Fighting side by side with Chen Dao were the 137th Mountain Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Independent Motorized Artillery Battalion of Norway.

Although the terrain in the southeast of Trondheim is flat and suitable for combat by armored troops, it is scattered with countless bushes that are half a man or even one man high.

In order to prevent the ambush by the Polish army hiding in countless bushes, it is also considered that the side armor of the No. 4 G tank is only 30 mm, and the armor of the Type 251 semi-track vehicle is more fragile and can only defend against machine gun bullets.

After Major Schumacher sought Chen Dao's consent, he formed a formation with infantry in front and tanks in back.

After the offensive order was issued, the 137th mountain infantrymen launched two battalions to launch an attack, and the battlefield investigation regiment's tanks, assault guns and half-tracked vehicles followed behind to provide fire support.

The mountain infantry lined up three or four scattered lines to rush towards the Polish army positions. Their attack seemed to be huge, but in fact it was not fierce, and the formation was very scattered.

Seeing that the German infantry used terrain and shrubs as cover and approached him constantly, the Polish army in the position finally couldn't help but shoot at the German army. The gunshots were instantly heard on the battlefield, mixed with the unique sound of mortars.

Amid the sound of the guns and cannons of the Polish army, the German mountain infantry fell to the ground. They lay on the ground and shot against the Polish army calmly.

Seeing that the German offensive momentum was curbed, the Polish defenders had no time to be happy, bad luck landed on them.

They fired fiercely at the German mountain infantry, and also exposed themselves to the battlefield investigation regiments following behind the German infantry.

The 105mm grenade, 75mm grenade and 37mm grenade hit the Po Army's positions with a strong wind. The bunkers and machine gun positions on the Po Army's positions were destroyed one by one.

After several rounds of volleys, the firepower intensity on the Polish position opposite the battlefield investigation regiment dropped sharply, and the attack of the German mountain soldiers became active again.

Looking at the German infantry and tanks approaching step by step, the Polish commander ordered his subordinates to use anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns to shoot at the German tanks. He wanted to stop the steel monsters, but it was useless.

Except for two No. 4 G tanks, which were damaged by 25mm anti-tank guns, the other tanks and assault guns were destroyed by the Polish army's artillery fire, destroying the Polish army's anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns one by one, covering the German infantry rushing into the Polish position.

After a brief trench battle, the Polish army could not resist the German army, which had the advantage in numbers, and fled along the traffic trench.

The Bo army, who had no time to escape, was either beaten to death or raised their hands to become prisoners.

After learning that Chen Dao had achieved a breakthrough in the southeast of Trondheim City, Dieter immediately ordered the 181st Infantry Division, which was the general reserve, to join the battle to expand the results.

While breaking through the second position of the Polish army, the German army encountered a tenacious blockade from the British-Polish coalition forces.

Seeing the tank company reversing in the telescope, Chen Dao asked via radio: "What's going on?"

Major Schumacher replied: "We are encountering an ambush from the enemy's anti-tank guns and are retreating and breaking away from the enemy's ambush circle."

Chen Dao hurriedly lay down to the front of the armored vehicle, picked up the telescope and looked at the battlefield ahead.

The Tank Company was slowly reversing. In front of the Tank Company, four Type 4 G tanks were parked there, two of which were also emitted black smoke, which seemed to have been severely damaged by anti-tank guns.

After sweeping the telescope in Chen Dao's hand over the battlefield several times, he finally found an anti-tank gun.

The anti-tank gun hid under a pine tree and had a rectangular gun shield. The slender barrel stretched out from the gun shield. To Chen Dao's surprise, the anti-tank gun was located on a tripod and was constantly turning the gun body to shoot at the Germans.

Upon learning that the position in the southeast of Trondheim was attacked by a large number of German tanks, Ratai immediately sent the 55th Royal Anti-tank Regiment, which was reserved as a reserve. The regiment had four companies, totaling 48 2-pound anti-tank guns.

The 2-pound gun has a 40mm caliber and can penetrate 54mm steel plates at a distance of 500 meters. Through the tripod base, it can perform 360-degree round-trip shooting.

When the 55th Royal Anti-Tank Regiment arrived at the position of the 2nd People's Brigade of the Polish Army, the 2nd People's Brigade had retreated to the second position. After the regiment met with the 2nd People's Brigade, the German pursuers chased him here just after they had arranged their defensive positions.

