Now desperate things have appeared. The original ghost has now turned into several submarines that are ready to deal with the German ghost. Now they are all in the laboratory, so there is no possibility of mass production.
Some people imagine that the decoy still has a large number of planes to preset an ambush position to kill the ghost, but so far there is no record of the ghost submarine being discovered by planes, which is too lucky to be summarized and summarized.
The technical department analyzed that the German radar miniaturization technology has made little progress, so the radar can be installed in this submarine, thus avoiding all kinds of patrol aircraft.
A large number of French spies have also taken fuzzy long-distance photos of this submarine. From the analysis of the reference objects in the photos, this submarine has a larger tonnage and cancelled anti-aircraft guns and other weapons, thus reducing some water noise, being more concealed and faster.
Why this submarine can swim at a speed of more than 15 knots and can lurk for a long time can be summarized by conjecture and inference. The British and American naval technical departments believe that this submarine is likely to give an unknown power, and some clues judge that this ghost submarine has built a very high performance pool system.
Add the known ultra-high torpedo firing rate of this submarine to form a rough outline of this submarine-this weapon has been epoch-making, and the British and American intelligence agencies have paid a sky-high price. Who can get the design drawings or part of the design drawings of this thing for 50 thousand dollars?
Why can a German torpedo attack an oncoming ship head-on? This is a simple technical cover-up. The ambush is silent in front, waiting for the other fleet to approach two German submarines. When the torpedo touches the explosion fuse through the submarine simple computing device, the timing explosion is changed and the explosion is set.
This kind of simple computer is the latest product of Turing engineering team. Although it does not meet the requirements of complicated calculation in advance, it can do some simple and fixed calculations, just as the new submarine helps to set this kind of timing fuse. The torpedo did not explode until it touched the other ship’s hull, but exploded around the ship’s hull when it arrived at the designated time.
It is precisely because of this attack mode that Prien arranged two submarines in front of the British transport fleet to block the road, and it is precisely because of the dense formation of the other ships that the hit probability of this delayed automatic explosion fuze has increased. The British will probably never think that the Germans have increased their torpedo attack mode by mathematical means rather than technical means.
This is a technical victory, a deliberate weapon research and development, and a revolutionary subversion against backward tactical equipment. If the German submarine has crossed the threshold of modern submarine design from a technical point of view, the escort mode of British escort ships is still poor at the end of World War I.
Chapter 745th 746 Fleet HH2
British submarine technology is not without development. On the contrary, at the end of World War I, the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine technology could be powerful, but with the passage of time, their technology did fall behind, especially for the new German submarines, which caused a gap between technology and tactics that could not be bridged.
Generally speaking, the British destroyer or the American destroyer has not been upgraded recently, and the detection accuracy is not enough to calibrate the specific position of the new German submarine, which means that the destroyer can be accurately instructed to attack
German submarines have never updated their technology. Even Deng Nici’s most powerful submarine was enlarged and strengthened by U-shaped submarines during the First World War. The United States and Britain made mistakes. The Germans did not issue new technologies, and Britain did not regard submarines as invincible opponents.
After all, Britain lost its own land in a short time after the war, which made the British technology fall into a disadvantage. Many laboratories and large-scale equipment can be destroyed and taken away. Except for a few British people who tried their best to protect technology, his technology has been broken and unrealistic to meet the needs of the war-but technology is Form One.
After all, some technologies were immediately put into battle even if they were strengthened, so that some of them were cancelled and retained to continue the development of key projects of aeronautical radar technology.
Facts have proved that there is really nothing wrong with what the British did. After the old-fashioned anti-submarine technology increased the search density, Iceland and the United States sank four German submarines in June and nine German submarines in July. They also sank five German submarines in September, and sank 12 ships in January, four ships in November and six ships in December. It is not a dime to add the number of possible sinking methods to the statistics.
The data prove that the allied forces can still deal with German submarines according to the existing system, which is why the United States produces weapons and equipment, multi-fleet cruisers and aircraft carriers, with the aim of assembling forces as soon as possible to complete the decisive battle between Japan and the sea
Under such a background, the emergence of advanced German submarines directly broke the balance of power between the United States and Britain in anti-submarine, and forced us to face the cruel reality that the new German submarines had been put into service.
