Fighting alongside Chen Dao were the 137th Mountain Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Norwegian Separate Motorized Artillery Battalion.

The terrain southeast of Trondheim, although flat and suitable for armoured forces, is dotted with numerous half-man-high or even one-man tall bushes.

In order to prevent an ambush by the Polish army, which was hiding in countless bushes, and also to take into account the fact that the side armor of the Type 4G was only 30 mm, and the armor of the Type 251 half-track was more fragile and could only defend against machine-gun bullets.

Major Schumacher, after seeking Chen Dao's permission, put up a formation with infantry in front and tanks in the rear.

After the order to attack was given, two battalions of the 137th Mountain Infantry** launched an attack, while tanks, assault guns, and half-tracks from the field survey group followed behind to provide fire support.

The mountain infantry marched in three or four skirmish lines towards the Polish positions, and their attack looked like a great force, but in fact it was not violent, and the formation was scattered.

Seeing that the German infantry used the terrain and bushes as cover and kept approaching them, the Polish troops in the position finally couldn't hold back and fired at the Germans, and the battlefield instantly burst into gunfire, mixed with the characteristic firing sound of mortars.

Amid the sound of Polish guns, the German mountain infantry crackled and fell to the ground. They lay on the ground and shot at the Polish army in a hurry.

Seeing that the momentum of the German offensive was contained, the Polish defenders had no time to rejoice, and bad luck befell them.

They fired heavily at the German mountain infantry, while also exposing themselves to the field survey team that followed the German infantry.

105-mm, 75-mm, and 37-mm grenades smashed into the Polish positions with gusts of wind, and pillboxes, machine-gun positions, and other firing points on the Polish positions were destroyed one by one.

After a few volleys, the intensity of fire on the Polish positions opposite the field survey team was sharply reduced, and the attack of the German mountain soldiers became active again.

Looking at the approaching German infantry and tanks, the Polish commander ordered his subordinates to shoot at the German tanks with anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns, trying to stop those steel monsters, but to no avail.

Except for two No. 4G tanks that were damaged by 25mm anti-tank guns and stopped their tracks, the rest of the tanks and assault guns were under Polish fire, destroying Polish anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns one by one, covering the German infantry to charge into the Polish positions.

After a short battle for the trenches, the Polish army could not resist the numerically superior German army and fled along the communication trenches.

The Polish army, which had no time to escape, was either killed or raised as prisoners.

Upon learning that Chen Dao's offensive southeast of the city of Trondheim had achieved a breakthrough, Dieter immediately ordered the 181st Infantry Division, which was the general reserve, to enter the battle in order to expand the gains.

While breaking through to the second line of Polish positions, the Germans encountered stubborn resistance from the Anglo-Polish forces.

Seeing the reversing tank company in the telescope, Chen Dao asked over the radio, "What's the matter?" ”

Major Schumacher replied: "We were ambushed by enemy anti-tank guns and were retreating, out of the enemy's ambush circle. ”

Chen Dao hurriedly leaned on the front of the armored car, picked up the binoculars and looked at the battlefield ahead.

The tank company was slowly reversing, and in front of the tank company, four Type 4G tanks were parked, two of which were still emitting black smoke, apparently heavily damaged by anti-tank guns.

After the telescope in Chen Dao's hand swept back and forth on the battlefield a few times, he finally found an anti-tank gun.

The anti-tank gun was hiding under a pine tree and had a rectangular gun shield with an elongated barrel protruding from the shield. To Chen Dao's surprise, the anti-tank gun was sitting on a tripod and was constantly turning the gun to shoot at the Germans.

Knowing that the positions southeast of Trondheim were under attack by a large number of German tanks, Latay immediately sent the 55th Royal Anti-Tank Regiment, which had four companies and a total of 48 2-pounder anti-tank guns, to be left in reserve.

The 2-pounder gun was a 40-mm caliber that could penetrate 500-mm steel plates at a distance of 54 meters, and through the tripod base equipped with itself, it could fire in a 360-degree circumferential direction.

By the time the 55th Royal Anti-Tank Regiment arrived at the positions of the 2nd People's Brigade of the Polish Army, the 2nd People's Brigade had already retreated to the second line. After the regiment joined up with the 2nd People's Brigade, and as soon as the defensive positions were arranged, the German pursuers pursued here.

