The Russian paratroopers seem to have successfully carried out another major assault operation, deploying a complete airborne brigade towards Central Asia within just 24 hours. Including 2500 soldiers and over 160 relatively heavy military vehicles, including almost all military vehicles except for main battle tanks. Including self-propelled artillery, command vehicles, missile vehicles, armored patrol vehicles, and logistics vehicles. During this period, a total of 76 large transport planes were dispatched and quickly landed at an airport in Central Asia, completing rapid deployment. Not only did they firmly control the airport itself, but after disembarking from the plane, the paratroopers also rapidly expanded their control area in tanks, including important urban nodes within the mission target area. From issuing orders to basically completing tactics, the period was less than 24 hours, and the departure location of the troops was thousands of miles away from the final mission target area; This once again demonstrates that the combat readiness and comprehensive deployment capability of the Russian airborne troops are indeed not low. And Russian paratroopers have always been considered the elite of all Russian military forces.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian military has left two deep impressions on the outside world, mostly through its airborne troops. For example, in 1999, after NATO bombed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continuously, NATO prepared to send ground troops deep into the capital of Kosovo, but did not expect to be preempted by Russian paratroopers. Because Russian paratroopers, led by a lieutenant general, mobilized 50 military vehicles and 200 elite troops overnight, and moved from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Kosovo's most important airport, Pristina, in just a few hours, seriously curbing NATO's ambition to directly penetrate Kosovo. The Russian paratroopers who completed this assault were commended. If it is still just a peacekeeping operation in Kosovo, then the battles in the Caucasus are real and the bayonets have turned red. The 96 officers and soldiers of the 76th Airborne Army of Russia once occupied an important mountainous transportation checkpoint in the Caucasus region, which could cut off the main supplies of the rebels. Therefore, the rebels were bound to launch a counterattack. In the end, 96 Russian paratroopers were heavily surrounded by over 2500 experienced rebels.In the end, 96 paratroopers engaged in a fierce battle with their opponents for 3 days, annihilating more than 400 enemy soldiers. 85 of them were killed in action, and 5 others were seriously injured. Only 6 of them were able to persist in the battle. At the last moment, the company commander called for rear artillery fire to cover their own position and the enemy. It can be seen that the Russian airborne troops are indeed worthy of the title of the elite of the Russian military. The Russian Airborne Forces directly inherited from the former Soviet Airborne Forces and undertook the strategic task of rapid and long-range deployment. At present, the total number of Russian airborne troops is about 40000, organized into the 76th Airborne Division and multiple separate airborne brigades. Although the scale has been reduced compared to the Soviet Airborne Forces, the daily combat readiness level is still not low. It only takes less than 24 hours to quickly deliver a complete airborne brigade thousands of kilometers away, which many people believe can only be achieved by the United States and Russia today. However, Hanhai Langshan and Xiongnu Langshan do not see it this way. The strategic airdrop and airborne capabilities of the US military are evident, as the US military still has various strategic transport planes, including the C5 Giant and C17 Global Overlord, with a total of over 450 aircraft. With the support of the US military's global base group and a large number of strategic refueling aircraft systems, at least one fully equipped division can be deployed globally within 24 hours. So far, Russia has inherited fewer strategic transport planes from the former Soviet Union than the US military, but still ranks second in the world. Including the An124, a giant transport aircraft of the same class as the C5 with a takeoff weight of 400 tons. In addition to the large military transport planes currently in service, Russia also has some An-124 and Il-76 aircraft serving civilian transport companies, but they can be requisitioned by the Russian military at any time. Therefore, the Russian side can still concentrate more than 15 An-124 aircraft and more than 40 Il-76 aircraft for strategic air transport and airdrop missions. Although it no longer has the ability to deploy globally, it can still achieve rapid deployment within a radius of 4000 kilometers from the local area. The 76 air transport sorties dispatched within 24 hours this time should mainly be carried out with the Il-76 as the main aircraft model; Each aircraft flew at least twice within 24 hours, which means around 40 large transport planes were actually deployed.

40 four engine jet transport planes, now almost anyone can come up with them, but it's really not feasible to deploy 35 planes at once. They fly twice a day, while here they fly three times a day. And if only personnel and light vehicles are transported, there are still hundreds of propellers that can be supplemented. Therefore, there is no problem with airdropping or airlifting a complete airborne brigade within 24 hours. If in another 3 years, a fleet of 60 four engine large transport aircraft and 20 or more strategic refueling aircraft will be deployed for the first time, and there will be preliminary material strength for intercontinental rapid air transport and airdrop. The missing item is that there are currently no 400 ton giant carriers like C5 and An124. However, even the United States and Russia rarely directly airlift main battle tanks, and did not deploy tanks immediately this time. Therefore, the development of Juyun can proceed step by step without impatience. Although the total number of strategic transport planes of the United States and Russia still leads, there is no follow-up supplement. The production line of a certain 2 holes is the only large-scale jet production line in the world today, and the deployment quantity can quickly catch up!

Source: Military of Strong Countries