During World War II, airborne troops began to be put into actual combat on a large scale, but at that time, parachutes and aircraft technology were not mature and were easily disturbed by external interference when parachuting. After landing, soldiers were scattered in a wide range and difficult to assemble, and there were many disadvantages.

Moreover, during the landing process, the airborne troops are the living targets of the enemy on the ground and are easily attacked by fire-intensive weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft cannons.

Even if the landing is successful, it will be left behind by the enemy. If the main force of the frontal attack progresses slowly, the airborne troops with severe weapons will suffer a catastrophe.

According to incomplete statistics, the average death rate of airborne troops in various countries during World War II was as high as more than 50%. In 1944, the "Market Garden Operation" war broke out in the Netherlands. More than 10,000 British Airborne Division participated in the war, and less than 2,000 survived, with a death rate of as high as 80%, which is the most dangerous group of troops.

Someone joked that the life of an airborne dog is only 19 seconds, because their skydiving height is generally 800 to 900 meters, and the free fall time is about 19 seconds. If the skydiving fails, it is difficult to survive. If it falls on the ground, it will basically be a pile of mud and cannot be picked up.

To put it bluntly, the large-scale airborne combat bought "one-way tickets". Even if the battle situation is unfavorable, it cannot withdraw from the departure airport. It can only fight to the end or the entire army is destroyed. Therefore, paratroopers are also called "the first-time troops to die", and are born to be surrounded.

Therefore, Liao Mingyu also studied the issues of the airborne troops for a long time, especially when the Mairel Detachment arrived at the Heihe Base, he took out a lot of equipment to change the other party, and instilled a lot of professional knowledge and response methods into it.

The first is the individual parachuting equipment. The Mai Detachment uses the US T5 parachute bag, which is a largely used by the US Air Force on transport aircraft and some non-armed aircraft.

Although the US military's air-service parachute has been relatively complete compared with other countries, there are still many problems in the eyes of modern people. The speed of opening the parachute is slow and the fabric strength is low. The airborne troops cannot maintain balance after opening the parachute, which can easily cause the parachute to suddenly rise or fall in a state of floating. The former can easily cause the parachute to lose equipment, while the latter can easily cause the parachute to be unable to adjust the direction during the parachute and be attacked by ground fire.

Fortunately, the system can exchange items such as umbrella bags that are marked as logistics items, and are cheap and of good quality.

Although the model of the umbrella bag produced by the system is not specified, both the umbrella and the rigging are much safer and firmer than the t5, and the opening safety of the secondary umbrella is much higher, basically reaching the level in the 1960s and 1970s.

This is also what Liao Mingyu often complains about the system, such as logistics supplies, from generators, tractors, maintenance equipment, to medical tools, medicines, toothpaste and toothbrushes, canned lunch meat, etc., which are much more advanced than this era, but the guns, weapons and equipment are stuck tightly and are not sympathetic at all.

Back to the topic, in addition to the umbrella bag tools, the communication and communication equipment can also be improved. Many airborne troops are unable to assemble with the large troops at a specific time because the landing position deviates from the target area, and instead fall into the enemy's division and siege.

It is very necessary to add all the scr-536 step-by-step phones and scr-300 piggyback radios in large quantities. The other is the frequency and delivery rhythm of the airborne aircraft.

The reason why so many airborne operations in World War II was largely due to the fact that the number of people was too large and the military intelligence could not keep up with the pace, resulting in a large number of soldiers being mistakenly sent to the enemy's dense war zone. Their results can be imagined.

Different from the terrifying firepower level in the European battlefield, the situation in the Southeast Asian battlefield lies in the harsh environment. Those deserted and virgin forests are like green hells with bloody mouths, and they will be swallowed up if they are not careful.

Fortunately, the Japanese army's grasp of air supremacy is getting lower and lower, so Liao Mingyu can spend a lot of time preparing, and at the same time send reconnaissance planes and reconnaissance units to explore the enemy situation, confirm the best airborne position, and avoid tragedy as much as possible.

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Heihe Base Air Force Airport has built three large runways over 500 meters here, with more than 50 large-scale hangars alone. It covers an active and large area and is also the most complete front-line airport with the most abundant supplies in central Myanmar.

"General Mairel, this is the last batch of marching sleeping bags and compressed biscuits. If the materials are confirmed to be fine, let's discuss the combat mission again?"

Wearing a green grid helmet and wearing combat camouflage, Liao Mingyu pointed to a bunch of supplies and talked happily. Standing next to him was the supreme commander of the Mairel Detachment, Brigadier General Frank Mairel.

"It's so great. My dear commander, even God can't help but praise your generosity when you see it. I believe that these kids will definitely rise to a new level with these equipment."

This thin and tall middle-aged officer, who was wearing glasses like Stilwell, seemed extremely excited. At first glance, his appearance was really similar to Stilwell.

"General Mairel is too good to be praised, but it's just some equipment is not worth mentioning, um..." Liao Mingyu was politely when he suddenly saw Meng An keep winking at him.

"There have been rumors in the Allied forces that there are magical commanders and magical troops in the Chinese Expeditionary Force. At first I didn't agree, but now it seems that it's my problem. The elite team under your command also made me admire them. Their tactical qualities are the highest troops I have ever seen."

Mairre praised the other party vigorously, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him was just an ordinary airport that he had come to pass by to transfer.

The facilities here not only opened his eyes, but also made all kinds of good equipment delivered for free, and the number was large, and the weapons and ammunition were picked and taken casually, which made Mairer seriously doubt whether Liao Mingyu had a hidden arsenal here.

But who would refuse the free advantage? Mairel, who was originally quite energetic, not only accepted the gift from the other party happily, but also threw the prejudices he had originally held and happily became his guest of honor.

But Liao Mingyu no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to be polite. He frowned slightly and immediately turned around and said, "Let's do this, General, I'm not in a hurry now. Why don't you go and rest first and come to discuss the combat plan after I finish my work?"

"Oh, no problem. I heard that old guy Stilwell talk about here and was about to visit it." Mairre seemed to have seen some clues and asked with a donkey down.

"Okay, Zhigang, take the general down to visit our base, be sure to treat me." Liao Mingyu immediately arranged.

"Yes!" Hao Zhigang quickly agreed, and then led a group of officers from Mai Detachment to the base.

After the person left, Liao Mingyu came to Meng Fan and asked in surprise: "What happened?"

"It's nothing big. It's just that boy Hongmu has been taken over. What should he do about this matter?" Meng Fanle answered truthfully, and threw the question to the other party.

"How to deal with it? I'll ask me such a small matter?" Liao Mingyu asked back in anger.

"Uh... If you do it according to military rules, you will be shot." Meng Fan said in a dilemma. The reason why he came to Liao Mingyu so anxiously was because he was in great difficulty.
Chapter completed!