The reasons for the air force were so good that even if the German General Staff thought that the air force was passive and slack, it was helpless, after all, the last attack on the Italian navy had reminded the Allies of the strength of the Italian navy. There is no guarantee that the other side will not reach the Adriatic. If the Air Force had really moved all the dive bombers to the front line, the transports would have died miserably if they had been killed, and in fact, it was for this reason that Tycho had abandoned the plan for a surprise attack on the Adriatic, and the Luftwaffe had done the right thing.

If the Luftwaffe had a tendency to be passive and slack off because of its own plan being rejected before, but this time, when the German Army put down its body and asked the airborne troops to participate in the war, Richthofen still forgave the other party for his previous "unreasonableness". It means that you will act as soon as you have completed your preparations. At the same time, the Luftwaffe intensified its attacks on front-line targets. The airborne transport fleet for the needs also began to assemble.

"The Air Force should know that the place they are going to capture this time is a key node in the rear of the enemy army...... Are they really not afraid that the airborne troops they have worked so hard to train will be destroyed in this operation? Guderian was puzzled by the fact that the Air Force had so simply agreed to the Army's request. Even if you want to express yourself, you can't fill in the person's name at any time, right? …。

"Let the Air Force solve its own problems, we don't understand their affairs." Bock didn't really care, Richthofen was capable, and he was concerned about the importance he attached to the airborne troops in his hands. It will never be thrown away as cannon fodder.

As General Bock estimated, Richthofen did not make a decision on the spur of the moment, but agreed to the Army's request after careful reconnaissance and deduction. What is the stage at which the most losses of the Airborne Forces are made? It must be in the period between entering the opponent's airspace and landing after landing. In the air. The bulky transport will be intercepted by the opposing fighters, the plane will kneel, and it will be difficult for people to live. And at the time of landing. The paratroopers who have just descended are the most vulnerable, they need to retract their parachutes and find their comrades around them, in this case, if the other side is ready again. Then the result can only be described as miserable. Of course, if you want to say that the paratroopers deployed after landing meet the opponent's heavy armored troops, then the result will inevitably be very tragic. 2. Operation Market Garden at the end of World War II used the blood of the Allies to illustrate that even the strongest paratroopers would be very sad in the face of even the heavily damaged armored troops.

However, with the development of the war situation, these problems seem to no longer exist, first of all, the interception of the opponent's air force. After a long war of attrition in the air force, the Entente countries, which were still in economic crisis, said that they could not afford to fight. As air force assistance decreases, so does the threat from the air. Moreover, the Entente judged that the main direction of attack of the other side should be Pescara, so most of the air force of the United States and France was deployed on the line from Rome to Pescara. Ancona, on the other hand, is a power vacuum. And this is not the end, Richthofen found that the British and the Chinese air force seemed to be on a special mission, so that the British Royal Air Force, which the Germans feared the most, actually went north on a large scale. And the Huaxia Haidongqing Brigade, known as the bomber butcher, is also gone. This made Richthofen ecstatic, although he felt that someone would definitely be unlucky because of this transfer, but as long as it was not the Air Force who was unlucky, it didn't matter..........

The second is the question of the possible blow to the Airborne Forces as soon as they land, which Richthofen also thought about. Since the Air Force wants to help the Army solve the problem, will the Army also have to carry out some diversionary attacks on the front line? Of course, the Air Force will not pin all its hopes on the Army. The Air Force has enough bombers and attack aircraft to help the Airborne Forces clear various obstacles on the ground. In addition to the usual aircraft. The gunboat plane specially prepared by the Air Force for this operation is to be able to support the operation in the air over the theater for a long time, of course, this kind of thing needs to have absolute air supremacy on its own side, otherwise, it will be a large turkey. …。

It was easy to get a chance to perform, and the air force was very quick to act. First of all, part of the fighters was deployed at the Ancona airfield, which had already fallen into the hands of the Germans. Then the assembly of transport planes from the entire theater began, and eventually Richthofen concentrated a total of about 300 transport planes of various types, including gliders. These transport planes are guaranteed to transport 3,000 paratroopers and all the light and heavy weapons they need in the first wave of airdrops. Of course, because the glider can only be used once, the second wave of supplies will fall.

