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At this time, the German ship-borne troops were blocked by Norwegian warships and shore artillery outside the port of Oslo, and they were still unable to dock.In order to quickly occupy Oslo, according to the order of the superior, the airborne troops that landed in Forneb formed several military parade squares with 1500 people, wearing ribbons on their heads, and marched along the main street in the posture of ancient conquerors under the cover of aviation The city center of Oslo.The German army estimated that the Norwegian army would be intimidated by this bluff and there would be no resistance, so the order included this sentence: "If possible, complete this mission peacefully. It must appear politely and firmly.

All resistance should be resolved in the most appropriate manner. The arrogance of the German paratroopers surprised an American reporter living in downtown Oslo. He wrote: "This is an unbelievably small and weak force. It takes only six or seven minutes for the team to be defeated." It can be over, it only consists of two incomplete battalions. "

The British advance fleet did not have time to transport the marines ashore because of the battle with the German High Seas Fleet. The Norwegian capital was still stationed at the original Norwegian army.

The bet paid by the Germans paid off, and the Norwegian government was unprepared for the sudden appearance of paratroopers in the capital.At the same time, the actions of the German army were supported by the "fifth column" of the fascist spy organization headed by Quisling. The relevant personnel in the department disturbed the morale of the army, carried out subversive and sabotage activities, and when the German army marched into Oslo, the Quisling elements occupied the radio station.Issue false orders.Orders fortresses and ships to surrender to the Germans.therefore.The German airborne troops took the city of 30 people without bloodshed.It was the first capital in the world to be occupied by paratroopers.Immediately afterwards, the airborne troops attacked the port from behind and took control of the Oslo harbor fortress, allowing more than 2000 German landing troops to land quickly.

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The third commando of the "Wessel Exercise" was responsible for capturing Sola Airport near Stavanger, an important port city in Norway.The task of capturing the airport is also accomplished in two steps: parachuting and airborne.3 Junker-1 aircraft of the 7th Battalion of the 40st Special Mission Bomber Aviation Regiment, carrying paratroopers from the 52rd Battalion of the 1st Airborne Regiment, first took off from Stade, Germany, and performed an airborne landing on Sola, Stavanger. airport tasks.Over the western seas, the 3 planes crashed into the rain.The squadron leader of No. 40 Squadron is Captain Carpenter, and his men have only received single-plane instrument flight training.I have never conducted formation instrument flight training, let alone actually flown at sea.They didn't even wear life jackets, and if they collided in the clouds, they would never fly again.

The clouds engulfed the entire squadron. Although they were closely spaced in a dense formation, they still couldn't see each other clearly. The nearest plane also looked like a shadow.Carpenter was counting on clear skies over the Norwegian coast, and landing in such poor visibility in the Norwegian valleys would be tantamount to suicide.He decided to continue flying, and comforted his subordinates, saying: "The weather will get better in an hour, and the clouds will dissipate quickly." Soon the planes came out of the clouds one by one.The squadron regrouped 1 aircraft less.I learned later.The plane got it wrong and landed in Denmark.The remaining 1 aircraft continued to fly north close to the sea.By 39:9.The fleet was only approaching Stavanger.Then the formation drilled out of the valley at a height of just over 20 meters, then turned north, flew over the rolling hills, and finally arrived at Sola Airport.

The paratroopers had already made preparations, hanging the mandatory parachute rope on the steel cable, and the doors on both sides of the plane were wide open, waiting for the signal to parachute.Carter raised the plane to 120 meters, then closed the throttle and glides down.Although gliding 120 meters above the enemy is very dangerous, but he believes that parachuting must be carried out at a low speed, so as not to cause the troops to spread too much after landing.As the skydiving signal sounded, the paratroopers jumped out quickly. It took only a few seconds for 12 people from each plane to jump out. They all parachuted with their weapons.After the transport plane completed its mission, it stepped up the accelerator, descended to the altitude again, and flew to the dead end of the anti-aircraft gun to return.

More than 600 paratroopers fell to the ground one after another. Before the commander, Captain Brandis, could gather the troops, he was shot violently by the Norwegian army's machine gun fire.At this time, most of the Messerschmitt-110 fighters responsible for cover and support had returned. Fortunately, two lost fighters were flying and searching. Airborne troops provide aviation fire support.The main points of support for the Norwegian army are two strong bunkers on the edge of the airport.The paratroopers threw grenades into the loopholes of the bunker, occupied the airport in only half an hour, and then dismantled the barbed wire fence set up on the runway.In this way, the Sola airfield in Stavanger became available for airlift troops.

