The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Qinchuan's first battalion was quickly replaced and transported to a village called Vikino on the west bank of the Don River.

The first thing all the officers and soldiers of the first battalion did was to sleep hard for ten hours after a hearty meal. Even Qin Chuan was no exception... In the combat environment of Stalingrad, he could only sleep in the bed. Close your eyes for a moment in the corner, and then you have to open your eyes to see the situation, because you have to make sure that you are with your own people and not the enemy.

There was a situation where a group of soldiers slept to death in the corner of the floor. Soon after, the building was attacked by the Soviet army and the Germans had to temporarily withdraw. The result was...the group of soldiers who had slept to death woke up and found that they were surrounded by enemies. They loudly communicated with each other in Russian and fought with the German troops outside the building.

Fortunately, because this group of soldiers was sleeping among the debris in the storage room, the Soviets did not discover them. Instead, the Germans were caught off guard.

But this can only be said to be luck, and no one would dare to try this again.

Therefore, the extremely sleepy soldiers immediately fell asleep as soon as they lay down, and Qin Chuan also woke up several times unconsciously... This can be said to be a conditioned reflex or it can also be said that I had developed a habit during the Stalingrad battle. When sleeping, I always force myself to fall asleep. I make sure there is no danger around me or remember that this is the rear, and then I fall on the bed and go back to sleep.

Ten hours seemed to come in the blink of an eye to everyone. When Qin Chuan opened his eyes, it was already the next morning.

Perhaps because he was too tired, his eyes still stung, but he felt much more relaxed, as if he had put down a stone on his shoulders.

The cook team brought buckets of millet porridge to Qin Chuan and others, and gave everyone a piece of toast and jam... The food in the back would naturally be richer, but Qin Chuan later learned that these were actually Alexander specifically told me.

"So..." Kuen asked Qin Chuan while wolfing down his porridge: "Major, what special mission will we have?"

"How do you know we have a special mission?" Qin Chuan asked.

"It's not difficult to guess!" Kuhn replied: "The Soviets are attacking the northern defense line. Stalingrad is short of troops, but we can sleep here and drink millet porridge..."

When the soldiers listened, they all turned their attention to Qin Chuan.

"I'll tell you!" Qin Chuan said, "The task now is to finish the food!"

After breakfast and another twenty minutes of rest, Qin Chuan even made a cup of tea with the soldiers, and then Alexander and Conrad appeared in front of the soldiers.

Alexander is the temporary staff officer of this plan, or it can be said to be the link between Qinchuan and the 6th Army... Alexander will use all the resources he can mobilize to assist Qinchuan in completing this task.

Needless to say, Conrad is temporarily responsible for the technical advisor of this plan.

Qin Chuan nodded to them, and then said to the company commanders of Kun: "Come with me, I will show you something!"

Needless to say what we saw, of course it was the helicopter that transferred to Vecino.

But what was different from Qin Chuan's envy when he saw the helicopter before was that Kuhn and others had no other expressions on their faces except confusion when they saw the helicopter.

But this doesn't seem to be their fault, because they have no idea what this strange guy in front of them does.

"Let me guess!" Fogleman said, "It's a plane!"

Richard, the commander of the first company, was a well-informed veteran. He thought of the "hummingbird" used by artillery observers, so he said, "Major, is it used to indicate targets for artillery?"

"No!" said Kuhn. "I think he's for us! We're going to fight in it, aren't we, Major?"

Qin Chuan nodded. In fact, it was not difficult to guess. Of course, Qin Chuan did not bring them to see this plane for them to visit. At the same time, it was obvious that this cabin could hold many people.

After a pause, Kuhn asked: "Tell me, Major, how should we train?"

"Wait!" Conrad on the side couldn't help but asked: "You don't even know the performance of this aircraft or how dangerous it is... and you are planning to start training?"

"Does it make any difference, Colonel?" Kuhn replied.

"Yes!" Fogelman continued to answer while looking at the helicopter in front of him: "None of this is important to us, because there are always dangers on the battlefield. If we talk about the degree of danger, I don't believe there is anything more dangerous than Stalingrad. Dangerous place!"

"Unless this plane can't fly, Colonel!" Richard agreed: "Otherwise we have no problem, and more importantly..."

As he spoke, Richard glanced at Qin Chuan and said, "We believe in the major, he will lead us to victory, and I believe other soldiers will have the same idea!"

Alexander nodded slightly, and Conrad rolled his eyes, a matter they thought was difficult was resolved so easily.

Kuhn's officers were right. The soldiers didn't take this so-called "danger" too seriously. After all, when the danger reaches a certain level, everyone will die, and people can only die once, so it's really not that big. The difference is that no matter how dangerous it is, it is death, and many soldiers take this lightly.

Due to time constraints, training started on the same day.

Of course, the training at this time was not on a helicopter... The helicopter at this time had not been modified and had not flown to the Soviet Union.

The initial training used a three-story building and did not carry heavy objects. This was to familiarize the soldiers with the rappel props and avoid injuries.

There is no shortage of rappelling equipment, and even rappelling instructors have ready-made ones... As mentioned before, there are many mountaineering enthusiasts in the mountain troops, and rappelling is just one of the skills of mountaineering, even relatively speaking Still an easier skill.

On the other hand, there was not much combat demand in the Caucasus Mountains for the time being, so without further ado, a group of equipment and experienced instructors from the Mountain Division were immediately transferred for training.

The main equipment is a high-strength, wear-resistant, high-tension static rope, a safety belt buckled on the person's body, a figure-8 horn ring, wear-resistant gloves, etc.

While demonstrating, the instructor carefully explained to the soldiers how to use the equipment and key points, and checked the soldiers' readiness one by one and pointed out mistakes. For example, the belt should be tied at the lower abdomen, so that the center of gravity will be in the most comfortable position when landing. The most suitable "picking point" (the best point to pick yourself up).

Another example is that the left hand controls the brakes, lets go and descends, and the right hand is free to do other things, etc.

The whole process was not complicated. It didn't take long for the soldiers to jump down one by one on the wall.

Of course, Qin Chuan knew that this was just the beginning, and they were far from being able to rappel quickly without relying on the wall in a tense battle.