Chapter 002: Scarpa's Cow

thufeb0500:00:00cst2015

Ji Feng attaches the most importance to the Imperial Navy, which is about to have a tough battle to fight. If Britain could not be properly resolved, then Germany would inevitably fall into the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts. At that time, it will not be far from the defeat of Germany on all fronts. Ji Feng even did not hesitate to use the "Shuttle" to help the navy do something.

The navy is now equivalent to a "survival fleet", and without the support of the wolf of the sea, the U-boat, the Imperial Navy would have become a complete joke. Since the Battle of Jutland, the former German navy has been in unstoppable decline. In particular, the "Operation Rainbow" after the end of World War I buried the last hope of the revival of the Imperial Navy. At that time, it is not certain whether Ji Feng's children's shoes can go back alive.

So now, Ji Feng wants to start from the root and strengthen the navy into one of the best navies in the world.

The first stop of Ji Feng's itinerary: the "Bismarck" (kmsmailto: bis@marck) that is still being outfitted

bis@marck) [Bismarck was launched in '39, but was only put into service in August '40]. This super battleship, which symbolizes the revival of the German Navy, is by far the largest battleship in the world. But for now, the original intention of the design of this battleship was to attack the ship, and the anti-aircraft fire was weak. The twin 105 mm/65x diameter SK-C/33/37 anti-aircraft guns were somewhat flashy, as their rate of fire was too slow to weave an effective net of fire; The firepower of the twin 37 mm/83 x diameter SK-C/30 anti-aircraft guns is acceptable, but the number is too small to directly envelop the enemy aircraft in an impermeable firepower network; The quadruple 20 mm/65 x diameter MGC/38 anti-aircraft gun can be said to be the most effective anti-aircraft gun, but it is also a small number; The single-mounted 20mm/65x diameter FLAK30 anti-aircraft gun is not strong in vitality continuity, and it may be better if it can be replaced with FLAK38.

At the end of World War II, even the turrets of the treasure ships of the Combined Fleet (that is, the 560mm triple turrets of the "Yamato" and "Musashi" guys) were equipped with Type 96 quadruple 25mm anti-aircraft guns to defend against incoming American fighters. Now even the planes are not so deadly, but it is good to carry out the reinforcement of anti-aircraft fire. As long as he can get through this period of time, Ji Feng is confident that he will make the German navy stronger.

When Ji Feng walked on the deck of this more than 50,000-ton sea beast, there were still a little ripples in his heart. Although his Bismarck has far surpassed Bismarck's 20,000 tons, when he once again stands on the super battleship that sank the "Hood" battle cruiser, people still have a special mood.

Seeing the Führer standing there in a daze, Stephenberg didn't know what to do, it was worth pretending to be worried about the Führer's safety and standing silently behind Ji Feng.

Ji Feng sighed for a while, then turned back to Raeder and said, "Look, what a great battleship. The hope of our German revival, but why is the anti-aircraft fire so weak? ”

Raeder obviously didn't understand what Ji Feng meant, because in the eyes of the commander of any "giant ship cannon", the weight to measure the victory of the battle was the main gun of the battleship, and he had never heard of measuring it by those small-caliber anti-aircraft guns. But Ji Feng's next explanation made him break out in a cold sweat.

Ji Feng said: "When the enemy's torpedo planes and even dive bombers attack our Bismarck, how many artillery guns can Bismarck free up to intercept enemy planes?" Since there is no unified command, even if it is possible to intercept enemy aircraft with all artillery, the number of hits will be very low. But on the other hand, the armor of the Bismarck, even if it is good, have you ever thought that when a large number of torpedo planes drop torpedoes, the explosion of a large number of torpedoes will make the hull of the ship steel fatigue, and then tear the entire battleship? Therefore, we need to strengthen Bismarck's anti-aircraft fire as much as possible. ”

Breaking down a cold sweat, Raeder jotted down the order to allow the Bismarck to escape several times in the war. By the end of the war, some military fans even thought that it was XTL's words that saved the entire German Empire's navy, and also indirectly saved the "Bismarck".

The second stop is the U-boat unit, which is now an important branch of the navy.

The home port of the 1st Submarine Detachment, Kiel Harbor, has become one of Ji Feng's most important schedules, because it is an elite gathering place for submarine captains throughout the Navy. Dönitz was also the commander of this fleet.

