Chapter 172 I Am Willing to Be a Pioneer, Even if It Means Sacrificing My Life

Just when Li Yunlong was about to choose his future path, Huang He opened the awakening brave tiger system and began to check the technology options for paratroopers.

He mentioned paratroopers not on a whim, but for a very reasonable reason.

That is naturally because there are corresponding scientific research options in the system. After unlocking, the system's military factories can produce the equipment needed by paratroopers, and the same production line will be obtained in reality.

Although this scientific research project is not selectable at this time, it is understandable. After all, there are at least three requirements for airborne operations, one is transport aircraft, the second is paratroopers, and the third is air supremacy.

Now he has not even clicked the decision line for Ying. It is naturally impossible to unlock the paratrooper technology directly without a single aircraft.

However, this does not need to wait too long. The previous decision will be completed in five days.

As the technology of various countries continues to advance and the combat concepts continue to innovate, more and more arms and their new weapons have appeared on the battlefield.

Tanks, aircraft and poison gas appeared on the battlefield during World War I, and more modern arms such as special forces and airborne troops appeared during World War II.

This period was an era of rapid development of airborne troops, and the Russians can be said to be the father of airborne troops. They formed a 20-man parachute team as early as the Tsarist Russia period.

The training of airborne troops is often accompanied by a large number of accidents and safety issues caused by immature equipment. In the early days of the creation of this experimental branch, the Russians did not give up their research because of various problems.

They constantly improved the combat and training system of airborne troops, so this emerging branch of troops developed very quickly in distant Siberia.

In 1935, the Russians 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 exercises have a certain performance component, it is enough to amaze the observation groups of various countries at that time, and fully recognize the practical value of this branch of troops.

Those military observers began to realize that the next war would usher in a new way of fighting.

"It's a pity that these Russian paratrooper elites were directly killed in the Battle of the Dnieper River due to tactical reasons."

After the exercise, various countries successively formed their own airborne forces, and even Gaul and Pasta were not to be outdone.

Pasta has always played the role of surrendering second in World War II.

Their paratrooper unit alone can be said to be one of the few pure fighters. After many fierce battles, the Lightning Paratrooper Division was reduced from 3,500 people at the time of formation to only 300 people in the end.

When Italy backstabbed the Axis and turned to the Alliance, the remaining members were absorbed by Sandezi's Fourth Paratrooper Division. It can be said that it was a very rare pasta unit accepted and respected by Sandezi.

There is nothing to say about Gaul, because the two paratrooper battalions surrendered too early and didn't know if they would have the opportunity to participate in the debut.

The first paratrooper unit of Guosu was established in 1942. At that time, the chief of the Air Force Enlisted Students felt that it was a pity to give up those who failed the Air Force entry test, so he gathered them together and transformed them into paratroopers to establish a parachute training team.

In order to play a role in the next war, vertical combat support was provided to the troops. They conducted a series of training such as airport attack and defense, breakthrough of key defense areas and survival in the wild.

It's a pity that this long-term strategic vision did not receive attention at the time. After all, Baldy's skills were all in the stock market, and the overall environment that year was too bad.

Airborne training requires a lot of equipment. When someone said that money in the bank would have interest, and bought an airplane and put it there waiting to be old, this unit would not be able to get financial support at all.

In addition, the training and equipment were not done properly, and the final result was nothing.

In the end, in July 1943, the captain of the Flying Tigers relied on personal relationships to operate everywhere and obtained 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, with the external code name of Hongxiang Unit.

After a lot of training, this unit finally caught up with the last wave of opportunities to fight the devils, and intercepted the devils in Guangdong and Hunan and other places from retreating north in July 1945.

They even attacked the Danyang Airport of the Japanese by airdropping, and launched an attack with the cooperation of the army.

In general, although the paratroopers of Guosu were established relatively late and were close to the end when they were put into battle, they at least won three battles and three victories.

Since most members of the Hongxiang troops were young people with ideas and consciousness, they revolted and became the cornerstone of the airborne troops of New China.

If Li Yunlong led the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army to train airborne troops, then this title would fall on him. But in terms of historical significance, it is definitely much better than being in charge of a small military region.

And the future opponents of Li Datuanzhang will be much worse than him. The paratroopers of Xiaori can be described as the best. They have proved themselves to be the worst paratroopers during World War II with their actions again and again.

According to the internal statements of the Japanese, the best pilots went to the Army Aviation, the best soldiers went to the Navy, and the rest of the crooked melons and cracked dates all went to the paratroopers.