Forty-eight anti-tank guns opened fire one after another, and even though Major Schumacher reacted quickly and gave the order to retreat, three tanks were still destroyed, and another tank was destroyed during the retreat, resulting in a total loss of four tanks.

After Chen Dao's inventory, he found that there were only 14 tanks left that could be used, one of which was still Schumacher's command tank.

After some radio contact, about 10 minutes later, 36 105-mm howitzers and 12 150-mm howitzers of the 181 Infantry Division Artillery Regiment began shelling the second line of Polish positions, and 12 120-mm howitzers of the Norwegian artillery battalion were not to be outdone by pouring shells on Polish positions.

Seeing the start of the shelling, Chen Dao immediately regrouped with Major Schumacher and prepared to launch a second offensive.

When the Germans shelled the Polish positions, the 185th Artillery Regiment under the command of Wellington was also shelling the German paratrooper positions north of the town of Schedal.

Wellington rushed to Schedal, where he met with the British infantry battalion in the town of Schedal, and immediately sent a reconnaissance battalion to reconnoiter the vicinity of the town of Schedal.

The road north of the town to Namssos was naturally a key reconnaissance direction, and a company of the British reconnaissance battalion spotted the positions of German paratroopers about three kilometers north of the town.

After receiving the notice, Wellington immediately ordered the 185th Artillery Regiment to shell the German positions under the guidance of the reconnaissance company, and he himself led the 147th Infantry Brigade to march north of the town, preparing to cooperate with the artillery to eliminate the German paratroopers and reopen the road to Namsos.

After 30 minutes of artillery preparation, the well-trained British infantry was already in formation.

A shrill whistle sounded, and two battalions of British infantry cautiously charged the positions of the German paratroopers.

At this time, the German paratroopers deployed north of the town of Schedal had reached one and a half battalions, with a total of four infantry companies and two machine-gun companies.

The paratroopers hid in improvised fortifications, and after suffering some casualties, withstood the British artillery fire and ushered in the British infantry charge.

The paratroopers remained silent and did not start firing until the British infantry rushed to a distance of a hundred meters from them.

Dozens of MG34 machine guns made a clattering sound when they fired, and the bullets swept through the British infantry.

In the continuous sound of gunfire, from time to time there was a clanging sound, which was the sound of the M1 semi-automatic rifle magazine in the hands of the paratroopers jumping out of the chamber.

The advantage of the rate of fire of the M1 semi-automatic rifle was unmistakable, and two or three paratroopers could suppress a squad of British infantry with the M1 semi-automatic rifle in their hands.

In this kind of fire, the Enfield rifles in the hands of the British infantry were not at all an opponent.

In the panic, the British officers, who were dealing with the M1 semi-automatic rifle for the first time, misjudged the strength of the paratroopers from the firepower they were subjected to, and the British infantry retreated in a hurry less than half an hour after the exchange of fire.

Wellington received reports from the commanders of two infantry battalions that the Germans on the opposite side had at least two battalions, and most likely three.

Recalling the battle just now, Wellington thought that his subordinates' reports were not exaggerated, after all, he had also witnessed the fire of the German troops opposite, and that kind of fire density could not be faked.

After giving the order to regroup and prepare for the next attack, Wellington anxiously thought about what to do.

A roar interrupted Wellington's thoughts, and looking up, Wellington saw a swarm of planes appear in the southern sky.

Could it be the reinforcements of the Germans? Wellington felt a pang down his spine.

Through the binoculars, Wellington could clearly see that the group had circled east of the town of Schedal, dropping countless white umbrella flowers and flying away.

About a battalion, Wellington roughly counted the number of parachutes in the air and immediately came to a conclusion.

I need reinforcements, lots of reinforcements, Wellington shouted in his heart.

The command signal corps connected the garrison of Namsos, and Wellington learned that the 69 artillery regiment and the 70 infantry brigade, which had been withdrawn there, had not yet been evacuated.

Wellington let out a long breath and immediately ordered them to turn back to reinforce Schedal and attack the German paratroopers from behind.

Namsos is about 150 kilometers away, and they should arrive here around two o'clock in the afternoon.

With their cooperation, he should be able to defeat the Germans in front of him before dark and break through to Namsos.

May Latay hold out until dark, and may the German paratroopers not increase their reinforcements," Wellington prayed, looking at the sky.

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