Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

"We can't pray to the Germans, nor can we pray to the pilots. At critical moments, we must make the only choice to survive. We can't hesitate or be afraid."

Although the sergeants and corporals felt that Lieutenant Ivan's worst-case scenario was a bit alarmist, but the inherent obedience to orders after two years of devil training made them act, and began to tell every soldier according to Ivan's ideas.

Near 2 o'clock in the morning, after more than half an hour of flying at a low altitude of 500 meters to avoid the German radar and a short flight at an altitude of 1500 meters to determine the airborne field, the transport descended to 700 meters for an approach flight.

There is only one last step left before the paratroopers are dropped in the designated area. The red indicator light in the cabin attracts the attention of most of the paratroopers. Capable and full of joyful atmosphere.

But at the next moment, the German anti-aircraft guns burst into a star-like yellow light on the ground, and the sound of the explosion echoed in the sky, covering up the roar of the aircraft engine.

"Bang bang bang bang-!"

Under the night sky, the explosion flames produced by the shells hitting the sky were so close that the paratroopers could even see how thick the smoke was from its impact.

At this moment, a word flashed through the heads of all the paratroopers—it was discovered, it was discovered by the Germans!

"We knew we were flying high and far, and the Germans' anti-aircraft guns couldn't reach us."

This is bullshit. It is a bit difficult to deal with the C-47 with modern ground anti-aircraft firepower, but it is definitely not that difficult.

When the fire ball formed in the air, the faces of all the Screaming Eagles in the C-47 that Ivan was riding on were extremely pale.

The paratroopers got their first taste of war.

The taste of war is not pleasant. They thought that they would be transported to the designated area step by step, and then skydive one by one as they usually trained, but the reality gave them a slap in the face—very likely, they even parachuted. No chance.

No one knew how the C-100 that was more than 47 meters away was hit by anti-aircraft guns. The Screaming Eagles saw a small group of flames appearing in the night sky, and then it was like adding a handful of gasoline to it. It seemed to explode, and instantly turned into burning wreckage of the plane.

Crew member?paratrooper?All that remains is probably a small amount of metal debris.

"All focus, we can no longer land as planned—!"

The roar from Ivan instantly attracted the attention of the Screaming Eagles from the flames that exploded in the air. It was the second lieutenant who had been the deputy platoon leader in the third platoon for two years, because Lieutenant Compton came and mingled with the soldiers , Gradually weakened the Screaming Eagles' impression of Second Lieutenant Ivan, who used to only complete the orders of his superiors, or it was difficult to remember what kind of person Ivan was.

"Now it's not about whether we can complete the task, but whether we can survive!"

Ivan's voice seemed to completely cover up the roaring engine sound of the C-47 and the firing of the Germans outside, and a fearless face appeared under the dim indicator light.

The paratroopers could clearly feel the second lieutenant's aura, and gradually awakened the memories buried in the corners these days, and then they were surprised to find that the officer had undergone an unimaginable change.

In the past, Ivan would only have this posture under orders, but it always lacked a bit of chilling aura, and only possessed the oppressive aura necessary for an officer.

The Screaming Eagles didn't dare to speak, and some even dared not look at them. Even the two squad leaders bowed their heads under his fierce aura.

"The facts that happened in front of us tell us a truth - the Germans' anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns can shoot down the iron coffin we are riding in." Ivan said with a serious expression, "Now, tell me what you think - to live, or hold the coffin." There is not a single corpse in the iron coffin!?"

Someone will answer soon.

"Live."

"I can not hear--!"

"Live——!!!"

"Very good, everyone is ready to skydive in advance!"

After saying this, Ivan turned his attention to the monitors.

It has to be said that under well-trained conditions, the non-commissioned officers knew what to do next, saving Ivan the effort of checking one by one.

Soon there was a 'click' sound of the hook of the parachute cord being inserted into the steel cable in the cabin. The steel cable was located above the heads of the Screaming Eagles and extended along the center of the cabin. Everyone had to check twice to ensure that the forced parachute cord was closed Hang on the wire.

Immediately afterwards, Ivan ushered in a new order.

"Check your equipment—!"

After 3 minutes, it was confirmed that it was correct. Evan actually wanted to skydive ahead of time. Even if he did not reach the designated area, the crew members were unwilling to cooperate. They had their mission and it was impossible for Evan to let him do it.

