Comrade, your ingredients are too complicated.

Time goes back to fifteen minutes ago, the transport aircraft formation of the 1st Marine Brigade.

Upon learning the news that his deputy brigade commander had risked his life to lead the team in a high-altitude blind landing, Li Yunlong in the cockpit of the lead plane suddenly changed his expression and could no longer maintain his original composure.

At the critical moment when the entire formation was about to miss the gap in the cloud layer, he immediately turned on the communication system in the plane and ordered his guards at a very fast speed:

"Duan Peng, take your special weapon and parachute quickly!"

"From now on, you are the guard of Deputy Brigade Commander Xing. You must protect him well! Don't worry about my safety. I have Heshang and Huzi by my side."

The sudden temporary arrangement and the news that Deputy Brigade Commander Xing took the lead in action made Duan Peng feel quite unprepared.

However, a soldier's duty is to obey orders, so he walked towards the door at the middle and rear of the transport plane without any hesitation, looking ready for battle.

"Received! Guaranteed to complete the task!"

Just as Duan Peng received the order, several comrades beside him stood up tacitly and urgently assisted him in completing the final preparations before departure.

Before the indicator light turned green, the monk said sternly:

"We haven't practiced blind landing before, so don't try to be brave. If an accident really happens, remember to throw away the equipment box."

"Weapons can be remade if they are lost, but there is only one life."

"After landing, all actions must be based on the mission, and priority must be given to ensuring the personal safety of Deputy Brigade Commander Xing. Okay, let's go, we'll see you later!"

The thoughtful advice from his comrades made Duan Peng more confident.

He stood at the cabin door, staring down, and jumped the moment the transport plane passed through the gap in the clouds.

It is worth mentioning that since the weight of special weapons is much heavier than ordinary paratrooper equipment, the Eighth Route Army Logistics Department prepared a customized parachute for him in this operation.

The load-bearing capacity of this parachute is almost twice that of an ordinary military parachute.

The advanced and bold design concept, coupled with the leading manufacturing technology, enables the umbrella to effectively slow down the descent speed even in severe weather.

In general, its actual combat performance is very impressive, and its comprehensive performance is by no means comparable to the standard equipment of the major participating countries.

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After a tense and exciting free fall, and a dangerous and professional mountain parachute descent, guard Duan Peng finally arrived at the mission area safely.

Unlike Xing Zhiguo, who was over 30 years old, this young man, who was in good shape and had practiced martial arts for many years, was not injured during the airborne operation.

After landing in a standard tactical posture, he first observed the surrounding environment and terrain while burying his customized parachute on the spot.

He then unloaded the special weapons and equipment boxes behind him and began to check them one by one.

"Safety device, functioning normally."

"The igniter and the sprinkler are intact."

"The fuel bottle and the high-pressure gas cylinder have no obvious signs of collision. Perfect!"

After repeatedly confirming the integrity and functionality of the three steel tanks, two large and one small, Duan Peng quickly completed the assembly work according to the connection steps in the instructions.

Soon, a weapon that resembled firefighting equipment appeared.

That's right!

The special weapon that Duan Peng was carrying behind him at this time was the flamethrower that was later used to grill Japanese pork belly on the Pacific battlefield, to fry Germany's elite troops on the eastern and western fronts in Europe, and even still dominated the field in StarCraft.

Theoretically, this brutal individual lethal weapon is not suitable for airborne troops.

After all, this thing involves certain risks. If it is improperly stored or operated and explodes in the closed and narrow cabin, the entire platoon of soldiers will be buried in the sea of ​​fire.

However, there are always more solutions than problems.

As early as two years ago in the Battle of Belgium, the designers of the German Third Reich overcame numerous difficulties and successfully equipped their paratroopers with flamethrowers.

Adhering to the principle that acquaintances and tropical rainforests are more suitable, the Yellow River is naturally unwilling to lag behind.

During the preparation stage of this operation, he specially transferred some personnel from the third department of the Weapons Testing and Research Bureau to successfully complete the research and development and testing work.

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Just moments after the flamethrower was assembled, a burst of fierce gunfire suddenly came from the northeast.

Seeing this, Duan Peng picked up the equipment weighing 16 kilograms without saying a word, and then ran at full speed towards the battle zone not far away.

After reaching the commanding heights of the target area, he keenly discovered that the enemy's deployment of troops was completely disorganized. In a sense, this group of enemies was almost the same as Guosu's third-rate troops.

Seeing through the current situation at a glance, he made the best solution in the shortest time: sneak up quietly and go around the side alone.

