The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Strictly speaking, the militia that Colonel Smith and his staff spoke of were not militias. They were the "National People's Liberation Army", the armed force of the "Greek National Liberation Front".

It exists because the Greek government has surrendered, but most Greek people are unwilling to surrender. They hope to drive the Germans out of their own land, so they spontaneously organized such a front and established an armed force. force.

Of course, because this force was newly established and lacked training and equipment, the British and even the Greek government forces called them militia.

The militia commander leading Crete is called Dennis. He was once a colonel in the government army. After the Greek government surrendered, he broke away from the government army and fled to Crete, a place of survival, hoping to organize it here. The people continued to develop resistance against German and Italian aggression.

But I didn't expect that in just a few months... the German and Italian troops would bring the war to Crete again.

Dennis was anxious in the town of Ila, but he did not dare to act rashly because he knew that his troops lacked training and equipment, and an easy attack would only be an egg against a stone.

At this time, Colonel Smith sent a message to Colonel Dennis through the Greek Army.

"Colonel!" the staff officer handed over a telegram and said: "The British need our help. The target is on Hill 3. Colonel Smith hopes that we can cooperate with them to attack the Germans!"

Dennis took the telegram and looked at it, then frowned at the map.

"Colonel?" the staff officer couldn't help but asked doubtfully: "This is the opportunity we have been waiting for for a long time..."

"Cyril!" Colonel Dennis interrupted the staff officer: "Do you know where the difficulty lies?"

"We are poorly equipped!" Cyril replied without thinking.

"This is just one of them!" Colonel Dennis replied: "The British asked us to attack Highland 3... What do you think the British will do?"

Cyril looked embarrassed. Although he was also a veteran, he knew nothing about the British army.

"They will use artillery to carry out violent bombing on Highland 3!" Colonel Dennis said: "But these shells will not be of much help to us, because if we launch an attack from the other side of Position 3...these shells are large Most of it will fall on us, understand?"

Cyril couldn't help but suddenly realized after hearing this.

Colonel Dennis was right. The militiamen and the British army had great coordination problems before, especially since the two were attacking on both sides of a high ground at the same time, which could easily cause large-scale accidental damage.

"Unless..." Colonel Dennis thought for a while and said to the staff: "Tell the British back, we must wait until dark before launching an attack, and also ask them not to use artillery!"

"yes!"

This request is reasonable and reasonable. The militiamen have poor equipment and poor quality. Attacking during the day is basically the same as seeking death. On the other hand, they are familiar with the terrain, and it is more beneficial to them to fight at night. In addition, it was only more than an hour before dark, so Colonel Smith quickly responded without thinking too much.

The sun slowly set from the other side of the mountain. Amidst the cries of seagulls, the last rays of sunset gradually faded away, and the sky finally turned from gray to pitch black.

Darkness meant that British fighter planes were basically unable to land at the airport. At the same time, the British army was not good at night fighting. This caused both the enemy and us to temporarily lose the reason and basis for fighting, so the battlefield gradually became quiet.

Qin Chuan slumped in the fortification like a deflated balloon.

The other German soldiers were similar, all swaying around. Even Werner, who was always optimistic and active, was leaning on the trench motionless.

To be honest, the scale of this battle is not large. In this local area, it is actually a German battalion stationed on the high ground against the attack of a British regiment... Battles of this scale can be found in several larger ones on the desert battlefield. .

However, this kind of almost continuous battle surrounded by enemies was the first time in history. This made all German soldiers scream because of severe physical exhaustion.

"They should send someone to replace us!" Werner complained: "We will be exhausted after fighting like this for another day!"

"Oh!" the baker couldn't help but laugh: "Our 'Optimistic Sergeant' finally doesn't think this is 'exciting' anymore!"

"It's impossible to change!" Yacop used the trench as a cover to light up a cigarette, took a long puff and said: "Have you forgotten where we came from? We jumped out of a plane... …Unless we can jump back, we only have to hold on until we win this battlefield!”

"Or!" Alfredo said, "It's also a good idea to die here!"

The German soldiers couldn't help but laugh nervously... This laughter seemed like a kind of self-mockery and contempt for death.

Qin Chuan took the kettle from his waist and just had time to take a sip when he heard Bazel order to him: "Second Lieutenant, take your people and seal the position!"

"Yes, Captain!" Qin Chuan responded to these words while twitching the muscles on his face several times. He really didn't want to move anymore.

But the mission was the mission, and there was no room for bargaining, so Qin Chuan and others stood up from the trench unsteadily.

Blocking the position is to worry that the enemy will take advantage of the darkness to invade the position at night.

This is absolutely fatal to the garrison, especially when the enemy reaches a distance of thirty meters and can throw grenades... It is conceivable that they only need to throw a row of grenades and launch a charge, and they can easily They captured positions that could not be captured during the day.

In order to prevent this from happening, the best way is to plant mines about fifty meters in front of the position, which is also known as "blocking the position."

Of course, "blocking the position" is not just as simple as laying mines, because some places are within the scope of activities of your own people, and your own people must be able to evacuate in emergencies. Therefore, when laying mines, you must note the location of each mine and leave it behind. Channels for easy entry and exit.

Qin Chuan and his men took the mines and set off.

The German soldiers were all well-trained, so these things were just a trivial matter to them. After more than half an hour, they laid a large minefield in front of the position.

At this time, Qin Chuan suddenly heard a soft sound from the front. Under reflex, he quickly took off his rifle and pulled the bolt to load the bullet. Other German soldiers also prepared for battle.

Just when a battle was about to break out, several soft shouts of "吚吚Wow" came from the opposite side.

Alfredo quickly stopped and said: "Don't shoot, they are Italians!"