After enduring it for 2 minutes, Ivan felt danger coming one after another. It was an early warning brought by his high [intuition], and there was no reason not to believe it.

"Everyone prepares for the impact, prepares me for the fuck, prepares me with the strength of breastfeeding—!"

After yelling this sentence, Ivan shouted at the crew members again—he was very anxious, very anxious, because there were 28 people here, and the fate was all in the hands of the 3-person crew, as long as they did not cooperate, the airborne would not be possible at all. action.

"Damn it, I'm not fooling around, but making the right decision based on the actual situation!" Ivan said angrily, "Do you know that the lives of the 28 Screaming Eagles who are about to fight NAZI are in your hands? The actual situation shall prevail at any time, your stubbornness will kill everyone here, including yourself——!"

After being scolded by this, the crew members were shaken. After all, this is the first time they have participated in such a grand plan, and their psychological quality is definitely not as strong as Ivan's. Thinking of the moment when 28 lives were on their shoulders, they gradually Hope to put the pressure on the only officer on this transport plane.

Unfortunately, it was a step too late after all.

Before the crew could follow Ivan's order to find the nearest and suitable place for airborne landing, the C-47 plunged headlong into the thick clouds. Not one C-47 but all the transport planes in this operation were hit. Into the clouds.

This cloud bank was so sudden that even meteorologists could not predict it, it straddled the flight path of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division.

The moment the flashing light at the tail of the wing could not be seen, the plane began to deviate from its course, and then because of fear of colliding with a nearby transport plane, the pilots instinctively began to rise vertically and descend rapidly.

If Ivan hadn't reminded the Screaming Eagles in advance through an intuitive warning, the behavior of the crew members would inevitably cause the paratroopers in the entire cabin to be turned upside down. With such heavy equipment and the weight of the human body, if relevant preparations were not made in advance, it would be very dangerous. A collision could result in injury or even death.

"Fly back to the altitude and prepare to skydive—!"

Even if the target below is not clear and the clouds block all sight, but as long as the plane is still flying, it will be more dangerous.

"No, it's too dangerous."

As soon as the crew members finished answering, the captain suddenly saw an indicator light less than 47 meters away from the C-30 he was in. The next moment he seemed to be colliding with it. It was almost like a muscle memory behavior. The C-47 was tilted more than 30 degrees in the air, and the whole plane passed the C-47 that suddenly dived from a high altitude in a tilted manner. The closest distance between one's own wing and the opponent's tail was no more than 3 meters, and the crew members were shocked. In a cold sweat.

Clouds obscure the view, and the planes are traveling at high speed. There are 1590 planes at the same speed. According to the previous V-shaped formation, the distance between the planes in every 9 V-shaped formations does not exceed 50 meters. Each V-shaped formation The distance between them does not exceed 310 meters, and any aircraft dive or rise may have disastrous consequences.

It would be naive to just make it possible for an airplane to collide with an airplane.

Take the C-47 that Ivan was on, for example, when it evacuated the emergency, the 28 people in the cabin were devastated.

The hasty action directly caused the Screaming Eagles in the cabin to have a serious collision. At least 5 people in the two rows of airborne troops collided with the cabin wall on one side and were also collided with their comrades on the other side. A full 150 kg in weight.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

In the next moment, there was a series of tragic wailing sounds in the cabin.

"My hand, my hand—!"

"It hurts me to death, I'm going to die ahhhhh!!!"

"Help me, save me, it's just me, mommy!!!"

Even if the crew members straightened the C-47 from the tilt angle in time and tried to raise the plane, they could not prevent the sudden behavior from causing damage to the Screaming Eagles. This is not the same as the sudden brake on the bus. It is very difficult to stand up with too high a weight, almost tense the bodies of the Screaming Eagles, and the load on the muscles and ligaments has reached the limit. Suddenly being hit by a comrade with the same weight or even a higher weight, muscle strain is inevitable , unlucky bones will have fractures or breaks.

"Quiet—shut up—!"

Yiwen could only use a louder voice to suppress the screams of the Screaming Eagles.

"Squad leaders and vice-squad leaders, check the injuries! The rest of the people are holding tight to the steel ropes to prevent the situation just now from bumping into others!"

3. At least keep no prisoners until we are on our feet!

"No matter who is injured, hold back—if you want to kill others, then keep shouting, history will remember those of you who killed your comrades-in-arms, no one will feel sorry for you... Stop shouting meaninglessly, you can live, as long as you obey the order, nothing will happen!"

