After Goering delivered the order, he was contented to chat and laugh with everyone, and did not notice Lin Wei's secretly ghostly smile.
"Marshal..." Next to him, Boehm, the current chief of the Navy's Operations Section, saw Lin Wei's rude remarks and felt a little indignant. He expressed his dissatisfaction with Redel.
"Major General Boehm, don't just look at the superficial appearance of the problem!" Redel said earnestly, "Some things are not as simple as you see." After that, Marshal Reidel took a glass of red wine, walked to Lin Wei and drank it in one gulp.
"Uncle Leidel! This?" Lin Wei saw Leidel like this and quickly drank his own wine in order not to be rude.
Redel looked at the people around him while chatting and laughing, and lowered his voice and said, "Lampard, I understand your intentions. Not only do I understand, but those old guys in the Army don't blame you either!" He said to the other side. The generals of the Wehrmacht toasted from afar.
Chief von Blomberg obviously saw Raeder's move and gave Lin Wei a thoughtful look. He also responded with gentlemanly etiquette and did not take the matter to heart at all. This move made Lin Wei feel slightly uneasy. My heart felt a little calmer.
Only Hermann and Göring didn't seem to notice everyone's exchange. They toasted to the people around them with arrogant expressions. Although they were also very gentlemanly, they were obviously a bit artificial and not as natural as the people around them.
In an atmosphere where everyone was chatting and laughing on the surface but actually had their own secrets, formations of fighter jets and bombers taking off from various air force bases in northern Germany had already taken off. At 5:30, a powerful air strike regiment consisting of 1,100 fighter and bomber formations crossed the Baltic Sea and flew over Narvik.
After arriving in the sky over Narvik, the battle began immediately. The Stuka dive bombers, which made monster-like noises in the air, continuously dropped bombs on the Norwegian army positions in the port of Narvik, Norway. Norway's shore artillery positions received intensive care, and about seven floors of Stukas rushed there. When the first wave of bombers completed their target and returned, the shore artillery positions in Narvik Port no longer existed.
According to Goering's order, the Air Force, which originally planned to bomb the port of Narvik only once, returned to the bomber formation at the air force base in northern Germany. After replenishing fuel and ammunition, it visited Narvik again at 8:20. Vic, this bombing has no effect because all valuable targets were destroyed last time.
For the German navy, the biggest trouble came from the port city of Narvik in northern Norway, where the terrain was unfavorable to attackers but the defenders were well prepared. The burden of completing the mission once again fell on the shoulders of the Navy. Commodore Paul Frederick Bundy, the experienced commander of the German destroyer force, was ordered to lead 10 destroyers to carry 2,000 elite mountain infantry commanded by Commodore Edward Dieter. and the Marines to capture Narvik, providing long-range cover with the battlecruisers "Gneisenau" and "Scharnhaus" led by Admiral Wilhelm Machal, commander of the 1st Fleet Group "Special" number.
In the early morning of April 9, the fleet arrived at the entrance of the Westerfjord in northern Norway, which was close to the Arctic Circle. In the thick fog, the British battleship "Prestige" suddenly appeared, and Machar's battlecruiser immediately rushed forward. , the two sides engaged in a short fierce battle in the wind and snow. The "Shengwei" was hit by 2 280mm artillery shells, but they were all dumb bombs. The "Shengwei"'s 381mm main gun also hit the "Gneisen" three times. "Nau" caused some damage. The growing blizzard gave both sides a headache, and the German warship immediately disappeared in the blizzard.
At the port of Narvik, the end of the Swedish iron ore transportation railway line, the garrison commander, Colonel Konrad Sundlo, was a supporter of the theory of Vidkon Abraham Laurits Quisling. Furthermore, the German air force visited twice in the early morning, making Colonel Konrad Sundlow feel helpless to resist. Therefore, when the German armed forces arrived outside the port of Narvik, the garrison commander Colonel Konrad Sundlow ordered the troops to give up resistance.
However, the naval commander stationed at the port of Narvik was loyal to the Norwegian royal family. After learning that German armed forces had invaded Norway and the royal family had evacuated Oslo, the naval commander did not hesitate to order resistance.
When the powerful German naval fleet approached the long fjord, one of the two ancient armored ships in the port, the "Edersvold", fired a shot as a warning and signaled the destroyers to tell them. identity.
"General, the Norwegians asked us to identify ourselves!" the messenger on the side said to Rear Admiral Fritz Bundy, the commander of the German fleet.
"What identity do you want to show? What a stupid thing to do! When the enemy has already attacked your homeland, you still want him to show his identity?" Rear Admiral Fritz Bundy said with a smile, "Sink those broken ships for me!"
