Chapter 320: Battle of Denmark

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In the quiet Danish sea, a warship appeared on the sea level, followed by the second and third ships. The first large-scale support operation of the German Navy ’s high seas fleet aimed at protecting the army and landing forces from taking Denmark.
With a single order, the 40 German carrier-based Stuka bombers that took off from 4 German aircraft carriers took off one after another. After forming a formation in the sky, they quickly flew towards the pre-selected target.
On the bridge of the USS Empire, Lütjens, his chief of staff, and his adjutant stared at the chart to analyze the progress of the battle. In order to win Denmark and connect the two German estuaries together, this time the offensive plan has been carefully studied by the German side for a long time.
"This batch of aircraft will destroy the anti-aircraft artillery deployed on the shore, as well as the Danish Air Force Airport near Copenhagen. We parachuted here and here, so we need our aircraft to support these areas and destroy the resistance of the Danish defenders." The chief of staff pointed to the map and said: "We will cruise here for the second batch of aircraft, cover the air force bombing Copenhagen, and force the Danish defenders to surrender."
"What about maritime security? I think everyone knows why we are here." Lütjens pointed to the outside of his fleet and drew a piece of sea with his hands. "We analyze that the British Navy will come out this time, A decisive battle with us here. So our fleet was sent here, the main purpose is to imitate the British Navy and Denmark to join forces. "
"General." The chief of staff pointed to some red dots on the map and introduced: "According to your instructions, we dispatched four destroyers with new radars at 4:21 a.m. today. Here , Here, and here and here, there are security posts deployed. "
The liaison officer of the carrier aircraft unit on the side also pointed to some areas on the map and said to Lütjens: "General, the air force is patrolling these areas, and the peripheral alert is almost foolproof. If the British Navy appears, we have at least 100 nautical miles The distance and more than half an hour can be used to respond. "
"Sign the vigilant destroyers and cruisers around to pay attention to sonar monitoring. I don't want the British to take advantage of it." Lütjens finally nodded and commanded.
Lütjens is really very cautious. He can say that he cherishes this opportunity to lead the task alone. Commander Rydell performed well in several naval battles, and Arkado was arranged in Berlin as the "navy chief of staff" with no real power, and he commanded the high seas fleet to Denmark as a fleet commander.
This was Akado's reward for his command to win the Dutch offshore war, and a bold attempt to find a qualified carrier commander. Lütjens could only carefully complete his scheduled tasks without daring to make any slight mistakes. Because if he is wrong, there is no chance to return to Berlin to be a staff officer.
The main force of the German attack this time was part of the H group army commanded by Admiral Weix, with a total force of about 7 divisions. Although these forces are newly formed group armies, most of their skeletons are veterans who have participated in the National Defense Forces, so their combat capabilities should be much stronger than the Danish forces.
However, compared with the main German forces in France, this unit still lacks heavy weapons and equipment-most of them are light infantry divisions, and only a small number of regiment artillery are equipped with No. 3 assault guns. But this unit was used to deal with the Danish defenders, and it was already considered a slasher.
Responsible for cooperating with this force are all the main forces of the Navy ’s high seas fleet and 200 fighters and 110 bombers of the Air Force. Of course, these troops were not prepared to deal with Denmark, but prepared for the invasion of Norway while preparing for the British Navy ’s interference.
Many generals and businessmen in Akado and Germany are fancy with Norway ’s high-quality iron ore. Akado hopes to invade Norway to obtain these iron ores for the cheaper and more efficient formation of his armored forces . On the other hand, both his air force and the navy are looking forward to the increased production of weapons brought by Norway's metal. At least Redl is coveted to expand the navy fleet to eight aircraft carriers.
Taking Denmark is only the first step in capturing Norway, and the first step in expanding the navy. With the capture of Denmark, the German navy ’s Kiel military port can unrestrictedly echo the William military port and obtain a safe estuary for the entire Baltic Sea.
And if you further capture Norway, you can form a good situation where the naval ports are connected together. Norway has many ports facing the Atlantic Ocean that are difficult to be blocked by Britain. There is a long coastline that can be used by the Navy to covertly attack, enough to threaten more than half of the British domestic transport lines.
In terms of strategy, Denmark is not so important in comparison. Apart from being a staging area for fighting against Norway, it leaves the German Baltic Sea port as a port.
