With the limited carrying capacity of paratroopers, I quickly thought of a series of problems...
If most of the paratroopers' equipment is individual weapons and a few limited mortars, what should they do if they encounter a Vietnamese bunker? What should they do if they encounter an enemy tank? Even if the enemy drives an armored vehicle, I'm afraid
It will keep the paratroopers busy for a while!
To put it simply, due to the limitation of the weight of the parachute, there is a big gap in the weapons and equipment of the paratroopers... In this case, even if the individual qualities of the paratroopers are very good, so what? The battles that can be carried out are only
Sneak attacks, and often never come back.
From this aspect, rappelling is much better. The weight requirement for individual soldiers is not so strict. Moreover, if we need any equipment, we can also use helicopter hoisting to supplement the rappelling troops, or even to supplement the rappelling troops.
It is not a problem for the troops to lift a Beijing jeep.
I discussed these questions with Chen Shengde and several staff members, and the result was that I was right...
"Captain Yang!" Chen Shengde said helplessly: "What you said speaks to our hearts. This is the suffering of our airborne troops! You must know that the mission of our airborne troops is mainly aimed at important targets behind enemy lines.
That is to say, we are likely to be surrounded by enemies as soon as our feet hit the ground, but we are unable to carry more equipment and ammunition due to insufficient load capacity of the transport aircraft, insufficient carrying capacity of the parachute, etc... What do we do?
Let’s fight!”
What Chen Shengde said is indeed true. There is a saying that "it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice." When a soldier fights, he must have enough equipment and ammunition, otherwise it is tantamount to dying.
"So..." a staff officer named Zhang next to Chen Shengde continued: "In order to make up for the lack of equipment, we can only train our soldiers harder, hoping to use the quality of individual soldiers to make up for this gap in equipment!
"
I can only smile bitterly at this. People's abilities are limited. This limit can only be expanded by relying on equipment and weapons. If you simply want to win by quality without considering equipment, then you will still be jumping ping pong balls under the table.
Not high.
"I also noticed a problem!" I then asked: "When comrades are training, there is a bag on the chest. Is that a backup umbrella?"
"Yes!" Chen Shengde nodded: "That's just in case. Once the main parachute cannot be opened, this backup parachute will play a life-saving role! So we also call it a life-saving parachute!"
"Well!" I asked in confusion: "But why do I see that no Soviet paratroopers have this backup parachute on their chests?"
I knew nothing about airborne, so I asked this question. Unexpectedly, my question made Chen Shengde and several of their staff members widen their eyes.
"Battle Commander Yang..." Chen Shengde looked at me with disbelief: "Have you ever seen Soviet paratroopers? When did this happen?!"
"Uh!" I realized that I had slipped up after hearing this.
I originally wanted to make some excuse to fool them, but then I thought 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,
There aren't too many things in our base and combined camp that need to be kept secret.
So without thinking much, he nodded and replied: "It was just last year. The combined battalion fought against the Soviet devils in Afghanistan for almost a year, and also fought against the Soviet devil's paratroopers several times!"
When I said this, Chen Shengde and others were even more shocked. As the Chinese airborne troops, of course they knew the situation of the Soviet airborne troops... They could be said to be opponents, or even
The master of the Chinese airborne troops...
The Chinese Airborne Forces were established in the 1950s. At that time, China and the Soviet Union had close relations. The establishment of the Chinese Airborne Forces naturally required the guidance of Soviet advisers. Even the transport aircraft used by our army to transport 5 and 6 aircraft are all used by the Soviet An-2 and
Il 14 imitation.
So when Chen Shengde heard that we had fought with Soviet paratroopers, it was not surprising that his face was full of surprise.
After a long time, Staff Zhang asked: "Have we... won?"
"Nonsense!" Chen Shengde scolded angrily: "If we didn't win, would Battalion Commander Yang say this with this tone and this expression?"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile and nodded. Chen Shengde's observation skills are quite good.
"As for the detailed details..." I said with some embarrassment, "It's not convenient for me to say more!"
"Understood!" Chen Shengde stood up to me. As a soldier, and an elite unit such as the airborne troops, of course he knew that some questions should not be asked too much.
"That's it!" Chen Shengde had a little more respect in his eyes at this time. He explained to me: "The Soviet devils' parachute equipment is more advanced than ours. Their spare parachute is integrated with the main parachute.
later!"
"Oh!" I said: "This is very important. If the Soviet devils make this change... I think they can hold their rifles in the air and shoot at ground targets. But we can only hang our guns on our shoulders!"
"Yes!" Chen Shengde agreed: "This makes our paratroopers have no defensive capabilities at all before landing on the ground. This makes the paratroopers quite passive, because the paratroopers' combat capabilities are very weak during the landing process, and we are like
A slowly descending target is easily attacked by enemy ground artillery fire or by enemy ground anti-airborne troops.
Counterattack shooting. If we follow the method of Soviet parachute equipment, we will at least have some power to fight back or suppress it. Not to mention that it will not have any actual effect, at least there will not be so much psychological pressure.
Unlike us... who only have a gun hanging on our shoulders when we descend to the ground, the enemy only needs to wait for us on the ground with a pistol!"
"We must let the military industry find a way to change this!" I said.
Hearing this, Chen Shengde couldn't help but beam with joy. He held my hand with gratitude and said, "Batalion Commander Yang. If you can report this problem to your superiors and improve the parachute, then... you will be a great benefactor to our airborne troops."
!”
"You don't have to be so polite, Commander Chen!" I replied with a smile: "Have you forgotten? The mission of our combined battalion... is to test and improve various equipment and tactics, and now we are just performing the mission!
"
"Yes..." Chen Shengde nodded hurriedly and said with a face full of shame: "Look at me... you are all the lucky stars of our airborne troops. We still had that attitude at the beginning... We
It’s really…”
Looking at Chen Shengde's appearance, Zhao Jingping and I couldn't help laughing.