Wrong! That doesn't go into words.

Germany hoped that Finland could drag the Soviet Union as much as possible, so why did Britain send an expeditionary force to help the Germans work?

After clarifying his thoughts, Chamberlain looked at Churchill suspiciously and said: "Since you have analyzed it all here, why do you still advocate sending an expeditionary force to support Finland, isn't it contrary to the interests of the British Empire?" ”

"That's why I said, don't think about what I think, but analyze as much as you can about what the Germans want." Churchill spread his hands and reminded Chamberlain with some helplessness: "Of course we will not use the blood of British soldiers to satisfy German interests, on the contrary, we will try our best to obstruct the Germans!" ”

Obstruction of the Germans? Chamberlain became more and more confused by Churchill's prompting, and how could he think that sending an expeditionary force was helping Germany, how could he obstruct it?

Looking at Chamberlain, who looked confused, Churchill finally understood why he had been tricked by Reinhardt before. With this intelligence, how could he be the opponent of the evil and insidious, cunning and insidious Reinhardt in his mind.

"Didn't you say it yourself before, Norway and Sweden will not allow the expeditionary force to settle on their territory." Churchill didn't bother to sell off with a person with an excessively low IQ, so he simply described his plan in one breath: "Naturally, we will not really save Finland, but in the name of this, send troops to occupy Norwegian ports and iron mines, and use this to deter Sweden and prohibit them from exporting iron ore to Germany." ”

Germany is a resource-poor country. The main sources of iron ore are the Ruhr industrial region and Sweden. Although Reinhardt imported a lot of iron ore reserves before the war, it would be empty sooner or later if he relied on the pre-war reserves alone.

Historically, 11 million tons of the 15 million tonnes of iron ore consumed annually by Germany during the war were imported from Sweden.

So, Swedish iron ore is vital for Germany. Without Swedish iron ore, there would be no German armored forces.

In winter, the iron ore is transported by rail to the Norwegian port of Narvik and then to Germany, which happens to be within Norwegian territorial waters. Once the war broke out, German merchant ships needed to sail freely in neutral Norway's territorial waters to obtain vital supplies.

From this point of view, Norway's neutrality was actually a disguised support for Germany.

Seeing through this, Churchill and the Admiralty generals made a plan to stop the German ships from moving at Narvik Mine, and then send troops to capture Narvik. Finally, it was used as a base to seize the plan of the port of Luleou, another channel for German iron ore transportation.

"No! Absolutely not! Chamberlain, who had always been in the dovish camp, shook his head violently: "The price of daring to start a war against a neutral country is too great." In particular, we are a permanent member of the League of Nations, and we must not do such a thing that violates the purpose of the League of Nations. ”

The prime minister of the dignified British Empire is so obsessed with small things, scheming and indecisive, doing big things and sparing his life!

Churchill couldn't believe that a man like Chamberlain could sit in the prime minister's position for so many years, and he really deserved it?

"It's not that hard to do." After all, the other party is still the prime minister, and the official level crushes people to death, and Churchill can only follow the temptation: "We responded to Finland's request and sent troops to defend Finland's independence as representatives of the League of Nations." If the Norwegian government does not agree, we can raise the banner of saving Finland and forcibly 'borrow' it." And this process of forcible borrowing is the process of our occupation of Norway! ”

"But we can't form a strong expeditionary force in a short time, what if our last army doesn't take Norway? Isn't that infamous for invading neutral countries! Chamberlain still couldn't rest assured.

After all, Norway and Sweden are on the horns, and they are always on guard against enemies outside the Navia Peninsula. That is, the center of defense of the Norwegian army was only the coastal strip. As for the border with Sweden on the road, only a small number of border patrol units need to be kept symbolically.

Then, in order to capture Norway, the British army must win at least one landing battle and gain a foothold in a certain coastal area of Norway. But the risk of landing battle is too great, and the British army can't take out an elite force to carry out the landing battle, so how can he Chamberlain rest assured.

"It won't be like that!" To this prime minister, who only knew how to defend himself but had no ambitions, Churchill encouraged him with all his might: "It's not just our army!" France, they also claim to be the strongest army in Europe. With their help, the imbecile army of Norway alone will certainly not be able to compete with us. ”

Norway's army ranks among the last few in Europe for the training time of its fighters. Even the Italians, who were content to enjoy themselves, felt that the Norwegian soldiers had an easy life, and there was no such thing as a soldier should be.

In order to impress Chamberlain, the appeaser, Churchill gave several generals of the main battle faction behind him a look, signaling everyone to make suggestions together and increase his influence.

Soon, William Edmund Ironside, chief of staff of the armed forces of the British Empire, took two steps forward and echoed Churchill: "On the side of the army, it is perfectly fine to come up with two full divisions." As long as the French sent another detachment to join us, it would have been easy to defeat the so-called six infantry divisions of the Norwegian Wehrmacht. ”

Clearing his throat, Ironside said with a smile: "The Norwegians have a division, and if they die in our place, it can be regarded as the size of a missing regiment. Combined, there were only about 10,000 of them. In terms of numbers, it is no more than the strength of one of our divisions. In terms of quality....... Even if the troops we sent were not elite, they were much better than the Norwegians. ”

In the end, Chamberlain could not resist the pressure exerted by these main battle factions led by Churchill, and he was also said to be a little moved, so he began to loosen his position and said: "Are you sure that this local war is victorious?" ”

Asking rhetorically with assumptions is a symptom of psychological default!

Finding that Chamberlain was seeking a final verbal guarantee for his proposal, Churchill immediately emphasized: "As long as we act in time, with the navy of the British Empire under cover, and the land forces of the French Republic to land together, I can assert that success is inevitable." ”

"Good! Since you have promised me, I will take a risk as you suggested. Chamberlain replied with words.

Old fox! Churchill thought with disdain, what do you want to take the risk as I suggested! If you win, you Chamberlain is determined to take a risk, and if you lose, you will say that I Churchill is blind advice?

"Well, if that's the case, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill will win this battle with his reputation!" Churchill responded quietly to Chamberlain.

Think you have something to say? As I said earlier, you have to act in time to succeed. As for what makes it timely, I'll prepare a different narrative when the results come out.

If you lose, it will be your fault for poor execution, indecision, slow action, and delay of the fighter!