Norway's long coastline can provide a large number of bases for the Teutonic submarine force, preventing the country's few bases from being blocked by the Allies.Occupying this long strip of territory along the coast of the Ocean of Storms, the Teutonic Air Force can rely on its own bombers to control half of the North Sea's air supremacy, which will pose a serious threat to the Saar Empire's sea supremacy.It can even rely on Norway's superior geographical location to completely cut off the connection between the White Eagle Country and the Red Federation Country. In this way, no matter which side Hessler wants to deal with, he can gain sufficient advantages.

In addition, Hissler had reasons to send troops.Most of the iron ore in the Teutonic country is imported, except for the long-distance transportation from the Hualan country, [-]% of the domestic consumption is supplied by Sweden.In summer, Swedish iron ore can be transported from the port of Luleå and transported by sea on the Baltic Sea for the use of the Teutonic state.

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This route is the shortest, and the entire route runs on the inland sea of ​​the Baltic Sea, which is safe and convenient.It's a pity that this route has a fatal flaw that is seasonality, because the winter in the northern part of the Western Continent is extremely cold, as long as it enters November, the port of Luleå will freeze, and the ice layer is so thick that even relying on icebreakers is difficult.

In such weather, the Swedish iron ore shipping port can only be transferred to the Norwegian port of Narvik.Unlike Sweden, which is neutral, Norway is a country that is more inclined to the Saar Empire. During winter transportation, Norway may cut off the transportation to the Teutonic Kingdom at any time due to the request of the Saar Empire.

Recently, the Saar Empire really did this in order to limit the development of the Teutonic State and prevent it from threatening the security of the Gaul State.In order to avoid the supply of iron ore being cut off, the best way for Hissler is to control the ports in Norway to ensure the normal delivery of iron ore.

In order to achieve this goal, Hissler has used Chen Bing's method on the eastern front to divert the attention of the Allied Powers and let the Saar Empire relax its vigilance, and now is the time to see it.

The Teutonic State Staff Headquarters quickly drew up the Weiserburg action plan. After the Teutonic Army planned to use the power of the air force and navy, it would send a mountain division, an airborne division, a motorized infantry brigade and two infantry divisions to the The Norwegian region, thereby controlling various points in its country.

This is a joint sea, land and air force battle that has never been seen in the history of the Teutonic Kingdom. Its complexity is no less than that of the battle plan for the Bailan Kingdom. For this reason, the Teutonic generals stood in front of the sand table day and night, Calculate the various crises that may be encountered, as well as the solutions, and strive to do everything in detail, so that this battle can be more confident.

Unexpectedly, before the Norwegian campaign had begun, the Red Union was the first to start the war.After losing a large area of ​​​​Ukrainian territory in the war with the Raksha Empire, Sterling began to build fortifications in the border area to prevent the opponent's only need to attack.The Rakshasa Empire also had to digest a large area of ​​new territory, and for a while it had no ability to make progress, and the two sides lived in peace for the time being.

There was no war with the Rakshasa Empire for the time being, but Sterling felt that he had nowhere to vent his anger.The two escaped traitors actually beat the Red Alliance Army without temper. The Ukrainian Front Army was wiped out, the two armies of the Reserve Front Army were wiped out, and Vasilevsky revolted in front of the battle.

Sterling felt that he was about to lose control of the army, but he did not dare to continue the purge.The last big purge had already lost too many experienced officers. If there was another purge, his rule would come to an end.The most important thing now is to gather the morale of the entire army, improve the actual combat experience of new officers, and at the same time improve the morale of the army. Of course, the more important thing is to recover the losses in the direction of Ukraine.

Long before the war with the Rakshasa Empire, Molotov used diplomatic means to force the three Baltic countries to sign a mutual economic and trade assistance treaty, thereby controlling the economies of the three countries.After the failure of the battle against the Rakshasa Empire, Sterling ordered the army to suppress the border and directly forced the governments of the three countries to surrender.

The three countries in the Baltic Sea are all small countries, their population and economy are not strong, and their army numbers are small. Facing the pressure of the powerful Red Alliance Army, they can only choose to submit, and then they are quickly merged into the Red Alliance Kingdom, becoming one of the allied republics. one.

After annexing the three Baltic countries, Sterling was still unsatisfied. He turned his attention to Finland in the north, which was the sphere of influence of the Red Federation in the secret treaty of the Teutonic Red Federation.Molotov soon went to Finland. He used the establishment of a buffer zone for Buningrad as an excuse to propose a land exchange between the two sides.

