The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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

Iraq Airport is just a few miles to the west and is clearly visible. The airdrop point below is an empty and flat farmland... It is indeed an ideal airdrop point, but it is also a cemetery for paratroopers, because if the enemy takes over As for the high ground on the north side of the farmland, its condescending firepower will easily sieve all the paratroopers who have landed or are about to land.

Seeing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but frown... Maybe it was because the high ground was not high and it was not marked on the aerial map.

But luckily, the British army never thought that the German army's target was Crete. At the same time, there were many highlands like this on Crete, so it was undefended.

The farmland is getting closer, getting closer...

Qin Chuan landed smoothly with just one landing movement. At that moment, Qin Chuan almost shed tears with excitement... It felt so good to have his feet on the ground. The process of parachuting was like walking through the gate of hell.

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

The first thing after parachuting was to assemble at the designated location and collect as many equipment boxes dropped with them as possible... The equipment boxes not only contained the ammunition and food they needed, but also heavy weapons. These heavy weapons The weapons include 24 7.92MM caliber heavy machine guns, 24 80MM caliber mortars, 11 50MM caliber anti-tank guns, and most importantly, 200 "Iron Fists".

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

"But Second Lieutenant!" Yacop looked confused: "Shouldn't we be heading to the Iraqi Airport to 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 and ran towards the high ground through the farmland.

This is a highland covered by bushes, with a height of more than 70 meters. Out of some 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 to the high ground, they discovered 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 disc helmets. In comparison, they were more like the German standard helmets... ...So Qin Chuan soon knew that they were Greek soldiers.

Qin Chuan gestured to the soldiers to retreat.

Werner looked at Qinchuan in confusion. He didn't understand why Qinchuan chose to retreat at this time... He thought it was more appropriate to occupy the top position at this time and block the opponent's advance from a high position.

Qin Chuan did not explain anything. He just ordered the German soldiers to disperse and then hide themselves and prepare for battle.

There is a reason why Qin Chuan did this... This Greek army had a large number of people and carried three mortars.

As Qin Chuan and his party arrived in such a hurry, they didn't have a single mortar. At the same time, Qin Chuan and others didn't have time to build fortifications, and of course they didn't have mines. All the weapons they had were rifles, submachine guns and five boxes of ammunition... If we say If there is anything that can be considered a heavy weapon, it is a general-purpose machine gun.

Therefore, if, as Werner thought, he wanted to suppress this group of more than a hundred Greek troops by taking advantage of the geographical advantage... the result would most likely be that the Greek troops would in turn use mortars to suppress them, and then With one charge, Qin Chuan and the twenty or so men were skewered on their bayonets.

Qinchuan wanted to fight a close battle with this Greek army.

Under normal circumstances, close combat is more suitable for the side with superior strength, but if it is a sudden attack, it is a different matter.

Qinchuan installed a bayonet on his rifle, pulled out an M24 grenade and raised it towards the soldiers. The German soldiers hiding in the bushes understood, and each of them also installed a bayonet and pulled out the grenade in preparation.

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

Things turned out just as Qin Chuan guessed. The attention of this Greek army was immediately attracted by the German troops who were busy gathering and collecting equipment boxes in the farmland, so they did not expect that they were just ten meters away in front of them. There were about twenty German soldiers holding grenades and bayonets, watching them eagerly.

"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. German soldiers often joked that they existed to provide equipment for the enemy.

The German paratroopers also discovered the Greek army at this time, so they immediately organized fire to fight back. Several bullets even hit Qin Chuan and others near their hiding place.

But Qin Chuan still didn't move.

It wasn't 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 also followed suit, and more than twenty smoking grenades were thrown up.

The Greek soldiers never thought of this situation. When they saw a lot of grenades thrown nearby, they couldn't help but screamed and turned around and ran away...

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

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

The German soldiers followed closely. 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 to resist, and fired a few more grenades towards them. Throw away the other side of the high ground.

The German soldiers rushed forward in a swarm. As they rushed forward, they thrust their bayonets into the Greek soldiers who were knocked to the ground. The sound of blades piercing flesh and screams could be heard everywhere in the smoke. The Greek soldiers were beaten without being able to fight back. force.

Then, the German machine guns were set up at the front of the high ground, and then fired rows of bullets at the Greek troops retreating down the mountain... Blood splashed everywhere, and the Greek soldiers fell down like wooden piles and fell down the slope. Roll down, and soon there won't be many people left standing.

The battle was fought cleanly. Qinchuan easily annihilated more than 100 Greek soldiers and seized the high ground at the cost of one person being slightly injured. In addition, he also captured three mortars and a batch of guns and ammunition.

Of course, these guns and ammunition are of little value.