Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 65: Paratroopers

Take off the thick early paratrooper boots, Colonel Bruno Braver sat on the lawn by the runway, stretched out his sore legs, and happily moved a cluster of white next to his thighs with the pointer in his hand. Nameless florets. Baidu search Geli Literature Network.

"Our soldiers are all good. The morale of the first battalion is very strong now, waiting for the order to go, Colonel." Battalion commander Eric Wal of the 1st Battalion of the First Parachute Regiment of the Seventh Aviation Division Captain Te squatted aside, nodding his head while watching the paratroopers who were dragging the parachutes and parachuting on the lawn.

"There is no need to carry a parachute when the glider is landing, and the assembly speed will be faster. The main thing depends on the wind and visibility of the day. I hope the command will choose a good landing place for us." Walter sat down. Then, he took out a cigarette case from the shoulder pocket of the paratrooper uniform.

"Can you sir?"

"Give me one, Captain." Colonel Bravor drew a cigarette from the cigarette case, and Walter took out the lighter and lit it on fire.

"The command department has given us a lot of support, and everyone is staring at us now." Bravor lit his cigarette and took a sip, he smacked his mouth, and spit out a few pieces of smoke.

"Turkish smoke? It's too powerful."

"Sorry, Colonel, I like this. It's refreshing." Walter spit out a puff of smoke, shook the cigarette between his fingers, and replied with a smile. "

"Young people, I just like stimulating things." Bravo looked at the cigarette **** in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and tried to take another breath.

"The head of state has been very researching on the use of paratroopers. This time at the regular meeting of the headquarters, the head of state put forward many very constructive and practical suggestions, which benefited a few of us paratrooper commanders. Cough, no, I still can't stand this." Bravo frowned and put out his cigarette on the grass beside him.

"I'm very sorry. Colonel, would you like some water." Walter hurriedly threw away his cigarette **** and prepared to pick the kettle from his waist. Bravo waved his hand to indicate that he was okay.

"Paratroopers are destined to be surrounded by nature. That was what the Führer said at the time. This is the most concise and thorough explanation of the nature of paratrooper operations that I have heard. Paratroopers want to go deep behind the enemy and are defenseless by the enemy. Under the circumstances, a fatal blow to the weak position of the enemy’s defense. We did a good job in Eben Omar, but we almost broke it in the Netherlands. This time the second battalion was replaced with new umbrellas and they will be the first The troops first parachuted behind the enemy lines. Your first battalion has no emotions about it." Bravor pulled the paratrooper boots beside him and patted it upside down. Then put it on the feet.

"Why not? The first battalion participated in all the parachute operations, and it was the most tenacious in previous operations. I hope the command can think about it again." Walter passed the colonel to the side. Military cap.

"Captain, you and your soldiers must understand that the soldier's duty is to obey orders. The first battalion uses gliders to land. This is a plan made by the command and an order of the head of state. It cannot be changed." Bravo Er said harshly. Then looking at the captain who bowed his head silently, his eyes touched the Knight's Iron Cross hanging between the opponent's collar. The colonel eased a little.

"You must have an overall view, Captain. The head of state, like the command department, attaches great importance to the landing operations of the first battalion. The actions of you and the second battalion will directly affect the follow-up development of the landing operations, otherwise the commander The Ministry will not provide you with so many special equipment and new gliders. Okay. The fleet of the second battalion is here, let’s go over and take a look."

There was a faint engine noise from the horizon, and it turned into a buzzing roar like a swarm of bees, deafening. The Junker fleet lined up in two diagonal columns, slowly and steadily flying across the airport from an altitude of 700 meters, black dots falling from the tail of the aircraft, and instantly turned into white scattered flowers, gray-green. The figure hangs under the umbrella, and the parachute group is like a bunch of dandelions falling in the wind.

Bravor brought his first battalion commander and two adjutants into the parachute landing area. A paratrooper landed in front of them. The touchdown was very standard. The paratrooper made a sharp turn over immediately. I stood up and began to pull the parachute rope forcefully. It was necessary to prevent the main parachute from being blown up again by the strong wind blowing on the lawn, otherwise it would become a big kite dragging paratroopers all over the floor.

"Hi, boy! How do you feel?" The colonel and captain stepped forward to help the young paratrooper pull the parachute rope.

"Sir!" The young private hurriedly stopped his work and saluted the two officers.

