At 12 noon on April 10, 1940, Britain sent a destroyer fleet led by the battleship Wasbart, which had survived the Battle of Jutland during World War I, to "recapture" the military port of Narvik, which was not garrisoned by any German troops.

Vice Admiral Whitworth, the commander of the British fleet, excitedly reported the results to the Admiralty, claiming that they had repelled the German fleet. Seized Narvik.

On the same day, the British sent the 1st Division of the Norwegian Expeditionary Force to launch a large-scale southward offensive to defeat the 4th Norwegian Division in front of it. Its vanguard, in Trondheim, Norway's third largest city, was in contact with the 2nd Division of the British Expeditionary Force in the centre and the Alpine Regiment of the French Expeditionary Force.

On 13 April, the British engaged the Norwegian 3rd Division at Lillehammer, north of Hamar. Even if it was fighting on the ground, the firepower of the Norwegian 3rd Division was still inferior to the large amount of machine-gun fire transported by the British from afar. Soon, Lillehammer fell.

Thus, the remnants of the 3rd Norwegian Division began to retreat. They retreated all the way to Ondalsnes and fought rearguard battles as they went, trying to delay the British attack, but unfortunately they did little to stop the British advance.

On April 14, Major General Hans, sent by Germany, after judging that the time was ripe, finally led the German 30th Infantry Division, together with a battalion of the Norwegian Royal Guard, to Lillehammer, in an attempt to repel the vanguard of the Anglo-French forces that had threatened Oslo and consolidate the defense of the Norwegian capital.

At the same time, Colonel Sundello, who received the news, also led the Norwegian 5th Division in the north, and together with the two battalions of the Norwegian 2nd Division, they coordinated with the German 30th Infantry Division to form a north-south flank attack on Lillehammer.

Hans really enjoyed the feeling of being in control and turning the tide. This time, he not only commanded the 30th Division, which was subordinate to Germany, but also received command of the Norwegian 5th Division, which was provided by Norwegian Defense Minister Guisling. In other words, he now held both the supreme command of a German division and a Norwegian division.

Although the so-called Norwegian Fifth Division, less than half of the people now have guns and weapons in their hands, and most of the remaining half are basically militiamen. However, the officers and men of the two battalions of the Fifth Division, who sat with them, and a reinforced Norwegian battalion that had participated in the Finnish campaign, were in fact also temporarily subsumed to the provisional combat sequence of the Fifth Division.

In other words, the Norwegian troops under Hans's command now are the last mobile counterattack force that can be drawn from the Kingdom of Norway, and they are the essence of the entire Norwegian army!

Send a division, in exchange for the main force of the entire Norwegian army, and then use these main Norwegian forces to help one of the divisions sent by themselves to fight the great enemy of Germany. In the end, the Norwegian government has to thank the German government for its contribution. Even having been through all this, Hans couldn't help but be surprised when he looked back on it for a long time. The Führer's calculations have come to such a point?!

"Sometimes, I think it's incredible." In the headquarters, Hans sighed in front of Leon, who had been promoted to captain and battalion commander: "Every time I think that our battle will decide the fate of the Norwegian country, I have a trance. As a foreign general, I have heard of such a thing as being able to command all the main forces left behind by Norway. Unexpectedly, he actually became the protagonist of the incident. ”

Since Lyon's troops had always performed well and had the experience of being ordered in times of crisis, Hans simply expanded Lyon's Sharp Knife Company into a battalion directly under the division headquarters and kept it as a reserve. As a result, Lyon became an officer who stayed by Hans's side for a long time, often talking about the situation together.

The discussion between a division commander and a battalion commander will certainly not be a strategic direction for determining the overall situation, and those will be formulated by the personnel of the division headquarters. What Hans and Leon talk about most is some emotional ideas. For some reason, Hans always felt that the young man with whom he had experienced the fight back of the Buzura River was very reliable.

"After all, they can only rely on us, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of one of our divisions is higher than the five divisions of their entire army combined." Leon raised his head and said proudly: "I can't judge what I haven't seen, but judging from the poor defense situation of their capital, as long as our direct battalion needs a little strength, I am confident that we can completely defeat all the royal guards that defend their capital and take their administrative center." ”

"The fighting qualities of the Norwegians are indeed too low........," Hans smiled, and continued, "So I didn't expect all the main forces of the Kingdom of Norway in my hands to make much difference, but only to let them feint in the north to attract the attention of the British and French forces." ”

From the beginning, Hans did not think of sharing his pressure with Norwegian troops. There are more soldiers than many soldiers, and some troops, no matter how large they are, will not be able to play a big role. He already had a deep understanding of this in the original Polish campaign.

If it weren't for the fact that the number of cannons in his hand was too small at that time, the firepower was inferior to the Polish army. Hans even doubted that the main Polish force of an entire army group would be able to penetrate the outer defense of one of his divisions.

Poland is still the fifth most powerful country in Europe, and now that it is Norway, a weak country at the bottom of Europe's military ranking, Hans is even more skeptical about their combat effectiveness.

So, from the very beginning, Hans's battle plan was based on the force of only the 30th. He did not think about the role of the Norwegian army at all, 30 divisions would be enough.

"We are now much more advanced in weaponry than we were when we were in Poland. There's even a new 'Stalker' of a self-propelled artillery battalion to increase firepower. Hans easily walked to the topographical map of Norway next to the temporary headquarters wall, and annotated the map: "Judging by the speed of the Anglo-French army's advance these days, and the time they have spent passing through the complex terrain of northern Europe, it is absolutely impossible that they are carrying a large number of artillery. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to march so fast! ”

"And we are not only strong in firepower, but also in a state of repair and standby all the time, full of energy." Leon replied unseasonably: "We have all kinds of advantages against the weak firepower, and the tired Anglo-French troops who have been advancing continuously with high intensity these days. ”

"Yes," Hans looked at Leon with a relieved gaze from the various terrains that the British and French troops had walked on the map these days, "Your senses are very keen, and now we are completely in a strong state in all aspects, except for the small number of people." ”

"There are quite a few of them," Leon said with a humorous smile, "don't we still have tens of thousands of Norwegian allies cooperating in a feint north of Lillehammer?" ”

"Yes, we have quite a few people." Hans laughed and said, "I almost forgot about the benefits that these Führers have given us. ”