"Sir!" A British naval officer rang Dudley, the first secretary of the Royal Navy. When Pound’s door was allowed, he walked up to the 61-and-a-half-year-old head of the navy and saluted respectfully, saying, "The news number hh2 has just arrived, and the special supply fleet has just been attacked by the German navy submarine force, which has caused heavy losses."
"What’s the matter? How many German submarines have been sunk? " Dudley raised his head with a frown and lost the document in his hand. The old general experienced the First World War and was a very experienced naval general, but the unlucky naval commander was followed by Churchill’s class, who was struggling to support the most severe passive situation in the history of the whole British Empire.
Of course, facing the same test as him, there is the famous Hugh? Dowding, he was ordered to take over the whole Iceland. There are probably 11 hurricanes, 11 p4 improved 44 meteor jet fighters with amazing failure rate.
When the British naval officer heard General Dudley’s question, he immediately replied, "There is still some confusion in the battle report. We are sorting out the testimony of several destroyer captains and some merchant captains in the fleet at that time, but some reports are very strange. For example, several people reported that two or two ghost submarines were found."
Dudley? General pound raised his eyebrows, and his worst fear was finally inevitable. When the rumor that the sea came to the ghost submarine for the first time, he realized that it might be a new submarine of the German navy, but he was really unable to change the anti-submarine level of the British navy. He could bite his teeth and choose to treat this ghost submarine gossip.
He once urged the US Navy to develop more accurate technology to help the US East Coast escort ships and some British Navy ships change into more advanced radar detection devices-unfortunately, the Americans did not care too much about General Dudley’s suggestion.
At noon, Britain and the United States lost almost three destroyers and merchant ships with a gross tonnage of more than 90 thousand tons, and the goods were not counted. A large part of the oil and food were lost, and some arms ships were also doomed
"Two new German submarines?" Dudley’s attempt to cover it up with ghosts and monsters at this time is futile, and he simply sets a nature for this matter. There is no ghost submarine in the world, but a new German submarine.
Hearing this statement, the British naval officer was stunned and then nodded and admitted Dudley’s words "Yes … yes, sir! The Germans moved three new submarines to attack our destroyer. Although they have been expelling them from attacking, none of our submarines were sunk until our plane and other ships arrived in Germany. "
In January, three German navy submarines were sunk in the whole allied route, except for the old U-shaped ocean submarines. However, this record did not make the British people jump for joy, because this month they waited for a new German U-shaped submarine that was even more deadly.
"When will hh2 Fleet arrive here?" Dudley Nai sighed and asked, since the loss has happened, what responsibility should we consider and what other things should we do? He now thinks that the most difficult thing is that Iceland has lost a lot of fuel in the whole energy supply problem, and Iceland is likely to be completely paralyzed in such cold weather.
Hh2 supply fleet has always been an important fleet in the hands of the British government in exile-it supports the British government in exile together with hh1 and hh3. One or more transport ships transporting the main materials in Iceland are just supplements to these three large supply fleets. Now it is very terrible that something goes wrong in these three fleets and directly affects things, not to mention radiation.
Once more new German submarines appear on the route, the two fleets hh1 and hh3 will no longer be safe. Finally, it is concluded that the defensive positions deployed by Britain and Iceland will eventually collapse due to fuel scarcity.
To put it bluntly, the history of Iceland’s development in France is due to its physical limitations. The British government in exile has to rely on supplies from the United States to rebuild the soil forward base at any cost. Now the Germans have come up with a plan to cut the bucket. Dudley can smile bitterly.
It seems that there are also powerful roles with unique strategic vision in German naval commanders! Deng Nici, Gunther Lutjens, and Lei Deer … None of them, including the Fuehrer arcado, seems to be a free role, and this time it is obviously the German submarine godfather Deng Nici who is planning a good show.
"Adding a new escort fleet to Malaysia to return to the United States for transportation, it is really impossible for hh1 fleet to transfer patrol destroyers and cruisers from Canada. It is necessary to ensure the safety of hh1 fleet!" Dudley thought about it and issued his own war order. What he can do now is very limited. In addition to increasing the escort force of his transport fleet, he can also pray that the other submarine will run out of ammunition and leave this throat area himself.
In fact, after an attack, the German submarines did disperse and act alone. The reason is very simple, that is, there was something wrong with the u47 submarine pool in Prien, so that the remaining four submarines could leave before the attack so that they could fight independently.
