Major Clayman gave several orders after occupying the "eight o'clock" high ground.

The first order is to garrison on the high ground.

Because it is conceivable that the British army will soon attack the high ground to lift the German blockade of the airport, otherwise the airport will be unavailable at all, or if it is barely used, it will cause heavy losses to the British Air Force.

However, this is obviously much better than before. After all, condescending battles on the high ground can also occupy a geographical advantage. Moreover, there are many trees and vegetation in the high ground for hiding, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The second order is to disperse the combo and adjust the various units to impose a blockade on the airport.

This is the main task of the First Infantry Regiment, and blocking the airport is also the key to the success of the entire operation.

The third order is to send a report to the command center to report the situation and seek help.

The main aspect of seeking help was the lack of mortars and ammunition in the hands of the German army.

The First Infantry Battalion only carries 24 80MM mortars in total, 8 of which lost their position during airborne... This is common during airborne, especially airborne equipment. It is difficult to find any tree or pit that can be hung on, and sometimes it will even be airborne into enemy positions.

This made the German army finally collect only 16 mortars, and four more were blown up in the battle, leaving only 12. It is foreseeable that it will continue to decrease in future battles.

On the other hand, the shells used to block the airport are also seriously insufficient.

It is not difficult to imagine that even if the First Infantry Battalion can hold the "Eight O'clock" high ground, if there are no mortars or enough shells to block the airport, the First Infantry Battalion will not work.

So Major Kleiman asked the command to urgently drop mortars and shells.

Of course, Rommel knew the seriousness of this matter. Without saying a word, he immediately sent fighter planes to escort five transport planes carrying mortars and shells to the "Eight O'clock" highland.

On the other hand, Montgomery also received news that the German army had fully attacked Crete.

Montgomery, who has always been described as "calm", was panicked because the battle situation has developed in a direction of full collapse from the beginning...

First, the Italian troops of the three divisions and the 90th German Armored Division were divided into three parts under the cover of the Italian fleet, starting from the Greek island of Kissirah as the starting point.

These German and Italian troops were originally from Sicily, Italy, but they gathered secretly in the dark night two days ago, and then moved to Kissirah, Greece at night through the Strait of Messina.

The German and Italian troops implemented a comprehensive radio blockade on Kissirah Island and did not allow any entry and exit inside and outside the island, so all communications on Kissirah Island were cut off from the outside world, which made the British completely unaware of what was going on here.

Secondly, the three airports on Crete have basically been paralyzed.

Resimnon Airport is not able to take off and land fighter jets before it is completed. Malemai Airport has been occupied by the German army, and Irak Airport is blocked by the German army.

This put the British army in a passive state of being beaten, because Montgomery didn't even know whether to send fighter jets to Crete or not.

It is impossible not to send fighter jets. Air superiority is the key to island combat. Not sending fighter jets almost means handing over Crete to Germany and Italian troops.

Sending fighter jets is very dangerous...

This danger did not come from German fighter jets. In fact, Montgomery also knew that German fighter jets had only a few minutes of air stagnation over Crete, and they could hardly pose a threat to British combat agencies or even a good time for British troops to attack German fighter jets.

But the problem is... the fuel is almost exhausted when British fighter jets fly over Crete, and they must land and refuel, but the airports are all under the control or blockade of the German army.

"Can we take back Malemai Airport?" asked Montgomery.

"Of course!" De Gangan replied: "But what we get may be ruins. The Germans will do everything possible to destroy the airport facilities and even blow up the runway... Even if they are recaptured, Malemai Airport will not be available for a short period of time!"

"Then it's only Irak Airport!" Montgomery said: "Order Colonel Smith to regain Heights 3 desperately, and at the same time, order all reinforcements to replenish fuel and ammunition at Irak Airport!"

"Yes, General!" Degangang responded.

This command is executed quickly.

Colonel Smith concentrated almost all seventy artillery pieces of large and small caliber that could hit the high ground and blasted towards the "eight o'clock" high ground.

Then the British 39th Infantry Regiment, who came to reinforce, also joined the bombing ranks, and shells poured into the high ground where the German army was stationed like raindrops.

Qinchuan, located on the mountain, only felt that the whole mountain was shaking, with flying sand and stones everywhere and vegetation raised by shells.

But in fact, the British bombing did not have much effect, because the German soldiers were hiding in the backscene surface and were on the edge of the mountain top position... Danfan had anyone who had fought mountain wars and knew that this part was the most difficult place to hit by shells:

First of all, direct-fired cannons can be ignored. These low-column artillery cannons will be blocked by the other side when they are low. When they are high, they will directly cross the top of the mountain and shoot far to the other side.

A curved cannon, such as howitzers, may still hit this position, but the position on the top of a mountain is like the blade of a knife, with a small area of ​​bullets, which means that the chance of being hit by a shell is very small.

So despite the British bombing, the damage it could cause to the German army was very limited.

Then, the British army seemed to want to confirm the role of their artillery fire, so they sent three infantry companies to encircle them from three directions.

The result is conceivable, and a burst of guns suppressed the British army.

The combat style of the British 14th Infantry Division was quite a bit like the American army on the battlefield of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea... It seemed like a large area of ​​upsurge, but a few bullets fell and retreated like a tide, and then there was another fierce artillery fire.

It should be said that this kind of fighting style is understandable, because there is basically no shortage of ammunition for airports, so they have the conditions to use ammunition to pile it up.

However, this tactic of using ammunition piles seems to be completely ineffective, because whenever British fighter planes land at Irak Airport, a row of mortar shells will be fired from the German positions to blow it up.

At this moment, another batch of transport planes flew over the airport in black, and then threw white parachutes into the harsh whistle of an air defense alarm.

"It's our people!" Werner shouted: "They are Italian 'lightning masters'!"
Chapter completed!