This eye-catching force came from the 39th Division. About one regiment, under the direct leadership of its division commander Mizik, broke through the enemy's defense lines and entered the city.
"Captain Kirk, immediately ask your men to attack to the left and right, expand the breach, and cooperate with the offensive of other troops. Move quickly and do not give the enemy a chance to react."
"As you command, General."
Following Mizik's order, the troops who entered the city immediately detached one battalion to the left and right wings. The commander of the regiment took the lead and went down to the second battalion, which was responsible for the frontal attack (MMP, don't mess with me)
Can’t hide yet).
In fact, how could Mizk not know what Commander Kirker was thinking, but this time he had no choice but to do it in order to achieve meritorious service. Because the 39th Division performed well in the Greek Battle, they were assigned to attack Greece again.
Among the second batch of reinforcements on Rite Island, the two regiments of the 39th Division that landed just last night were assigned the task of attacking the left flank today.
Mizik even concentrated most of the equipment of the two regiments on the first regiment and led the battle himself. And he was lucky. The defenders defending this section had been hit hard by the sea and air before, and their equipment suffered heavy losses.
Mizik, who found that the defenders' firepower was insufficient, adopted a rare attack tactic and successfully captured this position after suffering a certain amount of casualties.
Now that I have achieved a breakthrough, I naturally need to help more people complete their tasks.
After the defenders in the city learned that the position had not been breached for a period, they immediately sent out troops to recapture the battlefield. As a result, they encountered the Second Battalion, which was charging in depth.
"Fire and repel them!"
"Fire and destroy them!"
On a street, the two armies met, and the commanders of both sides made the same choice immediately.
"呲,呲,呲~"
This is the Romanian G42 machine gun firing. They relied on the height of the house to spray bullets at the British soldiers on the street.
"Da, da, da~"
This is a British cloth-type machine gun firing. This machine gun, which is similar to the Czech machine gun, also inherits its characteristics and is now also firing violently at Romanian soldiers.
The soldiers from both sides, now suppressed by the other side's machine guns, can only try to leave the streets and think of other ways. Among them, the alleys have become the focus of competition between the two sides.
At this time, the G33 semi-automatic rifle used in Romania showed its power of continuous firepower. Often only two or three people were needed to block an alley, making it impossible for the attacking British soldiers to attack.
However, as the commander, Captain Kirker knew that this was only temporary. Although he used firepower to block the enemy's offensive, judging from the size of the opponent, it was at least the strength of a regiment.
"Report to the division commander immediately. We encountered a counterattack by a regiment of defenders and need reinforcements."
In fact, without him reporting, Mizik had already seen that his deep assault troops were blocked. Therefore, it was impossible for him to do nothing and immediately send reinforcements to the follow-up troops.
With the breakthrough of the 39th Division, the defenders on the outside chose to retreat when the situation was not good. Because it would not help if they continued to stay, they could only retreat to the city and engage in street fighting.
The Romanian army, which had achieved the first stage of the victory, took a short rest and immediately plunged into the new battle for the city.
As for the Romanian army's attack, the British and Greek troops will not sit idly by. Now for the three commanders, they can no longer care about the landing of Rethymnon. If Heraklion cannot be defended, then this battle will also end.
Enter the countdown.
Therefore, the Greek Cointreau also sent only two divisions to reinforce Heraklion, but their reinforcements were somewhat difficult.
"Be careful of shelling, stay down!"
As the officer yelled, all the running soldiers quickly fell down. Everyone fell to the ground meticulously, and opened their mouths wide. Even if it caused mud and sand to get into their mouths, they did not care. This is all
The lesson of blood is that those who do nothing will be dead or injured long ago.
Only a "woo" was heard, and a large-caliber artillery shell from the sea hit the side of the team.
"boom!"
After the explosion, the leading officer spat out silt and shouted again, "Everyone, get up and move forward!"
The team once again embarked on the road for reinforcements.
Of course, not every team is so lucky, and some are very unlucky. One reinforcement team was hit by naval guns. There were more than 400 people, and only more than 100 people finally arrived alive. One of the cannonballs still hit them.
Their flanks were the result of dumb bombs. At that time, the leading officer was ready to see God, but he didn't expect to survive.
Faced with such a bad situation, the three commanders could only hold on. As for how long they could hold on, it all depends on God's will.
Heraklion can be topped with human lives, but there is no way to top it in Rethymnon. On the 12-kilometer-long beach of Rethymnon, ships come and go, and equipment and soldiers are constantly disembarking from the ships.
"Second Company assemble here!"
A company commander wearing the rank of lieutenant was loudly greeting his soldiers.
"Okay, that's it, you can drive it out."
A vehicle landing ship is commanding an R10 tank from the ship.
As for the city of Rethymnon further away, there was still smoke everywhere, and the sounds of gunfire and gunfire were heard one after another. However, the situation of the battle was not good for the Greek defenders, and they were almost driven out of the city.
The recently formed Greek 29th Division was a completely new force, and the quality of its officers and soldiers was relatively low among the Greek army, so it was assigned to Rethymnon, which was considered to be the least vulnerable to attacks.
However, the Greek army completely underestimated the determination of the Romanian army to attack Crete. Romania prepared 7 divisions and 150,000 people for this landing operation, which was higher than the estimates of the Greek defenders in every aspect.
Moreover, for the long beach line of Rethymnon, the landing force did not take action. When it did, it was a brigade of Marine officers and soldiers. This is why the 2nd Regiment of the 29th Division of the Greek Army who defended the beach was unable to hold on and was defeated in two hours.
reason.
And now the battle in the city of Rethymnon is about to end, and Romanian heavy equipment will be able to land ashore by then, which will be even more uncomfortable for the defenders.
Before long, a burst of cheers came from Rethymnon City, and a large number of garrison soldiers surrendered with white flags and weapons. There was no way, the new troops suffered a violent blow, and without reinforcements, the strength gap between the two sides was too big.
Under such circumstances, surrender is an inevitable choice.
However, Heraklion was harmed by the surrender of the Rethymnon garrison. They were entangled with the Romanian army in the city and it was completely impossible to withdraw.
Finally, before the Romanian troops who landed in Rethymnon were surrounded, the three men broke their arms to survive, and retreated into the Crete Mountains with more than 15,000 Greek-British troops who had forcibly retreated.
The retreat process of the troops was not smooth. They were first attacked by the Romanian Air Force. Then many people in the army were dissatisfied and mutiny broke out. After the three men took the troops to the central mountainous area, only more than 4,000 people were left.
Later, they were encircled and suppressed by Romanian mountain troops. On December 30, the three men, who could no longer continue, surrendered to the defenders with only 800 remaining officers and soldiers.
Although the end of the Battle of Crete was delayed until December 30, it only took 7 days to capture all the towns on the island in Romania. Including the 3 days of landing operations, it only took about 10 days.
In this landing battle, more than 4,000 Romanian officers and soldiers were killed or missing, and more than 8,000 were injured, totaling about 13,000 people. As for the 100,000 defenders, they were basically wiped out.
With Crete occupied by Romania, the fertile Middle East was finally exposed to the Romanian military. Are Britain and France ready?
