"Release the smoke screen, the troops retreat. Be prepared to set up defense on the spot!" A series of orders were issued quickly, and the smoke screen released by tanks and mortars quickly enveloped the entire battlefield. The soldiers began to retreat alternately under the leadership of the officers, looking for bunkers to establish defensive positions. The tank troops also retreated, and some huge-consuming crews began to return to the back to replenish ammunition and oil. Under the cover of some troops, the accompanying repair vehicles also began to recover their injured vehicles and supplies on the battlefield.

A team of British DH7 light bombers appeared in the horizon. These vultures quickly attacked the German troops who were being defended as if they had discovered fresh prey. However, what they could not imagine was that this time, they were facing prepared hunters, rather than prey without fighting back!

Three DH7 bombers reduced the altitude to about 150 meters, and then almost threw a 50kg anti-infantry bomb into the German army. With the explosion of the bomb, dark eyeballs rose into the air and spread death around. Each anti-infantry bomb had thousands of prefabricated shrapnel. After exploding in the air, a rain of death covering a radius of more than ten meters was formed.

"The opportunity was so good. The German escort plane had just returned, and the German army on the ground had not yet formed a consolidated defense line. Then we threw the bombs among them." A British pilot said happily. After throwing the bombs, these guys were still unwilling to leave and continued to use machine guns to prepare to shoot units on the ground. The British bravely lowered the height again. There were not many times when they could show off their limelight. Now they wanted to give up the anger of the previous few days!

"Damn guy!" However, the British, who were a little lost, did not notice that some vehicles pulled down the canvas covering the back of the carriage, and the black barrels were aimed at the British group of aircraft that were sprinkling death in the low altitude. Dozens of 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm machine guns were aimed at these guys who were missing, and then spewed out a series of fire snakes that were enough to make them doomed!

A British pilot suddenly felt his fuselage shock, and then it saw most of its wings hitting the cockpit. With a scream, the plane was directly slapped into a section of the broken wing and crashed on the ground.

The sudden fire of the air defense quickly formed a deadly fire net at a low altitude. Thousands of bullets and shells flew in the air to harvest the "insects" that accidentally entered the net. A fire snake composed of 12.7mm bullets swept through the air, like a long whip of flames to smash a DH7 bomber. The other aircraft was directly hit by four 20mm shells before the pilot reported it, and the pilot inside was twisted into a pool of mud.

Another British bomber managed to avoid the flying bullets. However, just as he was about to lift and escape, a German fighter dived head-on and easily smashed the opponent into pieces less than 400 meters. Even when the established German fighter jets were replaced, there were still elite German crews serving as safari in this airspace. Their mission was to freely hunt all the air targets of the Allies.

After six planes were killed in a short period of time, the remaining DH7 fighters did not dare to stay and evacuate quickly. The German offensive came to an end for the time being because they knew that it would be difficult to fight in the next tough battle!

"The British assigned the Japanese extra naval artillery troops. Although they were all 6-inch l40 guns or 4.7-inch guns removed from old-fashioned front dreadnoughts, the gun mounts were also temporary bargains, but they were cannons after all, with a range farther than our average howitzers and were powerful. This was very unfavorable to our attack."

"In addition, like Britain and France, the Japanese army also equipped with a considerable number of rapid-fire guns as anti-tank equipment in this army. There is no problem with our wolf and hornets defending the front, but it is not possible on the side. Moreover, we must also be guarded against the anti-assault of the Japanese tank troops. Although we destroyed nearly 80 various combat vehicles this time, according to the organization, more than half of the Japanese vehicles were not used." Lieutenant General Eric began to hold a meeting of officers above the battalion at a distance of 5 kilometers from the front line. An officer began to introduce the enemy situation.

The armored division's assault and attack capabilities are very good, but for this ability, the German troops have also made contributions. For example, this time, the attacking troops did not carry the heavy k09 150mm long-range cannon. This thing is too heavy and occupies too much transportation capacity.

Of course, if the German army turns at this time, there will be no problem. Even if the Japanese army catches up, they will be easily pressed to the ground to rub. However, this is obviously a long way from severely damaging the opponent. If you want to completely damage or even destroy a unit, in addition to the troops that can be used on the front line, you must also carry out heavy blows on the supporting artillery and logistics units. This point will probably be difficult to achieve without breaking through the defense line.

"It doesn't matter. The Japanese long-range howitzers were handed over to the Air Force to suppress. As for the frontal attack? Let's take a look. Even if we can't put the Japanese division flags in the museum, we must at least make them unable to fight again!" Lieutenant General Eric said.

At the same time, in the Japanese command center outside Thessaloniki, a group of people were discussing something around a huge sand table. A subtropical depression called depression and frustration shrouded people's hearts. The battlefield notice had just been sent, but if nothing unexpected happened, the Japanese still suffered heavy losses in this desperate fight. Even after thinking about the counterattack for a long time, they were killed by the German army who had prepared for a long time.

"We have concentrated more than twice the force but cannot defeat a German armored battalion. This is simply unbearable." Akiyama Yoko's slightly low words were full of anger and unwillingness.

"Actually, if the Germans invested in their new tanks, then this battle loss would be fine." A French staff member whispered to his colleagues next to him. Whether it was offensive or defensive war, the French were almost at a loss in exchange with the Germans on the Western Front, whether it was victory or failure, whether it was offensive or defense. The proud French believed that since they could not even do it, it was normal for the Japanese to achieve such a result. After all, from the battle report, when the Germans invested in new tanks, the Japanese tanks and tanks lost 89 war vehicles, while the Germans seemed to have lost 25 vehicles?!

Of course, if the actual losses are mentioned, the Japanese are much larger than on paper, because most of the destroyed German tanks are crickets, such low-end goods. Moreover, the Germans controlled the battlefield and some damaged tanks could be pulled back for repair. If the Japanese tanks were lost, that was a real loss.
Chapter completed!