At the base of Tolbao Lake in Outer Mongolia, secret training has been going on for a week. The first four days were spent on training glider water landings, especially water landings at night. By the fifth day, the castle blueprint was borrowed from France. So the next three days
God wanted the commandos to be familiar with the blueprints and memorize the internal layout of the castle. Unfortunately, there were no blueprints for the villa where the fourteen-square prisoner was imprisoned. Fortunately, the villa was not big, with three floors and not many rooms in total, so it was much simpler than the castle.
According to Hu Jiong's description, Shi Shi Ge Ge is obviously in poor health and is probably on a hunger strike. But Shi Shi Ge Ge must have understood Hu Jiong's hint of "take care of yourself", so she must be given at least two or three days to recover her strength.
In addition, due to the addition of a target, the commando team also needs to conduct targeted training, landing - dividing troops - simultaneous operations - rendezvous - evacuation. This process is different from the previous plan.
At this time, the main planners of the Tianshan camp were divided into two groups. One group advocated that the action should be postponed for more than ten days. Because it is already August 20, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar calendar, and ten days have passed since the full moon of the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.
It's sunny. In addition to the two or three days left for Fourteen Gege to recover his strength, the moon was already waning at that time, and its brightness was too low. Landing on water at night requires the best possible moonlight. This kind of drop in brightness exists.
There is a certain risk that the operation may fail upon landing. In this case, simply postponing the operation for more than ten days and waiting for the next full moon night can greatly increase the success rate.
But the other group believes that risks should be taken. Their reason is simple - they can't wait that long without leaking the secret. A training base is set up here, and more than a dozen planes take off, circle, and land all day long... on the ground
, there are so many cars sending supplies here every day... and it is very close to Russia and the Altai Mountains in northern Xinjiang controlled by the Soviet army. It is too difficult to keep it secret for more than ten days. Once this place is detected by the enemy, or
If it is leaked, the Soviets, as long as they are not mentally retarded, can immediately guess what the Ming army is going to do. Then Guangwu and Shi Shigege were immediately transferred to the hinterland of the Soviet Union.
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At this time, Xiang Xiaoqiang fully understood the dilemma faced by Allied Commander-in-Chief Eisenhower on the eve of Operation Overlord in World War II. Xiang Xiaoqiang’s situation was still simple, and he only struggled with the issue of moonlight. Lao Ai had many struggles at that time: some military units
It needs darkness, some troops need moonlight, some troops need high tide, and some troops need low tide. Moreover, the weather is not good, it has been windy and rainy, the English Channel has white waves, the operation time has been repeatedly delayed, and hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered on the ship to vomit.
Not only that. Eisenhower was tortured to the point of almost mental breakdown between "risking an immediate attack at the risk of failure" and "taking the risk of leaking secrets to postpone the attack."
But no matter what happened to Eisenhower at that time, after all, his wife was not deeply involved in it. Now the life of Xiang Xiaoqiang's wife is still in danger. Xiang Xiaoqiang is not only mentally weak, but also about to have a nervous breakdown.
No matter what, the opinions of the commandos, Dongchang, and the People's Guard are just suggestions. The final decision can only be made by Xiang Xiaoqiang. Xiang Xiaoqiang is the biggest official, and his own wife is also deeply involved.
Among them, the stakes are high, so he can only decide. Xiang Xiaoqiang has always been decisive in doing things and never drags his feet, but this time he weighed it painfully for two days, repeatedly looked at the information from all parties, and even flew to Tolbao Lake to watch the training in person.
The situation is, in short, like a lost soul.
The results of the training a few nights ago are very confusing: under the existing moonlight, although the 12 gliders can land on the lake, due to the low visibility, none of them can grasp the distance and strength.
It was a huge white wave, causing a deafening sound. If there was a patrol on the shore, there was a 100% chance of being discovered.
However, we really can’t delay it any longer. The moon is getting narrower and darker day by day. In two days, the situation will be worse. Then we can only wait until more than ten days later, when the moon becomes full again.
Done.
