One after another, the bombers began to dive one after another. However, in the face of the opponent's intensive anti-aircraft firepower, even the famous Junkers 87 series bombers were hard to please. In the end, all twelve bombers were wiped out, but only one bomber kept the bomb. On the middle deck of the battlecruiser Hood, two secondary battery positions were destroyed.

During this period of dive bomber attack, the air battle between the two sides has come to an end. As many as 43 fighter jets of the Saar Army were shot down, while only eight of the BF109T battles of the Teutonic Army were shot down.Although the air battle victory was won, the air commander of the Teutonic Kingdom was not happy at all.The air defense power of the Saar fleet was beyond the expectations of the Teutonic Navy. Under the attack of a large group of dive bombers, it wiped out the opponent almost unscathed. Such an air defense capability made the Teutonic Navy talk.

The remaining Teutonic fighters were not willing to leave like this. They swaggered around the fleet aviation and at the same time called other attacking fleets by radio.The Saar sailors were quite nervous and used anti-aircraft guns to shoot at the fighter jets desperately. However, because the opponent's altitude was too high, these weapons could hardly threaten the opponent's safety.

Teutonic commander Herm's call quickly paid off, and the dive bombers and torpedo planes of the other two brigades soon arrived.Lieutenant General Frazier was ashamed to see so many new attack planes arriving, but he had no more fighters to send.

Dive bombers dived towards the aircraft carrier in formation again, while the torpedo planes released their torpedoes from the periphery to the largest battleships and battlecruisers of the Saar Army.With two loud bangs, the cruiser Courage, which was blocking the guns of the capital ship, was hit by two torpedoes one after another, and the hull exploded and burst into flames and slowly sank.

Lieutenant General Fraser's forehead was covered with cold sweat, he knew he was going to be in big trouble today.Due to the interference of the torpedo planes, the Saar fleet had to aim half of its firepower at the sea level, resulting in the lack of a firepower network.Facing the much sparser air defense firepower network, dive bombers rushed up without losing the opportunity.

A Junker 87C dive bomber quickly achieved results. The huge [-]kg bomb penetrated the unarmored deck of the Ark Royal aircraft carrier and caused an explosion directly in the hangar.The Swordfish attack aircraft parked in the lower hangar were severely damaged, and the huge explosion force ignited the fuel pipeline next to it.If the damage control personnel hadn't rushed out in time to put out the flames, the entire aircraft carrier might have disintegrated in the explosion.

With one comes a second, and soon a new crisis emerges.The bomb dropped more accurately this time, directly hitting the root of the bridge of the Fury.The huge explosion directly blasted the bridge of the Fury into the sea, and the entire aircraft carrier lost its command organization.The next two bombers both hit the middle of the fury's deck, and the aircraft carrier with a displacement of less than [-] tons was broken from the middle, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.

The sinking of the Fury seemed to sound the horn of the destruction of the Saar fleet, and soon three more torpedoes hit the port side of the Ark Royal, causing a large amount of water to flood one side of it, and the huge battleship soon began to tilt.Seeing that the Ark Royal was seriously injured, the attacking fleet quickly shifted its target. The battleship Star Canopus, which was in charge of the fleet's air defense, was hit by two torpedoes and four bombs. Seeing that it was dying, the battlecruiser Hood was also hit again. Hit by two aerial bombs, the march became awkward.

At this time, all the attack planes of the Teutonic Navy had finished dropping their bombs, and the whole team returned to their aircraft carrier to replenish fuel and ammunition.However, Lieutenant General Lütjens was already prepared. An Arado seaplane that took off from the cruiser took over the duties and monitored the movement of the Saar fleet. At the same time, the entire fleet began to accelerate towards the west, hoping to block the opponent's return.

The first thousand 260 chapters and seven Norwegian melee

Lieutenant General Fraser knew that he was in a dangerous situation, but he didn't dare to give up the several large warships he was saving.The aircraft carrier Fury and the battleship Star Old Man have sunk to the bottom of the sea one after another, and the Ark Royal has only one last breath left, because there is no backup diesel generator on board, so the drainage pump cannot be used after the engine is stopped, and the management personnel are damaged I could only watch helplessly as the battleship sank slowly.

