Chapter 303: The Nordic Fjords
At present, the firepower composition of the Bad Boy Legion is still very reasonable, after all, it is only a ninth-level room, and there is no deformed ~ tenth-level car, and the current configuration of three, four, four anti-tank, and one light and two artillery is enough for the Bad Boy Legion to gallop in the ninth-level room.
Seeing that the brothers were all in high spirits, Chen Mo waved his hand and went directly into the battle!
When the familiar teleportation light disappeared, a map of green mountains and green waters, red bricks and green tiles appeared in front of Chen Mo's eyes.
The most striking thing about this map is the three mountains that are arranged in a zigzag pattern, all of which run north-south. On the third and fourth lines on the west side of the map, there are two mountains, both of which are very high, and between the two mountains is a narrow canyon! On the east side of the map, the 8th ~ 9th line, there is also a big mountain, this mountain is larger than the two mountains on the west road, and it faces the two mountains on the west road across a slightly undulating plain.
In the middle of these three mountains is an undulating plain, and on the south side of the plain is a small town. On the south side of the town and on the west side of the two mountains on the west road is a sparkling fjord, the most striking of which is the destroyer moored at the K6/K7 position.
Nordic fjords!
This map is the classic map that Chen Mo has played countless times in the real world world game - Nordic Fjord!
When it comes to the map of the Nordic fjords, we have to mention the classic Norwegian battle at the beginning of World War II. Because the background of this map is the Fosterfjord in the Norwegian battle in the history of the real world.
Norway is located in the northwest of Scandinavia, Nordic and bordered by Sweden to the east. It is bordered by Finland and Russia in the northeast and the Norwegian Sea in the west, with a coastline of 21,000 kilometers and many natural harbors. Since Germany had no direct exit into the Atlantic, it was only possible to enter the Atlantic Ocean by bypassing the British mainland through the North Sea, but the powerful British Navy had always been a problem for the German Navy.
During World War I, Britain used its naval superiority to stretch across the narrow North Sea from the Shetland Islands to the coast of Norway. A tight net of blockade was laid out. Trapping the German fleet in its home harbor and doing nothing. After the outbreak of World War II, the German Navy, in view of historical experience and geographical facts, decided that in order to deal with the superior British Navy, Germany must find a way to obtain a base in Norway. This made it possible to break through the British blockade line in the North Sea. Unhindered access to the Atlantic Ocean.
October 10, 1939. The commander-in-chief of the German Navy, Admiral Raeder, met with Hitler and expressed concern that Norway might open its ports to Britain, which would have strategic adverse consequences for Germany. He urged Hitler to occupy Norway first. It was used as a naval base for the war against the British, and at the same time to secure the source of iron ore for Sweden (11 million tons of the 15 million tons of iron ore consumed by Germany each year were imported from Sweden, and in the winter the iron ore was transported by rail to the Norwegian port of Narvik and then to Germany, the whole route happened to be within Norwegian territorial waters). However, the primary goal of Hitler's strategy was the conquest of Western Europe, so he preferred to retain Norway's neutrality rather than take any extraneous military action.
Although Norway was a neutral country at the time, because of its geographical location, Britain and France constantly threatened Norway's neutral status. As early as September 19, 1939, the British cabinet approved the plan proposed by Churchill, Secretary of the Admiralty: to lay mines in Norwegian territorial waters, thereby cutting off the sea transportation routes for Germany to import Swedish iron ore. On January 6, 1940, the British government sent a note to the Norwegian government declaring that the British fleet would not allow German merchant ships to use Norwegian waters. This increased Hitler's concern about the security and strategic resources of his northern flank. On January 27, 1940, Hitler instructed the German High Command to draw up a comprehensive operational plan for the necessary occupation of Norway. To this end, the German High Command set up a special staff department for campaign preparations, composed of one representative from each of the army, navy, and air force, and drew up a Norwegian campaign plan codenamed 'Exercise Wiese.'
On February 5, 1940, the British and French held a supreme military conference in Paris, and decided to form this expeditionary force with two British divisions and one French detachment, land at Narvik, Norway, and then occupy the Jällival iron ore mine in northern Sweden. This was followed by the 'Altmark' incident on 16 February, which finally strengthened Hitler's determination to occupy Norway.
On March 1, 1940, Hitler issued a formal top-secret directive to carry out the 'Exercise Wesse', requiring the German forces of the three services to be fully prepared for the occupation of Norway. At the same time the occupation of Denmark as a necessary springboard and guarantee of transport lines.