Yu hh2, a poor supply fleet, was destroyed in the early hours of this morning. A u47 in Prien achieved an impressive record of sinking four other ships, which also made his personal sinking gross tonnage rise to an incredible 20,000 tons and became the first commander of a real submarine.
The vast sea surface of the North Atlantic Ocean was accompanied by the cold sea breeze and the waves. The Third Reich Navy and the Royal British Navy fought the most brutal battle. No one remembers how many battles took place in the Atlantic Ocean during this war. However, after these battles, the soldiers printed them in their hearts and drank them in bars. They only told these thrilling stories, many of which had strange colors, which made people around them unable to help but miss this war-torn era.
But it’s a pity that people who lead this era, such as Prien, don’t like all the cold sea water in front of them, splashing the shell of submarine control tower, leaving some water marks on the leather coat and lighting a cigarette. I don’t know why, Prien remembered the young SS captain of the supply ship again, remembering his resolute expression on his slightly immature face.
"Speed forward! Keep heading! " Prien said to his mate, "Let’s go home!"
Chapter 746 747 Quay Elegy
"attention!" At the dock, a group of soldiers wearing Wehrmacht naval forces and carrying rifles screamed together with the slogan of the officer.
Slender trench coat naval salute cold pier with cold sea breeze shaking clothes showing these soldiers’ straight pants. They are all carrying a new Mao Se 9k bolt rifle on their shoulders. Everyone’s face is serious and abnormal. Aryan’s angular face makes people feel more determined and powerful at this moment.
In front of these two rows of soldiers are girls with white flowers on their chests. Their faces are covered with black veils, and they are wearing black skirts and legs to keep out the cold. These girls are neat, although they are not as close as the soldiers opposite, they may have maintained a neat formation.
These girls are holding piles of clothes with different styles, some are summer white shirts and some are winter cotton. They just silently hold these clothes without saying a word.
At the end of the whole procession, the three priests kept their fingers crossed on their chests, and the words of redemption kept flowing, as if praying, and the whole scene became more solemn and dignified as they kept chanting.
"Dear u513 submarine officers and soldiers, please go to the real eternal heaven with your souls! The third Reich will be strong forever. You chose to sleep in the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean. You are the greatest people in the empire. You are the most loyal fighters of the Fuehrer! Until you die, you have never forgotten your initial oath that your fighting deeds are to encourage us to continue fighting and write poems! " Deng Nici, the general commander of the German submarine force, looked at the mourning ceremony with his hands behind his back. The soldiers said forcefully that he had prepared a eulogy in the morning.
The war has continued until now, and more than five German submarines have been lost, which makes the average number of casualties terrible. The German submarine force has become the largest unit in the whole German army, so that every time it goes out to sea, some people can never return to their hometown.
But what is moving is that there is still a long queue in the recruitment office of the navy submarine force. Some retired navy soldiers in their 30 s and 40 s are still actively signing up. They know what it means to get on the submarine after training, and they know clearly that some of those submarines will never return to their harbor, but they still wait quietly outside the recruitment office.
Thinking of this, Deng Nici continued to read, "The officers and men of the Fuehrer’s submarine force are proud, and the officers and men of the submarine force, the most powerful naval force of the Third Reich, have never let the Fuehrer down. We have been fighting in the most dangerous places and the weapons in our hands have caused irreparable losses to our enemies!"
"Because of you, because of you, the soldiers who fight to the death in the motherland, we have hope in the future that the Third Reich can become the most powerful country in the world! I, Deng Nici, honor your head of state and honor you! "
He just left the trouser press line and raised his right hand high and shouted the slogan "Fuehrer arcado? Long live Rudolf! "
"Head of state arcado? Long live Rudolf! " The girls shouted this slogan in a crisp voice. They were put in the coffin behind them with clothes in their hands, and then the soldiers on both sides of the coffin solemnly buckled the coffin. These soldiers all wore white gloves and nailed the coffin firmly with small hammers in their hands.
While the priest prayed, they worked harder. They were devout. These young people prayed for the opportunity to go to heaven. They were invited to watch the ceremony. The family members gave a faint cry. This damn war took the lives of their loved ones and made these fresh bones.
