Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

three days later.

October 11th, Yongsheng 10th year, 1:30 AM.

Nine paratrooper guidance teams of the Daqian Zhenguo Army secretly landed within the territory of Luyang Province, tasked with marking the airdrop area for subsequent airborne troops.

Two hours later, at 3:30 a.m.

The airborne troops of the Daqian Zhenguo Army began boarding the planes.

At 6:45 a.m., without any fighter jet or bomber support, the Daqian Zhenguo Army's airborne assault regiment initiated an airborne landing in Drop Zone 1...

According to the plan, the airborne troops of the Daqian Zhenguo Army will complete all airborne operations in nine airborne zones within 21 hours.

The magnificent scene of countless parachutes blooming freely in the sky above Luyang unfolded successively in nine airdrop zones.

Such a breathtaking and magnificent scene failed to attract the attention of the Yi troops within Luyang.

This is because all nine drop zones chosen by the Daqian Zhenguo Army's airborne troops were located in blind spots of the Yiguo forces.

Since the Yi troops encountered no resistance after entering Luyang Province, and the Luyang garrison surrendered voluntarily.

Therefore, the Yi army advanced very quickly.

However, due to the large territory of Luyang Province, the size of the Yi troops entering the province was limited, which resulted in the Yi people nominally gaining control of the entire Luyang region.

In reality, the barbarian troops only took over some strategic locations and important cities in Luyang first.

Many areas are currently undefended.

Moreover, the airdrop locations chosen by the Daqian Zhenguo Army were all in relatively remote and desolate areas within Luyang.

Furthermore, the barbarian people had absolutely no foresight or preparation for this sudden airborne operation launched by the Daqian Zhenguo army.

Therefore, such a large-scale airborne operation was carried out in one smooth and seamless manner.

Furthermore, due to favorable weather and other factors, the airdrop mission, which was expected to take 21 hours, was successfully completed in 20 hours.

"Operation Divine Soldiers" seems to have been blessed with a lucky aura.

There were no errors in any of the steps during the airdrop phase.

This is extremely rare in such a large-scale airborne mission behind enemy lines.

The 42,000 paratroopers landed perfectly and quickly assembled according to the pre-arranged plan.......................

Meanwhile, General Yamanaka, brimming with confidence and high spirits, was unaware that over 40,000 paratroopers of the Daqian Zhenguo Army had silently appeared within Luyang territory...

In accordance with operational requirements, each paratrooper of the Daqian Zhenguo Army carried with him a field ration that could sustain him for 15 days.

Flamethrowers, light and heavy machine guns, 60mm light mortars, Panzerfaust rocket launchers, and other weapons that are easy to airdrop were also airdropped.

The list of weapons used in this airborne operation.

Naturally, the Sdkfz 2 small tracked motorcycle and the 75mm LG40 recoilless rifle, specially designed for airborne troops, are indispensable.

Among them, the number of 75mm LG40 recoilless rifles airdropped reached as high as 866.

It turns out that this was already true when the airborne troops were first established.

Shen Moshen, who attached great importance to the airborne troops, established a special weapons industrial park for airborne troops in Youzhou, which was specifically responsible for producing paratrooper weapons for the airborne troops.

The LG40 recoilless rifle, a parachute artillery piece specifically designed for airborne troops, was among the first batch of paratrooper weapons that Shen Moshen designated for mass production.

Therefore, the Daqian Zhenguo Army had a very sufficient number of LG40 recoilless rifles.

All personnel are equipped with improved STG-44 assault rifles, along with a variety of carefully selected paratrooper-specific weapons such as the LG40 recoilless rifle and the Sdkfz 2 small tracked motorcycle.

The equipment of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's airborne troops was absolutely luxurious.

To put it modestly, the firepower of the Great Qian Zhenguo Army's airborne troops is certainly no worse than that of their counterparts in the Western Luo countries!

To put it bluntly, with the support of the specialized paratrooper equipment personally selected by Shen Moshen for the Daqian Zhenguo Army's airborne troops, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call the Daqian Zhenguo Army's paratroopers the world's strongest paratroopers.

Putting aside other factors, the improved STG-44 assault rifle, standard issue for the Daqian Zhenguo Army alone, is enough to largely compensate for the lack of individual firepower among paratroopers.

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Within Luyang County, the assembly point of the 96th Air Assault Division of the Daqian Zhenguo Army.

"Gentlemen, another new prey has been delivered to our door!"

Pang Maoxun, commander of the 96th Airborne Assault Division of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, raised the telegram in his hand: "Breaking news - Zhuo Yongwang's rebel troops, who were cooperating with the foreign army to take over the Luyang territory, have also entered Luyang Province."

“A cavalry division of the rebels and a battalion of the barbarian army are marching toward Sai Province.”

Pang Maoxun then ordered his men to spread out a battle map: "Tomorrow afternoon, this enemy force should pass through Majialing."

“Majialing is only about 60 miles away from us.”

"It would be a bit unreasonable for us not to accept this 'gift' that has been delivered to our door."

Pang Maoxun pointed to the location of Majialing and smiled: "There's nothing to say—we must eat them up!"

"Two regiments were dispatched to ambush at Majialing, while the remaining troops continued to rendezvous with friendly forces as originally planned."

"To deal with a cavalry division of the rebels plus a large battalion of barbarians, or an ambush..."

Pang Maoxun pondered, "Two regiments should be more than enough..."

"Commander, let our brigade handle the ambush mission!"

"I guarantee that not a single one of these enemy soldiers will escape!"

"Two regiments, if we lie in ambush and annihilate them, wouldn't we lose face?"

"Commander, let our brigade go instead. Our brigade is closer to Majialing, which is convenient!"

"Brigade Commander Chen, that's not a very nice thing to say. It makes it sound like everyone else is afraid of trouble!"

"Commander! We're the most suitable people to do this job!"

"Moreover, we don't need two groups; one group from our brigade is guaranteed to complete this task perfectly."

"If I don't wipe out this enemy force, or if they escape, you may execute me on the spot..."

Well! Before we could even exchange two sentences, several brigade commanders from the 96th Air Assault Division started vying for the job.

"Shut up, all of you! Just two regiments! One requirement—this is our division's first battle, and not a single enemy soldier can escape!"

Pang Maoxun directly assigned the task: "Based on proximity, Brigade Commander Chen—this task is assigned to your brigade."

As he spoke, Pang Maoxun looked at the other two brigade commanders who hadn't managed to get the mission and laughed, "What's your hurry for!"

"We've already jumped into the enemy's yard, are we afraid there won't be any battles to fight?"