A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that has no power unit and is heavier than the air. It can be towed by an airplane to take off, or it can be towed by a winch or car. More elementary ones can also slide down a high slope into the air. In calm conditions,
In this case, the glider relies on its own gravity to obtain forward momentum during the glide flight. This unpowered glide flight with loss of altitude is called gliding.
For airborne troops, the role of gliders is to forcibly land heavy weapons, personnel and supplies onto the battlefield behind enemy lines without an airport.
At this time, more than two hundred large gliders flew with the towing aircraft to a place more than 60 kilometers away from Taoyuan. As the towing aircraft released the hook, the gliders finally broke free and flew in the free sky. The glider group passed through the darkness
The pilot glider was gliding smoothly towards the predetermined target in the night sky. At this time, the co-pilot suddenly opened the front cabin door, and a stream of icy air rushed in. The pilot glider entered a horizontal state after diving and then made a ninety-degree turn to the left.
. Staring at the dawn sky outside the cabin, Major Wang Yilong, who commanded twenty-three gliders to seize the Daling railway bridge, suddenly caught a glimpse of the faintly flashing strip of Daling and the crucial railway bridge over the river. He
He violently pulled the glider upwards.
The huge glider fuselage began to dive downwards in an instant. He only felt that the surrounding world was passing rapidly from the corner of his eyes. The glider quickly slid from an altitude of one thousand meters to three hundred meters in a short period of time.
At low altitude, the sharp glide speed made the soldiers in the glider cabin feel dizzy. Looking out the window, the rice fields and trees below the ridge were moving rapidly backward at a speed of nearly one hundred kilometers per hour.
"Everyone, hold on tight!" Wang Yilong turned his head and shouted back. The paratroopers in the glider cabin held their arms one by one and lifted their legs off the ground. They were nervously waiting for God's judgment. After all, there are dangers in making an emergency landing with a glider.
There is a certain risk. If the plane accidentally hits a big rock when making an emergency landing, then everyone in the glider may be destroyed.
At one end of the Daling Iron Bridge, Captain Daiki Ueda, the leader of the Japanese garrison squadron, was looking nervously toward the beach with more than a hundred soldiers. The rumbling sound of artillery that had just sounded told them everything.
When Ueda Daiki saw the glider suddenly appearing in the sky, Ueda Daiki rubbed his eyes in surprise and looked at a black spot that was slowly getting bigger in the sky. When the black spot got closer and closer, he finally saw it clearly.
It turned out that this was an airplane, but what puzzled him was how it could make no sound when flying. Could it be that the Chinese have developed an aircraft that can fly into the sky without an engine?
Immediately afterwards, more than twenty aircraft appeared in the eyes of the Japanese garrison team on the iron bridge. They quietly and lightly glided down to the ground. Ueda Daiki looked carefully and saw that their direction was not far away.
That rice field.
In desperation, Daiki Ueda climbed out of his command knife and pointed in the direction of the rice field, shouting loudly: "No, the Chinese are about to make an emergency landing. The first team and the second team hurried over to eliminate them and give them sudden death."
At this time, the first glider had landed on the ground. It made a huge impact when it touched the ground. The glider kept gliding in the muddy rice fields, picking up a lot of mud as if it were plowing, until it slid
After traveling dozens of meters, he stopped and his twisted head plunged into the rice field.
The glider made an emergency landing not far from the railway bridge. Two Japanese squadrons quickly arrived nearby, but before they could open fire, a group of soldiers wearing colorful combat uniforms poured out of the glider. The weapons in their hands
Submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles spurted out fierce tongues of fire at the Japanese army, and countless bullets poured out towards the Japanese army. The 38-guns in the hands of the Japanese army had no time to take advantage of their long range and high accuracy, so the paratroopers
After rushing to the front, leaving dozens of corpses behind, the two Japanese squads fled back to the iron bridge in embarrassment.
"No, the Chinese people's attack is very fierce. Everyone, hurry up and hold your position." Ueda Daiki secretly complained in his heart. He didn't expect that the opponent's attack was so sharp. The Japanese Imperial Army, which usually seemed to be brave and incomparable, actually came and couldn't stand it.
Unable to hold on, the two squadrons lost more than 70 people in less than ten minutes, which meant that the squadron had already lost half of its strength.
Looking at the dead and injured soldiers in front of him, Ueda Daiki almost cried. What the hell is this? Half of them were dead and wounded just after meeting them. Are those Chinese people just like in their myths?
Heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals cannot be made, but finally Tian Dahui understood that now was not the time to lament these things. He commanded the remaining 90 or so Japanese troops to quickly enter the preset position. Three Type 92 heavy machine guns and six crooked handles suddenly
It started to roar, and bullets were fired towards the glider that was making an emergency landing in front of it.
"Hurry, hurry up, bring out the armored vehicles. The Japs' firepower is very fierce. Everyone must be careful." Wang Yilong lay down in the paddy field, ignoring the mud on his face and yelling at the back. After a while, a "grasshopper" came out.
The infantry fighting vehicle slowly drove out from the glider and drove slowly across the paddy field towards the Japanese army position. With the roar of the infantry fighting vehicle engine, the metal tracks brought out the muddy water in the paddy field.
