Military

Aerial confrontation

2026-01-13   

For paratroopers, the wind is both an opponent and a friend. But the wind above the landing site that day clearly carried a hint of hostility. In the roaring cabin, the palms of the new recruit Xiao Zhou were sweating profusely, and his hands holding the parachute trembled slightly. The latest meteorological report shows that the ground wind speed exceeds the critical value. The old soldiers furrowed their brows slightly, while the new soldiers' eyes were filled with anxiety. Xiao Zhou tightened the umbrella on his chest. Just before boarding, the umbrella trainer Cheng Zhengshuang pointed to his umbrella bag rope and said, "Loosen it halfway, fix it." At this moment, his heart lifted again. Cheng Zhengshuang checked the umbrella bags of the new recruits one by one again. Arriving in front of Xiao Zhou, he gave a thumbs up with satisfaction and said, "The umbrella is fine, let your heart beat." The cabin door slowly opened, and the airflow outside filled the cabin with a whistling sound. Cheng Zhengshuang walked towards the cabin door and saw the rapidly flowing town in front of him - looking at the world from this perspective, there was a unique beauty. Cheng Zhengshuang recalled the scene of his first parachute jump as a new recruit. Before leaving the plane, the squad leader said that on September 29, 1950, the first batch of paratroopers in New China completed parachuting after only 11 days of assault training. At the same time as Cheng Zhengshuang was surprised, he couldn't help but wonder if these brave warriors who carried the dream of divine weapons descending from the sky had any hesitation in their hearts when standing at the cabin door? He soon understood again that courage is never fearless, but choosing to move forward despite knowing the danger. The leap of our predecessors created history and demonstrated the true nature of an army that dares to fight and win. Thinking of this, Cheng Zhengshuang took a deep breath and jumped out of the cabin against the howling cold wind. Many years have passed, and Cheng Zhengshuang has skipped hundreds of different types of umbrellas and led countless new recruits. But he always warned himself that nothing related to skydiving could be taken lightly. New recruits always say he's too serious. On the ground movement training ground, someone asked him, "Class leader, why did you take us to jump into the gravel pit when there was a pile of sand?" "Is there a pile of sand waiting for you to fall up during the war?" He rubbed his swollen ankle and continued to walk up the jumping platform to demonstrate. On the umbrella stacking field, a new soldier casually asked, "Is it almost okay?" This sentence instantly aroused his anger. He bent down and meticulously measured the length of the umbrella rope with a ruler. Subsequently, he gestured for the new recruits to overlap: 'Folding umbrellas is like performing surgery, one centimeter away, you could lose your life in the sky.' The plane was about to arrive at the drop off point. Cheng Zhengshuang turned around and glanced at Xiao Zhou behind him, noticing that his eyes were wide open and he didn't appear flustered. This is like the soldier I led! ”His heart widened. The departure signal sounds. Cheng Zhengshuang calmly jumped out of the cabin door. Without hesitation, Xiao Zhou followed him and jumped out. At the moment of opening the umbrella, a huge upward force lifted Cheng Zheng in both directions. However, before he got used to it, a strong wind in the sky suddenly twisted and the umbrella rope on his head twisted into a "Fried Dough Twists". Cheng Zheng's heart trembled, but his body instinctively tightened, quickly swinging his waist and forcefully turning in the opposite direction. With a muffled sound, the tangled umbrella rope loosened, and the umbrella canopy bulged back into a full circle. The descent height is getting lower and lower. Cheng Zhengshuang adjusted the parachute to the downwind direction and kept a close eye on the landing point. Approaching the ground, he straightened his legs, bent his knees, and stood steadily on the grass. Turning around and looking around, Xiao Zhou was climbing up from the grass a few meters away. Cheng Zhengshuang walked over and reached out to pat off the grass shavings on his pants: "The stronger the wind in the sky, the more we need to stabilize ourselves. We need to be steady but not stiff, and follow its force. When landing, our front legs should be tight and our reaction should be fast, otherwise -" He paused, "it's easy to fall and fall." Xiao Zhou's chest was still heaving, but he nodded a few times, grinned, and laughed with relief. When the first batch of new recruits landed, the sunset cast a golden glow on the runway, and the next batch of new recruits began to carry umbrellas and prepare to board the plane. Cheng Zhengshuang stood beside the queue, scanning everyone's umbrellas with his gaze

Edit:Quan Yi Responsible editor:Wang Xiaoxiao

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