No matter how mentally prepared you are, how much you say you are not afraid of death and how much you yearn to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but when the crisis of death really comes, people will always be afraid.Two years of training gave the Screaming Eagles plenty of experience in skydiving, but they had never actually experienced such an unexpected situation during the airborne process.

Panic, overwhelmed, fear engulfs the heart and creates the timidity of manipulating the will, these are all rare and common things, so an excellent officer is needed to cut through the chaos quickly, not to mention controlling the situation, at least make the airborne soldiers shut up .

I have to say that the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Squad, 3rd Squad, and the platoon headquarters of E Company were very lucky. There was a second lieutenant Housman Ivan who was very good at dealing with emergencies in the C-47 they were riding in.

In the past, he has faced several emergencies, but he has always been able to maintain a calm and clear mind. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a disregard for death... To be honest, things that can be controlled by the airborne soldiers during the airborne process It wasn't much, but Ivan knew very well that letting the Screaming Eagles cry because of the pain would only lead to worse results.

"You are volunteers, you voluntarily become paratroopers. This is not only a kind of courage, but also a kind of one-in-a-million...Because there are more people behind you who wrote their volunteers to join the army in the paratroopers. Above, suffer more hardships, make more achievements, and win more wars, you all know from the beginning...every link is full of dangers, and if you are mentally prepared, I can forgive you I fell into panic during the actual encounter, but I will never forgive you for being in chaos... because you are the elite, right? Isn't it? Are you third-rate bastards?"

The rather vicious rhetoric caused the Screaming Eagles to clenched their fists.

Ivan seldom used such harsh words on Ma Run's side, not because he looked at the Marine Corps differently, but because he looked at people... Ma Run also has cowards, but there are many veterans in the team. One movement will drive and affect the recruits, so this rarely happens today.

The airborne troops of the 101st Division are different. They are really on the battlefield for the first time, and no amount of training can compare with the real situation.

It was a good time when the night sky was cloudless and the most suitable time for airborne. The C-47 was flying and surrounded by a sudden cloud cover. Who could have predicted this?

The emergency escape of the crew members caused the cabin crew to turn their backs and get injured. Who knows if there will be a similar situation next time, and will the minor injuries become moderate injuries at that time?If you come too much, will you die directly in the plane?

Generally speaking, the Screaming Eagles lacked experienced veterans and lacked their unflappable attitude in times of crisis, which caused the confidence of the new recruits to be hit too thoroughly.

In this way, panic is inevitable.

It's really hard to divert the Screaming Eagles' attention from their worries and fears without some aggressive tactics.

In any case, Ivan's method was quite effective. With his loud but harsh voice, the cabin quickly fell silent, and the injured Howling Eagles gritted their teeth and cooperated with the others.

The results of the examination were unsatisfactory. At least 3 Screaming Eagles grimaced with pain in their entire arms and could not use their strength at all. They could not even lift their arms. The four paratroopers had severe pain in their shoulders and entire arms, but they were still able to raise their arms, indicating muscle strains or bruises.

Most of the rest is a short-term pain caused by a shock hitting the wall, and after a little relief, the pain will not be so painful.

To say the problem is not that serious, as long as... Worse things happen when I think so.

The German anti-aircraft guns played a decisive role. Not to mention the crew members, even Ivan couldn't react-the shell passed through the left wing of the C-47 and hit the wing engine very accurately.

The Screaming Eagles only heard a 'bang', and the whole plane tilted to the left suddenly and completely uncontrollably.

In the next moment, Ivan and his row of Screaming Eagles couldn't control their bodies at all, and their left shoulders slammed into the porthole. Besides, there were several comrades who couldn't stand still and bumped into them from the right. Ivan The pain was extremely painful, as if someone was opening a few big eyes on his body, he closed his eyes tightly due to the pain, and his facial expression was extremely distorted.

The [Burst Endurance] that had a chance to be triggered didn't work, but the pain was instantly suppressed when he thought that the plane was about to die.

Now it is impossible to wait for the plane to climb to a certain height before skydiving. The skydive must be completed immediately, otherwise the Screaming Eagle in the entire C-47 will be finished.

Fortunately, the crew members had experienced the nightmare-like operation before. This time, they were not so panicked after having experience. They flew directly to the right to ensure that the C-47 could still fly stably in the air.

