"Brother, which army are you from?"
Lu Li stepped forward and helped one of the paratroopers up. The first group of airborne personnel was not many, thirty-two people in total. He really couldn't figure out why only so few soldiers were dropped.
"The 1st Airborne Brigade is under the command of Major Gough. The division headquarters ordered us to act as guides."
Gordon glanced behind him and added: "But that won't be necessary now, lads, you did a good job."
As he finished speaking, a middle-aged man walked over. He was of medium height and had a crown printed on his shoulder straps.
"Good day, Your Majesty Major."
Lu Li looked away and immediately raised his hand to salute, while Meng Ke and others on the side did the same.
"Good day, Sergeant. I'm Freddie Goff. Where are the rest of your platoon? Did they all die?"
"I don't know. When we were airborne last night, we were shelled. Most of our companions didn't even have time to open their parachute bags."
The atmosphere suddenly turned serious.
Only three lucky people from Lu Li's team, including himself, managed to reach the Runkum Wasteland, and there was no news about the others. As for the 16-man guidance team that went to Reyes Farm Camp, the situation may be even worse. Worse.
"Sacrifice is inevitable. That's what paratroopers do. Let's perform the mission first."
After saying that, Major Gaofu shook his head and called Lu Li and the others to come over and help: "You three are under my charge for the time being."
"In four minutes, the glider transporting soldiers and jeeps will arrive here. It will help unload the cargo and then join us to act as the reconnaissance force for the entire division."
Until now, Major Goff, who commands A Reconnaissance Company, is still optimistic. He expects victory to be within easy reach.
Because intelligence officials claimed that Arnhem had only a few hundred elderly, gray-haired Germans, as well as some outdated tanks and artillery.
It's a pity that Lu Li didn't know what the commander was thinking, otherwise he would definitely tell the major that there were many armored troops hidden in the Arnhem area.
In fact, it is useless to say it. Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders. The top brass ordered the 1st Airborne Division to capture Arnhem and hold on for 48 hours. Therefore, even if an enemy group is hidden here, the Red Devils will fight to the death. mission accomplished.
At one o'clock sharp in the afternoon.
The second batch of transport troops arrived as scheduled. Seeing that there was no abnormality in the landing area, the pilot of the tow plane immediately untied the cable, without even bothering to look, and directly adjusted its course to return to the British mainland.
At the same time, Lu Li, who was standing below, felt that this scene was quite joyful. The slightly small gliders were like eggs, which were thrown to them by the towing aircraft as parting gifts.
"Forget it, let's eat military rations to replenish energy."
He was about to participate in the war in the afternoon. Lu Li felt that he shouldn't laugh at such a solemn occasion. He muttered to himself and opened the can he won from Miller——
In fact, it is just three chocolate bars. The ingredients include: cocoa butter, milk powder, essence, sucrose, and vitamin B1. Each bar can provide 600 calories. It tastes as rough as mashed potatoes, but it can quickly fill the stomach and restore physical energy. .
Not far away, the big man Miller and other soldiers were smoking and chatting. They didn't pay attention to the five gliders. After all, the wasteland was so big. They could just park anywhere and there was no need to worry about being hit...
However, a minute later.
"Boss, run!"
Monk threw away the cigarette butt, dragged Lu Li and rushed to the side, while a bunch of other soldiers did the same.
One pilot was so focused on landing in the field that he didn't notice anyone in front of him, while the co-pilot was concentrating on the control column to avoid hitting other gliders and had no time to be distracted.
Soon, a huge black object flashed past everyone's eyes. Lu Li silently chewed the last bite of chocolate. He felt that he needed to greet God or the omnipotent principal.
Of course, there are also the pilot and co-pilot of the glider. These two guys definitely have no eyes.
"Farke!"
At this moment, Major Gough was furious and ready to rush over and reprimand them. Because of their behavior just now, he almost killed the thirty-five paratroopers present and bankrupted the investigation plan.
However, the scene in front of him stopped him in his tracks. Munch patted Lu Li and said, "We are not the only ones who are unlucky. Others are also unlucky."
The glider touched the ground, then bounced up to nearly a meter high, fell again, bounced up again, and finally broke into the taxiing route of another aircraft. Judging from the trajectory, the two were about to collide.
Miller wailed loudly. He was so focused on watching that he didn't notice that the cigarette was almost burning the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, the two co-pilots pushed down the control lever in unison, and the drag plate was instantly inserted into the soil. The fuselage jolted violently, and the wheels completely sank into the ground. The two co-pilots kept pulling back the steering wheel, trying to change direction and avoid collision.
At this time, the paratroopers held their breath, because it contained military jeeps, ammunition supplies, and companions. If something unfortunate happened, it would lead to a disaster.
"God bless!"
"Jesus Christ bless..."
"Sanqing bless you."
There was something strange mixed in among the prayers. After all, God had never blessed Lu Li from last night to now.
Then, a miracle happened.
In the silence, the brakes were turned off and the two gliders slowly stopped, less than ten meters apart.
Almost at the same time, the other three planes landed successfully without any setbacks in the process.
"No, there is no bad luck. Lady Luck has lifted her skirt for us once again."
Lu Li's words were filled with determination, and he warned Munch: "Don't play cards with others before your next mission. I'm afraid you'll win money and use up all your good luck."
After experiencing so many things, Munch also thought that it would be better to believe in something as mysterious as luck. He replied: "Boss, the money has long since floated into the sea, and the two cancel each other out, so we Good luck again!”
In this way, two people who thought they were lucky quickly walked to a glider and unloaded it with a few stranger paratroopers.
For Lu Li, he can master some special skills every time he travels, such as opening the tail of the plane and unloading the jeep and trailer in two minutes.
One forty in the afternoon.
The wasteland was filled with military supplies: 15 75mm howitzers, three ammunition trailers, a heavy truck, and ninety paratroopers.
Major Gough was sitting on the hood of a jeep, next to a map of the railway network, road lines, villages, towns, especially Arnhem, the main target of this operation, even down to every building and garden.
"According to General Urquhart's instructions, our reconnaissance company will gallop in front of the entire brigade, launch an assault as quickly as possible to seize the bridge, and then hold on until the second battalion arrives."
The finger stopped on a giant highway bridge and kept tapping.
"The Jaguar Route is the northernmost road. Starting from here, we use the speed advantage of the jeep to try to conduct a surprise attack."
"Any questions?"
Facing the inquiry from the top command, the three men from the second battalion looked at each other. They knew that there was an enemy armored force blocking the route between the Jaguar route and the Tiger route.
Lu Li didn't want to hesitate when his own life was at stake. After saluting, he quickly walked to the map and said, "Sir, the information is wrong. There is a mechanized force hidden in the woods next to Wolfheice Village. We saw it with our own eyes."
