The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Enemy!" Qin Chuan shouted, and without any hesitation, he pushed open the door and jumped down.

Dominic also did the same thing as Qin Chuan, because they all knew one thing: if the enemy was ready with anti-aircraft guns, they would certainly be prepared for this jeep.

Sure enough, with a burst of "da da da" machine gun sounds, dense bullets shot the jeep into a sieve, and the communicator and a rifleman who did not react quickly enough were killed on the spot... In fact, the communicator did not react quickly, but he was caught in the middle and could not react at all.

The other rifleman was spared because Dominic jumped out of the car and the jeep lost control and turned a corner, leaving him on the other side protected by the car body and two comrades.

"Get off the car, soldier!" Qin Chuan shouted to the rifleman.

The frightened rifleman finally reacted, and climbed down from the car tremblingly and hid behind the wheel... This was a smart move. The strongest part of the jeep, including the car, is the wheel. The other parts look thick but are actually just a layer of iron sheet.

Almost at the same time, the "target plane" drew an arc in the air and fell from the sky... Qin Chuan was not sure whether it was "falling" because it was still balancing in the air and landing, but it glided for a distance when landing and then plunged into the sand pile.

From this, Qin Chuan judged that Hannah was still alive, and she should have been controlling the "target plane" to make an emergency landing just now.

Qin Chuan guessed correctly that the "target plane" was damaged by anti-aircraft artillery and lost power.

The pulse engine itself is a component on the "target plane" that is prone to failure. After being hit by shrapnel, black smoke immediately emerged. Fortunately, Hannah immediately shut down the engine... This is obviously the right choice. If the engine is not shut down, there will be two serious consequences. One is that the engine will catch fire and affect the entire "target plane", and the other is that there will be a leak of highly toxic fuel.

No matter which result, Hannah will undoubtedly die.

Although the engine would lose power immediately after being turned off, Hannah was an expert at flying without motor power. She controlled the "target plane" to glide in the air for a while and then made an emergency landing. However, because the speed was too fast, the front landing gear was broken during the emergency landing and it plunged into the sand.

Qin Chuan looked at the distance of the "target plane", but it was only more than 200 meters... This was something that neither Qin Chuan nor the enemy had expected.

This was indeed the case. The commander of this operation was Major Jaden, who had been promoted not long ago.

Major Jaden and his famous subordinates were a team carefully selected by MI6. They came from "Airborne Commander".

The word "Commander" originated from a war between Britain and its African colonies in the last century. In that war, the African Boers, with their forces far less than those of the British army, broke up into small teams and harassed everywhere, making the powerful British army embarrassed.

At that time, the British called this small unit of the Boers "Commander", which can be roughly understood as a "small commando"... In fact, "Commander" refers not only to a formal commando, but also to the harassment tactics of a small unit like the Boers.

This "Airborne Commander" adopted this tactic, and it was also the predecessor of the British special forces "Airborne Special Service Regiment".

Of course, the scale of the "Airborne Commander" at this time was still very small, with a total of only 110 people, most of whom were selected from the British First Airborne Division... and the members of the First Airborne Division were experienced veterans, so they could be said to be the elite of the elite. (Note: "Airborne Commander" only had 392 people after it was expanded in December 1942)

This time, the "Airborne Commander" came with 56 people... The reason why 56 people came was because a C47 transport plane could carry 28 paratroopers, and two planes were exactly 56 people.

This airborne squad secretly landed in Sarat five days ago under the cover of night. Their mission was to attack the secret camp of the German army and obtain relevant information about the German army's new weapons.

But after observing the layout of the camp, Major Jaden found that this was almost an impossible task: there were not many soldiers stationed in the camp, only more than a hundred people, but the defense was quite tight, and from the usual performance and reconnaissance of these German soldiers, Major Jaden knew that the quality of the German troops in front of him was not inferior to his own, and even better.

So, attacking a heavily guarded camp of more than a hundred people with a 56-man force was almost like seeking death.

Just when Major Jaden was at a loss, he found an opportunity that could be used. He was surprised to find that the Germans were testing some kind of aircraft, and when testing this aircraft, they had to disperse their forces within a distance of 200 kilometers... That was a test flight two days ago.

"We can complete the task without attacking their camp!" Major Jaden said to his deputy Captain Mason.

"Hmm!" Captain Mason agreed: "But I have two questions!"

"What?"

"First, how do we complete the mission?" Mason said: "That is to say, to what extent do we know about the Germans' new equipment?"

"They should have the final say on this!" Major Jaden said: "But now it's up to us!"

Major Jaden was right. MI6's requirements for this mission have two aspects: one is the performance of this new equipment, and the other is the role of this new equipment.

It should be said that MI6's request was a bit excessive, because in order to understand these two points, it was necessary to obtain key documents or capture an informed scientific researcher. This would require attacking the barracks.

But when attacking the barracks was assessed as impossible, Major Jaden thought that he should settle for the next best thing.

"We can shoot it down!" Major Jaden said, "In this way, we can take pictures of the inside of the strange aircraft! Then send the pictures back for them to analyze its performance themselves. If they can't do it, let them do it themselves!"

"I agree!" Mason said, "If we are lucky, we can also capture the pilot, and then we have everything!"

"What's your second question?" Major Jaden asked.

"When will they conduct the second test flight?" Mason asked.

"Who knows!" Major Jaden replied: "Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year!"

Mason raised his eyebrows: "That's the problem!"

"But we have to try our luck, right?" Major Jaden said: "So, let them airdrop a few anti-aircraft guns!"

"Yes, Major!" Mason nodded, and then conveyed the order to the signalman.