The lack of an engine does not mean that this aircraft cannot complete the 'air operations', it just means that there is not much time left for the Screaming Eagles.

At present, no one knows where the 3rd row, the 2nd squad, and the 3rd squad arrived in the sky.

Next to Normandy?The Cotentin Peninsula?Or across the peninsula?

Where will you arrive after jumping off?That unique farm in northern France?Or landed directly into the English Channel?

Yiwen only knew that if he didn't jump, he would die on the plane.

It's just that the impact caused by the left wing engine being hit by the anti-aircraft gun just now made many Screaming Eagles unable to stand up at all. It's not that they didn't want to stand up, but because of the weight... they were powerless!

But there are always Screaming Eagles standing still, and they can still do something.

"Sergeant Putin, Sergeant Southerd, ordered the soldiers next to the dislocated and badly wounded Screamer Hawk, and the soldiers next to those who couldn't get up, to prepare to push down those who couldn't make the jump by themselves— We're going to do the skydive as fast as possible."

Ivan's reaction speed and judgment ability are very quick, without any muddling.

It would have been possible to unhook the parachute cords for the wounded, and the C-47 would be able to take them back to the UK for treatment when the others had finished their jumps, but now it is unlikely.

Without an engine, the plane can still fly staggeringly, but the problem is that there are more than 600 planes in this airspace. If you don’t go in a V-shaped formation, just turn right like this. It’s not easy to get in trouble with other planes Collision accident?

By the time the wounded are unhooked from the parachute rope, at least 2-3 people can parachute...Maybe at this time, some cuties will be puzzled and just jump, can't they?

Of course it can, but with one rather dire consequence — turning into a chain of human burgers dangling outside the hatch at 150 miles per hour.

This is why skydiving must pay attention to the absolute order. From 1 to 28, you must not jump in line in a hurry. You must wait for the person in front to complete the skydive before you can skydive.

"let's move!"

The order had been issued, but the two guys didn't move. It might be because they hit their heads just now, or it might be the unprecedented fear of seeing the burning engine on the left wing.

"Sergeant Putin, Sergeant South!?"

"...Push those who are lying on the ground unable to move, and let them go one by one in order—!"

After repeating it a second time, there was still no response, and Yiwen's anger rose instantly.

If it weren't for the weight on his body, he would definitely go up and slap each of the two monitors first.

But in reality, the only way to wake up these two stunned guys is to raise their voices.

"Sergeant Putin, Sergeant Southard—the answer—!"

Experienced squad leaders don't need to be repeatedly reminded by the platoon leader. Even if they have no experience, they will keep calm and think about how to deal with unexpected situations. Company E has a fairly good advantage. A large number of non-commissioned officers have experienced Captain Sauber's devil training, and they can still do some things after calming down.

"Yes, sir!"

Screaming Eagles who can stand up stand up as much as possible, and those who can help the comrades in front of them try to help, and if they can't help, they can only push the comrades in front who are curled up and unable to move.

After stumbling, he finally started to parachute. As the only officer in the C-47, Ivan was not the first to parachute. There were 5 people in front of him, two of them curled up on the cabin floor, with a helpless expression on their faces. Pushed by the comrades behind, he came to the hatch on the left wing.

The first person was pushed out of the hatch with his head down, and completed his first actual combat parachute jump on the battlefield in his life. Then the second man went to the hatch and parachuted in a normal posture. The third one was unlucky and almost missed. Complete the two-and-a-half-week performance of turning in the air.

The orderly jumping out of the hatches one after another like in the movie didn’t happen too much on Ivan’s side, and it was a bit out of line when it reached the fourth... He was a lucky one, and he was not found in the two collisions , was able to jump into the air, but because of the instinctive fear caused by glancing at the clouds below, he shrank back without saying a word.

The next moment he cried and said, "I can't, I can't, I can't—!"

In fact, this is a fairly normal retreat. Not all volunteers have a high psychological quality. They only think about killing the enemy and taking revenge. What's more, except for Yiwen, they are all new recruits. The skydiving during training has never been so chaotic and urgent. , Two consecutive accidents are enough to draw out the fear of flying in the bottom of the heart, and then infinitely magnify it until it controls the brain and body.

"You're so fucking hot, you coward—!"

Before Yiwen could speak, the fifth soldier who parachuted behind the retreating Screaming Eagle burst into curses. He didn't just swear, he arched his whole body forward, and after the relay, he pushed his hands on the back of the timid paratrooper .