Take off your chunky early paratrooper boots, Bruno. Colonel Braver sat on the lawn by the runway, stretched out his aching legs, and flicked a clump of white nameless flowers beside his thighs with great interest with the whip in his hand.

"Our soldiers are all in good shape, and the morale of the 1st Battalion is very high right now, waiting for the order to leave at any time, Colonel." Commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Parachute Regiment of the 7th Air Division, Eric Brown. Captain Walter crouched to the side, nodding his head as he watched the paratroopers assembling on the lawn with their parachutes in tow.

"The glider does not need to carry a parachute when it lands, and the assembly speed will be faster, mainly depending on the wind and visibility on the day, I hope the command will choose a good landing location for us." Walter sat down and pulled out a cigarette case from the pocket of his shoulder in his paratrooper suit.

"Is it okay, sir?"

"Give me one, Captain." Colonel Braver pulled out a cigarette from his cigarette case, and Walter pulled out his lighter and lit it on fire.

"The High Command has given us a lot of support, and now everyone is watching us." Braver lit his cigarette and took a puff, smacking his lips and exhaling a few flakes of smoke.

"Turkish smoke? Too much momentum. ”

"I'm sorry Colonel, I just like this, it's refreshing." Walter let out a puff of smoke, shook the cigarette between his fingers, and replied with a smile. ”

"Young people, they just like exciting things." Braavor looked at the cigarette butt in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then tried to take another puff.

"The Führer is very knowledgeable about the use of paratroopers, and this time at the regular meeting of the High Command, the Führer put forward a lot of very constructive and practical suggestions, which benefited several of our paratrooper commanders a lot. Ahem, no, I still can't stand this. Braver frowned and pressed out the cigarette butt on the grass beside him.

"I'm very sorry, Colonel, would you like some water?" Walter hurriedly threw away the cigarette butt. As he prepares to pick up the kettle from his waist, Braver waves his hand to indicate that he is fine.

"Paratroopers are inherently destined to be surrounded. That's what the Führer said at the time, and it's the most concise and thorough exposition I've ever heard of the nature of paratrooper operations. The paratroopers are all about going deep behind enemy lines and delivering fatal blows to weak positions of enemy defenses when the enemy is defenseless. We did a good job at Eben Omar, but we almost did it in the Netherlands. This time, the second battalion has been equipped with new parachutes, and they will be the vanguard to parachute behind enemy lines first, and your first battalion has no emotions about this. Braavor pulled the paratrooper boot beside him, patted it upside down, and put it on his foot.

"How could it not be, the first battalion was involved in all parachute operations. It has also been the most tenacious in previous operations, and I hope the command will think about it again. Walter handed the Colonel his military cap aside.

"Captain, you and your soldiers must understand that the duty of a soldier is to obey orders, and the first battalion uses gliders to land, this is a plan formulated by the high command, it is an order of the Führer, and it cannot be changed." Braver said sternly, then looked at the captain who bowed his head and said nothing. His gaze touched the Knight's Iron Cross hanging from the other party's collar, and the Colonel soothed his tone slightly.

"You have to have a sense of the big picture, Captain, the Führer and the High Command attach great importance to the airborne operations of the 1st Battalion. Your actions and those of the 2nd Battalion will have a direct impact on the subsequent development of the landing operation, otherwise the High Command would not have given you so much special equipment and new gliders. Well, the group of planes of the 2nd battalion is coming, let's go over and take a look. ”

There was a faint sound of an engine in the sky. After a while, it turned into a buzzing roar like a swarm of bees, deafening. The Junkers group formed two oblique columns on the left and right, and flew slowly and steadily over the airport from an altitude of 700 meters. Black dots fell from the tail of the plane, and in an instant, they turned into white scattered flowers, gray-green figures hung under umbrellas, and airborne parachutes were like dandelions falling in the wind.

Braver ran into the parachute area with his battalion commander and two adjutants, and a paratrooper suddenly landed in front of them, and the touching action was very standard, and the paratrooper immediately stood up with a neat turn, and began to pull the parachute rope behind him, and it was necessary to prevent the main parachute from being blown up again by the strong wind blowing on the lawn, otherwise it would become a big kite dragging the paratroopers all over the ground.

"Hi kid! How does it feel? The colonel and captain stepped forward to help the young paratrooper pull the parachute line.

"Sir!" The young private hurriedly stopped what he was doing and saluted the two officers.