The sinking of these three warships has become a foregone conclusion, but the Hood still has the value of emergency repairs.Launched in 1918, this battleship was the last battlecruiser built by the Saar Empire. With a displacement of up to 381 tons and four dual-mounted [-]mm main guns, it is so powerful that it has always been regarded as the flagship of the Saar Royal Navy. pride.

It would be a very big mistake if such a warship that has attracted national attention is damaged in his own hands.What's more, the battleship's injuries are not serious, and it only takes a few hours to repair them all.If under such circumstances, the warship is abandoned and returns home, Fraser's fate may be very tragic after returning home.

In desperation, Lieutenant General Fraser could only order the fleet to suspend its advance, and at the same time dispatched some damage control personnel from various ships to board the Hood to help it speed up the repair of the hull and strive to complete it earlier.With the support of the damage control personnel of each ship, the repair work on the Hood was carried out very quickly, and it was completed in only one and a half hours.

After receiving the repair report, Lieutenant General Fred let out a long sigh of relief, but before he ordered the fleet to set sail, he heard the sound of motors in the air, and the Teutonic fleet that had been refueled and reloaded was again in the air.This time the Teutons will not be lenient either, but the Saars are at the end of their rope.

The Saar people have already experienced how disadvantaged a fleet without fighter jets is in air defense operations, and this time will definitely leave an even more unforgettable impression on them.With the signature whistle of the Junkers 87C dive bomber, aerial bombs fell suddenly.

The sinking of the battleship Canopus and the loss of combat effectiveness of many other warships left the Saars with too many holes in their air defense firepower network, which was simply not enough to block every incoming bomber.As the booming explosions sounded one after another, several attack planes succeeded in combat. The old wound of the Hood was not healed and a new wound was added. Two torpedoes hit the bow of the ship. ship.

Lieutenant General Fraser looked at everything in front of him with tears in his eyes. According to his calculation, his side could escape smoothly.According to his calculations, this place is more than [-] kilometers away from the coast, and the round trip of the plane takes at least an hour, including the time for reloading and refueling. It is impossible to return in less than two hours. went.

But the other party actually completed all this in an hour and a half, and sent the plane to such a distant sea again.There is only one possibility. The enemy's aircraft did not come from land but an aircraft carrier. Thinking that the Teutons actually hid the aircraft carrier, but Saar's intelligence agency did not get any news, Lieutenant General Fraser fought coldly.

If this enemy is not found in time, the Saar fleet will be in a state of doom. Thinking of this, he can't care less about the sinking of the Hood. The remaining cruisers and destroyers rescued the crew members who fell into the water, and immediately turned to Saar. The empire sailed away, and the fate of Norway was left to fate.

The loss of many battleships by Fred's fleet was not in vain, at least they covered the two fleets and completed their missions.Among them, a task force composed of eight destroyers secretly laid a large number of mines along the coast of Norway, while another transport fleet transported the Saar 146 Brigade and the Gaul Mountain Brigade to Norway.

These two brigades are the Allies' best troops in mountain warfare. The Saar and Gaul governments hope to rely on them to inflict heavy damage on the Teutonic Army entering Norway.After receiving reinforcements, the morale of the Norwegian army was greatly boosted, but they did not know that because of the loss of sea control, the follow-up material delivery plan of the Saar Empire was forced to stop. The Dunn army fought.

The Allied forces and the Norwegian army deployed together, intending to defend the line of defense to prevent the Teutonic army from besieging Oslo.An unexpected situation happened that they did not expect. A regiment of the Teutonic Army suddenly parachuted into Oslo.Most of the Norwegian army fought on the outer line, relying on the mountain defense line to prevent the Teutonic army from attacking, but they didn't want the opponent to attack Oslo directly by airborne combat.

This is the situation caused by the backward combat methods. The Norwegian army also used the old tactics of World War I to rely on layers of ground fortifications to prevent the opponent from advancing.However, with the rapid advancement of military technology, the combat mode has changed from flat to three-dimensional, which caught the Norwegian army by surprise.

