artillery arc

Chapter 453: Raid on Moha (Update 681)

August 915, 8, Abawahan Suburban Airport, 27 hours.

Lieutenant Colonel Richard, deputy commander of the 1st Paratrooper Division Task Force, looked at the time and said to Colonel Charlie, commander of the task force, "If the decision to attack is made, we should board the plane now. Otherwise, it will be daybreak when we land, and there will be serious casualties during the landing."

Colonel Charlie glanced outside: "They are waiting for the reconnaissance plane to send back a weather report."

Lieutenant Colonel Richard: "We have received training for parachuting in bad weather. If it really doesn't work, we can just land the plane at the airport instead of parachuting. We have discussed this possibility."

Just as Colonel Charlie was about to answer, the phone rang.

The colonel rushed to the phone and picked up the receiver: "First Paratrooper Division!"

Colonel Benjamin's voice came from the receiver: "Rokossov asks you, if the plane lands directly, are you sure you can take over the airport?"

"Yes!" Colonel Charlie answered decisively, "We have practiced this situation. So the weather in the target area is bad, right?"

"The clouds are low, so we can land, but I'm not sure if we can parachute."

"Tell the general that we will complete the mission and capture the airport intact."

In addition to cutting off the enemy's air support, another important goal of capturing the airport is to prevent the enemy from destroying the airport, so that the Free Carolingian Air Force and the Ant Air Force can use the airport to provide air support to the expeditionary force.

Although Baras's air force is not strong enough and Baras's ground forces probably cannot withstand the attack of the Ant Army, it is safer to have air support.

After getting Colonel Charlie's assurance, Colonel Benjamin seemed to be talking to someone in Ant language.

After a moment, Colonel Benjamin said, "Go ahead, Colonel Charlie, and good luck to you."

"Yes!" Colonel Charlie stood at attention, and after the other party hung up, he slammed the receiver on the phone and said excitedly, "Let's go! The first battle is coming!"

Yes, this was the first actual combat since the establishment of the 1st Parachute Division. Charlie and his men were responsible for accumulating experience for the more important Operation Torch in a few months.

Lieutenant Colonel Richard asked: "Will it be a parachute drop? Or will the transport plane land directly at the airport?"

"The transport plane is landing straight down. I hope those Ante pilots flying the transport planes are not bragging to us."

Lieutenant Colonel Richard shrugged: "Even if it's just bragging, just give them some vodka. After drinking vodka, they dare to land on Emperor Plosson's bed!"

Colonel Charlie laughed, picked up his hat and ran outside, shouting as he ran: "Board, board! Everyone, board! Plan B! Plan B!"

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August 8, D-Day, 28 am, Abavakhan Port.

Wang Zhong heard the sound of the engine in the sky and looked up. He could see the navigation lights of the transport plane flying across the sky like a group of fireflies.

"The paratroopers are leaving," he said.

Pavlov; "Good luck to them. And good luck to all of us."

"There shouldn't be any problem." Wang Zhong muttered, retracted his gaze, and continued walking towards the cargo ship carrying the expeditionary force headquarters.

The 393rd Marine Infantry Brigade and the first landing troops had set out the day before, and the expeditionary force headquarters and the second group of troops were now boarding the ship.

Wang Zhong climbed up the gangway to the deck of the cargo ship and saw Popov vomiting. He said, "Why did you start vomiting after such a short shake?"

The inland sea is actually just a larger lake, and the waves are not as big as those in the real ocean. People like Wang Zhong will not get seasick at all.

Popov took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth gently. "You can't generalize about a person's physique. It seems that I will never be able to serve as a ship's bishop in the navy in this lifetime."

Wang Zhong: "Why don't you lie down for a while, it will make you feel better. The boat hasn't even started yet, and you will be in even more trouble when it does."

At this time, Pavlov also came up. When he saw Popov's condition, he frowned and asked, "Are you dizzy now?"

Popov: "The general has already said this once. Please change the wording."

Pavlov actually thought about it for a few seconds and said, "Would you like some vodka?"

No, isn’t seasickness also treated with vodka?
Popov: "Screw you! But maybe some vodka would be better."

No, I think you just crave vodka!
Pavlov pulled a flat wine flask from his pocket, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Popov.

The moment he opened the bottle, Wang Zhong smelled a strong scent of vodka and said teasingly, "This is the first time I know you carry alcohol with you."

Pavlov: "It's normal for the Ante to carry a bottle of wine with him. Come on, brother, drink it. After drinking it, you won't be able to tell whether it's the boat that's rocking or you."

Popov took the flat wine bottle and drank the entire bottle in one gulp.

"Thank you, I feel much better now," he said.

Is it really useful?

Wang Zhong decided not to complain about this, so he got straight to business: "When can the command center start operating?"

"The radio is ready and operational," Pavlov said. "It will only take a few minutes. But you can't command anything now, right? The paratroopers have already set off. Can you still call a halt?"

Wang Zhong shook his head: "No."

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At 28 in the morning of the 0330th, the Ant Army landed on the sea kilometers north of Moha.

