Fredrich Jr. was right, less than 500 meters onto the path, Zeisler discovered the other party's location. Although the rain obscures the view, the image of green and red tracer bullet chains sweeping across the field is still very conspicuous.

The Panzergrenadier Company did not move on, but stopped its car by a row of bush walls on the side of the path.

"Platoons are here on standby, turn off all lights." Zeisler pressed the throat microphone to give orders to the crews.

It is foolish to rush into the war, and it is necessary to find out the situation on the battlefield before considering what kind of response tactics to take to carry out the action.

"Frederick, I'm Zeisler." Picking up the walkie-talkie, Zeisler began to call his spearhead.

"I hear you, sir." Friedrich replied vigorously, sounding like he was near the line of fire, and the sound of machine-gun fire coming from the walkie-talkie was clear.

"We're here, now on the side of the road three hundred meters behind you, I'm going to come over now and tell the paratroopers not to shoot at me."

"Yes, sir." Frederick replied loudly.

Zeisler slung the walkie-talkie's strap over his shoulder, opened the weapons box in the car, and took out his MP40.

"Nikkle, come with me." Zeisler said to the commander, and then he turned his face to look at the Messenger. "You keep the radio and report to me immediately if there is new news, while you wait for my orders."

The grenadier lieutenant put his gear belt on his raincoat jacket and fastened the triplet canvas magazine bag of the MP40.

"Bring a flare gun and a flashlight." Zeisler straddled the submachine gun over his shoulder, flipped out of the car from the edge of the car and jumped onto the wet road.

"Which way we're coming from, sir." Sergeant Nikkor jumped out of the car with Zeisler, carrying a 98K rifle with a scope. Wearing a leather satchel with a flare gun and flares on his body.

"Go along the road first, and then go down to the fields when you get closer." Zeisler picked up his binoculars and looked at the battle situation in the distance, this position is good, and he can observe most of the battlefield.

"Now let's go over and watch our feet." Zeisler loaded the submachine gun and began to walk towards the place where the fire was being exchanged.

There are no thrills and dangers along the way. The two paratroopers who had been waiting on the side of the road first spotted the grenadier company commander and his men, and they came forward to meet the two expected reinforcements, and then led them to the paratrooper commander.

"Company Commander Clausen, how is the current state of the battle, do you know how many enemies there are and how long the surrounded troops can hold out." Meet Feng. Clausen and Zeisler did not be polite with the other party, and directly began to enter the combat state.

"We were advancing along the road, and twenty minutes earlier we were ambushed by enemy troops at this position. They used anti-tank guns, they planted explosives and mines here and here, there were hidden fortifications in this area, and our losses were heavy. "Feng. Clawson is also a decisive person, and he immediately began to tell the other party what he knew.

Feng. Clawson's paratroop company received an order from General Guderian in the afternoon, and the command of the 1st Paratrooper Regiment was now assigned to Army Group E Command, which only remained part of the Air Force in terms of formation, and all supplies and equipment replenishment were now the responsibility of the Army. In fact, the paratroopers were quite happy about this. Because they got a bunch of army equipment that they had wanted for a long time. For example, more than a dozen brand new barrel trucks and wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, and twelve 75-mm howitzers.

The 1st Battalion of the 1st Paratrooper Regiment landed in Britain this time by glider. But the target area they had planned was not guarded at all, and they spent the night wandering around the field without seeing a single Englishman.

The next day, the 1st Battalion finally found a fighting opportunity, because it was a glider parachutes, and they were much more equipped and fed than the 2nd Battalion. Therefore, they were assigned by Guderian to carry out the task of interspersing the perimeter, and they were the ones who attacked the reconnaissance platoon of the 1st Panzer Division, and after slaughtering the British armored troops, they also participated in the attack on the baggage of the 6th Infantry Division, capturing a large number of baggage and capturing many British soldiers.

The 1st Parachute Battalion performed very bravely in the perimeter interspersed operations. The results were also brilliant, but they were nothing compared to the legendary achievements of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion.

The first battalion of paratroopers breathed a sigh of relief for this, they thought that the second battalion's record was completely due to luck, and it had nothing to do with its own strength.

When Guderian's order was issued, the battalion was encouraged, and they thought that this was the commander's recognition of them, and it was still up to them to see who could fight better at the critical moment. The 1st Battalion of the Paratroopers dispatched two of their most elite companies, the first company as the main force to search in the front, and the second company as the backup to press the rear.

The 2nd Company had previously served as a reserve unit on a key duty guarding mission, capturing British parachuted pilots on the outskirts of St. Margaret's Beach and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Scottish Company. Because of the heavy casualties in hand-to-hand combat, almost an entire platoon lost its combat capability. As a company commander, Clawson was severely reprimanded by his superiors, but at the same time, he was rewarded by General Reichenau for his bravery in battle.

The paratroopers marched along the road towards Canterbury, and they marched along the same route as the grenadiers, at least not much in direction. The grenadiers, due to their cross-country ability, were assigned a country road, while the paratroopers were assigned to the main road. The two actually went hand in hand, but the grenadiers made a lot of unjust detours, and the paratroopers were in a much better situation, so although they set off later than the grenadiers, they ended up running ahead of the latter and arrived at the place early.

