"In the army, airborne troops are a very special type of troops, because they have the mobility that ordinary infantry do not have." Kusai said: "Whether it is a motorized unit or a mechanized unit, there is no super-motorization ability that airborne troops descend from the sky. The wide rivers and mountains with high penetration into the clouds, and the hard-to-traverse rainforests are no longer a problem, because no matter how tight the defense is, there is always an exposed sky above our heads. Therefore, our airborne troops must grow and grow."

After the Soviet Union agreed to deliver five Il-76 aircraft by the end of the year, Kusai finally made another important decision: to expand Iraq's weak airborne battalion into the size of an airborne regiment, and finally to an airborne division...

Airborne troops, this special army, have been in Chapter 536

Airborne wars all play a major role.

At the beginning of World War II, hundreds of German airborne troops captured the world's strongest fortress with their hands: Eben Emar Fortress, which made the German airborne troops famous. The Normandy landing also activated the large-scale airborne troops of the United States and Britain. At the end of World War II, the Soviet airborne troops took the lead in attacking Berlin. In later generations, in local conflicts, the airborne troops achieved their reputation through rapid response. On June 12, 1999,

In the early morning, a Russian airborne unit composed of 260 people suddenly appeared at the Pristina airport in Kosovo, disrupting NATO's attempt to exclude Russia from Kosovo peacekeeping operations. During the Chechen War, the Pskov airborne division fought bloody battles and became the deadly nemesis of Chechen militants. As a fierce and mobile armed force, this special forces with two wings became a "national weapon" and appeared on the worst battlefield.

At the same time, since airborne troops often need to fight behind enemy lines, the environment they face is the most dangerous, so the casualties of airborne troops are also the largest, and the investment of elite airborne troops reflects the fighting will of both sides.

Looking at this confident and powerful leader, Iraq Chapter 536

The senior military officials of the airborne troops expressed their sincere support for the words of His Excellency Kusai.

"From now on, the 67th Airborne Battalion will be expanded into the 67th Airborne Regiment, and three air assault battalions, two thousand one hundred paratroopers, one combat aviation battalion, including two attack helicopter brigades, equipped with 48 Mi-24 helicopters, one transport helicopter brigade, one communication company, one engineer company, and one anti-aircraft artillery company." Kusai said.

"His Excellency Kusai, we only have medium-sized transport aircraft now, and we cannot meet the needs of airborne so many troops." said the Air Force Commander.

"We can use existing transport aircraft for training first. After the Il 76 is equipped with the troops, we can have enough capacity to transport." Kusai said: "But now this mission must be carried out immediately. At the end of the year, they will have combat missions!"

The end of the year? It's only two months!

"Yes, we will definitely complete the task!"

"Airborne troops can be selected from our active and reserve personnel. Those with combat experience are the best. They must grow up quickly and complete the tasks we assigned to this army!" Although Kusai is usually gentle, he is now not angry and powerful.

"yes."

In Kusai's mind, the bold plan has slowly surfaced and began to become more and more refined, and he will directly take over Tehran! In this battle, the airborne troops and the Iranian National Liberation Army will play a crucial role. This is a surprise attack! It is also a faster way for him to resolve the war.

At this time, on the other side of the earth, the airborne troops are also showing their combat qualities.

After the American top leaders made up their minds, the invasion, code-named Furious, began to be carried out quickly.

In this operation, Admiral William McDonald, commander of the Atlantic Fleet, served as commander of the chief commander in Washington, with Lieutenant General Joseph Metcalf as the battlefield commander. Nearly twenty warships, including the USS ** and the USS Guam amphibious assault ship formation, participated in the operation, including 1 missile cruiser, 1 missile destroyer, and 2 destroyers. 5 amphibious ships, and 2 land-based and carrier-based aircraft and helicopters of various types.

The ground forces mainly include 5,000 people from 4 battalions in the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army, and 700 people from 2 battalions in the 75th Regiment of the Special Forces. The Marine Corps has a total of 1,900 people. The above forces are all US "rapid deployment units" after receiving the combat order. In addition, six countries including Barbados, Jamaica, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominican and Antigua on the Caribbean coast also sent 396 contingents to cooperate with the US military's operations, which put the operation under the guise of justice.

Use this powerful army, sea and air unit to deal with the Grenada defenders, which only have 2,000 people at their doorstep. Even if it is Cuban troops, there will be no more than 3,000 people. The current US military is no longer the US military during the Vietnam War. They have advantages in military and technological aspects!

