Part 23: Turn 19: 1100 22nd May

Game Turn 19: 1100, 22nd May

The GJR 100 finally joins the battle, and is quick to capitalise on the distracted Allies. The troops in Modion itself from 5th Brigade are under heavy fire, while an entire Company from 4th Brigade is forced to scatter as devastating fire is poured on it from 8th Company GJR 100. The heavy mortars of the LLSR also fire, suppressing the 5th Brigade Maori D Company.



5th NZ Brigade won't give up without a fight, however, and accurate direct HE fire devastates one of the newly arrived 5th Gebirgs Division companies. The Pioneer line is also crumbling due to the fire of the whippet tanks.



CREFORCE in Heraklion and Rethymnon is also getting some results, with casualties amongst 1 and 2 FJR: the west of Rethymnon especially is likely to be cleared soon, as all infantry companies have been dealt with. The pioneers also fare poorly, and the light mortars of the 19th Brigade manage to make another company of them scatter.



Artillery and an assault by the 3rd Company LLSR, however, manages to force the Maoris of B Company to surrender. Once the LLSR meets the entrenchments, the attack is likely to slow down, but will there be anything left of 5th by that stage?



19th Australian opens up once more, and more Pioneers are forced to surrender by the weight of fire. Over by Rethymnon, resistance on the east is starting to crumple, but a charge against an AT gun goes awry, and the Aussies take some casualties and only manage to force the AT crew to the ground in return.



GJR 85 keeps moving west, while Pioneers from the 5th Gebirgs Division make an air-landing at Maleme airfield.


_{You see that artillery gun? It has no organic transport. It has to move one hex at the time, and has to pass a TQ check to do it. It's not going anywhere fast.}

GJR 100 keeps up the fire: a surplus of supplies from the airfield means that their volume of fire is quite high, and the remains of the 10th NZ Brigade feels the brunt of it.