1855 United States Tycoon

The U-92 submarine was docked at a berth in the Kiel military port, and Captain Hafs and his soldiers eagerly boarded the land. He has been running at sea for two consecutive months. Under normal conditions, it is impossible for a submarine of this size to continue fighting at sea for so long, because no submarine has such a large self-sustaining power. However, those cow submarines played a key role. They continued to send U-92 food, fresh water, fuel, weapons, and various spare parts for submarine maintenance. At the same time, the almost fierce competition for the first place on the sinking list also made the sailors on the U-92 high morale. This made them miraculously persisted in fighting at sea for two months.

However, people are not fighting with iron after all. Two months of high-intensity combat has made the officers and soldiers on the U-92 exhausted to the extreme. Moreover, even the hardened U-92 submarine began to have various mechanical problems constantly, and it would definitely not work if you didn't go back.

After Hafs landed, after finishing some formalities, he returned home directly. He and his crew both got a half-month holiday, and then they were going to sea again. Therefore, they must enjoy this wonderful time.

"Boss, go have a drink with us, and find another girl Lele." At the gate of the barracks, a sailor called towards Captain Hafs.

"Ah, go and play by yourself, I want to go home and have a look." Hafs smiled at the sailors and said.

"That's right, the boss is someone who has a wife. Naturally, he has to go home and accompany his wife as soon as possible." A sailor yelled in an enviable tone.

"Oh, the boss would actually abandon the entire forest for a leaf. Ah, the lovely barmaid, Big Brother is here..." Another sailor wailed that he couldn't eat grapes and said sour grapes.

"Boss, hurry up, don't listen to the rubbish talking nonsense." Another sailor waved his hand suddenly in a righteous indignation, then turned around and shouted at the group of sailors, "Don't think You guys can fool you too much. Don’t you just want the boss to be driven to the balcony to spend the night? You guys, you really have no conscience. How did I know a bunch of bad guys like you?"

Captain Hafs shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he didn't intend to care about these guys, he really wanted to make trouble with these guys, that was theirs. And in case, in case it's too late to go back, Jenny might really be unhappy.

So Captain Hafs stopped paying attention to these guys, and walked directly to a nearby bus stop. There is a bus to the railway station.

Due to the lack of fuel, there are not too many cars on the street today. Almost all the fuel is now allocated to the army, so buses can get a little bit of fuel. However, the number of departures per day has been greatly reduced, which also makes the bus particularly crowded, but this does not pose a big problem for Captain Hafs who is eager to go home...

The half-month holiday passed quickly, and it was time to return to the army in a blink of an eye. After Hafs kissed his wife goodbye on the platform of the train station, he boarded the train. He quickly found the position of own on the train. He put his luggage away and sat down on his seat.

Next to him was a young man who was reading a book in his hand. Seeing him sitting next to own, he put down his book and looked at the uniform of the navy captain on him. Then said to him: "Hello, are you a navy officer?"

"Ah, yes." Hafs replied.

"Is it from the submarine unit?" the young man asked again.

"What are you asking about?" Hafs became alert unconsciously.

"Ah, I'm just curious, because the newspapers and books all promote our submarine heroes." The young man explained, "and I was reading a novel about submarine warfare just now."

In order to avoid being regarded as a spy, the young man also passed the novel in his hand to Hafs to see.

"This book is said to be based on Captain Hafs and Captain Elson." The young man added.

Captain Elson formally and Hafs is now competing on the sinking list. This book is actually based on himself and Captain Elson. This makes Hafs interested. After all, even if it is Men also have vanity.

"Ah, can you lend me this book?" Hafs said.

"That's okay." The young man said, "I've actually read it anyway, and I have other books to read."

