At 10:30 am on April 4, 1940, at the end of Karl John Street, the main street of Oslo, the capital of Norway, King Hakon VII of Norway, was listening to the report of General Ruger, commander-in-chief of the Norwegian armed forces in his palace.

"Yesterday, from 10 am to 4 pm, German aircraft were found again over the four cities of Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Christiansan, with a total of 17 orders. Including these figures, since April 1, the number of German aircraft has reached 54 orders of invading our airspace.

After these three days of observation, we can already confirm that it is a German FW-200C aircraft. This aircraft was originally a passenger plane, but was later transformed into a long-range reconnaissance aircraft by the Germans. It is obvious that they are here to reconnaise the defense intelligence of our country-military."

"Continue to monitor, but still keep restrained, don't fire at them, don't give the Germans excuses to attack us. I will solve this problem through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Norwegian Prime Minister Nigoswal said.

Hakon VII nodded in agreement with Nigoswall's suggestion, and then asked: "What new information is there?"

"The Germans did assemble a large number of troops in the two ports of Hamburg and Rostock, and the specific number was unknown." General Ruger said.

Hakon VII's face looked even more severe, and he turned his head to Nigoswal and said, "We must prepare for the war and not do nothing."

Nigoswal's expression was also serious, "Then prepare for war, but the combat preparations must be carried out in secret, and we must not cause panic among the people, so as not to cause social unrest. We must not let the Germans discover it, and we must not let them use this as an excuse to launch an attack."

"I will definitely do a good job of confidentiality," said General Ruger.

After seeing off General Ruger, Nigoswal said to Hakon VII: "Your Majesty, the gold of the treasury and the secret documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been loaded. Once Germany declares war on us, Oslo will be the front line. For your safety, you must leave Oslo immediately after the war breaks out, and those trucks will leave with you."

"If the war really breaks out, where should I go? Sweden?" Hakon VII asked with a lonely expression.

"Sweden is just an option, but I don't recommend going to Sweden because the Swedes are not able to help us resist aggression," said Nigoswal.

"Yes, the Swedes are not able to help us fight against the Germans, and maybe they won't even let me cross the border," said Hakon VII.

"There are more German soldiers than our country's population, and the Swedes will definitely not provoke them. The most suitable retreat is to go to Britain. After the war broke out, you took the royal family and those trucks to retreat north, and then contact the British to rescue us. Britain is now in a state of war with the Germans, and they will definitely not watch the Germans expand their sphere of influence. Moreover, the British have enough strength to help us, and even if the worst happens, the British have the ability to help us restore our country." Nigoswal said.

"Well, if that day really comes, you have to lead the main members of the government to go with me." Hakkaon VII said.

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At 1:40 pm on April 4, 1940, Narvik, northern Norway.

Colonel Conrad Sundro, commander of the Narvik garrison and commander of the Fifth Infantry Brigade of the Royal Norwegian Army, was reading a book in the office. The book he read was a book in English, "War and Peace".

The book was mailed to him by an old friend named Vikonde Gisling, who just received it today.

The speed of reading experts reading is ten lines at a glance, while Colonel Sun Deluo is one of the masters. At the speed of looking at ten pages at a glance, in just over a dozen seconds, he finished half of the book "War and Peace" as thick as a brick.

Finally, on page 518 of "War and Peace", Colonel Sundlow found the "bookmark" he had been waiting for for a long time.

Although I had agreed with my old friend that the English version represents the pound and the German version represents the Empire Mark. However, in the cautious and careful attitude that soldiers should have, Colonel Sundlow still carefully checked the value unit of the bookmark. After confirming that it was the pound, Colonel Sundlow finally showed a smile on his tense face.

According to the exchange ratio of pounds and Norwegian kroner, Colonel Sundlow quickly calculated the value of the "bookmark", and then carefully put the "bookmark" worth 100,000 Norwegian kroner back into the book.

Locking "War and Peace" into the drawer, Colonel Sundlow picked up the telegram he had just received on the table. The telegram was sent from Oslo, which was ordered to secretly carry out first-level combat preparations.

Colonel Sundlow showed a contemptuous smile on his face. Nigoswal was only now thinking about first-level combat readiness. If this was in the war era, with such a slow reaction speed, how many innocent Norwegian soldiers would be killed by the enemy in a state of being caught off guard? How many innocent Norwegian soldiers would fight against the enemy in a dilemma of shortage of food and bullets?

It seems that the nickname Daimu is really suitable for the old guy Nigoswal. He is hopelessly staying. Fortunately, he has an old friend of Gislin, so he can keep up with the latest updates of the situation at any time and not be passive in the war.

Thinking of the secret preparations that had been carried out secretly at the end of last month, Colonel Sun Deluo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he was reminded by his old friend.

Judging from this first-level combat readiness order from Oslo, I did not take any risks in vain, and the situation has really reached a point of rushing 100,000.

"Tu tuk tuk", a knock on the door interrupted Colonel Sundro's thoughts, and the adjutant pushed the door in and said, "Major Crespo and Captain Honsed are here."

"Please come in." Colonel Sundlow said, getting up to meet the door.

There are two ironclad ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy, two frigates and two submarines in the port of Narvik. Major Crespo is the captain of the Ironclad ship Edsford, and Captain Honsed is the captain of the Ironclad ship Noch.

After Colonel Sun Deluo exchanged greetings with the two, he handed the combat readiness order to the two and said, "I just received a telegram from the headquarters, ordering us to carry out first-level combat readiness."

After reading the telegram, Major Crespo's usual serious expression became even more serious.

"Who is the enemy?" Major Crespo asked incisively.

"German, I guess they are Germans. On March 31, the Germans just occupied Denmark, and today we received the order of war readiness. Apart from the Germans, I would never have any other enemies." Colonel Sundlow said seriously.

"I think it's German, too," said Captain Honsed.

"I think this too, what should we do?" asked Major Crespo.

"My opinion is that Narvik and Oslo are more than 1,000 kilometers away, and even further away from Germany, the German planes cannot fly here. The German army may come to us, but I think the German army will not come from land, but will come from sea with their navy, so......"

"So it was our navy who first fought with the Germans," said Major Crespo.

"Correct, I invite you to discuss how to resist the possible invasion. I have called back to the headquarters, and I said this in the telegram, even if I am broken into pieces, I will protect every inch of the sacred land of Narvik from invasion. I sincerely hope that you can fight side by side with me and jointly defend our sacred motherland."

"Either the invaders are crushed to pieces, or I am crushed to pieces." Major Crespo said with a righteous heart.

"From today, I will live on the ship, and the combat readiness order will not be lifted for a day, and I will not be disembarked for a day." Captain Honsed said with a righteous heart.

"As the supreme commander here, I thank you for your support. Let's discuss the details of the battle. First, we will arrange the mines at the entrance of the Ufot Fjord." Colonel Sundro said.
Chapter completed!