For example, Grenada has no air force at all, and their sky is unprepared.

Similarly, the US military also chose to use airborne troops to carry out parachutes at Salins Airport in the southwest end of Georgia. After capturing the airport, they will continue to attack the St. George Medical College campus near the airport to "protect" about 500 American students there.

At the same time, after occupying the airport, the US military's follow-up troops can arrive continuously by plane. In modern warfare, the airborne troops are no longer large-scale landings, and they win with their own battles. They are just a sharp knife. No matter how powerful the airborne troops are, they can only have light weapons at most, or infantry fighting vehicles at most. For formal battles, they have to be handed over to heavy troops on the ground. They are only used to control key areas such as airport runways, enemy commands, etc., and to stick to the arrival of their own troops.

The US military was very confident about this battle, but they never dreamed that the Grenada defenders were ready for their arrival.

Just before the powerful American navy blocked the Caribbean coast, the "mercenaries" secretly came from the Soviet Union had already boarded the land of Grenada after arriving in Cuba. Voramir Makarov, as the commander-in-chief of this 500-man mercenary, had already made arrangements and waited for the Americans to come and go to the trap.

The invasion of the just Grenada by US imperialism is the most shameful thing for this commander with rich combat experience in the Afghan battlefield with the plot of the Great Soviet Union. He made up his mind to maintain Grenada's stability.

Americans, if you dare to come, let you taste the great! Thinking of the Sakhalin Island invasion that happened not long ago, the Americans actually carried out aerial reconnaissance on the Soviet Union so boldly made Voramir very angry. The Americans' conspiracy this time must not succeed!

In Grenada, in addition to Grenada's own armed forces, there were 2,000 militias. After receiving the information provided by the Soviet Union, Cuba also quickly reinforced 1,000 soldiers. In addition to the 500 mercenaries of the Soviet Union, the paramilitary personnel of Grenada had reached nearly 6,000, especially among them, there were 500 experienced soldiers from the Red Empire. They had killed people and saw blood on the battlefield in Afghanistan. Although the number was small, their combat effectiveness was very high.

Voramir keenly felt that the airport and coastline would be the targets of Americans' focus on attacks. Under his suggestion, both directions had arranged their most powerful armed forces.

The most powerful Americans were the Air Force, and Grenada had no air force at all. The Soviet Union could not have sent air force to support the war like the Korean War in the 1950s. Therefore, only the army came up, and they could play their role only in ground wars.

The first round of ground war will definitely start at the airport and coastline! At that time, American imperialism will be tragically tragic!

Anti-aircraft machine guns are the best choice for dealing with airborne troops. Dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns brought from Cuba were quietly arranged around the airport.

Fight for the United States! We are going to rescue our American citizens. They cannot be held hostage by the Grenada government like the Iran incident! In the C130 transport plane, about 700 people in 2 individual mobile camps of the 75th Regiment of the US Army Special Forces, began the first crisis-ridden battle since their troops were established. They have been told in advance that this military operation is to protect American citizens!

The army supported by taxpayers is to protect American citizens! The transport plane set off from the Caribbean Sea to Grenada at a low altitude, and the Americans who had already applied camouflage cream on their faces in the cabin. They were very morale. They wanted to save their citizens and must not repeat the Iranian hostage incident in history!

"Note that there are a large number of air defense weapons in the airport ahead." At this time, the airborne commander received information from the scene, where fierce air firepower was waiting for them!

"The parachute drops to five hundred feet." The commander immediately issued an order.

The originally scheduled height was 1,200 feet (about 360 meters), but now the height has dropped by more than half. This is the first time since World War II parachuting at such a low altitude, with the purpose of reducing the losses during parachute drops, because when paratroopers descend from the sky, it is the most dangerous. At this time, they are completely living targets in the sky.

Hearing this order, the soldiers on the plane were a little nervous, which meant that the fierce battle was about to begin.

"Request to clear the air defense firepower at the airport." The commander asked the rear at the same time.

Following the ac-130e armed transport aircraft behind 18 C-130 transport aircraft, as well as the A-6 and A-7 carrier-based attack aircraft that took off from the aircraft carrier "**" began to implement aviation fire preparations on the airport defenders. After a while, a violent rain of bullets would completely remove the air defense fire below.rq
Chapter completed!