Naturally, the 1st Submarine Detachment had outstanding features, but now because the war had just begun, the indicators were insufficient. It can't be shown that the captain is capable, and the current number can only show that the element of luck is a little bigger. As the war entered 1940, the order of submarine captains was convincing.

After inspecting the first submarine detachment, Ji Feng went to the seventh submarine detachment, which has always been a legendary detachment, and Günter Pullin, who sank the battleship "Royal Oak", came from the seventh submarine detachment. Later, his "Scarpa Cow" became not only the badge of the U-47, but also the badge of the 7th Submarine Detachment.

Ji Feng's first idea was to board the U-47, a 7B submarine. The submarine was a legendary submarine that entered Scapa Bay alone and sank the "Royal Oak". If Churchill hadn't disembarked, he might have been able to kill Britain's Admiralty (now the British Prime Minister is still adorable Chamberlain). The submarine had four forward torpedo tubes, one backward torpedo tube, an 88 mm deck gun, and two twin FLAK30\C38 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. The 14+2 torpedo (which allows for two additional torpedoes to be attached to the boat) makes this submarine full of lethality.

But the fate of the submarine was very tragic, it went missing. The last piece of information is "The periscope has a clear view." The submarine then evaporated, and a few days later, Dönitz sadly announced that U-47 was missing. To this day, the whereabouts of the U-47 remain a mystery, some say it was sunk by a British destroyer, but according to investigations, it turned out that the British attacked the U-A submarine.

Ji Feng got his wish and met Günter Pullin, a mysterious captain.

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Soon, Ji Feng returned to Berlin, and the U-47 also began its second cruise.

Günter Pullin was instructed by Ji Feng to go to Scapa Bay to complete the glory that should have belonged to him.

The "Royal Oak" is a "King" class battleship, 190 meters long, 27 meters wide hull gives people a sense of oppression, but also gives people a sense of trust. 8 MK.1 381-mm L42 main guns (twin X4), 14 MK.12 152-mm L45 secondary guns, 2 MK.1 76-mm L50 anti-aircraft guns, 4 3-pounder guns, 4 533-mm underwater torpedo tubes made him a bit nondescript, neither like a minestrike ship (a destroyer armed with torpedoes), but showed that it was a battleship.

After fully charging the submarine's battery, Pullin dived into the water and finally entered Scapa Bay after two hours of silent sailing.

The red duty light made the atmosphere inside the submarine a little tense, and Plain's serious expression made the submariners feel that they were on an important mission. In fact, this mission is indeed very important, because of Ji Feng's butterfly effect, and now Churchill is on the "Royal Oak". If this big smoker can disappear into the world now, Ji Feng will be able to save a lot of effort to destroy the United Kingdom.

Prine's orders began to be given, and the crew began to prepare in an orderly manner.

"No. 1 is loaded with a G7E torpedo at a slow speed and a depth of 5.5 meters, with a collision fuse set. No. 2 is loaded with a G7E torpedo at a constant speed and a slow speed with a depth of 4.5 meters, and the fuse is set to a collision fuse. No. 3 is loaded with a G7B torpedo at a constant speed of medium speed and a depth of 9.0 meters, and the fuse is set to a magnetic detonation fuse. No. 4 is loaded with G7E torpedo, with a fixed depth of 5.5 meters, a fixed speed and a slow speed, and the fuze is set as a collision fuze. "Torpedo No. 1 was aimed at the ammunition depot of the D turret, and the force of the impact of the torpedo explosion was probably enough to cause the ammunition to explode inside. Torpedo No. 2 was aimed at the ammunition depot of the C turret, the same principle, the same target. Torpedo No. 3 targets the keel of the ship's amidships, and the magnetic detonation fuse can damage or even break the keel, causing the ship to split from the amidships. Torpedo No. 4 was aimed at the ammunition depot of the A turret, on the same principle as No. 1 and No. 2, but this time the target was a fat man smoking a cigarette.

"Open the torpedo hatch, and the torpedo target number jù entered. The distance is 1,225 meters and the estimated hit time is 55. ”

"Number 1, launch! No. 2, launch! No. 3, launch! Number 4, launch! "A series of firing commands took a total of ten seconds, and the compressed gas from which the torpedo was fired created a string of bubbles on the surface of the sea. The G7E thermodynamic torpedo also has air bubbles on the back, and although the G7B electric torpedo does not have air bubbles, it produces a lot of noise in order to hit at a medium speed at the same time as other torpedoes. Even the destroyers and submarine hunters on guard duty in such a port still failed to find them, and it has to be said that the British were too low on alert.

