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Chapter 36 Ambush Airdrop

On the label of this medicine bottle were written four italic characters "Shu Wei Ding Ji". Zhou Changfeng's first reaction was that this is a painkiller?

Just like people on the original plane translated Paracetamol as "paracetamol", Ming people naturally pursued integrity when translating foreign languages, so Zhou Changfeng took the literal meaning.

Aspirin seems to be the only non-steroidal analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug commonly used these days?Other painkillers are just the kind of thing you shouldn't touch.

Facing his skeptical gaze, the military doctor Second Lieutenant Xie explained: "This is a new type of antibacterial drug jointly developed by Qianyuan Company and Merck. batch."

In fact, this "expressing fatigue and curing diseases" is sulfadiazine, which was extracted through cooperation between Shanghai Qianyuan Pharmaceutical Company and Merck's Yu Daming branch.

A few years ago, the well-known German Farben discovered the antibacterial ability of "Pernadox", which is the first artificially synthesized antibacterial drug in human history; subsequently, the Pasteur Institute of France discovered that its active ingredient is actually It is sulfonamide, and the name of sulfonamide caused a sensation all over the world.

For the first time, humans have a drug that can fight against bacterial infections, so more than 200 papers have emerged in just two years, which shows its popularity.

Sulfa drugs are a huge family. People have synthesized hundreds of them in a few years, but their properties are different. The key is to find sulfa drugs with good curative effect and less side effects.

Sulfadiazine is translated by Xindaya of Qianyuan Company as "Shu Fei Ding Ji". It is a broad-spectrum bacteriostatic agent and has inhibitory effects on most Gram-positive and negative bacteria.

As a result, this achievement immediately attracted the attention of the imperial court. Animal experiments and clinical trials were carried out successively, and because of the situation in Uzbekistan, before the experiment was over, the Ministry of War ordered a small amount of production to be provided to the army. Everyone is happy, otherwise it will be destroyed on the spot.

Zhou Changfeng didn't take it seriously, since the test is correct, let's take it. In this age without antibiotics, what more can you expect if you have sulfa antibiotics?

After inquiring about the specific conditions of each defense area one by one, he went to rest in peace - moved several wooden boxes together, and then spread a blanket to make it a bed.

When Zhou Changfeng fell asleep accompanied by sporadic gunfire, Lingzhi's airstrip was busy.

Usually, fighter jets do not take off and land here, and usually only have contact opportunities to take off and land here, so there are very few ground crews stationed here by the Air Force, only a mere twenty or so people.

At this moment, two trucks full of ammunition are being unloaded, and the quartermaster is signing the handover with the ground crew leader.

Bullets, shells, grenades, and explosives are all packed in standard wooden boxes, and will then be packed into prefabricated airdrop boxes.

In order to carry out this airdrop mission, the Air Force dispatched four [-]-type twin-engine service planes from Lhasa, and they are expected to arrive at Yinshi.

The night seems to be extremely short and fleeting. The northern and southern capitals of the empire are already full of traffic, but Lingzhi, who is located in the sixth district of the East, has just been able to see the white belly of the sky.

Naturally, there were no approach lights on the runway of the airstrip, and several planes could only land slowly following piles of bonfires.

After landing on the ground, people swarmed up and began to move 250-jin airdrop boxes into the cabin.

The Type 985 service aircraft with two engines and two wings is far from being comparable to a serious transport aircraft. Its two engines are domestically produced models of the Pratt & Whitney R-450 "Little Hornet", air-cooled, star-shaped, and the maximum output power is [-] match.

However, in the high-altitude Uzbek area, the engine output dropped significantly, and the Type [-] service aircraft, which could carry one ton or six people, can now only carry half of the cargo.

As for why the transport planes were not dispatched to carry out this mission, it was mainly because the Air Force considered that the first battalion was oppressed in the city of Demagi, and the high-speed transport planes would drop materials at a large interval. After weighing, I chose a service aircraft that can fly at a slow speed and has a small circling radius.

An hour and a half later, the four planes crossed the mountains at the eastern foot of the Himalayas and arrived at the sky above the small Demaji.

The Ming army on the ground immediately released four blue smoke cans in the southeast and northwest to mark the airdrop area.

Unlike transport aircraft with semi-automatic airdrop tracks, the airdrop method of service aircraft is very primitive—manually hook the parachute hook to the steel cable, open the hatch after reaching the target, and kick the airdrop box down.

"Attention all aircraft, descend to 250 meters, slow down and circle."

Four planes circled over Dmagee at an extremely slow speed, and the buzzing sound of the engines excited the officers and soldiers of the first battalion on the ground. Everyone looked up and watched the snow-white parachutes slowly float down.

Not to be outdone, the British and Indian troops outside the city organized machine gun fire to shoot into the air, and tracer bullets pierced the sky and shot straight at them.

Zhou Changfeng immediately ordered the launch of anti-aircraft fire to hinder the enemy's anti-aircraft fire.

Twenty 250-jin airdrop boxes landed one after another, and the excited soldiers rushed to pick up the goods. This scene reminded Zhou Changfeng of people going to get takeaway.

He also left the headquarters with great interest, intending to join in the fun, but he didn't go far when he heard gunshots from the northwest, and the distance was not far, as if he was in the city?

Without hesitation, he immediately summoned a nearby platoon, and then headed towards the northwest with a squad as the lead.

After walking through a few streets among the ruins and ruins, they rushed to the firefighting area, and the group immediately sought cover nearby.

I saw an airdrop box dropped in the middle of a fork in the road, and the corpses of four or five soldiers of the Ming army fell near it, and the only remaining wounded man hid behind the airdrop box and bandaged himself. The snow-white parachutes covering the ground were stained red.

There were also a dozen or so soldiers scattered nearby, all hidden behind bunkers and constantly shooting back.

good guy?Guarding the airdrop box to fight an ambush, right?

Zhou Changfeng immediately discovered the vicious enemy army—the size is unknown, hiding in the ruins of a two-story brick-and-concrete house on the north side of the Sancha Road intersection.

This house has a good location and a good shooting range. It was originally planned as a fire support point for subsequent street battles, but it was blown up by an aerial bomb in yesterday's air raid.

Of course, the ruined walls can also deploy firepower points, and they are more concealed and unexpected. As a result, this "enemy" turned into our own side?
The British-Indian army that had infiltrated into the urban area was really daring, Zhou Changfeng was very upset, and immediately sent someone to send an order to call another platoon to support.

Last night, the second team took advantage of the darkness to go around in a big circle to Height Zero to switch defenses with the first team, which suffered a lot of losses there. At that time, they quietly penetrated through the defense line and entered the city.

(End of this chapter)