"Take the umbrella bag off, kid." Braavor returned the salute and pointed his whip at the soldier's spare umbrella bag.

"Yes, sir!" The soldier hurriedly lowered his head, opened the umbrella bag on his chest, pressed the quick-release lock of the chest strap, and in an instant, the whole set of umbrellas fell from his body and fell to the ground.

"This is the Type 40 parachute, the most advanced airborne parachute developed with the Führer's personal participation. Compared to this parachute, the RZ parachute we used before was only used to drop supplies. Braver lifted the umbrella on the ground and said to Walter.

"How does it feel to use, whether you are used to it or not." Braavor asked the paratroopers.

"It feels very good, sir. Very accustomed to it, sir. The young paratrooper said loudly.

At this time, the paratroopers who landed on the ground had already assembled according to the platoons of each squad, and when they saw the officers here, the paratroopers hurriedly gathered with their equipment.

"I don't know what the starting point of this design is to put the suspension point and center of gravity on the waist, but you and I have used this wing many times, and the advantages and disadvantages must have been realized for a long time. Its advantages are that the parachute opening speed can be very fast when airdropped, the airborne altitude can also be very low, and the air attitude is relatively stable. But the shortcomings are also very significant, it is completely uncontrollable in the air, and the soldier can only barely change the direction by changing his body posture, and when he encounters wind in the air, or the airdrop position is offset, he can only go with the flow, resign himself to fate, and float to where it is.

Therefore, in order to reduce the landing area as much as possible and put the airborne troops within the range of mutual contact, we can only reduce the airborne altitude and reduce the parachute landing time, but this obviously increases the danger of the transport aircraft encountering ground fire, and at the same time poses a threat to the paratrooper parachute safety. We have already suffered many similar accidents, and in the Netherlands most of the losses of our transport aircraft came from anti-aircraft fire from small arms and light weapons on the ground. Braavor handed the bag back to the paratrooper, and then pulled another paratrooper with the umbrella on his back.

"And this new type of wing shifts the suspension point to the shoulder. The two straps each hang half of the lines, and we can change the shape of the parachute by simply pulling the straps, changing the speed of the air flow across the surface of the parachute, and thus changing the direction of the parachute's landing, and if the weather conditions are good, a trained paratrooper can land precisely wherever he wants to land. What this means. The paratrooper colonel turned his face to look at the paratroopers around him.

"It means that we have more control over where we land, we can reduce the landing dispersion area, and we can assemble faster to attack the enemy. Catch them off guard, sir! One of the paratrooper sergeants replied loudly.

"Very good, sergeant. As users, you have the most say, can you still say what impact this new type of parachute can have on paratrooper operations? ”

"Compared with the previous airborne, after using this parachute, we can carry more weapons with us, and we don't have to worry about not being able to find the airdrop weapon box after landing." One soldier replied aloud.

"Huh? You all parachuted with weapons? It was only then that Walter noticed that the paratroopers were all carrying weapons, and that they were only dragging a few airdrop weapons storage boxes. According to the standard of three storage boxes for every twelve paratroopers. That's not enough.

"Because the wing has changed, so the landing attitude has also changed, and our RZ wing was hanging from the waist and landing fast. Therefore, when landing, you must roll forward and slow down, and carrying a long weapon will definitely cause human damage. Therefore, our paratroopers can only carry short weapons such as pistols and grenades, and when they land on the ground, they face the enemy army in full armor, which is no different from using their bare hands.

This umbrella now allows the soldier to land with a stable center of gravity. You can pounce forward or backward, but you won't roll. So as long as the overall weight is controlled, the soldier can carry all the infantry light weapons with him, and even shoot at the ground from the air, and we are no longer helpless to let the enemy attack until we find the weapon drop box. Braavor pulled over one of the paratroopers and smiled as he patted his MP40 submachine gun hanging on his chest.

"We brought grenades, submachine guns, machine guns, and Mauser automatic pistols, a base of ammunition. The freed up storage boxes allow us to load more ammunition and heavy weapons, radios, and food. Not only can you go into battle as soon as you land, but you can also fight longer and have more firepower than before. "At this time, the battalion commander of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, Frieze . Major Parague approached with a submachine gun to push through the crowd.

"The whole company lined up according to the team assembly, and the action was fast." The major gave the order to the paratroopers gathered in a group, and the soldiers pushed and shoved, and soon formed a neat square.

