turn 18: the 1st kompanie hastaken the church in the south of the city with the help of tanks and armored cars.
Just in time to intercept a company of anzac infantry that promptly gets taken prisoner.
in the north a armored group counterattacks but after a few minuits all that is left of the attack is a single matilda 2 tank.
the bulgarians and the fallschirmjager have reached the outskirts of the city and start to engage the uk infantry defending from the buildings situated along the coastline. They will fix them in place while the 1st kompanie and tanks roll up their souther flanks everything is going to plan.
The luftwaffe is down to 2 planes with 2 shot down and 2 damaged. They are sent to attack suspected mortar positins but the 20mm guns on a hill north of the harbour make it difficult to find the target.
after 27 turns the battle is over. The S-35 was lost but fortunatly the one matilda 2 counterattacking could be immobilised and its crew surrendered leaving us with another working Matilda tank. Also the Falsschirmjaeger lost their scouts but they were replaced by some local volunteers.
Now with crete pacified. KG Hauser is transfered to to Romania where it is refited and the 37mm AT-Guns are turned in for STUGs.
Also a company of Romanian infantry is added to the command. They will help pathfinding while the battalion will guard the border with moldavia.
Operation Barbarossa has begun!
Our forces have already broken through the Russian lines, now it is your job to exploit through and destroy reinforcing Soviet forces. The enemy consists of infantry divisions supported by some tank brigades. So far the Soviets have not put up strong resistance.