Commodore Alomeev raised his head immediately when he heard the sound of the engine, but the thick clouds prevented him from seeing anything.

At this time, many marines who heard the sound came out of the cabin and looked at the sky. "Damn, I can't see anything."

Alomeev shouted: "Okay! Stop looking! The paratroopers will complete their mission! Now you hurry up and write your suicide note. You can still get some sleep!"

As soon as the words fell, the sailors ran out of the cabin and started operating the crane on the deck.

Alomeev stopped a sailor and asked, "What's going on? Have you started changing landing craft?"

"No, we will lower the landing craft first, and then we will come to you! Don't be in a hurry!" The crew member patted Alomeev on the shoulder - probably because he didn't see that he was a brigadier general.

Aromeev didn't care, but shouted to the naval infantry: "Okay, don't stop the crew from launching the boat, leave the side of the ship!"

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United Kingdom 1st Parachute Division Task Force, lead aircraft.

Colonel Charlie stuck his head into the cabin and asked, "How is it, can we land?"

The captain said in Angsa with a strong Ant accent: "Of course, we haven't torn our relationship with Baras yet, so I called them just now, and they will turn on the lights to help us land!"

Colonel Charlie: “Really?”

"Yes, so when we land, we must first seize the lighting control and make sure the lights in the airport are always on. There is still an hour until dawn, and we need the lights." said the captain.

Colonel Charlie was about to answer when he saw the co-pilot fiddling with the PPSh, so he asked, "Why are you fiddling with the PPSh?"

Captain: "We don't have anything else to do after we land, and other planes need to land, so we can't use the runway, so we'll go down and provide you with some fire support."

After the captain finished speaking, the co-pilot pulled the bolt handle and loaded the PPSh.

Colonel Charlie was embarrassed: "Just protect yourself, we can handle it."

"Are you sure?" the captain asked, looking very much unwilling to get a positive answer from Colonel Charlie.

The colonel nodded, "I'm sure we don't need help."

The captain and the co-pilot looked very disappointed.

At this time, the alarm clock on the co-pilot side rang.

Colonel Charlie stared with wide eyes as the co-pilot took out a clockwork alarm clock from under his seat and pressed the stop button, and the ringing stopped abruptly. Then the co-pilot said to the captain: "It's time to descend."

The captain pushed the joystick lightly, and the plane dived downward and dived into the clouds.

After more than ten seconds, the clouds were suddenly left behind, and everything became clear. Even Colonel Charlie could see the lights of the airport.

Colonel Charlie: "Oh my god, this trick actually works. Is this your idea?"

The captain shook his head: "No, I didn't come up with this idea. This was suggested by General Rokossov. He is our expert in deceiving the enemy!"

As he was speaking, the landing gear of the plane slammed heavily onto the runway of the airport. The entire plane began to shake violently, as if it would disintegrate in the next moment.

Colonel Charlie had to hold on tightly to the handrail above the cockpit door.

The turbulence finally ended, and pilot Ant directly hit the joystick, causing the plane to slide diagonally.

"The enemy hasn't reacted yet!" he shouted, "Get your people down quickly, otherwise the enemy will react and start shooting. The plane's hull can't stop the heavy machine guns!"

Colonel Charlie turned around, kicked open the hatch, and shouted to his men, "Hurry! Do it like in training! Remember to cushion the landing, and go!"

The corporal sitting by the door held down his beret, threw his equipment down, and jumped down with a Sten submachine gun and ammunition.

Colonel Charlie didn't even bother to see what happened to the person who jumped down, and continued to urge: "Hurry up!"

There was no sound of gunfire outside until this time.

After the fifth soldier jumped, the driver shouted: "Don't jump, the enemy didn't notice anything unusual at all, I will slide directly to the command tower, you go down and occupy it!"

Charlie grabbed the soldier who was about to jump down and said, "Wait a minute, the situation seems to have changed."

At this time, a soldier leaned on the cabin window and shouted: "Look, the second plane has also landed, and the enemy didn't notice anything wrong!"

At this time, the speed of the command plane had dropped very low and was slowly sliding towards the airport control tower.

The two guards finally realized something was wrong and started shouting over here.

Colonel Charlie acted decisively, jumped down with his pistol in hand, rolled on the ground, stood up, and strode towards the sentry post.

The slowly taxiing plane followed behind him, and paratroopers kept jumping out of the open hatch.

The two guards had never seen such a scene before. They were stunned and watched Colonel Charlie walk towards them. They didn't even want to load the machine gun on the sentry post.

Colonel Charlie: "We are the United Kingdom Instructor Corps, and we are here to provide you with training."

Guard A: "Uh, we haven't heard about the instructor coming to the United Kingdom."

Guard B: "We have a retired instructor from Proson here. Will they fight?"

At this moment two United Kingdom paratroopers suddenly appeared, pointing submachine guns at the two men's hearts.

"Don't talk! You won't be killed if you surrender your weapons!" the paratrooper shouted in broken Balas - apparently he had learned this from the manual he had been given beforehand.

(End of this chapter)