How long have you been resting? How long have you been the commander of this battalion? Borol sat on the transport plane that was constantly jolting slightly, watching his subordinates, the deputy battalion commander, and some important personnel of the battalion headquarters take other transport planes, which is the basic requirement for paratroopers to be airborne. All important commanders were not allowed to travel together on transport planes, in order to avoid the loss of all commanders in an instant.

He held the steel helmet in his hand, collected his thoughts, and looked at the map in his hand, confirming the target that his troops should capture. The size of the German paratrooper unit was five times larger, and as a direct beneficiary of the expansion, Borol was promoted to commander of the airborne battalion because of his outstanding achievements, and was responsible for commanding an elite airborne battalion to participate in this airborne operation.

This was the first super-large-scale airborne operation in the history of mankind, and it was also an operation completed by the airborne forces themselves, who were ordered to parachute into Crete and seize the most important German base in the Mediterranean. With the roar of the plane's engines, Borol looked up at the white clouds outside the window, and according to the calculation of the flight time, they were now almost in the airborne area.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. The German paratroopers had not participated in large-scale combat operations since the large-scale parachute landing on British soil, not because they had faded out of the arena of war, but because Studenter, at the behest of Accardo, deliberately hid this unit and carefully prepared to make this force a blockbuster on Crete.

Two days earlier, German soldiers, accompanied by Italian troops, had occupied all of Greece, and Mussolini rushed to Athens in high spirits and personally presented the Italian Medal to Hermann Hawke, commander-in-chief of the German Army Group J, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Balkan War. Amid the laughter, the German army took full control of the Balkan Peninsula and began to prepare intensively for an attack on Crete.

In order to ensure the success of the airborne operation in Crete, the Germans prepared the strength of 4 airborne divisions, which together exceeded 50,000 people. Of course, some of these troops are "light infantry" transported by plane, not paratroopers in the true sense of the word who can parachute into battle.

"Woo......!" Borol stood up, hung the hook of the parachute on the rails of the plane, looked at the lights on, and asked all his soldiers to stand up and check the parachutes and weapons they were wearing.

"No. 1 ready! sir!" said one of the soldiers at the back of the room to report loudly on the results of his own inspection, followed by the second-to-last soldier who continued to report, until the person at the front had checked the equipment, and Borol nodded with satisfaction.

A green light then comes on to show that the target area has been reached and the skydive can begin at any time. Borol slammed open the closed hatch beside him and shouted to his men, "Attention, everyone, get ready to skydive!"

Far away on the ground, there were burning flames and black plumes of smoke. An hour earlier, butcher bombers and DO-217 bombers had taken off from front-line airfields, almost turning Crete over, and the entire island had been completely destroyed by hundreds of bombs, and the few military installations on the island had been blown to pieces.

Jumping off the plane, feeling the wind whirring in his ears, Borol watched as the ground below was rapidly approaching him. He was no longer the last to jump out of the plane, but the first to jump out of the cabin, because during the parachute jump, the time in the plane was not actually safe, and as a battalion commander, he had to ensure his own safety.

The parachute opened, the speed decreased, he saw a glider in the distance rushing to the ground, he saw one white parachute after another open in the sky, he was pleased to see the German paratroopers grow from a few thousand to tens of thousands, he witnessed the development of a terrible modern military branch.

The huge impact came from under his feet, and his heart became much more solid at this moment, after all, their battle on the island of Malta was not too difficult, so Borol did not know what kind of battlefield awaited him this time. He sighed slightly as he untied his parachute rope and removed his Mauser 98K rifle from his chest.

The German paratroopers were disproportionately disproportionate, and in the position of company commander, they could get an MP-44 assault rifle for public and private purposes, but in the position of battalion commander, there was absolutely no such a good opportunity. Because the battalion commander did not participate in direct combat, he only had one Mauser 98K as a self-defense weapon, which was much worse than the company commander's weapon.

However, the situation in front of him looked good, and two German paratroopers landed safely next to him, and these two soldiers also neatly packed their parachutes and took out their G43 rifles and gathered at Borol. Because it was daytime, neither of them shouted the superfluous password, and ran all the way to Borol, and found a bush and lay down.