Ten minutes later, the 10st and 193nd Battalions of the 1rd Infantry Regiment landed at the airfield.After the troops landed, they assaulted north from the airport, defeated the sporadic resistance of the Norwegian army, and finally occupied Stavanger.

Meanwhile, German landing forces at Kristiansund and Bergen landed without resistance and occupied the two ports.

While airborne and naval landings attacked from the air and sea, German bomber forces made deterrent flights over the Norwegian locations of Kristiansund, Egersund, Stavanger and Bergen, and attacked the city of Oslo. The forts on the various islands of the Oslo Fjord, the Cheele Airport, and the antiaircraft artillery positions of Holmenklian.The Norwegian army could not stand such strong military pressure. By the evening of April 4, most of Norway's positions were in the hands of the German airborne troops.The command post of the German commander Falkenhorst was then transferred to Norway.

During the first day of operations, the Germans captured important cities in Norway and Denmark with a small number of paratroopers and infantry.On the second and third days, in order to strengthen the already occupied airborne fields and ports, Junker-52 transport planes and b-29s shuttled in the air to continuously transport troops and supplies.At this point, the first phase of the German invasion ended.

The second phase of the German operation was to develop northwards before the British army took action, connect the isolated airborne fields and landing fields occupied in Norway, and quickly advance to the Norwegian interior in order to completely control the country.

On April 4, Germany sent 11 B-12 planes to the northern Norwegian port of Narvik to reinforce the German troops who had landed two days earlier.Landing on the frozen Hartwig Lake 29 kilometers north of the port, the transport planes brought in a battalion of mountain howitzers to support the troops occupying the beachhead.

After that, the German army made full use of every transport plane and tried its best to strengthen the troops occupying Trondheim.In order to transport reinforcements and equipment, the Junker-52 transport plane landed on the frozen lake again.By April 4, 18 German troops had been concentrated in this port city.This action forced the British to cancel the original plan to land the 3500th Brigade at Trondheim on the 22nd.Considering that the German army had established defense, the British army decided to abandon the frontal attack, and threw troops into Namsos, 147 kilometers north of the city, and Andalsnes, 160 kilometers south of the city. On April 128, the British 4th Brigade, under the command of brigade commander Brigadier General Phillips, entered Namsos at night with two battalions and moved south through Gron towards Steinkell.During the night of the same day, more than 16 British marines landed at Andalsnes and advanced towards the Dambosch railway junction in an attempt to cut the railway line from Oslo to Trondheim and divide the German army.Two days later, the British 146th Brigade also landed at Andalsnes.

Of course the Germans understood the importance of Dang Bosch, and immediately pulled out a paratrooper battalion to seize the railway junction. At 4:15 pm on April 5, 600 paratroopers of the battalion flew to Dambos in a Junker-52 transport plane. 36 planes climbed through the dense clouds and emerged from the clouds at an altitude of 900 meters without using navigation equipment.The pilot used his navigational aids only when approaching Dang Bosch, based on time and distance estimates.The German army was preparing to be heavily attacked by Norwegian anti-aircraft artillery when Bosch landed, and had to find a new airborne area.The company commander, Lieutenant Schmid, found a good landing field 6 kilometers to the south, and then the paratroopers parachuted into the area.

The paratroopers came under fire from Norwegian ground fire during the airborne.The paratroopers and drop bags landed in snow-covered fields and forested areas. The landing paratroopers were extremely scattered, and by evening only two officers and 161 soldiers had been assembled.The next morning, this small force cut off the railway line south of Donbos and took up a defensive position, hoping to hold out until reinforcements arrived.But there were 3500 Norwegians besieging them.Due to the disparity in troop strength and the lack of supplies, the German army was driven out of its position on the 17th and retreated to a manor.They held out between the stone buildings here until the 19th, and when only 34 soldiers remained, Schmid decided to hold out.

Although the British army achieved some victories at sea and in the port of Narvik, due to the bad weather and the slow movement of the landing troops, they failed to expand the results in time.At the same time, the German army controlled the central and southern parts of Norway, and had the ability to capture the north.By September 9, a large number of armored troops of the SS had landed, and considerable progress had been made in attacking Norway. The number of SS troops landing in Norway had increased to 14 to fight against 8 Norwegian troops and 1.7 British and other troops. Its alliance ** team.

On November 11, the German army continuously transported paratroopers and airborne troops to Narvik, bringing the strength of the defensive position to 15 battalions.The German army in central Norway also marched northward along the coast for more than 10 kilometers toward the city of Narvik, captured the ports of Moszorn and Mushi, and advanced towards Bodo. The British and Norwegian troops could not stop the steel torrent of the SS at all. ... (To be continued..)