"Remove the umbrella bag, kid." Bravor returned a military salute, then pointed at the spare umbrella bag on the soldier's chest with his pointer.

"Yes, sir!" The soldier hurriedly lowered his head, opened the chest umbrella bag, pressed the quick-release lock of the chest strap, and the whole set of umbrellas quickly broke away from the body and fell to the ground.

"This is the Type 40 parachute. It is the most advanced parachute developed by the head of state himself. Compared with this parachute, the rz parachute we used before is only suitable for airdrop supplies." Bravo He raised the umbrella on the ground and spoke to Walter.

"How does it feel to use it, I am not used to it." Bravo asked to the paratrooper.

"It feels very good, sir. Very used to it, sir." the young paratrooper said loudly.

At this time, the paratroopers who landed have been assembled in accordance with the squads. Seeing the officers here, the paratroopers quickly gathered with their equipment.

"The tethering cable of the previous bz parachute was tied to the waist. I don’t know the starting point of this design that puts the suspension point and the center of gravity on the waist, but you and I have already used it. Many times, the advantages and disadvantages of this parachute must have been realized. Its advantage is that the parachute can be opened very quickly during airdrop, the airborne height can be very low, and the air attitude is relatively stable. But the disadvantages are also very significant. , It’s completely uncontrollable in the air. Soldiers can barely change their direction only by changing their posture. When there is wind in the air or the position of the airdrop is shifted, they can only drift with the flow and resign themselves to where they are.

So in order to reduce the landing area as much as possible and place the airborne troops within the reach of each other, we can only reduce the airborne altitude and reduce the parachute time, but this obviously increases the risk of ground fire attack. At the same time, it also poses a threat to the safety of paratroopers. We have encountered many similar accidents. In the Netherlands, most of our transport aircraft losses come from the air defense firepower of light weapons on the ground. Bravor handed the umbrella bag back to the paratrooper. Then he pulled another paratrooper who was still carrying an umbrella.

"This new type of umbrella has moved the suspension point to the shoulder, and the two straps are each suspended half of the umbrella rope. As long as we pull the straps, we can change the shape of the umbrella body and change the flow of the umbrella. The speed of the airflow changes the direction of the parachute. If the weather conditions are good, a trained paratrooper can land exactly where he wants to land. What does this mean.” The colonel turned his face to look at the surrounding paratroopers.

"It means that we can better control our landing position and reduce the landing area. We can assemble faster, attack the enemy, and hit them by surprise. Sir!" a paratrooper sergeant shouted Answered.

"Very good, sergeant. As users, you have the most say. Can you tell us the impact this new paratrooper can have on paratrooper operations?"

"Compared with the previous airborne, after using this parachute, we can carry more weapons with us. Don't worry about not finding the airdrop weapon box after landing." A soldier replied loudly.

"Huh? Are you all parachuting with weapons?" Walter noticed that these paratroopers were all carrying weapons. But they only dragged a few airdrop weapon storage boxes. According to the standard of three storage boxes for every twelve paratroopers, this number is completely insufficient.

"Because the umbrella has changed. So the landing posture has also changed. Before, our rz umbrella was hung around the waist. The landing speed is fast, so you must roll forward and slow down when landing. Carrying long weapons will definitely cause human injury. . So our paratroopers can only carry short weapons such as pistols and grenades to airborne. When facing a heavily armed enemy after landing, it is no different from bare hands.

Now this kind of umbrella allows the soldier to land with a stable center of gravity. You can leap forward or backward, but you will never roll. So as long as the overall weight is controlled, the soldier can carry all infantry light weapons. Airborne, you can even shoot on the ground from the air. We are no longer the same as before, letting the enemy attack without fighting back until we find the weapon drop box. "Bravall pulled a paratrooper, patted his mp40 submachine gun hanging on his chest and said with a smile.

"We brought grenades, submachine guns, machine guns, and Mauser automatic pistols, a base ammunition. The free storage boxes we can put in more ammunition and heavy weapons, radio stations, and food. Not only can You can go into battle as soon as you land, and it can last longer than before, and the firepower is more powerful." At this time, the commander of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion, Major Fritz Parag, carried a submachine gun and pushed away from the crowd. Come here.

"The whole company lined up in squads, and moved quickly." The major gave orders to the paratroopers gathered in a group. The soldiers pushed and shoved and quickly formed a neat square.

"Sir." He carried the mp40 on his shoulders, and then stood up and saluted to Bravor.

