Chapter 1 Heroes in troubled times
For a long time, many military historians, international political scientists and critics have been committed to studying the impact of the shocking sound of the Norwegian Sea on April 24, 1946 on the world pattern and historical process. Some say that it was not that the nuclear explosion that surpassed the nuclear explosion ignited but the long-term hostility and fear of the Soviet political power of Western countries. They have seen the stormy waves caused by the socialist wave in some capitalist countries. They are afraid that the stream of consciousness will pass through the indestructible steel defense lines into their society with an irresistible momentum; some say that the Eastern and Western camps are originally suspicious of each other and mutually ignorant of each other.
It was calculated that at the beginning of World War II, both sides wanted to use the sharp sword of Nazi Germany to weaken or even cut off the other party's head. Fortunately, they regained the power of the fisherman at the last moment. However, the Third Reich led by Adolf Citreus had a blitzkrieg with an attack power beyond imagination, which not only caused the Western world to be in trouble, but also caused the Eastern power to be covered with blazing. The cooperation between the two only found the same interests from the perspective of survival and resistance. Their relationship was not even the most basic alliance. Before the war ended, they began to fight openly and secretly. After the war ended, they immediately broke up and returned to the opposite side of ideology.
Scholars' research has created many different opinions, and the academic pattern of a hundred schools of thought controversy has also discovered one puzzling mystery after another. Although curiosity can drive people to discover the unknown new world, the truth often surfaces much slower than people expect, and the smoke of war comes to the point. On April 25, 1946, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt made an unknown national speech. Truman announced to the American nationals that the United States and Britain's combined fleet suffered a heavy blow in the European waters. The United States unilaterally lost 2 ships, 5 damaged, more than 300 officers and soldiers were killed, and thousands of people were hit and injured to varying degrees. The British side's losses were twice that, and what makes people feel indignant is that the combined fleet rushed to Norway.
The sea area is shouldering a mission of friendship and peace, and has informed the Soviet side in advance. However, after the nuclear explosion, the Soviets announced that it was not targeted at all. It was just that the US and British fleets happened to enter this sea area and called on the Communists of the world to unite to fight capitalism, imperialism, and militarism. Based on this series of extremely bad behaviors, the Soviet side made a contradictory defense. The United States decided to submit the most severe ultimatum to the Soviet Union, requiring the Soviet Union to immediately withdraw all its troops and ships from Norway, completely stop the research and production of nuclear weapons, accept joint international investigators into the Soviet Union to inspect nuclear weapons project facilities, and assume full responsibility for the nuclear explosion incident in Norway.
On the same day, the British Parliament also passed a resolution to issue an ultimatum to the Soviet Union. The content of the ultimatum was basically consistent with the United States, but it only added the additional requirement of "the number of Soviet troops stationed in Central and European countries was immediately reduced by half." Prime Minister Clement Attley also published a national broadcast, announcing the specific losses of the British Royal Navy in the Norwegian Sea nuclear explosion, and strongly accusing the Soviet Union of the so-called "high sea nuclear explosion test" was simply targeted at the US and British fleet. After the identification of the officers and soldiers on the scene, the explosion center was exactly in the middle of the fleet, and no matter how coincidental it was, it could not reach this level. As for the argument that the Soviet government then resigned itself, it was completely intended to confuse the outside world's audio-visual and shift the responsibility to the so-called remnants of the Third Reich written by Du.
Just a few hours after the United States and Britain issued ultimatums one after another, the Soviet government reiterated the fact that it had neither carried out nuclear explosions nor possessed nuclear weapons. They still emphasized that the real mastermind behind the nuclear explosion incident was the remnants of the Third Reich hidden in northern Norway, and learned from several Soviet soldiers who survived the previous landing operation that a large number of German armed forces existed. Regarding the ultimatums between the United States and Britain, the Soviet Union's official attitude was very clear: this unreasonable demand was a complete violation of the ruling power of other countries and trampled on dignity. The Soviet Union was indeed carrying out nuclear weapons research and development work reasonably - this is also the power of a power state to pursue truth. They can accept the request to evacuate all armed forces from Norway, suspend research on nuclear weapons, and accept joint investigations from the international community, but they will never bear any responsibility for the nuclear explosion in Norwegian waters.
In the declaration of the Soviet government, people seemed to see the cycle of time. In the summer of 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire issued a harsh ultimatum to Serbia due to the assassination of Grand Duke Ferdinand. The Serbian government endured humiliation and accepted most of the clauses and was even willing to make humiliating compensation. However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ruthlessly rejected the other party's request for negotiation, and they quickly issued a war mobilization order. Russia mobilized tit for its own interests in the Balkans. The threatened Germany mobilized war in the name of fulfilling the agreement with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Britain and France immediately fulfilled their response to Russia.
