The Greek defenders actually had very limited troops, only one British infantry battalion was the core of the garrison on Crete, and the rest of the troops were not even uniform in the caliber of rifles, and the local defender was still an old general who did not understand modern warfare.

For the first time, the Greek infantry saw such a parachute flying in the sky, and for the first time, they found that the war they were facing had completely changed. The German paratroopers were a very elite offensive force, and the weapons in their hands were considered the most advanced.

Crete was dotted with bunkers and fortifications to defend against German attacks, which were so strong during the First World War that few troops could break through these defenses quickly. But these bunkers had become as fragile as papier-mâché in the face of the German attackers.

German paratroopers had 75 mm recoilless guns, a new type of flat-fire weapon that could be used against enemy fixed fire points at a distance. The only drawback of this artillery is that it will emit a huge amount of smoke after being fired, which can easily attract retaliatory attacks from enemy aircraft. Unfortunately, the entire skies over Crete were covered by German aircraft, and this defect was no longer a problem.

This artillery and large-caliber 120 mm caliber mortars can be mounted on modified airborne force barrel trucks, which have strong mobility and are not heavy, and soldiers can use manpower to temporarily move when necessary.

Even if the 75 good confused caliber recoilless guns fired horizontally could not reach the position in time, the Iron Fist rocket launcher that the German paratroopers had widely used could also solve the enemy machine gun bunkers that could not be overcome.

"Fire! Don't let the Germans in!" shouted a Greek officer, hiding in the conning tower. He and his troops were ordered to be stationed around a field airfield in Crete and were ordered to repel any enemy forces attempting to occupy the airfield. Originally, the airfield was to be blown up as soon as the German attack began, but because the Greek commander did not agree to this plan, he wanted to keep the airfield to ensure that his fighter jets could continue to interfere with possible large-scale landings, so the decision to blow up the airfield was ultimately abandoned.

Sadly, within 10 hours, the Allied planes on Crete were cleared by the Luftwaffe, and all the Allied planes that dared to take off were shot down by the German ace pilots, and the performance of the planes on both sides was not of the same grade, which made the entire Cretan air battle look tragic and extraordinary, and the pilots of the Greek Air Force were also full of Don Quixote's charm.

But the Greek commander saw the huge German gliders land on the slopes of a hill not far away, and saw the German paratroopers scatter and descend into the sky like dandelions, at first in the hundreds, and later in the thousands. These German airborne troops raided the air defense positions around the airfield, but did not rush to attack this vital field airfield.

Just when the Greek defenders were surprised, a soldier looked at the sky in horror and reminded everyone loudly: "Oh my God! What is that? What is that?" His words caught everyone's attention, and several soldiers who were reloading their guns and ammunition followed suit, looking at the sky in the distance.

The Greek commander also raised his head and stared at the flying machines approaching the airport in the distance, not knowing what to say. The huge propellers swirled sideways above the planes, which were not very fast, but the roar of the engines was a bit of despair.

The frightening sight finally took place, as the German Crusader helicopters hovered over the airfield, initially in the form of heavy-armoured models with small-caliber rockets on their sides and 13-millimeter heavy machine guns with shields on either side.

Machine guns began to strafe ground targets, knocking out some of the Greek soldiers who were still in the trenches and behind bunkers to the ground. The huge gap in firepower overwhelmed these Greek soldiers a little. They raised their rifles and opened fire on the helicopters, only to find that their rifles did little damage.

"Suddenly, suddenly!" a heavy machine gun hidden in the shadows opened fire into the sky, one of the few heavy weapons in the hands of the Greek defenders. The bullets flew into the sky, leaving a clear line of bullet holes in the helicopter, on which a German soldier operating a machine gun was shot and fell, and the helicopter immediately began to adjust its flight altitude and made a sharp turn away from the battlefield.

Before the Greek soldiers could cheer, more German helicopters in the sky entered the firing position. A helicopter suddenly opened fire, and seven or eight small-caliber rockets swept towards the firing position of the Greek heavy machine gun.