"Sir." He slung the MP40 over his shoulder, then saluted Braver.

"Major, your soldiers have a deep understanding of the new equipment, I have seen your airborne, the range is very small, this is the first training session, have you encountered any trouble in the middle."

"We trained all the way through the refitting in Berlin, doing an average of six parachutes a week and only having two parachute accidents, but there were no casualties because the parachute had a spare parachute." Parague unfastened his jaw and removed the paratrooper helmet from his head.

"In addition, because this kind of parachute is first derived from a towing rope, and then pulled out of the main parachute, unlike the RZ we used before, the main parachute and parachute rope are dragged out directly from the back umbrella bag, so there will be basically no accident of paratroopers being entangled in the parachute line, the safety of this parachute is my most satisfactory place, and I no longer have to worry about my elite soldiers falling to death in front of my eyes." Paraag took the military cap handed by the adjutant and put it on his head.

"Plus, we got a lot of new toys from Berlin this time." The major snapped his fingers at one of his subordinates, and a strong paratrooper stepped forward with a weapon case and stepped out of the line.

"Sergeant Andrew, open the box." The Major gave the order, and the big man lowered the metal box, opened the two locks on the side of the box, and opened the lid.

"What is this?" Braavor looked at the contents of the box suspiciously, a long metal tube with a large olive-shaped head in front of it. "This is the masterpiece of Krupp, the genius of the Führer combined with the unparalleled German military technology to create this weapon that is simply tailor-made for our paratroopers. The Führer gave this weapon a name called the Panzerfaust Panzerfaust, and we gave it a more apt name, the Iron Fist. Parag craned his chin to Sergeant Rudolph, and the strong paratrooper sergeant took an iron fist from the box and held it diagonally to his chest.

"This is a single anti-tank rocket launcher, weighing 6.8 kilograms, which can be operated by one person, and a paratrooper can carry one airborne with him, or parachute in a weapons storage box. We have experimented with a strong paratrooper carrying two of these weapons in addition to his personal weapons, which can be carried with the march and maneuver with the group, and can carry more if a wheeled airdrop box is used. Major Parag took the iron fist from Rudolph and walked up to the paratrooper commander.

"Show me." Colonel Braver took the anti-tank bazooka from the major.

"Anti-tank, it is capable of destroying tanks?"

"Of course, sir, we've done a lot of live-fire training, and this weapon is very powerful, it has a range of 100 meters, and it can penetrate vertical armor plates 200 millimeters thick, that is, we can destroy all known British tanks with it." Major Parague said proudly.

"I have not received any information about this weapon, it should have been issued directly to you by the Armament Department of the High Command, perhaps for the sake of secrecy. Quite a few British spies have been caught. How many of these bazookas do you have in Berlin? Braavor took the bazooka and looked it up and down, left and right, and then handed it to Walter beside him.

"Four hundred, and two hundred practice shells, are being transferred along with the battalion vehicles, and they will arrive at the base tonight. We have used up one hundred and twenty practice rounds, and now all of us in the battalion are able to use this weapon correctly, with two shooters in each squad who have shot live. ”

"Very well, for our paratroopers, the biggest threat is the enemy tanks, as long as the enemy tanks are destroyed, the British infantrymen are simply vulnerable in front of our brave lads." Colonel Braver smiled and patted the Major on the shoulder.

"Now let's get here first, we'll look at the other new toys, order the soldiers to disband, the battalion officer will take them to the new dormitory, let the boys go to take a shower first, the regimental kitchen is ready for a hot lunch."

"Yes, sir!" After saluting the colonel, Parague turned to the paratroopers and ordered: "All pack up your umbrellas and weapons, go to the plane and get your luggage, and then the battalion officer will assign the barracks, you can go to take a shower first, and then go to the dining room for lunch, Mr. Regiment Commander has prepared a delicious hot meal for you, this afternoon the whole company will rest, you can move freely." Now listen to me! Attention! Disband! The company commander stayed. ”

The paratroopers immediately rushed to the Junkers transport plane docked to the tarmac with supplies and umbrella bags in all directions.

"Follow me, Major! This time the road went well. I haven't been back since the beginning of the war, tell me about Berlin, how is it now? Braver led his two battalion commanders and adjutants with the whip in his hand towards the base barracks by the airport.

Overhead, a convoy of Junkers slowly circled around the runway, and the aunts were waiting in line to land. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)