Chapter 44 The Eagle Descends (please vote for me!)

"... parachute the troops directly to the top of Baoshan Mountain and use airborne troops to surprise the bandits' lair!"

"Records of China's Suppression of Bandits" - The Fall of the Eagle

"impossible!"

In the office of the Chief of the Jiangsu Army Army Staff in Nanjing, a retort with deep dissatisfaction came out. To read the latest chapter of this book, please go to Baidu search: 1Novel.com

"Sir, the direct reconnaissance brigade is indeed an elite force. Every officer and soldier is selected from the best of the entire army. However, we have just completed airborne training and have never conducted airborne landings on complex terrain, let alone night airborne landings.

Leaving them in a place like that is basically asking them to die!"

Zhao Jianqiang refused the commander's order almost without thinking.

After he received the order, he was completely stunned. The order was very simple. Two of the four squadrons directly under the reconnaissance brigade were transferred to the internal affairs force. This was nothing. The Jiangsu Army and the internal affairs force were one family.

But what puzzled him was the order from the General Staff. The reason for deploying troops was to suppress bandits.

After arriving in Nanjing, he realized that it was not other bandits that were going to be suppressed. It was the bandits from Bao. The reason for choosing them was very simple. Because of the terrain, the internal affairs troops could not go up to the mountains to eliminate them, so they needed to use airborne troops.

, airborne to the top of Baoshan Mountain, which is not very spacious.

What a joke!

In his opinion, this is simply the commanders who don't understand airborne command. As the captain of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the leadership of the reconnaissance brigade, Zhao Jianqiang clearly knows that when the airborne troops appear, they look spectacular, like a goddess scattering flowers, but

After the troops parachuted, the goddess also scattered the flowers, leaving no trace at all.

The airborne landing area is only 0.5 square kilometers on the top of Baoshan Mountain. If you are going to fight there, you will simply let them fall to death. That is not suppressing bandits, that is sending them to death!

As their captain, he must be responsible for the lives of his subordinates, even if they will soon enter the internal affairs force.

"Death?"

His brows twitched slightly, and his subordinate's retort made Han Wu extremely uncomfortable. He stood up and looked directly at his subordinate.

"I need you to remember one thing. This is a direct order from the Prime Minister and the General Staff! It cannot be refuted!"

Although he understands that Zhao Jianqiang is telling the truth, it is absolutely impossible for Han Wu to let him give up the prime minister's direct order! In any case, he will achieve the prime minister's request at all costs, no matter how high the price is.

"Sir, but..."

Zhao Jianqiang wanted to argue some more, but before he could speak, his words were interrupted.

"Major Zhao, there is no excuse! This is a direct order from the Prime Minister! You are a soldier! It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders!"

His face changed, and Han Wu ordered sternly. If he refused the order again, he would order the execution of Military Order 234, order the military police to come in, send Zhao Jianqiang in front of him to prison, and then send him to a military court.

"Yes! Sir!"

As a soldier, although Zhao Jianqiang was unwilling to accept this order, he could only choose to obey it at this time, even though the cost was the life of his subordinates.

Seeing that Zhao Jianqiang chose to obey, Han Wu, who was always aware of some risks, softened his attitude and spoke softly.

"Ping Pu, last year, when you were in Qingdao, when you led the brigade to conduct reconnaissance behind enemy lines, no matter how great the sacrifices were, you never complained, why! Now let you deal with the bandits of the Qianbahao who have not received much training, you"

Where have all the "sharp sword in the army" abilities gone!"

When he was about to explain, Han Wu waved his hand, indicating that he would listen to him.

"This time is different from usual. Here, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart! This bandit, the Prime Minister must be suppressed. If not suppressed, the country's reputation, the reputation of the State Council, and the people's expectations will all be unexplainable. We as

Soldiers must fulfill their duties. It’s dangerous! I know, but soldiers..."….

As soon as he spoke, Han Wu's expression became solemn.

"A soldier's duty is to sacrifice!"

A soldier's duty is to sacrifice!

On the way to the airport after leaving the staff headquarters, Zhao Jianqiang could not calm down for a long time. This mission was not an ordinary combat mission. Like everyone else, he had been looking forward to going to Europe, even if it meant airdropping hundreds of their people into the German army.

On the rear, even if everyone died in battle, he would not regret it, and he also believed that his comrades would not regret it either, because it was a battlefield, and at that time, they died heroically on the battlefield like soldiers.

But what about the current task?

This mission may also be a combat mission, but it is completely different from airborne landing behind enemy lines, because if this order is carried out, countless people will be injured or killed because they cannot airborne to the top of the mountain. If too few officers and soldiers successfully airborne to the top of the mountain, it is very likely that

leading to failure of action.

This task... is difficult! With a long sigh, Zhao Jianqiang's face was full of sadness at this time, and he was thinking in his mind about how to successfully carry out this task. Of course, the more important thing is to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Airborne landing is difficult to say, but easy to say. According to Zhao Jianqiang, parachuting is not a very complicated technology. Just like the parachuting officer of the aviation team who originally trained them to parachute said,

"Just close your eyes and jump down."

But this is just a joke.

According to the scale of the airborne training subjects, before parachuting, paratroopers must perform hundreds of tower descents. The so-called tower descent is to use a skydiving tower. This kind of skydiving tower is a tower-shaped building used for training skydiving, with a height of 70 meters. The upper part of the tower

There are four cantilever jumping platforms. The skydivers first tie their parachutes to the big grappling hooks, and then the grappling hooks rise. After reaching a certain height, they are suddenly released, and the skydivers float down. This is considered one of the basic skills. This kind of

Tower jumping training is mainly used to overcome the fear of heights and master the preliminary landing method.

