Babylonian Empire

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The airborne soldiers who had been sitting on both sides of the cabin immediately stood up backward along the armrest, and at the same time, the rear hatch was slowly opening.

The paratroopers walked towards the tail hatch one by one. At the same time, the ripcord on the parachute bag had been hooked to a steel cable at the top of the tail, so that when the paratrooper jumped out of the cabin, the parachute would automatically open. open.

The flight altitude of the Il-76 transport aircraft is only 500 meters. When it is getting dark at dusk, in an unfamiliar landing field, it is full of risks for the airborne soldiers, but they are fearless.

Because they are the most heroic paratroopers in Iraq!

Abed was the last to board the plane, so he was first in line as the paratroopers made their way to the tail deck floor, and from the open tail he could feel the air blowing his ancient With copper-colored faces, it was already getting dark outside, and their parachute was just in time.

"We have reached the airspace of the airport, and the parachute has begun."

Hearing this sound, Abed took a deep breath, and then jumped out of the cabin with both legs.

The airflow is blowing head-on, and he keeps his legs together. At the same time, he silently counts the numbers in his heart, 1, 2, 3. If he counts to 5 and the main parachute has not been opened, he must pull the backup parachute in time. He only counts to 3 , I felt my body being pulled suddenly, and a beautiful umbrella flower appeared in the sky.

His regiment leader was the first to jump off the plane, and the other fighters mustered up their courage and jumped out of the cabin one by one.

Under the night, umbrella flowers bloom in the sky.

Chapter 551 The Battle of Blood and Fire

In peaceful times, low-altitude skydiving is a high-risk subject, and low-altitude skydiving in the evening will have a higher degree of difficulty, because if the main parachute cannot be opened, there is only a short time to open the backup parachute, and it is dark. , The ground target cannot be seen clearly, and the posture is incorrect at the moment of landing, which may lead to broken legs and the like.

However, in the age of war, in this age of bloodshed and sacrifice at any time, these dangers are no longer dangers.

One of the great benefits of choosing this time and height to parachute is that the ground anti-aircraft firepower cannot react at all, which will minimize the loss of airborne.

But now, because the Air Force has successfully suppressed the firepower on the ground, and because the Iranians couldn't react at all, the landing of the Iraqi paratroopers went very smoothly.

Seeing the paratroopers falling from the sky, the Iranians who were still at the airport opened their eyes wide, looking at the sky where the last rays of the setting sun shone, their eyes were full of disbelief.

How can this be!How did the Iraqis have so many paratroopers and suddenly landed here!

Only a very small number of Iranians recovered from the shock, picked up the weapons around them, and blindly swept towards the sky.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

After the soldiers of the first and second battalions landed on the ground, they immediately cut off the ropes of the parachutes on their bodies, and began to gather in twos and threes. After the airborne troops landed, their organization would be temporarily disrupted. Therefore, they had to form a small team nearby , cooperated with each other, and began to attack the Iranians guarding the airport.

While the paratroopers landed, some weapons packages were also dropped.

Since the 67th Airborne Regiment has not been equipped with paratrooper combat vehicles so far, they will fall into an embarrassing situation without heavy firepower after landing, and the weapons they carry are limited, and it is impossible to carry infantry weapons such as anti-tank missiles. Therefore, during their parachute jump, the special weapons they carried with them were also dropped.

After Abed landed, he immediately gathered troops from his side and launched an attack on the most important control tower of the airport. Although half of the tower was blown up in the last air strike, it was still the commanding height of the entire airport and controlled the tower. Also able to control the airport.

The attack this time had the effect of a surprise attack. Facing the airborne troops that fell from the sky, all the courage of the Iranians in fighting disappeared, and the battle went relatively smoothly.

Almost at the same time, Rafsanjani received news of the presence of Iraqi paratroopers at the airport.

"It is reported that a large number of Iraqi paratroopers have appeared at the Tehran Air Force Base. At present, the guards at the airport are fighting fiercely with them."

Hearing this report, Rafsanjani felt dizzy in front of his eyes. The actions of Iraq in the past two days were all for one goal: Tehran!

So far, he has been able to confirm that the target of the Iraqis is not the city in the south at all, because they simply do not have the guts to attack there, and there is no need to attack there. Their target is the capital of Iran. Tehran underfoot!

What should come, is still here, and the rest is to fight bravely!