Facts have proved that the military quality of the Japanese Marine Corps is really not very good. With the cover of gunfire and explosions, Duan Peng quickly came to the flank of the Japanese attack direction.

"Crack." "Puff."

Turn on all the safety precautions, pull the trigger of the igniter with your left hand first, and a flame immediately emerges from the nozzle of the flamethrower.

His right hand then pulled the trigger on the rear handle, and the napalm in the fuel bottle was immediately sprayed out under the action of high-pressure gas and ignited into a columnar fire dragon.

"what!"

"idiot!"

In an instant, the Japanese offensive line turned into a sea of ​​fire, with exclamations and curses continuing one after another.

The Japanese Marines, who had originally wanted to charge with bayonets relying on their numerical advantage, were turned into familiar faces under the scorching and sticky flames of over a thousand degrees.

These acquaintances were like headless flies, running around in panic.

Some lucky ones even brought their friendly forces with them and embarked on a shortcut to meet the Sky Locusts of all generations.

The Japanese soldiers who were not yet dead let out extremely tragic howls.

However, the survivors at this time had no time to care about their colleagues. They hid behind natural shelters as much as possible and used everything they had learned throughout their lives to search for attackers.

"Quick! Find that flamethrower!"

"If we can't kill him in time, our team will be wiped out!"

It's a pity that compared to ordinary firearms that can only attack in a straight line, flamethrowers can cover a large area of ​​trenches, bunkers, and even tunnels and caves.

Even if they hid behind natural cover, the Japanese soldiers could not avoid being swallowed by the fire dragon.

Perhaps it was the blessing of Amaterasu that allowed the Marine Corps to find the enemy's location at the cost of half of their casualties.

A moment later, several rifles, two submachine guns and a light machine gun opened fire at the same time, firing hateful bullets at the source of the fire dragon.

Faced with such exaggerated fire suppression, Duan Peng, adhering to the principle of a brave man not to suffer a loss in front of him, decisively retreated into the pre-prepared shelter.

However, accidents happen all the time, and even if his reaction speed is fast, it is still difficult for him to avoid the stray bullets flying everywhere.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After a series of metallic collision sounds, Duan Peng's left leg was hit by a bullet from a submachine gun, and the blood flowing from the wound quickly dyed his trouser leg red.

The fuel tanks weren't in much better shape either.

Because of its large target, at least two stray bullets hit the tank indirectly.

Fortunately, the fuel tank designed by the Weapons Testing and Research Bureau is relatively thick, and coupled with its cylindrical shape, it is easy for small-caliber bullets or fragments to ricochet when they hit it.

Even if it is penetrated, the ignition point of napalm is higher than that of regular gasoline.

Unless it was hit by direct fire, it was almost impossible for it to ignite under normal conditions. The scene of explosion as seen in later movies was even more impossible.

After all, Huang He is a professional military expert, and he is not a crazy Japanese. How could he design a suicidal living bomb?

After simply treating the wound on his leg, Duan Peng picked up the flamethrower beside him again, ready to fight the Japanese to the death.

"Damn it, it seems that Chief Huang is right. Flamethrowers are indeed a particularly hateful type of soldier. The 91% death rate and the average battlefield survival time of 12 minutes are really not groundless."

"But to be honest, charcoal-grilled Japanese pork belly is really delicious."

"Once the troops have gained a firm foothold in Qiongya, I will definitely ride on the flamethrower tank of the Fighter Maneuver Company and put the nozzle directly on the faces of the Japanese!"

The flamethrower tank that Duan Peng mentioned naturally came from the Weapons Experimental Research Bureau and was another type of equipment developed by the Third Section during the same period.

In the original plan, military experts simply removed the heavy machine gun on the top of the Cicada tank and then replaced it with an infantry flamethrower.

However, regarding its performance in subsequent tests, Huang He and the infantry reorganization experts were not satisfied with the range and capacity of the flamethrower.

In response to the request from their superiors, the comrades simply dismantled the Cicada's 37mm main gun and instead designed a vehicle-specific flamethrower with a maximum range of meters and the ability to continuously set fire for one minute.

At this point, the flamethrower Cicada officially debuted.

I can only say that there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames.

In addition to airborne tanks, self-propelled artillery, self-propelled mortars, self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles, engineering equipment vehicles and weapon carriers, the Cicada has a new modification, which is a flamethrower tank.

The 38T of the Eighth Route Army is well-deserved. (End of this chapter)