Chapter 761： Airborne to Cyprus (Part 2)

On the night of December 17, the airports on the island of Crete were brightly lit. Now there are no warplanes in the airport, all of which are unified RY58 transport aircraft.

This chubby transport plane has already parked the airport, and around these planes, the officers and soldiers of the First Paratrooper Division are climbing onto the planes one by one with the help of their companions. There was no way to dress like a zongzi, and it was not easy to leave, so they could only help each other to board the plane.

"Next."

Captain Cruel stood on the hatch and pulled his soldiers up with his hands.

"Lal, go back."

The soldier who was pulled up by the name of Lal slowly moved backwards, and his gun belt accidentally ran into a soldier who was resting in the cabin.

"Hi Lar, you be careful."

"I'm sorry, this thing can only be tied to my lap like this."

"Can't you tie it up a little tighter, look at the **** of the rifle so high."

The comrade-in-arms pointed to Ral's untied rifle and said loudly.

The conversation between the two made Captain Cruel noticed. "Just quiet down for me and sit down obediently."

The words from the company commander caused the two to stop talking, and both left.

After seeing the two separate, Captain Cruel continued to pull the other soldiers up.

In fact, the number of people is not much, this transport aircraft numbered 6214 can only carry 24 people. After pulling everyone up, Cruel closed the hatch.

After the paratroopers in the airport got on the plane, Major General Nalkov, the commander of the First Paratrooper Division, also boarded a transport plane.

Regarding the paratroopers trained by himself, Major General Nalkov has sufficient confidence, but for the first time on the battlefield, he is still a little worried in it, otherwise he will not go to the battlefield himself. You must know that he is called a Romanian paratrooper. Father.

As the first Major General Nalkov to study paratrooper operations, he has been studying paratroopers since 1923, when he was still a major. His research was of great interest to the Chief of Staff, and in 1926 he formed the first Romanian paratrooper. For this team with less than two hundred people at the time, he put all his energy into organizing parachuting, summarizing the advantages and disadvantages, supplementing the use of tactics, etc., basically he was alone looking for plans.

He still remembers the most dangerous time at the time. After he parachuted, he discovered that the two strings of the parachute were tangled together, which made him fall far faster than normal. In the face of such a dangerous situation, he calmed down, saw one direction and cut a rope with a dagger to change the direction of landing, and finally fell into the river and saved his life.

After Major General Nalkov boarded the plane, RY58 transport planes took the paratroopers and left the airport. There is a special huge red taillight on the tail wing of each transport aircraft, which is specially prepared for night navigation and can remind other aircraft of their position.

So as a transport plane took off, the flashing clusters of lights in the sky were very beautiful. Lieutenant Colonel Elstead, the navigator who is not leading the team, definitely does not think so.

He is complaining while navigating. "Damn it, this is a night flight of a large fleet of more than 300 planes at one time. This is dying."

Piloting is also a technical job, and it is also the most lacking technical job in the military. In this era without satellite guidance, it can only be distinguished by human experience, and in this respect, Elsted is also one of the best. No matter how good it is, Elsted has no experience in navigating more than 300 aircraft at night.

Before, he had only piloted more than 50 aircraft at night, because there were fewer pilots capable of flying at night, and this time the number of more than 300 aircraft is too much.

This is not about chasing sheep, but also chasing a group. Moreover, there is a big difference between one head and a group of sheep.

It's just that now he can only catch the ducks on the shelves and bite the bullet.

For the navigator's hard work, Captain Cruel did not know, he was looking at the scenery outside the window through the cabin window and meditating. What else can I think about before going to the battlefield is nothing more than all kinds of intertwined feelings. People are social animals, more or less family, friendship, love, no one is hard-hearted and will not not communicate with them. And now Cruel is thinking about his family and friends.

"Captain, do you say we can come back safely?"

A soldier in the cabin asked loudly. The noise in the plane made each other talk loudly. It was obvious that the soldier's words interrupted Cruel's thoughts.

What kind of aspirations this soldier's words represent? For the officers and soldiers of the paratrooper division, this is their first battle. No matter how well trained before, they will be afraid of going to the battlefield. Of course, Cruel knew that this was inevitable, so he answered the paratrooper's question.

"I don't know, but this is war. We only have to do our own tasks and leave the rest to God."

Cruel's words are neither sensational nor hypocritical. This is just his voice, and I believe it is also the voice of most people.

Sure enough, his words drew everyone's attention.

"How about let's drink to God?"

"no problem."

"can."

The soldiers quickly took out two bottles of brandy, each holding a small metal cup, and poured the wine. This is also equipped with two bottles of brandy per aircraft. Not many, mainly for them to ease their emotions.

As the company commander, Krull raised his glass and made a toast. "Let us worship God and bless Romania."

