Chapter 177: Condor Descends from Heaven (2)
The BF110 has a maximum speed of 560 km/h, an altitude of 10,500 meters, a range of 1,100 kilometers (fuel in the cabin) and 2,410 kilometers (on auxiliary fuel tanks). Armament: two 20 mm cannons (forward), four 7.62 mm machine guns (forward), one 7.62 mm machine gun (backward).
In general, the BF110 is still successful, but due to the excessive body, the action is not as agile as a single engine, so the BF110 is more used for formation escort, tactical bombing and night air defense operations, and the nickname of the BF110 is "saboteur".
Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was dispatched to carry out the cover mission at the scheduled time. Thirty minutes earlier, they had clash with Norwegian fighters. At 8.38 a.m., they were attacked from the side of the sun by 29 Norwegian fighter aircraft. The Gladiator is a British-built single-seat fighter. Hansen did not entangle with the Norwegian fighters, but arrived over Forneb at 8:45 a.m. as scheduled to carry out the task of covering the paratroopers' airborne landing. In a short and fierce air battle, Hansen's 40 planes lost two, and the remaining 38 Messerschmitt-110 fighters, after finding the Forneb airfield, attacked the Norwegian anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine gun positions in and near the airfield, and hit two Norwegian fighters that had landed, and the two planes on fire on the airfield were set on fire by the low-altitude attack of Hansen's squadron.
Unaware that the parachute assault detachment had lost due to bad weather, Lieutenant Colonel Hansen, after suppressing the Norwegian ground anti-aircraft fire, was still patrolling over the Forneb airfield, waiting for the plane carrying the paratroopers. As the minutes ticked by, three red fuel warning lights warned Hansen that he was running out of fuel. It was calculated that in the sky over Foneb, there was only enough fuel for 20 minutes, during which the paratroopers had to take the airfield, and now the time has passed. At this extremely critical moment, at 9:05, a three-plane formation of B-29 transport planes flew in, and Hansen breathed a sigh of relief.
When Captain Wagner's plane landed, Hansen was taken aback by the heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire from the ground. All 38 Messerschmitt-110 planes ran out of gas, and three of them had one engine damaged each. Hansen understood at this time that his brigade would have to risk a forced landing at Fornebe Airport. He gave an order by radio to Lieutenant Lunt: "Your squadron is ready to land first, and we take cover." "Lieutenant Lunt's plane turned to the left and began to land. At this moment, a puff of black smoke was emitted from his right wing, the engine was broken, and the propeller stopped turning. Due to the long runway at Fornebe Airport, the aircraft had to be grounded immediately close to the runway head. But it is very difficult to accomplish this task with only one engine. At a distance of 100 meters from the head of the runway, the plane dropped too low, so Lunt turned the throttle to the maximum, turned to the right with the left engine, and barely entered the landing.
Lieutenant Colonel Hansen had been watching Lieutenant Lunt land, and they crossed the airfield in the direction of the runway, suppressing the Norwegians who were firing from concrete positions. Despite this, the machine-gun bullets chased the sliding plane, sending dust flying around it. Suddenly, Hansen saw a B-29 landing side by side with Lund. It turned out that when Colonel Wagner's plane entered Fornebu Airport, the pilot of his plane was killed by Danish anti-aircraft fire, and after circling for a week, the successor pilot had to continue to force the landing.
The B-29 aircraft landed on the second runway. If the B-29 and Messerschmitt-110 aircraft collide at the intersection of the two runways, the airfield will be unusable. Thanks to the fast landing speed of the Messerschmitt-110 aircraft, the Messerschmitt-110 aircraft passed the intersection before the bulky B-29 aircraft. But Lunt was unable to bring the plane to a stop, and the plane slammed into the slope. Then Hansen's plane began to make a forced landing, his right engine was also damaged, and white oil smoke was spewed from the exhaust pipe. A few meters above the head of the runway, he retracted the gasoline door, gently pulled back the steering stick, and then grounded. Hansen's planes sped right next to the two burning Fighter planes and were out of range of Norwegian machine-gun fire. Hansen saw that Lunt's plane was clearing the runway for him, indicating that Lent had no accident. Strangely, the machine guns that were firing heavily at them were silent at this time.
It turned out that the Norwegian commander stationed in Foneb, unable to withstand the heavy fire of the German fighters, ordered the fighter planes to choose their own landing airfield and not to land in Foneb. As a result, only one fighter was left intact, the rest were damaged or abandoned due to lack of fuel. When the German planes landed at the Forneb airport, the Norwegian commander had ordered all the defenders to evacuate the airfield, and after the German planes forced the landing, the Norwegian defenders knew that they had no way to defend the airfield, so they had to give the order to retreat. By the time Hansen landed, the Norwegian defenders had returned to Akershus Fortress with ground maintenance crews. Then the anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns stopped firing, and the defense of the Fornebu airfield collapsed like this.
