In the north of Germany, there is a small coastal country, Denmark, with 5 smaller divisions and a small fleet.
Compared with the Norwegian battlefield, the Air Force lost 127 aircraft, the Navy lost 3 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 4 submarines, more than 10 small ships, and also lost the "Sandhurst" and "Gneisenau"
Two battleships were seriously injured. Reinhardt was actually more willing to cut in half the "Weser Exercise" that shook the vitality of the German navy in history, stop it when it was good, and only occupy Denmark.
After all, it only took about 20 casualties to capture the entire Denmark, and it only took one morning to obtain the surrender of the entire country. Relying on the casualties of 20 people, in exchange for a future attack base to march north to Norway, it was easy to obtain a small but certain force.
A small fleet with offshore combat capabilities is definitely a good deal.
"More than seventy years ago, the Danes invaded us and occupied Schleswig-Holstein and Rowanborg in Germany. It is like a bone and is always stuck in my heart. Although we later defeated
They, but this matter must not be let go like this!" Reinhard waved his fist in anger and said: "We can't let them think that we are easy to bully, this revenge must be avenged."
It’s too embarrassing to mention things that happened seventy years ago. Why don’t you mention that we had a festival with the Danes seven hundred years ago?!
A rising big country angrily shouts revenge against a declining small country. This is equivalent to a big man holding a steel pipe pointing at a kindergarten child holding a lollipop and saying: "Don't think I'm easy to bully.
I will take revenge on you sooner or later!"
Everyone can tell at a glance who is bullying whom.
It’s okay to bully others, but he unreasonably raises old scores, acting like a gentleman taking revenge, and it’s never too late after seventy years...Who are you fooling!
Seeing Redel's strange expression, Reinhard coughed twice, sat down with a serious expression and said, "My marshal! You must remember that no matter how powerful the enemy is, as long as they dare to invade us, we will definitely
We must do our best to repay them.”
As he spoke, Reinhard's mood rose again. He stood up on his chair and shouted: "Don't say Denmark has 5 divisions, I won't be afraid of them even if there are 50 divisions. Germany has never been afraid of them."
Fear of power..."
Raeder blushed when he heard this, but Reinhard spoke in a serious and solemn tone, and even used a tragic tone!
Of course you are not afraid anymore. How can Denmark have 50 divisions? You are obviously trying to pick a weakling, but do you still have any reason?
Denmark's current five divisions are all understaffed, so why are they talking about bullying Germany?!
Seeing that Redl did not respond to his impassioned speech, Reinhardt touched his head, sat down again and calmly said: "Let's do this for now. I asked Ribbentrop to submit a protest to the League of Nations, asking Denmark to
They supplemented the invasions of Schleswig-Holstein and Roenburg."
Licking his tongue, Reinhard looked at Reidel with a smirk on his face: "This matter has been delayed for more than 70 years, so let's ask them to compensate for 700 tons of gold."
700 tons of gold? You couldn’t have that much even if you defeated Denmark. How can others get it?!
With a smile, Reinhard gave a brief explanation to Redel who looked embarrassed: "If they are unrepentant and unwilling to compensate us for our losses, then we will retaliate against them with force. Anyway, we have given it in advance."
They have the opportunity. According to an old Eastern saying, this is called courtesy first and then attack."
"How's it going? What's my suggestion? Does it sound logical and reasonable?" Reinhard stared at Raeder expectantly.
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As the center of this international competition, the two home countries on the Navia Peninsula are becoming increasingly restless.
Norway, a country bordering Sweden to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, calls itself a powerful country in the Nordic region.
After receiving the "borrowing" request from the United Kingdom, King Haakon VII of Norway immediately convened senior military officials in Oslo and held an important military discussion meeting.
"The British are going to send their troops into our territory. Do they think we are a colony of the British Empire? They come here whenever they want. They really think we are easy to bully!" said an ignorant member of the Norwegian royal family angrily.
"Ali, don't be impulsive!" The king rolled his eyes at his younger brother: "Britain is a superpower and always likes to intervene in wars in major territories. It supports pro-British forces, controls regional situations, and builds overseas military bases everywhere. They have done a good job.
Isn’t it less?! We are both island countries, but in terms of strength, we in Norway are not even one percent of theirs, so what can we do to stop them?"
"Then we can't let them bully us." Ali said angrily, clenching his fists and bowing his head: "Norway is an independent country, why do they...why do they dictate to us...
..”
Sitting in the middle of the conference room, Quisling, who had become the Minister of Arms with secret funding from Germany, silently sorted out his thoughts.
If he waits until the British troops land on Norwegian territory, his plan to help the German occupation will most likely come to nothing. If the pro-British faction in the country takes the opportunity to raise its head, he, a representative figure who has been labeled as the leader of the pro-German faction, should leave.
The center of power is getting further and further away!
No, we must not let the situation develop to that point! Although he does not know when the German head of state will be able to arrange a meeting with him in the future, Quisling is certain that what he has to do now is to do his best to prevent the British army from landing on Norwegian soil.
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Ali had just spoken loudly, as if venting his anger, and Quisling immediately answered calmly: "The German head of state once said that if a nation succumbs to foreign aggression, that nation should not exist. We Norwegians,
I won’t give in willingly.”
Quisling's words seemed to be encouraging everyone present. But if you think about it carefully, you can easily find that the key point he wanted to express was not that he was unwilling to give in, but that "the German head of state said it."
When he mentioned Germany at this time, what exactly did he want to express?
"Okay, Quisling. Just say what you want to say, and we will all listen carefully." As the king, Haakon VII knocked on the table and signaled Quisling to continue speaking.
After receiving the king's signal, Quisling smiled and nodded: "It's very simple, I have already talked with the German ambassador. The Germans promised us that once Norway's neutrality is in crisis, they will do their best to help us maintain neutrality, and even
We do not rule out military assistance."
"When did you contact the Germans behind the government's back?" Minister Koch jumped up from the bench excitedly, pointed at Quisling's nose and said, "Tell me! Are you secretly colluding with the Germans?"
Koch is a smart man, at least he is much smarter than someone like Quisling who came to power with German aid. In Quisling's words that he blurted out in desperation, he immediately sensed something was wrong.
Although it seems that Quisling is contacting the Germans to ease the crisis of British invasion. But on the other hand, if there is no crisis brought by the British, what consequences will his private contact with Germany have?
Anyway, his real reason will never be as noble as it seems now!