if Mr. is willing? ”

"No problem, humble words, you can rest assured!" Tang Shaoyi agreed. (To be continued......)