48 anti-tank guns fired one after another. Even though Major Schumacher responded quickly and issued a retreat order in time, three tanks were still destroyed. Another tank was destroyed during retreat, resulting in a total of four tanks being lost.

After Chen Dao counted, he found that there were only 14 tanks left to use, one of which was Schumacher's command tank.

After some radio contact, about 10 minutes later, 36 105mm howitzers and 12 150mm howitzers from the Artillery Regiment of the 181st Infantry Division began to shell the second position of the Polish Army, and 12 120mm howitzers from the Norwegian Artillery Battalion poured shells into the Polish Army's positions without being outdone.

Seeing the shelling begin, Chen Dao immediately reorganized his formation with Major Schumacher and prepared to launch a second round of offensive.

When the Germans were bombarding the Portuguese positions, in the north of the town of Schedar, the 185th Artillery Regiment commanded by Wellington was also bombarding the German paratrooper positions.

Wellington rushed to Schedal and met with the British infantry battalion in Schedal, and immediately sent a reconnaissance battalion to conduct reconnaissance near Schedal.

The road leading to Namsos in the north of the town is naturally the key reconnaissance direction. A company of the British reconnaissance battalion found the positions of German paratroopers about three kilometers north of the town.

After receiving the notice, Wellington immediately ordered the 185th Artillery Regiment to shell the German positions under the guidance of the reconnaissance company, and he led the 147th Infantry Brigade to march towards the north of the town, preparing to cooperate with the artillery to eliminate the German paratroopers and reopen the road to Namsos.

After 30 minutes of artillery preparation, the well-trained British infantry had already arranged their formation.

A harsh whistle sounded, and the British infantry of the two battalions carefully launched a charge towards the German paratrooper positions.

At this time, the German paratroopers arranged in the north of Schedar Town had reached one and a half battalions, with a total of four infantry companies and two machine gun companies.

The paratroopers hid in simple fortifications, suffered certain casualties, and withstood the British shelling and ushered in the British infantry charge.

The paratroopers remained silent until the British infantry rushed to a hundred meters away from them and started shooting.

The clattering sounds made by dozens of MG34 machine guns when firing, and bullets swept countless bloody storms among the British infantry.

Amid the continuous gunfire, there were dinging sounds from time to time. It was the sound of the M1 semi-automatic rifle magazine jumping out of the gun chamber in the hands of the paratroopers.

The advantage of the M1 semi-automatic rifle's fire rate is undoubtedly revealed. Two or three paratroopers can suppress a squad of British infantry with their M1 semi-automatic rifles.

In this kind of shooting, the Enfield rifle in the hands of British infantry was no match for it at all.

In a panic, the British officers who had first dealt with the M1 semi-automatic rifle made a wrong judgment. They misjudged the strength of the paratroopers from the firepower they suffered. Less than half an hour after the two sides exchanged fire, the British infantry retreated in a hurry.

Wellington received reports from the battalion commanders of two infantry battalions that the German army opposite had at least two battalions of troops, and it was very likely that there were three battalions.

Recalling the battle just now, Wellington believed that his subordinates' reports were not exaggerated. After all, he also witnessed the firepower of the German army opposite with his own eyes, and that firepower density could not be fake.

After giving orders to reorganize the formation and prepare for the next attack, Wellington anxiously thought about countermeasures.

A roar interrupted Wellington's thoughts. Looking up, Wellington saw a group of aircraft appearing in the sky south.

Could it be the German reinforcements? Wellington felt his back tightening.

Through the telescope, Wellington clearly saw that the group of aircraft had circled around the east side of Schodal, threw down countless white umbrellas and left.

About one battalion, Wellington roughly counted the number of parachutes in the air and immediately came to a conclusion.

I needed reinforcements, a large number of reinforcements, Wellington shouted in his heart.

The communications troop was ordered to connect with the garrison of Namsos, and Wellington learned that the 69th Artillery Regiment and the 70th Infantry Brigade that had retreated there had not yet been evacuated.

Wellington let out a long sigh and immediately ordered them to turn back to reinforce Schedar and attack the German paratroopers from behind.

Namsos is about 150 kilometers away from here, and they should have arrived at around 2 pm.

With their cooperation, I should be able to defeat the German army in front of me before dark and break out to Namsos.
Chapter completed!