On September 17, a military operation that was almost like gambling for the Allies began.

To ensure this operation, Patton, east of Paris, had to stop his troops to ensure that the British 2nd Army in Operation Market Garden had enough fuel to support it - this was a gamble, and for this, the Allies pressed all the chips in their hands.

but……

The Allies did not know that where they were going to airborne, the German army had deployed two armored divisions of the SS 2nd Armored Army and some of the airborne troops of the 1st Army. This intelligence error was fatal to the Allies, because paratroopers lacking heavy equipment would airborne onto the heads of armored soldiers and come to the wilderness to fight with armored soldiers...

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"We won't be thrown away dozens of kilometers away from the scheduled landing site, are we?"

In the plane, Ali, who suffered a loss once, suddenly asked.

"Unless they are all fools!"

Wersh said without hesitation: "Day D was airborne in the dark, and coupled with the German air defense firepower, all kinds of misunderstandings were caused. This time, it will definitely not be done!"

Listening to Wersh's promise, the paratroopers in the plane laughed, yes, this time, there will definitely be no previous misunderstanding.

Compared with the airborne on D-D Normandy, the airborne conditions of the Market Garden Operation are indeed better. A comparison between day and night can help people to relieve the feeling of powerlessness when facing darkness. In addition, the dark clouds that cover the sky, how can they not be confident?

Amid the roar of the plane, the fleet finally began to disperse. After seeing the reduction of the fleet outside, the paratroopers in the cabin began their final inspection and preparation work.

During this final inspection, Zheng Yingqi saw Private Stroke doing the final inspection with difficulty, and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure you have no problem?"

This guy was injured in the battle on June 13 and squatted into the hospital. He had not obtained a discharge certificate, but he heard that if he could not return to the team within three months, he would have to go to other troops after he recovered. After this guy planned to do so, he was afraid that he would not be able to enter Company E after he recovered. He actually sneaked back to Company E on September 13.

It happened to catch up with this wave of airborne - it was like Wersh and Ali. The only difference was that they returned to the team after being injured, while the unlucky Stro is still in an injury state.

"Although it's a bit weak, it will definitely not affect my attack on the Germans!" Stro promised.

"Be careful." Zheng Yingqi patted the guy on the shoulder and whispered, Stroud nodded and signaled to understand.

When Normandy D-D airborne, the skydiving height of the scam, the leg bags taught by the British paratroopers, and the nights of scams have always been lessons that veterans cannot forget. This time the Allied forces learned the lessons, and the unreliable leg bags were completely used in a strict manner in the form of orders, and the skydiving height was also adjusted.

However, this overcorrection is very strong.

The standard parachuting height at this time was 244 meters, but this time the parachuting height was 366 meters to 457 meters. Although this would increase the time for paratroopers to stay air, the danger would increase greatly. However, the Allied Command believes that their huge bomber and fighter aircraft fleet will clear all threats on the ground for the paratroopers in advance and allow paratroopers to float safely in the air to land.

I really don’t know where the command center came from such a big tone!

Zheng Yingqi was thinking about it. The air defense firepower that could be seen in the naked eye began to bloom. The air defense firepower was quite strong, and it even lasted for five minutes. However, the pilots with experience in Normandy airborne performed much better than before. The formation was not broken up, and the pilots did not make any additional avoidance actions.

The fleet of aircraft where the 506th Regiment was located was relatively lucky. Until the beginning of the airborne, it did not receive special attention from the German air defense firepower. With the beginning of the airborne, dandelions began to fill the sky, and countless paratroopers began to have the most dangerous, exciting and desperate minutes.

Unlike the landing that was stimulated to the extreme, this time the landing point of the E Company was not deviated from the predetermined position, and the landing ground was the new farmland that paratroopers liked the most.

[This is the most successful airborne since I entered this world, whether it is training or actual combat!]

Zheng Yingqi, who quickly left the airborne area, thought happily, but when he thought of the ending of this action, he inevitably felt powerless, just like a bad movie since ancient times. The more beautiful the beginning, the more tragic the ending, and this airborne confirmed this point.

Various equipment is also landing, and helmets and weapons will fall from the sky from time to time - only the genius knows what the owner of these things is doing, and can remove the two most important things from their bodies when they are airborne.

The landing paratroopers made the same choice as Zheng Yingqi. While leaving the landing area immediately, they searched for the assembly point. Soon, the paratroopers shouted: "The assembly point is there!"

The smoke that the smoke bombs kept spewing out made the assembly point easily appear in the sight of the paratroopers, and the E Company completed the assembly in a very short time.

Not only did the E Company assemble very smoothly, but the entire 506th Regiment all gathered very smoothly. The result was that the entire regiment successfully completed the most difficult assembly in the airborne combat - the fully organized 506th Regiment, which began to march along the highway towards Thorne.

Thorne is a small town. After seeing the Allied planes covering the sky, the residents realized that they were going to be liberated. The residents of the town prepared a grand welcome ceremony for these liberators - these were exactly what the paratroopers had never experienced in France, where there were few people.