Finland sternly rejected the unreasonable demands of the Red Federation. After several rounds of negotiations, the atmosphere on the scene became more and more heated. Finally, the negotiations broke down on November 11, and the two sides declared a state of war.Sterling originally thought that Finland would surrender directly like the three Baltic countries, but he did not expect to go to war.Sterling, who was burning with anger, immediately assigned Voroshilov and Timoshenko to command the battle against Finland. Later history will call this war the Winter War.

On November 11, the Red Federation unilaterally abolished the "Red Finn Non-Aggression Treaty", and cut off the diplomatic relations between the two countries the next day. On November 28, the Red Coalition Army concentrated a total of 11 people in 30 divisions, equipped with 20 tanks and more than 45 combat aircraft, and launched a full-line attack on Finland.

The Finnish government was caught off guard, and was quickly invaded by the Red Coalition Army within a range of nearly [-] kilometers. Lappeenranta, Imatra, Joensuu and other cities were occupied.Sterling is well aware of the importance of public opinion guidance. After the Red Coalition Army won the initial victory, he immediately announced the establishment of a Finnish democratic government headed by the leader of the Finnish Republican Party, Kusinen, in the city of Lappeenranta, which was occupied by the Red Coalition Army. It is claimed that the Red Coalition Army crossed the border at the request of the government.

After the initial defeat of the Finnish army, it quickly stabilized. Admiral Mannerheim, the Minister of Defense, made a decisive decision and invested a lot of troops. The bitter cold and the favorable terrain of the swampy forest strike back.

Faced with the strong resistance of the Finnish army, the Red Allied Army launched an offensive at any cost. This is definitely the old style of Marshal Voroshilov.The result is also a matter of course. In the Beichamo and Sara areas of the Arctic Ocean, as well as the main positions of the Finnish army around the Karelian Isthmus and Lake Ladoga, the Red Coalition suffered heavy losses but did not make any progress.

The Finns took advantage of their geographical advantages, gave full play to their local combat expertise, and attacked the Red Alliance countries in a flexible and maneuverable manner, and achieved considerable results.At this time, the famous Finnish sniper Simon Heye, who was called the White Death by the Red Union, began to emerge.

When he was young, Simon Haye showed a rare shooting talent and was once the best hunter in the northern forest.After joining the army, the Finnish military paid more attention to sniper tactics, and even more deliberately cultivated talents like Heye.By chance, he was secretly sent to the Western Special Zone at that time, and in the name of a Teutonic student studying abroad at his own expense, he entered the sniper school that trained snipers for the West Army at that time.

The Western Special Zone was the first to open a sniper school in the world. Before the outbreak of the First World War, Zhao Shouhong selected sharpshooters from the special forces to teach sniper tactics, and soon established a sniper unit.Later, the sniper units parallel to the special forces were dismantled and joined various units to take on battlefield sniper missions. Hualanguo's sniper tactics flooded the battlefield, especially in the street fighting of infantry duels and the stalemate trench warfare. Hands are everywhere.

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Since then, the snipers of the Hualan Army have been divided into two teams, the snipers belonging to the special forces, and the snipers assigned to each squad of the ordinary troops. The snipers of these two parts, one is for special tasks, One is to snipe on the battlefield, and they all play the role of a sniper to a great extent, making the enemy frightened.

Because the snipers from the Hualan Kingdom had never been to the west to fight, the countries in the western continent did not feel the threat of the snipers as much as the Japanese and Raksha countries, so few countries paid attention to it.But Finland is an exception. When the Raksha country fought against the Western Special Zone at that time, many Finns served in the Raksha army. They were threatened by snipers on the battlefield and had a deep understanding of snipers.

After the end of the First World War, Finland was able to break away from the rule of the Rakshasa Empire and became an independent country.The officers who had served in the Rakshasa Army back then became the main force in the Finnish army because they were born in a regular military academy and had rich combat experience. They also brought their knowledge of snipers into the army.

It was precisely because of the emphasis placed on snipers in the Finnish army that Haye had the opportunity to study in Hualand.At the sniper school in Western District, he learned everything from two-man sniper team tactics, hiding himself, removing odors, surviving in the wild, and how to take advantage of the environment.

Heye became the first Finnish soldier to graduate from a sniper school, and the sniper school he studied was much more professional than those so-called sniper schools in the Western Continent.This natural hunter quickly emerged in the Red Finn War and became the absolute main force of the sniper army.

There are very few Finnish snipers who can study in Hualan Country. Most of them have studied in various countries in the Western Continent. Among these people, Simon Heye quickly stood out. He was wearing a white snow cover suit, relying on the Rifles and submachine guns killed more than 130 officers and soldiers of the Red Alliance Army within the first month of the war, including a major at the highest level.