The soldiers of the German submarine force can have a coffin with clothes in it. Their coffins are buried in the Navy Martyrs Cemetery. Every year, there is a special person who is responsible for the memorial and cleaning. Ironically, the graves of these martyrs are next to the resting place of the Dutch fallen soldiers. Before their death, their swords and soldiers faced each other. After their death, they became neighbors peacefully and never even made a noise.
"Raise your gun!" As soon as the officer gave the order, the navy soldiers pulled the bolt like a man, and the metal clattered and the chamber was ready to be finished. Almost at the same time, they raised their rifles and took a half step forward. Then the soldiers pointed their guns at the sky neatly and pulled their trigger.
"bang!" After shooting together, they released their guns and continued to pull the bolt. Once again, no one spoke and there was no extra movement. It seemed as if a precision machine was repeating the same steps. The only difference was that the sad atmosphere lingered around, so that these movements were not cold but sad.
"bang!" With the second shot, the coffin was nailed, and the soldiers piled up the flags of the third Reich neatly, and covered the coffins with them. They were solemn as if they were covered by their sleeping comrades.
"bang!" The third time the gun rang, the soldiers put the rifle back on their shoulders. They moved uniformly and then turned to the right with the command and walked forward. The soldiers who nailed the coffins carried coffins one by one and walked behind these soldiers to the cemetery near the port. They wanted to bury their comrades there and bury them with those comrades who had already been inside.
A German SS Major-General officer got together with an SS major not far away to smoke. They also wore a beautiful ceremonial dress, a medal on their chest and a Sam Browne belt. They were meticulously dressed, and the pistol holster was obviously freshly oiled.
The major general’s arm was surrounded by a national flag, while the major was slightly inclined and wore a big hat. They saw Deng Nici leave the dock and the mourning ceremony came to an end.
The first major general officer lost his cigarette butt in his mouth and then spit out one mouthful smoke. He glanced at the major next to him and gave a wry smile. After that, he tilted his head and said, "It’s our turn over there. To be honest, I really don’t like this job, which makes me feel that this damn war has no hope of ending."
"General, we are soldiers of the Fuehrer. If the war really comes to an end, we will fight bravely until the Fuehrer wants us to fight until that moment." The major also lost his cigarette butt, tidied up his hand and said respectfully to his company.
The major general nodded and then reached the order with a wave of his hand.
Two men took a step to the dock, not far behind them, carrying rifles, and the SS soldiers neatly formed four rows. Unlike the navy, these SS soldiers dressed in army-style tweed coats and 35-type helmets looked like an army armed SS.
Behind these soldiers, there are also SS soldiers carrying coffins one by one, and there are dozens of differences. The difference is that these coffins have been pasted with wreaths, and there is no girl with black veil and no prayer priest, because the SS has a belief that the Great German Party and the Great German leader arcado? Rudolph Fuhrer
On the one hand, the guard of honor of the Wehrmacht Navy funeral walked outside the dock, and on the other hand, the guard of honor of the SS funeral carried the coffin to the dock, and the two teams passed by, but the sadness seemed to be more dignified. There were no bands to play or prayers to cry. The SS funeral was simple and full of details that violated the system
"Great head of state arcado? Long live Rudolf! Today, we die here, and we are resurrected here. Even if we have humble souls, we must fight the Fuehrer to the end! The empire is with us! Fuehrer, we are with you! We are the toughest fighters in the world. We will unswervingly carry out his orders as soon as the Fuehrer gives us an order! " Major General held up his right hand in front of the microphone and roared in the wind.
A submarine supply ship was hit by a British cruiser on its way back. Unfortunately, it failed to escape the final test. After a few minutes of fierce fighting, the supply ship was heroically silent. All 94 young SS soldiers on board were martyred, including a young SS officer. He just celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday. The last newspaper they sent back was very short. It said, "The ship is sinking, but we decided to fight back at the last minute. Long live the Fuhrer."
Hua! As he attended the funeral, SS soldiers raised their right hands. They swore to fight the Fuehrer. They swore that they would rather die than fail again. Today, they carried these coffins. The souls have actually done their vows. At this moment, they will live forever.
There is another round of gunfire swinging around the harbor, and the seagulls are chirping. I don’t know whether it is sad or happy. This kind of ceremony is held almost every day here, one after another. There are submarine officers and soldiers, submarine supply ship officers and soldiers, transport ship crew, and of course, some souls have not been able to wait for their funeral until the end of the war.
Chapter 747 74 Behind the smoke