The plan of the German army's "Weiser Exercise" was to use the three-dimensional tactics of joint operations of the navy, army, and air force to carry out surprise attacks, landing from south to north at the six major ports of Norway, namely Oslo, Christine, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, and Narvik, seizing the ports and airports in the first stage, attacking inland in the second stage, occupying Norway in its entirety, and preparing to carry out anti-landing and counterattack operations against the British and French forces that might land in the second stage.
On the afternoon of April 2, 1940, after a lengthy meeting with Luftwaffe Commander Goering, German Navy Commander Raeder, and Commander of the Landing Operations Falkenhorst, Hitler issued an official directive ordering the 'Weiser Exercises' to begin at 5:15 a.m. on April 9, 1940. At this point, the Norwegian campaign was in full swing.
For the first time, three-dimensional combat tactics of land, sea, and air were used in this battle, writing a new chapter in the history of human warfare. The Germans suffered 5,700 casualties and lost 10 destroyers, 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers, and 4 submarines. British, French and Norwegian troops suffered more than 5,000 casualties. Britain lost 1 aircraft carrier, 1 cruiser, 7 destroyers, and France lost 1 destroyer. In this battle alone, the German army lost half of its naval strength in the entire Second World War, which can be described as a crushing victory.
More than half of the reason why the Germans suffered such heavy losses was because of the Narvik in the six landing ports planned for the 'Weiser exercise'. Narvik is the northernmost port city of the six landing ports. At that time, when the 'Weiser exercise' was implemented, the other five port cities were within the support range of the German air force, so in the early stage of the 'Weiser exercise' planning, the progress of the German army was still very good, except for the attack on Oslo, the German naval flagship 'Blucher' was accidentally blown out of the ammunition compartment, thus losing more than 1,600 German navy, other places, including the northernmost Narvik, were easily occupied by the German army.
But although Narvik was easily occupied, but this important town in northern Norway because it was outside the radius of the Luftwaffe, so the German army after landing could not get the support of the air force and navy at all, and the Anglo-French forces that landed here later relied on the strong support of the air force and navy to give the German army a heavy blow, so the German army suffered the greatest losses in the entire Norwegian campaign in this small Narvik.
Narvik is located on the inner side of Orfurtfjord, a fjord connected to Fosterfjord. The main naval force of the German army was dealt a heavy blow by the Anglo-French forces in the Battle of Fosterfjord!
The 'Nordic Fjords' map in space is based on the Battle of Fosterfjord.
This map is a standard kilometer by kilometer map, the area where the tank can move is large, and because there are many mountains on this map, the terrain looks a little complicated, and the tank can rely on these mountains to make a detour, making this map full of variables.
However, in general, the offensive and defensive routes of this map can still be divided into three main routes: upper, middle, and lower. The main battlefield of engagement on the upper road is near the Central Plains, which is also the largest of all three lines, and is also the area where both sides need to commit heavy forces to attack or defend.
The central plain sandwiched between the two mountains in the east and west is very large, and because of the topography, the ups and downs are also uneven, and there are two small hills and several huge rocks in it, which makes the central plain full of murderous opportunities.
The middle road refers to the canyon between the two mountains on the west side, this canyon is located between the two mountains, the width is not large, but it is the most convenient route for both sides to attack the opponent's base. Similarly, convenience also means danger, and a blow from both flanks can be a nightmare for assault tanks in order to break through from the middle.
As for the bottom lane, it is the easiest route, whether it is offensive or defensive, it is the easiest. Because the key point of the lower road is a very narrow mountain road, and because of the obstruction of the mountain, it is difficult to receive a hit from self-propelled guns. The stalemate between the enemy and us is at the southern foot of the mountain, where there is no combat skill, and some of them are just hard-fought frontal fire.
For Chen Mo, who has played this map countless times in the real world game, when he saw the Nordic fjord map appear, several strategies appeared in his mind.
According to the picture when the map was loaded, Chen Mo already knew that his own side was born in the No. 2 base on the Western Front, and the enemy was born in the No. 1 base on the Eastern Front.
Because he was born on the Western Front, Chen Mo set a basic strategic goal after a little consideration, that is, to defend the lower and middle lanes, and attack the upper lane!
Needless to say, the narrow mountain road on the lower road limited the large-scale surprise attack of the tanks, and because of the blockage of the mountain, in addition to two peculiar artillery positions, it was difficult for the self-propelled guns of the enemy and us to attack the lower road. However, if the SPG is able to run to a specific gun position to support the bottom of the hill, the attacking side will be mercilessly hit by the SPG.
As for the middle lane, the situation is similar to the bottom lane. The canyon sandwiched between the two mountains is enough to become a one-man situation, and attacking from the middle, whether it is Chen Mo's side or the enemy, is not so easy to do, so the strategy in the middle is also defensive.
And on the road, it is a key area for both sides to fight! (To be continued......)