Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Hiraga Hiraga and Fujimoto Kikuo, who serves as the director of the fourth department of the Ship Administration Headquarters, are known as the "Twin Jewels of the Empire" in the Japanese shipbuilding industry.

Hiraga Joe was born in 1878. He graduated from the Department of Shipbuilding at Tokyo Imperial University of Technology and later studied at the Greenwich Naval Academy in the United Kingdom. He is considered a firmly orthodox "British style" designer.

In 1916, Hiraga participated in the design of the "Nagato" class battleships and proposed a modification design to use the space behind the Nagato-type second chimney to install a combined turret. This plan was used in the later Kaga-class battleships

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After the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the Eighth Eighth Fleet plan was stranded. Hiraga asked the battleships and cruisers that participated in the design, except Nagato and Mutsu, to either be converted into aircraft carriers, or to be disintegrated in the dock, or to be used as torpedoes and artillery shells.

The target sinks.

In order to make up for the lack of combat effectiveness of its main battleships, the Japanese Navy was forced to start developing auxiliary ships based on cruisers. In 1923, Joe Hiraga and Kikuo Fujimoto had serious differences over the design of the "Myoko" class cruiser, and Hiraga became angry.

And leave the fourth part and go to the Naval Technology Research Institute.

In 1925, Hiraga served as the director of the Naval Technology Research Institute. This was a purely technical research position and did not involve in warship design. However, Hiraga has always been very concerned about the Japanese Navy's shipbuilding plan.

According to the "Washington Naval Treaty", Japan could build 35,000-ton battleships in 1931 to replace old ships that were 20 years old.

So in July this year, Kikuo Fujimoto submitted a shipbuilding plan, which was the Kongo-class battlecruiser.

Affected by the economic crisis, the plan proposed by Kikuo Fujimoto had a hull weight of less than 9,000 tons, which was too light.

Hiraga learned about Kikūo Fujimoto's plan through his old subordinates and believed that Kikūo Fujimoto's plan had major flaws.

So Hiraga Hiraga also designed a plan. At the naval technical meeting chaired by the head of the Naval Warships Headquarters Kobayashi Nobuyoshi, after Fujimoto Kikuo announced the King Kong ship replacement plan, Hiraga Hiraga criticized Kikuo Fujimoto's plan on the spot and said

Put forward your own plan.

Both Hiraga Joe and Fujimoto Kikuo had long-standing reputations in the Japanese naval shipbuilding industry. The two had serious differences of opinion, and the meeting fell into chaos and no resolution was reached.

After the meeting, senior officials of the Navy's Naval Administration Headquarters believed that Hiraga, who was responsible for technical research, raised a personal case at a formal meeting, which was tantamount to overstepping his duties and infringing upon the rights, and criticized Hiraga quite a lot.

At the same time, among the people related to the Shipbuilding Headquarters who witnessed this incident, some said, "Hiraga was dissatisfied with being the director of the Technical Research Institute full-time," "wanted to take this opportunity to return to the Shipbuilding Department," "wanted to take the opportunity to be promoted," and so on.

Rumors began to spread.

Hiraga Rang was deeply disappointed by the result that the plan was aborted.

Rumors in Japan made Hiraga even more furious. Multiple factors combined. Hiraga's hospitalization was not caused by agents from Brad's office.

The floor where Hiraga Joe is located at Tokyo Teikoku University Medical School Affiliated Hospital is deserted. Only a few subordinates from the Naval Technical Research Institute are guarding outside the ward where Hiraga Joe is located.

"Those rumors must have been spread by people from the Kaga faction. Their purpose is to attack teachers to cover up their serious shortcomings in ability. We should appeal to the top brass of the Naval Ship Administration Headquarters to cancel the unfair treatment of teachers.

Treatment." Hiraga Joe's student Nishida Shinji was filled with indignation. Behind the conflict between Hiraga Joe and Fujimoto Kikuo was the factional dispute between the two schools of the Japanese navy.

Just as the generals from the Satsuma Domain controlled the military administration and military orders of the old Japanese Navy, the naval designers from the Kaga Domain have controlled the monopoly on warship design since the founding of the Japanese Navy since the time of Sazo Sasunaka, the patriarch of the Japanese shipbuilding industry.

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The fourth part of the Naval Administration Headquarters led by Kikuo Fujimoto is dominated by designers from the Kaga faction.

Hiraga Joe, who was not born in the Kaga Domain, was naturally a thorn in Fujimoto's side and a thorn in his flesh.

While Hiraga Joe served as the director of the Institute of Naval Technology, he was also a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University's Ministry of Engineering. Shinji Nishida was a student of Hiraga and also worked at the Naval Institute of Technology.

"Now the Naval Ship Affairs Headquarters is also controlled by the Kaga faction, otherwise the director would not be idle." Akira Oishi, who also works at the Naval Technology Research Institute, lamented that the Japanese Navy is really not as powerful as it appears on the surface.

Hiraga Rang has an aloof personality, does not like to talk and laugh, adheres to principles, and has a tough attitude towards work. If there is a disagreement at work, he will not only argue with reason when faced with the requirements of high-level military officials, but also fight with the construction of troops (artillery, torpedoes) and machinery (turbines).

, Electrical and other departments are not easy to compromise when communicating, so they have made many enemies and are known as "Pinghe will not give in".

In 1923, Kanji Kato, who had always supported Joe Hiraga, was transferred from the post of Deputy Minister of Military Command, and Hiraga was dismissed from his position as planning director. He was sent to Europe and the United States to inspect naval ships, shipyards, and universities in various countries, which lasted 8 months. In August 1924,

After returning to Japan, he had no duties for about 10 months. During that time, the design of the Japanese naval ship plan was completely led by Kikyu Fujimoto.

