Six Hundred and Twelve Curses

Not long after the airport was occupied, a large German transport plane landed on the runway of the airport. This large transport plane is the latest transport plane developed by Junkers, which is specially used to transport large containers and a large number of people. This type of aircraft can carry 90 soldiers, and it is definitely a behemoth among air transport aircraft in this era.

This aircraft has a very interesting design, that is, if it is not loaded with other things, it can carry 2 paratrooper combat vehicles of the Air Force. Because of this large transport aircraft, the Luftwaffe decided to purchase more paratrooper combat vehicles and develop new paratrooper combat vehicles.

The first transport plane stopped slowly at the end of the runway, and then the paratroopers went up to help. Because of the limitations of the times, the transport planes of this era have to do a lot of preparatory work if they want to transport big guys like tanks. Moreover, after the plane lands, the tank cannot drive out of the plane directly. It must rely on the help of many people to do this.

More ju-52 transport planes also landed. This time, the Germans were relying entirely on paratroopers to fight a war, and had no intention of seizing the port. A large number of "airborne infantry" arrived in Crete accompanied by the average performance but fuel-efficient ju-52 transport aircraft. Compared with traditional paratroopers, their strength was extremely powerful.

General Student stepped out of a ju-52, and this plane was no different from that of other paratroopers. There are all kinds of electronic devices.

As the saying goes, what kind of leader there is what kind of subordinates. Under the leadership of Akado, the Germans have become accustomed to using everything possible to win the war. Every train of theirs is filled as much as possible, and every train The plane has to be crammed with the most stuff. General Student once proudly said to an Italian general: "Our German army never wastes the load of an aircraft, even if the aircraft is filled with generals."

He used his actual actions to prove that his words were not bragging. When he and his two assistants got off the plane, the German soldiers who went up to move the equipment found that there were only three seats in the entire cabin, and the rest of the place was full of batteries, diesel engines and radio equipment, which were full of broken pieces.

"Long live the head of state, Acador Rudolf! General! Welcome to Crete." A major stepped forward and stood at attention in front of Student. He saluted. He arrived with the helicopter and took control of the airport. After that, I waited here for Student, the commander-in-chief of the Airborne Forces who was about to land.

"Thank you, Mr. Major. I swore to my soldiers that I would stand with them forever, so I didn't stay in Greece, although it looked good there." Student stepped off the plane, dusty He brushed the dust off his body. He pointed to the ju-52 plane behind him, then smiled and complained in front of the major officer: "The equipment inside is well maintained, but unfortunately some places are too dirty."

"I'll order someone to wipe it up.

" said the major hastily.

"You have enough people to clean the room?" Student asked as he walked forward.

"The commander of the 1st Battalion, Boroll, sent news half an hour ago that his battalion had already taken control of the small town to the east and the crossroads, and had set up a cross-fire line of defense there. The 2nd Battalion fought more smoothly. Three paratrooper tanks provided direct fire support and tore through the defense line of the Greek defenders, and now they are less than one kilometer away from the target." The major replied: "There are 300 fully armed soldiers here, and 110 Airborne Divisional Headquarters Guards, I suppose there's always someone out there to wipe down the radios?"

"Send 300 people on guard at the airport to the 2nd Regiment," Student immediately began to arrange: "Another 50 people will be dispatched to support the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment. The intelligence agency predicts that they will be counterattacked by the Greek defenders. .”

He paused, then looked at the major: "Now you only have 60 soldiers. They have to guard the entire airport and help the transport plane to carry the contents! How many people do you think you have? Remember, never put the paratroopers Take it easy!"

"Yes! General!" The major rushed to make arrangements, holding the helmet with one hand and swinging the other hand back and forth, and ran to the temporary tent, where there must be a low-power radio station. Because you can see the diesel generator next to the tent, you can also see the power lines and the huge radio antenna. Several officers stood around the tent, pointing to a map and discussing something.

The nearby Greek defenders' lines of defense were already crumbling, and sporadic resistance was quickly cleared. The German army has already controlled a fairly large position, and has arranged a very strong defense system in all directions of this position. The German soldiers near the airport were busy spreading a huge German swastika flag on the ground in order to avoid accidental injury from German planes bombing here.

