In the Führer's mansion in Berlin, Reinhardt, who had just sent Rundstead away, was blocked in his office by Raeder, who was in a hurry to see him.

"What, what's the matter that makes you anxious?" Looking at the commander of the Imperial Navy, who had been personally promoted to Marshal of the Navy half a year ago, Reinhardt raised an eyebrow.

"My Führer!" Raeder said with a smile on his face, "Our chance has come!" This time, the Reich's navy will be able to completely break through the British blockade in the North Sea and gain unhindered access to the Atlantic. ”

Since Germany had no direct outlet to the Atlantic, it was only possible to enter the Atlantic Ocean via the North Sea, bypassing the British mainland. Therefore, during the First World War, Britain used its naval superiority to lay out a tight blockade net across the narrow North Sea from the Shetland Islands to the coast of Norway, so that the German fleet was desperately suppressed in the home port.

This has always been the heart of the German Navy.

So as soon as Raeder made the start, Reinhardt immediately guessed what he wanted to say next.

Sure enough, seeing the Führer looking at him with a smile on his face, Raeder immediately continued: "There is such a country to the north of us, its coastline is 21,000 kilometers long, and it has a large number of excellent ports, and its strategic position is very important. As long as we can take it, it will greatly improve the existing geographical disadvantage of the Imperial Navy. ”

"Norway's Minister of Defence, Quisling, has tried to contact me several times in the hope that we, the German side, will convene a meeting to discuss issues such as joint operations and the movement of troops to Oslo." Raeder shook his fist very excitedly: "He also promised that he would provide all the ports needed for our Imperial Navy afterwards." ”

Reinhardt understood Raeder's excitement perfectly.

After all, the German Navy had been suppressed by him before, and it was expressly forbidden to go out above the size of the detachment. All the activities of the navy are sneaky "guerrilla warfare at sea." For a country's navy to only do things of this magnitude, it is undoubtedly shameless.

Over the years, although Raeder's command has also secretly joined 4 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, and has accumulated mature Exocet-class aircraft carrier transformation technology. However, in terms of surface ship technology, it has not been able to receive major supplements and reinforcements.

1 new battleship, 4 new cruisers, 12 Z-class destroyers, and some mine-strike ships, that's all the new surface warships that Raeder gets. With this strengthening, Germany's current surface warship strength is not even comparable to that of the French Navy, let alone against the world's No. 1 British Royal Navy!

However, even so, Raeder was able to optimistically consider how to better fight the British and come up with a strategy to capture Norwegian ports. I have to say that he is still very dedicated.

In order to encourage the dedicated admiral, Reinhardt did not hit him too much: "Your proposal is very valuable, I will hold a formal meeting to discuss it." ”

Mistakenly thinking that the Führer had already hinted at his approval, Raeder said overjoyedly: "Then I'll go back and plan a detailed plan for the navy." As long as the army can come up with tens of thousands of men, it will be able to quickly land in Norway with the assistance of our navy. Join forces with Quisling's troops, and Norway is just around the corner! ”

"Uh....... You wait. Reinha weighed his favor and decided to give the admiral something to say. He didn't want to think about the loss of 10 destroyers, 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers and 4 submarines of the German Navy in a reckless battle.

If the style of fighting in established history is followed, the German navy will be greatly damaged after this battle, and it will not want to fight the British fleet.

Before you slap you, though, give some sugar first. Before rejecting Raeder's plan, you must first affirm Raeder's strategic thinking and praise it, which can be regarded as giving Raeder enough face to encourage him to continue his efforts.

After all, Reinhardt, although he usually looks very aggressive, has always done everything in terms of personnel. Without these generals, he alone would not have won World War II.

Besides, he spared his life....... If there were too many officers offended, it would be tragic to be worried about their lives all day long like Hitler.......

"Ahem...... My dear marshal, your strategy is quite justified, and I very much agree. ”

"The empire was resource-poor, and the main sources of iron ore were the Ruhr industrial region and Sweden. It would be dangerous if we could not guarantee that the ports of Norway would be under our control, and the iron ore from Sweden would not be able to arrive. ”

"Moreover, after the occupation of Norway, Scapa Bay, an important military port in the north of England, and all seaports in the east of Britain are within the bombing radius of our long-range bombers, which can militarily oppress and threaten Britain."

"Then there's the Flying Fish project that we're working on in secret, which requires refining a substance called heavy water at the Norsk electrification plant in Norway. This thing can't be refined by our domestic factories......."

Seeing Reinhardt so supportive of his idea, and even helping himself list many advantages of occupying Norway, Raeder was so moved.

"But ......," Reinhardt said quietly, "after all, we, the German nation, have always taken it as our duty to uphold justice in the world. Attacking Norway, a neutral country that has no grievances with us, for no reason, is a bit unjustifiable in the international community. ”

Presiding over justice?! Reinhardt's brain is having another convulsion?

"Führer, Norway is a small country with weak soldiers and will certainly not be able to protect itself. If we don't take it, will we wait for the British to go down and blockade Norway? Raeder was terrified that Reinhardt had given up the Great Fighter for such an inexplicable reason.

During the war years, which country should not put its own interests first, and who would care about those rules and regulations.

Waving his hand, Reinhardt asked a seemingly unrelated question with a smile on his face: "Let me ask you, do we still have an internal force inside Norway?" ”

"Yes." Although Reald was puzzled about what medicine was sold in Reinhardt's gourd, he immediately replied: "Ghisling's side has the support of quite a number of officers, including even high-ranking commanders like Colonel Sundlow, the commander of the garrison in Nervik Harbor. ”

"Isn't that right?" Reinhardt smiled evilly and said happily: "If the British army, or the French army, dare to attack Norway." Then we can use the pretext of protecting the independence of Norway, with the assistance of Ghisling, to land safely in Norway without a single soldier, and with only a small number of troops to confront the British with the Norwegian army. ”

Patting Raeder on the shoulder, Reinhardt continued, "In this way, our navy can also avoid the risk of loss." It's like watching a play, watching the Royal Navy lose more or less surface warships under the counterattack of Norwegian shore defense guns and fleets. ”

"My marshal, it is definitely more advantageous for us to make a fortune in silence than to take the initiative to stir things up. On the Norwegian side, let the British lose if you want to lose. I've got a small gift for you, waiting for you to receive it quietly. ”

Reinhardt was like a demon who was good at grasping people's desires, and said to Raeder: "30 lightning strike ships, 4 shore defense ships, plus 9 submarines, are enough for you to strengthen the coastal defense force, so I ask you if you want it?" 10