"Whoosh!whoosh!" The rockets spewed smoke and flames, flew out of the suspended rocket nests on both wings of the helicopters, and flew towards their targets, although they were relatively dispersed, but because they were only very close, huge puffs of smoke quickly rose from the target area.

The German Army Aviation Force found the best way to use helicopters, that is, to use helicopters to deliver troops to control vital strategic targets, such as airports, railway stations, and harbors, after the huge air force had destroyed the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, and when the paratroopers had already disrupted the battlefield and involved the enemy's defenses. Because the enemy's anti-aircraft fire has been destroyed, the suppressive fire provided by the helicopter can be effective enough to cover the troops it carries for ground operations.

So in the environment of the large-scale war of World War II, the helicopter was no longer an anti-tank killer weapon, but became the ultimate weapon for sweeping guerrillas and supporting paratroopers. There is no need for heavy armor defense, nor advanced firepower for long-range guidance, its purpose is to rush to the airborne area with powerful armament, after all, at this time anything is better than nothing.

More helicopters arrived from afar, and a dozen more armored helicopters joined in the suppression of the ground, apparently having assigned the task ahead of time, clearing out possible ground threats from all angles, some using machine guns to dispel Greek infantry on the ground, others using rockets to clear some of the recalcitrant bunkers.

Then the helicopters descended and dropped the ropes, and the German soldiers slid down from the helicopters one by one, and Accardo had seen such maneuvers, and for a time he was stunned by the progress of the times and the wisdom of the war. He seemed to see the picture of the American special forces landing in the 21st century, but in this scene it was a German soldier wearing an M35 steel helmet who slid off the plane.

The huge air currents blew away the dust from the ground, rolling up clouds of sand in the distance, and the first German soldier to land on his feet fell to the ground, either because he did not stand still or because he was afraid of being hit. Immediately after the first soldier landed, he picked up his gun and ran quickly to the predetermined target.

"First Squad! Right! Right! Occupy the machine-gun position over there! Second Squad! Follow me! Attack! Attack!" Not far away, another helicopter was also constantly sliding down the rope, obviously there was a commander in this group, he was loudly assigning tasks as soon as he landed, and the German soldiers near him were also neatly divided into two teams, hunched towards different targets.

The German helicopter infantrymen were wearing goggles and black scarves over their faces. It wasn't a deliberate attempt to imitate the outfit of modern special forces, but because the soldiers might have been blinded or choked on by the dust blown up by the helicopter during the exercise, they had to choose a fashionable outfit.

"Whatever it is!Fire!Fire!Fire!Kill the Germans!Quick!" The Greek officer was the first to react, and quickly gave a loud battle order, he wanted to grab the phone to contact the headquarters, and tell the commander-in-chief of the defending army to blow up the other airfields quickly. But when he grabbed the phone, there was no sound on it.

Outside, two German special forces soldiers stood at the location of the telephone line, the words "Be careful, wire!" were written on the communication box, and the cut telephone line was still dangling back and forth. One of them guarded the surroundings with an assault rifle, and one of them still held a freshly used pliers in his hand, cracking his parched lips to reveal his white teeth. They arrived secretly in another helicopter with the aim of cutting off communications and disrupting the local battlefield.

The Greek officer dropped his phone in despair, and then saw two helicopters in the distance with their sideways aimed at the control tower of the airfield where he was. The muzzles of the two 13-mm aviation machine guns were pointed nearby, and the Greek officer sensed that he was in a very bad situation.

With a dazzling tongue of fire erupting from the helicopter on the opposite side, the airport control tower was immediately swept upside down by the steel torrent. The large-caliber machine gun combined with the full-power ammunition was so destructive that after just a few seconds, there was no more life to breathe in the entire conning tower. The Greek commander was smashed into a sieve by bullets in the first place, and he didn't even have time to scream.

At the risk of being shot down, 110 German Crusader helicopters appeared over the battlefield, loaded with a large number of weapons, ammunition and soldiers, and quickly rushed to the battlefield, easily suppressing scattered ground targets with the fire of the aircraft, and the German troops quickly occupied an Allied field airfield on the island of Crete.