Part 10: Turn 6: 1700 20th May

Game Turn 6: 1700, 20th May

Greek infantry south of Canea that is engaging Detachment Gertz start running low on their alread-scarce ammunition.


_{Random Event: Out of Ammo}

The final major drop occurs within the Heraklion sector. The situation on the ground is even more dire for the Germans, as they are incredibly outnumbered and the airfield itself is well protected. Luftwaffe preliminary air raids do little to change the situation, either. The paratroopers drop from the sky, and losses are immediately felt, with the gun crews of the 1st Fallschirmjager Flak 7 immediately captured, and heavy losses on 6th Company, that has dropped in the middle of Allied forces.



The MNDBO keeps moving to support the 2nd NZ Division, trying to make contact with the 3rd FJ Regiment, while containing the threat of Detachment Gentz, hoping to clear it away soon. 19th Australian Bde keeps moving up the road as well.



The rest of 19th Australian Bde moves to contain the threat from the parachutists, hoping to be able to bring even more firepower against them in the next few hours. Although Light Mortars do start firing, the casualties amongst the Germans are minimal.



There is some movement near Heraklion as well, as the 14th Australian Brigade bring fire on the stranded paratroopers in the middle of their formation. The Germans are highly split in this sector, and do not have enough forces to significantly threaten the theatre, but quickly removing the threat will mean that the 14th Australian Brigade will be free to move up to Canea. The 6th Company, that dropped badly, still hasn't gathered their equipment, and they are already forced to dive for cover by the volume of fire incoming.



As for the badly dropped 1st Fallschirmjager Regiment, the only units that are in radio contact are the ones to the west: they attempt to march for the outskirt of Heraklion. The companies on the other side, clearly outnumbered, attempt to rejoin the rest of the Regiment on the west side of Heraklion.



The situation near Canea has stabilised, and the 4th Brigade moves up to finally close up the gap. With CREFORCE and the MNDBO pushing from the East, it is hoped that he overwhelming numbers of Commonwealth troops will soon be able to contain and liquidate the German paras.



The fighting doesn't let up near Maleme either, with the constant pressure from the light mortars finally causing some casualties amongst the paratroopers hunkered in Pirgos. As soon as they are cleared, a proper attack on the Airfield will be imminent, but a scant few hours of daylight remain.



Wanting to quickly deal with the enemy troopers near the Heraklion airfield, the Commonwealth company next to them attempts an assault, but they are beaten off by the Germans, even in their state. Fire from a mortar group, however, finally convinces them to surrender: now that they don't have to deal with the threat in their midst, the 14th Australian will now be able to deal with the paratroopers east and west of their positions.