Chapter 446 Soviet Paratroopers

Molenko pulled the parachute rope and landed along with the paratrooper vehicle.

When his feet stepped firmly on the ground, Molenko pressed the parachute release button, separated from the parachute, and ran towards the paratrooper vehicle. For the paratroopers, the landing process is the most dangerous moment. If the Iranians act fast enough, there may be troops rushing here!

Paratroopers dropping from the sky cannot carry heavy weapons. Moreover, the range of the parachute drop will be quite large. The speed of troop assembly determines the success or failure of the parachute drop.

And Molenko quickly ran towards the paratrooper vehicle, which was their most important weapon.

It can be said that the Soviet Union is the ancestor of airborne troops. Before World War II, Soviet airborne troops performed parachuting under the observation of foreign observation groups, which shocked the entire Western world at the time. After that, the Western world also began to equip its own paratroopers. At that time, only people could land.

After World War II until the early 1960s, the Soviet airborne troops were only equipped with ASU-57 and ASU-85 airborne self-propelled anti-tank guns, which were fire support weapons. After all, the biggest threat to airborne troops was the enemy's armored forces. But now, with the mechanization of the troops, the Soviet airborne troops have fallen far behind, and they are in urgent need of developing an airborne assault weapon. Therefore, based on the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, the size and weight were reduced, and the airdrop technology was applied, and the BMD-1 airborne fighting vehicle specifically for airborne troops appeared.

A low turret, a 73mm 2A28 low-pressure howitzer, and a monorail launcher for SEG anti-tank missiles on top of the turret. The other paratroopers also quickly gathered towards the nearest paratrooper vehicle.

The driver got into the cockpit and started the 6V water-cooled diesel engine. With the roar of the engine, the 300-horsepower diesel engine was started. Then, one member after another got into the passenger compartment at the rear.

Soon, the six members were full, and the remaining soldiers who did not find a combat vehicle jumped onto the upper part of the paratrooper vehicle and grabbed the makeshift welded handrails.

Amid the roar, one paratrooper vehicle after another started moving, with new paratroopers constantly landing, jumping on and gathering rapidly.

As the first group of paratroopers to set foot on the land of southern Iran, they need to quickly complete the combat missions assigned to them by their superiors!

The paratrooper vehicles moved quickly towards the eastern border.

United States, White House.

The Soviet Union's move shocked the United States. Although the United States had long expected that the Soviet Union would not be willing to watch the United States kick open Iran's door, the Soviet Union at the time did not react at all. Now, with the United States withdrawing from Iran, it seems that Iran has calmed down. Apart from the Soviet Union supporting Iraq and waging war with Iran, no other incidents have occurred.

But now, the Iranians are creating terrorist incidents in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union responds tit-for-tat by sending troops to invade Iran! This makes the top US officials excited. Since the Soviet Union has started from the north, the United States may be able to advance again from the south!

There is nothing in the north of Iran. Their oil resources are mainly along the coast of the Persian Gulf! Therefore, if the US military attacks along the south this time, it will first seize cities such as Chabahar!

The American top leaders were very excited until this shocking news came.

Soviets, airborne troops have landed in Sistan Province in southern Iran!

"The Soviets' intentions are very clear. They are definitely not just trying to teach HMN a lesson. They want to completely occupy Iran and open up a passage to the south!" said Brzezinski, assistant to the US National Security Advisor. "This is what the Russians have been dreaming of since the Tsarist era! After the end of World War II, if it weren't for our firm opposition, the Soviets would not have wanted to withdraw their troops from Iran! And now, under the banner of anti-terrorism, the Soviets want to build a passage to the south to the Indian Ocean!"

If the Soviets just wanted to teach HMN a lesson, they would never drop paratroopers in Sistan Province! You know, this is the exit of the Persian Gulf and the northern shore of the Indian Ocean! If the United States still can't see anything now, then the Americans' brains are full of shit.

Moreover, the Soviets parachuted there to prevent the United States from intervening! Even if the Soviet army attacked from the north to the south at the full level of the Western 79 military exercise, it would take two or three days to advance. In these two days, the United States must have blocked the southern gate!

"We must never let the Soviet conspiracy succeed! If the Soviets reach the Indian Ocean, the entire Indian Ocean will be under the control of the Soviet Union, and the most important energy in the Middle East will also face a serious crisis!" Defense Secretary Harold followed.

That is the United States' sphere of influence, and the Soviets must never be allowed to get involved!

"But now, the Soviets are already there. If we want to stop the Soviets, we can only go to war with them. Our air force has already made contact." Secretary of State Warren said: "Air force contact alone can limit the scale to a certain extent. If our ground forces also make contact, the situation will deteriorate rapidly. Ladies and gentlemen, we are now trying to maintain stability, not to trigger World War III."

Warren is a conservative. The current strength of the United States is not enough to provoke World War III! The best opportunity was when World War II just ended. At that time, the Soviets had already killed tens of millions of men, and the Soviets did not have nuclear weapons!

Now, war must not be easily started!

"This time it's different. The Soviets want to control the whole of Iran! They want to open up a passage to the south and control the Persian Gulf. Our Western European allies will definitely not stand idly by and watch like they did last time and dare not take action. If we allow the Soviets to develop to this extent, then once the Soviets control the entrance to the Persian Gulf, all of Western Europe will have to look to the Soviets for their favor!" said Harold.

"Moreover, the Soviets' airborne paratroopers are simply courting death. Since they cannot obtain airports in Iran, their fighter planes must fly for at least half an hour to reach the sky over the south, while our fighter planes can get there in ten minutes after taking off. Now, the sky above Sistan Province belongs to us, and their early warning aircraft cannot fly all the time. The fighter planes they escort will not stay in the air for more than ten minutes. Without air superiority, those paratroopers can even be easily surrounded and annihilated by Iranian border troops!" said Brzezinski.

The Soviets must have been crazy to dare to airdrop from thousands of miles away! Before their ground troops arrived, those paratroopers were just appetizers!