"God and bless Romania."

The strong liquid entered the throat, causing two or three non-drinking soldiers to choke.

The other soldiers burst into laughter after looking at each other, and there was a burst of laughter in the cabin, which also narrowed everyone's distance.

The straight line from Crete to Cyprus is only more than 500 kilometers, and it only takes two hours to reach the island of Cyprus at the speed of the RY58 transport aircraft.

And when they approached the island of Cyprus halfway, they also saw a light show. Led by the Cortenu heavy cruiser, a total of 6 warships turned on the lights to show them the way. Although this may be noticed by enemy submarines, these warships have worked hard enough for them to complete their tasks.

After flying over these warships, the transport aircraft formation began to become less dense, and they became more dispersed. The indicator lights on the tail wing were also turned off, which also means that they are about to enter the airborne zone. The red light in the cabin is also on, which means they need to be prepared. After the green light comes on, they can skydive.

"Ross, Bick, you two open the hatch. Everyone else is ready."

At this time, Kruel quickly commanded everyone to make preparations.

The hatch door was opened with a "wow", and the cold wind slammed in, making everyone wrinkle their foreheads.

Cruel didn't care about this at this time, he stood at the forefront and yelled to everyone.

"stand up."

As he shouted, everyone stood up. At this time, Kruel continued to yell while making a check gesture. "Start self-test."

Following his words, everyone checked their equipment again. At this time, no one will be impatient for checking it again, because it is about their lives.

After everyone checked one side, they reported to him from the back one by one.

"no problem."

"no problem."

"..."

After 23 times of reporting, he continued to give orders. "Start to help check."

So starting from the last row, they checked the equipment of their comrades. This check was mainly to prevent the invisible back from loosening and other problems.

"no problem."

"no problem."

"..."

While they were preparing, the transport aircraft group also entered the island of Cyprus. As soon as they entered the island of Cyprus, it was different, and immediately let them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield. The firepower chain of the anti-aircraft weapons can be seen everywhere in the dark night, and the flames of explosions are displayed on the ground from time to time. It is obvious that this is a bomber bombing the island at night.

In fact, the night bombing of Cyprus began on the first day. The daily bombing time and scale were not fixed. Although this made the bombing effect worse, it was able to cover their airborne landing. It also helps them attract anti-aircraft firepower,

After flying in the air for a few minutes, the green light in the cabin buzzed and turned on.

"Hang the buckle."

Everyone hangs the buckle on the parachute pole in the cabin.

"Parachute one by one!"

Following Cruel's words, one soldier jumped off the transport plane that had already slowed down.

After they left the cabin, they quickly opened the parachute. Nowadays, parachuting basically has to open the parachute after jumping out of the cabin for 30 seconds, because they generally only have 5-8 skydiving records, and they don’t have much experience in skydiving. In order to ensure a low accident rate, 30 is stipulated. The umbrella must be opened in seconds.

And they are lucky to be the first group of skydivers. Because of the large number of parachuting people this time, in order to get them together faster, repeated airdrops were used. They are also the same as making sandwiches. They are the first level, but they are much more complicated than sandwiches.

The dark sky made Cruel parachuting unable to see the ground. The earth is like a lurking behemoth, revealing a sense of seclusion. Only the whistling wind blew by his ears, and the roar of the anti-aircraft guns could be faintly heard farther away.

He was in midair as if he was **** with his hands and feet without any ability to resist, and at this moment he kept mumbling. "Don't be hung by a tree, go and don't be hung by a tree."

That's right, for the paratroopers, besides the enemy appearing in front of him, it is the most dangerous being hung by a tree.

Because the branches may cause him to fall on his hands and feet, he is even less lucky and may suffer serious injuries. In addition, after being hung by a tree, he will not be able to touch the ground at all, and he will always be hung in mid-air. The parachute's rope may be quite strong, and I don't want to cut it continuously without a knife.

Maybe his prayer was heard by God When he could see the ground clearly, there was simply grass underneath. There is no better choice for this kind of paratrooper's favorite landing point.

As soon as Cruel fell to the ground, he immediately fell to the ground, holding the parachute tightly in his hand.

"Finally landed on the ground."

With a lot of inner peace, he immediately began to reclaim the parachute. Parachutes are not cheap. They have been told during the exercise that if the situation is not serious, then the parachutes should be recovered first.

At present, there is no gunshots around, which can explain the situation.

Of course not only him, the paratroopers who landed in this area are busy recovering their parachutes.

On this evening, the paratroopers of the First Division had a very smooth airborne. Except for a few reasons, most of the paratroopers landed to the designated location.

The size of nearly five thousand paratroopers. It was enough for them to turn the island of Cyprus upside down.