As soon as Hansen jumped out of the plane, he directed the fighters who landed next to disperse to the northern edge of the airfield, so that the machine guns on the plane could freely control the forest area. In this way, a company of German paratroopers and German fighter pilots occupied the Forneb airfield.
The B-29 aircraft, which had fallen behind in the middle of the first attack wave, also landed at Fornebu airport after a delay of 30 minutes. At 9:17 a.m., all B-29s landed. They slid all the way to the Norwegian light anti-aircraft artillery position. The infantry leisurely stepped out of the planes and moved their hands and feet, Forbnet Airport was completely naked in the hands of the German army, and it was not easy for the Norwegian army or the Anglo-French forces to retake Forbnet Airport, which gave Germany a springboard for a direct attack on the Norwegian capital.
In the British Ministry of Defense, an intelligence officer reads a message to Churchill:
"Honor, Mr. Churchill, Secretary of the Admiralty, according to a telegram from the advance detachment of the Home Fleet, that Germany had completely occupied the field of Forbune in the Norwegian capital at 9 o'clock on 9 November, I hereby order the Marine Brigade of the British advance detachment to immediately land in Oslo, the capital of Norway, and to garrison there to prevent the Germans from immediately capturing the Norwegian capital.
Commander of the Home Fleet Charles? Forbes
1939.11.9”
"Bumper ...... Bastard, Hitler, damn scoundrel, bumper ......"
Churchill yelled at the intelligence officer with a splash of foam, and his large pipe kept banging on his desk.
"And that SS bitch raised Zhang Jun, oh God!! Open your hazy sleepy eyes!! Why don't you punish the next two damned devils, scum, mongrels. I really don't know if the bitch's belt is not tightened, but these two miscellaneous pieces popped out to harm the British Empire, and it was the prostitute who didn't control the gun under him, aren't you a pit for me. ”
Churchill cursed viciously, and could only say that this dead fat man was of low character, and the gentleman on the surface was all fucking pretending. Besides, does a bitch need to tie up his belt? Of course not, the prostitute can control the gun under him, and it is not called a prostitute.
"Immediately send a telegram to the Marine Brigade of the advance fleet to land immediately in Oslo, the capital of Norway, and all of them to change into Norwegian uniforms, and immediately and immediately carry out the order, and order the Marine Brigade to hold on to the Norwegian capital."
"Yes"
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The Forben airfield did not meet the Norwegian counterattack, but waited for the German Embassy in Norway's Army and Air Force attache, Captain Spreer, who had come to meet the airborne troops, and when he saw this, he immediately ordered the crew to send a report to his own country that the Forneb airfield had been controlled. As the airborne plan had been disrupted, the airborne troops were dispersed and landed at various airfields, and the combat units were airlifted to the Fornebu airfield only three hours later than the original.
The German Navy's fleet carrying land forces was blocked in the Oslo Fjord in the morning, mainly because the British advance fleet and the Norwegian navy joined forces to fight the German fleet, and anyway, Britain had now declared war on Germany during the Polish campaign, and both sides could attack each other's ships with impunity.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
Countless shells shuttled through the air, large-caliber naval guns smashed into the water, and the German high seas fleet and the British advance force were slightly stronger, but with those Norwegian destroyers and torpedo boats stirring up the situation, the battle situation became confusing.
As a result, the flagship heavy cruiser "Blucher" was sunk by Norwegian shells and torpedoes at 7:23 a.m., and the whereabouts of Admiral Canaris are unknown, and Canaris was either killed in the belly of the fish or taken prisoner by the Norwegians. Canaris was the top general of the German losses this time.
When this sad news reached Zhang Jun's general headquarters, Zhang Jun cried bitterly at that time, "Woo woo...... General Canaris, you must be well in heaven!! My General Canaris goes all the way, woo woo...... I'm not far away...... Woowoo"
I feel that Zhang Jun's sadness is crying because of joy, the time bomb of Canaris has finally disappeared by itself, how can Zhang Jun's heart not be happy!
"Commander, General Canaris is just missing, and his death has not yet been confirmed!! So the general doesn't have to be too sad, it's also important to take care of your health, you are the soul of our SS. ”
The honest and honest Rommel kindly reminded Zhang Jun not to be overly sad because of the disappearance of Canaris, Zhang Jun was sad, it was a fake howl to show people.
"No, I am sure that Canaris has died honorably for Germany, and immediately telegraphed to the great and holy Führer, to inform the Great Führer of this depressing news, and at the same time to request that the Führer personally preside over the memorial service of Canaris, and that the whole nation publicize the glorious life of Admiral Canaris."
Zhang Jun insisted that Canaris was dead, and asked Hitler to preside over a memorial service for Canaris, and also publicized it nationwide.
At this time, the German carrier-based forces were blocked by Norwegian warships and shore guns outside the port of Oslo, and they were still unable to dock...... (To be continued.) )