The decisive battle against the Third Reich

After more than a month of intense training, a commando team of 300 people finally took shape.

The reason why there are three hundred people is because the commando team needs a reserve team of one hundred people.

There are another four hundred people serving as backup troops... They can also carry out air landings and can serve as reinforcements for the commando team at any time.

Of course, this is if there are still helicopters left to survive.

"Our war situation in Stalingrad still has not made much progress!" Alexander said: "So the general hopes that we can implement the 'October Plan' as soon as possible!"

This was the name Alexander gave to the plan. Originally, Conrad wanted to call the plan "Sandbank Plan" or "Dragon Plan".

To be precise, the two plans named by Conrad are more appropriate, because this plan is to use "Dragon" helicopters to launch an attack on the sandbar.

But this does not meet the military confidentiality requirements... Marching operations are not writing essays. Writing essays must meet the meaning of the topic and choose an appropriate title. This is taboo in military plans, because once the name of the plan is leaked, the enemy will It is possible for intelligence personnel to make associations based on the information contained in the plan name and follow the clues to grasp more intelligence.

In this regard, the name Conrad chose for the project was obviously not a good one.

Instead, it was Alexander who named it..."October Plan."

This will make people think that it was a plan launched in October, but in fact this October refers to the Soviet Union... The Soviet Union launched the "Great October Socialist Revolution" in October 1917, overthrowing the Bolshevik regime established by the Provisional Government. .

Therefore, this "October Plan" can both express its meaning well and hide the important information of the plan.

Qin Chuan thought for a while and asked Conrad: "When will Unit 5 be repaired?"

After all, the "Dragon" helicopter is a newly developed thing, and it will have glitches from time to time.

Because of this, Conrad even transferred a maintenance team from Berlin as well as parts and even engines that needed to be replaced.

From this we can also know that a raid like this is not just as simple as ten helicopters and two hundred soldiers. Behind them are a lot of logistics personnel to ensure that they work normally.

Conrad asked the assistant next to him, and then replied: "It will take two more days!"

"Then we will take action on the third day!" Qin Chuan said: "The actual combat training will be suspended for these two days to ensure that all helicopters are in optimal condition!"

Qin Chuan's words surprised Alexander. He originally thought that it would take at least half a month of training.

"Are they ready?" Alexander asked: "We probably only have one chance!"

Qin Chuan understood what Alexander meant.

There is really only one chance for a raid like this, because after a sneak attack the enemy will immediately know that the Germans have this kind of equipment and this novel tactic, and then they will make up for their own shortcomings based on this tactic.

And this is still very easy for the Soviet army... Shazhou is not far from the Soviet southeastern front, and it is not blocked by the German army at all. The Soviet army can rest assured to reinforce Shazhou.

"Maybe our preparations are not enough!" Qin Chuan replied: "For example, the measured 100-meter rope descent time has always been about two minutes, and for example, the cooperation between the pilots is not very good..."

After all, it is a helicopter rappel. Where the commandos land is decided by the pilot. Once the pilot makes any mistake, it may affect the entire operation. This is not even the decision of the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment.

"But!" Qin Chuan continued: "The Soviets are even less prepared, and we don't have time to delay it any longer!"

The weather in Russia has turned cold in August. If it enters September, the minimum temperature will drop to 7 degrees Celsius, and the situation of the German army will worsen by then.

Although Alexander and others did not know what Qin Chuan meant by "no time", they all agreed that "it cannot be delayed any longer" because there were thousands of casualties on average every day in the stalemate in Stalingrad, and the German army's Military strength is becoming increasingly stretched.

So, a few people nodded and set the time.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

At two o'clock in the morning, all the commandos were woken up from their beds.

Since no information was disclosed in advance, the soldiers thought this was just a routine training or exercise.

It wasn't until everyone was "whirring" to fly to the transfer target, which was a base in Zovsk, that Qinchuan told everyone through the walkie-talkie: "We will launch an attack in two and a half hours, and the target is Sandbar No. 1. !”

The soldiers in the cabin looked at Qin Chuan in surprise, but quickly calmed down.

"Wow!" said Werner. "The Soviets are in trouble!"

"Yes!" Alfredo responded: "This battle has been stalemate for long enough, let us end it!"

"Guess..." the baker asked: "What will the Soviets' expression be like when they see these helicopters appearing above their heads!"

“They’ll open their mouths in shock!” Dominic said. “Then I can stick the barrel of the gun in!”

The soldiers couldn't help laughing.

Qin Chuan knew that they were a little nervous, but he didn't blame them, because after all, this was the first time, no one had done this before... and the helicopter descended to launch a surprise attack on the enemy.

Half an hour later, the helicopter landed at the Zovsk base.

Zhovsk was originally an unknown Soviet village, similar to the village of Vekino. It was not an important place and there were no Soviet civilians... The civilians were all transferred to Stalingrad.

This can make the helicopter less noticeable.

Before this, Alexander had sent people to build this village into a forward helicopter base... It is actually not easy to do this. Infantry protection and helicopter maintenance, fuel, and spare parts preparation are all necessary. There must also be ammunition and equipment used by the commandos. Even because of the fear that the Soviet army would attack this base from the air and cooperate with the commandos, Alexander also deployed two air defense regiments and 20 fighters and 10 "Stuka" bombers specifically for this direction.

The 20 fighters are used for alert, seizing air supremacy and escorting helicopters. The 10 "Stuka" bombers are used to assist the commandos in their attack on the sandbar.

After landing, Qin Chuan gave a simple speech and assigned tasks to each unit.

The mechanic did the final inspection of the helicopter.

Then everyone was waiting for the arrival of dawn... That was the moment of their attack.