I'm taking a day off today and only have one update.
Because I had to pick up the child the day before the day before the holiday... It's not that the child is not independent enough, but because of the epidemic, it is safer to pick him up at the airport.
I've been a bit tired these past two days, so I've done less.
Will continue with third or fourth update starting tomorrow!
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When Yingjiang delivers the equipment, he will send the instructor as usual.
This is necessary, because the equipment of Yingjiang does not mean that the Eighth Route Army can master it with just a few instructions.
In order to better utilize the role of these equipment and for Yingjiang's own benefit, it is necessary to send instructors to help train the Eighth Route Army into an army.
Parachuting equipment is no exception. Along with the equipment comes a thirty-member military advisory team.
The leader was Captain Derek, who seemed to be a very responsible instructor, because he fell unconscious when he got off the plane, so he came to Wang Xuexin and asked to see the troops he was going to train.
"We don't have time to waste, sir!" Captain Derek said sternly to Wang Xuexin: "I hope you understand that forming an airborne force is not as simple as forming other forces!"
"I know, Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied while flipping through the information on the advisory group.
This advisory group comes from the 82nd Airborne Division of Yingjiang. This number is not very loud, but it is the first airborne division formed by Yingjiang.
"So, sir!" Captain Derek asked, "Where are the troops I want to train?"
Wang Xuexin threw the file on the table and replied: "They haven't compiled it yet. I mean, it may take a few days!"
"What?" Captain Derek was stunned for a moment, and then said with an incredulous expression: "It hasn't been compiled yet?"
After a pause, Captain Derek asked again: "Sir, may I ask how long do you plan to put them on the battlefield?"
"I'm not sure, Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Half a year, or a few months... in short, when you need them!"
Captain Derek laughed immediately after hearing this, his eyes full of ridicule: "This is impossible, sir! How many months? Half a year?"
As he spoke, Captain Derek emphasized his tone while tapping his fingers heavily on the table: "I don't think you know what the airborne troops do or what dangers they will encounter. Are you asking them to go there?"
Die! Sorry, I can’t do it!”
Wang Xuexin shook his head indifferently: "I know you can't do it, Captain! So I have no intention of letting you train at all!"
"What do you mean?" Captain Derek asked.
"I plan to train myself!" Wang Xuexin replied: "All you have to do is teach them how to use parachuting. This should be possible, right?"
Derek stared at Wang Xuexin blankly for a while, and then asked: "Are you kidding, sir?"
"Do you think I'm joking?" Wang Xuexin asked.
Captain Derek laughed: "It seems that I came to the wrong place! The person they want to send should be a skydiving instructor, not us!"
Wang Xuexin nodded in agreement, which only made Captain Derek roll his eyes in anger.
Captain Derek turned to leave, but finally failed to suppress his temper. He turned around suddenly and clapped his hands on the table, stared at Wang Xuexin fiercely, and asked: "Are you looking down on me, sir?"
"No, don't get me wrong, Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "I'm not looking down on you!"
When Captain Derek's expression softened slightly, Wang Xuexin unexpectedly added: "I look down on Yingjiang, to be precise, Yingjiang airborne troops!"
Captain Derek's eyes were instantly filled with anger. He gritted his teeth and said nothing, but Wang Xuexin could see that if it weren't for the guard standing behind Wang Xuexin, he would have raised his fist... As a soldier
, insulting him personally is not a big problem, but if he insults his army or even the country, it is unbearable.
"Sorry, Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Although what I said may not sound good, it is true. The battlefield is a very real place. I think you should admit this fact, otherwise big problems may occur, just like you
I mean…send the troops to the battlefield to die!”
Wang Xuexinhui said this not because he was fighting with Captain Derek, but because he knew the level of the Yingjiang airborne troops at this time.
In everyone's impression, Yingjiang's combat effectiveness is very strong, especially Yingjiang's 101st Airborne Division, which is even known as the strongest airborne force in World War II.
But Wang Xuexin doesn’t think so.
Because at this time, Yingjiang had no combat experience at all. Whether it was land combat or airborne combat, especially airborne combat, it could be said that from actual combat experience to tactical theory, they were completely blank. They were just practicing blindly.
Wang Xuexin looked at the calendar hanging on the wall and saw that it was already June.
If I remember correctly, the first airborne operation in the history of Eagle Sauce will be an attack on Sicily, Italy, one month later.
This airborne operation can be described as tragic:
When the first batch of airborne troops were airborne, they did not take into account the wind force, so the airborne troops were ordered to forcibly land in a wind speed of 15 meters per second. You must know that this wind speed can set off huge waves of 4 meters high on the sea. Here,
The plane could not fly stably due to the wind speed, but the airborne troops were required to parachute...
This is not the most serious thing. What is worse is that when the airborne troops encountered Hans anti-aircraft gun fire, many soldiers, including pilots, panicked and hurriedly parachuted without flying over the target.
This happens because of fear, the fear of pilots and soldiers.
The pilot only needs to drop the soldiers early and then return home, thus reducing the probability of being shot down by the enemy.
Soldiers also hope to parachute early to "survive" because they are worried about being killed in a closed cabin.
Coupled with the strong winds of 15 meters per second... the result was that the paratroopers were too dispersed to be effective. Most of the troops deviated from the intended landing point, and some troops even deviated by more than 100 kilometers.
What's even more bizarre is that Yingjiang quickly sent out a second batch of airborne reinforcements.
This group of airborne troops was even worse. When they flew over the Sun Never Sets and Yingjiang fleets, they were regarded as enemy aircraft by their own fleet.
You must know that Yingjiang's anti-aircraft guns used proximity fuzes, which caused most of the reinforcements to be shot down before they reached the sky over Sicily... Only 400 of the 1,900 airborne troops went into battle.
A unit like this had neither actual combat experience nor mature tactical theory. Wang Xuexin only let them train the Eighth Route Army's airborne troops because he was out of his mind.
This battle directly caused Eisenhower to almost cancel the establishment of airborne troops.
Objectively speaking, Hans is the only airborne force that can be called a practical airborne force at this time. They can be called the strongest airborne force in World War II. A considerable part of the 101st Airborne Division of Yingjiang is used to boost morale and use propaganda.
The machine was hyped up.
Because he knew this, Wang Xuexin replied to Captain Derek clearly and without any hesitation: "Thank you for your concern, Captain! However, we make our own decisions about our troops! This is not something you can control! I believe your superiors will not either.