The Swordfish-class submarine is too big, with an underwater displacement of nearly 5,000 tons, and in the early nineties of the nineteenth century, it was an underwater giant. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Compared with the swordfish-class submarines of the Chinese Empire, the submarines of other European and American powers are really weak.

By the beginning of 1893, nearly 5,000 submarines had been built in various countries around the world, of which as many as 2,000 were in service.

In the 30 years since 1863, more than 2,000 submarines have been sunk in all countries around the world, nearly 600 submarines have been sunk or damaged due to various accidents, and less than 400 submarines have finally died.

In the past decade, the Allied bloc and the Entente bloc have not ostensibly broken out into large-scale military conflicts, but in fact the two camps have been fighting in the shadows.

And under the surface of the sea, unknown to the world, it is the main battlefield of the secret war between the two major military groups.

From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, the four oceans of the world, and the fifteen seas, there are traces of battles everywhere, and countless submarine wrecks are buried on the bottom of the sea.

Most of the submarines sunk by the Entente countries accounted for more than 90% of the total.

In particular, Britain, the United States, and Japan were abused by the anti-submarine destroyers of the Chinese Empire.

Since the anti-submarine destroyers of the Imperial Chinese Navy were equipped with sonar, they were able to easily detect enemy submarines operating under the surface, which led to heavy losses for the Entente bloc.

Especially in the Pacific, it was regarded by the Chinese Empire as its own internal lake and sphere of influence, and no other country was allowed to touch it.

The submarines of Britain, the United States, and Japan, which were unwilling to accept defeat, suffered a heavy blow in the Pacific region.

Nine out of ten submarines from the three countries could not return, which once made the navies of Britain, the United States and Japan red-eyed, and they almost tried their best to find the Imperial Chinese Navy.

But this was a secret war, the Chinese Empire did not admit to sinking their submarines, and Britain, the United States and Japan had no evidence to prove that their submarines were sunk by the Chinese Imperial Navy, although they knew very well in their hearts that the Chinese Imperial Navy had done the case, but unfortunately there was no evidence.

Of course, even if there is evidence, it is impossible to make a statement, after all, the Entente bloc does not have the courage and confidence to completely start an all-out war with the Chinese Empire and the Allied bloc.

Since you have to endure it, you have to bear this huge loss.

The Entente camp suffered the heaviest losses in the submarines of Britain, the United States and Japan, and they directly faced the powerful submarines and anti-submarine destroyers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which directly lost more than 2,000 submarines in 30 years.

In particular, March 5, 1889, this day was designated as a submarine memorial day by the U.S. and Japanese navies.

Because on this day, the United States and Japan directly lost six submarine squadrons, and 120 submarines were completely annihilated, and they were directly wiped out by the Imperial Chinese Navy.

On this day, the submarine forces of the United States and Japan secretly conducted a joint submarine combat exercise in the waters of the Arctic Ocean, with the purpose of jointly countering the threat from the Imperial Chinese Navy and also to block the maritime lines of communication of the Imperial Chinese Empire during wartime.

In order to avoid the detection of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the US and Japanese navies deliberately stayed away from Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean to prevent a sneak attack by the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

But the United States and Japan did not know that their communication code had been cracked by the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Imperial Navy learned that the United States and Japan would secretly conduct joint submarine combat exercises in the uninhabited waters of the Arctic Ocean.

As a result, the Chinese Imperial Navy secretly dispatched the main submarine force.

More than 200 Chinese imperial submarines, equipped with sonar and radio systems, quietly entered the US-Japan exercise area and secretly launched attacks.

Since the US and Japanese submarines are currently in the middle of the exercise, they do not have a radio communication system, so even if they are suddenly attacked, they will not be able to warn them, and even many US and Japanese officers and men do not know that it was an enemy attack and still think it was an exercise.

As a result, less than a few hours later, all the American and Japanese submarines were wiped out.

The U.S. and Japanese surface fleets, which found out that something was wrong, shelled everywhere like crazy, but unfortunately they did not have a sonar system and could not lock on to the submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and in the end it ended in vain.

This time, the United States and Japan suffered heavy losses, with thousands of submarine officers and men killed, and the US and Japanese officials could only accuse their domestic submarine manufacturers and slander their submarines for having huge hidden dangers, but they did not dare to openly say that they had been wiped out during the exercise, because there was no evidence, and it was even more humiliating to say so.

In short, this account, the United States and Japan are counted on the head of the Chinese Empire, waiting for the day when revenge will be revenged.

Most of the submarine losses in the Entente camp were also basically caused by the Imperial Chinese Navy, after all, the Imperial Chinese Navy had sonar technology that other countries did not have, and no one could beat it.

For a time, the powerful anti-submarine warfare capability of the Imperial Chinese Navy made the navies of Britain, the United States, and Japan frightened and changed color when they heard it. In recent years, the submarines of the navies of the three countries have almost disappeared in the Pacific waters, and the number of times they go to sea has dropped to one or two times a year, and they dare not wander in the deep sea, and they must travel with the fleet to prevent being killed by the imperial Chinese navy.

