Chapter 4 Living with Wolves
After the first three days of special rehabilitation period, the indigenous peoples of Tromso have gradually recovered some of their freedom. However, as cars were driving on the narrow streets, Lynn still saw clear entanglements and resentment in the faces of the Norwegians who were rushing to make way.
"Is our new house not by the sea?" Dinah asked, holding Lynn's arm.
Knowing that she had a deep attachment to the sea, Lin En made arrangements carefully and thoughtfully. He blinked and said, "You will know in a while."[]
Through the old Tromso city, the Beetle car slowly moved along the widened mountain road. After almost 3 kilometers of it, it stopped on a south-facing hillside. The towering mountain edges blocked the cold north wind for the building, and the excellent position allowed every south-facing and west-facing window to look at the sea in front of you.
After getting off the bus, Dinah was indeed amazed at the entire bay: "It's so beautiful here!"
Lin Neng stood beside her and watched calmly the extreme north, which had not been involved in the war. Compared with the steep beauty of the "Sanctuary" base, the natural scenery here is more gentle and warm. Of course, as the chief staff officer of the base camp and the planner of the new empire strategy, Lin Neng did not expect the peace here to last for a long time. Although the Soviets were afraid of the sea and air strength of the Western Allies, they also changed their strategies due to the change of decision-making groups, they did not completely forget the heavy price paid by the Soviet army in Northern Europe. Whether it was the actions of the remnants of the Third Reich or the sinister traps of the Western Allies, the answer - at least the clues to find the answer must be to look for the place where they fell.
Therefore, the periphery guards at the "Sanctuary" base in the past month are quite busy. They have captured or sniped many Soviet reconnaissance personnel who entered Norway by land or parachute. Although the US and British allies tend to determine that the Soviets created a series of vicious incidents of the "Europa" silence and nuclear explosion in the Norwegian Sea, they have not completely abandoned the conjectures and arguments in other directions. On the surface, the Norwegian government remains neutral, in fact, inclined to the Western camp and provide it with southern ports and aviation bases. Based on the support of Norway, the United States and Britain have also continuously sent ships, aircraft and small groups of detachments to northern Norway. All of this poses a continuous threat to the existence of imperial power in Northern Europe.
"If it goes well, we will settle here in the next few years." Lynn led Dinah to look behind her and pointed to a single-story steeplet house that had been built by the main body, saying: "This is our new home!"
The house is simple and beautiful in appearance. On the surface is a floor and attic, with all internal facilities. It also has a spacious basement and a hidden tunnel entrance to the war shelter located deep in the hillside. All twenty-six houses on this hillside adopt roughly the same structure to ensure that residents can move to a safe area in a few minutes when facing danger. In addition to this high-rise personnel settlement area, the residences of officers and families at all levels are also being built, and the soldiers' barracks are distributed according to local conditions. In a sense, Tromso County in northern Norway has become a country among the country where imperial powers live.
"Well... I like this!" Dinah said to Lynn with joy. Perhaps it was because of her pregnancy, or maybe she had thought about it in the sense of life. The problems she had previously struggled in Denmark and Sweden now seem to have been thrown to Java Island by her.
Because it is an extraordinary building, the labor used for construction here are all Germans, including the engineering troops of the Guards and the immigrant German civilians. The climate is now warm, and the construction progress is basically the same as expected. The Germans' fine attitudes in engineering and machinery have continued to be fully demonstrated.
"These buildings will be completed in about half a month. Before that, we temporarily live in the command center, a castle-like building. Look! The hill to the east!" Linn pointed to the previous occupation army command center. Its location can also overlook the bay, but the stone buildings of some time ago are deep in style and rough in style. There are some old-fashioned bore cannons placed behind the mercedes.
Dinah did not comment on her temporary residence. She subconsciously touched her stomach and quickly turned her eyes back to the beautiful bay. Now it is indeed the best time in Tromso, and this good time usually lasts only four to five months. The rest of the day is a constant cold, and people's lives will be filled with the smell of firewood.
Two days after first arriving in Tromso, Lynn, the governor, was particularly leisurely and accompanied Dinah to leisurely walk through the streets and alleys of the Norwegian city, and tasted all kinds of seafood that the locals were good at cooking. However, this state of whether it was war or war or war could bring tasks to military personnel at any time. This time, a telegram sent from Oslo made Lynn frown. The content on the telegram was actually very simple to understand, which was to ask the local government of Tromso to assist in the entry of the British communication and reconnaissance forces. They would establish a comprehensive communication station on Kval Island north of the port of Tromso, with dozens of soldiers in place, and military ships would enter the port regularly to station.
In the eyes of bystanders, the British army, which was already in a direct war with the Soviet Union, made this move completely reasonable. Although the Soviet Northern route was completely cut off and the Baltic Sea was basically blocked, the submarines and surface rapid monitoring of the Soviet Northern Fleet could still start from ports such as Murmansk and the Norwegian Sea to enter the North Sea or flow into the Atlantic Ocean to perform tasks such as hunting merchant ships and smuggling supplies. In fact, the British Royal Navy had fully equipped meteorological stations and communication stations in the Spitzburg Islands within the extreme circle. These auxiliary facilities played an important role during World War II.