"Everyone, follow behind the infantry fighting vehicle. The battle must be resolved as soon as possible to occupy the railway bridge." Under the command of Wang Yilong, more than 30 paratroopers bent forward and slowly followed the infantry fighting vehicle forward.
Although the heavy machine gun bullets of the Japanese army hit the tank with a "dang-dang" sound, although the firepower exerted by the Japanese army in desperation was not bad, it was not the style of paratroopers to just be beaten.
"Pass"
The 40mm-caliber rapid-fire cannon mounted on the infantry fighting vehicle was pointed at the Japanese heavy machine gun position. In a burst of fire, a Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun flew into the air with the gun and a man attached.
"Xiao Liuzi, has the mortar been unloaded?"
"The camp base has been dismantled, and Huzi and the others are setting up cannons."
"Tell them to hurry up. I only give them two minutes. In two minutes, I will see the cannonball fall on the kid's forehead." Wang Yilong's tone was urgent. Now their entire battalion of nearly 600 people had made an emergency landing on the Japanese army's front.
On the territory, Japanese reinforcements will arrive at any time. If they cannot deal with the Japanese army in front of them as soon as possible, they will only die when they are attacked from both sides.
"Dong dong dong"
At this time, three dull gunshots sounded behind Wang Yilong. It turned out that the mortar behind finally showed its power, and this was not an ordinary light mortar, but a heavy mortar with a caliber of 120 mm.
.When the 120-caliber artillery shells fell on the Japanese army's position and killed their commander Daiki Ueda, the Japanese army, which was still desperately defending, finally couldn't help but collapse.
They began to retreat slowly towards the back under the leadership of a squad leader. Unfortunately, although the squad leader's ideas were full of ideas, the reality was very skinny. He had never fought against armored troops and did not understand that he wanted to rely on them.
How stupid it is to run away with two legs in front of an armored vehicle that has the advantage of firepower and armor. In the end, the remaining thirty or so Japanese soldiers were unable to escape and were eliminated under the pursuit of three infantry fighting vehicles.
Got it all clean.
"Jump, jump, jump, jump to the land of Taiwan." At various airborne landing points in Taiwan, umbrella flowers opened in mid-air, and the teams of more than 40,000 people from two airborne divisions dispersed in more than an hour.
In this land that has fascinated countless Chinese people.
Wang Yilong's advance battalion occupied the Daling Railway Bridge in less than half an hour. This was also the first place occupied by the Chinese army after setting foot on Taiwan's territory.
Less than two miles away from the Daling Railway Bridge is Daling Town, where more than a thousand residents live, most of whom are farmers and fishermen who make a living by farming and fishing. I heard "
With the sound of gunfire and gunfire, the residents closed the doors of their homes tightly and did not dare to show their heads. It was not until the sky began to turn white that a few bold residents occasionally sneaked out of their homes to observe the situation.
.
At this time, there was a "rumbling" sound in the distance, and a group of armored vehicles came from the direction of Daling Railway Bridge. The long convoy did not stop at Daling Town but drove straight towards Taoyuan.
As the long armored convoy drove away, more and more soldiers came behind. They jumped off the large trucks and started searching in the town in groups of three to ensure that there were no Japanese troops here.
The remnants are left here to cause trouble for the follow-up troops.
At this time, a window in a two-story building suddenly opened. Several soldiers who noticed this situation pointed their guns at the window. If the command had not issued a strict order before the war not to destroy domestic buildings indiscriminately, I would be afraid.
Bursts of bullets and grenades had long since flown past.
Soon, a red flag with a clear sky and white sun slowly stretched out and hung on the window. Although the flag was extremely crudely sewn, it was not enough to make people misunderstand it as some other flag. See
Several soldiers under this flag looked at each other and smiled, slowly put away their guns, and shouted to the people upstairs with a smile: "Compatriots, we are the Chinese National Defense Forces. We are here to recover Taiwan. The Japanese have been killed by us, so there is no need for you."
If you’re afraid, come out.”
"Fellow compatriots, please come out. This place has been restored. Please come out."
With the shouting, more and more doors were opened and heads poked out of the house.
An intermediary came out of the house and looked at the surrounding soldiers with a confused expression. They were all tall and wearing dark green clothes and black high-top leather boots. The weapons they held in their hands looked like
They also look very sophisticated. Although middle-aged people don't know how to evaluate the quality of the opponent's weapons, from the appearance point of view, these weapons are stronger than the rifles that look like bamboo poles in the hands of the Japanese.
"You, are you really an army from the mainland?" the middle-aged man looked at each other and asked in disbelief.
"Yes, fellow citizens, we are the airborne troops of the Chinese National Defense Force, and you have been liberated," a soldier said to the middle-aged man with a smile.
"Ah, it turns out that the military master is here, the military master from the imperial court is calling." The middle-aged man was very excited. When he trembled and wanted to salute the soldier, he was stopped by the soldier who couldn't laugh or cry.
"Uncle, we are not military lords of the imperial court. We are the National Defense Forces of the Chinese People's Government. We are not military lords. Make no mistake." The soldier spoke fluently in Beijing while helping him to stand up.
middle-aged people.
