Ensign Loew was driving the plane down the runway with a generous death mentality, and his nerves were highly tense at the moment, and while he had to report to his superiors about the situation on the ground at the airport, he also had to say in his heart: "What if...... I mean, if there's a fraud, I'm going to get up and run away...... I can't let them capture me even if I die...... There is only a sacrificial Loew in this world, and there is no Loew who survives......"

But in the end, nothing happened, and he naturally couldn't pull it up again, so he could only park the plane at the end of the runway steadily—this was already his intention, and if he landed normally, he didn't need to taxi for so long, half the distance was enough. After he stopped the plane and pushed open the canopy, he did not rush down, but copied the gun on his body, ready to deal with emergencies.

A paratrooper had already come running from a distance, and as he ran, he complained to him: "Hey, work, how are you grinding?" I've seen you turn around 3 times on it, why don't you come down? Do you understand it quickly? …… We've managed to buy some time, and we've wasted all the on you. ”

"I don't understand how you guys could be so fast, I'm afraid it's a scam down there!"

The other party was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked: "Didn't the power generation report tell you!" Didn't you get it? ”

"Of course I did, but it was too smooth, so fast that it was surprisingly fast - the chiefs suspected that this was a trap and sent me down to die......" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that the intercom was still on, and hurriedly reported, "Report to the chief, everything is normal on No. 01, and the airport can land." ”

"Good boy, what did you say in the end? I've heard it all. ”

"I said everything was fine. It is possible to land. ”

"Not this one, more than the previous one."

"Nothing, just kidding...... This one. Sir, I'm in a hurry, I'll talk later......" Loew turned off the intercom in a weak heart.

"Oh my God, are we still guilty of controlling too fast?" The paratroopers had heard what Loew was reporting and were almost smiling, when Major Haman came out with a bunch of men, seemingly followed by the captives, as if to tell him why the fight had gone so well. A paratrooper took out a captive like an eagle grabbing a chicken, ripped off the other's turban, and said, "Look." What is this, it's all Indian......"

"God, what about the British?"

"Without the British, General Guderian fought too brilliantly. The British have gone to Tobruk's aid. There was only the Indian division, and there was also a British brigade, supposedly located near Port Matru, and it would take some time to react. ”

As it turned out, Major Haman's estimate was wrong, and as he spoke, the paratroopers on the tower who were on the lookout loudly reported that a large puff of yellow dust had suddenly been lifted in the distance to the west, and it was suspected that the convoy was advancing rapidly. Look at this posture should be the British troops, not only trucks. There are also armored vehicles, the only good news is that there are no tanks.

"This is probably the British who received the information to attack, brothers, on top!" Hammam was immediately deployed.

"Wait!" Loew turned on the intercom and shouted again into the air, "Report sir, I'm 01......"

"You're done peeing? What's the matter? ”

"The paratroopers have taken full control of the airfield, everything is going well, now the British are launching a counterattack to try to retake the airfield, there are trucks and armored vehicles, there are no tanks, we ask for air support, hoping that the planes will delay their attack."

"Roger!" The commander of the fighter group immediately gave the order, "7th squadron, immediately make a sortie at maximum speed and block the British convoy near the airfield." ”

"Is it too late?" Harman asked.

"No problem at all. When I landed, a large group of planes was more than 100 kilometers behind me, and there was a delay just now, and by the time this enemy convoy arrived, our planes should have arrived. ”

Harman signaled his subordinates to prepare for battle, while carefully observing the air raid situation: the fact is as Loew described, when the British convoy is about to arrive around the airport, the German Fw-190 arrived, in order to support the ground operation, these 4 planes are specially equipped with ground attack rocket kits, 4 each, seeing the pilots of the enemy convoy rolling in the wilderness, where are they willing to let go of such a good opportunity, so Harman and others witnessed a fireworks display - after 16 rockets were sprayed out one after another, The British convoy was blown up, and the 4 Fw-190s felt that they were not enough to fight like this, so they pulled up again and strafed the ground with aviation machine guns and machine guns, under the cover of 20mm MG151 blazing fire, not to mention infantry and trucks, even armored vehicles could not stop it. In less than 15 minutes, the British counterattack had failed, and everyone was running around with their heads in their hands, except for the corpses and tattered wreckage in one place, not even the slightest wave was left.