What's even more amazing is that Haye never uses a sniper scope.According to him, the mechanical ruler is already the best weapon that God bestows on a sniper. As long as you use the mechanical ruler, you can hit the target accurately.If a sniper scope is installed on the rifle, it will affect his performance, not to mention the reflection of the sniper scope in the sun is very deadly.

Relying on the old-fashioned Morganasin M1891 rifle and the Suomi 31 submachine gun, Simon Haye was invincible, killing the red coalition army corpses all over the field.In the dense snowy coniferous forest, he led his teammates to go out day and night, and actively wiped out all the officers and soldiers of the Red Alliance Army who were alone.Under the leadership of Heye, a large number of excellent snipers quickly emerged in the Finnish army, causing the Red Army to suffer huge losses.

Because of the aggressiveness of the Finnish army, it was difficult for the Red Coalition to win quickly. After the victory in the early stage of the war gradually faded, the two sides fell into a stalemate, but at this time winter had already arrived.Because Sterling decided to launch the attack on a temporary basis, the Red Coalition Army neither conducted detailed war games nor had sufficient logistical reserves. As a result, many problems were exposed during the war.

Ammunition, oil, and food are often not available, but this is still tolerable. However, after entering the winter, the cold-proof clothing and protective gear have not been in place for a long time, but the Red Army has been tortured.As one of the countries closest to the North Pole, Finland has a quarter of its land area within the Arctic Circle, where the temperature in winter can be as low as minus [-] to [-] degrees. Can't stand it at all.

The Red Allied Army soon experienced a large number of non-combat attrition. Many soldiers slept in the trenches overnight, and could not wake up the next day.More and more people died of frostbite, forcing Voroshilov and Timoshenko to suspend their offensive.

The Red Alliance Army began to rely on the occupied areas to build barracks and build warm houses for the soldiers. At the same time, it mobilized a large number of items such as warm clothes, antifreeze ointment, coal, vodka, car antifreeze, antifreeze gasoline, etc. to solve the cold problem for the Red Alliance Army. After entering January 1940, this situation was completely resolved.

After suffering a huge loss, Sterling decided to burn the boat and must take Finland into his hands.The Red Coalition Army quickly reorganized its offensive, this time increasing its total strength to 46 divisions.Timoshenko personally went to the front line to command. He launched a general attack on the isthmus with intensive artillery fire and T35 tank clusters. The Red Federation Air Force was not idle either. They bombarded the cities and transportation lines in the rear of Finland, killing and injuring a large number of civilians. In order to reduce the resistance and war potential of the Finns.

Under Timoshenko's breakthrough attack, the Mannerheim line of defense was broken, and the tanks of the Red Coalition Army continued to penetrate to the rear, completely disrupting the defense system of the Finnish army.Facing the danger of being encircled, the Finnish army was forced to retreat to the front line of Vyborg on February 2.

Facing the triumphant advance of the Red Coalition Army, the Finnish government was terrified, and they hastily sent envoys to negotiate with the Red Coalition Army.The bottom line of Finland is very clear, agreeing to the land exchange agreement with the Red Federation, and handing over the land near Buningrad to the Red Federation.

However, after experiencing heavy casualties and achieving such a great victory, Sterling is no longer satisfied with the benefits of land exchange.He demanded that Finland must compensate the Red Federation for all losses in the war here, and then he demanded 1000 million Saar pounds from the lion.

Such a huge sum of money is unaffordable for the Finns, not to mention that according to the requirements of the Red Federation, this time it is no longer a cession of the land.Finland must cede its southeastern land, including Finland's third largest city, Vyborg as an important industrial center and the mouth of the Saimaa Canal, the entire Karelian Isthmus, the Sara region and most of the islands in the Gulf of Finland To the Red United Kingdom, and at the same time lease Hanko Port to the Red United Kingdom for 30 years.

If such harsh conditions are agreed, the Finnish government will have to fall.The Finnish government did not accept such harsh conditions, and the Red Army launched another offensive.The Finns did not expect that the Red Coalition Army would fight as soon as it said it would. The negotiations have not yet been confirmed to be over, and the front line has already started fighting again.

As the Red Coalition Army pressed harder and harder, the combat effectiveness of the Finnish Army began to become weak.A large number of cities were occupied, and the industrial system on which Finland relied for combat was almost completely taken over by the Red Federation.When the Finnish army retreated north of Lake Siljan, they had no hope of victory.