Borol took out the telescope from the telescope box hanging from his chest and carefully observed the surrounding terrain, because the bombing effect of the air force was remarkable, so there was no decent resistance around, and the anti-aircraft firepower of the Greek defenders was sparse, and it was not a threat to the German paratroopers at all. Not far away, an anti-aircraft gun position was firing incessantly, and this was the only enemy fire point around them.

Putting down the binoculars, he realized that there were already a dozen soldiers squatting beside him, all of whom had camouflage painted on their faces, and even one soldier carrying an iron fist bazooka. The soldiers were all waiting for his orders, their eyes fixed on Borol and they did not speak.

Borol really wanted to take a few steps forward and kick the hard. Before departure, it was explained that in order to avoid accidental injury, it was necessary to strictly ask and check the operation password. As a result, the soldiers still put these words aside, and recognized their comrades and enemies by the familiarity of their military uniforms and faces.

"Company commander!" Borol saw his old acquaintance, so he pointed to the enemy air defense positions that were constantly firing over there, and opened his mouth to order: "Take your men around!

"As you wish, battalion commander. "The commander of a company, carrying his own guns, led seven or eight soldiers to the anti-aircraft guns of the Greek defenders, who had been shooting at the sky not far away. At the other end of that cannon, Borrol's 2nd Company was also beginning to assemble. Their parachute area was divided into two parts by the position of the anti-aircraft guns, and the battalion of Borol could be united by taking out the cannon Borol.

The German soldiers began to set up their own machine-gun positions on the edge of the hidden bushes, and more soldiers landed on the ground, many from other units, at this time the role of the password finally came into play, and one after another was heard, and more answers were heard, and the 3rd Company under Borol finally found their battalion headquarters.

"Boom, boom, boom!boom!" A black pillar of smoke suddenly rose from the anti-aircraft gun position of the Greek defenders not far away, and the German paratroopers approached the distance, adopted a formation of two and two cover, and threw four grenades to attack. Apparently the attack worked very well, and the Greek anti-aircraft gun stopped roaring in an instant.

About 200 meters behind Borrol, the hatch of a huge transport glider had been cocked, and a German paratrooper airborne combat vehicle drove out, and around this paratrooper combat vehicle, hundreds of German soldiers had gathered, and they began to advance to the Greek air defense positions in the other direction, destroying the withering along the way.

"Report to the battalion commander, we found a map on the anti-aircraft gun position, it looks like we are about 1500 meters away from the place we are going to occupy. The commander of the first company came back without reporting casualties, and it seemed that the opponent had caused no trouble to his troops: "Go west here, past the woods." ”

The Airborne troops in the distance looked like men from the regimental headquarters, and at this time they were already setting up a makeshift camp with some branches and other things, and Borol had already sent a signal corps to contact him a few minutes ago, and had not yet returned. There were no accidents on the radio at the battalion headquarters, but now there was no news from the regimental headquarters or even the division headquarters in the channel.

"Didn't you see anyone from the regimental headquarters during the attack?" Borol asked the company commander without raising his head as he checked the German map in his hand with the captured map of the Greek defenders.

"Didn't come across. We converged the men of the 2nd company over there, now there are about 110 troops, the rest of the soldiers are converging here, our losses are not large, and the formation of the aircraft is not scattered by anti-aircraft guns, so there should be no problems. "The commander of the first company is also a veteran, and he is an old subordinate of Borol, so he is also the most convenient to use. He said a lot in one breath, and most of what Borol wanted to know was explained very clearly.

"Good!" Borol nodded, his men were very capable, which allowed him to command like an arm. He glanced at his henchman Donner, and then commanded: "Go and find the deputy battalion commander, and we will set off to occupy our target area." ”

Donner nodded, and walked quickly to the deputy battalion commander who was counting the number of troops in the distance with his rifle on his back. Their battalion consisted of 510 people, and now they have gathered almost 300 people, so it can be said that this time the parachute parachute encountered little resistance, and their losses were completely within the range of bearability.

"Hey, boss, do you have tanks or artillery fire to cover us?" After dozens of seconds, the deputy battalion commander in the distance asked Borol loudly at the top of his voice.

"There are 3 mortars in the battalion headquarters, don't think about the paratrooper fighting vehicles, I haven't contacted the regimental headquarters yet!" Borol also replied loudly at the top of his voice.