"That's not right...... Loew's asked, puzzled, "when did the Brit become so unbeatable?" Knowing this, last year should have crossed the Channel to occupy Britain. ”

"You can't figure it out, do you...... Just look at them and it makes sense. Haman pointed to the Indian prisoners in the distance who were being drunk by the paratroopers to direct the work, "I asked the prisoners, and the troops of the Indian 4th Division are all around here, except for a few officers who are British, the others are all these stupid and stupid colonial soldiers - it is good to use them as coolies, very obedient and obedient, and do whatever you are told." ”

By this time, Loew finally figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing: because the Tobruk direction was fighting too fiercely, Montgomery transferred all the troops he could to the front line, and finally left only one Indian 4th Division - because this division was not used for the top, it was still in charge of logistics and supplies, so whether it was a paratrooper or an air force ground attack, all the encounters were Indian soldiers. As for the fact that the airfield control is so easy, there is another reason, because the desert air force has been in charge of fighting in the direction of Tobruk, the airfield near El Alamein is too far from the front line, and the short-legged Spitfire and Hurricane are simply out of reach, and the British and German air forces have been fighting fiercely in the past few days, and the desert air force has suffered great losses, General Ted ordered the squadrons to shrink their forces and concentrate their forces, and the airport in El Alamein was temporarily abandoned by the air force, not only the aircraft, accessories, fuel and other materials were pulled away, but even the guards and anti-aircraft guns were also pulled away, Otherwise, it would not have been the turn of the Indian soldiers to defend it. The officers of the 4th Indian Division did not take this empty airfield seriously, and casually placed a company here, where was this point of strength the opponent of the elite paratroopers, so it was taken without much effort.

He laughed, "I see, but you should explain it to the rear, the commanders are worried that it is a trap......"

The senior officers on Crete finally saw the detailed report sent back by the paratroopers, and everyone's hanging hearts finally relaxed, and Keitel, who was in a good mood, actually joked with Major General Gauss: "This unexpected situation should not be in the plan you prepared, right?" ”

"This ...... There really is. However, our most optimistic estimate is 15-30 minutes, which is a full hour ahead. ”

Hoffman nodded happily: "Send a telegram to Guderian to tell us about what is going on here, and let him drag Montgomery as much as possible." ”

Yodel laughed, "Führer, you owe him a great medal." ”

"Then write it down and cash it out when you return home." Hoffman laughed as well.

"Now I'm waiting for the landing in Port Matroux, I'm really looking forward to the Indian soldiers......" Zeitzler also changed his tone to a relaxed tone, "No wonder the Indians have been colonized by the British for so long, and now I am suddenly curious about how much Japan can achieve in India." ”

In the port of Matru, the huge landing force was close to the point where the port could be visually observed, and it was still not "greeted" by enemy artillery fire. The port is dilapidated, and the berths and docks don't seem to be large, but that doesn't matter, the point is that the enemy forces guarding the port seem to be small and unprepared. Through the lens of the telescope, Major General Hermann-Balke, commander of the Greater German Division who followed the first wave of troops (he was still the commander of the 11th Panzer Division, and it was Hoffmann who took over the post of commander of the Greater German Division in advance, considering his great reputation in history), and he could already see the crowd running in panic in the distance, and he smiled, he had just received information from the direction of the El Alamein airfield, and his confidence in the success of the landing was greatly increased.

He told his adjutant: "Tell the fleet not to open fire yet, and see if we can force the enemy to surrender." ”

"Surrender?" The adjutant's eyes widened, "How is this possible?" In addition, how can you cover the landing without firing artillery? ”

"We're going to take control of this place soon, and all port facilities should be our property, how can we easily destroy them? I also count on continuing to use this facility to open up a passage for the follow-up troops! Balk laughed, "Don't be nervous, the enemy is weak. ”

"Then, how can you suppress the fire if you don't open fire?" The adjutant asked, confused, "I see the enemy fiddling with artillery behind cover, will they set up an ambush and wait for us to run headlong." ”

Balk shook his head, thinking that this was very unlikely, but he didn't dare to take it lightly: "Let the tanks go up first, test the enemy's firepower, be careful, let the fleet be ready, and fire immediately if there is a problem." ”

The Sibel-class landing barges, which were dispatched by rail transport, immediately began to charge forward, and in the position of approaching the beach, they "puffed" open the front cover and laid down the tank. The carrying capacity of a landing barge is about 80 tons, and the length and width of the size are just enough to accommodate 3 No. 4s, but unlike the American general tank landing craft LST, this kind of barge has a larger draft, so it can only anchor farther from the coast, but this is difficult for the Germans, the tanks have been specially treated and equipped with a full set of diving equipment, not to mention wading forward, even swimming is not a problem at all, one after another No. 4 tanks roared and slowly drove forward. (To be continued.) )