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News of the German attack on Scandinavia spread around the world, with Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the spotlight. On April 3, when the neat HE111 bombers appeared over Gohagen, the Danish king, who had no will to fight, resisted for only four hours before announcing an ultimatum to lay down his arms. At the same time, five German infantry divisions landed off the coast of Norway, and King Haakon VII of Norway, who was much tougher than his own Danish brother, not only refused to surrender in the face of aggression, but also ordered to fight to the death. Under his personal leadership, the Norwegian soldiers stationed at the fortress of Derebac even sank the German Navy's heavy cruiser Blucher on the first day of the war with an old shore-based torpedo made before the last European war.

At the same time, the British Royal Navy, which found that it had been tricked, had exhausted its elite and drove away almost all the combat ships along the coast, and vowed to severely punish Germany. The arrogant Royal Navy did not disappoint the world, and almost swept away the German Navy in just a few days, causing 3 capital ships, 10 destroyers, 21 transport ships to be sunk, and 3 warships were seriously injured and lay down for at least half a year. The clean and clean actions of the Royal Navy greatly encouraged the decline since the beginning of the war, and about 15,000 British and French soldiers were quickly stuffed onto troop carriers and rushed towards Norway.

But just when everyone thought that the Germans were about to suffer a crushing defeat, Hitler quietly left Berlin.

Friday, April 19th, night. A well-guarded convoy braved the cold wind to reach the border town of Gelenkirchen, north of Aachen. The entire town has been blocked, and it can be said that even a rat that wants to "cross the border" will be wiped out by the 38 infantry divisions, 7 armored divisions and 5 motorized infantry divisions assembled to the east of the town.

After the convoy drove into the town, the officers and men of Group A were surprised to find that Hitler, dressed in a leather trench coat and wearing an iron cross, had actually come out of the car, surrounded by more than a dozen SS officers. "What? The Führer is coming? "Inside a makeshift command post with no electric lights for concealment. Guderian and the other officers were startled when they heard the report, and the old general Rundested was even more dumbfounded, and hurriedly walked out to greet them. But when he saw the Iron Cross on Hitler's chest, he deliberately straightened his collar to reveal the shining European collar medal, and his mouth was still broken: "He shouldn't have come, let alone wear this medal." ”

Guderian twitched the corners of his mouth, fortunately at this moment Hitler was inspecting his beloved armored units with great interest, especially after seeing the Battle of Ahvaz, inspired by the long body. And the PZKPFW-4/F2 tank, which has just begun to be equipped, has also sat in it to experience it myself, so I haven't heard how much the army generals resent his medal. "My dear Führer, why did you come in person? Is the Navy finished? "Rondested, like most old diehards, despised the medal, but his attitude was still very sincere. After all, the German revival began with this mustache who always had great ideas. Of course, he did not forget to satirize the imbecile navy in the end.

The striking collar badge on the collar of Rundstede made Hitler's face immediately gloomy. In the past few days, the navy has been beaten to the ground by the British, and the fact that he lost half of his belongings in just a few days made him very angry, and he couldn't wait to snatch the British Royal Navy into his arms and sleep, and now he was actually exposed to his face, isn't it a blockage! It's funny to say. Everyone said that he was a dictator, but in fact the old stubborn men of the General Staff never gave him a good face, and even the fat man of Goering often took the words of the Führer as a deaf ear, and the General Staff and the Führer's Office had a small quarrel for almost three days and a big quarrel for ten days! I'm probably used to the sarcasm of the old stubborns. Hitler immediately counterattacked: "Dear general, I just saw a lot of oil on the tank, this is irresponsible behavior, as the commander of the army group. You should perform the rigorous style of a good German soldier. Look behind me, the SS has set a preset for you. ”

"SS?" Ron Stead squinted at the SS officer behind Hitler. A soft snort in his nose: "The loggers of Bavaria are better than them." "Who looks up to the SS from top to bottom in the Wehrmacht? Of course, these words cannot be said to the face, so immediately salute to indicate that there will be improvement. This kind of sincerity made Hitler, who was full of anger, even more angry, and seeing that there were signs of fighting, the clever Guderian hurriedly stood up: "Führer, the 440,000 soldiers of Army Group A are all ready, ready to obey your orders and sacrifice for Germany." ”

"Look, it's still your own reliable." Hitler thought to himself, with a worried expression on his face as he walked towards the headquarters: "General Guderian, do you really think that now is the opportunity?" ”

"Of course. Both the British and the French were drawn to Norway with your brilliant plans, so now the front is flat. We can easily cross the Ardennes all the way to the fortress of Sedan and then force our way across the Maas. After establishing a bridgehead position on that side, cover the follow-up infantry to continue crossing the river. Believe me, Führer! In just five days, we will be able to cross the place where we suffered last time and defeat the French once and for all! Guderian skillfully patted himself on the back and swore a swear to paint the prospect of the battle. But the other officers were not optimistic, but in the end everyone did not speak, because the root of this question, which had been quarreled countless times, did not come to fruition. What's more, Germany and France are going to fight after all, and it is also a fact that Britain and France are now being led away by Norway.

