Li Mo and his subordinates even studied the method of bombing submarines with torpedoes, ju87 dived down from a height of several thousand meters, and smashed a torpedo weighing 1,000 kilograms into the water, in this case, the sea surface is like steel for the torpedo, and this torpedo will explode immediately, and finally a German torpedo non-commissioned officer solved this problem, that is, the fuse on the top of the torpedo was removed, and the depth fuse was installed after the depth charge was removed, so that the torpedo was installed after entering the water. It will explode when it reaches the set depth. In addition, the top shield of these torpedoes used to blow up submarines cannot be removed, so that they are not afraid of the huge impact force of the membership, but when this torpedo hits the underwater submarine, the protective shield on the top of the torpedo will be deformed, and the entire torpedo will be detonated.

A thousand-kilogram torpedo is not even a battleship of tens of thousands of tons, not to mention a submarine underwater, even if this torpedo explodes within 10 meters of the submarine, the huge water pressure and underwater vacuum effect will flatten or disintegrate the submarine. The vacuum effect is that after a bomb explodes underwater, the explosion produces a huge amount of energy, which will displace a large amount of water and form a huge space without water, under the huge water pressure, this space will shrink instantly, and the swarming water will produce a huge pull, this pull is related to the depth and the power of the bomb, a hundred kilograms of underwater bomb, exploding at a distance of five meters from the submarine, is enough to destroy the submarine.

Limer also has a secret weapon in his hand, that is, four FW61 reconnaissance helicopters placed on 10,000-ton supply ships, which are the first generation of helicopters produced in Germany, and the FW61 launched by Focke-Ulf in 1936 is a milestone in the history of helicopter development. The birth of the FW61 is a "big event" in the history of helicopters in the world, it can be said to be a good summary of all the efforts of several generations in the field of helicopters over the years, and it is also the "first truly practical helicopter" in the history of aviation.

The FW61 has a payload of only 240 kilograms, and if it carries a driver and an observer, it cannot carry any weapons, and if it only has a driver, it can be hung with a 100-kilogram depth charge. This helicopter can only be used for observation and anti-submarine use, and it is used to attack enemy ships, which is a pure act of seeking death. Li Mo is convinced that if the right weapon is used in the right place, it will have unexpected effects, although the FW61 has an ugly appearance and does not have the appearance of a helicopter of later generations, but it is indeed a helicopter.

Why does Li Mo attach so much importance to anti-submarine, the giant ship cannon is not a great threat to the entire aircraft carrier formation, and the submarine is the greatest threat, at this time there is no such thing as sonar, the aircraft carrier formation wants to discover the submarine, can only achieve the goal through two ways, that is, underwater monitoring and observation of the submarine's periscope, at this time, the submarine, if you want to attack the surface ship, can only levitate about five meters from the surface of the water, use the periscope to observe the target to be attacked, and then launch a torpedo.

It is impossible for submarines to get close to the aircraft carrier formation during the day, and when the helicopter observes the sea surface from above, it can be seen that the sea surface is about ten meters deep, and the dark submarine cannot hide at all, only at night, but Li Mo still has enough means to counter the submarine.

Li Mo's father-in-law is Dönitz, the inventor of the wolf pack tactic, this time he took more than 30 German submarines to follow Raeder to participate in the exercise, if Li Mo does not have enough anti-submarine means, he will definitely be gnawed by the "wolf pack" under the sea.

As the time entered the second week, Li Mo also gathered his subordinates to discuss tactical issues, including Zeppelin Vice Captain Stephen, destroyer commander Hahn, submarine commander Jerry, and carrier-based aircraft flight commander Schmidt.

"Guys, what do you think? Or some tactics, say it now! ”

The few commanders sitting below, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't come up with a feasible strategy, and finally Schmidt said:

"We have never fought such a battle at all, even if it is an exercise, such a big difference in strength, our chances of winning are very small, so we don't know how to fight this battle at all, let's ask the commander-in-chief to give an order directly! We take it seriously. ”

"Yes! Commander-in-chief, we really don't have any experience, and we don't have any suggestions, so you can give orders! ”

Li Mo has no choice now, his advanced naval warfare thinking is not yet favored, this is a completely new field, even the United Kingdom, it has only begun to realize the role of aircraft carriers, for the tactical arrangement with aircraft carriers as the core, these people are even more blind, Li Mo wants to let his subordinates suggest, it is impossible to talk about it.

"Alright! Then I'll assign the task:

First, all our submarines are on alert within 10 to 30 nautical miles of the aircraft carrier, and at the same time pay attention to the underwater movements, and immediately report if we find enemy submarines, and we will use JU87 dive bombers and helicopters to deal with those submarines.

Second, destroyers are on guard within five nautical miles of the aircraft carrier, and your mission is to guard against enemy submarines, and if an enemy reconnaissance plane approaches, you must resolutely shoot them down.

Third, the flight regiment must send more than 12 planes to search within 200 nautical miles of the aircraft carrier at all times, and the helicopters must keep two helicopters cruising over the aircraft carrier at all times, one of which must carry depth charges.

That's all for now, do you have anything to add? ”

Deputy Captain Stephen thought for a moment and said:

"Commander, do you think our carrier-based aircraft is empty or waiting with bombs before taking off?"

If Marshal Raeder also had planes, Li Mo would definitely not dare to hang all the planes and be ready to fly, but Marshal Raeder did not have planes, so Li Mo was not afraid that Marshal Raeder would send planes to blow up the planes on his deck, and if these torpedoes were killed, then the Zeppelin aircraft carrier would be sent to the bottom of the sea immediately.

"All ju87s are hung up! Twenty-four of them were equipped with air-launched torpedoes, and six of them were equipped with anti-submarine torpedoes, but this anti-submarine torpedo was really a bit primitive, but it could barely be used.

After the order given by Li Mo was written down by the stenographer, it was immediately translated into a telegram and sent to the general command of the exercise in Berlin, which had to make a judgment according to the orders of both sides, and even Li Mo ordered that the fuse of the depth charge be attached to the torpedo must be reported in time. Of course, the passwords used by both parties are very different.

Limer was preparing, and of course Marshal Raeder would not lag behind, he and Dönitz made a careful plan for encirclement and annihilation, and their arrangement was like this, Marshal Raeder slowed down the ship in the second week, and then let more than 30 submarines under the command of Dönitz run to the front of the entire fleet, and use the reconnaissance planes on the battleship to search for the enemy aircraft carrier formation.

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