There were also observers from Xiaori participating in the Kiev military exercise that year. Seeing the several airborne exercises held by the Russians, the Japanese were also very excited.

They organized a parachute operation of 100 people during the Battle of Shanghai, but it was a completely disastrous suicide attack.

Due to weather and technical reasons, the pilot of the transport plane directly took the wrong road.

In addition, their transport plane took a low-altitude flight, which resulted in many under-trained Japanese soldiers not being prepared at all. Some of them even fell to the ground without opening their parachutes in the air.

Some of them fell directly into the lake and were drowned by the parachutes.

Only more than 30 people arrived at the destination as planned in that operation, and this was because of their luck.

Even more outrageous was that during the Battle of Wuhan, the grassroots officers of the Japanese 106th Division suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Wanjialing.

In order to ensure the correct command of the besieged troops, the top leaders of the army ordered the trained transport pilots to airdrop more than 200 officers.

Although no one died in this airborne operation, the pilot was seriously ill and threw all these grassroots officers directly to the position of the preserved fruit troops.

It was because of these stupid operations that Xiao Rizi completely stopped all experimental paratrooper projects.

Later, it was because of the outstanding performance of his ally Sandezi in the Battle of Crete, and Benzi's intention to attack the Pacific, that he picked up the almost abandoned project.

But the classic old job came again. Paratroopers need to use transport planes, and Xiaorizi does not have a dedicated air force.

As a result, the army and the navy insisted on playing by themselves, causing the already slow training progress to almost become a turtle speed. In the end, it was Sandezi who helped them.

Sandezi did occupy Crete, but Operation Mercury made this island a grave for paratroopers, and even the major general commander of the airborne division died here.

From then on, Xiao Huzi almost never carried out large-scale airborne operations. With the idea of ​​rational use of resources, he sold a batch of idle equipment and training equipment to Xiaorizi.

In order to show his sincerity, he also sent a well-trained instructor group.

At the beginning, these German instructors were quite happy.

After all, the individual quality of the Xiaorizi who received training was very high, and their bodies were not as strong as Asians. Each of them was like a calf. Moreover, they are fearless and have high execution ability.

But no matter whether they are army or navy soldiers, they will immediately become exhausted as soon as they are exposed to parachute training. When parachuting, their movements are comparable to zombies, and they will inevitably lose personnel during actual combat training.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because there are no big fights and spirit injection sticks on the plane. After losing the assistance of the outside world, these devils are directly exposed.

Moreover, during the selection, the top leaders only focus on physical fitness and combat experience, and do not consider whether the soldiers are afraid of heights or whether they will get airsick.

Their training is very barbaric, and they do not provide any psychological counseling for the soldiers. They are almost disposable. Moreover, these students have rigid thinking and always regard themselves as infantry.

San Dezi's instructor persisted for half a year, but finally left North China in disgrace.

Their evaluation is also very direct. As infantry, the students are very elite, and they have a chance to survive even if they are placed in the cruel Eastern Front of Europe.

But as paratroopers, they are nothing. Most of the students can't even learn a little skill, only the porcelain hammer of fighting will.

However, it must be admitted that these bastards can still exert good combat effectiveness once they can land safely. This individual quality is the last fig leaf of the Japanese paratroopers.

Throughout the entire invasion of China, they only had one direct 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 infiltrating some army-level command posts.

If Li Yunlong's training speed is fast enough, he can catch up with this battle, and then it will be a showdown between the enemy and our paratroopers.

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"Afraid of heights? Brigade commander, what do you mean by this?"

The brigade commander's words made everyone present a little confused.

As a native of Dabie Mountain, Li Datuan often went hunting in the mountains with hunters in the village before joining the army. His favorite thing was to climb high and look far away during rest.

Moreover, after coming to Shanxi Province, whether it was the New First Regiment or the New Second Regiment, the troops fought in the mountains a lot. The symptom of fear of heights is impossible to happen to him.

Seeing his beloved general's face full of confusion, the brigade commander continued with a smile: "This is just an ordinary question, just tell me directly, how can I set a trap for you with so many people?"

This kind smile reminded Li Datuanzhang of one thing, that is, Huang He said he wanted to get some planes.

Conquering the sky is a dream that humans are born with. Although the Eighth Route Army's life has been getting better and better, flying a fighter is still out of reach.

