626 above and below water
Mankind's various advanced weaponry did not start from the time of its birth and was as advanced and powerful as it is today.
Limited by the space and performance of the weapon system itself, the internal space of many weapons and equipment is very narrow.
Many times, we criticize the cockpit of the fighter plane for being too small, and we complain about the small interior space of the tank.
However, everyone ignores that the anti-humans of these weapons and equipment spaces often cause only temporary damage to their members.
Tank crews, in a non-combat stance, can lean out to improve the problem of limited space. Fighter pilots have very little time to perform their tasks and only need to endure more than an hour before leaving the cabin to rest......
Only one class, from the day it formed its basic combat effectiveness, remained in a small space until 2017.
This class is the submariners! They need to live on submarines where every inch of land is at a premium, working in a small area for a month or more.
Despite the development of the times, mankind is constantly advancing. However, everyone would rather cramme more high-tech equipment into the submarine than greatly improve the living environment in the submarine.
It always seems to be filled with the strange smell of motor oil and men's sweat.
Every man who has lived here knows how oppressive and hopeless it is.
In World War II, when submarines were diving underwater, in most cases, they couldn't even turn on all the lights.
Electricity is always the most precious and must be saved and used carefully. Therefore, where you can save, you have to save some.
All the submarine officers and men have become accustomed to working and living in a dim environment, and the submarine officers and men who want have long been familiar with every corner of the submarine.
And in the distant Indian Ocean, the German submarine detachment had to be on high alert as soon as it entered the Red Sea from the Suez Canal.
First of all, they had to avoid as many British patrol ships as possible that occasionally appeared to block the Strait, and as far as possible from areas where mines were placed.
During the whole process, the submarine was in a semi-submersible state for most of the time, so the life during this period was also very depressing for the officers and men on the submarine.
"If we don't find the British patrol boat, we can't float once, everyone is tired." The first mate put away the periscope and suggested to the captain in front of him.
"It's not out of the alert range yet, so it's better to be careful!" The captain spoke in the dim light.
He also wanted to float to the surface to breathe, not only to breathe fresh air, but also to increase the speed of the submarine by a large margin.
But he also knew that now was not the time, and he could only endure it for the time being, after all, this was about the lives of more than 20 people on the ship.
How many submarines were caught and sunk by the enemy simply because of carelessness? He didn't want to be that kind of bad guy.
"Keep course!" After giving the helmsman a command, he closed his mouth. In this turbid air, one less breath may make you happier.
The coastline in the distance looks like yellow sand, but the Red Sea is still barren and barren.
Everything here is very backward, even decades later. If it weren't for the abundance of oil, it might not have appeared in the eyes of the world powers.
"Keep course!" A British cruiser was patrolling not far away at this time, and since Britain itself had withdrawn from the war, they had become the part of the British who were still fighting.
Far from their hometown, they don't know what their loved ones are doing. This made these British soldiers very uneasy, and at the same time very anxious.
The once mighty British naval fleet crisscrossed the seven seas, but now only two wretched battleships are left outside the harbor, like lost dogs.
The United States promised the British government-in-exile to provide artillery shells, but Japan's war threw the whole of Southeast Asia into chaos.
In this case, Hong Kong fell, and Vietnam became the territory of the Japanese - who would have thought that Japan, which had risen to power only by relying on the British Empire, would turn around and ruthlessly hit the door?
Now Mountbatten has shifted the strategic focus from the Middle East to Burma, if the Japanese army really launched an attack in Burma and other regions, then Mountbatten's troops are not enough to resist the Japanese invasion.
Although it may appear that the British government-in-exile has a million troops in India, in reality most of these forces are no more effective than the National Revolutionary Army, which is fighting hard in China.
In the face of the Japanese attack, the French troops defending Vietnam immediately retreated to Laos and other areas, and then, with the help of the British government-in-exile, abandoned Laos and fled to Burma.
Now that Japan has attacked the border of Burma, the possibility of war between the two sides is as high as 100 percent, given the hatred of Hong Kong and the ambition of Japan in the future.
India, which had almost cut off the route of American aid, had to rely on its own weak industry at this time......
Now the whole of India is working overtime to produce ammunition to supply the front line, which is increasingly in demand.
Even General Auchinleck rushed back to Bombay from the Middle East to take over command of the Burma cluster from General Mountbatten.
Under such circumstances, the British Navy in the Indian Ocean was basically in an embarrassing state of being unable to fight.
Patrolling the Indian Ocean can only rely on light ships such as destroyers and cruisers, and large warships cannot be operated at all.
It has been two months since German submarines entered the Indian Ocean, and in these two months, they have only sunk a few ships to show their presence.
After all, there are still great limitations in technology, and the difficulties in accessing the Suez Canal far outweigh the benefits. In addition, shipping in the Indian Ocean was really not comparable to the scale in the Atlantic, so the hunting of submarines of the German Navy did not go well.
In many cases, the submarine does not even find a suitable target for attack, runs out of supplies and has to return home.
"This damn day!" Putting down the telescope in his hand, the British sailor leaning on the mast grumbled in a low voice.
Compared to the beauty of home, wasting time in the distant Indian Ocean is definitely not a pleasant thing.
"Yes! It's a damn day! Damn war! Another British sailor subconsciously felt in his pocket, only to find that there was no supply of cigarettes for a long time.
"I heard there's a lot of tension in Myanmar?" The British sailor with the binoculars asked his comrades.
"It's quite nervous, I know that some of the smaller warships have been transferred back to India, and it may not be able to hold there." Retracting his hand from touching the cigarette, the other sailor nodded in reply.