The orange flags that were forbidden by the Germans flew at the door of every household in revenge. Countless residents stood on both sides of the street to greet their liberators and distributed fruit to everyone entering the town. The waiters in the tavern distributed glasses of beer to reward the liberators who fell from the sky.

In Zheng Yingqi's shocked gaze, the E Company, no, the paratroopers of the entire 2nd Battalion were immersed in this welcome. The taste of being regarded as a liberator fascinated these paratroopers. The paratroopers actually accepted the welcome from the Dutch people without rejecting it. Many two fools actually drank a glass of beer.

Although beer is not intoxicating, but...

What's the hell is this? These bold and harsh bastards dare to drink them?

Zheng Yingqi flashed a hug from an aunt of 198 pounds, and then pulled out a paratrooper whose head was stuffed into her arms by the girl. The guy was pushed away by Zheng Yingqi who was smiling bitterly from behind. After a few steps, he was hugged by a bearded man again, and then woke up from the dizziness and followed Zheng Yingqi in a mess.

Not far away, Alice moved forward with her head raised and her chest raised. Her handsome appearance attracted several girls to jump over and kiss Alice's clean cheeks. The guy continued to advance without hesitation, but Zheng Yingqi could see from the guy's back how arrogant this guy is now.

The march was greatly hindered by the warm welcome of the Dutch people - the paratroopers accepted the welcome of the Dutch people, and various photos continued to appear. The streets of the town, which were only a few hundred meters long, became an insurmountable natural barrier.

The Dutch people who were suddenly liberated suddenly turned over, and the revenge began in a flash. A group of young people began to revenge against the "German-friendly women". They shaved the women's hair and drew the * sign on the women's foreheads, humiliating the poor people who were also harmed by the war. But no one sympathized with the experience of these women. Countless people shouted angrily, hoping to tear the women apart.

The officers almost shouted hoarsely, and then they brought the team out of Thorne. A large number of paratroopers with lipstick marks looked reluctantly at the town of Thorne behind, looking at the Dutch people who were still eagerly watching them, and they didn't even have the strength to walk.

Winters looked at Yiyi's reluctant subordinates and couldn't help but shout anxiously: "Action quickly! There is a bridge 2 kilometers away! We must seize there!"

The paratroopers realized their mission at this time, and wiped away the lipstick marks on their cheeks with reluctance, sniffed the smell of perfume left by the crowd just now, and then accelerated their progress.

The 2nd Battalion's queue was sorted: Company D, Company E, Battalion Headquarters, Company F, Company E accelerated, and Company D in front had to speed up. But just when Company D was less than 800 meters away from the bridge, they were attacked by a machine gun and an 88 gun. The German firepower blocked the road, forcing Company D to unfold on the spot.

Company E accelerated along both sides of the road and reached Company D's position.

"There are Germans on the bridge!" Company Commander D said to Winters.

After watching with a telescope for a while, Winters said hurriedly: "We must seize the bridge immediately! The Germans are preparing to bomb the bridge!"

However, Company D's attack did not work immediately, and the German army's blockade was very tenacious. Seeing this, Winters immediately ordered the entire company to press from both sides to the German positions.

Under the leadership of Wersh, a row pressed from the left to the German blocking position. Under the order of Wersh, a squad where Zheng Yingqi was located rushed towards the German firepower as a sharp knife as a roar of machine guns and mortars.

The German position was silent. The German army in the position gave up their position without waiting for the US troops to rush over and began to retreat along a bridge less than fifty meters.

Seeing that the German army was about to run away, the paratroopers who rushed over were of course unwilling to do so. They accelerated their speed and tried to leave more German troops. Just when they were about to chase the bridge deck, Zheng Yingqi saw clearly what was on the bridge pier and immediately issued a warning:

"Let's go down!"

Although they didn't know why, the paratroopers still lay down. Just as they lay down, there was a loud bang, and then wood and stones fell from the sky like rain, falling next to the front paratroopers.

"Cao, if you die like this, you will be devastated!" The paratrooper in front looked at the deadly things around him, and said to Zheng Yingqi with a palpitations on his face, "You saved us."

Obviously, the German army's purpose of blocking the bridge just now was to blow up the bridge.

Zheng Yingqi didn't have time to pay attention to the thanks of the D Company paratrooper, but looked gloomy - if there was no delay in Thorne just now, the German army would not have time to blow up the bridge!

The officers thought so, so the face of the company commander D was as dark as carbon, but anger and regret were useless. They could only find a way to cross the bridge.

Finally, with the arrangement of engineers in the regiment, the regiment removed wooden materials such as door panels from the town of Thorne and used bridge piles to build a simple wooden bridge. However, the bridge was not strong and could only pass a few people at a time. It took a few hours before the 506th regiment crossed the river and continued to move towards Eindhoven.

It's also unlucky. Among the five bridges that the 101st Division needs to control, only the bridge in front of the 506th Regiment was resisted and destroyed by the German army.
Chapter completed!