The decisive battle against the Third Reich

In two days, the soldiers became familiar with this kind of rappelling that relies on the wall, and then changed to rappelling with weights on their backs, and then switched to the volleying rappelling that does not rely on the wall.

The rope descent is to set up a shelf between two buildings tens of meters high to simulate a hovering helicopter cabin... In order to make the soldiers feel more comfortable, the size and shape of this shelf are one-to-one according to the Junkers cabin. It is made in proportions and even has two rows of seats and a cockpit for the pilot.

Then hang ropes from the top and dig a hatch in the middle of the bottom of the shelf, making it almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

If anything, the pod is safer...it's not shaking in the air and there's no shrapnel and bullets flying around.

The difficulty of rappelling lies in speed.

Needless to say, the reason is that the most dangerous time for such a rappel operation is the period when the helicopter is hovering over the target... As mentioned before, any firepower from the ground at this time will pose a serious threat to the helicopter and its members. threaten.

Therefore, with this kind of rope descent, it is impossible to lower one rope after confirming its safety and then lower the other. It must be lowered one after another, that is, there are several people hanging on the rope at the same time and sliding to the ground at high speed.

This will cause a series of problems:

For example, some people are fast and some are slow. As a result, they will inevitably collide with each other.

Another example is that the distance is too close, and another person falls from the sky before the person who landed on the ground has time to unlock the lock.

Of course, these problems are not unsolvable. They just need to train again and again to make everyone so skilled that they can master their own descent speed with their eyes closed, and after landing, they can leave the landing point as quickly as possible to serve their teammates. Provide landing space.

On the other hand, Alexander led a group of instructors to keep time... There were more than 700 people in one battalion, and every 20 people were divided into groups for training.

What they have to do is to select the ten fastest and most stable groups from the more than 700 people and thirty groups to join the battle.

"2 minutes and 10 seconds!" Alexander said to Qin Chuan, "This is the best result!"

"No, it's not good enough!" Qin Chuan said, "We should try to control the time within one and a half minutes!"

The reason is simple. Even if it is just one second longer, it may bring the risk of annihilation to all members, because the downed helicopter will also pose a threat to the members who have landed.

"But this speed can hardly be increased!" Alexander said.

Qin Chuan understood what Alexander meant. The distance, speed and number of people determined how long it would take. This was calculated before.

"If we can't decide the distance and the number of people, then speed up!" Qin Chuan said.

"We can't speed up, Major!" Alexander said: "They are carrying equipment and supplies. If we speed up any more, they will be injured when they land!"

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said: "We can speed up the first half and gradually reduce it to normal speed in the second half!"

Alexander couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan blankly after hearing this.

This is indeed feasible, and it can obviously increase the landing speed. The problem is that the coordination of the soldiers is higher, which means it is more difficult to do this. If you are not careful, several soldiers will collide with each other.

"They can do it!" Qin Chuan said.

Qin Chuan has confidence in his soldiers, or it can be said that it is worth it... Even if some soldiers are injured, it is still many times better than dying on the battlefield.

Later, soldiers did get injured because of this. The most serious case was that a sergeant from the third company was hit by a soldier who was pursuing him because he was slower. He lost his balance and fell from a height of more than ten meters. His spine fell. He hit the backpack hard... and lost consciousness in his lower body.

When he was carried away by medics, the soldiers didn't know what to say.

"He is a veteran who fought with us in Africa!" Kuhn said: "I remember him because he was originally my subordinate!"

After a pause, Kuhn continued: "I didn't expect that after so many battles, I would fall down during training!"

Therefore, destiny is sometimes strange, and no one knows when it will suddenly come to you.

"Sorry, sir!" Kuhn then said, "I'm not saying the training was wrong..."

"I understand!" Qin Chuan interrupted Kuhn: "You don't have to explain so much, I know this is right, and we must continue!"

Conrad's estimate was at least wrong in one aspect, and that was the helicopter's modification time... Conrad originally estimated that it would only take a week, but in fact it took a full two weeks for the helicopter to land in Vikino.

"Sorry, Major!" Conrad explained to Qin Chuan: "Originally we thought you were only using it for transportation in the Caucasus Mountains, so we had relatively low requirements for it. Now that we know you are using it for combat, we will carry out inspections on it. Made some necessary modifications!”

"Really?" Qin Chuan asked, "What modifications?"

"We have thickened the armor in key parts!" Conrad said: "For example, the cab and the engine. In addition, we also added a layer of 10MM steel plate to the bottom of the cabin!"

"Very good, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said.

The 10MM steel plate can just stop the Soviet rifle bullets, which means that the Soviet submachine guns, rifles, light machine guns, etc. from the bottom up will hardly pose a threat to the helicopter.

"It should!" Conrad replied: "But you have to pay attention, its defensive power is only so much. If the Soviets use a 12.7MM heavy machine gun..."

"I know, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

At this time, the Soviet army, even the infantry, was generally equipped with a DSHK12.7MM caliber machine gun. It is also often seen in modern film and television works... There is a baffle in the front and a wheeled shooting rack. The German army usually calls it It is called a "Russian harvester" because it is very effective against German infantry charges, often knocking down German troops row by row like harvesting rice. But the German army was often helpless because there was a block in front of it.

This guy can easily penetrate 15MM steel plate at a distance of 500 meters. It is basically impossible to prevent it.

Then, Qin Chuan glanced at the helicopter landing on the open space on the other side and said, "Okay, let's get to know this aircraft. We call it a helicopter. To be precise... …It’s a Dragon helicopter! What’s the problem?”

"Sir!" a soldier asked: "Are we just going to fight the Soviets in this guy?"

"No doubt!" Qin Chuan replied: "Otherwise, what do you think we have been doing during this time?"