Only a small part of the current Greeks, or the inhabitants of Greece, are descendants of the ancient Greek peoples, and their lineage has long been confused with the Doric invaders and northern peoples who later moved here, and in this respect they are somewhat similar to Egypt, and they have little blood relationship with the ancient Greeks.

After a long period of Ottoman rule, Turkish culture has left an indelible mark on the country, and many modern words in Greek are directly copied from Turkish pronunciation.

The Greeks' living customs and religious traditions have also been changed, and there are traces of Ottoman rule everywhere, although the Greeks tried to "purify" their people, even wielding butcher knives, but these habits have long been deeply engraved in their blood, because they have lost so much cultural heritage that they themselves do not know how to distinguish the authenticity.

Just look at the national costume of the Greeks, the whole is a mix of Macedonian, Turkish, and Slavic products, and they claim that this is inherited from Byzantium, and don't think about how Byzantium could have popularized the Turkish hat, a religious costume that only appeared in the mid-eighteenth century.

Orthodox Christians were the majority in southern Greece, the Ottoman Empire was very liberal in religious management, and did not force the pagans under its rule to change their faith, and the inhabitants of all ethnic groups living in the old Byzantine territory only needed to pay an extra tax to continue to believe in their God.

When the Greek War of Independence broke out, the Orthodox Christians in southern Greece carried out a bloody purge of believers of other religions, and the remnants of the Ottoman Empire were almost wiped out of the Mediterranean coast, and finally only Crete, which had not yet been returned to Greece, and the mountains of northern Greece, where the borders were blurred, and a part of the devout Iraqi remained remaining.

At the same time, there is also the bloody and barbaric tradition of the Turks in dealing with foreign enemies. The Greek army may still be subject to the rules of war of the civilized world, but the Greek civilians only know to follow their "ancient" customs, and if they fall into the hands of the Greek regular army, they have at least a fifty percent chance of sparing their lives, but if they fall into the hands of those Greek civilians, you can only pray that you will die soon.

Historically, the Germans had personally experienced the ferocity of the Greeks, and many of the paratroopers who were separated from the large army in the Cretan airborne were killed by the local Greek villagers. Historically, these paratroopers carried only one pistol and two grenades, and the rest of their equipment was placed in airborne canisters, so once they landed far from the large army, they could easily be captured by armed villagers.

The Greek villagers beat the captured German paratroopers with wooden sticks until they were half dead, then stripped them of their uniforms, gouged out their eyes, cut off their noses and ears, and even cut off their genitals, and finally cut off their throats or beheadings, and threw them on the side of the road to expose their bodies to the public.

This culminated in the bloody revenge of German paratroopers against the abusive Greek civilians after the Battle of Crete. German paratroopers concentrated male residents of the island between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five, and shot at least half of them. In real history, after the end of the war, Student was court-martialed by the British, and the general was eventually acquitted by the court because the court found that it was a legitimate act of revenge during the war.

However, in this time and space, the Germans and the Greeks fought side by side, and the two sides became close allies, which in the eyes of the German Führer, really had a bit of black humor.

Lieutenant Bart was a member of a six-man observation team that was part of the Army Staff in an outward capacity, and like five other colleagues, they were not assigned the role of other advisers, but were tasked with operating in the field of the front line, documenting and reporting first-hand accounts of the war. The mission was somewhat dangerous, and everyone was prepared to sacrifice before setting off.

The Greek military had arranged for them to follow the front-line troops, but the Germans were parachuted to an ancient mountain village surrounded by mountains, where a company of Greek mountain infantry was stationed that had been almost forgotten by their own people, and the commander of the unit was unaware of the imminent Italian invasion.

By the time it was discovered that there might be a mistake, it was too late to remedy it, the Italian army had already crossed the border, and the Greek army had already made a plan, and after a little resistance, it quickly retreated backwards, luring the Italian troops deep into the Pindus mountain area.

So this observation group and the mountain company became the lone troops left behind at the front. The Germans, who saw it as a good opportunity to observe the battle up close, rejected the advice of their superiors to evacuate. For security reasons, they turned off the radio station they had with them, relying only on an ancient telephone line and the stork's light liaison plane, which carried supplies and investigative reports once a day and every night.

The Germans taught the Greek mountain people in the nearby mountain villages how to arrange the village defense, in fact, it was basically a copy of the defense pamphlet written by the British, and it turned out that the British did have their own unique side in defense, especially in the layout of traps and the camouflage of positions, even the Germans were only willing to bow down.

The Germans were initially opposed to allowing civilians to participate in the resistance, but the Greek villagers were so excited that they were in a hurry to join a carnival. From a boy who didn't even grow a beard to an old man with gray hair, it seems that every Greek regarded the war with the Italians as a national duty and honor.

The Germans learned that the Greeks had been preparing for the war for ten years, and that the Germans could not understand the Greeks' thoughts, but they knew very well that the Italians, who had only made hastily prepared preparations, would suffer a miserable defeat.

The German observers taught the Greek villagers how to set up traps and traps in their homes, how to capture lone Italian soldiers, how to use their weapons more effectively, where to attack where people can quickly lose their resistance, and where to attack where they are more likely to kill people, many of which are special skills that cannot be learned in regular military schools.

This is mainly due to the instructor Mr. Barthes, who used to train in Brandenburg. Speaking of which, Brandenburg trained not special forces at all, but a more advanced armed spy, from which Lieutenant Bart carried out many difficult infiltration and sabotage missions before and after the Battle of England, and his knightly iron cross.

The Greeks were more professional and brave than he had imagined, knowing that this operation would lead to the final destruction of the village, and that the Italians would retaliate against it, but no one objected to it at the moment.

However, it is said that the Greek government promised them that all losses caused by the war would be repaid to the Italians twice as much after the war was over.

The Italian spearheads made a mistake that veterans would never make, and instead of gathering together after entering the village, they dispersed and searched the houses in small groups, which simply created opportunities for the opponents to break through.

In the end, ten of the eighteen Italian officers and soldiers of Casantino's class were killed on the spot, and the remaining eight were captured by the Greek villagers, including two lightly wounded and three seriously wounded, including the squad leader Castellino, the leader of the team.

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