Battle of the Third Reich

The destroyer [Xi Li] launched an attack at full speed towards the sea area where the periscope disappeared. The fighting intentions of the entire ship’s officers and soldiers were extremely high. Many people have actually linked the explosion on the [Guying] with the unidentified submarine ship in front. , So they were anxious to restore some reputation for the Great Japanese Imperial Navy.

After finding that the destroyer was approaching, the submarine immediately retracted the periscope, leaving only a foam ripple on the sea.

"The reloading is complete." The loading squad leader loudly reported to the turret chief Tadamoto special agent.

"Shoot!" The turret glanced at the aiming hand, and after getting the affirmation from the opponent, he issued a command to fire.

After a roar, the [Xi Li] hit the first live ammunition in this incident. Two 23-kilogram warheads flew toward the surface of 1,500 meters away at a speed of 800 meters per second.

After two dull explosions, two sharp water jets rose from the sea. The shooting was of course missed, but the Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the deck of the ship were cheering as if they had won any victory.

"[Xi Li] What are you doing? Why are you shooting, who is she firing at!" Takasu was startled by the sound of the gun, he rushed to the deck on the port side with the adjutant.

"Ma Lu Ye Lang! You have this guy! Immediately signaled, ordered [Xi Li] to stop the attack, and immediately returned to the formation." The commander roared and ordered.

Takasu has now regretted that he agreed to [Xi Li] to attack. This is obviously afraid that the incident is not big enough. If the French submarine is actually sunk by injury, it will definitely bring a huge lawsuit to the Japanese Empire. Don’t say it’s the minister of military affairs, even if the navy minister can’t keep himself, maybe he will be used as a scapegoat. It should be said that he will definitely be thrown out as a scapegoat to block the population. If he is lucky, he may be returned to the reserve. If you must say, you must taste the taste of military law.

[Xi Li] had already run out of the distance of semaphore communication at this time, so [King Kong] could only notify the second team’s flagship [Kawauchi] by radio, and then Kawachi would send a command to [Xi Li] to stop the battle.

Someone asked why [Xi Li] misunderstood the flagship’s order, and the problem was not complicated to explain. This did not happen once or twice in the Japanese Navy.

Because Japanese is commonly used in inverted grammar, such as the military warfare of New China’s military movie, in the conversation between Japanese Army Captain Yamada and the puppet army commander Tang, "The muddy military land is not, tactically does not understand" This is the standard Japanese Grammar, the acting personnel who participated in the performance have personally experienced the anti-Japanese war, and even directly face-to-face contact with the Japanese army, otherwise it is impossible to grasp such tiny details.

The problem with [Xili] is here. The flagship’s order is "Destroy the submarine and prohibit the attack." It becomes "Driving the submarine and the attack is prohibited." Because of the distance between the two sides, the sway of the ship, the influence of sunlight and smoke, etc., anyway, the last "prohibition" was inexplicably eaten by the signal soldiers, and a "received" order was returned to the flagship.

But if you are worried that [Xi Li] will sink and damage the submarine and cause diplomatic affairs, this will obviously be a little too much for Lieutenant General Takashiro, because with the current anti-submarine technology of the Japanese Navy, even the ordinary u-vii type said I may not be able to catch it, not to mention a bunch of u1001, which was the most advanced technology at that time.

Captain Heinke was confident in the submarine he was driving. This belief was established through dozens of confrontation exercises. Even the latest anti-submarine destroyer in the United Kingdom could not push u1001 out of the sea. Without using active sonar, ordinary destroyers could not even find her whereabouts.

This submarine can submerge 400 nautical miles underwater with a silent speed of six knots, and can also launch an underwater sprint at an extreme speed of 19 knots. She can dive into a depth of 300 meters underwater. All currently known anti-submarine weapons are To do nothing about it, she can use the powerful underwater maneuverability and cleverly seize the favorable launch position. She can use the bow sonar to aim and position underwater, and use the electric torpedo without track to launch a thunder blow to the surface ship. It can be said that if the captain wishes, he can reverse the identity of the hunter and prey at any time.

[Xili] is the No. 4 ship of the "Bailu" type destroyer designed by Japan in the 1930s, with a length of 111 meters and a displacement of 1,685 tons. It was developed as an improved model of the "Early Spring" class. , Solved the problem of excessively high center of gravity of the [Early Spring] class. The front main gun only retained a 12.7 cm caliber turret.

As the main force of the surface tactics of the Japanese joint fleet, this destroyer's mission is to launch a wave-like impact on the enemy fleet when the main enemy fleet encounters, and attack the enemy ship with a torpedo volley, with the intention of disrupting the enemy fleet's surface formation.

This is a ship that was developed entirely for fleet warfare. The top of the Navy did not consider using it to deal with submarines from the beginning. The Japanese navy has always had a wrong tactical understanding of submarines. In the concept of the Japanese navy, the threat always comes from the surface. The naval attack of the big ship and the artillery is the navy's destiny.

However, the Japanese navy has always used the British navy as its own example, claiming to conform to the trend of the times. The British destroyers are all equipped with anti-submarine equipment, so of course the Japanese navy destroyers must also have them.

Prior to this, Japan's underwater detection technology was completely blank. Although the underwater listening device is not a cutting-edge technology, the British are unwilling to export it. In the end, the Japanese navy still got the technology from the Germans. Hitler was hungry at the time, and he dared to sell anything as long as he was willing to pay. Japan purchased the German underwater listening device and a full set of production technology. The German-made underwater listening device is called the Baoding underwater listening device. The Japanese imitation is called the nine-three type. In fact, it is the same thing.

To be honest, Germany had the most advanced submarine technology in the world at that time, but when it comes to German surface anti-submarine technology, that really can only be regarded as a third-rate level. The detection and anti-submarine technology of German surface ships has always lagged far behind the Allied forces such as Britain, France, and the United States. The main reason is that the aura of the U-boat is too splendid.

The ninety-three hydrophone, which imitates the German hydrophone equipment, has hardly played a role in actual combat. The German export is actually a hydrophone used in submarines, which is not suitable for surface ships. The Germans obviously have left a hand on this, and did not explain it to Japan carefully.

The Japanese Navy originally installed it on its own submarine, but the shipbuilding department saw that the destroyer's technical indicators had this requirement, and there was no other similar equipment in the equipment manual. It was straightforward without even changing it. Used it.

[Xi Li] rushed into the sea where the submarine dived. Sure enough, in the brand-new 93-type underwater listener that was just installed at the beginning of the year, no submarine was heard except for the noisy propeller and engine sounds of his fleet. The movement.

"Periscope! Nine hundred meters on port!" the lookout exclaimed.

"It's impossible!" Captain Ben took the periscope and rushed to the port side of the bridge.

"She can't run to that position. Isn't there more than one submersible vessel lurking under the water here!" Seeing the periscope slowly sinking 900 meters away, Ben Shaozo's face changed at that time.

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