In order to concentrate on the first battle, the Luftwaffe chose Foligno, while the other city would take action after acquiring new transport planes from the mainland. As the supreme commander of the German paratroopers, Major General Student would be involved in the first wave of airborne operations. To this end, he also specially coordinated and conducted exercises and ......... with the commanders of various units of the Air Force who are responsible for air support.

"There is a makeshift field airfield in the southwest corner of the city, but there are no planes there anymore...... Two battalions of our first wave of parachute troops will choose to land at this airfield, and the heavy equipment attached to these two battalions will be transported by gliders outside the airfield. The airfield is close to a railway junction west of the city, where there are about 500 troops. There is another barracks nearby, and I hope that Colonel Gru's fleet will help us bomb this barracks first, so that we can take the railway station by the way after taking the airfield. Student asked, looking at a tall colonel next to him.

"We can suppress each other, but it is difficult to eliminate them completely, they have dug a lot of bomb shelters around the camp and connected them to each other with a system of trenches. A whole system of defense has been formed. If you're going to attack, be careful. Gru said.

"We'll take notice." Student nodded and continued: "The main task of the third and fourth battalions is to control the city, there are not many troops in the city, except for some police forces and logistics units, there are non-combat units such as hospitals. However, there is a very important warehouse in this location. We need to get it in its entirety as soon as possible, and hopefully the Air Force will not blow it up all together during an air strike. ”。 …。

"The most important and critical is in the southeast. We are unfortunate that we have almost a brigade of troops to turn around here, we don't know what the strength of the Americans is, but according to the situation on the inside, there are about 4,000 people, and the infantry artillery is complete and armored vehicles. As soon as he said this, Student had a feeling of being a cheater in his heart! With the withdrawal of the Chinese and British air fleets, the Germans finally found an opportunity to bomb indiscriminately! And then a formation of bombers blew up the wagons of the train that were supposed to be used to transport this American brigade! The Americans couldn't go, and the front line needed ammunition, and the Allied headquarters thought that ammunition was more important than a simple brigade, so valuable resources were used to transport supplies, and this brigade was left behind.

"Our two remaining paratrooper battalions and heavy fire battalions will build defensive lines against the town. From the beginning of the parachute landing to the initial establishment of defensive positions. If it goes well, it will take more than an hour. And during this time, I hope that the brothers in the Air Force can help us block the opponent's attack. Because there is no open space in the northeast direction, our heavy fire battalion aircraft landing position should be in the east, and after landing, small vehicles will be used to tow the artillery to the northeast direction, this line must be guaranteed! Otherwise, we'll have to use explosives packs, mines, or grenades to fight against tanks! Student scribbled a pencil across the map and said ......... very seriously.

"Our special attack aircraft brigade will do its best. And before the airborne, we will intensify the air strikes here. But could the airborne landing come earlier? If we had gone back at the previous time, it would have been late in the evening, and there would have been some trouble navigating and landing at night, and with the addition of the preparation time and the pilot's correction time, we would have a tight time the next day. The officer commanding the special attack aircraft group asked tentatively. …。

The parachute landing time chosen by Student began at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and judging by the standard of two and a half hours of detention over the theater of operations by the special attack aircraft group, the sun was about to set when he went back, and what was even more tragic was that the airfield of the special attack aircraft group was not in Italy, but on the Balkan Peninsula across the Adriatic Sea, and it was night when he returned, which naturally had a great impact on navigation and landing. And in order to attack the next day, the whole brigade must be maintained non-stop...... So it's going to be very stressful.

"It's too late to change plans." Student replied tactfully. The time chosen by Stud was in his favor, and he parachuted in the afternoon to survive the most critical period under the cover of the Air Force. By the time the other side came back to their senses from the bombardment, it was already night. In the case of fighting at night, a poor view will minimize the difference in firepower, and it will have a large reason for the coordination and maneuvering of the other side. Student is still very confident in the quality of his paratrooper troops. Taking advantage of night battles, he could even expand the occupied zone at night. As for the trouble with the Air Force? That's not what he had to think about..........

"If there is no problem, we will take action in 4 days. I hope you can make good use of this rare opportunity, the Air Force is not just about flying planes in the air, we can also give wings to the infantry! This is important for all of us in the future. Seeing that no one raised objections below, Student informed the final attack time, and in order to ensure the smooth operation of the operation, the Air Force top brass did not tell the specific time below at all. In this way, the concealment of the operation is guaranteed.

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