Chapter 1820： 1st Airborne Operation 1

"No problem, our people will focus on the leaders first, and after they are resolved, the remaining people will have little combat effectiveness." Morris said with a smile.

"They are very life-saving, they are in layers of protection," Caroli said.

"Hehe, let's wait and see." Morris didn't bother to explain anything.

At the same time, at an airship field in Bratislava, the later capital of Slovakia, at least bombers were lined up on the airport. This time, they are no longer carrying bombs to serve as harvesters of death. , But as a means of transportation, together with selected Bavarian elite infantry to complete the actual first airborne combat.

A modified K6 bomber can carry a squad of soldiers and the equipment they need, while a modified K8 bomber can transport a platoon of soldiers or carry more than 2.5 tons of supplies to the battlefield.

"Brothers, we are all the best soldiers selected from the grassroots combat troops. We are tactically skilled, vigilant, and resourceful. Neither the British and French troops on the Western Front nor the gray cattle of the Russians can satisfy our desire to challenge. , So we came here and used winged daggers as a sign of a brand new force! We received at least 3 months of special training. And now, it’s time to test our results, our enemy, They are hidden in the depths of the city, and God told me that Budapest can no longer withstand the brilliance of cannon fodder, so this time, the kingdom needs us to take action! Find out these hidden cockroaches one by one and kill them!" On the runway, Bavaria’s first paratrooper unit, the elite Munich Special Paratrooper Battalion, gathered here, doing general mobilization before departure.

So far, in the Bavarian army of more than 800,000 people, there are only 2,000 people who can wear "winged daggers" on their shoulders, which is the size of a regiment at most. It has three combat battalions, namely the Munich Special Paratrooper Battalion, the Nuremberg Paratrooper Battalion and the Prague Paratrooper Battalion. Named after the three most important cities in the territory under the control of the Wittelsbach family, all paratroopers are composed of battle-tested volunteers. Each of them was proficient in various light infantry weapons in the Bavarian Army, as well as blasting, geotechnical and other engineering operations. Basically represents the pinnacle of Bavarian infantry combat power at this stage!

After the short mobilization, the 500 paratroopers who participated in the battle in the Munich Special Paratrooper Battalion began to make final preparations for their dispatch. And the first thing they must do is to check their personal umbrellas.

Each soldier will be equipped with two things, one is a parachute bag that he carries on his body, and the other is an equipment bag for storing materials needed for combat, and the latter is usually buckled on his leg when parachuting. . (From top to bottom, it can basically be understood that there is an infantryman hanging under the top parachute, and a bag of things is hanging on the infantry's leg...) As for what if it is bumped when landing? Isn't it easy? Just open the buckle on the leg when you are almost on the ground, just throw the equipment bag down, and look for it after landing!

Originally at the beginning of the establishment of the paratroopers, some officers of the German paratroopers hoped to realize the separation of personnel and equipment. After all, even if the buckles were installed on the legs, the movement of personnel was still inconvenient. Accidents are more likely to occur when parachuting. But later experiments proved that the accuracy of parachutists in this era is really bad... Generally speaking, a company of people threw it down, and then the paratroopers of this company and a large amount of supply walking area were too large. If the paratroopers themselves carry pistols and a few grenades, it would be too dangerous the first time they land. The survivability of the troop is worrying.

Therefore, in the end, the Bavarian paratroopers decided to use this tactic of deploying equipment and personnel together. However, in order to reduce the load of soldiers, the equipment package generally only contains paratrooper semi-automatic rifles (shortened barrels and lightweight semi-automatic rifles), submachine guns, magazines, medical kits, and a packaged emergency ration.

As for machine guns, ammunition boxes, explosives and blasting equipment, these things should be packed in special airdrop boxes. There are two types of airdrop boxes. One is a circular metal box. This metal airdrop box is 170 cm in length and 40 cm in diameter. The air is 40 kilograms, and the maximum weight is 140 kilograms. Because this box may contain a machine gun, as well as a tool box, optical scope, or sniper rifle, and other more sophisticated things, so there will be some fillers inside the box. As a buffer.

Another type of airdrop box is woven from wicker. Compared with the metal box, this box is shorter and thicker. The length is 90 cm, the width is 50 cm, the height is 40 cm, and the weight is about 20 kg (including parachute and rope). ), can be loaded in materials over 120 kg. It can be airdropped separately or tied together in two and thrown down. It is generally used to carry various food, tools, engineering equipment, and folding carts... Yes, you read that right. Sometimes, paratroopers who lack vehicles and horses have to work part-time as porters The main equipment of this paratrooper is still paratrooper semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns. It is also guaranteed that each class has one MG machine gun and at least two grenade launchers. As for artillery? If the 60MM mortar is considered to be the case, then a company will also have three. As for other heavy weapons? Sorry, this one is really gone...

In fact, even in World War II, as the first wave of paratroopers who jumped off the plane, they carried very little equipment. Most of them are light weapons, some are more powerful, such as the German LG40 recoilless gun, 150MM large-caliber mortar, and the British jeep and 6-pounder. These weapons are either used after the airport is occupied. The ones sent down by the transport planes were either transported by bombers and gliders. And in this era, where do you find all kinds of large transport aircraft? And even if the transport plane is barely qualified, there are not many really big airports in the world. Civil aviation has not been developed, and there are very few airports!

It’s not that the Bavarian Army has never thought about using gliders to transport a large amount of supplies. However, there is only a large airship field in Budapest, which is very far away from the target area. If you land from there, you might as well let the Army push it over. So, in the end, this The paratroopers that debuted for the first time were really ordinary in terms of equipment and plans. It will not be as stunning as the famous Crete airborne combat in World War II or the city garden. (Although the former is a huge loss, the latter is a failure, but it is indeed wonderful, um! The defeat is also wonderful!)

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