The three echelons of the airborne operation landed in different places. Most of the first echelon landed near Catfish Village, so they should be most worried about being transferred into the water. The fastest updated second echelon generally landed near Blacksmith Village.
The third echelon is farther away from the Blacksmith Village. Since it is farther away from the river and wetland, the last two teams should think about how to avoid hanging on the southeastern branch.
After all, the vegetation here is dense, and most paratroopers will inevitably be hung on the trees. To make matters worse, some red pine trees are too tall, and the height of some soldiers' feet from the ground is actually 20 meters!
Ordinary people are often frightened and sweating when faced with such a height. At least the paratroopers have overcome their instinct of fear of heights. Now the people hanging on the trees can only think about how to escape.
People who are not hanging too high can cut the rope by themselves, first throw down their heavy equipment, then cut the parachute rope, and then make a hard landing with the ground.
Then those who rank too high can only reflect on why they are unlucky and can only wait for the support of friendly forces.
Fortunately, there was no time to wait. A large number of search teams were constantly patrolling the forest. When the paratroopers landed in the forest, assistance began.
The paratroopers who had just landed followed their usual style and immediately maintained a high level of alert. Many of them almost shot at the friendly forces who came to rescue them. Fortunately, they quickly realized that this was not a war zone, and the flashing figures were either other paratroopers or friendly forces.
force.
The rescue work for paratroopers and supplies was carried out in an orderly manner, just as planned before the operation, and there was no trouble.
The problem of those hanging high up is not a problem either. To deal with them, people with bodies as agile as monkeys climb trees and tie the trapped paratroopers with ropes to help them lower slowly.
We also use this method to get out of trouble when dealing with many scattered materials hanging on the treetops.
Facing the paratroopers falling from the sky, the soldiers and civilians who responded to them were extremely excited. After all, this was a large-scale military assistance from their superiors in the past few months. There is nothing better than holding the hands of these reinforcements and sending them to the planned reception area.
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The fleet returned directly after completing its mission, and the "dandelions" in the sky quickly landed.
Each search team strictly followed the orders and simply moved the materials as best they could, transporting them to Lin Jian Road by horses and carriages, and then pulled them back by trucks. Even some paratroopers were lucky enough to stand on the trucks. This scene was completely unexpected.
It was a German military vehicle, and the Iron Cross standard was eye-catching! Some people even suspected that I might have encountered fake guerrillas.
But everyone was speaking Russian, and some even spoke Belarusian fluently. Through simple inquiries, the paratroopers learned that these vehicles were captured from the German army. There is a lack of paint here. If red paint is abundant, the Iron Cross
It has long been painted into a big red star.
Brigade Commander Teplov, Deputy Brigade Commander Besonov and Brigade Political Commissar Zalasky jumped from the same transport plane, so the three of them landed at a similar distance, and all three of them were hung up in the tree as a matter of course.
On the way, the three unlucky men were quickly discovered by the waiting search team and rescued.
The ones who saved them were regular soldiers of the 284th Division. Even though the uniforms were seriously damaged, the important shoulder insignias and collar insignias were still clean and tidy.
Upon learning that the commander of the paratrooper unit had been discovered, Vasilyev, who was in charge of searching the area, rushed over immediately. He could no longer take care of commanding his men to search for the cargo on the transport plane, because the most important "cargo" was these three items.
A senior military officer.
In terms of military rank, Vasilyev's rank is very low. Since he was able to successfully defect to the Soviet army in the swamps with at least a small group of remnants and even thousands of Jews who escaped from the concentration camps, this achievement is great enough.
.Due to the size of the army, he could only be a battalion commander. Now he made another contribution. He actually found the brigade commander and others of the paratrooper brigade!
Therefore, when the four met, Vasilyev naturally remained humble. He did not return his original rank and position. At the moment, he was only a battalion commander under the Second Regiment.
Unfortunately, Teplov could clearly see Vasilyev's epaulettes.
"Comrade! It seems that your troops have been separated from the direct command of your superiors for too long! You are obviously a captain, and your position should be that of company commander." Taplov asked.
"That's right! Comrade Brigade Commander! The casualties of the troops were too serious, and the low-level officers had to be promoted to cope with the situation. What's more, my original unit was not the Guards Division transferred from the Northwest Front Army. I was originally the 32nd Infantry
Teacher’s.”
Taplov could understand this rhetoric. Before setting off, the brigade commander naturally read the information of the 284th Guards Division for a long time and had a certain understanding of its current situation. This is a force mainly composed of the remnants of the 284th Guards Division, with a large number of other
Soldiers missing from the unit and a large number of local residents joined to form a mixed force.
Tepunov adjusted his hat. Compared with the people who were responding, he was really neatly dressed!
As a paratrooper, he was very proud. Now he stretched out his right hand and said excitedly: "Dear Davarich, you are fighting in this poor and impoverished place that is waiting to be developed. Thank you for your hard work."
These words made Vasilyev a little unhappy. It is true that life is hard, but in the past few months, the development of the three collective farms in Novgomel has been rapid. Even before the war, there was no
Collective farms were able to develop their economy at such a rapid rate.
He slightly retorted: "I don't think it is very difficult. If you arrive at our division headquarters and see the exact appearance of the collective farms and see the potatoes growing vigorously in our fields, you will already correct your current feelings."
"So, our arrival is even more powerful?"
"Of course!"
Tepunov could feel the battalion commander's strong hand. It was said that in the current war, the guerrillas in the occupied areas were the most difficult. This camp and its soldiers were very strong. Obviously, the situation here was completely different.
Take a closer look at these guerrillas... No! They are regular army soldiers! Of course, there are also many civilian soldiers here, and the rifles they carry are actually German weapons. This is quite uniform.
The clenched hand loosened, and Tepunov stretched the joint that was almost crushed.
The two of them had already exchanged names, and he asked directly: "Comrade Vasilyev, it seems that your soldiers can provide good food and accommodation, but your weapons and ammunition are in very bad condition. Without the military's
For supplies, the guerrillas had to fight on captured weapons."
"This is very normal." Vasilyev turned around and introduced his soldiers. "As you can see, our regiment is completely equipped with German weapons. The superiors may be worried about the fact that we annihilated several German troops in the February battle.
I don’t really believe it, but the amount of equipment is here. German weapons can equip two regiments. If we use German ammunition, there won’t even be an ammunition shortage problem.” (To be continued..) rw