No country was spared from this vigorous world war.

Those strong countries naturally want to get more land and more benefits, while weak countries, even if they have made a neutral posture, cannot stay out of the situation.

This is especially true in strategically located and sparsely populated countries.

For example, Iceland.

Iceland was originally a quiet and peaceful country, as a vassal state of Denmark, Icelanders have lived here for generations, living by hunting, and the population of the whole Iceland is only 120,000.

After Denmark was occupied by Germany, Iceland declared its independence and declared neutrality, but the British were afraid that Iceland would turn to Germany, so the British launched Operation "Harpoon" to forcibly occupy Iceland.

This made the Icelanders angry, but they couldn't do anything about it, the British kept increasing their troops, and then the Americans, and by now, there were 40,000 American troops stationed in Iceland.

Under the pressure of the Americans, the Icelandic government even had to sign a mutual defense agreement that humiliated the country, and Iceland's own security police force only had 70 people, while the Americans used 40,000 troops!

When Britain fell, Iceland became a springboard, and if the United States wanted to counterattack Europe in the future, it could only start from Iceland and seize the British Peninsula, and then use Britain as a springboard to enter the mainland.

The United States has a high regard for Iceland.

On the map, most of Iceland is mountainous, with the wide Vatnajökull glacier in the east, and the capital of Iceland, Reykjavík in the west of Iceland, in Fahsa Bay, is also the main port city of Iceland.

The British landing began with the occupation of Reykjavik, and after the United States changed its defense of Iceland according to the base exchange agreement with the United Kingdom, the main force was also stationed in Reykjavik.

Now, Reykjavik is full of American GIs.

In the western part of Reykjavík, on the Cape Recha Peninsula, Keflavik has a major naval aviation base, where the United States is stationed mainly in the air force.

In later generations, Reykjavik and Keflavik had the only two international airports in Iceland, built by Britain and the United States during World War II, and these bases are still the most primitive earthen runways, which were built in haste.

As the fighting in the Pacific intensified, the U.S. presence in Iceland was not strong, with only a squadron of P-40 fighters and a few Navy water patrol aircraft.

At present, the Icelandic direction is not tight, although the German naval strength is becoming stronger and stronger, and it has become a heavy pressure on the United States in the Atlantic, but Germany is now engaged in a land war with the Soviet Union, and Germany has carried out a national mobilization.

Before the destruction of the Soviet Union, the Germans would certainly not go to war with the United States, and during this time, the United States would first defeat the island nation, which was almost everyone's consensus.

At this time, at the Keflavik base, a twin-engine Martin PBM "Mariner" water patrol / bomber, was preparing for takeoff. It was designed to complement the insufficient number of joint PBY "Catalina" constructions, that is, it was an alternative second-tier aircraft.

Every morning, it would take off and come back in the evening to scout the waters of East Iceland and monitor the movements of the German Navy, which would be put on high alert if the German Navy appeared in East Iceland.

The current German Navy is really too perverted, landing ships are being built one after another, so they must be vigilant, maybe the German Navy will come up at any time.

This huge seaplane, which required nine people to operate, now, they lined up and walked towards the seaplane, and the captain Marin walked in the front, his eyes looked at the sky in the distance, and muttered: "Today is a good day for flying." ”

The sky is clear, cloudless, the cold snap from the Arctic, which has also weakened a lot lately, there are no strong winds, and the day looks good.

Not far away, the base's long-range air alert radar was spinning, and Marin glanced at the eastern sky, and there was nothing.

It's almost a habitual action, every day you have to look to the east, if there are bombers in the sky, that's their end.

Can Iceland hold on?

In the face of the great strength of the German army, it is difficult to say!

"Have the spare parts we needed arrived?" Marin asked.

Iceland is cold, and in this climate, our planes are not adapting to the conditions, and the occasional engine failure has caused several seaplanes to lie on their stomachs, and they are now anxiously waiting for spare parts.

There are only two or three that can be dispatched.

"It is said that the spare parts will arrive today." Ground staff said.

Hopefully, usually they only take off one plane, and they can search and fly over the sea, but if they encounter an unexpected situation, they may need to strengthen the search in all directions, and they need to be dispatched, and at this time, the disadvantage of insufficient number of aircraft will be revealed.

He stepped on the gangway and was about to enter the cockpit, when a black dot appeared low on the sea in the distance.

What is that?

Almost at the same time as he found out, the sentry at the base also found out, and just as the lookout post was about to sound the alarm, he couldn't help but shake his head, he was too startled.

It wasn't a German bomber, it was just an ordinary Pan Am airliner that arrived.

This passenger plane is a passenger plane specially produced by the Hughes Aircraft Company for intercontinental flights, which is very similar to the German Junkers-290 bomber, but the paint on the fuselage shows that it is the most familiar passenger aircraft on its side.

After entering a state of war with Germany, the Hughes company could not obtain German engines, so the number of such specialized intercontinental airliners in the United States was a certain amount, and later, all of them were requisitioned by the United States.

It is said that the latest bomber of the United States is almost a copy of this passenger plane.

This passenger plane, almost three days, a round trip, transport the base urgently needed supplies, a large number of supplies are transported by ships, such as 40,000 US troops need supplies, weapons and ammunition, and the urgently needed materials are transported by airplane, it seems that the spare parts that they need are also in this passenger plane.

"Start the engine." After entering the cockpit, Marin said, at this time, they were still in the tarmac, and after starting, they would taxi to the runway, and now, waiting, the airliner had entered the landing course.

The engines rumbled on both sides, and after a few minutes of slow driving, waiting to glide to the runway, the airliner had landed. That chic majestic posture makes people look very spectacular.

The plane landed accurately and then taxied forward.