Kikuo Fujimoto is known as the "genius" of Japanese naval ship design.

Kikuo Fujimoto's design ideas are completely different from those of Hiraga Joe. He is unconventional and keen on adopting new technologies. He often proposes new ideas that have never appeared before.

If these two people could get along closely, their personalities might complement each other. Unfortunately, due to the factional disputes in the Japanese navy, these two are basically strangers.

"Then we will report it to a higher authority. We will not let the teacher suffer unjust injustice." Shinji Nishida refused to give up. Japan not only has an army but also a navy that has a tradition of "subjugating the superior".

“Still cautious”

"We'll talk about it after the teacher wakes up."

"Fujimoto Osaka's plan is simply unrealistic and unreasonable."

"This cannot be blamed on Colonel Fujimoto. The Navy Ministry's request is inherently unreasonable."

Researchers are talking a lot. They have ideals and technology, but unfortunately there is no room for implementation.

Due to the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty and the impact of the economic crisis, the Japanese Navy blindly pursued single-ship combat effectiveness and made many unreasonable demands in order to make up for the shortage of ships.

In order to meet the requirements of the Navy Department, the plans proposed by the Navy's design department became increasingly unreasonable.

Not long ago, the Chidori-class torpedo boat designed by the Fourth Department of the Naval Administration Headquarters became a typical failure of Japanese warship design during this period.

Article 8a of the "London Naval Treaty" stipulates that there is no restriction on ships below 600 tons. In order to evade the restrictions of the "London Naval Treaty", the Japanese Navy can only make a fuss about ships below 600 tons.

The Chidori-class torpedo boat is designed to have a displacement of 533 tons, and is equipped with three 127mm naval guns and two twin 533mm torpedo launch tubes. The required speed must reach 30 knots. The Fourth Department of the Ship Administration Headquarters racked their brains and finally came up with

The plan is not satisfactory.

Are you satisfied with that? The 3,100-ton "Durban"-class cruiser in southern Africa is only equipped with two twin 125mm naval guns. The 533-ton Chidori-class torpedo boat dares to be equipped with three guns. Its layout is still among the top two.

The latter one also includes torpedo tubes. With so many weapons concentrated on a warship with a displacement of only 533 tons, the final result can be imagined.

After the completion of the Chidori class, due to too many weapons and too small tonnage, there were problems such as too high a center of gravity and a serious lack of resilience. As a result, the ship tilted seriously during the trial in calm sea conditions. The ship performed a 15-degree maneuver at full speed.

When turning the rudder at an angle, the hull will tilt more than 30 degrees.

At this time, if a wave hits, the boat may roll over.

This is the consequence of overthrowing a seedling and encouraging its growth.

In order to achieve the goals of the Navy Ministry, the designers had to modify the Chidori-class plan and tow it back to the shipyard to install bulges on both sides to widen the hull and improve stability.

However, this modification increased the displacement of the Chidori-class to 730 tons, which exceeded the limit of the London Naval Treaty.

At the same time, researchers also limited the rudder angle at high speeds and artificially improved the inherent defects of the equipment. However, this method of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause still laid serious hidden dangers for the future.

While the researchers were discussing, Kikuo Fujimoto suddenly appeared in the hospital corridor.

Shinji Nishida immediately stood up and looked at Kikuo Fujimoto with an unkind look.

Oishi Akira secretly gave Shinji Nishida a hand.

Shinji Nishida took a deep breath and finally lowered his head in front of Kikyu Fujimoto.

"How is Hiraga-kun's health?" Kikuo Fujimoto came to visit Hiraga-kun.

"Teacher has just taken medicine and is taking a rest." Oishi Akira was respectful. Controversy is controversy. Where does status lie? The only person who can talk to Fujimoto Kikuo at the Naval Institute of Technology without bowing is Hiraga Joe.

"Well, I hope Hiraga-kun can get well soon." Kikyu Fujimoto hesitated, looking through the glass at Hiraga who was lying on the hospital bed with needles hanging on him, letting out a long sigh, and finally left.

Seeing Kikuo Fujimoto's figure disappear in the corridor, Shinji Nishida picked up the flowers brought by Kikuo Fujimoto and threw them directly into the trash can next to him.

Oishi Ming also sighed and said nothing, he was still young after all.

"Hypocritical guys, they are all bastards!" Shinji Nishida was still angry.

"Nishida-kun, calm down"

"For the teacher, we must bear the humiliation and bear the burden"

Researchers persuaded one after another.

At this time, a doctor in a white coat and a mask came over to change Hiraga's dressing.

Shinji Nishida and Akira Oishi immediately approached him: "Doctor, how is your teacher's health?"

"It's hard to say now. We will do our best. Please don't disturb the patient's rest. The patient needs to be quiet." The doctor spoke sternly, and Shinji Nishida and Akira Oishi immediately shut up.

You must listen to what the doctor says.

Two hours later, Shinji Nishida suddenly discovered that there seemed to be no movement on Hiraga's bed.

So Shinji Nishida walked into the hospital bed to check and found that Hiraga Joe had stopped breathing.

"Doctor, doctor" Oshi Ming immediately went to call the doctor.

"Kikyu Fujimoto, it must be him, he murdered the teacher!" Shinji Nishida cried bitterly.

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Kikuo Fujimoto was really wronged because he didn't even enter the ward.