The Red Federation occupies the entire southern part of Finland, covering an area of ​​[-] square kilometers. This is the essence of Finland and its most industrially developed region.Without this area, Finland can no longer produce its own weapons and ammunition, and such a battle will be difficult to win.

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The Entente Group, which has always been wary of the Utopian alliance, thinks this is a good opportunity, especially the Saar Empire hopes to take the opportunity to weaken the Red Federation by supporting Finland, so they send a large number of weapons and ammunition to the coast of Norway, and then pass through Sweden along the land route sent to Finland.

Such a road is very difficult to guarantee safety, and Norway's control becomes very important if it is to go smoothly.The penetration of the forces of the Saar Empire into Norway has aroused the vigilance of the Teutonic State. Hissler knows that his time is running out, and the grievances between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers will soon be decided.

Just when the two sides were at war and the war was about to start, the Altmark incident became the fuse to attack Norway.

It turned out that as early as when the two countries declared war, the Teutonic Kingdom dispatched many warships to break diplomatic relations and attack the communication lines of the Saar Empire.Among these destructive battleships, the pocket battleship Earl Spee is one of the best. This battleship quickly achieved brilliant results in a series of destructive battles.More than 20 Saar ships were sunk successively, including three Saar warships.

When those civilian ships are attacked, the Teutonic sailors will put all the crew members on lifeboats, give them the necessary food and compass, and let them go to the nearest neutral port to disembark.For those Saar soldiers salvaged from the water, they were placed on the Altmark merchant ship that supplied the Earl Spee.

There were a total of 300 Saar prisoners. They were loaded into the cargo hold of the Altmark merchant ship, and they were intended to be taken back to Teutonia for custody when the ship returned.Just a week after the Altmark separated from the Earl Spee, the Earl Spee was targeted by a battlecruiser fleet from the Saar Empire.A fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, because the Graf Spee was alone and alone, and was finally severely damaged and forced to hide in the port of Montevideo, a neutral country in Uruguay.

According to the Geneva Treaty, the warships of the participating countries can only stay in neutral ports for 48 hours. If they do not leave within the time limit, the neutral countries have the right to detain the warships.However, the Earl Spee was seriously injured and could not be repaired within 48 hours, and the three cruisers of the Saar Empire were waiting outside the port, and they had no way to escape.

In desperation, Langsdorf, the captain of the Graf Spee, ordered the ship to be scuttled, and all the sailors returned to the country by other means, but he himself committed suicide by swallowing a gun.

The Graf Spee, which had once acted fiercely in the Ocean of Storms and caused huge losses to the Saar merchant ship, sank, which was a great boost to the morale of the sluggish Allied Powers.For this reason, the Saar Empire and the Gaul Kingdom both declared victory with great fanfare in order to boost the morale of the people, which annoyed Hissler.

For Hissler, the weakness of the navy forced him to choose to break the war, which was an extremely risky way.The main warships of the Teutonic Kingdom were not many, and one was sunk this time, and it was so publicized by the other party, it was a slap in the face.In order to save face, Hissler ordered the merchant ship Altmark to rush back to the Teutonic Kingdom as soon as possible. He wanted to use these captives to suppress the face of the Saar Empire.

It never occurred to Hissler that his telegram had already been intercepted by the Saar Empire, and they also learned that a batch of Saar captives were being transported to the Teutonic Kingdom.After receiving this situation, the Saar Navy mobilized urgently and patrolled around the North Sea and the Saar Strait, hoping to find the merchant ship that escorted the captive.

To be on the safe side, the return route of the Altmark did not take the Saar Strait, but detoured from the open sea to the North Sea to the Port of Hamburg in the Teutonic State.However, when the merchant ship crossed the Saar Empire and planned to cross the North Sea, it was discovered by the Saar Navy.

The Altmark moved forward at full speed, hoping to avoid the battleship formation of the Saar Empire.However, the speed of merchant ships cannot be compared with warships after all. When they arrived in the waters near Norway, the Mark of Al was finally caught up.

In desperation, the Altmark avoided entering Norwegian territorial waters, hoping to stop the Saar.Unexpectedly, the Saar Navy, eager to rescue the captives, rushed into the Norwegian territorial waters regardless, stopped the merchant ship Altmark, and rescued all the captives on board.

Invading the territorial waters of other countries is not a small matter. For this reason, the Norwegian government lodged a solemn protest to the Saar Empire, asking it to correct its mistakes and apologize, but the Saar Empire turned a deaf ear.Hissler was also furious. Seeing that the chance of a comeback was gone, how could he embarrass the Saar people.

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