The Germans met stubborn resistance in their assault on the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

The landing of the 5th Battle Group at Tessberg went smoothly, and under the orders of Gisling, the Norwegian defenders of Thensberg did not put up any resistance, and with the cooperation of the pro-German Quislings, the Austro-Hungarian 5th Mountain Chasseur Regiment soon came ashore in the port and occupied this important port city.

The vulnerable aircraft carrier "Rune" was left behind in Tens Berg outside the narrow bay of Oslo, while Vice Admiral Kumetz led the battleships "Deutschland" and "Marquis Bismarck" and the light cruisers "Emden" and "Breslau" and six destroyers to Oslo for a "declaration of force."

According to the information provided by the embassy in Oslo, Quisling's men have taken control of the port of Oslo, and the embassy has sent personnel on the docks to prepare for Kumets's arrival.

Led by the battleship "Deutschland", the German fleet swaggered into the narrow bay of Oslo.

"Left rudder 3, speed 12!" In the command tower of the flagship, the captain of the "Deutschland" Heinrich? Colonel Votag's gaze was fixed on the pitch-black sea ahead, and he ordered the warship to cautiously begin to slow down. Since it was still dark in Northern Europe, all the warships had searchlights on, and the Germans did not think that the weak Norwegian navy would dare to attack them, and their guard was very lax.

Under normal circumstances, a naval commander would never sail lightly into the other side's bay in the dark of night, especially in a narrow bay like Norway, which is simply impossible to maneuver and cannot evade after an attack. The German high command, believing that the Norwegian side would not resist at all, wanted the fleet to enter Oslo before dawn, so it ordered the fleet to venture into the operation at night.

"On the way to find 3 ships, they want to stop us from entering the narrow bay of Oslo, General!" Several vague black shadows appeared on the sea ahead, and the radar communications officer reported the situation to Lieutenant General Kumets at the same time. The searchlights on the warship have already shone towards the target, and the contours of the other side can be roughly discerned in the telescope -- a minelayer with a non-water volume of about 1,000 tons, a gunboat with a displacement of about 500 tons, and a whaling ship with artillery installed.

The Norwegian Navy minelayer raised the flag signal and flashed Morse light signals incessantly.

"What do they want to do?" Lieutenant General Kumets said.

"This-in-is-nor-might-territorial waters, please immediately leave--this one-water-domain, otherwise-will-will-be-regarded-hostile-actually-acted!" The signalman was reading the other party's light signal word by word.

"Oh my God. Are the Norwegians trying to stop us? Kumetz said, "Sue them, give up resistance at once, they have been captured!" ”

The muzzles of several giant ships moved slowly, aiming at the Norwegian ships about two nautical miles ahead.

The "Deutschland" gave a light signal to the other side, and at the same time raised a flag demanding the surrender of the other side.

"Oh my God, they seem to have fired torpedoes, oh, they fired!"

With several violent explosions. The bow and bridge of the "Deutschland" received several fireballs, and at such a short engagement distance, the hit rate of direct artillery fire could be said to be 100 percent, but fortunately the Norwegians did not have a few guns on board.

"Fire!" Vice Admiral Kumetz's face turned pale, and although the Norwegian artillery would not have done any substantial damage to a giant battleship like the "Deutschland", being hit by a small enemy battleship was enough to make him lose face and burn with anger.

The main guns, secondary guns, and even small-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the "Deutschland" opened fire at the same time. Lines of fire were drawn on the sea, and the main guns were far away from the target. On the contrary, various anti-aircraft guns were constantly hitting the target, and before the main guns were ready for a second shot, the three Norwegian ships were smashed into a ball of fire. The warships exploded and quickly disappeared from Shaoqingtong.

The Norwegians paid the price for their inadequacy, but Kumetz had a hunch that his trip to Oslo would not be easy.

The fleet moved on, and torpedo boats, which followed the group, searched back and forth on the surface of the sea to retrieve and salvage the Norwegian sailors who had fallen overboard. Under such heavy fire, it is practically difficult for anyone to survive.

The sky was already bright, and the eastern sky had been dyed orange by the brilliant morning glow, and the German fleet braved the glow and sailed into the vicinity of the fortress of Oscarburg, which was less than 30 kilometers from Oslo.

Fort Oskar Fortress. Located on the narrowest part of the Oslo Fjord, on the island of South Kahom. Here, it's a hurricane's throw from Oslo, the capital of Norway. Because of the turbulent water and dangerous terrain in the fortress sea area, the Norwegian army stationed heavy troops here. The entire defensive system was based on the fortress, with 280 mm guns and 150 mm guns cross-arranged to form a fire network, and on the north side of the fortress, on North Kahom Island, the Norwegian army also deployed a 6-tube torpedo firing position.

The Oskarsburg fortress had three batteries armed with 280 mm Krupp fortress guns, each of which was guarded by a 36-man fortress artillery. Since the Norwegian side did not actively organize the defense, one of the batteries was not manned. However, these fortress guns were all products before World War I, and the rate of fire was on the slow side, and Lieutenant General Kumetz did not think that they would cause much trouble for him, and decided to force his way into this coastal defense fortress.

The German battleship was within direct range of several fortress guns, and with a rumbling cannon sound, the silence in the narrow bay was broken, and the "Deutschland" was hit by several shells in succession, and a fire broke out on the deck. Seeing the opening of fire from shore artillery positions, the German fleet returned fire while turning to the right to North Kahom.

The Norwegians installed a triple load of coastal torpedo launchers on North Kahom, which the Germans did not expect. Seeing that the German fleet was leaning in their direction, the torpedo men defending the island pressed the torpedo launch button. Three torpedoes came straight to the "Deutschland" with a white track.

Unable to turn at all in the narrow bay, the "Deutschland" suffered two torpedoes, and the German flagship suffered a heavy blow at once.

The Norwegians also lit up in the fortified positions, and several of the shore defense guns quickly fell silent, and the Norwegians quickly abandoned their positions and fled under the suppression of the German naval guns. The Germans occupied the entire fortress, and to the annoyance of Vice Admiral Kumetz, the "Deutschland" was so badly damaged that he had to order the "Marquis Bismarck" to open the way in front, while the damaged "Deutschland" faltered to the end of the fleet.

Vice Admiral Kumetz ordered the troop carriers to come ashore at Fort Oskar and march overland towards Oslo, with his own fleet behind them. The landing force outflanked the Norwegian shore artillery positions from both flanks, and the Norwegians did not expect the Germans to come to this hand, and the weakly defended artillery positions were quickly broken through. Removing obstacles in the way of advance, the German ships again successfully assaulted the fjord.

But before the navy entered Oslo, the city had already been captured by a battalion of paratroopers parachuted into the air. (To be continued......) R1292