"Immediately order the newly formed [-]th Infantry Division to go to the airport quickly. All Iraqi airborne troops must be wiped out. At the same time, order the Revolutionary Guards and the [-]th Infantry Division that set off for reinforcements yesterday to return to Tehran immediately. Before tomorrow morning, they must It is a military order to enter downtown Tehran and prepare for street fighting," Rafsanjani said.

Now that the main attack direction of the Iraqis has been determined, the next thing to do is to deal with it with all our strength!The two armies must be brought back, and the Iraqis on the airport must first be killed as quickly as possible.

No one questioned Rafsanjani's order. It is necessary to bring back those two troops. They were fooled by the Iraqis!

At this moment, another urgent report came up.

"In the southern urban area, the sound of helicopters came, and a large number of helicopters were flying towards the inner city."

helicopter?It must not be their own, so, that is to say, Iraq not only wants to capture the airport, but also wants to enter the inner city?

Almost at the same time, they thought that the Iraqi helicopter that entered the city must be aimed at them.

"Separate a few regiments from the [-]th Division to support the Ministry of National Defense." A senior staff officer suggested.

"No, the task of the [-]th Division is to go to the airport. Iraq is just a helicopter coming, and we can fully guard against it." Rafsanjani said: "Several helicopters cannot pose a threat to our solid underground fortifications. We do not be afraid."

Hearing the word fear, the staff officer who spoke just now blushed.

Suddenly, "Boom", there was a huge explosion from above.The attack on Iraq has begun!

Just before the transport plane arrived at the target, the helicopters of the airborne regiment in Hamadan approached the urban area of ​​Tehran at an ultra-low altitude. It was impossible for them to avoid residential areas. Although they were not detected by radar, the Iranians also heard a huge roar outside. , It's just that they don't have time to react.

The helicopter pilots in Iraq have all carried night vision goggles. However, flying at low altitude and fast in the city is still very dangerous. However, they must quickly reach the position they need to attack in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

Soon, just when Rafsanjani received the report from below, they had already reached their target area: the location of the Tehran zhèngfǔ and the Ministry of Defense building.

At this time, the third airborne battalion of the No.60 Seventh Airborne Regiment, carried by the last small transport plane to take off, also arrived over the target.

After receiving the order from the early warning plane, the pilot of the Mi-24 armed helicopter kept the helicopter in front of the target. At the same time, the weapon operator in the rear compartment pressed the launch switch, the circuit was connected, and the gunship under the short wing The 57mm rocket began to fly towards its target.

At the same time, in the rear compartment of the Mi-24 armed helicopter, the special forces that came with the helicopter quickly slid down along the rope hanging from the helicopter.

Their movements are very nimble and quick, and they are already familiar with conflicts of this scale. Special Forces of the month.

In this significant combat operation, two of Iraq's most elite special forces also started another battle. They are sharp knives, and the [-]rd Airborne Battalion will follow suit to expand the results.

The Rattlesnake Special Forces mainly captured the zhèngfǔ building, while the Crescent Special Forces mainly attacked the Ministry of National Defense.

Varikh slid down the rope, looked at the zhèngfǔ building ravaged by the rockets fired by the helicopter in the darkening sky in front of him, and said to his team members: "Get ready to go."

At this time, the transport plane has also arrived at the scheduled landing site, Zìyóu Square, which is relatively open and very close to the zhèngfǔ building and the Ministry of Defense building, which is suitable for the airborne troops to quickly enter the battle.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the brave fighters of the 60rd Battalion of the No. [-] Seventh Airborne Regiment in Iraq bravely jumped out of the cabin.

As a brave airborne soldier, you can appear in any position of the enemy!Now, they landed directly in the heart of Iran, the urban area of ​​Tehran!

There was silence in Zìyóu Square, only the "Tower of Justice" standing in the middle of the square was silently watching the paratroopers descending from the sky. The sky of Iran was already undefended.

In a building next to Zìyóu Square, soldiers of an infantry squad guarding here discovered the paratroopers falling from the sky, and they immediately became nervous.

The Iraqis have appeared, and they must fight bravely!

"Kill the Iraqis!" the squad leader gave the order.

"Tutu, chug." The only machine gun in the infantry squad began to fire into the sky. Although they had seen the paratroopers landing, it was not easy to hit the target with a light machine gun. Moreover, There is no tracer bullet in the middle of the bullet, and the trajectory of the bullet flying out cannot be determined at all.

The machine guns fired, revealing their target instead.

The paratrooper who landed first, after tearing off the parachute on his body, quickly ran to another parachute more than [-] meters away from him, which was a weapon bag.