The Teutonic paratroopers raided the defenseless Oslo, and soon occupied every key point in the city, especially the airport on the outskirts, which was even more deadly.Then the Teutonic Army began to use the air force to transport a large amount of weapons, ammunition and troops here, and the strength of the Teutonic Army quickly expanded from a regiment to a division.

The Teutonic army occupied the area around Oslo and began to advance towards Lillehammer to the north.Faced with the enemy's front and back, General Rugai had to lead the Norwegian army to relocate and establish a temporary defense line.The terrain in this area is mountainous. If the Teutonic army wants to continue to advance, it must concentrate its main routes in two canyons.

These two canyons are located in Gudebrandislen between Lillehammer and Andalsnes and in Österdallen which stretches north directly towards the port of Trondheim.The Norwegian army and the Allied forces actively defended, hoping to hold their defenses and force the Teutonic army to retreat.But they obviously overestimated their own ability, and underestimated the determination of the Teutonic Army to attack.

After the Fifth Air Force of the Teutonic Army entered the Norwegian area on a large scale, the fierce air firepower completely destroyed the resistance of the Allied Powers and the Norwegian army.A Teutonic army led by Fix attacked the Norwegian army from behind. At the same time, Rengro's army suddenly crossed the Gutbrandislen area, disrupting the opponent's defensive position, forcing the Allied Powers and the Norwegian Allied Forces to be defeated. Forced to retreat to Andalsnes.

Norway's defeat seems to be doomed, and King Haakon VII, out of safety considerations, withdrew to Tromsø along with the Norwegian government and national reserve gold.After the Allied forces retreated inland, the Saar government was still unwilling to fail. After coordination with the Gaul Kingdom, they decided to take joint action and take advantage of the opportunity of the Teutonic Kingdom's unstable foothold to gain a foothold.Whether it is disrupting the combat deployment of the Teutonic Kingdom, or taking the opportunity to bring back one's own defeated army, this is very necessary.

The first thousand 260 eight chapters of the allied forces retreat

On May 5, the Allied fleet, escorted by three Glory-class aircraft carriers, five battleships and twelve cruisers, launched an attack on the port of Narvik. Admiral Cork was appointed as the commander of this operation. commander in chief.On the way, they encountered a Teutonic patrol fleet composed of ten destroyers. As a result, under the heavy artillery bombardment of the battleships, the Teutonic fleet was completely sunk.

After this battle, although the Teutonic Navy lost many destroyers, it found the Allied fleet, but the Teutonic Army found it difficult to resist for a while.The Teutonic Army wiped out the remnants in the inland area, and there were not many troops in the coastal area. Therefore, the Allied fleet easily covered the landing of the [-]st Light Armored Division of the Gaul Army.

The Allied forces took the opportunity to attack the city and conquered the territory, and conquered the nearby Bijerkevik in one fell swoop.The Air Force had to parachute a battalion of paratroopers in the nearby city of Diet, and added a newly formed mountain regiment one after another, but with these soldiers alone, it was still unable to fight against the Allies.

At the critical moment, the Teutonic Navy showed a huge offensive initiative. Admiral Raeder personally ordered that all the navy's light ships be dispatched to launch an attack on the Allied forces' cover to attack Norway's fleet.Submarines and torpedo boats became the main force of the attack, and the Allied navy quickly fell into a panic.The Allied fleet had dispersed to cover the landing force.

The dispersion of forces caused great passiveness, and the Teutonic Navy attacked at night, causing many Allied cruisers and destroyers to be sunk.The air defense and anti-submarine capabilities of the Allied fleet made matters worse. The navy had to consider giving up the cover of the army and gathering together to protect itself.

Just as the squadrons were converging towards the port of Narvik, the aircraft carrier Glory, which served as the cover mission with the longest voyage, suffered a blow.As the captain of the Honorary aircraft carrier and fleet commander, Lieutenant General Vic is worried.

As an aircraft carrier refitted from a large cruiser during World War I, the Glory only had a displacement of more than 5000 tons. The escort ships it carried this time were only three cruisers and five destroyers.Just last night, the fleet was attacked by a formation of Teutonic torpedo boats. In the panic, two destroyers and a cruiser were sunk, and one destroyer was seriously injured. It can be said that the loss was heavy.

