The Third Reich in Desperation

Text Chapter 300 Are they? !

"General! A large number of Norwegian troops have been assembled in the north." A lieutenant colonel staff officer with a monocle reported nervously.

"Understood." Oliver, the British lieutenant general with the highest rank in the British and French allied forces, nodded and said calmly: "The Norwegian army is nothing but a bunch of trash with low combat power. There is nothing to worry about. What we really need to pay attention to is the intelligence. German divisions that had reached Norway a week earlier."

In Oliver's eyes, the Norwegian army is full of scabies. In his eyes, the only enemy army that can be called the enemy is the German army!

In order to avoid the trouble of the German navy, the British deliberately set the landing position at Narvik and the northeast of Trondheim, which is farther from the German coastline, instead of Bergen, which is closer.

The British Admiralty wishfully thought that if they landed in Bergen, they might be bombed by the Luftwaffe, and the German Navy under the blessing of the Air Force would fight bravely, and landing in northern Norway would not only reduce the threat of the Luftwaffe , It can even make the German navy afraid to avoid war because there is no support from fighter planes, so as to ensure the smooth operation of the entire battle.

As for taking some detours, that's much better than not even being able to log in.Besides, the British government doesn't think it needs to worry too much about dealing with Norway's outdated weapons and equipment and poorly trained troops, and it is enough to fight lightly.

In the beginning, everything was according to the vision of Lieutenant General Oliver of the Expeditionary Force.Under the premise of not being threatened by the Luftwaffe, the British and French allied forces quickly landed successfully and occupied the important military port town.Then, because they were traveling lightly, they indeed crossed various complicated Norwegian terrains smoothly all the way.

Everything was as they planned. The poor firepower and poor combat literacy of the Norwegian army made them completely unable to defeat the British and French allied forces who also used light weapons.Along the way, the Norwegian troops did not make good use of countless geographical advantages to successfully block the expeditionary force's advance even for a short while.

It went so smoothly that it couldn't have been more smooth. This is no war, this is simply a hasty march.Oliver even had the illusion that he didn't need to command at all, and that he could end the battle just by leading the troops to Oslo.

In Oliver's eyes, these Norwegian soldiers are simply a bunch of idiots.Apart from a bit of stupidity that would rather die than surrender, there is no wisdom that a commander should have.

The British and French allied forces have been mobilizing the transport fleet under their noses. However, no one in the entire Norwegian military department has seen through the intentions of the British Admiralty.

When the escort fleet escorting the transport troops set off, the eyes of the Norwegians were still fixed on Bergen.They took it for granted that the British fleet took the shortest route to attack here, and it was the easiest to execute, and it was the fastest route to attack Oslo, so the British and French allied forces could only take this route.

Will the coalition forces drop landing troops in the bombing circle of the Germans?It is also thanks to the fact that all the Norwegian commanders believed in it.

As a result, the Norwegian generals did not know the true intentions of the coalition forces until the two landing forces of the coalition forces appeared in Narvik and Trondheim respectively.And the mines they worked so hard to deploy in the sea area along the Bergen have also become a bunch of decorations, a bunch of useless decorations that could have played an important role!

Oliver still thinks from time to time, how great it would be if the only opponents were Norwegians. …

It is true that the plan of the Anglo-French coalition forces was hidden from Norway, but it was easily revealed by a German head of state named Reinhardt.They did not hesitate to seek far and carefully planned invasion, but became a pocket set by the Germans.

Why did the Narvik fleet choose to stay in the port for repairs, and why did all the sailors, including the commander of the fleet, neglect the defense in the early morning of the next day because of laxity?

Oliver knew very well that it wasn't because they were mentally retarded because their brains were flooded.

On the contrary, they are very smart, and because they are so smart, they are sure that judging from the position of Narvik Hill, even if the German fleet wants to surrender after getting the news, it will not be able to arrive in half a day.Moreover, they did not believe that the German High Seas Fleet, their defeated opponent, would have the courage to leave the combat radius of the Luftwaffe to attack the fleet of the British Empire alone.

It's a pity that the German fleet was actually ready to sail long ago, and quietly left the port as soon as it received information that Narvik was under attack.And Lütjens's First Squadron of the High Seas Fleet did not start from Wilhelmshafen, Germany, but used the Danish port to attack nearby.

As for the courage of the German soldiers, Britain has never really recognized it.Even after experiencing the severe damage of the Battle of Jutland and the teasing of Operation Rainbow, they still did not lose their unique sense of superiority and their general contempt for other countries' navies.

Underestimating the enemy is a taboo on the battlefield that is recognized both at home and abroad.Because they underestimated the enemy, they made a mistake called laxity.And this mistake brought a miraculous and brilliant victory for Germany and the German Navy.

In Oliver's view, the group of idiots in the Navy Command not only lost 3 cruisers and 7 destroyers, but also lost their entire Northern Expeditionary Force's supplies, leaders, and morale.

This is intolerable!

"Our target is the German 30th Infantry Division shown in the information. This is the only support soldier invited by the Norwegians and our only enemy." Oliver said loudly with no expression on his face: "You must remember, Defeating the German 30th Infantry Division is tantamount to winning the war. Without meeting the German 30th Infantry Division, the war has not really begun!"

"The 30th German Infantry Division?" Colonel Bernard, the commander of the French Alpine Regiment, suddenly remembered something, and then suddenly shouted in surprise: "The German division you have been talking about before is the German 30th Infantry Division?"

"Why, it's an infantry division anyway. Is their number important?" Obviously, Oliver from England doesn't know much about the record of the German 30th Division.

Seeing that his allied forces still do not understand the enemy so far, Colonel Bernard from France, who had sent a guiding officer corps to Poland at the beginning, could not conceal his shock, and popularized the original idea for the British commanders present. The legendary feat of the German 30th Infantry Division.

