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Chapter 2137 Being played around by the Germans

Before the Russo-Finnish War was over, Germany was ready to attack again.

This time it was not France, but Norway.

During the Russo-Finnish War, Britain and France repeatedly exposed their attempts to Norway, which made Mustache very worried.

Norwegian iron ore is really important to Germany.

If the British and French allied forces control Norway, Germany will lose its most important source of iron ore, which is a fatal blow to Germany.

Therefore, after the Russo-Finnish War, the importance of Norway to Germany rose sharply, and the "Yelou Project" had to make concessions for Norway.

Yes, until now, the Anglo-French coalition forces still believed in the "Yelou Project" and made defensive adjustments to the deployment of the "Yelou Project". The British troops in France had reached 20 divisions by March. After half a year, the military expansion plan after the war finally completed 30.00%.

This mobilization speed is slower than that of the last world war.

Half a year after the outbreak of the last World War, more than 100 million British troops arrived in France to fight.

On March 3, Mustache issued a formal top-secret order to implement the "Weserburg Exercise".

The Weiserborg exercise is not an exercise, but a German combat plan against Norway.

In this plan, the German navy, land and air forces will launch a three-dimensional attack on Norway. The German army will land in Norway at six ports from south to north at the same time. The first stage will capture the ports and airports, and the second stage will advance to the interior of Norway.

In response to the possible support of the British and French allied forces, the German elite troops once again came out in full force, and made a lot of preparations for the execution of the "Weserburg Exercise".

The German preparations were smoke bombs.

Didn't the British and French allied forces firmly believe in the "Yelou Project"?

The Germans did their tricks, and even though they knew the phone was being tapped by the British, they released smoke bombs over the phone that they were about to launch an attack on France.

So until the Royal Navy received the information that the German Navy had left the port, the British and French allied forces still firmly believed that the German offensive target was not Norway, but France.

So the powerful Royal Navy came out to intercept the German fleet attacking France, and Germany was able to land in Norway smoothly.

In fact, before that, the British and French allied forces had every chance to stop the German attack.

As early as September last year, Winston, out of concern for Germany, suggested placing mines on the coast of Norway to prevent Germany from attacking Norway.

This request was rejected by the Norwegian government.

It was also rejected by France.

France has good reasons to avoid further angering Germany.

In order to achieve this goal, France even rejected the proposal to mine the Rhine, as if this would appease the Germans.

On the eve of the German attack, Winston was still in a meeting with Gamaling.

Winston suggested that mines be dropped into Norwegian waters on April 4th to stop the German ambitions.

France is still against it.

After some debate, it was decided to postpone the mine-dropping operation for three days, and it would not start until the [-]th.

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At 1:25 p.m. on the [-]th, a British Navy reconnaissance plane reported that it found a powerful German fleet moving north, crossing the Skagerrak Strait, and heading for the coast of Norway.

This was the last chance to stop the Germans, but was easily squandered by the Royal Navy.

The Royal Navy firmly believed that the Germans were going to attack France.

The British main fleet set sail from the Scapa Flow base at 7:30 p.m., went north to intercept the German fleet, and launched a battle formation in the North Sea to search for the German ships in order to wipe out the German fleet in World War I.

The result was nothing.

Compared with the intelligence agencies of Britain and France, the intelligence of the Germans is obviously more accurate.

Otherwise, you can't explain why there are so many coincidences.

Considering the position of the Duke and Lady of Windsor, it all starts to make sense.

At 4:9 am on April 4, the German envoy in Copenhagen submitted an ultimatum to the Danish government, demanding that Denmark immediately accept "German protection" and reply within one hour.

At 5:20, the German envoy in Oslo delivered an ultimatum with the same content to the Norwegian government.

At this time, the German fleet has pushed into the main ports of Norway, and has launched an attack on Denmark by sea and land.

In Narvik, two ancient Norwegian armored ships "Edesfold" and "Noch" refused to surrender to the German army. The German army launched an attack. Both armored ships were sunk and 2 Norwegian sailors were killed.

In Oslo, the German flagship heavy cruiser "Blücher", which had only been in service for six months, was sunk by Norwegian coastal defense artillery.

The heavy cruiser "Blücher" is the newest warship of the German army.

Interestingly, the first to fire on the heavy cruiser "Blücher" were three German-made Krupp 1893mm coastal defense guns installed in 280.

What caused the fatal blow to the heavy cruiser "Blücher" was the shore-mounted twin torpedo tubes.

Many people only learned through the heavy cruiser "Blücher" that torpedoes can still be installed on the coast.

The sinking of the heavy cruiser "Blücher" killed 1600 German troops, and the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Oscar Konmotz, fell into the water and was captured.

