To transport the British 101st Airborne Division to the sky above Sicily, 432 C-47 transport aircraft were required, and to transport the US 82nd Airborne Division to Sicily, so many transport aircraft were also required to transport the US 82nd Airborne Division to Sicily.

Therefore, the first batch of more than 15,000 people needed about 830 C-47 transport aircraft.

Of course, the aircraft pilot, co-pilot, and pilot.

Each C-47 transport aircraft can carry 18 to 20 fully armed paratroopers, and these transport aircraft still fly in a V-shaped formation after ground, flying well trained in the moonlit night sky.

When the team leader in these transport planes began to give orders to prepare for parachute jump, the navigators also began to say to the parachute jumpers: "Don't look down at the bottom, raise your head, look up, God will be with you, because in the sky, your friends are our God!"

All the paratroopers listened nervously to the navigator, and they were also organizing their equipment.

The equipment these paratroopers wanted to carry were parachuting suits, steel helmets, shoes, gloves, main umbrellas, spare umbrellas; Mewys life jackets, rifles, and 45-point automatic pistols, trench knifes, paratrooper knives, hunting knives, machetes, bullet belts, spare magazines, Hawkins mines used to blow tanks, several tnt explosives, first aid kits, rations for several days, distilled water, gas masks, powerful lethal Garmon grenades, clothes, smokescreen bombs, and other large groups of things.

And these heavy equipment loads increase the weight of these paratroopers and increase their parachuting.

However, after rigorous training, the paratroopers had overcome the heavy discomfort brought by these equipment. Under the dim red light, when the navigator finished speaking, all the paratroopers prayed together.

When everyone finished praying, Jim, the skydiving captain, immediately shouted loudly: "Be ready!"

At the same time, the parachuting hatch of the transport plane was also opened, and the thick and surging clouds suddenly caught the eyes of all the paratroopers.

And then the pale moonlight, the paratroopers could see the buildings, farms and fields, villages, houses, streams and barns below them, and even the sounds of dogs and dogs could be heard vaguely.

Of course, there are also aircraft clusters filled with dense formations and lights flashing on the wings.

The pilots inside the c-47 transport plane just briefly looked down at them and the surrounding air scenery; they hurriedly took heavy equipment and stood in line to the parachuting cabin.

"hook up!"

At this moment, Jim, the second order from the skydiving captain, immediately issued the slogan.

After listening, all the paratroopers in charge of leading the team quickly heard a sound of pulling the ropes and pulling the hooks into the ropes.

These wire ropes are above the heads of these paratroopers and extend along the center of the cabin.

"Check your equipment!"

After all the paratroopers repeatedly checked whether there were any hooks, the third order from parachuting leader Jim immediately issued.

In response to this, all the paratroopers immediately checked their comrades in front of them to see if they had missed any equipment or were not carrying them, or whether the belt was placed in the wrong position, etc., so as to remind them.

“No. 3, ready!”

After all the paratroopers helped their companions check their equipment, the fourth order from parachuting leader Jim also issued.

The paratrooper who heard his number immediately squatted nervously at the open cabin door, looking for his parachuting landmark and preparing to parachuting.

The other paratroopers stood nervously behind paratrooper No. 2, waiting to jump.

"God bless you, jump!"

Seeing that the paratrooper was ready, the parachuting commander Jim immediately said loudly.

With the issuance of the parachuting order, paratrooper No. 2 quickly jumped out from the transport plane to the left wing of the plane, allowing the airflow driven by the plane to blow him to the end of the forced opening of the parachute rope.

When the huge pulling force is used in this way, the paratroopers used the t-5 parachute coat to pull off, so that the parachute's parachute's umbrella is successfully exposed and opened.

Then under the influence of gravity, the paratroopers' bodies can successfully fall to the ground.

“No. 8, ready!”

“No. 9, ready!”

“No. 10, ready!”

"Jump……"

After the paratrooper No. 2 successfully parachuted, parachuted Jim immediately quickly issued an order.

As the orders rang out loudly again and again, all the 20 paratroopers in the entire C-47 transport plane quickly parachute.

Other C-47 transport aircraft are constantly performing such parachute jumps. After these paratroopers parachute jump, the parachute will use parachutes to drop some heavy firepower weapons and equipment such as machine guns, mortars, high-explosive explosives, and Bazuka rocket launchers to the air-drilling and reach their coordinates.

When the British and American Airlines team deployed these paratroopers, there was also a shrill sound of air raid sirens on Sicily.

At the same time, there are a large number of searchlights, tracer bombs, and explosions on the island, cutting through the dim night sky of the moon, making people creepy.

At the same time, it was accompanied by the sound of anti-aircraft guns of 20, 40 and 88 mm, and it was bombarded in deafening manner.

For a moment, the entire night sky was filled with terrifying and dense artillery fire, the howling sounds of British and American soldiers who were skydiving, the sounds of planes that kept whistling, the attack sounds of British and American fighter jets, and the sounds of various bomb explosions.

Faced with such a terrifying battle situation like hell, many British and American paratroopers who were parachuting were frightened and pale in fear, and they also prayed quickly to God.

The tracer bombs of various colors such as orange, blue, yellow, and red fired from Sicily constantly exposed the aerial positions of British and American paratroopers.

At the same time, the German and Italian anti-aircraft shells were constantly hitting their faces and quickly reaped the lives of British and American paratroopers.

Even so, the paratroopers of the British and American airborne forces continued to parachute, especially their gliders that could carry 30 fully armed soldiers; they were also allowed to tow their planes, letting their tow ropes be released at an altitude of 6,000 feet, and then these gliders descended from the sky like giant birds, sliding towards their landing coordinates.

At this time, the combat command of Guderian, Sicily.

More than a dozen combat staff members were busy collecting the deployment of troops from all sides, as well as the airborne battle situation and attacks of the British and American airlines.

"The British and American airborne troops suddenly appeared over us and have successfully airdropped! And we and the Italian air defense forces have also made counterattacks! Should we immediately dispatch a group of fighter jets to counterattack the enemy! Commander! Request combat instructions!"

Soon, the combat staff officer Savik came to Guderian with a serious expression to report.

And the plans next to them continued to be busy with their respective work and combat missions.

"No! Britain and the United States want to airdrop paratroopers, let them come down! We will kill as many paratroopers as they successfully land, without leaving any one!"

Upon hearing this, Guderian shook his head and said dissatisfied.

"But if we do this, will we be more dangerous! According to the observation of our front-line reconnaissance forces, there are more than 10,000 paratroopers! And they also have a large number of gliders carrying soldiers to airborne!"

"In addition, they also have a large number of fighter jets escorting and attacking our anti-aircraft gun positions!"

The combat staff officer Savik was very anxious and worried.

"Don't worry about their airborne troops. Our anti-aircraft artillery group can kill as much as they can! Only after they all airborne successfully will they be wiped out! This is the order of the head of state!"
Chapter completed!