"The Germans are going to launch a general offensive from the south?" Sun Delo, who heard the news, couldn't believe his ears.

Sundello knew very well that there was only one division of reinforcements sent by Germany, and there was no other follow-up force.

The British troops, now assembled in Lillehammer for the final assault on the Norwegian capital, could only outnumber them, at least not just one division. What's more, the British and the French allies, known as the first army in Europe and even the world, also gathered in the area of Lillehammer.

"I heard that the Germans defeated a regiment of the vanguard of the British army with only one battalion of vanguards." In Sundelo's front-line headquarters, Alfred, who was increasingly relied on for his military qualities, encouraged the divisional commander, who seemed to be overly worried.

Although Alfred was not Sundelo's direct subordinate, Sundelo was genuinely relying on and respecting him. After the battle of Narvik, Sundelo had thoroughly understood how far inferior his military literacy was to Alfred.

Sun Delo, who climbed to the rank of colonel by virtue of his status as a close confidant of Guisling, had clearly realized in the last actual combat command that the difference in level between himself and Alfred, an officer who had worked hard to sit in the position of commander to aid Finland, was almost impossible to make up.

Although according to Alfred's level, the German army was barely qualified for the job of a second lieutenant platoon commander at most, and his ability was not very remarkable.

can be placed in the generally weak Norwegian command level, Alfred's military command ability is definitely stronger than most division commanders!

Along the way, Alfred, who was given full command of the 5th Division by Sundelow, was unable to stop the British advance, but at least the main force of the 5th Division and the reinforced battalions he brought were safely withdrawn to the rear and retained their strength.

For this alone, he did better than the other 4 Norwegian division commanders except Sundro!

You must know that except for the two battalions sent by the 2nd Division, they were not destroyed because they cooperated with Sun Deluo to move south. The remnants of the other four divisions of Norway were almost all crushed by the British and French forces.

"You mean that the Germans defeated an entire regiment of the British army with only one battalion of troops?" Once again, Sundello was shocked.

"That's right, the combat effectiveness of the German army is far higher than we imagined. The British army, which we could not win desperately, was easily defeated by them. Alfred calmly analyzed: "According to this momentum, it will not be difficult for the German army to defeat the British army, which has twice the total strength of their troops. ”

According to the ratio of one battalion to one regiment, one German division should win three British divisions. Such a simple estimate can also be said that the German army has a huge chance of victory.

"It's in line with the influence of the Germans in my heart, and they've always been so good at fighting." It was then that Sundelo suddenly remembered that he had been attracted by the tenacious and heroic qualities of the Germans in the first place, and that was why he had joined the pro-German faction of Quisling. It's just that under the influence of Quisling, he looked more and more at fame, money, and power, and gradually finished his original intention of joining this group.

That's right, Sundelo should have been the one who trusted the strength of the German army the most. He had been convinced of this for a long time.

The legend that the German Major General Hans once played in Poland was also heard by Sundello. A general who has just used a division to fight against a group army, and finally launched a counteroffensive, commands a division to fight two divisions, which seems to be a piece of cake entirely.

"It was I who was a little frightened by the defeat ahead," Sundelo said to Alfred sincerely: "You are right, the German army is very high in combat effectiveness, far higher than us, and far higher than the British army. Their general offensive south of Lillehammer may really win the war for us Norway. ”

Division Commander Sun Deluo was said to be moved?! Marven, who had been silent standing aside, raised his eyebrows slightly.

As Alfred's aide-de-camp and one of Norway's pro-German officers, Marvin had always instilled in Alfred his own ideas and described the strength of Germany.

It can be said that Alfred's understanding of the combat effectiveness of the German army, in addition to the comments seen on the news, can only be understood from Marven.

This time, Marven was the one who wanted to persuade Sun Delo, the supreme commander who also belonged to the pro-German camp and worked under Quisling like Marven.

Unfortunately, he didn't know if Quisling had any other big action for Sundelo to carry out, and he wasn't sure if Sundlo's cowardice was a cover for some other purpose. That's why he has been hesitant to open this mouth.

In case, it was Guisling who ordered Sundelo to preserve his strength and not allow him to fight. Marven didn't even know whether he should pretend not to know the truth or tell Alfred.

So, he chose to be silent and chose to let Alfred open the mouth.

However, it now seems that Sundello's move to collect stragglers along the way and expand his troops does not seem to be for the purpose of supporting himself and creating a second Norwegian Defense Force. Sundello did this, in fact, for the same reason as he did at the beginning, in order to leave a Norwegian force with enough ability to fight with the Germans in the future, in order to fight better.

Now, the Fifth Division has expanded to nearly 7,000 men by collecting defeated stragglers from all walks of life and recruiting troops along the way. The 1,000 troops sent by the 2nd Division, and more than 700 veterans under Alfred's command, further enhanced the combat effectiveness of the 5th Division.

At this time, they were already stronger than all the rest of the Norwegian troops combined, and they were the main force of the Norwegian army!

"Although the Germans won the battle against the British army, the intelligence from the rear said that Lillehammer still had a French regiment." Sundelo's adjutant, who was a little discordant, made a discordant voice at this time: "The French are the strongest army in the world, and they have also defeated the Germans. If the Germans had defeated the British but could not defeat the French, would they still have lost in the end? ”

Sundlo's adjutant was neither a pro-German who believed in the strength of the German army like Sundlow and Marvin, nor was he the type of Alfred who was bent on making achievements. He was an ordinary Norwegian officer, and like most Norwegian officers, he was not afraid of war, but he did not believe that Norway would win in the end. He just wanted to do his duty, but he didn't have the luxury of victory.

After all, Norway has been decadent for too long. They don't have a glorious history, and most of the time in recent times they appear as Danish or Swedish henchmen. Even they themselves did not consider their army capable of victory.

"There will be no failure!" Sundello loudly dismissed his adjutant's pessimism: "Judging by the record of that Major General Hans, he may really be able to lead his troops to create a textbook victory again." Not to mention this time......... And us! ”