It can also sensitively capture the movement of ships sending radio signals in Norway's waters. As for the radar, even the land-based radar with the largest detection radius is currently deployed in the Spitzburgen Islands and northern Norway, it cannot detect one-third of the sea passages of the Norwegian Sea. It is too vast and must be assisted by dozens of ships and long-range aircraft to build a complete warning line. The British cannot do such a thing that may not be rewarding. The effective approach is to firmly control the strategic points and prevent the remaining ships of the Soviet Northern Fleet from approaching the British island, slipping into the Atlantic Ocean, and getting close to Norwegian waters to cause unnecessary political panic to this friendly country.
"I hope our young men can keep their breath, otherwise we won't get any advantage when we fight on the dock. At least we will trick all these British guys into the bathhouse, and then..." Stephenfin said as he wiped his neck.
Lynn smiled contemptuously: "That would be a pleasure, but we will soon have to give up the port and retract back to the base."
Stephenfin is not the kind of person who is good at observing words and expressions. He then said: "I had a dream last night that I dreamed of a battleship coming from the British man. We got the sailors drunk, then took their ships, drove directly to the mouth of the Thames and banged at the British palace. That was refreshing!"
Lynn turned his head and said, "Are you drooling?"
"Hmm?" Stephenfin was puzzled.
"When I woke up from my dream, did I find myself drooling with excitement?" Lin En turned around and teased the other party with a whim.
Stephenfin replied without hesitation: "No, but Sophie said in the morning that I laughed strangely alone last night, hehe!"
Lynn found it funny, but he didn't have a smile. His attention was still focused on the British ships gradually leaning towards the dock. It could be seen that the freighter was equipped with equipment to establish a comprehensive communication station, which was an excellent opportunity to understand the development of British radio facilities after the war and also a good opportunity to spy on British communication passwords. Rommel's considerations were obviously more profound than Lynn. Radio experts sent from the base had arrived two days in advance. In order to increase the chance of contact, Lynn arranged Norwegian-speaking imperial soldiers to act as porters, and specially mobilized a batch of non-German-made cars and trucks.
In order to prevent the British sailors who have been wandering on the sea for many years, the "Norwegian residents" who pretended to welcome the British fleet were mainly men and elderly women. This arrangement seemed to be a bit too worried. After the three British ships docked, most of the sailors and technicians ordered to establish a comprehensive communication station were stayed on the ship. Only a few British officers and the only Norwegian official accompanying official landed. They met with Stevenvas, the deputy mayor of the acting government affairs and the local councillor representatives. The group immediately boarded the bus and went to the hotel arranged in advance. There, they would agree on the two governments.
The matter was discussed in detail so that the integrated communication station could be established in the shortest time and maintained its good operation. The British request had already reached Tromso through the Norwegian central government in Oslo, so Lynn was not interested in the content of the discussion in the hotel. He silently looked at the three ships parked next to the dock. Although the two destroyers could not identify the specific models, at least their tonnage exceeded any combat ship currently owned by the Imperial Navy, and their masts were equipped with radar antennas. I don’t know when and when the Empire would be able to rebuild a truly surface fleet…
More than half an hour later, the British military's request was delivered to Lynn in a complete form. He glanced at it roughly: 19 staff members, 33 soldiers, a total of 52 people, and these people needed to ensure safety, adequate diet and heating, including sugar, coffee and tea; 80 boxes of equipment, with a total weight of 31 tons, needed to be sent to the designated location, and 40 young and strong laborers were dispatched to assist in the construction of integrated radar stations and auxiliary facilities, and provided stone, steel, concrete and generators. On the generator, the British appointed the generator to be classified as a radar station. The British were responsible for fuel and maintenance parts to ensure operation, and it was originally promised by the Swiss side to compensate Tromso.
"These British people..." Lynn said halfway, and handed the papers that required the funds to Stephenfin. He said with a wicked smile:
"Hmph, the lives of these 52 people are completely in our hands. If you don't like them one day, just kill them! The radar equipment, communication equipment, password books and other things are all owned by us!"
Lynn did not participate in the bloodthirsty guy's nonsense. With Tromso's geographical location, the number of combatants is indeed not very meaningful. If the Soviet Union intentionally pulled out this nail, it could transport several companies or even more combat troops through air raids or parachute commandos. The Western allied forces stationed in the British and southern Norway will be unable to quench their near thirst. This is likely because Britain decided to establish the Tromso integrated radar station until recently. Once this radar station is established, technical detection of sea and air in southern Norway is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can be used as bait to test whether this cold land really hides the remaining power of the Third Reich. The price of a few dozen soldiers is completely worth it.
Thinking of this, Lynn increasingly firmly rejected Stephenfin's bloodthirsty thoughts. He instructed Stevenvas to fully agree to the British military's request and added an additional: Tromso County will recruit police officers and militias to strengthen the alert on Kval Island and never allow others to approach the British radar base station in one step.
Chapter completed!