The small town of Erwinton.

As the first British soldier to discover the whereabouts of the German paratroopers, Smith was also powerless at the moment, although he tried to shoot a few shots into the air, but due to the distance, it seemed to be useless.

Now they had no choice but to bite the bullet and wait for a head-to-head confrontation with the Germans in terms of force parity.

Although they were regular British troops, it was still quite frightening to let them fight hard with a German unit with equal strength.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the German Army is recognized as the first in the contemporary world, and since it can be selected into the German paratrooper unit, it is even more of a leader in the German Army.

And the combat effectiveness of the British Army is recognized to have reached ...... The level of the German police up.

"Sir! I saw through the telescope that the Germans who were parachuting had entered the building on the other side, and I saw some German soldiers who seemed to have machine guns in their hands, but I don't think they would have too many machine guns. Smith reported to Captain Mitchell what he had seen.

Captain Mitchell first carefully looked at the map of the area around Erwinton in his hand, and then looked at Smith beside him and said: "The Germans should be arranging machine guns here and the two buildings here, and if we attack head-on, we will definitely suffer huge losses." If it would be best for the Air Force to bomb the Germans, if not, we would have waited for a detour to the north of the complex. ”

"Captain, just now I contacted my superiors via radio, and the news from my superiors said that in the afternoon, our Air Force bombers passed here. When the time comes, they will drop a small number of bombs to help us. Smith also looked at the map in Mitchell's hand and suggested, "It's not worth it for a few dilapidated houses and a hundred German soldiers." What's more, I'm more inclined to confront them, and if I can hold on. ”

Because of Mitchell's hesitation, the German paratroopers successfully set up defensive positions on the spot. Then, relying on the position, he patiently collected all the airdrop equipment around him, and restored his combat effectiveness to the extreme.

It wasn't until almost 3 p.m. that there was a rumbling sound in the sky, and small gray black dots appeared in the sky above Erwinton, followed by strange little dots pouring down from the sky.

It's a pity that these 6 bombs, which were originally dropped by the way, were all blown up, and one by one they exploded around the building where the German troops were, but the German soldiers in the building were not affected in the slightest.

"Hey! Smith, that's what the superiors said about air support? Captain Mitchell swallowed and asked the few comrades and Sergeant Smith who were stunned.

He had heard how powerful the Royal Air Force was, and was even praised by the Prime Minister as a hero in the Dunkirk retreat!

But now it looks like the Air Force is just a bunch of useless waste.

"I don't know about that...... I thought they would do something. Smith shook his head, but there was clearly an apology in his eyes, after all, he had brought in the rescuers.

He thought that the support bomber force, no matter how bad the technology was, would be nothing more than blowing up something, but what he didn't expect was that they were so powerful that they perfectly avoided all the right targets.

But soon the British counterattack began, not because of how heroic they were, but because of intelligence, the air support of the Germans was likely to arrive later.

If those legendary and terrifying Stukas arrived, the British garrison would be doomed.

Fortunately, they are not as good as the militia of the National Guard, they are professional soldiers, and they have the ability to attack.

That is, as long as the first strike is carried out, the German paratroopers are destroyed before the arrival of Stuka. Mitchell's company will be truly safe.

So, they took the lead with the only Matilda infantry tank that they happened to be lucky enough to have at hand. And this tank is also the confidence for them to dare to launch a counterattack.

"Bang!" The first shell luckily hit a small building garrisoned by the Germans, and frightened the German officers and soldiers inside.

The shells easily smashed the walls into powder, but this did not seem to have much effect on the Germans on the opposite side.

"What just happened?" A German corporal asked a comrade next to him.

"It looks like the British are attacking." The other corporal replied contemptuously.

The Germans easily crossed the English Channel, which Napoleon had not crossed that year, and then pressed the British on all fronts. Truth be told, they have every reason to despise their British opponents.

"Phew!" With a crisp gunshot, the German defenders inside the building finally began to return fire, but compared to the loud sound of the British tank's shells just now, this gunshot was very weak.

"Ding!" The German bullet was impartial and hit the armor right in front of the British tank.

Obviously, a single bullet will not help against the heavy armor on the tank.

Soon, the turret of the tank began to rotate, aiming at the window where it had just fired.

"Bang!" The British tank, which had formed a close group, roared again, and the shells directly smashed the window, and the entire window frame fell into the street, and the furniture inside was blown to pieces.

The British infantrymen watching from behind had no doubt that the Germans in this room were absolutely dead and could not die again.

The biggest weakness of the German paratroopers was that they had no heavy weapons because they were airborne from the sky, but the British troops guarding here were different, they were equipped with the only tank in this company, which gave them a great advantage in the battle for Erwinton.

The British army experienced the previous battles with the German army, and gradually understood a lot of German tactics, coupled with their own understanding, the British army gradually learned the German army's favorite combat method of using tanks and infantry cross-cover.

Of course, this tactic was first invented by the British, so it was not too difficult to learn.

And the essence of this tactic is to let the infantry cover the rear, protect the relatively vulnerable rear of the tank, and use the heavy armor in front of the tank to face the enemy's fire.

This method was very easy to use when the two armies faced off, and the German army also used this method to blitz many European countries one after another.

But the Germans will not be easily defeated by their best tactics, although they cannot carry heavy weapons, but the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launcher, such a thing, can still carry.