Chapter 708 Speed

In two days, the soldiers became familiar with this kind of wall-based rappelling, and then changed to carrying equipment and weighted rappelling on their backs, and then switched to aerial rappelling without relying on the wall.

Aerial rappelling is to build a shelf between two buildings several dozen meters high to simulate a hovering helicopter cabin... In order to make the soldiers feel more, the size and shape of this shelf are made in a one-to-one ratio of the Junker cabin, and there are even two rows of seats and the pilot's cockpit in it.

Then hang a rope on the top, and dig a hatch in the middle of the bottom of the shelf, making it almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

If there is any difference, it is that this simulated cabin is safer... It will not shake in the air, and there are no flying shrapnel and bullets around.

The difficulty of aerial rappelling lies in speed.

Needless to say, the most dangerous time for such rappelling operations is the period when the helicopter is hovering over the target... As mentioned before, any firepower from the ground at this time will pose a major threat to the helicopter and its members.

Therefore, it is impossible to descend one rope after another after confirming safety. It must be descended one by one, that is, several people are hanging on the rope and sliding down to the ground at high speed at the same time.

This will cause a series of problems:

For example, some people are fast and some are slow, and they will inevitably collide with each other.

Another example is that the distance is too close, and the person who landed on the ground has no time to unlock the lock before another person falls from the sky.

Of course, these problems are not unsolvable, but they need to be trained again and again so that everyone can master their own descent speed with their eyes closed, and can leave the landing point as quickly as possible after landing to provide landing space for teammates.

On the other hand, Alexander took a group of instructors to time... There are more than 700 people in the first battalion, and every 20 people are divided into a group for training.

What they have to do is to select the ten groups with the fastest speed and the most stable results from these more than 700 groups and put them into battle.

"2 minutes and 10 seconds!" Alexander said to Qin Chuan: "This is the best result!"

"No, it's not good enough!" Qin Chuan said: "We should try to control the time within one and a half minutes!"

The reason is simple. Even if it's just one second more, it may bring the risk of annihilation to all members, because the helicopter shot down will also pose a threat to the members who have landed.

"But this speed can hardly be improved!" Alexander said.

Qin Chuan understood what Alexander meant. The distance, speed and number of people determined that it must take such a long time. This was calculated before.

"If we can't decide the distance and number of people, then speed up!" Qin Chuan said.

"We can't speed up, Major!" Alexander said: "They are carrying equipment and supplies. If they speed up, they will be injured when they land!"

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said: "We can speed up the first half and gradually reduce it to normal speed in the second half!"

Alexander looked at Qin Chuan blankly when he heard it.

This is indeed feasible, and it can obviously increase the landing speed. The problem is that the coordination of the soldiers is higher, which means it is more difficult to do this. If you are not careful, several soldiers will collide with each other.

"They can do it!" Qin Chuan said.

Qin Chuan had confidence in his soldiers, or it could be said that it was worth it... Even if some soldiers were injured, it was much better than dying on the battlefield.

Later, some soldiers were indeed injured. The most serious case was that a sergeant from the third company was hit by a soldier who was chasing him because he was slower. He lost his balance and fell from a height of more than ten meters. His spine hit the backpack heavily... and he lost consciousness in his lower body.

When he was carried away by the medical soldiers, the soldiers didn't know what to say.

"He is a veteran who fought with us in Africa!" Kuhn said, "I remember him because he was originally my subordinate!"

After a pause, Kuhn continued, "I didn't expect that he would fall down during training after so many battles!"

So, fate is sometimes strange. No one knows when it will suddenly hit you.

"Sorry, sir!" Kuhn then said, "I'm not saying the training is wrong..."

"I understand!" Qin Chuan interrupted Kuhn: "You don't have to explain so much, I know this is right, and we have to continue!"

At least one thing Conrad estimated was wrong, that is, the modification time of the helicopter... Conrad originally estimated that it would only take a week, but in fact it took two weeks for the helicopter to land in Vekino.

"Sorry, Major!" Conrad explained to Qin Chuan: "Originally we thought you were only using it for transportation in the Caucasus Mountains, so we had lower requirements for it. Since we knew you were using it for combat, we made some necessary modifications to it!"

"Really?" Qin Chuan asked, "What modifications?"

"We thickened the armor in key areas!" Conrad said, "For example, the cab, and the engine, and a layer of 10MM steel plate was added to the bottom of the cabin!"

"Very good, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said.

The 10MM steel plate can just block the Soviet rifle bullets, which means that the Soviet submachine guns, rifles, light machine guns, etc. can hardly pose a threat to helicopters from bottom to top.

"It should be!" Conrad replied: "But you have to pay attention, its defense is limited to this. If the Soviets use 12.7MM heavy machine guns..."

"I know, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

At this time, the Soviet army, even the infantry, was generally equipped with a DSHK 12.7MM caliber machine gun, and it is often seen in modern film and television works... There is a baffle in front and a wheeled shooting frame. The German army usually calls it the "Russian harvester" because it is very effective against the German infantry charge, often knocking down the German army in rows like harvesting rice. The German army is often helpless because there is a baffle in front of it.

This guy can easily penetrate a 15MM steel plate at a distance of 500 meters. It is basically impossible to defend against it.

Then, Qin Chuan glanced at the helicopters landing on the open ground in amazement and said, "Okay, let's get to know this aircraft. We call it a helicopter, to be precise... a 'Dragon' helicopter! Any questions?"

"Sir!" a soldier asked, "Are we going to take this guy to fight the Soviets?"

"Without a doubt!" Qin Chuan replied, "Otherwise, what do you think we have been doing all this time?"