The rapid reduction of troops made Lieutenant General Vik terrified, so after receiving the order to withdraw the formation, he rushed to Narvik Port immediately, hoping to join the large fleet there as soon as possible.When the fleet entered the open sea, Lieutenant General Vic suddenly felt something was wrong, and soon he found a thick black smoke approaching right in front of the fleet.

The black smoke over there quickly revealed its figure. It turned out to be the main battleships Scharnhorst and Gleisenau of the Teutonic Kingdom.The aircraft carrier Glory was relatively slow, and tried to escape after discovering the enemy, but it was too late, and even the carrier-based aircraft had not been released, and the two Teutonic warships had already fired more than 20 kilometers away.

The 280mm caliber shells fell one after another, splashing water around the Glory, and the Saar sailors seemed a little flustered.The few remaining cruisers and destroyers immediately fired at full power and rushed towards the two main battleships of the Teutonic Kingdom, while the auxiliary fleet of the Teutonic Kingdom also rushed out quickly, strangling each other.

At such a critical moment, Lieutenant General Vic ordered the Glory to speed up and turn against the wind. He planned to take off some attack aircraft as soon as possible while the aircraft carrier was not injured, and sink the Teutonic warship.Facing the violent monsoons that are common in the Ocean of Storms, several Swordfish attack aircraft that had just been transported to the deck started their engines, the two-blade propellers were buzzing, and the first aircraft began to slide forward slowly.

The speed of the plane is gradually increasing, and the pilot desperately pulls the control stick towards himself, hoping that the plane can take off quickly.However, when the Swordfish plane crossed the bridge and entered the front deck area, a 280mm shell fell from the sky and hit the bow deck accurately.

The unarmored flight deck cannot withstand the impact of large-caliber shells, and a huge explosion occurred after the armor-piercing warhead penetrated into the hangar.Those aircraft on standby in the hangar were fully fueled and bombed. As a result, the explosion of the shells killed many attack aircraft.Violent sacrificial explosions appeared one after another inside the bow, and soaring flames gushed out from the hole, tearing the entire front deck apart.

Seeing this scene, the pilot of the first Swordfish attack plane pulled back the joystick in fright, hoping that the plane could fly before the hole broke, but because the speed was too low, it plunged into the hole.Before the plane landed in the hangar, it was torn apart by a wave of airflow generated by the explosion, and the broken metal parts flew around, scattering the entire deck.

The second plane behind had more time to react, and he panicked when he saw the first plane crash into the deck hole and end up with no bones left.In order to survive, the pilot flicked the joystick desperately, hoping to go around. Unfortunately, he forgot that the bridge was next to him. As a result, the whole plane hit the bridge and exploded.The third plane managed to escape the aftermath of the second plane's explosion and finally barely stopped before the hole in the deck.

The Glory aircraft carrier was severely damaged, and there was no way to fight back at all, and the cruisers and destroyers were quickly sunk by the superior forces of the opponent. The ending of the Saar Navy fleet was irreversible.The two battleships fired at full horsepower and turned in front of the aircraft carrier Glory. Eighteen 280mm main guns fired violently and sent the aircraft carrier Glory to the bottom of the sea.

This is the third and last aircraft carrier that the Saar Empire lost in this battle.After the Teutonic army turned around and carried out encirclement and suppression with a three-way army, it was already difficult for the Allied forces to win.The Allied forces resisted steadily, but they were still unable to hold their positions. After the navy was unable to continue to support, this situation became even worse.

At this time, news of the surrender came from Finland.The Finnish government announced the surrender of the whole country and handed over power to the puppet government supported by the Red Federation.After Kuusining gained state power, he didn't even need a fig leaf, and directly announced that Finland would join the Red Federation and become one of its affiliated republics. In this way, the Red Federation officially annexed Finland.Of course, not everyone is soft-headed. A large number of young officers and soldiers such as Heye chose to leave the motherland. They crossed the border to Sweden, and later arrived in Teutonic and Hualand countries to accumulate strength for the restoration of the country.

