The next day, the 23rd, as the German fleet had completed its most dangerous route and reached the sea off Oslo, the Germans were also trying to figure out the dagger.

At 4:20 a.m., the German envoy to Copenhagen delivered an ultimatum to the Danish government, demanding that Denmark immediately accept "German protection" and respond within one hour.

At 5:20 a.m., the German envoy in Oslo delivered another ultimatum to the Norwegian government to the same effect.

By this time another German fleet had advanced into the main Danish ports and was preparing to attack Denmark by sea and land.

Just after seven o'clock, countless German planes painted with the word "swastika" appeared in the sky above the Aalborg airport in Denmark, and soon, the lower part of these planes cast black dots like eggs, and white flowers quickly bloomed in the sky.

The flowers drifted down to the airport in the wind. In their place was a group of heavily armed German soldiers. The Danish troops guarding the airfield were surprised and did not put up any resistance, so the Germans did not use more troops to occupy the most important target airfield in Denmark.

Junkers of the 9th Squadron of the 1st Transport Wing (TP1) carried Captain Glick and his 4th Company of Chasseurs across the Baltic Sea to the second German target, the Storsderem Bridge, which was 3.5 kilometers long. It is the only link between the islands of Gesai and Zealand in the south, i.e. to Copenhagen.

In the early morning, in the bright sun, the long Stolsderem Bridge appeared in front of it, and soon countless umbrella flowers appeared in the sky above the bridge.

There were no gunshots on the ground. There was no siren, and in the face of the German airborne troops falling from the sky, the guards guarding the bridge did not react to resist at all, and their will to fight was even worse than that of the Northeast Army during the Northeast Incident.

Not far away, there was a deathly silence on the Danish army's position. Seeing this, the German paratroopers got up from the ground, and after untying their parachutes, they didn't even pick up the boxes of heavy weapons that had been dropped by air. (The weapon box contains mortars and recoilless guns for destroying fortifications), and he directly rushed into the opponent's position with small arms.

Soon the paratroopers swaggered in front of the frightened enemy sentries who raised their hands in guò, and then went straight into the depths, disarming the garrison in only a few minutes.

Then a squad of soldiers rode their captured bicycles and hurried to the other end of the bridge. And the Danish guards who were defending there also surrendered without firing a shot. The greatest loss of the Germans in the whole process was a sprained kick by an airborne soldier while landing. Another one was unlucky enough to hang on a tree branch, unable to move in mid-air. In the face of a surprise attack by the German Airborne Forces. The Danes did not want to resist at all.

On the other hand, in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, the sky is just dawning, and the whole city is in a quiet and harmonious atmosphere. The Danish government received an ultimatum from the Germans. Government dignitaries are at a loss. In a hurry, there was no order to resist - in fact, they were as they were in history. I don't want to resist at all.

And at this time, German steamers flying the Swedish flag docked at the pier in Copenhagen. As soon as the gangway was placed on the shore, the Swedish flag that had been hoisting was quickly lowered. Then the German flag and the naval flag were raised on the mast

Then a large number of German soldiers rushed down from the steamer, and the distance was far away, and the other two steamers could not dock for the time being, and they also put down the steamboat and carried the soldiers to the dock quickly.

"German naval flag! They are Germans! German! ”

The sudden "change of flag" of the ship on the shore caused quite a bit of confusion on the dock. However, there are not many people at the dock in the early morning. Several of the soldiers guarding the docks were about to make a move of resistance, but they were subdued by German agents who had already infiltrated Genhart.

Then the loudspeaker on one of the steamers began to sound:

"Citizens of Copenhagen. We are the naval and army units of the German Empire. As Denmark is threatened by Britain and France, we are here to protect you. Rest assured, we will not do anything that is detrimental to the honor of the military. We ask the general public to cooperate with our actions and not to attack us. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences. ”

The Germans still did not meet resistance at the docks.

Soon, the German landing force began to march into Copenhagen. The greatest resistance to the Germans during the occupation of the whole of Norway was the destruction of a German car by a team of Danish policemen who set up a barricade at the gate of the city of Copenhagen and fired at the German vanguard with submachine guns and pistols. Approximately less than ten casualties were caused. However, this resistance was soon crushed by the G32 semi-automatic rifles in the hands of the German army, which was the only casualties caused by the Germans after entering Denmark. At the same time, other German landing forces also landed from strategic locations such as Zealand, Fonn, and Falster in Denmark.

