The Kingdom of Sweden did not do what Germany demanded, but cut off trade with Germany, at which point Hitler went on a complete rampage. He immediately decided to launch a military operation against the Kingdom of Sweden, on the one hand, to show the world that any country that dared to argue with him would be punished with the most severe punishment, and on the other hand, to test the bottom line of Britain, France, and the United States, if they did not intervene this time, then Germany could continue to occupy the next target after occupying Sweden.

Hitler decided to launch a surprise attack, he ordered Manstein to attack Sweden as commander-in-chief, Guderian and Goering as deputy commanders-in-chief, and now Guderian was promoted from a small panzer major to a major general, and for the first time directly under Hitler's command, Guderian also had his first real experience of the execution of his supreme command. Of course, because Guderian was the inventor of the blitzkrieg, it was also reasonable for him to serve as deputy commander-in-chief. Blitzkrieg makes full use of the quick advantage of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy by surprise attack. It often first uses planes to violently bomb the communications centers of the enemy's important strategic facilities, bombs the enemy's planes at airfields, gains air supremacy, and paralyzes the enemy's command system.

Hitler's keen sense of warfare, as well as his astonishing memory and imagination, enabled him to quickly understand all technical events and armament problems. He is very familiar with the performance of the enemy's latest weapons, and can recite the entire set of wartime production figures of both the enemy and the enemy. In fact, whenever he talks about something he doesn't want to hear, he asks for this set of magic weapons to use as a tool to resist the other party. There is no doubt that many of his achievements in armaments are due to his vision and extraordinary energy. But he was overconfident in his genius in this area, which often led to unfortunate consequences.

Moreover, Hitler's interest in all technical issues led to an overestimation of the importance of technical resources. In a situation where a large number of troops are necessary to have any hope of success. He believed that a few advanced weapons would be enough to defeat the enemy.

The German army organized six divisions, about 100,000 people, more than 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles on the ground, and 800 combat aircraft in the air.

Of course. Although the Kingdom of Sweden was much weaker than Germany in terms of military power, they were more advanced.

The German offensive began on September 1, 1935, first with an air assault. In total, three groups of 458 combat aircraft were engaged in the first day of the offensive. Air raids on Sweden's airfields and railway junctions must eliminate Sweden's air force at the first opportunity, and Germany dispatched more than 400 planes at one time, which was a large-scale air raid.

However, at this time, the Swedish side had already made preparations, because the Swedish side also found out about the transfer of German troops. So the Swedish army was constantly preparing for a counterattack.

In addition to the use of Weilong jet fighters on both sides in the air, Germany also sent M30 bombers and gunboat planes, and even some bombers converted from M40 transport planes. In addition, German aircraft had to meet anti-aircraft fire on the ground, and Sweden deployed a large number of Vulcan guns at airports and railway junctions as medium and low-altitude anti-aircraft firepower, and high-altitude Bofors large-caliber guns.

In the air, of course, Sweden mainly used Veyron jet fighters to intercept the opposing side's bombers and escort fighters. The fighting was fierce on both sides. Since they all use the most advanced jet fighters, it is the technical level of the pilots that is tested. But the Germans suffered somewhat. Because they were the intercepted party, they suffered very much due to the large number of bombers that needed to be protected.

As a result of such air battles, at least 300 German combat planes were shot down, half of which were shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire, because Germany did not have high-altitude bombing and sighting equipment. Bombers can only fly to very low airspace for bombing. Therefore, Vulcan cannons on the ground can easily reach them.

In the air, the Swedish Veyron fighters seem to be more advanced, because they have new technological upgrades, increased engine thrust, and modified aerodynamic shapes. So the Germans also suffered defeats. At least twenty German Veyron jets were shot down, while only five of Sweden's Veyron jets were shot down. Of course, it was more bombers that were shot down.

On the same morning, when the German Army invaded Sweden at the Luftwaffe airfield in Sweden, its forces were deployed in northern Germany to launch a large-scale assault on Sweden across the German-Swedish border.

The German armored forces advanced rapidly, approaching Sassa on the Swedish border, with only 20,000 defenders, and the defensive line was relatively weak due to insufficient troops.

The German offensive on the defensive line consisted of 1 Mountain Division and 1st Panzer Division, which made little progress due to stubborn resistance, and the failure of the air raid led to the arrival of combat aircraft of the Swedish Air Force to attack the German armored forces.

You must know that the Weilong jet fighter is equipped with a Vulcan cannon, which is a deadly threat to tank armored vehicles. Although the German Tiger and Leopard tanks were also heavily armoured, the attack from the air hit the top of the tank, where the armor was not thick enough to be penetrated by 20-mm shells.

So the German armored forces were unlucky, about a hundred Swedish Veyron jet fighters attacked the German armored group, and at this time the German Veyron jet fighters were late, and they did not appear in the sky until their own armored forces suffered heavy losses. By this time, the Swedish Veyron fighters had already left.

At the same time, their attempts to advance further were blocked by the enemy's dense artillery fire, which came from three directions, with a large number of howitzers and rocket artillery.

At this time, the German Weilong fighters also began to attack in retaliation, of course, they also achieved some success, and many tanks and armored vehicles of the Swedish defenders were also destroyed by them. But in this way, the blitzkrieg launched by the Germans was tantamount to failure.

Both in the air and on the ground, they failed.

Manstein, Goering, and Guderian were all very troubled, because the Swedish army had long been prepared for defense, and they were very strong, and they were better equipped than the Germans.

When Hitler heard the news, he was so angry that he puffed his beard, but what could he do? (To be continued.) )