Then the airborne landing will be carried out, but... this time the mission is not as simple as closing your eyes and jumping down. The terrain, what will be the result of airborne landing on such terrain?

"Captain, if you airborne in such terrain at night, you will basically let this guy... die!"

Looking at the terrain sand table, Zhou Qin, who had been transferred to the position of "Captain of the Special Commando Team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", the former deputy captain of the reconnaissance brigade, shook his head and sighed. This kind of terrain is simply a desert for military strategists.

If you can't attack from the bottom of the mountain, if you drop from the air, just a gust of night wind can make at least one-third of the soldiers miss the top of the mountain and float to other places. And then, what will be the result waiting for them?

Either hanging on a cliff or hitting a mountain wall, Zhou Qin could see that extremely tragic scene if he closed his eyes.

But...the mission was assigned by the Prime Minister, and they were personally ordered by the Prime Minister. This is an honor! No one doubts this, but the price is too high. If it were changed to another place suitable for airborne landing, he would return it

He didn't even blink, he was even excited about it, but this terrain...

While Zhou Qin was praying secretly for his brothers, with a somewhat solemn look on his face, Zhao Jianqiang was staring at the top of the mountain, staring at the top of the mountain, standing motionless by the sand table.

"Land in a glider!"

After thinking for tens of seconds, Zhao Jianqiang suddenly made a suggestion.

Glider, long before the Wright brothers invented the powered aircraft, some pioneers had already tried to fly with flapping wings similar to the structure of bird wings. Although from today's perspective, this almost suicidal method seems stupid,

But it was these adventures that created the history of human aviation. In 1891, the famous German aeronautical scientist Otto Lilienthal (hal) built the world's first fixed-wing glider, and in the next five years he successively designed and

It manufactured 5 types of monoplane gliders and 2 types of biplane gliders. On August 9, 1896, Lilienthal unfortunately fell during a glider flight test. His last words before his death were "Someone must sacrifice for this."

.It was Lilienthal’s glider experiment that laid the foundation for the later invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers. He was later revered as the “Father of the Glider.” Lilienthal made people realize that even without an engine, relying only on wind and gravity can

Able to fly….

The reconnaissance brigade is no stranger to gliders. In fact, in the Blue Sky Aviation Club of Lianyungang and the Dehua University Aviation Club, glider learning and training account for a considerable proportion. Compared with aircraft that require power to fly, gliders

You only need to be towed by a car to fly, and the training cost is extremely low. In order to develop civil aviation, as many pilots as possible are trained. With the aviation craze after the "Jiao-ao conflict", glider training began to spread from clubs to the private sector.

Along the Longhai Railway, glider training became one of the compulsory subjects for every senior high school. As a result, almost every boy in the senior high school along the Longhai Railway at that time had certain glider flying skills, and later

spread to the entire Jiangsu.

In the eyes of most people, ordinary civilian gliders are just "simple tools for students to master some flight theories." However, some people still see the potential military uses of gliders. A joint service officer of the Jiangsu Army Staff Department,

After observing the glider flight conducted by Nanjing No. 3 Senior High School, they realized that this kind of glider could not only transport soldiers directly to combat locations, but also transport ammunition and supplies to isolated troops, which had extremely high military value.

.Therefore, it attracted the attention of the General Staff.

Moreover, in the process of studying airborne force operations, faced with the reality that airborne troops cannot carry heavy weapons, someone proposed to develop a large glider to transport various heavy equipment including artillery and its ammunition. During an exercise in June

During the exercise, the reconnaissance brigade used transportation to carry 150 paratroopers for airborne landings. After occupying the landing site, several gliders carrying mountain artillery, ammunition and supplies landed one after another to provide support for the airborne troops. The entire airborne exercise gave the staff

The officers were extremely impressed.

Now, facing the reality that he could not directly airborne on the mountain, after thinking for a long time, Zhao Jianqiang's mind came to the glider that transported mountain guns, ammunition and other supplies during that experimental airborne exercise.

"Now that we can use gliders to transport weapons, we can use gliders to send soldiers to the top of the mountain!"

Saying this, Zhao Jianqiang's mind came up with the idea of ​​directly using gliders to transport combat troops for assault airdrops. This is a brand new tactic that has never been tried before. Although the reconnaissance brigade is also unfamiliar,

Compared to airborne, it is undoubtedly simpler.

"The landing of a glider only takes a few tens of meters. Each glider can carry 8 soldiers. As long as thirty gliders are needed, 240 soldiers can be transported!"

When Zhao Jianqiang mentioned gliders transporting combat troops, Zhou Qin took a ruler and measured it on the sand table. At the same time, he looked at the reconnaissance photos of the top of the mountain. The distance and terrain were very suitable.

"Captain..."

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Qin realized a problem.

"We don't have enough heavy gliders and we don't have enough pilots"

"Ask the staff for the glider. As for the pilot, let the staff coordinate with the aviation team. If it's not enough, let them recruit glider instructors from the school."

Zhao Jianqiang has already thought of a solution to the problem mentioned by Zhou Qin. The aircraft can be newly built, and instructors are not a problem. After various middle schools began to promote glider training, Jiangsu has a large number of skilled glider pilots, at least hundreds of them.

, and there are still some people in the aviation team, which only requires 60 pilots.

"... After many tests, it was concluded that when raiding a tactical target with a small range, using a glider to carry out an airborne landing has greater advantages than using a parachute to carry out a parachute. When using the parachute method, the paratroopers will fly from the air

It takes a long time to slowly fall to the ground. It is in a passive state and can easily cause casualties. Even if it lands safely, it will be difficult to quickly gather combat effectiveness because the landing locations are scattered. In addition, the paratroopers must remove the parachute, which is easy to

It will delay the fighter opportunity and greatly reduce the effectiveness of the raid."….
To be continued...