At 8 a.m. of the same day, the German envoy in Copenhagen again delivered an ultimatum to the Danish government, demanding that Denmark immediately accept "German protection", and at 12 o'clock, that is, after the German army, the Danish King Christian X was forced to announce his surrender. Ordered his guards to stop resisting. Accept the protection of the Germans.

The Danes put up little resistance, the navy did not fire a single shot, the army suffered less than ten casualties, and four hours later accepted the German ultimatum. Germany occupied Denmark in a near-"peaceful" way.

The Norwegian government, however, replied with a strong and unconventional attitude: "We will not give in!" ”

By this time, the German fleet had reached the open sea of Oslo.

The British Navy, which had already realized the strategic intentions of the Germans and made an urgent sortie, would not arrive until twelve hours later.

The Germans, who had long known the attitude of the Norwegians, had already begun a covert operation before the ultimatum was issued to Norway.

Due to Norway's distance from the German mainland, its strategic objectives were threefold.

One is the airport near Oslo, the capital of Norway, the other is the port of Narvik, and the biggest thorn in the side is the Oscarburg Fortress at the narrowest point of the Oslo fjord.

Historically, the German Navy suffered a great loss at the Oscarborg Fortress, when a heavy cruiser was hit by an old German-made cannon (283 mm) made on the island for 48 years, and then two shore-based torpedoes were sunk.

And in this plane, due to the two Shann-class battleships, the strength of the German Navy is far greater than that of the same period in history. In addition, the German navy, which was full of confidence, was not afraid of the possible threat of the British Navy, and the two Shane-class battleships raised their guns directly in the Oslo Gap, and 18 406-mm cannons opened fire at the same time in the early morning of local time, completely destroying this ancient battery in only half an hour. As for several hidden land-based torpedo launchers, they were also directly destroyed by the prepared German fleet with heavy artillery. And the poor navy of the Norwegians, facing the German fleet, which was nearly a hundred times its total tonnage, raised its flag and surrendered after a little resistance.

The German navy then entered the port of Oslo, and a large number of troops landed.

At this time, the Norwegian royal family had just received an "ultimatum" from the German government, and before it even had time to read it, the German fleet located off the coast of Oslo had already "couldn't help it" to fire first.

Upon learning that the Oskarborg fortress had been destroyed, the Norwegian royal family angrily tore apart the ultimatum sent by the German ambassador and threw him out. "Premature war" was the biggest "mistake" of the Germans in the Norwegian operation, and the Norwegian royal family and the government together announced that they would "resist to the end".

In resisting the German invasion, the Norwegian government showed courage and backbone, but the country was weak and weak, and it was once immersed in the sense of false peace brought about by "neutrality". It was the early hours of the morning, most of the people were still asleep in their beds, and there was no way to mobilize people to put up an effective resistance in a short period of time.

When a large number of German marines and mountain divisions landed in the port of Os, which had just been occupied by Guò, it was just dawn and a large number of transport planes had taken off from Germany, loaded with airborne troops, and were on their way to Oslo, Norway.

The Germans chose to send troops on the 20th precisely because they had received a forecast from the meteorological department that in the next three days, there would be unusually better weather in northern Europe, which would be suitable for aircraft to take off and land.

Before noon on 22 July, a large number of German transport planes landed at Fornabu Airport near Oslo. Since Norwegian Defense Minister Quisling had long been in collusion with Germany, the vanguard of the German landing force had also reached the vicinity of Fornabu Airport at this time. With the two sides joining forces, the Germans took control of the airport lightly. A large number of transport planes from Germany carrying paratroopers and supplies were able to land easily and safely at the airport, and by noon the same day, the Germans had taken full control of the airport and its surroundings.

Having not been wasted nearly half a day by the Oscarbo Fortress, as is the case in history, the Germans' first action was almost entirely carried out according to plan. When the Norwegian royal family, government and members of parliament with 20 trucks carrying gold from Norges Bank and three secret documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared to evacuate to Hamar, 80 miles north of Oslo, from where they fled. The German army had already surrounded them in advance, and finally captured them with men and belongings.

At this time, reinforcements from Britain were still adrift at sea.

At noon on the 22nd, Mountbatten, the commander of the British capital ship who was speeding at sea, was shocked when he learned that the Germans had entered Oslo. After a brief exchange of telegrams with London, he ordered the British Navy to change its aircraft carrier and sail to the port of Narvik in northwestern Norway, arriving late that night, where the weak Norwegian troops joined the British without resistance. (To be continued......)