The agreement, the war mobilization of the European powers eventually led to the outbreak of the world war. In 1939, it was still a hot summer, and Germany's territorial demand for Poland was rejected. The German army, who was determined to win, immediately launched an attack. Britain and France decided to fulfill their obligation to protect Poland and declared war on Germany. This time, the Russians did not stand on the side of Britain and France, but participated in the invasion of Poland with great ambitions. The victory of the Germans made them obtain more than one-third of Poland's territory at just a small price. The European powers were once again involved in another world war because of this complex relationship.
The Western camp left the ultimatum for the Soviet Government only one day. During this period, more than 10,000 Soviet troops who had landed on the Norwegian coast boarded the ship and evacuated overnight after pushing about 20 kilometers into the inland. The Soviet Government also conducted secret and frequent communication and consultation with London and Washington through the US and British ambassadors to Moscow. However, affected by the mysterious radio stations and telegrams, large-scale tours broke out in many places in the Soviet Union, and people framed the Western camp represented by the US and UK.
The attitude of pressing step by step was filled with righteous indignation, and strongly demanded that the government take the tough stance of the Sri Lankan era and defend the Soviet power and dignity at all costs. At the top of the Soviet Union, huge differences also helped the forces that have been secretly fighting for power since Sri Lankan was assassinated. At the Central Main Bureau meeting held urgently on the morning of April 26, Foreign Minister Molotov accused the ruling team led by Kaganovic of implementing a soft strategy to cause fire.
, so much so that the attitudes of the United States and Britain are worse than each other. Recently, the Soviet Union's military operations in northern Norway were also blind and stupid. In the face of the U.S.-British ultimatum, it turned out that the Soviet Union's international status plummeted. Many members who agreed with Molotov's opinion also pointed the finger at Kaganovich, Malenkov, and even Beria and Zhidanov, which made this four-person group that had only been on the stage of history for more than a month had an unprecedented wavering. In fact, before this, four
There were many debates among collaborators with different personalities, thoughts and opinions, and in this case they were extremely foolish in order to protect themselves and blame others. Without a strong leader enough to control the situation, the General Bureau finally decided to hand over the state power in an emergency to the respected military generals, and the new National Defense and Military Commission was formed by marshals such as Zhukov, Cuikov, Huasilevsky, and Rokosovsky.
In the afternoon of the same day, the marshals who were summoned to accept the important task of the Central Presidium in Moscow. The first decision they made was to take a cold approach to the Western camp and not give formal written responses to the U.S. and British ultimatum. The entire army mobilized at all levels but did not increase troops to Eastern Europe. Instead, they gathered defenses in the deep areas of Ukraine, Belarus and Estonia, evacuated residents in major and medium-sized cities across the country, strengthened air defense alerts in the Ural Mountain Industrial Zone, implemented defensive alerts in areas bordering Norway, Finland, Turkey, Romania and other countries, and implemented combat readiness alerts in the Eastern European occupation zone. Once attacked by the US and British troops, they used fortifications to resist resolutely, but they could only launch a counterattack if approved by the National Defense and Military Commission.
The National Defense and Military Commission took charge of the national political power. Once the order to enter a state of emergency nationwide was issued, millions of Soviet soldiers who had not yet been dismissed became the backbone of the alliance country. The tour ended, and all the military and civilians were ready to face the invasion of the Western camp. Later that day, all the Soviet troops landed in Norway boarded and withdrew, and even many equipment and supplies were left on the coast without time to load the ship. Even so, the US and British governments made a decision to declare war on the Soviet Union when the ultimatum period came. People were in panic and the third world war broke out. However, it was joked that the Soviet government did not declare war on the US and Britain that day, the next day and afterwards, as if they were disdainful to fight with their opponents.
They had no intention of accepting the challenge at all. In this case, the United States and Britain postponed the air strikes originally scheduled to be launched in the Soviet Union. It was not until April 28 that the group of American and British bombers that took off from the French and West German military bases crossed the border for the first time to launch an air strike on Soviet military facilities in East Germany and Poland. The Soviet air force and ground air defense forces counterattacked without hesitation. During the battle, more than 20 American and British bombers were shot down, captured American and British pilots who escaped parachuting and seized them. That night, the Soviet bombers flew over the border to carry out a medium-scale bombing. Since then, whether it was air strikes by the US and British troops or cross-border artillery on the ground, the Soviet army always resisted and fought back in a similar way. The development of this war has been confusing from the beginning...
More than a month later, Norway, Lingenfjord, and Hakyi Island.
After a year and a half of soaking sea water, sun, rain and ice and snow frozen, the wreckage of the "Tirpitz" battleship weighing more than 40,000 tons, still lying motionlessly on this distant and exotic shallow. During this period, visitors of different identities came one after another. They dismantled equipment, explored and measured, and occasionally had the idea of changing its fate, but eventually gave up because of high investment and low harvest expectations. Until recently, simple and crude barracks were built on the island, and several clumsy tugs brought hundreds of simple-clothed workers and cutting equipment of various sizes and styles. People built a large crane on the coast next to the battleship. In this warm, comfortable and near the extreme day, the harsh metal friction sound continued most of the time every day.
