At 5:30 in the morning the next day, Qin Chuan and others sat on a transport plane flying to Crete.

The Italian Caproni transport aircraft can intercept up to 18 paratroopers, which is not a good thing for the German army, because a German squad has 10 people, and a transport aircraft can barely intercept two unsatisfied squads, which makes a platoon apart two or even more transport aircraft, which will undoubtedly cause great trouble to the assembly after the parachute.

But there is nothing we can do about this. After all, this is in Africa, and the German army has to rely on Italian equipment to parachute... In fact, it is quite good to have transport aircraft for them to parachute.

It was pitch black outside the window. If it weren't for the occasional white clouds floating by, it would make people feel that the plane was still.

The flight time is accurately calculated: the sunrise time in Egypt in November was around 6:05 am. Caproni flew at a speed of 250 kilometers and arrived at Crete 300 kilometers away just dawn... In this way, Italian pilots could find the airborne point smoothly, and German parachutes were safer and more suitable for them to launch an attack.

Werner looked up at the top of the cabin with some concern.

I don’t know if it was because the cabin array was old or the Italians were not repairing it carefully enough, but somewhere on the top of the cabin in the dark was making a "grizz" sound as the transport engine vibrated.

"This is the Italian transport plane!" Werner said: "I think it's lucky that we can reach the sky safely!"

"Don't worry, Sergeant!" said Alphredo, "I've seen something even worse than this!"

"Oh, is that?" Werner glanced at Alphredo and asked, "I'm a little curious about how you survived!"

Alphredo shrugged and replied, "That's why I chose to drive a car!"

There was a burst of laughter in the cabin.

At this time, the Italian pilot turned around and said to Qin Chuan in the German he had just learned: "Five minutes left!"

Qin Chuan turned his head and ordered: "We will fly over the target area in five minutes, be prepared! Remember to cut off the parachute as soon as possible after landing and make room for the comrades behind us!"

This is a bit different from training... Training requires recycled parachutes and repurposing them, but of course, it will not waste time on the battlefield to recycle the weight of the parachute. At the same time, the weight of the parachute will also become a burden for soldiers. The easiest and fastest way is to cut the parachute rope.

"Yes, the second lieutenant!" the soldiers answered in unison.

Then, the sun jumped out without warning, and the rays of light were rippling like red clouds rippling in flames. The soldiers were about to intoxicate by the beautiful scenery, and a black cloud exploded nearby, and at the same time, the plane also vibrated violently.

"Anti-air cannon!" Qin Chuan shouted: "They discovered us!"

Soon, a dense sound of machine guns and cannons sounded below, and through the window, you can clearly see bullets passing through the clouds.

A transport plane on the left was hit, and it fell down with a harsh roar. For some reason, the pilot did not open the rear hatch door, so no paratrooper jumped out of it... so everyone knew what fate they would have.

This fear is very helpless. If it is on the ground, the soldiers can at least use their experience and tactical actions to avoid shells or even pick up rifles to protect themselves. However, in the air, all they can do is hope that they will not be too unlucky to be shot down by enemy bullets or artillery fire.

At this time, I don’t know who sang the Paratrooper Song:

The sun is emitting red light, ready!

Who knows if it will smile at us tomorrow?

...

At first, the voice was very small and trembled due to fear, but soon everyone sang along, and then it became louder and louder, causing the Italian pilots in front of them to frequently turn their heads and look at these German soldiers with incredible eyes, which was incredible.

This is a good way to dispel fear. After singing for a while, the shells and bullets outside the window and transport planes that were shot down or even disintegrated in the air were not that scary...

The slow speed of Italian transport aircraft is one of the reasons for the high casualties: slow speed means more time to cross the enemy's air defense positions, and the enemy has more time and it is easier to aim and shoot down these transport aircraft.

Qin Chuan believed that if the British had not thought the German army was not prepared for the island of Malta, there would not be many transport aircraft that could fly over the airborne point.

Then the red light in the cabin was on, and the dispatcher shouted loudly to ask the soldiers to prepare for parachuting. The German soldiers stood up and lined up in a single column, and hung their nine-meter-long fixed rope firmly on the steel cable at the top of the cabin.

"See you on the ground, comrades!"

"See you on the ground!"

...

The German soldiers blessed each other.

The cabin door opened, and the soldiers jumped out of the cabin one by one. Qin Chuan followed Werner, and Keller jumped down behind Qin Chuan... The two submachine gunmen Werner and Keller can basically be said to be Qin Chuan's guards. They always cooperated with Qin Chuan's combat intentionally or unintentionally, or they could also be said to be protecting Qin Chuan's safety.

After jumping out of the cabin, Qin Chuan was immediately filled with bright sunshine. The strong wind blew on Qin Chuan's military uniform and body. After a brief free fall, the fixed pull rope opened the parachute. Qin Chuan only felt a strong pull up, and the descent slowed down.

And this is the most terrifying thing, because it means that the paratroopers have been exposed naked to the gunman's sight on the ground, without any power to fight back.

The tracer bullets of the machine gun rushed up from the ground, and a row of bullets flew past Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan could almost feel the airflow they flew by when they flew by, which made Qin Chuan subconsciously bent his feet, but he soon realized that this was a very stupid approach.

Several paratroopers were hit by bullets, and blood was sprinkled down like raindrops. They were actually dead on the parachute, but the parachute was still hanging them slowly falling down. Some of them were lucky that the bullet hit the parachute... But the speed of the descent was too fast, which probably meant that they would fall to death.

A transport plane was hit directly by an anti-aircraft gun. With a loud bang, the wing on one side of the transport plane was blown off. It lost its balance. The window was filled with black smoke, rolling straight towards the ground, and then it turned into a shocking ball of fire.

Qin Chuan took a deep breath and suppressed the fear in his heart.
Chapter completed!