Soon, 7 explosions were heard in the distance, the first 4 were obviously torpedo explosions, and the last three were the explosions of various ammunition depots. In the periscope, Prin saw that the fat man was blown away by the huge air currents of the explosion, and fell heavily into the water after taking the dirt plane for free. It seems that the injuries were not light, and in this sneak attack, more than 800 people below the commander of the Second Fleet were killed, and Purin was awarded the Knight's Iron Cross (the legendary riding iron, a symbol of honor), and all his crew members were awarded the Iron Cross of the Second Class (the legendary second iron of the pit father).

But this is obviously not what Prin should be thinking about now, because he was pinged by a British destroyer just now because an iron spoon fell to the floor (to put it bluntly, it was discovered). As the sonar continued to return from the submarine wall, Prine's heart hung in his throat. A 250-kilogram TNT charge of depth charges was not something its own 7B could withstand, and the V\W-class destroyer of the First World War had at least 30 depth charges.

This traditional anti-submarine weapon is not able to sink the U-47, or at least force the U-47 to surface.

Purin was caught in a choice, and the first mate, who had served as chief engineer on a submarine in World War I, looked at Prin and said, "Captain, make a decision quickly." As a captain, you can't hesitate! ”

Prinn couldn't help but think of what his instructor had said to him: "A captain should know everything, he is omnipotent, at least in the eyes of his own crew, the captain is omnipotent, and he will not make mistakes." He is able to make quick judgments and cannot worry about making mistakes. Even if you risk the lives of your own crew, you must not hesitate. Because he is a captain, he is carrying the burden of the remaining forty-odd families. In war, there are always people who die, even if you try to avoid it, but we can't make it impossible for people to die at all. Remember, don't hesitate to make a decision when it's time to make it. Hesitation will kill your crew. ”

Prin gave an order that was not right in the eyes of his peers and would have exposed himself.

"Open the hatch of the aft torpedo tube, and the aft torpedo is set to a depth of 0.5 meters and the speed is set to be fast. Two cars on standby. Sonars, report on the change of my enemy's position at any time. ”

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Finally, the V\W-class destroyers went 500 meters, and at this distance, as long as a torpedo was fired, it was impossible to miss. Because even if the destroyer has 25 knots (in terms of v\w), it cannot change course in more than ten seconds. (Ben teased SH3 once called the destroyer to rear-end, and I fired the last torpedo at 500 meters and sank it)

Purin gave the order to launch, and the G7E, an ordinary torpedo, dragged a long bubble behind it and pierced the sea.

The destroyer's searchlight spotted the bubble of the torpedo, and the captain hurriedly wanted to turn, but at such a short distance, how easy was it to make a turn? The relative speed of its own destroyer and torpedo reached almost 60 knots, and even 700 meters could not necessarily complete a turn.

However, the captain's turn of the order left the destroyer's bow ammunition depot completely exposed to the torpedo's attack path, and with a loud bang blew the entire bow of the destroyer away. Subsequently, the ammunition in the bow of the ship was detonated, and the powerful force of the explosion pushed the destroyer several meters back.

The initiator of this incident, Günter Pullin, and his U-47 had long since left the harbor and were on their way back to Wilhelmshaven.

What awaits him is honor, what awaits Britain is sorrow, what awaits Germany is extraordinary joy, and what awaits Goebbels is a very good propaganda material.

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"It's really a few happy and a few sad." Pullin stood on the bridge and watched the crowd of people welcoming the submarine into Wilhelmshaven.

Pullin found Dönitz and Ji Feng in the crowd, and it was obvious that the two had gone straight to the port to present themselves with awards.

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But when Pulin walked onto the podium, Ji Feng awarded him not the Knight's Iron Cross, but the Knight's Iron Cross with silver oak leaves, which was one level higher than the Knight's Iron Cross, which was very precious, because few people could achieve the standard of this kind of medal.

Other crew members were awarded the Iron Cross of the Second Class, a rare collective award. When the veterans gathered after the war, the crew of the U-47 received a very admiring gaze. Because they all received the Iron Cross, and the most important one was also an iron (because the U-47 was to be given a 9B-class ocean-going submarine, a 9D2-class ocean-going submarine and an XXI-class ocean-going submarine later, but the Centaur was only slightly increased on the original basis).