On the contrary, in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and other waters of Europe, the submarine confrontation between the Entente and the Allied bloc is quite balanced.

This is mainly due to the fact that the activities of the Imperial Chinese Navy in these waters are not very frequent and the scale of activities is not large, and the pressure on the Entente is far less than that in the Pacific direction.

The Entente only faced the German Empire of the Central Powers, and as for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and even the Kingdom of Italy, which later joined the Kingdom, these three countries had very little submarine power and posed no threat to the Entente at all.

Although the submarines of the German Empire also introduced the submarine technology of the Chinese Empire, the key equipment such as sonar, radio, air compressor and other systems were not exported to the Chinese Imperial Navy.

Therefore, the submarine forces of the German Imperial Navy were actually comparable to those of Britain, France and Russia.

However, as the Entente Group has mastered sonar technology one after another, although it is not very advanced and cannot be compared with the advanced sonar equipment of the Chinese Empire, at least the submarines of the Entente Group are no longer passive, and sonar can also be used for anti-submarine and tracking of the submarines of the Chinese Empire.

Yesterday, Li Weiguo visited the Swordfish submarine, and today he learned that Britain and the United States have successfully developed sonar technology.

"Is the information reliable?"

Tang Jianzhang nodded and said, "Although the British and US military are highly secretive, our agents still managed to get this news. It is said that a month ago, Britain and the United States conducted a test in the North Atlantic, and the test was carried out by an oceanographic survey vessel belonging to the American Navy. ”

Li Weiguo frowned suddenly, the sonar system developed by the Entente is not good news.

"Do you have any details? How well are their sonar systems performing? Why didn't we get any prior news about their sonar system? ”

Li Weiguo asked questions repeatedly, and Tang Jianzhang was also very embarrassed, after all, he took over the China S.H.I.E.L.D., but he didn't get this important information, which was really a dereliction of duty.

"Your Majesty forgives the guilt, the minister has investigated, and Britain and the United States have listed the development of sonar systems as top secrets. In addition, the minister is also strange, it stands to reason that there should not be a single rumor not to hear the news, after all, we monitor the British and American telegraph systems, and we have deciphered their telegram code, but all the intercepted telegrams do not have a single word about sonar, and no one has even talked about it on the phone. ”

Li Weiguo closed his eyes in contemplation, then suddenly opened his eyes and suddenly asked, "Will they already know that we are spying on their telecommunications system?" ”

Tang Jianzhang was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "This should be unlikely." We've done it very secretly, and so far, none of our secret listening sites have been exposed. ”

Li Weiguo sneered: "It's because it's not exposed at all, it's the biggest problem." Think about it, Britain and the United States would not know that we were spying on them? Even if they didn't suspect that telecommunications systems could be spied on, the United Kingdom and the United States, now that they have secretly developed sonar systems, they haven't let us find out that they have been trying to nationalize telecommunications base stations recently, and that's the problem. ”

Tang Jianzhang was still a little puzzled, and asked rhetorically: "However, if they find out that we are listening to them, why don't they sabotage them?" If they were to attack our telecommunications listening posts suddenly, they would cause us heavy losses. ”

Li Weiguo snorted coldly and said, "This is how powerful Roosevelt is!" If he doesn't do anything to our intelligence officers now, I'm afraid he's brewing an even bigger conspiracy! However, he never thought that we would find out that we were exposed, but we wanted to make his bamboo basket empty. ”

Tang Jianzhang also realized the seriousness of the problem, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?" ”

Li Weiguo thought for a moment and ordered: "Quickly transfer the personnel of the intelligence station, suspend the telecommunications surveillance of the Entente countries, and prevent them from going along the way." In addition, to speed up the secret construction of radio base stations, I have a hunch that a storm is coming. ”

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Tang Jianzhang went to make arrangements, and Li Weiguo summoned Zhang Xiaoliu, Lin Jiyun and others to come over to discuss the matter.

Since the Entente may have successfully developed a sonar system, even if the performance is not as good as the existing sonar equipment of the Chinese Empire, it is a huge threat, and the navy must be vigilant to prevent a big loss.

Li Weiguo seems to have guessed that Roosevelt, William and other Allied leaders have been secretly developing sonar projects, I am afraid that they want to give the Chinese Imperial Navy a trick to hate, for so many years, the navies of the Entente bloc countries have suffered heavy losses in equipment and personnel because they do not have sonar systems, and it is impossible not to take revenge.

At present, the officers and men of the Imperial Chinese Navy do not know that the Allied Navy also has a sonar system, and if they rashly let the submarine be dispatched, once they are targeted by the anti-submarine warfare ships of the Allied countries, it will inevitably be a dead end.

