Just when Li Yunlong was about to choose his future path, Huang He opened the Awakening Yonghu system and began to check the technological options for paratroopers.
He didn't mention the paratroopers on a whim, there was a very valid reason.
That is naturally because there are corresponding scientific research options in the system. After unlocking, the system's military factory can produce the equipment needed by paratroopers, and the same production line will be obtained in reality.
Although this scientific research project is not an option at this time, it is understandable. After all, there are at least three requirements for airborne landings. The first is transport aircraft, the second is paratroopers, and the third is air superiority.
Now he hasn't even clicked on the decision-making line of Lian Ying. It is naturally impossible to directly unlock the paratrooper technology without a single aircraft.
But there is no need to wait too long, the last decision will be over in five days.
As science and technology in various countries continues to advance and combat concepts continue to innovate, more and more arms and new weapons appear on the battlefield.
During World War I, tanks, airplanes, and poison gas appeared on the battlefield, while during World War II, more modern arms such as special forces and airborne troops appeared.
This period was an era of rapid development of the airborne troops, and Mao Zi can be said to be the father of the airborne troops. They formed a 20-man parachute team as early as the Tsarist Russia.
The training of airborne troops is often accompanied by a large number of accidents and safety problems caused by immature equipment. In the early days of the creation of this experimental unit, Mao Zi did not give up research because of various problems.
They continue to improve the combat and training system of airborne troops, so this emerging force develops extremely quickly in remote Siberia.
In 1935, Maozi already had a paratrooper force of 10,000 people.
In the Kiev military exercise of the same year, they sent 1,200 paratroopers and even airdropped several anti-tank guns and an ultra-light tank.
Although the exercise had a certain element of performance, it was enough to astound the observation groups from various countries at the time, and fully recognized the actual combat value of this unit.
Those military observers began to realize that the next war would usher in a new way of fighting.
"It's a pity that these stupid paratrooper elites were sent away in large numbers due to tactical reasons during the Battle of the Dnieper River."
After that exercise, various countries formed their own airborne troops one after another, and even the Gallic chicken and pasta showed no sign of weakness.
In World War II, pasta always played the role of being incapable of doing anything and being the second best in surrender.
Their paratroopers alone can be said to be one of the few pure warriors. After many fierce battles, the Lightning Paratrooper Division was reduced from 3,500 people when it was formed to only 300 people in the end.
When Italy backstabbed the Axis and switched to the alliance, the remaining members were absorbed by Sandoku's 4th Parachute Division. It can be said that they are one of the very few Italian troops accepted and respected by Sandoku.
There is nothing to say about Gallic Chicken, because the two paratrooper battalions surrendered too early and did not know whether they would have the chance to participate in the first show.
The first paratrooper unit of Preserved Fruit was established in 1942. At that time, the chief of enlisted students of the Air Force felt that it was a pity to abandon those who failed in the Air Force entry test, so he called them together and converted them into paratroopers to establish a parachute training team.
In order to play a role in the subsequent war, vertical combat support was provided to the troops. They conducted a series of training on airport attack and defense, breakthrough of key defense areas and wilderness survival.
It's a pity that this long-term strategic vision did not receive attention at the time. After all, Bald's skills were all focused on the stock market, and the general environment that year was too bad.
Airborne training requires a lot of equipment. When someone said that the money would earn interest in the bank and bought a plane and left it there to be used, it would be impossible for this unit to receive financial support.
Coupled with the improper training and equipment, the final result is nothing.
Finally, in July 1943, the captain of the Flying Tigers relied on personal connections to work around and obtain some of the supplies and equipment needed by the paratroopers.
On New Year's Day in 1944, the first paratrooper unit of the Republic of China, the "First Paratrooper Regiment", was established, and its external code name was Hongxiang Troops.
After extensive training, this unit finally caught up with the last opportunity to fight the Japanese, and in July 1945 intercepted the Japanese retreat northward in Guangdong, Hunan and other places.
They even attacked the Japanese Danyang Airport in an air landing situation and launched an attack with the coordination of the army.
Generally speaking, although the Preserved Paratroopers were established relatively late and were nearing the end of the battle when they entered the battle, they at least achieved three battles and three victories.
Since most of the members of Hongxiang's troops were young people with ideas and consciousness, they rebelled and became the cornerstone of the New China's airborne troops.
If Li Yunlong leads the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army to train airborne troops, then this title will fall on him. But in a historical sense, it is definitely much more powerful than being in charge of a small military region.
Commander Li's future opponents will be much worse than him. The paratroopers in his childhood can be described as the best. They have proven through actions time and time again that they are the most rubbish paratroopers during World War II.
