With such a limited carrying capacity of paratroopers, I quickly thought of a series of problems......

If the vast majority of paratroopers are equipped with individual weapons plus a limited number of mortars, what if they encounter Vietnamese pillboxes? What to do if you run into an enemy tank? Even if the enemy drives an armored car up, I'm afraid that the paratroopers will be busy for a while!

To put it simply, because of the limitation of the carrying weight of the parachute, there is a big gap in the weapons and equipment of the paratroopers...... In this case, even if the individual quality of the paratroopers is very good, what can be done? The battles that can be fought are only sneak attacks, and there is often no return.

From this aspect, the rappelling is much better, the parade is not so strict on the weight requirements of individual soldiers, and if we need any equipment, we can also use the method of helicopter lifting to replenish the parachute troops, and even hoisting a Beijing jeep for the parachuting troops is not a problem.

I communicated these questions with Chen Shengde and a few staff officers, and the result was really right......

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Chen Shengde said a little helplessly: "What you said is in our hearts, this is the bitterness of our airborne troops!" It is important to know that the mission of our airborne troops is mainly aimed at important targets behind enemy lines, that is, as soon as our feet land on the ground, it is very likely that we will be surrounded by the enemy, but we are unable to carry more equipment and ammunition because of the insufficient carrying capacity of transport planes and the insufficient carrying capacity of umbrellas...... This is called how we fight! ”

What Chen Shengde said is indeed that there is a saying that "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice", and when you are a soldier to fight, you must have enough equipment and ammunition, otherwise it is tantamount to sending you to death.

"So ......," a staff officer surnamed Zhang next to Chen Shengde said, "In order to make up for the lack of equipment." We can only train our soldiers to be ruthless. I hope to make up for this gap in equipment with the quality of individual soldiers! ”

I can only smile wryly at that. There is a limit to people's ability, and this limit can only be expanded by relying on equipment and weapons, and if you simply want to win by quality without considering equipment, then after all, the table tennis ball under the table is not high.

"I also noticed a problem!" I then asked, "When the comrades were training, they still had a bag on their chests, and that was a backup umbrella, right?" ”

"Yes!" Chen Shengde nodded: "That's just in case, once the main umbrella can't be opened, this backup umbrella will play a life-saving role!" That's why we call it a lifesaver umbrella! ”

"Hmm!" I asked suspiciously: "But for what, I don't think the Soviet paratroopers have this backup umbrella on their chests!" ”

I don't know anything about parachuting. That's why I asked this sentence, but I didn't expect my question to make Chen Shengde and several of their staff officers widen their eyes.

"Battalion Commander Yang......" Chen Shengde looked at me with a look of disbelief: "Have you seen Soviet paratroopers?" When did this happen?! ”

"Hmm!" When I heard this, I realized that I had slipped my mouth.

Originally, I wanted to say some kind of excuse to fool the past, but after thinking about it...... Since the superiors can arrange for this unit to come to our base to assist us in training, then there is no need to keep it secret from them, otherwise, our base and the synthetic battalion will not have too many things to keep secret.

So he didn't think much about it, so he nodded and replied: "It's just last year, the synthetic battalion has been fighting the Soviet devils in Afghanistan for almost a year, and it has also fought with the paratroopers of the Soviet devils several times!" ”

As soon as I said this, Chen Shengde and others were even more shocked, as the Chinese Airborne Forces, of course, they knew the situation of the Soviet Airborne Forces...... They can be said to be opponents. It can even be said that he is the master of the Chinese Airborne Forces......

The Chinese Airborne Forces were formed in the 50s, when Sino-Soviet relations were close. The formation of the Chinese Airborne Forces naturally did not require the guidance of Soviet advisers. Even the transport planes Y-5 and Y-6 used by our army are imitated from the Soviet Union's An-2 and Il-14.

So it was not surprising that Chen Shengde heard that we had fought with Soviet paratroopers at this time.

After a long time, Staff Officer Zhang asked, "Let's ...... Did you win? ”

"Nonsense!" Chen Shengde scolded angrily: "If you don't win, will Camp Commander Yang say this with this tone and expression?" ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile and nodded, this Chen Shengde's observation is still quite good.

"As for the details......" I said with some embarrassment, "I can't say more!" ”

"Understood!" Chen Shengde stepped forward to me, as a soldier, and he is also an elite unit like the Airborne Forces, of course, he knows that there are some questions that cannot be asked too much.

"That's right!" Chen Shengde had a little more respect in his eyes at this time, and he explained to me: "The umbrellas of the Soviet devils are more advanced than ours, and their spare umbrellas are integrated with the main umbrella, and they are all placed in the back!" ”

"Oh!" I said, "This is very important, the Soviet devils changed it like this...... I think they can strafe ground targets with rifles in the air, while we have to hang our guns on our shoulders! ”

"Yes!" Chen Shengde agreed: "This makes our paratroopers have no defensive ability at all before landing on the ground, which makes the paratroopers quite passive, because the combat ability of the paratroopers in the process of landing is very weak, and we are like a slowly descending target in the air, which is easy to be attacked by the enemy's ground artillery fire, or the enemy's ground anti-airborne troops." If we follow the method of the Soviet umbrella, we still have at least a little force to fight back or suppress, not to mention that it can play a role in substance, at least psychologically, there will not be so much pressure. Unlike us...... In the process of descending to the ground, we only have to hang a gun on our shoulders, and the enemy only needs to take a pistol and wait for us on the ground! ”

"This must be changed by the military industry!" I say.

Hearing this, Chen Shengde couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shook my hand with gratitude on his face and said, "Battalion Commander Yang, if you can respond this problem to your superiors and improve the umbrella, then ...... But it's the great benefactor of our Airborne Forces! ”

"Camp Commander Chen doesn't have to be so polite!" I smiled and replied, "Have you forgotten?" The mission of our synthetic battalion...... It's just to test and improve various equipment and tactics, and now we're just on a mission! ”

"Yes...... Chen Shengde nodded busily, and said with a face full of shame: "Look at me...... You are all the lucky stars of our Airborne Forces, and we still had that attitude at the beginning...... We're really ......."

Looking at Chen Shengde's appearance, Zhao Jingping and I couldn't help but laugh. (To be continued......)