During this time, Chen Feng has been busy with the war against Japan and immigration, apparently neglecting to pay attention to the international situation, and the situation in Europe has been escalating for more than two months. Just three days after Chen Feng signed a temporary armistice agreement with Japan, another major event occurred in Europe - the German invasion of Denmark and Norway.

The Germans did not stop their aggression after the occupation of Poland, and out of serious dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles, the Germans aimed to rise strongly, and their ultimate targets were Britain and France. But Hitler now had some doubts about the strength of Britain and France, and he did not know whether the combat effectiveness of the British and French armies had improved dramatically compared to the First World War. At the same time, Hitler was not very confident in the strength of the Wehrmacht, and he was worried that his path to divine rise would be as tortuous as that of His Majesty Wilhelm.

So he wanted to conduct another combat exercise before attacking Britain and France, and he wanted to see if his army was as heroic and combat-ready as the generals said, so a battle plan called "Wiesel Exercises" appeared on Hitler's desk.

The Wiesel Exercise was another German exercise before attacking Britain and France, and this time the ambitious Hitler targeted Denmark and Norway in northern Europe. The reason why Hitler wanted to send troops to Denmark and Norway was to test the combat effectiveness of his troops on the one hand, and at the same time to test Britain and France. Above all, Hitler coveted the geographical location of Denmark and Norway, which was located between the Baltic and North Seas, and was a key point in maritime communication. Norway is located in the northwest of Scandinavia, bordered by the Barents Sea to the north. With the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the North Sea in the south, the strategic position is very important.

As long as Germany occupies these two countries, it can break the blockade of the German navy by Britain and France, enable German ships to enter the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean unimpeded, and establish a naval base on the west coast of Norway to restrict the movement of the British navy, thus ensuring the security of the northern flank of Germany's attack on Western Europe. This would also allow iron ore supplied from Sweden to Germany to be shipped from the port of Narvik in northern Norway to Germany via the Norwegian sea. Germany consumes 15 million tonnes of iron ore every year, of which 11 million tonnes are imported from Sweden via Norway.

In October 1939, Germany began preparations for an invasion. Hitler appointed Admiral Volkenhorst as commander-in-chief of the German invasion forces. According to the invasion plan of the "Wiesel Exercise". The German Army used deception and surprise tactics to occupy Denmark across the Dande border, while capturing important Norwegian ports and airports with landing troops and airborne troops, and then launching an offensive into the interior. occupation of all of Norway; Then use aviation against the British and French navies. Avoid large-scale engagements at sea.

In this battle, the German army concentrated 7 infantry divisions, 1 motorized brigade and several independent tank battalions and motorized battalions, totaling 140,000 people. Denmark was occupied with 1 reinforced infantry and police division, the remainder was used to capture Norway, and 1,300 aircraft and 234 ships were used to support and support ground force operations.

January 1, 1940. In the name of preventing the invasion of Britain and France and defending the neutrality of Denmark and Norway by force, Germany suddenly launched a war. The German airborne forces launched simultaneous airborne assaults on four airfields in Denmark and Norway in three routes. German commandos went straight to the airfield on both sides of Aalborg, Denmark, and the Waltingburg Bridge. At 5:30, the Junkers-52 transport plane of the 8th Squadron of the 1st Special Mission Bomber Aviation Regiment, carrying the 4th Company of the 1st Regiment of the Airborne Forces, took off from Yutaisen Airport and flew towards Denmark. The sudden attack of the German paratroopers took the Danish army by surprise, and the white troops of the two important Danish airfields surrendered without any resistance, and the Germans easily captured these two important airfields. Immediately afterward, the German 159th Infantry Regiment landed here, and the two airfields became a transit point for German airlifts of troops and supplies to Norway.

At the same time, other Junkers aircraft of the 8th squadron crossed the Baltic Sea and flew all the way to the Woldinburg Bridge. At 6:15 a.m., Captain Glick, the commander-in-chief responsible for seizing the bridge, gave the signal to parachute, and within seconds the cabin became empty. A white parachute flutters down near the Wördingburg Bridge.

When the German paratroopers landed, there was no gunfire on the ground, and there were no sirens, as if the area was still sleeping in a peaceful dream. The German paratroopers rushed into the Danish positions with only the pistols they had with them. They passed in front of the frightened hands of the sentinels, penetrated into depth, and disarmed the bridge garrison in a matter of minutes. 1 squad of paratroopers rode captured bicycles and quickly ran to the bridge, and the guards guarding the bridge also surrendered without firing a shot. At the same time, the German landing force landed on the islands of Zealand, Funen and Falster. Ground forces that crossed the Dande border and invaded Denmark also met no resistance. The Germans quickly advanced into the interior of Denmark and entered the capital Copenhagen in one fell swoop. Just four hours after the start of the battle, Denmark announced its surrender.