According to the internal theory of the Japanese, the best pilots went to the Army Aviation, the best soldiers went to the Navy, and the rest went to the parachute troops.
The Kiev military exercise that year also had observers who were young people participating in it. They saw several airborne exercises held by Maozi, and the Japanese were also very excited.
During the Battle of Shanghai, they organized a parachute operation of 100 people, but it was a completely disastrous suicide attack.
Due to weather and technical reasons, the pilot flying the transport plane simply took the wrong path.
In addition, their transport planes flew at low altitudes, resulting in many poorly trained Japanese soldiers who were not prepared at all, and some landed in boxes without even opening their parachutes in the air.
Some of them fell directly into the lake and were crushed alive by parachutes and drowned.
In that operation, only more than thirty people arrived at the destination according to the original plan. This was due to overwhelming luck.
What is even more outrageous is that during the Wuhan Battle, the grassroots officers of the Japanese 106th Division suffered heavy losses in the Wanjialing Battle.
In order to ensure the correct command of the besieged troops, the army's top brass ordered trained transport pilots to airdrop more than 200 officers.
Although no one fell to death during this airborne landing, the pilot was seriously ill and threw all these grassroots officers directly onto the position of the preserved fruit troops.
It was because of these second-hand operations that Xiaori stopped all kinds of experimental paratrooper projects.
Later, it was because his ally Santoku performed well in the Battle of Crete and Benzi was determined to attack the Pacific Ocean that he picked up the almost abandoned project.
But the classic old job is back. Paratroopers need to use transport aircraft, and in the early days there was no dedicated air force.
As a result, the Army and Navy had to play their own games, causing the originally slow training progress to almost slow down. In the end, Santoku gave them a hand.
Sandoko did indeed occupy Crete, but Operation Mercury turned the island into a graveyard for paratroopers, and even the major general commander of the Airborne Division died here.
Since then, Mustache has almost never conducted large-scale airborne operations. With the idea of rational use of resources, he sold a batch of idle equipment and training equipment to Xiaori.
To show their sincerity, a team of well-trained instructors was also dispatched.
At the beginning, these German instructors were quite happy.
After all, the young soldiers who received the training had very high individual qualities, and their bodies were not as strong as those of Asians. They were all as strong as calves. Moreover, he is not afraid of death and has high execution ability.
But regardless of whether they are soldiers in the army or navy, as soon as they are exposed to parachute training, their hips will rise immediately. When parachuting, the movements are comparable to zombies, and the number of people is bound to be reduced during actual combat training.
In fact, the reason is very simple, because there are no big cock fights and spirit-injecting rods on the plane. After losing the help from the outside world, these devils directly exposed their true colors.
Moreover, during the selection process, the top management only focused on physical fitness and combat experience, and did not consider whether the soldiers were afraid of heights or whether they would suffer from airsickness.
Their training is very brutal, they do not provide any psychological counseling to the soldiers, and they almost treat them as disposable items. Moreover, these students have rigid thinking and always regard themselves as infantry.
San Dezi's instructor persisted for half a year, and finally left North China in despair.
Their evaluation was also very direct. The trainees were very elite infantrymen and would have a chance of surviving even on the cruel European Eastern Front.
But as paratroopers, they are nothing. The vast majority of students cannot even learn any skills, only the porcelain hammer of fighting will.
However, I have to admit that once these hybrids can land safely, they can still display considerable combat effectiveness. This individual soldier quality is the last fig leaf for the Japanese paratroopers.
Looking at the entire stage of the war of aggression against China, they only had one positive record.
That was the division that cooperated with the frontal attack in the Battle of Southern Shanxi, breaking through the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line in one fell swoop, and even penetrated some military-level headquarters.
If Li Yunlong's training speed is fast enough, he can catch up with this battle, and then it will be a duel between the enemy's and our paratroopers.
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"Afraid of heights? Brigadier, what do you mean by this?"
The brigade commander's words left everyone here confused.
As a native of the Dabie Mountains, Captain Li Da often went hunting in the mountains with the hunters in the village before he joined the army. His favorite thing was to climb high and look far away while resting.
Moreover, after coming to Jin Province, whether it was the New First Regiment or the New Second Regiment, the troops often fought in the mountains. There is no way that the symptoms of fear of heights could happen to him.
Seeing the confusion on his beloved general's face, the brigade commander continued with a smile: "This is a common question. Just say it straight. How can I trick you with so many people?"
This kind smile reminded Captain Li of one thing, that is, Huang He said that he would get some planes.
Conquering the sky is the innate dream of mankind. Although the Eighth Route Army's life is getting better and better, flying a fighter jet is still out of reach.