The middle-aged man patted his head and suddenly realized: "Oh, oh, yes, you see, I am really stupid. I heard on the radio a few days ago that the mainland was called the National Defense Force, but the name has been changed.
My name is Jun Ye."
"Uncle, we are not changing our name. We were originally called the National Defense Forces. We are not the soldiers of the decadent Manchu Qing court." The young soldier re-explained a little dumbfounded, which made the Chinese who seemed to understand but not understand
Nian closed his mouth.
At this time, an old man in his seventies who was leaning tremblingly on crutches slowly walked over. He slowly walked up to the soldiers and looked at them carefully, and then listened to the fluent Beijing films of the soldiers in front of him.
Unable to hold back tears, he knelt down and faced the west and shouted loudly: "The sky has eyes, the army of the imperial court has finally come over, our Chinese army has finally come over, we no longer have to look at the faces of the Japanese to survive."
"
The old man's words obviously aroused the thoughts of everyone in the town. At this time, dozens of families had opened their doors and walked out. After hearing the old man's words, their expressions were complicated. After all, they were ruled by the Japanese for forty-eight years.
Years later, when I suddenly heard the news that the town had been recovered, I still felt a little unbelievable in my heart.
After a while, I don’t know who took the lead in cheering, “Long live China and long live the National Defense Force.”
Just as the leading troops of the airborne troops were heading towards the mainland of Taiwan, batches of landing craft were also swarming towards the beach. Sitting in the landing craft, Zhang Yanbo felt a stream of liquid pouring out of his stomach.
Throat, but when he saw the pale-faced recruits sitting next to him, he gritted his teeth and endured it.
It is no fun to charge to the beach in a small landing craft. Although these flat-bottomed landing craft can carry more people and supplies, they are also correspondingly more bumpy. Now the whole landing craft is filled with a fermentation
The sour smell of old vomit filled the air, making people feel nauseated. What Zhang Yanbo wanted to do most at this time was to stand up and stick his head out from the side of the ship to breathe fresh air, but when he thought of the navy and land
There were clear rules for the team to board the landing craft, so he had no choice but to return to his position angrily. After all, he was now a sergeant squad leader, and he was not a new recruit who didn't know anything before. If he did this, he would be scolded by the platoon leader.
It was really boring to sit in the landing craft, surrounded by thick steel plates and unable to see anything in the front. Just when Zhang Yanbo was becoming more and more unbearable, the landing craft under his feet shook.
The violent shaking stopped immediately, and it turned out that the landing craft had landed.
Soon the tall baffle in front was quickly lowered, revealing the beach in front. Zhang Yanbo ripped off the plastic case that the Type 56 rifle in his hand had wrapped for waterproofing and shouted loudly: "
Everyone, please take off the holsters of your guns and remember to point the muzzle upward to prevent sand from getting into the barrel. Come on, everyone, follow me."
"Go ahead"
Dozens of soldiers in the landing craft followed the soldiers in front and rushed out of the landing craft towards the beach. At this time, the huge craters on the beach also shook them hard. Obviously, this was a kind of
The craters must have been left by those large-caliber naval guns. The soldiers were very confident that the defenders here must have been blown to powder under such fierce artillery fire.
At this time, the entire beach was full of Marine Corps soldiers. Above their heads were fighter planes passing by at low altitude. These were "Dauntless" dive bombers and F6F "Hellcats" belonging to the aircraft carrier fleet.
Fighters, they firmly control the sky above the beach. Once they find resistance to fire on the ground, they are waiting for a series of ruthless strikes from the soldiers on the ground.
Zhang Yanbo took the lead and ran desperately on the beach, followed by more than a dozen of his brothers. Zhang Yanbo ran for a while and found that he did not receive any fire resistance. This made him, the newly promoted squad leader, very sad.
It was a bit depressing. I thought back when he was a new recruit and followed the veterans to attack Sakhalin Island, the Japanese's firepower was so fierce. More than 20 of their company were killed and wounded when they were rushing to the beach. Now it's better.
The entire beach was filled with silence except for the sounds they made.
"Boss, why is it so quiet on the beach? Maybe the kid has escaped," a soldier said panting while running beside Zhang Yanbo.
"How do I know? I'll know if I rush to the front and take a look anyway. Why are you so close to me? Are you tired of living and want to be a target for the little devil?" Zhang Yanbo didn't want to refute his face in front of his subordinates, so he had to take out the monitor
He taught the superior soldier a lesson with his posture.
When Zhang Yanbo and other marines rushed through the barbed wire twisted like wooden flowers and rushed to the trenches behind the beach, they finally knew why they were not resisted by the Japanese army. In addition to scattered people in these trenches,
In addition to the corpse fragments, there were more Japanese soldiers lying in the tunnel with bleeding ears and noses. Not only the trenches, but also many corpses in the bunkers all looked like this.
Next to them are craters as big as ponds. Needless to say, this must be a good thing caused by the main gun on the battleship "Zhenyuan". Only its two-ton shells can produce such an astonishing effect.
, the defenders on the beach were all beaten to death by these giant cannonballs.