Chapter 320

A warship appeared on the sea level in the silent Danish coastal waters, followed by the second and third warships. The first large-scale support operation of the high seas fleet of the German Navy aimed to protect the army and landing forces from Denmark.

With the order, 40 Stuka bombers from four German aircraft carriers took off one by one. After forming a formation in the sky, they flew rapidly towards the predetermined target.

On the bridge of the aircraft carrier Empire, lutjans, his chief of staff and adjutants were staring at the chart to analyze the progress of the operation. In order to capture Denmark and connect the two German ports to the sea, this attack plan has been carefully studied by the German side for a long time.

"These planes will destroy the anti-aircraft guns deployed on the shore, as well as the Danish Air Force airport near Copenhagen. We parachuted here and here, so we need our planes to support these areas and destroy the resistance of the Danish garrison. " The chief of staff pointed to the map and said, "the second batch of planes will cruise here to cover the bombing of Copenhagen by the air force and force the Danish garrison to surrender."

"What about the sea alert? I think everyone knows why we're here. " Lutjans pointed to the periphery of his fleet, drew a sea area by hand and said, "we analyze that the British navy will come out this time and fight us here. That's why our fleet was sent here, mainly to imitate the British navy and join hands with Denmark. "

"General." The chief of staff pointed to a few red dots on the map and said, "according to your instructions, at 4:21 a.m. today, we sent out four destroyers equipped with new radar, and deployed guard posts here, here, here and here."

The liaison officer of the carrier based aircraft forces on one side also pointed to some areas on the map and said to lutjans, "general, the air forces are patrolling these areas, and the perimeter is almost safe. If the British Navy appears, we have at least 100 nautical miles and more than half an hour to respond."

"Signal the surrounding destroyers and cruisers for sonar surveillance. I don't want the British to take advantage of it. " Lutjans finally nodded and ordered.

Lutjans was really cautious. He could say that he cherished the opportunity to lead the army alone. In several naval battles, Admiral Reidel performed mediocre. He was arranged by akkado to be the "chief of Naval Staff" in Berlin, and he led the high seas fleet to Denmark as a fleet commander.

This is the reward of akkado for his victory in commanding the battle of the Netherlands, and it is also a bold attempt to find a qualified aircraft carrier fleet commander. Lutjans can only carefully complete his assigned tasks, and dare not make any mistakes. Because if he's wrong, he won't even have a chance to go back to Berlin and become a staff officer.

The main force of the German attack was part of the H Group under the command of general Wilkes, with a total force of about seven divisions. Although these forces are newly formed group forces, most of their skeletons are veterans who have participated in the national defense force, so their combat capability should be much better than that of Danish forces.

However, compared with the German main force in France, this force still lacks heavy weapons and equipment - most of them are light infantry divisions, and only a small number of regimental artillery are equipped with No. 3 assault guns. However, this unit has been used to deal with the Danish garrison, and it has been regarded as killing the chickens with a bull's knife.

The main force of the Navy's high seas fleet and 200 fighters and 110 bombers of the air force are responsible for cooperating with this force. Of course, these troops were not prepared to deal with Denmark, but were prepared to invade Norway while guarding against the interference of the British navy.

Akkado and many German generals and businessmen are interested in Norway's high-quality iron ore. akkado hopes to get these iron ore by invading Norway and use it to build his armored forces more cheaply and efficiently. On the other hand, both his air force and navy are looking forward to the increase in weapons production brought by Norway's metal industry. At least Ryder is salivating about expanding the navy fleet to eight aircraft carriers.

Winning Denmark is only the first step to capture Norway and to expand the Navy. If Denmark is captured, the Kiel military port of the German Navy will be able to echo the Wilhelm military port without restriction, and obtain the safe access to the sea of the whole Baltic Sea.

If we take Norway further, we can form a good situation of connecting naval ports. Norway has many ports facing the Atlantic Ocean, which are difficult to be blocked by Britain. It has a long coastline for the navy to attack covertly, which is enough to threaten more than half of Britain's domestic transportation lines.

In terms of strategy, Denmark is not so important. Apart from being used as a staging area for the war against Norway, it is left with the use of the German Baltic Sea port as a sea port.