Barham is the name of this unassuming village in front of you. Although it looks inconspicuous on the outside, there are less than 50 buildings in the town, but this place has a very long history, and there is a famous St. John's Cathedral on the south side of the main road, which is a relatively famous tourist destination in the United Kingdom. Here is the famous Baron Charles of Barham. Middleton's fiefdom, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship named the USS Barham in honor of this illustrious admiral, was sunk in the Channel by train shelling from Panzer 19th Corps positions at the Battle of Dunkirk.

It was here that the paratrooper reconnaissance team walked defenselessly into a well-laid trap. As the leading barrel truck reached the exit of the road at the other end of the village, it was attacked by a concealed two-pounder anti-tank gun at the lateral fork in the T-junction. The attack came so suddenly. By the time the paratroopers reacted, the pilot car had already turned into a ball of fire, along with the four paratroopers on board.

The German paratroopers were indeed well-trained, and although they were not experienced in battle, they also had a lot of combat experience. The following vehicle immediately turned off the road, clinging to the surrounding buildings and stopped, and the paratroopers jumped out of the vehicle as quickly as possible. Start looking around for concealment. The cordon was immediately erected, and the commander of the first company called the three platoon commanders together and began to assign tasks in preparation for a counterattack.

It was at this time that a second round of enemy attacks broke out. The other side seemed to have anticipated the reaction of the Germans after being attacked, and they had been well prepared for it, and the street had been transformed into a killing trap, and the German paratroopers who stepped into it were mercilessly and brutally killed. More than a dozen pre-loaded explosives set up on the side of the road were detonated, and the half-pound plastic explosives were triggered by manual manipulation through power lines at a distance, and the power was considerable. Four-wheeled reconnaissance armored vehicles and transports parked on the side of the road were overturned by a huge shock wave, and the paratroopers hiding around the vehicles were torn to pieces on the spot.

Burning vehicles illuminated the scene. Several machine guns set up high in the house condescended and began to fire fiercely at the surviving German paratroopers who were not affected, and the paratroopers who were still in the shock of the explosion were completely powerless to fight back, and were easily shot one by one in the corners and on the curbs of the streets.

The attack was not only directed at the front team, the resistance was very well planned, the attack was full-range, and almost at the same time as the lead car was destroyed, a four-wheeled armored vehicle lined up at the rear of the line was also fired at by enemy anti-tank weapons.

Luckily. The shooters for this attack were clearly untrained, and it may have been due to the fact that the shadow of the rain screen had allowed accurate aiming. His first shell flew past the turret of the 222 armored car, hitting a house on the side of the street, and at the same time alerting the paratroopers of the rear team that they had gone into the enemy's ambush circle.

At this time, the second company had only two platoons of paratroopers who were not fully staffed, and the total number of officers was only fifty-seven, sitting on two opel and six barrel cars. There are also two 222 wheeled armored vehicles, which serve as fire support. They were a reconnaissance team that was transferred in as a reserve supplement to a company, and they didn't even want to be the protagonists. Unexpectedly, their reaction at this time became the key factor in turning this sudden battle around, and it was because of their outstanding performance that the German paratroopers were able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

The commander of the second company was unexpectedly calm at this time. His subordinates were incredulous afterwards. Everyone knows that he is a very hidden fan of cold weapons and classical novels, loves the works of Goethe and Schiller, never lacks Wagner's records in his luggage, spends an hour every day practicing his great swordsmanship, and as soon as he enters the battle, he is like a Czech Fried, and he is fearless to move forward. Captain Walter, the commander of the paratrooper battalion, once jokingly said that fortunately there were no dragons now, otherwise his company commander would have happily run over and die.

But this time Feng. Clausen gave his subordinates a new understanding of him, it turned out that this hard-line hot-blooded knight was not only full of blood, but also sober and sharp brain, and he judged at the first time that this was a well-prepared ambush, and he must get out of this trap immediately, otherwise it would be a disaster for the second company.

He immediately ordered all vehicles not to stop, and immediately evacuated from the lanes between the buildings to the outside of the village. The defenders did not expect the Germans to come to this attack, and by the time they reacted, the second company of paratroopers had already rushed out of the village and retreated into the field next to the village.

The off-road performance of the German vehicles was good, but it was now pouring rain, and the land was soaked with rain and turned into sticky mud. Two barrel trucks and an Opel truck fell into the mud one after another, and the paratroopers on the car had to get out of the car and walk in the rain. Some enemy infantry and machine guns on rooftops began to fire at the retreating Germans. The flares were not very effective in the rain, but they could faintly identify the figures of the Germans retreating in disarray.

The 222 armored car, as the last vehicle to withdraw from the town, turned the turret to return fire at the enemy's exposed fire points, covering the retreat of the infantry, but because the enemy was outnumbered, it quickly fell into the danger of being attacked by the opponent's concentrated fire, the flashing tracer chain and the torrential rain poured on the hard armor plate, and the armored vehicle slowly retreated, while struggling to fire 20 mm shells at the opponent.

The enemy dragged in the two-pounder anti-tank gun, and after two missed shots, finally destroyed the heroic armored vehicle. Until the last second before the explosion, the armored vehicle did not stop resisting, and the crew members exchanged their own sacrifices for the safety of their comrades, and the paratrooper company finally withdrew to a natural ditch in the field and established a temporary defensive line. (To be continued......)