When I heard that this German division faced the siege of a Polish army group, it actually resisted for several days alone, and finally launched a counterattack under the casualty rate that should have collapsed long ago, and captured several times as much as itself. When the enemy was fighting... Even Lieutenant General Oliver, who had always been proud and arrogant, couldn't help swallowing.

In the face of such a terrifying enemy, can they really win?

"Report! A large number of German troops have been found in the south. The vanguard of a regiment of our army has been defeated!" Another staff officer stumbled over to report.

The rain is coming from the wind!

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Body 3 Chapter [-] I still decided not to give it (today's first update)

Standing on the position left by the British, Hoffman lightly raised his watch to confirm.

"This group of British policemen couldn't last for 30 minutes." Putting down his watch, Hoffman, who was already the captain, smiled smugly.

He was also a good fighter discovered by Hans from the Battle of the Bzula River. Hoffman once used a company of troops to defend a forward position and repelled numerous charges of the Polish army that was several times his own.

By making full use of the five mg33 machine guns, Hoffman's troops successively killed no less than two battalions of the Polish army, and when there were only 13 wounded in the company, they still stubbornly stayed on the ground, holding Fighting alone with a will to die.

In the end, if Lyon's troops hadn't gone to meet their retreat who had lost contact with the rear, perhaps they would shed their last blood on that high ground.

This is a fierce general!When Hoffman was rebuilding the army, the first thing he thought of was to promote Hoffman and Lyon respectively.

Lyon's troops were expanded into a battalion directly under the division, and he was promoted to lieutenant battalion commander.Hoffman led a mere thirteen surviving officers and soldiers into a new infantry battalion as the backbone, and was also promoted to lieutenant battalion commander.

And now, Hoffman brought his troops to prove to Hans that his ability not only lies in his tenacity in defense, but also in his bravery in attack.

"One round of shelling and one battalion-level charge defeated the vanguard of the British army, which should normally be the main force of the entire army." Hoffman laughed loudly in front of his three company commanders: "I am a little confused, what is it? Because we are too strong, or because the British police are too weak!"

Hoffman repeatedly referred to the British Army as the British Police, but this was not his original name.There are rumors that this name originated from Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister of Germany.It is said that a reporter asked what would happen if the British Army landed and attacked Germany, but Bismarck jokingly replied: let the German police arrest them.

And this satire of the British Army was adapted into Reinhardt's mouth as: Army?In addition to the Air Force and Navy, isn't there only a bunch of part-time police officers who work in the Army?

Now, referring to the British Army as the British Police has gradually become popular in Germany.And Hoffman himself is one of the German soldiers who especially like this name.

"The British troops are indeed too aggressive to fight. In my opinion, it is no problem for us to wipe out two of their divisions with one division." Hoffman's adjutant also laughed happily.

This adjutant had participated in the Polish campaign with Hoffman at the beginning.When Hoffman was the company commander, he was the deputy company commander.Later, Hoffman was promoted to battalion commander, so he was allowed to continue to be his adjutant.

Seeing that the adjutant who has been with him for more than four years is also very happy today, Hoffman smiled gratifiedly.This is the first time they have achieved such brilliant results in offense.In the previous Polish campaign, not to mention the victory of the offensive, they had completely lost their foundation in the highland defense battle of the Bzura River, and all the survivors were wounded in the field hospital, let alone attacking again.

The soldiers were busy cleaning the battlefield, collecting and transporting the weapons and ammunition discarded by the British in an endless stream.Throw away your armor!This word is really appropriate to describe the vanguard of Britain, which was defeated.

In order to escape faster, the retreating British army did not even bring the most basic weapons. After reducing all the weight they could, they fled to the rear that they thought was safe.

It can be said that one battalion of Hoffman completely seized enough weapons and ammunition to equip two battalions.It's a pity that they were all light weapons. Apart from dozens of Vickers heavy machine guns, Hoffman and the others didn't even find a single artillery piece.

Of course, it also benefited from the fact that the British Expeditionary Force did not carry heavy weapons when chasing the Norwegian troops they thought were under-strength in order to ensure their mobility, and the 30th Division where Hoffman was in happened to have heavy weapons that could provide artillery support.This allowed a battalion of them to defeat a regiment of British troops with extreme ease.

But when he thought about the fact that the Norwegian army, the allied army on his side, would be defeated by a group of "British policemen" who were so much worse equipped than the German army, Hoffman simply couldn't stop the British even if they occupied all the geography. Feel incredible.

Frowning, Hoffman touched his chin while thinking and said: "The people from the first company will stay and continue to clean the battlefield, and the people from the second company will send the packed British weapons to the accompanying Norwegian Royal Guard Battalion. Their equipment should not be better than this, it is necessary to change their equipment and strengthen it a little bit."

"Yes!" The Second Company Commander didn't feel sorry for these light weapons at all, and accepted Hoffman's order without hesitation. Anyway, he didn't like these captured weapons. He could give them to the Norwegians if they wanted them, and it was considered a strengthening of allies. combat effectiveness.

"Oh, that's right!" Hoffman suddenly stopped the second company commander who was about to leave and said, "Wait a minute, save those Vickers heavy machine guns. It's enough to send those Enfield rifles to the Norwegians." .”

"Battalion Commander, it's not convenient for us to keep these heavy machine guns. Anyway, we also have G43 semi-automatic rifles and MP40 submachine guns. The firepower needed to deal with the British is already enough, so don't keep these heavy machine guns." The second company commander reminded road.

"Do you think that what I value is the firepower of these heavy machine guns?" Hoffman swayed and said, "Speaking of machine guns, we now have the lighter and easier-to-use general-purpose machine gun mg42, why use the British to leave these clumsy ones machine gun."