Chapter 172: Airborne
The news of the failure of the sneak attack on Rabaul soon reached Koga Mineichi's ears, and Koga Mineichi couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
He had thought that this plan would fail, after all, no plan could guarantee success, but he did not expect that this plan would fail so quickly and so miserably, and the sneak attack troops could not even board the aircraft carrier...... Originally, he thought that he could blow up at least a few parts of the "Xianghe" and make the "Xianghe" unusable, but the truth made him almost unbelievable.
"How is this possible?!" Koga said, "Everything was planned so perfectly, what went wrong?!" ”
"Your Excellency, General!" Staff Officer Ito replied helplessly: "All of this is because of the Chinese officer named Zhang Chi, who seems to have discovered something and shot to force our sneak attack detachment to attack in advance, and at this time all parts are not ready, so ......"
"Zhang Chi?" Koga Fengyi silently read the name several times in his heart and asked, "Is that Zhang Chi, who commanded the Battle of Kuah Island?" ”
"Yes!" Staff Officer Ito replied: "And according to the information we have received, the operation to kill Admiral Yamamoto was also commanded by him, and it is ......"
"And what?" Koga asked.
"And the Battle of Rabaul!" Staff Officer Ito said hesitantly: "The news I got from the United States is also very likely to be planned by Zhang Chi!" ”
Hearing this, Koga Feng couldn't help but grit his teeth "gurgling...... It turned out that all the shame on his body was caused by that Zhang Chi, and Gu He Feng couldn't wait to break Zhang Chi's body into ten thousand pieces.
"Your Excellency, General!" Staff Officer Yi then asked again: "Do you want to ...... Let's get the submarine on board! Or send another force to go! ”
"No!" Koga Fengyi shook his head a little helplessly: "After these two sneak attacks, the enemy has been fully alerted and vigilant, and the sneak attack at this time can only be in vain!" ”
"So now......"
Koga Feng shook his head and sighed, it seemed that he could only wait for the Sino-US coalition forces to prepare and then launch a fierce counteroffensive.
Thinking of this, Koga Feng couldn't help but curse Yamamoto Fifty-six in his heart: "Bastard, it's time for you guy to die!" ”
In fact, Koga Feng has a reason to hate Yamamoto 56, because all of this, that is, the current unfavorable situation of the Japanese army, is caused by Yamamoto 56, and even the heavy losses of the air pilots are also Yamamoto 56's fault, but it has not deteriorated during the Yamamoto 56 period, and after Koga Fengichi takes his place, everything cannot be changed, and the strength of the Japanese combined fleet has suffered internal injuries that cannot be recovered in the short term, and these bitter fruits have to be swallowed by Koga Feng.
However, war is such a reality that Koga has no choice but to accept it.
On the other hand, the Sino-American coalition forces in Rabaul don't care what tricks the Japanese army will have...... Anyway, they only need to strengthen anti-submarine patrols, and the rest is that the soldiers will flood the water and the earth, and the Japanese will only ask for trouble when they harass and sneak attack Rabaul without air supremacy.
The training of the new 1st Division soon moved into real combat.
The first airborne landing is always impressive, and the soldiers boarded the US C47 transport plane with trepidation...... This thing can hold 28 people in one plane, and there is still a surplus of two squads of people going up, and the remaining space is naturally loaded with some equipment needed by the airborne troops in actual combat, such as heavy machine guns, mortars, etc.
Since the subject of the training was mainly parachuting, there was no need for a long flight at sea, and the transport plane made a circle in the air and returned to Rabaul shortly after takeoff.
When the transport plane flew in the air, the soldiers couldn't help but look out the window, only to see that the outside was densely packed with transport planes with black fuselages, and occasionally a few Wildcat fighters appeared in the sight of the fighters as escort formations...... This battle made people can't help but have an inexplicable momentum in their hearts, and so did Zhang Chi, but soon this momentum disappeared without a trace.
Because Zhang Chi knew that these things were all American, and China was still an industrially weak country at this time, and it was simply not capable of organizing such a war...... China's first self-manufactured transport aircraft was more than ten years later in the Y-5, and this Y-5 can only carry a dozen people, and the maximum load capacity is only one-eighth of that of the C47.
This also shows the gap between China and the United States in terms of military industry.
"Hey, all of you!" At this time, Instructor Evans ordered Zhang Chi and the others: "Check your equipment one last time, pay attention...... Landing like you're trained to do, you know? ”
"Understood!" Zhang Chi and others replied.
Since the last sneak attack, Brigadier Wilhelm's attitude towards the new 1st Division has changed, and the instructors are no longer in trouble with the soldiers...... However, Zhang Chi thinks that this is not a good thing, because the standards of the instructors have been lowered a lot, so that the soldiers do not feel that they are training at all, but more like camping.
"Toot toot toot ......" this is the red light on the transport plane and it turns on.
Instructor Evans yelled at the fighters, "GO, GO, GO......"
Zhang Chi walked to the open rear cabin, saw the empty space under his feet, the strong wind was blowing around, and his heart was a little hairy, but when he thought about it, he was a group seat...... If he was frightened in front of his subordinates, how could he lead the troops in the future, so as soon as his eyes were closed, he turned over and jumped into the void.
First of all, there was a period of weightless dizziness, and it took a while for Zhang Chi to dare to open his eyes, but he couldn't see anything clearly, and at the same time, he couldn't tell which direction he was facing or what position he was descending, only to feel the wind in his ears getting louder and louder, blowing so much that he was almost out of breath.
After Zhang Chi opened the parachute, he felt like someone was being dragged behind him, and then everything slowly normalized......
At this time, Zhang Chi saw a scene that surprised him, there were white round parachutes all over the air, just like flying dandelions, and they were constantly blooming in front of and behind him.
Zhang Chi thought to himself...... If all this is not for the brutal war, it can be considered a very beautiful landscape.
But if the scene were to be put in the middle of war, there would have been patches of bullets and anti-aircraft shells exploding around the soldiers, followed by patches of bright red blood and corpses that had lost their lives but were still hanging from parachutes.
Zhang Chi turned his head to look at the northwest, which is the direction of the motherland, how Zhang Chi hoped that one day China would no longer be ravaged by the war, and the soldiers could set foot on the land of their own country as soon as they landed. (To be continued.) )