It was also possible to establish a naval base on the west coast of Norway to limit the movement of the British navy, which would ensure the security of the northern flank of the German attack on Western Europe. At the same time, iron ore supplied from Sweden to Germany could be transported from the port of Narvik in northern Norway to Germany via the Norwegian sea. Germany consumes 15 million tonnes of iron ore every year, of which 11 million tonnes are imported from Sweden via Norway.

In addition, former Defense Minister Quisling, the leader of the Norwegian 'National Congress Party', had long wanted to unite Norway and Germany into a 'German-Scandinavian Community', which was exactly what Hitler wanted, and he also wanted to establish 'a Greater German Confederation'. So Hitler completely agreed with Limer's occupation plan based on several considerations.

Denmark and Norway are both small countries with weak national defenses. Denmark has only two infantry divisions and a naval ship of only 20,000 tons. After the non-aggression pact with Germany in 1935, Denmark did not prepare for war, believing that the increased war preparedness would arouse German suspicion. Norway had six infantry divisions, but they were understaffed and scattered, with two divisions near the capital Oslo and the rest in Christiansund, Bergen, Trondheim and Narvik.

In addition, there are 64 ships and 190 aircraft, all of which are overaged. Norway's defensive battle plan was based on the expeditionary forces sent by Britain and France. In response to these weaknesses of Denmark and Norway, Li Mo adopted a blitzkrieg and used airborne troops in the blitzkrieg. Li Mo's airborne operations in the blitzkrieg attacks on Denmark and Norway will be the first large-scale airborne operations in the history of warfare.

The airborne combat plan for the "Wiesel exercise" was divided into two phases:

In the first stage, paratroopers were used to parachute into strategic places in Denmark to ensure the rapid advance of troops landing from the sea and troops crossing the border from the ground, while another paratrooper unit was used to seize important airfields in southern Norway to ensure the landing of the main forces, and then to assault Norwegian ports from behind to receive the landing force ashore.

Denmark is a country of two parts, most of the country is a peninsula, bordering Germany, the German armored division can be pushed flat, paratroopers occupy the main bridge, and the capital of Denmark Copenhagen is on a large island, it is necessary to have an air force and navy, quickly occupy the capital of Denmark, so as to force the Danish government to accept German protection as soon as possible, and withdraw from the Anglo-French alliance.

In the second stage, it will be airborne in central and northern Norway as appropriate, so as to ensure the rapid development of ground forces into the interior. The specific tasks of the Airborne Forces on the seventh day of the offensive were: to seize one airfield on the east and west sides of Aalborg in Denmark, which served as an important springboard for airlift and attack on Norway, and at the same time to capture the Waldingburg Bridge, the gateway to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.

In Norway, seize the Fornebu airfield near the capital Oslo and the Sola airfield in Stavanger on the southwest coast of Norway, where an air base was established to defend against British attacks from the sea. The planned combat units include the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 3rd paratrooper divisions, and about 30,000 airborne combat troops......

The paratroopers and aviation were commanded by Kesselring. There are 900 transport planes under the command of Lieutenant General Gabrinz of the 5th Air Force and 250 DO17s under the personal command of Kesselring, DO17 can be used for bombing and airborne, this is arranged by Kesselring himself, and the vast majority of the 5th Air Force are Junker-52 transport aircraft, as well as a small number of Junker-90 and Fokker-200 large transport aircraft, which are responsible for transporting airborne troops. The airports of Stader, Schleswig and Euttesen in northern Germany are the departure airports for the parachutes.

November 9, 1939, 5 a.m.; At 30 minutes, there was only a halo of light below the horizon in the sky, reflecting the early morning sky as a white cloud with egg yolk on the edge.

Although the commander-in-chief of this Danish campaign was Keitel, he was only in name, and the specific command was the former enemy command composed of Rommel and Limer. Before the enemy's general headquarters of the Weisel exercise, Li Mo leisurely drank Longjing tea while looking at the huge battle deduction map, the campaign plan was issued, and how to implement it, Li Mo did not plan to intervene, but when there was an unexpected situation in the battle situation, Li Mo needed to deal with it urgently.

As for coordinating ammunition and fuel, these are completely the tasks of the combat staff officer, and at this time, Li Mo can be a bodhisattva, and when he has time, he can talk to Rommel, who is comparing and drawing on the map.

Rommel didn't have Li Mo's leisurely state of mind, he came to the map early, and listened to the preparations reported by the troops, Rommel is a hard life, there is no way to change it, it is Rommel's cautious temperament that can perfectly cooperate with Li Mo, master and apprentice work together, and its benefits are gold.

The Air Force command was at Ystad Airport, and Kesselring was very busy listening to the reports of the various flight divisions:

"The 1st Division of the Aviation Division is ready."

"The 2nd Division of the Aviation Division is ready."

"The 3rd Division of the Aviation Division is ready."

Kesselring took the microphone and took a deep breath before shouting with a loud voice:

"All take off"

The German airborne troops launched airborne assaults at four airfields in Denmark and Norway in three routes at the same time, and the first German air commando flew directly to the military and civilian airfields on both sides of Aalborg, Denmark and the Waldingburg Bridge.

At 5:30 a.m., 300 Junkers transport planes of the 1st Aviation Division (the code name of the transport aviation regiment transporting the Airborne Forces) took off from Yutaisen Airport and flew towards Denmark with the 1st Airborne Division.

After the first air division took off, it was quickly organized into three groups in the air, each group of 100 planes, the first group flew to the military airfield on the east side of Aalborg, Denmark, and the second group flew to the civilian airfield on the west side of Aalborg, Denmark.

Gus was a regimental commander of the 1st Parachute Division, and their mission was to parachute into the military airfield in Aalborg, which, according to intelligence, had about a battalion of Danish fighters and a battalion of Danish infantry guards, basically a regiment against a battalion.

The German paratroopers had the advantage of the surprise attack, and they were all the best of the best, with an extremely tenacious will to fight, and extremely high fighting qualities, while the Danish army, although it had a geographical advantage, was 6 in the morning; At 30 o'clock, I haven't gotten up yet! Because Denmark is geographically located in the north, the dawn time is a little late, so their soldiers are all at 7; 30 gather for morning exercises. They still got up, and the German paratroopers fell from the sky.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

The 100 transport planes of the first group flew into Denmark in a neat formation, and the altitude of these transport planes was about 6,000 meters, and the sound of such a large group could still be heard on the ground, and the humming roar would also cause a slight vibration in the air.

"Flying into Danish airspace, everyone should pay attention to immobilizing their bodies to prevent Danish shelling...... R1152

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