Hitler was happy in his heart, because it was indeed his work to do it early. After the Polish massacre was detonated, he took advantage of the confusion between Britain and France to set up five divisions and said that he would attack Soviet-controlled Poland to paralyze the enemy, creating a secret troop transfer operation that he considered "brilliant", completing the deployment of troops and materials required by the Manstein plan ahead of schedule, and successfully avoiding the eyes of Britain and France. But happy is happy, and when it was time to set off, he was always uneasy in his heart, so he came here to inspect. As soon as he stepped into the dimly lit command post, he stared at the map left and right, looking scheming. However, this contrived made the officer who had always looked down on him secretly laugh, could a corporal understand such a complex military map?

Hitler watched with relish, and after a while he found the Marne, pointed at it with his gloves and said: "Here, I'm afraid there will be a war of attrition." ”

“。” What's the use of saying it now? The three armies are ready to fly! Although Rundstede was not accustomed to Hitler's blind command, he certainly could not stop at this time, the order had already been given, and a sudden suspension would only greatly affect Fang's morale. So he immediately said: "Rest assured, the Führer already has a proper plan. ”

"Properly, properly. You always have a good plan. I fought with the French for four years and I know their business. Hitler chattered and shook the Iron Cross on his chest a few times, indicating that he knew better than anyone how good France was. Rundested smiled bitterly, he knew this one too well. In terms of strategy, there are always whimsical and daring, but every time it comes to a critical moment, he is hysterical and cautious, like a mouse, and he especially likes to point fingers. But you can't quarrel in front of hundreds of officers, right? I had to ask patiently: "Führer, what made you make such a judgment?" ”

"But I just got the news that the chief of the general staff of the Chinese will visit Paris in a few days. As you should know, the last time he defeated us in Rainivale. Let Field Marshal Hindenburg fall into passivity. Hitler told the news he had received, and he also took great pains to shift the blame to Yue Peng's visit to Paris.

Just because of this?

The generals were so angry that they couldn't laugh or cry. You must know that the yellow plan was all ready from the beginning of March, but Hitler felt that the weather was bad and asked for it to be postponed to April, and now it is mid-April, and the snow in the forest has begun to melt. The temperature rose quickly, and it also attracted the attention of Britain and France, and they already had all the conditions for an attack. You can't postpone the visit of the Chinese Chief of General Staff to Paris just because of it, right? Guderian was even worse in his heart, there were fewer people who came to support the Manstein plan, and wouldn't it be bad if Hitler announced the cancellation of the plan on a whim or continued to postpone it? So he immediately stood in the way. Excitedly argued: "Führer, on the contrary, I think it is necessary to attack immediately. ”

Hitler was startled by Guderian, who rushed out of the diagonal stab, and saw that it was the queen of love. His complexion softened a lot, and while putting on his gloves, he asked rhetorically: "General Guderian, why do you have such thoughts?" ”

"Führer, with all due respect. In fact, the Chinese have been secretly colluding with Britain and France, and I think His Excellency Yue Peng has come to negotiate an alliance this time. In fact, this is very, very bad for our army. Because they have a powerful armored force in the Middle East, and our opponents have sea power, they can transport two or even four Chinese armored divisions in a few days. "To convince Hitler, Guderian opened his eyes and told nonsense. How can armored divisions be so easy to transport? From the build-up to the landing, it is impossible without half a month, and this is not counting the transportation time.

But Hitler did not know and immediately looked at Rundstede with his eyes. The latter coughed lightly, nodded against his will, and said unforgivingly: "General Guderian is right, we have no sea power, and the navy has become cheese because of stupidity (cheese has a lot of hollows)." ”

"We also have Italian allies." Hitler, who was poked again in deep pain, shouted hysterically like a cat with his tail stepped on.

"Yes, but we don't have 7 million tons of oil."

This sentence hit Hitler's key point at once, because he always hoped that Italy would participate in sharing the pressure, but Mussolini's mouth was that he must first aid 7 million tons of oil, 6 million tons of coal, 2 million tons of steel, 1 million tons of wood, 600 tons of molybdenite, 400 tons of titanium, and 20 tons of zirconium. Joke! Even if a lot of money was looted from the Soviets, Germany could not muster together 7 million tons of oil reserves for Italy! So this incident has become the biggest joke of the German military leadership, and even Field Marshal Brauchitsch privately said that he would rather go alone to suffer French shells than hold Mussolini's stinky feet.

Hitler was choked up and couldn't say anything, so he had to cheer up, and in the blink of an eye he recovered from depression to full confidence: "Now that you are ready, let's get started!" Go cut the necks of the French, let them drain their last drop of blood, and let the French wag their tails in front of the German chariot and beg for mercy! In the hoarse voices, Rundstede and Guderian, the old and the young, quietly exchanged glances, and they were all relieved. The Führer's pre-war depression was really fatal, but fortunately, the sickle plan was not delayed any longer.

"For Germany, forward!"

In the early morning of April 20, Guderian climbed into a tank, and the French campaign that shocked the world began