During the long journey, reading a book or something is also a good way to pass the time, and Hafs started to read the novel. To be honest, the writing of this novel is not very good, of course it is not very bad, but the author of this novel obviously has some understanding of submarines. Although the common sense errors in the article are still a little bit, compared with those The nonsense newspapers are much better. Well, when Hafs was at home, he saw various newspapers that Jenny had collected about his reports. Some of these newspapers relied on the reporter's brain when describing submarine operations. The hole is blowing. For example, he wrote about his submarine tracking the British fleet under the sea for three days and three nights. However, at the speed of the submarine underwater, it can't keep up with the fleet at all, let alone track the fleet for three days and three nights. Even after more than a hundred years, only nuclear-powered submarines can have such capabilities. Of course, the newspapers more than a hundred years later will still promote unreliable news such as Nihongji’s conventional submarine tracking the captain of the Chitu country’s surface fleet for 1,400 kilometers. (Because the average speed of the surface fleet is faster than the maximum speed of conventional submarines, and conventional submarines can only support about an hour at the maximum speed.)

The author of this book obviously has a better understanding of submarine warfare, and many places are written more truthfully. Of course, the author of this book has opened a lot of brains, at least in the eyes of ordinary people. It is described in this book that, in the future, the British did their best to build a large number of destroyers, and all the merchant ships were incorporated into the escort formation, so submarine operations encountered great difficulties, and many submarine heroes were escorting them. Sacrificed in the battle of the formation, the exchange ratio began to turn against Germany. At this time, Captain Elson proposed a new combat plan called "Wolf Pack Tactics".

According to this tactic, the submarine no longer fights as lone wolves. They cooperate with each other like a pack of wolves. When a submarine finds a merchant fleet covered by an escort formation, it no longer immediately attacks alone. Instead, it sends information such as the location of the merchant fleet and its sailing direction to the submarine operations command center that uniformly commands submarine operations by radio. The command center used radio to mobilize the submarines in the forward direction of the merchant fleet, gather them, set up an ambush circle in front of the merchant fleet, and then ambush the merchant fleet at night.

In the novel, using collective power, the wolves continued to defeat the escort formation, sinking more and more merchant ships, making the British gradually suffocated like a noose around their necks, and the Germans also won the final victory. .

Although there are still many flaws in this description. For example, the author did not know that the British already had active sonar, which could detect submarines under water quite accurately. And this technology also has a great impact on submarine tactics. However, the basic spirit of his idea is still good. As for active sonar, Hafs felt that when he attacked the British merchant fleet at night, he used the submarine to surface at night as a torpedo. The tactics used here are particularly suitable for this kind of wolf pack tactics."Can this book be sold to me? It's a bit interesting and inspiring for me." Hafs said to the young man.

"Ah? You want this book? Are you a submarine officer? If so, I will give it to you." The young man replied.

...

Sir Woodgate is participating in the launching ceremony of the 100th Sherlock-class merchant ship ordered by the United Kingdom from the United States. The amazing construction speed of the Sherlock-class merchant ships made the British particularly satisfied. Because of the continuous launching of the Sherlock-class, although the British merchant ships are still being sunk continuously, because of the astonishing construction speed of the Sherlock-class, the British are in the hands. The number of merchant ships remained balanced. So that this empire will not be in danger of overturning in a short time. And Woodgate was also praised by the British for his contribution in this matter. This makes Sir Woodgate's mood exceptionally good.

"Sir Woodgate, Mrs. Woodgate, it's time to smash the champagne." A staff member came over and said to Sir Woodgate and his wife.

Smashing champagne is an old habit when boats are launched. When a boat is built, usually a noble lady will smash a bottle of champagne on the bow of the boat, and then the boat will slide down the slide into the water. And the most important task of smashing champagne in the launching ceremony of the hundredth Sherlock-class cargo ship was handed over to Mrs. Woodgate.

"My dear, let's go." Sir Woodgate said to his wife.

"Okay, dear." Mrs. Woodgate replied, "It's just that I've never done this before and don't know what to do."

"Ah, Eliza, it's very simple, you just need to force the bottle to the bow of the boat. Don't worry, it doesn't require any technology, everyone does it well." Sir Woodgate Said to his own wife.

At this time, under the guidance of the staff, the two people walked to the high platform where the champagne was smashed. A staff member handed a large bottle of champagne to Mrs. Woodgate. Mrs. Woodgate raised the bottle of champagne, then glanced at her own husband, and she saw that he was smiling at him. So Mrs. Woodgate tried her best and threw the bottle of champagne towards the bow...

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