Thinking of this, he first shook his head to answer the brigade commander's previous question, and then asked impatiently:

"Could it be that Lao Huang really got a plane? Does our little Li still have a chance to go to the sky? You can't tease me about this matter!"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the New Second Regiment focused their fiery eyes on the brigade commander. The brigade commander nodded and said directly without thinking:

"There is no need to lie to you about this matter. Huang He will be able to get a plane by the end of this year! You, Li Yunlong, are indeed going to fly, but..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone in the temporary command post burst into exclamations. With such a big commotion, even the soldiers outside couldn't help but cast curious eyes.

Li Yunlong was even more exaggerated. He rushed up and hugged the brigade commander, and his face was wrinkled with smiles.

"Brigade Commander! Thank you! Thank you for your ancestors! I knew you loved our little Li the most! You can help me get such a good job."

Then the brigade commander realized that Li Da had misunderstood. But it was not his fault, after all, paratroopers and pilots have many similarities.

Both rely on airplanes to fly into the sky, but one is driving an airplane and the other is jumping from an airplane.

In order to prevent the other party from being disappointed, the brigade commander quickly broke free from Li Yunlong's arms, then grabbed him and explained:

"I haven't finished talking yet! I'm not asking you to fly a plane! I'm asking you to be a paratrooper!"

At this stage, most of the Eighth Route Army soldiers don't know what a paratrooper is, and even most of our military leaders only know the concept of this branch of the army.

Only those who have studied at the Frunze Military Academy have systematically understood the meaning of paratroopers.

Although Li Da has learned a lot since he went to the logistics department, he is very unfamiliar with the word paratrooper, and today is the first time he has heard of it.

However, he often studied secretly and was used to looking for Zhao Gang when he was in doubt, so he cast his questioning eyes on his own political commissar.

"Paratroopers should be said to be a type of military force that uses airborne battlefields as a combat method. I heard that major European countries have special paratrooper units, which are characterized by lightweight equipment, high mobility, and elite soldiers."

"I think it should be a force that can overcome ground obstacles, carry out long-distance raids, and conduct all-round rapid mobile operations."

"Whether it is cavalry, motorized troops or mechanized troops, their speed and mobility are eclipsed by paratroopers. If you don't consider the issue of survival, it's not an exaggeration to say that they are divine soldiers descending from the sky."

As Zhao Gang expressed his understanding, Captain Li's eyes became brighter and brighter. Hearing the end, he even thought of himself parachuting into the mainland with his troops.

Although Yamamoto was killed by Kong Jie, the master of defense, Lao Li has always had similar ideas, not to mention that he and Zheng Yingqi participated in the operation of rushing hundreds of miles to save doctors.

So when the new second regiment was just established, he gathered the pioneers with special skills in the regiment and formed a commando team.

In the original novel, after Li Yunlong graduated from the military academy, he put his ideas into practice. It took half a year to secretly select 108 people from all over the country to form a Liangshan detachment.

The concept of paratroopers coincided with the vague idea in his mind, and even surpassed the concept of special forces at the moment of its appearance.

It was indeed a pity that he could not fly a fighter jet, but Li Yunlong knew it in his heart, and he also knew that his cultural level was not enough to play with that kind of high technology.

Thinking of this, he felt that his blood was boiling. Old Li suppressed his excitement, straightened his military uniform, and then solemnly saluted the brigade commander and said loudly:

"Li Yunlong, the commander of the new second regiment! Guarantee to complete the mission!"

As the chief of staff of the 386th Brigade, the thin staff officer naturally heard the saying that airborne soldiers are born to be surrounded. Thinking that Li Yunlong's future military career would be more bumpy, he couldn't help but remind him:

"Think carefully, kid, once you embark on this road, there will be no chance to turn back!"

"Li Yunlong, the commander of the New Second Regiment! Make sure to complete the mission!"

Looking directly at the determined eyes of his beloved general, the brigade commander patted his shoulder heavily, and then said seriously:

"I knew you would choose this, and I was right. After the Hundred Regiments Campaign is over, you should start preparing."

"The deputy chief of staff will give you a standard at that time. If someone in your New Second Regiment does not 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, and both the people and the army will remember you forever."

If Lao Li's character attributes can appear in the system, they must be organizational experts, engineer commanders, infantry commanders, mountain experts, woodland rangers, and jungle rats.

In the future, there will definitely be special operations commanders, airborne paratroopers, comprehensive planners, fierce attackers, offensive masters, and charismatic