The militia referred to by Colonel Smith and his staff officer is not strictly speaking, they are the armed forces of the "Greek National Liberation Front", the "National People's Liberation Army".

It existed because the Greek government had surrendered, but the majority of the Greek people were unwilling to surrender, and they wanted to drive the Germans out of their land, so they spontaneously organized such a front and established an armed force.

Of course, because the new unit was newly formed and poorly equipped and poorly equipped, the British and even the Greek government army called them militia.

The militia commander who led Crete was Dennis, a colonel in the government army, who fled to Crete after the surrender of the Greek government, hoping to organize the people here to continue to develop forces against German and Italian aggression.

But I didn't expect it to be just a few months...... The German and Italian armies burned the war to Crete.

Dennis was anxious in the town of Ira, but he did not dare to act rashly, knowing that his troops were untrained and ill-equipped, and that an easy attack would only be an egg to a stone.

At this time, Colonel Smith sent a message to Colonel Dennis through the Greek army.

"Colonel!" The staff officer handed over a telegram and said: "The British need our help, the target is on Heights 3, and Colonel Smith wants us to cooperate with them in flanking the Germans!" ”

Dennis took the telegram and looked at it, then frowned at the map.

"Colonel?" The staff officer couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "This is the opportunity we have been waiting for for a long time......

"Cyril!" Colonel Dennis interrupted the staff officer: "Do you know where the difficulties are? ”

"We're poorly equipped!" Cyril replied without thinking about it.

"This is just one of them!" Colonel Dennis replied: "The British asked us to flank Heights 3...... What do you think the British will do? ”

Cyril was embarrassed, and although he was also a veteran, he knew nothing about the British army.

"They will carry out a heavy bombardment of Heights 3 with artillery!" "But these shells will not help us much, because if we attack from the other side of position No. 3," said Colonel Dennis...... Most of these shells will fall on our heads, understand? ”

Cyril couldn't help but realize when he heard this.

Colonel Dennis was right, the militia and the British army had a great problem of coordination before, especially since the two were attacking on both sides of the same high ground at the same time, which could easily cause a large area of accidental injury.

"Unless......" Colonel Dennis thought for a moment and said to the staff officer: "Reply to the British, we must wait until dark to attack, and ask them not to use artillery!" ”

"Yes!"

This demand is reasonable, the militia is poorly equipped and poorly qualified, and launching an attack during the day is basically no different from seeking death, on the other hand, they are familiar with the terrain, and it is more beneficial for them to fight at night in the dark. In addition, it was only a little more than an hour before dark, so Colonel Smith didn't think much about it and quickly responded.

The sun slowly set from the other side of the mountain, and the last sunset faded to the sound of seagulls, and the sky finally turned from gray to pitch black.

Darkness meant that the British fighters could not land at the airfield, and at the same time, the British army was not good at night fighting, which made both the enemy and us temporarily lose the reason and basis for fighting, so the battlefield gradually quieted down.

Qin Chuan collapsed in the fortifications like a deflated balloon.

The rest of the German soldiers were similar, staggering, and even the always optimistic and active Werner leaned against the trench and remained motionless.

To be honest, the scale of this battle was not large, and in this local area it was actually an attack by a battalion of German troops on the high ground against a regiment of British troops...... In a battle of this magnitude, you can find a few larger ones in the desert battlefield.

But for the first time in history, this kind of almost non-stop fighting, surrounded by the enemy, left all the German soldiers crying out because of their severe physical exhaustion.

"They should send someone to replace us!" Werner complained: "We'll be tired for another day like this!" ”

"Oh!" The baker couldn't help but laugh and said, "Our 'optimistic sergeant' finally doesn't think it's 'exciting'!" ”

"It's impossible to change!" Yakop lit a cigarette under the cover of the trenches, took a hard puff and said, "Have you forgotten where we came from?" We jumped out of the plane...... Unless we can jump back, we'll just have to hold on until the moment we win this battle! ”

"Or!" Alfredo said, "It's a good idea to die here!" ”

The German soldiers couldn't help but laugh nervously...... The laughter was like a kind of self-deprecation, and it was like a contempt for death.

Qin Chuan took the kettle from his waist and just had time to take a sip when he heard Bazel ordering at him: "Second Lieutenant, take your people to block the position!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" Qin Chuan's muscles on his face twitched a few times while responding to this sentence, he really didn't want to move anymore.

But the task is the task, and there is no room for bargaining, so Qin Chuan and the others stood up from the trench in a leisurely manner.

The blockade of the position is to fear that the enemy will take advantage of the darkness to touch the position at night.

This is absolutely fatal to the garrison, especially when the enemy touches a distance of thirty meters to the extent that he can throw grenades...... As you can imagine, then they only need to throw a row of grenades and launch a charge, and they can easily take down the positions that cannot be captured during the day.

In order to stop this from happening, the best way is to plant mines about 50 meters in front of the position, which is called "blocking the position".

Of course, the "blockade position" is not just as simple as laying mines, because some places are the range of activities of one's own people, and one's own people must be able to evacuate in an emergency, so when laying mines, it is necessary to note the location of each mine and leave a passage for entry and exit.

Qin Chuan took his subordinates to get the mines and set off.

The German soldiers were all well-trained, so these things were just a small matter for them, and after more than half an hour, they planted a large mine in front of the position.

At this time, Qin Chuan suddenly heard a soft sound in front of him, and under the conditioned reflex, he hurriedly took off his rifle and pulled the bolt to load the bullet, and the other German soldiers were also ready for battle.

Just as a battle was about to break out, there were several soft shouts of "Boom Boom Wow" from the opposite side.

Alfredo hurriedly stopped: "Don't shoot, they're Italians!" ”