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"Wait!" Rear Admiral Fritz Bundy suddenly changed his order: "Go to the Norwegian ships and persuade them to surrender!"
After the messenger went down, Rear Admiral Fritz Bundy ordered around, "The Norwegians will not surrender because they have decided to resist from the beginning. You should adjust your shooting angle immediately and wait for those who persuade you to surrender. As soon as we leave the Norwegian ships, I will sink the broken ship."
When the messenger on the steamboat signaled the German rear admiral that the Norwegians indicated that they were going to resist, Bundy waited until the steamboat left and immediately used a torpedo to blow up the "Edersvold". The second Norwegian armored ship "Norki" opened fire, but was quickly sunk. Almost all of the more than 300 Norwegian sailors on these two ships were killed.
Subsequently, with the acquiescence of the garrison commander, Colonel Konrad Sundero, the Germans successfully occupied Narvik without any hindrance during the landing. Rear Admiral Fritz Bundy was stunned for a while, because Fritz Bundy thought that the Norwegian land forces would resist like the navy. Colonel Konrad Sundlo also wanted to resist, but the shore artillery fortifications had been destroyed by the Germans. The air force was reduced to rubble. How could Colonel Konrad Sundero resist? According to the pre-plan, after sending the army troops ashore, Bundy should return immediately, because Machar's battlecruisers could not stay at sea for a long time, and the destroyers themselves were too fragile. One of the three tankers was sunk by Norwegian shore artillery, and the other was blocked by wind and waves. Only one arrived in time, and the German destroyer, which was short of fuel, had to stay in Narvik.
In order to prepare for unexpected events, Bundy ordered the destroyers to be stationed dispersedly. He himself was stationed on the flagship "Wilhelm Heidkamp", together with the "Roeder", "Anton Schmidt", "Lüdemann", " A total of five destroyers "Arnim" remained in the port, "Georg Thiele", "Zenkel" and "Giesze" were stationed in the Hjensfjord to the north, and "Kuna" and the "Erich Köllner" sailed into the Balangen Fjord, so that the three formations could respond to each other. In this way, Rear Admiral Fritz Bundy finally felt a little more at ease.
Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser, with a displacement of 31,800 tons and a speed of 31.5 knots. The ship's weapons include 9 280 mm guns, 12 150 mm guns, 14 105 mm guns and 16 37 mm guns, and 6 torpedo tubes. , 4 aircraft and about 2,000 crew members. Although the Bismarck-class battleship launched last year is not more in line with the goals of Rear Admiral Reinhard von Lohenkrahm, it is still a very important player in the current German Navy. The newly appointed Captain Reinhardt Inhardt & von Lohenkramm were about to start their naval career here.
The captain of the Scharnhorst, Reinhard von Lohenkramm, is currently troubled by one thing. It was a coded telegram sent from the SS headquarters, and it was the highest-level coded telegram.
The telegram said this: "Dear Rear Admiral Reinhard von Lohenkramm, I heard that you have been promoted to rear admiral and have become the captain of the Scharnhorst. Before that, I Congratulations first. But there is one thing I want you to pay attention to. According to the information sent by our intelligence personnel in London, it is now next to the first fleet group led by Admiral William Marshall. In other words, it is next to you. Next to it, there is a British fleet lurking. According to the intelligence, it should be the 2nd Destroyer Group commanded by Captain Walburton Lee. The target is Commodore Paul Frederick Bundy in Narvik Port. . I don’t know if the Major General’s expression is joyful or cursing? Your decision will largely determine the fate of the Battle of Narvik. If the Navy can give the SS enough trust, I will There is no need to inform you on a personal basis. Good luck to you, your friends, Lampard & Krupp."
Reinhard von Lohenkramm held the telegram and remained silent for a long time, feeling a little doubtful about the intelligence his leader told him. In Reinhard von Lohenkramm's opinion, , it is still unknown whether the SS can reach London, but when Lin Wei said it had noses and eyes, Reinhardt von Lohenkramm couldn't help but not believe it.
"Send a report to Admiral William Machar!" Reinhardt von Lohenkramm ordered concisely and concisely, "It is reported that the 2nd Destroyer Group of the British Navy commanded by Captain Walburton Lee , will launch an attack inside the port of Narvik, with the goal of retaking the occupied Narvik, and ask Admiral William Machar to allow the Scharnhorst to go for support."
"Yes, General!" The correspondent immediately followed his commander's wishes and sent a message to the commander-in-chief, Admiral William Machar.