Chapter 247 Highlands

Looking down from the air, Qin Chuan found that the center of Crete was full of mountains, surrounded by a circle of light brown beaches. As far as the eye could see, the island was surrounded by the sea.

The Iraqi airport was just a few miles to the west, clearly visible, and the landing point under his feet was an empty and flat farmland... It was indeed an ideal landing point, but at the same time it was a graveyard for paratroopers, because if the enemy occupied the high ground on the north side of the farmland, its firepower from a high position would easily shoot all the paratroopers who had landed or were about to land into sieves.

Seeing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but frowned... Perhaps because the high ground was not high, it was not marked in the aviation map.

But fortunately, because the British army didn't expect the German army's target to be Crete, and there were many high grounds like this on Crete, so it was unguarded.

The farmland was getting closer and closer...

Qin Chuan landed smoothly with one landing action. At that moment, Qin Chuan was so excited that he almost shed tears... It felt so good to be down to earth. The process of parachuting was like walking through the gates of hell.

But Qin Chuan had no time to waste. He took out the bayonet, cut the parachute rope, grabbed the rifle and loaded the bullet. Only then did he feel a real sense of security.

The first thing to do after parachuting is to assemble at the designated location and collect as many equipment boxes as possible that were dropped with them... The equipment boxes not only contain the ammunition and food they need, but also heavy weapons, including 24 7.92MM heavy machine guns, 24 80MM mortars, 11 50MM anti-tank guns, and most importantly, 200 "iron fists".

Qin Chuan and his men collected five boxes of ammunition and ordered: "Follow me and occupy the high ground in the north!"

"But Lieutenant!" Yakop looked puzzled: "Shouldn't we move towards the Iraqi airport in the west?"

"The situation has changed!" Qin Chuan raised his head towards the high ground a few hundred meters to the north: "That high ground threatens our flanks and rear. If it is occupied by the enemy, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Yes, sir!"

So Qin Chuan led twenty soldiers to run towards the high ground in the farmland.

This is a high ground covered with bushes, about 70 meters high. Out of a potential sense of crisis, Qin Chuan kept urging the soldiers to speed up along the way.

Facts also proved that Qin Chuan's worries were necessary.

When Qin Chuan and his party climbed up the high ground, they found that there was also a group of soldiers approaching the high ground on the other side of the high ground. The helmets they wore were different from the British army's disc helmets. In comparison, they looked more like the standard helmets of the German army... So Qin Chuan soon knew that they were Greek soldiers.

Qin Chuan gestured to the soldiers to retreat.

Werner looked at Qin Chuan in confusion. He didn't understand why Qin Chuan chose to retreat at this time... He thought that it was better to occupy the top of the mountain and block the opponent's advance from a high position.

Qin Chuan didn't explain anything. He just ordered the German soldiers to disperse and hide himself and prepare for battle.

Qin Chuan did this for a reason... This team of Greek soldiers was large in number and had three mortars.

Qin Chuan and his team came in a hurry and didn't have a mortar. At the same time, Qin Chuan and others didn't have time to build fortifications and of course there were no mines. All the weapons in their hands were rifles, submachine guns and five boxes of ammunition... If there was anything that could be considered a heavy weapon, it was a general-purpose machine gun.

So, if, as Werner thought, he wanted to suppress this group of more than 100 Greek troops by taking advantage of the geographical advantage... the result would most likely be that the Greek army would use mortars to suppress them, and then a charge would skewer Qin Chuan's twenty or so people on the bayonet.

Qin Chuan was going to fight a close battle with this Greek army.

Generally speaking, close combat is more suitable for the side with superior forces, but if it is a surprise attack, it is another matter.

Qin Chuan installed a bayonet on his rifle and pulled out an M24 grenade and waved it at the soldiers. The German soldiers hiding in the bushes understood and installed bayonets and pulled out grenades one by one to prepare.

Not long after, with footsteps and orders, the Greek army rushed to the top of the mountain panting.

Things were just as Qin Chuan guessed. The attention of this team of Greek soldiers was immediately attracted by the German army who was busy gathering and collecting equipment boxes in the farmland, so they didn't expect that there were more than 20 German soldiers holding grenades and bayonets and staring at them just a dozen meters away from them.

"Bang bang" Several Greek soldiers raised their guns and shot at the German soldiers below the high ground.

Qin Chuan noticed that the rifles in the hands of the Greek soldiers were Italian "Carcano" rifles... The Greek army was extremely short of equipment, and many of the rifles they used were captured by the British army from the Italian army in North Africa.

This also shows the combat effectiveness of the Italian army. The German soldiers often joked that they existed to provide equipment for the enemy.

The German paratroopers also discovered this team of Greek troops at this time, so they immediately organized firepower to fight back, and several bullets even hit near the hiding place of Qin Chuan and others.

But Qin Chuan still did not move.

It was not until the Greek soldiers moved several mortars to the top of the mountain that Qin Chuan shouted "Do it!", then pulled the fuse of the grenade and waited for a while before throwing it up.

The German soldiers followed suit, and more than 20 grenades with green smoke were thrown up.

The Greek soldiers had never expected this situation. Seeing a large number of grenades thrown nearby, they screamed and turned around to run...

But it was too late to run at this time. There was a burst of "boom boom" and the top of the mountain was immediately blown into a cloud of smoke.

"Kill them!" Qin Chuan shouted and rushed up.

The German soldiers followed closely behind. Among them, Werner and Keller, who were holding submachine guns, took the lead. They went up and knocked down several Greek soldiers who wanted to get up and resist. They also pulled and ignited several grenades and threw them to the other side of the high ground.

The German soldiers rushed up in a swarm, rushing forward while stabbing the Greek soldiers who were blown to the ground with their bayonets. The smoke was full of the sound of blades entering flesh and screams. The Greek soldiers were beaten without any ability to fight back.

Then, the German machine guns were set up at the front of the high ground, and then they fired rows of bullets at the Greek soldiers who were retreating down the mountain... Blood splashed everywhere, and the Greek soldiers fell down like wooden stakes and rolled down the slope. Soon there were few people left standing.

This battle was fought cleanly and neatly. Qin Chuan easily wiped out more than 100 Greek soldiers and seized the high ground at the cost of one person being slightly injured. In addition, three mortars and a batch of guns and ammunition were seized.

Of course, these guns and ammunition were of no value.