Of course, as a country bordering Germany, akado still feels that Denmark must be under some control. On the other hand, Denmark is small and relatively flat, which is the ideal place for the German army to fight. Compared with the huge German army, Denmark's weak army has little chance of successful resistance.

In fact, it's exactly what akado expected. The German army launched an attack on the Danish army in the morning. Only some Danish troops met the German army on the border. The rest of the troops surrendered. After a fierce battle, the Danish garrison lost 77 soldiers, while the German army lost only 19 soldiers - then the German army crossed the border and entered Danish territory.

Under the cover of German destroyers, 1000 German troops landed directly from the port of Copenhagen. A Danish royal guard stationed in the port was engaged with the landing German army. Originally, the Danish garrison had controlled the situation, but did not expect that the German army's support could come so quickly. More than ten minutes after the battle, the German Air Force's 20 d0-217 bombers roared across the sky. Faced with the threat of the German Air Force's apparent intention to bomb the civilians in Copenhagen, the old king almost immediately surrendered and accepted all the conditions given to him by akkado, even the German management of Denmark's domestic affairs. Just minutes after the king of Denmark surrendered, the bombers from the Navy flew to their attack position. As a result, they were called back by the instructions from the aircraft carrier before they started to drop bombs“ what? Surrender? " Lutjans could not believe that Denmark would surrender so simply. He thought that there would be at least some local battles before he could finally win the whole Denmark. However, he did receive a call from the commander of H group army, Vickers, claiming that Denmark had surrendered. Nearly 30000 soldiers were waiting to enter Denmark. They thought it was another world war, but it turned into a reception ceremony. The paratrooper Lieutenant platoon leader borol was airdropped to the edge of an airport in Denmark. When he gathered his troops and rushed into the airport to fight, he found that the white flag was hanging at the gate of the garrison, while the Danish garrison were drinking tea in the barracks... The scene was very strange. Borol was carrying an mp-44 assault rifle, and Baru behind him was holding a grenade, Two people just stood at the door, frightened by the scene in the room, they didn't know what to do. The Danish officer in the room had a coffee cup in his hand, and the strong tea was still steaming. Some of the other soldiers were reading in their beds, others were gathering to feed their pet dogs. The embarrassment lasted for a long time, until the Danish officer spoke. The officer went to the door, handed the coffee cup in his hand to borol, and said with a smile, "we have surrendered. If you think it's OK, have a cup of tea together?" The German invasion, which was carefully prepared, happened to run into the complete surrender of Denmark, so that Germany almost took Denmark with no blood, achieving the war myth of destroying a country in one day. Of course, the main reason for Denmark's surrender was that the Royal Navy lost its control over the sea and Denmark could not resist the German attack independently. It's like hitting cotton with a fist. It's like practicing martial arts for ten years before you find out that your enemy is dead. After seeing the report of Denmark's surrender, akkado wanted to say a catchphrase in another time and space: "I even took off my pants, you show me this?" Then the northern German Legion, the main mountain divisions of the H group, set their attack on Norway. Of course, the plan to invade Norway this time is no different from the plan in another time and space. The Navy transport forces invaded Norway and occupied the iron ore producing country at one go. However, unlike Hitler in another time and space, akado has more trumps in his hand this time, so there will not be a tragic defeat in the battle of Narvik that year. In history, the British Royal Navy launched a fierce attack on the German destroyer fleet in Narvik, and achieved amazing results. In another time and space, five British destroyers sank two German destroyers and sent almost all German transport ships underwater. But now these Royal Navy fleets, which should have made contributions, are not in Norwegian waters, but are chasing German submarines in the North Atlantic. Of course, the German heavy cruiser Blucher, which was sunk here, does not exist in the naval sequence of akado, while the other cruiser Konigsberg, which is now sailing with the aircraft carrier Empire, is unlikely to be sunk offshore. So the naval battle of Narvik, which made Germany lose half of its fleet, will not take place. Akado's aircraft carrier fleet is rampant in the waters of Denmark and Norway, and those shore artillery forces are unable to fight against German aircraft carrier planes. So in such a war of great disparity, the German army and the Norwegian resistance began a new battle for Norway.