"Major, your soldiers have a very deep understanding of the new equipment. I watched your parachuting. The range is very small. This is the first few training sessions. Have you encountered any problems in the process."

"After the refurbishment in Berlin, we trained along the way. We had to parachute down an average of six times a week. We only encountered two open parachute accidents. However, because this parachute has a spare parachute, No casualties were caused.” Parag unlocked the lock of his lower jaw and took off the paratrooper helmet from his head.

"In addition, because this kind of umbrella is first led out by a traction cable, and then the main umbrella is pulled out, unlike the rz we used before, the main umbrella and umbrella rope are directly pulled out from the back umbrella bag , So there will be basically no accidents of paratroopers being entangled with parachute ropes. The safety of this parachute is my most satisfied part. I no longer have to worry about my elite soldiers falling to death in front of my eyes." He took the military cap handed over by the adjutant and put it on his head.

"In addition, this time we got a lot of new toys from Berlin." The major snapped his fingers at a subordinate, and a strong paratrooper carried a weapon box and stepped forward and stood out of the queue.

"Sergeant Andrew, open the box." The major gave the order, and the big guy put down the metal box, unlocked the two locks on the side of the box, and opened the lid.

"What's this?" Bravo looked at the contents of the box suspiciously, a long metal tube with a big olive head in front. "This is Krupp's masterpiece. The genius of the head of state and the unparalleled German military technology have created this kind of weapon that is tailor-made for us paratroopers. The head of state gave this weapon a name, called it panzerfaust armor fist, and we gave it a more apt name, iron fist." Palag raised his chin and showed his intention to Sergeant Rudolph. The strong paratrooper sergeant took the iron fist from the box and held it diagonally. Chest.

"This is a single-soldier anti-tank rocket launcher. It weighs 68 kg. It can be operated and used by one person. A paratrooper can carry a parachutist with him, or it can be parachuted in a weapon storage box. We have tested it, a strong paratrooper In addition to personal weapons, you can carry two more weapons of this kind, which can completely march and maneuver with the group. If you use a wheeled airdrop storage box, you can carry more." Major Parag took the iron fist from Rudolph. , Walked in front of the paratrooper captain.

"Let me see." Colonel Bravor took the anti-tank rocket launcher from the major.

"Anti-tank, can it destroy the tank?"

"Of course, sir, we have conducted live ammunition training many times. This weapon is very powerful. It has a range of 100 meters and can penetrate two hundred millimeters of vertical armor plates. That is, we can use it to destroy All known British tanks." Major Parag said triumphantly.

"I have not obtained any information about this weapon. It should have been distributed to you directly by the Equipment Department of the Command Headquarters, perhaps for confidentiality. Now many British spies have been caught. This kind of bazooka is given to you in Berlin. How many do you have?" Bravor took the bazooka and looked up and down, then handed it to Walter beside him.

"Four hundred and two hundred practice rounds are being transported along with the battalion vehicles and will be able to reach the base tonight. We have already used up 120 practice rounds. Everyone can use this weapon correctly, and each class is equipped with two shooters who have been fired."

"Very well, for us paratroopers, the biggest threat is the enemy tanks. As long as the enemy tanks are destroyed, the incompetent British infantry will be vulnerable to our brave boys." Bravo Colonel Err smiled and patted the major on the shoulder~IndoMTL.com~Now let’s go here first, let’s look back on the other new toys, order the soldiers to disband, and the battalion officer will take them to the new dormitory and let the young man Let's take a shower first, the kitchen in the regiment is ready for a hot lunch. "

"Yes, sir!" After saluting the colonel, Parag turned to the paratroopers and ordered: "Everyone pack up their umbrellas and weapons, go to the plane and take their luggage, and then the camp officer will allocate the barracks. You can take a shower first, and then go to the restaurant for lunch. The head of the group has prepared a delicious hot meal for you. This afternoon, the company has a rest. You are free to move around. Now listen to my order! Stand at attention! Disband! The company commander stays. ."

The paratroopers immediately rushed towards the Junker transport plane that was parked on the apron, carrying supplies and umbrella bags.

"Come with me, Major! The road is going well this time. I haven't been back since the war started. Tell me about Berlin. How is it now?" Bravo held the root in his hand. The pointer led his two battalion commanders and adjutants toward the base barracks near the airport.

A group of Junkers overhead slowly circled the runway, and the aunts were waiting in line to land. (To be continued. (.))

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