"Mr. Mayor, look, two huge anchors will be the main body of the Ji's statue forever in front of the newly built War Museum in Tromso, attracting thousands of tourists to visit here every year. Restaurants, hotels and shops are constantly doing business. Fishermen can also rent boats to take tourists to the sea. Tromso will become the most lively and richest city in the north. What a great tomorrow, isn't it?"
On the busy construction site, a tall middle-aged man wearing a gray jacket and black boots was behind his back with his hands, accompanied by an old man wearing a black and white dress and a gentleman's top hat from the front of the ship to the stern of the ship. It was only two or three hundred meters away. Both of them were not tired and exhausted, but the positions where their eyes fell and the content contained in their eyes were completely different.
Observing along the way, maintaining a serious expression along the way, the old man finally spoke warmly: "We are used to talking about tomorrow's things, Mr. Hall, now the citizens are very worried about the possible threats of the explosives left on this ship, the oil, and the noise. Look, thinking about it for twenty hours a day, it is inevitable that people will feel headaches and nerve pain, and it is hard to imagine... The young men here can still work in such an environment!"
The middle-aged man's chest was raised high and his chin was slightly raised. Such a rebellious attitude easily reminded the other party of the former German occupier, but after all, he and his workers worked for Swiss investors. With the documents signed by the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, the scope of negotiations that local officials can negotiate is limited to maintaining the normal lives of residents. As for where these people come from, what kind of criminal records and background they have, they cannot interfere.
The middle-aged man in charge of the ship demolition construction said "Oh" long. It felt like he was meeting a beggar in front of his own door. He learned that the other party was coming and was not hesitant to give alms. He looked up at Trosham Port on the other side of the strait. From here, he could clearly count the houses and streets there. The straight line distance between the two was only a little over four kilometers. The wind could easily bring various noises to the residents.
"I regret this, but I hope you can understand that Switzerland has limited us with strict construction periods and will be liable for breach of contract if it fails to complete. Of course, I can apply to the Swiss company to see if the impact of Trosham residents can be compensated in a proper way, or a floating isolation belt is built here to minimize the impact of noise and welding light."
The old man's expression calmed down a little, but he refused the cigarette handed to him by the middle-aged man and said with vicissitudes: "No matter what, it has always been our wish to dismantle the big guy. After all, it is a direct proof of Germany's forced occupation of Norway. Boilers, generators and residual bombs are always a hidden danger in safety. One day we will not see its shadow, and we will feel the real autonomy."
The middle-aged man lit a cigarette himself, moved the corners of his mouth with a smile, and responded: "Of course."
The old man leaned on a cane and said, "As for museums, memorial sites and tourists, old antiques like me are not rare at all. Norwegians have been used to peace for generations, and they can ensure self-sufficiency in material terms. What's the use of so much money?"
The middle-aged man laughed dryly, but did not respond.
"So goodbye, Mr. Hall!" the old man held his hat and signaled, without intending to shake hands with the other party.
Watching the old man board the boat and leave for Tromso Harbour, the middle-aged man threw the smoke-like cigarette on the wet beach, stepped into the soft mud and sand, and then turned around and walked back to a barracks not far away.
"Sorry, sir, this guy is the Norwegian mayor of Tromso, and he ran over without saying a word. We were not prepared beforehand." He explained to the three men in the barracks who were very dignified and also dressed in gray casual clothes.
"Don't worry, our project here is open and upright, what are you ready for?" said the young man by the window with a relaxed smile.
The middle-aged man quickly responded: "What General Galgo said was that some of the cabins on the warships were pressed down below, and they might have been damp and failed. There were dozens of tons of fuel, boilers, turbines, etc., and they were not dismantling and smuggling cannons."
The young man in gentleman dress is Lynn. One of whom was drinking coffee was his colleague Bethold Zenaman, and the other was the Norwegian intelligence chief Mitchell Benschneider of the Intelligence Department. He came here to inspect the progress of the dismantling of the "Tirpitz". Another purpose was related to the mayor of Tromso, who had just arrived unexpectedly. As a harbor city in the Arctic Circle, Tromso currently has more than 40,000 residents, which is an ordinary town in Germany. Nearly half of the population has moved here in recent months. Most of these new residents speak German, intentionally or unintentionally formed the German-speaking settlement of the city, and gradually established hospitals, churches and schools with German styles. In this case, Mayor Stager and a considerable number of primitive residents felt that
They were puzzled and worried, but like this team from afar, they held identity certificates and legal immigration documents from Trondheim, Nalvik, Bergen and even the capital region. After coming to Tromso, they also abide by the law and follow the rules. Despite this, Mayor Sturger and local Norwegian residents' representatives submitted a report to the Kingdom Government through the Tromso County Council, demanding attention to the influx of Tromso's foreign residents and thoroughly check whether there were some conspiracies hidden behind it. This report was not sent to the central government of the Austinian land because it was intercepted by the empire's lurking personnel. This "restless" behavior by local Norwegian officials and residents also prompted the imperial high-level officials to decide to take action in advance and turn Tromso, the northernmost part of Norway, into a safe territory for the rise of the empire.
Chapter completed!