At the same moment, Borroll was in a room counting his losses, and a few minutes earlier a group of Greek soldiers had attempted to take his position, and there had been a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides. One German soldier was killed, and two others were badly wounded by opposing grenades. The German paratroopers killed 41 incoming enemy soldiers and took 6 prisoners.

From the mouths of these captives, it is known that the commander of the Greek defenders has not yet fully grasped the size of the German airborne troops. He is still trying his best to strengthen the defense line around his island in order to deal with the inevitable German naval fleet. and landing troops.

Boroll collected all the cigarettes from the captives on his own table, and beat the Frenchmen to escort the captives down. Waiting for the prisoners to go out, he said to the two company commanders who came in: "Arrange two people and send these prisoners to the regiment headquarters. In addition, the results of our interrogation, the corresponding reports, and the combat readiness map of the Greek defenders are all here." Send it over, and then it’s best to bring a paratrooper tank over, I’m afraid the other party will use heavy weapons.”

No one thinks they have too many troops, and it is an eternal truth that children who cry have milk. All grassroots troops will try their best to request reinforcements, which is one of the most basic tricks to ensure their survival. Of course, crying babies don't necessarily have to be fed, because your boss and your boss's boss can easily tell which requests are genuine and which are just "routine." It’s just that you have to cry. After all, although crying may not necessarily give you milk, you must not cry if you don’t cry. Everyone knows this truth, so "request for reinforcements" is the same as "long live the head of state", which is a sentence that must be shouted when meeting.

Boroll looked at a company commander and nodded in agreement, and quickly added: "I really need some ammunition for the G42 machine gun. Send two smarter veterans and bring two packs of cigarettes. Talk to the supply officer at the regiment headquarters for two minutes. A good word, be sure to get some."

"Boom!" On the roof of a distant village, a German paratrooper sniper fired a shot. Boroll was taken aback, and then quickly asked the two company commanders to quickly return to their combat positions: "The enemy is attacking! Hurry up and return to the battlefield." Go to the defensive line! Quick! Don't go back empty-handed, each person carries a box of machine gun bullets! Quick!"

The battle started without warning, and the German machine guns burst out with a unique sound again, like a chainsaw, making the sound of tearing linen. The tracer bullets flew in a straight line to the distance, knocking down one Greek soldier after another. The opponents were quite far away, so the Germans only had a light machine gun position and fired violently. Also began to shift their positions. Everything returned to silence, but the Greek army still did not flinch. They approached the German positions in groups and little by little.

On another roof in the distance, a German soldier holding a telescope put down the observation equipment in his hand. He stretched out his hand in the direction of Boller, one hand under the other, and the upper He stretched out four fingers, made a gesture, then clenched his fists and beat each other twice.

"One armored vehicle, 400 infantry. It's not a small group, it's almost a battalion." Boroll watched the soldier finish his gestures, and muttered in his mouth: "Let the battalion's mortars start firing according to the observation data." , Let's fight for a round first!"

Donna nodded quickly, then walked out of the room, came to the open space at the door, and gave the order to the shooters of the four mortars to fire. The commander of the battalion mortars raised a small red flag. The observation post immediately gave a gesture. The artillery commander nodded, indicating that he understood, and began to issue combat orders: "Parameter 1, fire!"

There were only three mortars in the battalion headquarters during the attack, and the other mortar was found here with other troops later and returned to the organizational system. And these skilled mortar shooters had already determined the shooting area before the battle. They divided the front of the German position into three distances, so that they could ensure that their shooting was more accurate.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" With four muffled sounds, four mortar shells flew out of the barrel. They fell into the measured position with a graceful arc, and immediately set off four huge explosions. All the explosion points were in the crowd of Greek attacking soldiers, and these attacking troops immediately became a little confused.

"Fire!" With a German roar, the German army's intensive firepower swept towards their opponents, and the Greeks who rushed to the front quickly fell down screaming while clutching the shot. As the attack extended and a second round of mortar shells fell into the crowd, the Greek soldiers began to retreat.

"Bastard! These damned German paratroopers are too bullying! They are even more powerful than our infantry!" Seeing his troops being defeated, a Greek battalion commander cursed with a trace of jealousy.