Therefore, this matter is very important, and it is related to the safety of the submarine forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"Quickly inform the officers and men of the submarine units around the world that they must be extra cautious in the future, whether the submarine will leave the port to carry out tasks or be prepared for combat cruises. It is better to carry out the task in formation of submarines and destroyers, not to be left alone, to prevent the Entente Navy from sneak attack and dumplings. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will handle this matter quickly!"

Lin Jiyun did not dare to be careless, although he looked down on the submarine force, but he also knew that over the years, the submarine force of the Chinese Empire had made great contributions, and in peacetime, the capital ship fleet basically had no combat mission, while the submarine force had been fighting with the enemy under the sea surface, and had made outstanding achievements.

At the beginning, the Imperial Chinese Navy had a sonar system, which really caused the Entente to suffer heavy losses, which Lin Jiyun knew very well.

Now that the Entente also has a sonar system, then the submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy are no longer safe, and there is a great threat.

"Your Majesty, on the part of the Confederates, do you want to inform them?"

Li Weiguo thought about it and said with a smile: "Not for the time being!" If you let them know, they'll know we have a sonar system! We will inevitably be asked to transfer sonar technology, and when the time comes, we will give it or not. Forget it, although we are allies, but weaken the overall strength of the entire Western world, this general direction, let's not forget. ”

The Chinese Empire not only wanted to defeat the Entente bloc, but also the other member states of the Central Powers, especially the German Empire, because if Britain and the United States were defeated, the German Empire would become the strongest opponent of the Chinese Empire.

Cats will never teach tigers how to climb trees.

In the same way, while the Chinese Empire used the German Empire to disrupt the Western world, it also had to guard against the German Empire.

This truth is obvious, and ministers such as Zhang Xiaoliu and Lin Jiyun quickly understood.

At this time, Li Weiguo said again: "In addition, after seeing the Swordfish submarine, I am still very satisfied on the whole. The Saury submarine represents the Empire's highest technological achievement in submarines, which is gratifying. ”

Lin Jiyun hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!" The Swordfish-class submarine indeed embodies the Empire's top technological achievements, and a Swordfish-class submarine can easily take out twenty Allied submarines! ”

Li Weiguo nodded, he was noncommittal about the combat effectiveness of the Swordfish.

"Although the Saury is powerful, have you ever thought about it, close to 5,000 tons of displacement, how long will it take to build?"

Lin Jiyun was stunned for a moment and replied: "A Swordfish-class submarine should take two and a half years to build, Your Majesty is not optimistic about the Swordfish-class submarine." ”

Li Weiguo said: "If it is a peacetime, a Swordfish-class submarine is enough to deter the submarine forces of the entire Entente Navy. However, have you ever thought that once the war breaks out, we will build a Swordfish-class submarine in two and a half years, and the Entente group will build a submarine in half a year. Thousands of submarines are divided into waters around the world, and no matter how strong our submarines are, they are still distracted, and if the enemy attacks our routes, it will be very bad. ”

Lin Jiyun asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Li Weiguo said: "Swordfish-class submarines can be built, but there are more than ten or twenty of them." Focus on building some cost-effective, can be mass-produced during the battle, form combat effectiveness in a short time, and low cost is the first element during the war. ”

Low-cost and cost-effective equipment, this is what is most needed during the war.

During World War II, Germany's Tiger tanks were invincible, but unfortunately the production cycle was too long and the cost was too high, and a total of a few could not be produced, which could not offset the combat attrition. On the other hand, the Soviet T34 tank, although inferior to the Tiger, had a short production cycle, low cost, and could be mass-produced, which fully embodied the theory that war was a war of attrition, and finally consumed the German tank troops on the battlefield.

With this lesson in mind, Li Weiguo had to remind the military ministers that this point must not be overlooked, even if the Chinese Empire was powerful.

Lin Jiyun quickly understood what Li Weiguo meant and would do so.

After the meeting, Lin Jiyun convened a high-level meeting of the Admiralty to adjust the equipment production plan of the submarine force.

The original plan was to build 100 Saury-class submarines in 10 years, but it was finally reduced to 30 in three years.

As for the remaining submarine construction funds, Lin Jiyun asked the General Administration of Shipping to redesign a new submarine scheme with low cost and low production cycle, but with higher performance than the Great White Shark class.

The burden of the new submarine plan soon fell on Hua Yufang, Huo Lan and others, Hua Yufang didn't say anything, after all, he was not the main person in charge of the submarine, but Huo Lan, as the main person in charge of the submarine, had to scold the Admiralty.

Build a submarine with the largest tonnage, the strongest firepower, and the greatest endurance in a while!

After a while, it was changed to a submarine with the lowest cost and the lowest production cycle!

Poor toss!

Although Holland complains, he is still meticulous in his work.

Today, Holland has completely regarded himself as a member of the Chinese Empire, and he is happy to fight for the submarine cause of the Chinese Empire for life. (To be continued.) )