Finally, on the morning of August 23, Xiang Xiaoqiang finally made the decision: take action tonight.
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It has been three days since I visited Shi Shi Ge Ge on the 20th. I believe Shi Shi Ge Ge has been eating well these days and has recovered her physical strength. Her physique is not bad, and her skills are also very good. She was in Japan in her early years
The special agent training has not been lost. Although it cannot be compared with the commandos, it will certainly not be a burden. These days, the commandos are like actual combat every night, boarding the plane on time, taking off, flying for a while and then landing in the glider.
Then, they will infiltrate into the lake area and attack targets, which is exactly the same as the real operation. However, the training will bring blank ammunition, and after flying into the sky, they will announce to the team members: Today is another exercise.
But today, on the night of the 23rd, when the commandos boarded the glider carrying their weapons and equipment like they had done a few days ago, many of them discovered that the white tape on the magazine was missing. The machine gun team also discovered that
The bullets on the machine gun belts were painted with different colors. As a result, a nervous and excited mood began to spread in each glider. The team members generally guessed that there would be actual combat tonight.
When the flight group's course stabilized, the radio stations of each aircraft and glider received two short and one long radio signals, representing "victory". Sure enough, upon receiving the pre-agreed signal, the co-pilot of each glider left his seat.
He turned to the commandos, either nervously or calmly and said:
"The action begins tonight."
"It's not a drill anymore."
"It's true tonight, brothers, do your best."
Cheers erupted in several gliders. But more of it was an indescribable emotion of tension and excitement intertwined.
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Forty minutes later, the 12 tractors and 12 gliders decoupled, climbed and turned around and returned. The remaining 12 gliders continued to fly silently towards Kanas Lake in the night sky.
After another half hour of taxiing, the fleet entered the landing airspace. The pilot glider led the fleet to turn to the left, changing the course from west to south, making the course parallel to the narrow Kanas Lake, from north to south, pressing
Get off the nose of the plane and land towards the northern end of Kanas Lake.
The moon tonight is really a waning moon. But fortunately, the weather is clear, and all the remaining moonlight can finally be used. This is also thanks to the dry and rainless climate in northern Xinjiang. From another aspect
Look, the dim moonlight is also more conducive to the stealth of the commando's operations. Although the moment the glider lands is more dangerous, once it lands and begins to penetrate into the southern part of the lake area, darkness becomes the commando's ally.
"Get ready," the glider pilot shouted at this time, "landing!!!"
The first glider rushed into the lake at high speed, setting off a wave of more than ten meters high, and the sound of the water was like a waterfall. The glider jumped on the lake, fell again, and slid forward. Although there were already many commandos in the cabin,
I have gone through the training for the first time, but I am still shaken up and down at this moment, and my heart is in my throat. - This is the time when the movement is the loudest. If you are not discovered at this time, you will be less likely to be discovered later.
Immediately afterwards, the second glider also rushed down. Then came the third, then the fourth...
Within a few minutes, all twelve gliders landed on the lake. Some had stopped, spinning slowly, and some were still gliding forward based on inertia. The lake was only more than a thousand meters wide. At this time,
As long as there is a Soviet soldier on the shore, even if he is sleeping, as long as he is not too sleepy, he will be woken up. As long as he sweeps his eyes on the lake, he can see under the moonlight, there are more than a dozen fish floating in various directions on the lake.
Fight the big guy.
But...it seems that there are no patrols on the shore. There hasn't been any movement yet.
The commandos on each glider first threw down a rubber raft. When the rubber raft was thrown into the water, it began to inflate automatically and expanded rapidly. Then, they moved the equipment onto it, and then the team members also sat on it. The last one
The team members at Shanggangzi pulled out the plug from the glider's float. This float was specially installed for this mission to keep the glider afloat after landing on the water. Now that the plug was pulled out, the lake water quickly poured in.
The glider slowly sank into the water. After a while, there will be no trace on the lake surface, as if nothing happened.
After handling all this, the commandos sat in twelve rubber rafts, trying to keep as silent as possible, and carefully rowed toward the shore.