Of course, as a country bordering Germany, Akado still feels that Denmark must be under some control. On the other hand, Denmark ’s small and relatively flat land is an ideal place for the German Army to fight. Compared with Germany ’s huge army, Denmark ’s weak and small army has little chance of successful resistance.
In fact, it was exactly what Akado expected. The Germans launched an attack on the Danish Army in the morning. Only some Danish troops were on the border with the Germans. The rest of the troops chose to surrender. After a fierce battle, the Danish defenders killed 77 people, and the Germans lost only 19 soldiers-then the Germans crossed the border and entered Danish territory.
Under the cover of the German destroyer, 1,000 German troops landed directly from the Copenhagen port. A Royal Danish King's Guard stationed in the port started a battle with the landing Germans. The original Danish defenders had controlled the situation, but they didn't expect German support to come so fast.
After fighting for more than ten minutes, the 20 d0-217 bombers of the Luftwaffe whistled across the sky. In the face of the German Air Force ’s apparent intimidation of bombing civilians in Copenhagen, the aging king surrendered almost immediately, accepting all the conditions that Akado prescribed him, even including Germany ’s right to manage Danish domestic affairs.
Just a few minutes after the Danish king surrendered, the navy-bombers flew to their attack position. As a result, they had not begun to drop bombs, but were recruited by the aircraft carrier.
"What? Surrendered?" Lütjens couldn't believe that Denmark would surrender so simply, he felt that at least some local battles would eventually win the entire Denmark, but he did indeed receive the commander of the H Group Army. The call from Weix declared that Denmark had surrendered.
Nearly 30,000 soldiers were waiting to be killed in Denmark. They thought it was another world war, but it turned into a reception ceremony. The paratrooper lieutenant platoon Borol was airdropped to the edge of an airport in Denmark. When he assembled his troops and rushed into the airport to fight, he found that a white flag was hanging at the gate of the defender, and the Danish defender They even had tea in the barracks ...
The scene was very weird. Borol was carrying an mp-44 assault rifle. Baru behind him held a grenade in his hand. The two stood at the door, frightened by the scene in the room and wondering how to do it.
The Danish officer in the room had a coffee cup in his hand, and the tea inside was still steaming. Some of the other soldiers lay on the bed to read, and some were gathering together to feed their pet dogs.
This awkward atmosphere lasted for a long time, until the Danish officer opened his mouth. The officer walked to the door, handed the coffee cup in his hand to Borol, and said with a smile: "We have surrendered. If you think it is okay, have a cup of tea together?"
The carefully prepared invasion by the Germans just happened to hit Denmark's thorough surrender, so Germany almost won the Denmark with no mercy, and achieved the myth of war that destroyed a country in one day. Of course, the main reason for prompting Denmark to surrender so recklessly was because the Royal Navy temporarily lost the right to control the sea, and Denmark could not independently resist the German attack.
This is like a punch on cotton, which is like trying to find out that the enemy is old after ten years of martial arts. After seeing the report of Denmark ’s surrender, Akado wanted to say a web buzzword in another time and space: "I even take off my pants, so you show me this?"
Next, the northern army of the German Army, which is the main mountain division of the H Group Army, set their attack target on Norway. Of course, the plan to invade Norway this time is no different from the plan of another time and space. They were all attacked by naval transport forces into Norway and occupied the iron ore producing country at one go.
However, unlike Hitler in another time and space, Akado has more trump cards in his hands this time, so there will not be a fiasco in the battle of Narvik that year. Historically, the Royal Navy carried out a fierce attack on the German destroyer fleet in Narvik, and achieved impressive results.
In another time and space, five British destroyers sank two German destroyers in one breath and sent almost all German transport ships underwater. But now the British Royal Navy fleet, which should have made contributions, is not in the Norwegian waters, but is chasing German submarines in the North Atlantic.
Of course, the German heavy cruiser Blücher, which was sunk here, did not yet exist in the naval sequence of Akado, while the other sunk cruiser Königsberg was now sailing with the USS Empire. It is impossible to be sunk offshore.
Therefore, the Narvik naval battle, which lost half of the German fleet, will not happen. Akado ’s aircraft carrier fleet has been unstoppable in the Danish and Norwegian seas, and those shore artillery units faced the German aircraft carrier. The machine could not produce any decent results at all.
So in such a disparate war, the Germans and the Norwegian resistance began a new Norwegian battle.