Germany's sudden attack on Denmark and Denmark's rapid surrender completely shocked the European countries, although Denmark has never been a big power, but after all, it is also a country, and before the war, Denmark still had 2 infantry divisions and more than 20,000 tons of naval ships, even if the Germans killed more than 20,000 pigs for more than 4 hours, but Denmark surrendered in the stunned eyes of all Europeans.

In fact, it is no wonder that Denmark is only a small country with weak national defense capabilities. Although Denmark had two infantry divisions and 20,000 tons of naval vessels, after the non-aggression pact with Germany in 1935, Denmark did not prepare for war because it believed that strengthening its combat readiness would arouse German suspicion, so it had to surrender when the Germans came.

Germany's attack on Denmark shocked the Europeans, as did Chen Feng. Chen Feng remembers very well that the time when Germany attacked Denmark was far less advanced in history. The fact that the Germans invaded Northern Europe more than four months ahead of schedule shows that the Germans are ready for war and can declare war on Britain at any time.

In fact, what Chen Feng didn't know was that the reason why Germany was ready for war so quickly was because of his "credit". The German economy has recovered well, and a large number of marks have been earned by cooperating with Chen Feng to buy and sell penicillin drugs, which has greatly enriched Germany's finances.

In addition, a large number of Jews were emigrated to China, which not only relieved Germany's internal worries, but also made the German government's purse bulge again. Don't think that Hitler would be naïve to think that Jewish capital could also reach China if he could agree to the relocation of the Jews to China. Hitler wanted to fulfill the ideal of Germany's strong rise, and it was not enough to make money by buying and selling drugs, but the fastest way to get money was to plunder and rob, so Hitler targeted the Jews who had a lot of money.

There is a lot of history about the plundering of the Jews, and they will be deprived of their money at any time. This is a continuation of the tradition of persecution of the Jews in European history, in which the Church in the Middle Ages considered usury to be a sin, but even the world under the rule of the Church needed such financial activities as loans, so the Church entrusted this "sinful" activity to the Jews.

Because, anyway, Jews are inherently "sinful", and by allowing them to engage in such sinful financial activities, the Church maintains both its own nobility and the needs of society. For example, in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, a man named Shylock is depicted. This is a Jew, a moneylender, a usurer, vicious and greedy. The novels of the era often best reflect the social mentality of the time.

For Jews, being deprived of their property was a normal thing, they were used to it, and there have been too many such things in history. For example, during the Crusades, the Church issued an order to recruit more Crusaders: those who participated in the Crusades owed money to the Jews were to be pardoned and not to be repaid. For example, in 1492, the King of Spain ordered the expulsion of Jews, and at the same time ordered that Jews leaving the country were not allowed to carry gold, but only a donkey and a certain amount of grain. As a result, the deported Jews had to exchange their gold for donkeys and grain, which led to a sharp increase in the price of donkeys and grain. The property of the Jews was thus dispossessed in its entirety, without any justification.

Because the Jews are exploited by all sides, the Jews must make enough huge profits and be greedy enough, and this result continues to lead to greater resentment of the people against the Jews, and has become the target of the church and the rulers to divert social contradictions.

Hitler took advantage of this social mentality to openly expel the Jews from Europe, and before he made a deal with Chen Feng, he ordered the German officers in charge of transporting the Jews to conduct a mass search of all Jews, and no gold and silver items were allowed, as well as jewelry, and each Jew was only allowed to carry no more than 30 flatbreads and 2 cans of water.

In this way, Hitler plundered the wealth of millions of Jews, and soon the purse of the Jews was empty, and on the contrary, the German treasury was abundant. It also further strengthened Germany's economic strength and gave it the capital to start a war in advance.

Chen Feng didn't think of this, but even if he thought of it, he didn't think it was a crime, on the contrary, Germany's economic strength increased, and the blow to Britain, France, the Soviet Union and other countries would be greater, and no matter who won at that time, it would be a miserable victory. It would be better if Germany could wipe out all the British, French and Soviet Unions, which would greatly reduce the difficulty of his task, so knowing that trading with the Germans would enhance Germany's national strength, Chen Feng still cooperated with the Germans as always. (To be continued......)