Thinking of this, he first shook his head in response to the brigade commander's previous question, and then asked impatiently:
"Is it possible that Lao Huang really got a plane? Does our little Li still have a chance to go to heaven? You can't tease me about this!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the New Second Regiment focused their burning eyes on the brigade commander. The brigade commander nodded and said directly without thinking:
"What am I kidding you about? Huanghe will be able to get a plane by the end of this year! Li Yunlong is indeed going to heaven, but"
Before he finished speaking, everyone in the temporary command post erupted in exclamations. Even the soldiers outside couldn't help but cast curious glances at such a loud movement.
Li Yunlong was even more exaggerated. He rushed up and hugged the brigade commander, with layers of smiles on his face.
"Brigadier! I thank you! I thank you eight generations of ancestors! I know you still love me Xiao Li the most! You can help me get such a good job."
Only then did the brigade commander realize that Captain Li most likely had misunderstood the meaning. But I don’t blame him, after all, paratroopers and pilots have many similarities.
Both rely on airplanes to get to the sky, but one is driving the airplane and the other is jumping out of the airplane.
In order to prevent the other party from becoming more disappointed as his expectations grew, the brigade commander quickly broke free from Li Yunlong's arms, then grabbed him and explained quickly:
"I haven't finished speaking yet! I'm not asking you to fly a plane! I'm asking you to be a paratrooper!"
At this stage, the vast majority of Eighth Route Army soldiers do not know what paratroopers are. Even most of our army's top brass only know the concept of this unit.
Only those who had studied at the Frunze Military Academy had a systematic understanding of the meaning of paratroopers.
Although Commander Li has learned a lot since he went to the Logistics Department, he is very unfamiliar with the term paratrooper. This is the first time he has heard of it today.
However, he often studied secretly and was used to looking for Zhao Gang when he was in trouble, so he turned his questioning eyes to his own political commissar.
"Paratroopers, it should be said, are a branch of arms that use airborne battlefields as their combat method. I heard that major European countries have specialized paratrooper units, which are characterized by lightweight equipment, high motorization, and elite soldiers."
"I think it should be a force that can transcend ground obstacles, conduct long-distance attacks, and conduct all-round rapid maneuver operations."
"Whether it is cavalry, motorized troops or mechanized troops, their speed and mobility pale in comparison to paratroopers. If we do not consider the issue of survival, it is not an exaggeration to say that magic soldiers descended from the sky."
As Zhao Gang expressed his understanding, Captain Li's eyes became brighter and brighter. At the end of the sentence, I even thought about how I would lead my troops and parachute into my hometown.
Although Yamamoto was killed by Kong Jie, a defensive master, Lao Li had always had similar thoughts, not to mention that he and Zheng Yingqi also participated in the operation of running hundreds of miles to rescue doctors.
So when the New Second Regiment was first established, he gathered the top soldiers with special skills in the regiment and formed a commando team.
In the original work, after Li Yunlong graduated from the military academy, he thoroughly implemented his ideas. It took half a year to secretly select 108 people from across the country and form a Liangshan detachment.
The concept of paratroopers coincided with the vague idea in his mind, and even surpassed the concept of special forces the moment it appeared.
It is indeed a pity not to be able to fly a fighter jet, but Li Yunlong knew it well, and he also knew that his cultural level was not enough to play with such high technology.
Thinking of this, he felt that the blood all over his body was boiling. Lao Li suppressed his excitement, adjusted his military uniform, and then solemnly gave a military salute to the brigade commander and said loudly:
"Li Yunlong, leader of the new second regiment! Promise to complete the mission!"
As the chief of staff of the 386th Brigade, Staff Slender Man has naturally heard the saying that airborne troops are born to be surrounded. Thinking that Li Yunlong's future military journey would be even more bumpy, he couldn't help but remind him:
"You kid, think carefully. Once you embark on this path, there will be no chance of turning back!"
"Li Yunlong, leader of the new second regiment! Promise to complete the mission!"
Looking directly into the firm eyes of his beloved general, the brigade commander patted him heavily on the shoulder, and then said seriously:
"I knew you would choose this way. I guessed it right. After the Hundred Regiments War is over, you can start making preparations."
"The deputy general staff will give you a standard at that time. If someone in your new second regiment fails to meet the standard, you can choose someone from our 129th Division, and most departments will cooperate with you."
"And you, Li Yunlong, will also become a pioneer on this road. Both the people and the army will remember you forever."
If Lao Li's character attributes could appear in the system, they would definitely be organizational expert, engineer commander, infantry commander, mountain expert, woodland ranger, and jungle rat.
There will definitely be special operations commanders, airborne paratroopers, comprehensive planners, fierce attackers, offensive masters, and charismatic ones in the future.
(End of chapter)