At noon on the 9th, about 5 companies of German airborne troops landed at the Fornerbu Airport near Oslo, and Oslo fell.

The speed of progress of the Germans is indeed surprising.

In the process of attacking Poland, the German army carried out the Blitzkrieg for the first time.

In the process of attacking Norway, the German army has begun to try three-dimensional combat.

This is also the first time in human history that airborne troops have actually participated in combat.

It was at the same time that Germany began to attack that the Royal Navy realized Germany's true purpose.

On the afternoon of the 9th, the main force of the British home fleet appeared near Bergen.

Germany did not dispatch a navy, but dispatched a bomber force to attack the British home fleet.

The results are astounding.

A British destroyer was sunk, and a battleship and two heavy cruisers were damaged. The British home fleet has been modernized many times and increased a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower, but it is still unable to effectively defend against the attacks of German bombers.

It wasn't until this moment that Winston was sure that Roque was right, and that the battleship had indeed reached the time to be eliminated.

It is a pity that it is too late. Since the end of the last world war, Britain still adheres to the "giant ship cannon" doctrine and puts more resources on the navy.

Now Britain has finally been punished.

Of course, it is not too late. Compared with the British Air Force in another time and space, the British Air Force in this time and space is stronger.

On the evening of the 9th, Britain dispatched 24 bombers to sink the seriously injured German light cruiser "Konigsberg".

From the 10th to the 13th, Britain dispatched a large number of bombers to attack the German army in Narvik, and 10 German destroyers were sunk.

On the 14th, the British and French coalition forces landed in Narvik in northern Norway and Trondheim in the central part of Norway. The British and French coalition forces that landed in the central part launched an attack on Trondheim on the 19th.

The battle was very difficult. The British and French coalition forces that landed in the central area were bombed by the Germans indiscriminately because they had no air protection. They suffered heavy casualties and were forced to withdraw from the Norwegian battlefield on May 5.

In the battle for Narvik, the British and French allied forces were supported by fleets and air forces, and had a huge advantage, and launched a brutal tug-of-war with the Germans.

The German army was tenacious and defeated the attacks of the British and French allied forces many times without air superiority. The balance of victory seemed to be tilted towards the British and French allied forces.

At this time, the British government and the French government did not realize that the German bombers disappeared from the battlefield. It was not that the German bombers had lost their price, but that the German bomber force was preparing to attack France.

On May 5, when the British and French allied forces gradually gained the advantage in the Norwegian battlefield, Germany finally took the initiative to end the sit-in war and launched an attack on France.

Before the outbreak of the war, the British and French allied forces had 300 million troops on the Western Front, of which 200 million were French troops.

The Allied forces deployed 5800 tanks on the Western Front, although 1500 of them were honest Renaults that had participated in the last World War. Compared with the German No. [-] tank, Renault's performance was not completely behind, and it still had the power to fight back.

In addition to tanks, the Allies also possessed 14000 artillery pieces and more than 3500 aircraft.

What I want to explain here is that of the 3500 Allied aircraft, including British domestic aircraft, there are only 2500 aircraft on the Western Front, and more than 2000 of them belong to France.

Of the two thousand aircraft in France, less than 30.00% are usable, and the performance of most of the aircraft is seriously backward. Only some of the aircraft have the ability to fight against German aircraft.

This also laid a serious hidden danger for France's rapid failure.

At the same time, Germany also assembled nearly 300 million people to participate in the attack on France, and nearly a quarter of them were veterans who had participated in the last world war.

Compared with the disarmed British and French allied forces, the German army has stricter training, higher morale, and even more advanced weapons and equipment.

This is simply unbelievable, and it is understandable that the German army has stricter training.

Because of the successive annexation of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, it is understandable that morale is higher.

However, the Germans, who have been sanctioned by the "Versailles Treaty" for 20 years, even have more advanced weapons and equipment, which cannot be explained.

When Germany launched an attack on France, a total of 2700 tanks and self-propelled artillery were deployed on the western front, and about 7500 artillery pieces were deployed. Army Groups, while another 1815 combat aircraft were deployed to support Armies A and C.

Now you know how terrifying Germany's industrial capabilities are.

How long has it been? In just a few months, Germany already has 5638 aircraft.

Not to mention how terrifying Germany's industrial capabilities are, with so many aircraft, there must always be enough pilots.

When did Germany have so many pilots?

That's a question for Russia, Southern Africa, the US, even the UK and France.

In the deployment of troops, Germany also has a huge advantage.

Through the continuous release of smoke bombs, the British and French allied forces have firmly believed in Germany's "Yelou Plan", and Germany has been adjusting the real combat plan. By the time the German army began to attack, the German army's combat plan had been revised three times. , The final planner was Erich von Manstein, Chief of Staff of Army Group A.

(End of this chapter)