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Chapter 1857: 101st Airborne Division

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    Speaking of the 101st Air Assault Division of the U.S. Army, it is definitely famous. It all uses helicopters to fight and is quite powerful. The history of this unit can be traced back to World War I.  At that time, the United States formed the 101st Infantry Division in order to meet the needs of continuously sending expeditionary forces to Europe.  It's just that the European battlefield has ceased fire before this army has gone to battle.  The unit was retired from active duty and became a reserve unit.

    And now, with the progress of the world war, the United States has disbanded its 101st Reserve Infantry Division and formally formed the 101st Airborne Division.

    Now, the 101st Airborne Division is training at their base at Fort Bragg, awaiting an upcoming mission.  The 502nd Parachute Regiment under this airborne division uses the latest paragliding parachute.

    This parachute regiment was expanded from the original 502nd Parachute Battalion.  So the original battalion commander, Major William, was promoted to regimental commander at the same time.  His rank was also changed from major to lieutenant colonel.  At this time, Lieutenant Colonel William was training his paratroopers.

    "Hurry up, hurry up, you must act fast! As paratroopers, we are born to be surrounded by the enemy. If you don't have enough survival skills and combat skills, then you will be wiped out by the enemy." Lieutenant Colonel William looked at his men  , was sweating profusely on the training ground, and was still shouting loudly there.

    Paratroopers are actually a new type of arms.  Although airplanes have existed for a long time, jumping out of airplanes has only become popular in recent years.  The first to do this was the Soviet Union.  It was a military parade on Red Square, and Soviet paratroopers jumped out of a bomber, shocking the world.  Because it was just a bomber, the paratroopers had to climb out of the cabin by themselves and stand on the wing to jump off, which was very difficult.  At that time, the military attaches from all over the world were shocked.  Later, countries also began to form their own paratroopers.  In this way, all countries have paratroopers.

    Everyone knows that the advantage of paratroopers lies in their mobility. They can appear behind the enemy by plane, so they have an unparalleled advantage in mobility.  But at the same time they also have a big disadvantage.  Because they jumped from the plane, they couldn't carry heavy weapons.  It would be nice to be able to go down with your own guns and ammunition.  Look at the little devil's paratroopers, the personnel and equipment are air-dropped separately.  After the paratroopers went down, they had to find weapons by themselves. In a fierce battlefield, this was a waste of precious time.

    Although the American paratroopers do not have such a tragic situation, they also know how cruel the test they are about to face is.  Only after rigorous training can they be competent for the future battlefield.  Now Lieutenant Colonel William is training them.  Paratroopers don't just have to jump out, they have to fight.  And they have to be the best soldiers.  Therefore, routine physical training and combat skill training are carried out every day. These paratroopers are sweating profusely on the training ground.

    It was under such circumstances that Qin Baoshan came to the training base of the paratroopers.  When seeing a howling eagle on their armbands.  Qin Baoshan knew that this was the American 101st Airborne Division.  The famous Band of Brothers movie was shot based on them.

    Behind Qin Baoshan, Wei Dayong couldn't help sighing: "These people should be the most elite fighters, and they are all very big. If you fight with them, you will definitely suffer."

    This is incomparable. Originally, Westerners are taller.  Those who choose to enter this kind of paratrooper unit will naturally be taller.  These are all burly and sturdy men, and they also look good when they train.  Being able to get into Wei Dayong's eyes shows that the level of these people is really not low.

    Major Cromlin can understand some Chinese because he has been in contact with the Eighth Route Army many times.  He was also very happy to hear Wei Dayong sigh like this.

    "This unit is indeed our elite unit." Major Cromlin said: "Now. What we see is the 502nd Paratrooper Regiment under the 101st Airborne Division. They are equipped with paragliders. So if you need to  , they will also undertake the most difficult tasks in the airborne division."

    While talking like this, Lieutenant Colonel William saw the group of them, and then quickly ran over, saluted Major Cromlin skillfully, and said, "My good brother, why are you here?"  After looking at the people around Major Cromlin, he suddenly thought of something, and asked in surprise, "Is this the person who invented the paraglider?"

    Major Cromlin nodded, and Lieutenant Colonel William stretched out his hand excitedly: "Thank you for your help. For us, this paragliding parachute is really a good piece of equipment, allowing our paratroopers to land more accurately.  .¡±

    Ordinary parachutes do not have the ability to control the direction. As long as they jump from the sky, it will be whatever they land on, so after they go down, the paratroopers will?Scattered over a large range, they need to gather together before they can have combat effectiveness.

    In fact, this is also the case. In Operation Overlord, 101 Airborne landed on a certain position controlled by the German army. After they landed, they found that it was too difficult to gather. The first to gather were officers.  So a very strange phenomenon appeared: there were more officers than soldiers.  They relied on the first hundred or so people to hold their positions, and then gathered continuously.  In World War II, although the paratroopers fought many times, there were not many successful battles.  The 101st Airborne Division in the United States is pretty good.

    Paragliding is different, this thing is powered.  It can fly back and forth in the sky, and if it is strictly trained, it can also land precisely on a certain place, such as a small building roof.  In this way, the time for them to assemble can be greatly shortened, and they can be gathered quickly to form a fist.

    These things were invented by Qin Baoshan.  Relying on its strong industrial capabilities, the United States quickly produced a large number of them and equipped them with this paratrooper regiment.  They have trained many times and are full of praise for this equipment.  So seeing the designer of this equipment now, Lieutenant Colonel William admires him very much.

    "These are what we should do." He stretched out his hand with a smile and shook hands with the other party. At this time, he was very proud: "The structure of this kind of thing is relatively simple, so our Eighth Route Army can operate it by ourselves. It's just that we can't produce it.  Engine. It would be great if you could provide us with a batch of equipment." (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel.com
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