Most of the reasons why the allies sent troops to Norway were to rescue Finland and limit the expansion of the Red Alliance.Now that it is done, it is meaningless to provide assistance to Finland, not to mention that the Teutonic Navy's aircraft carrier fleet has also gone to sea, looking for opportunities to destroy the Saar Navy fleet, the situation is already extremely critical.After weighing the pros and cons, the Saar Empire decided to give up even Norway, and the whole army retreated to the country.

The first thousand, 260 chapters and nine raids on the Low Countries

With the support of the navy, the Norwegian army and the remnants of the Allied forces retreated to the territory of the Saar Empire one after another, surrendering Norway to the Teutonic state.Hissler was overjoyed by the active retreat of the Norwegian army and the Allied forces. Although he lost more than 20 soldiers and more than [-] warships for this attack, after all, Norway has already won.In the future, submarines and warships can use Norway's long coastline to attack more stealthily, and with a series of land airports, it is enough to block the northern part of the North Sea and the Skagerrak Strait.

Apart from Norway, of course, Hissler had another surprise. The weak combat effectiveness of the Allied forces surprised him and gave him hope of victory.In addition, the Red Coalition Army also exhausted its efforts in fighting against a small country like Finland, losing more than 15 troops, almost equal to the national army of Finland. Such combat effectiveness also disdains Hissler.Hissler suddenly discovered that the countries around him were seemingly powerful rookies. This information fueled his aggressive ambitions, and a larger-scale battle was about to begin.

Just after the Teutonic Army fully occupied Norway, Hissler began to order the High Command to formulate a yellow plan to prepare for the invasion of Gaul.As one of the main countries of the Allied Powers, Gaul's combat effectiveness cannot be ignored, and the Maginot Line is extremely strong and extremely insurmountable.In order to break through the border of Gaul, the Teutonic generals thought of many ways, but they were all futile, and the attack plan could not be determined for a long time.At this time, a lieutenant general named Manstein proposed a bold attack plan, which made Hissler ecstatic after seeing it.

After many staff members and generals discussed and perfected it, the yellow plan was put on Hissler's desk.This is an invasion plan for Gaul and the Low Countries, many of which have never been seen in the Western Continent, and Hissler is not sure about this.He personally called Manstein to his office, and the two had an hour-long conversation before Hissler approved the plan.

Manstein and Guderian, who were promoted to admirals, were personally responsible for the new yellow plan, with the cooperation of the Air Force. This joint action plan was determined to be implemented on April 4.

Less than a month after the end of the Norwegian campaign, the Teutonic army suddenly launched an attack on the Low Countries.Accompanied by the sound of rumbling tank tracks, a large number of paratroopers were air-dropped to key locations in the Low Countries.Equipped with sufficient ammunition, these paratroopers were able to attack nearby areas flexibly. They quickly mastered various bridges and traffic arteries, and covered the advancing tank troops to attack forward.The armies of some countries also tried to eliminate the paratroopers, but were attacked by paratroopers calling bombers.

In order to better scare the enemy, Goebbels asked the air force's dive bombers to bring buzzers. As long as the plane dives at high speed, the rapid wind blowing through the buzzer will make a shrill scream, so as to create a terrifying atmosphere.This method was very effective for ordinary people, but it quickly lowered the morale of the people of various countries. Many people trembled when they heard the scream of the buzzer of the Junkers 87A dive bomber.

Three days in Red Hair, one day in Luxembourg, and four days in Belgium. It took just over a week for all the lowland countries to surrender one after another, and the Teutonic Army quickly occupied a large area of ​​territory.Belgium immediately became nervous. If the Teutonic army continued to attack, they would be the next target. In order to protect themselves, the Belgian army hoarded heavy troops in the Lieyang Fortress, hoping to prevent the Teutonic army from invading.

Sure enough, the Teutonic State invaded Belgium in an all-round way a week later.Facing the increasingly strong resistance of the enemy, the Teutonic army used all its magic weapons.Soon under the attack of the Junker 87A dive bomber, all the fortifications of the Belgian army were destroyed, and the army withdrew all the way to the Liege Fortress.

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