Bin descended the submarine via the gangway and set foot on the land of the port of Kiel. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He is now wearing the uniform of a second lieutenant officer, originally he was just a sailor in the navy, served in the navy for three years, and finally achieved the promotion through hard work and became a second lieutenant officer. Of course, if he had been admitted to the Naval University before, he would have been a lieutenant when he graduated.

After being promoted to second lieutenant, Bai was assigned to the current Project 340 submarine as an officer in the electromechanical department. This Blackfish-class submarine has a total tonnage of 2,100 tons, which is still a submersible tonnage, and the captain of such a small ship has only the rank of major. According to the practice of the Tang Navy, the military rank of the captain of a frigate is usually lieutenant colonel, and submarines may have lieutenant colonels and majors. The captains of cruisers were all colonels, and the captains of aircraft carriers and battleships were colonels. Commanders like submarines are all with the rank of major, so the rank of the department chief below will be reduced accordingly.

In fact, when Bai En's service expired, Bai Nan once asked his son if he wanted to choose to retire, and Bai En replied that he wanted to continue to serve in the navy, so he became a submariner.

This visit to the port of Kiel in Germany was a military diplomatic activity between the Datang Navy and the German Navy. The visiting fleet of the Datang Dynasty, which included a light cruiser, a frigate and a submarine, came to Germany from the Netherlands, and it was not far away. The port of Kiel is one of the largest military ports in Germany, and there is also a battleship docked here, which is the battleship Hawaii, which was originally in service in the Tang Dynasty, and now she has been renamed the Deutschland.

Bai En's captain saw him, greeted him, and then explained: "The situation on the boat still needs to be implemented repeatedly, and the German counterparts will visit our ships tomorrow, and they can't embarrass our Datang Navy." ”

Bai En saluted and said loudly, "Yes." ”

The captain chattered a little and continued: "The German specially asked to visit our submarine, probably because he liked our submarine technology. The British tossed the US Navy with four small submarines in the Battle of Newfoundland, and now new combat weapons such as aircraft carriers and submarines are more and more favored by the navies of various countries. The German Ministry of Defense has issued a five-year naval rearmament plan of 300 million Tang Yuan, which is amazing. ”

Many countries in Europe are investing a lot of financial revenue in the military, because the great powers know that they are already much worse than the strength of Datang, if they fall behind in this arms race, without Datang, other countries can defeat themselves with the latest weapons and equipment, so as to obtain greater benefits. Although the establishment of the Warsaw system in the Tang Dynasty reduced the risk of post-war conflict, European countries under traditional thinking were also wary of their neighbors.

The U.S.-British war also reflected a problem, that is, the United States, which people usually think was close to Datang, was not supported by Datang and was eliminated by Datang. In the final analysis, international politics is Chiguo's national interests and realism, and the United States launched an invasion of Canada because it was worried about the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty also eliminated the United States in order to dominate the North American continent for itself. This situation has made many countries that nominally stand on the same front with Datang have to weigh whether their interests will be betrayed by Datang.

Europe has actually been undercurrent, but there is no point of opportunity to break out for the time being.

Under the sense of adversity, all countries will absolutely not relax their efforts to renew their armaments and train their armed forces. They are not like another China that has changed its face, judging that there will be no major war in the future and the army will give way to economic development, for Europeans there is no such option, and the actual military giving way is itself an unscientific and meaningful option to be examined. Britain threw the lion's share of its own revenues on the army, and Germany is doing the same now.

Bai En asked: "Captain, we probably won't sell the Blackfish class directly to the Germans, it's a little more advanced in performance." ”

The captain said: "That's inevitable, eighty percent still choose the old one, and design a foreign trade model separately." Giving them a tour of the Blackfish class is mainly to open their eyes, of course, many things must not be allowed to be seen, let's just follow the code completely. ”

In fact, Datang has already determined the model of the submarine to be sold to the Germans, and this model is not single. The largest model is based on the first-generation submarine Snapper class of Datang, but has a smaller displacement of 1,400 tons (submersible). The rest are also 700-ton mini-submarines, as well as special-purpose submarines of several tens of tons. The Germans seemed to be particularly interested in submarines, so in the "Plan Z" of the German Navy, the development of submarines took up a significant part. In the words of the 21st century, the Germans thought that they could not compete with the British by simply engaging in battleships, so they engaged in asymmetric warfare.

However, in terms of capital ships, the Germans were extremely shaken when the British 38th Fleet plan came, and although Germany pinned its hopes on the development of asymmetric combat power such as aircraft and submarines, the capital ships did not want to relax too much. In addition to the two battleships from the Datang in the fleet, Germany is ready to build its own Blucher-class battleships with a displacement of 35550 tons with the help of the Datang. The speed of this type of battleship was also increased to 25 knots, and with eight 380 mm guns, it was better than the Elizabeth I class built by the British, and of course more expensive. In order to obtain a total of two battleships of this class, plus technology transfer, the Germans paid a lot of money, and the average unit price of each ship was 88 million Tang Yuan, that is, because the cost of self-construction was reduced, and it was estimated that it would be more expensive if it was built by Datang Shipyard.

It was very difficult for the Germans to build such a large-tonnage ship as soon as they came up. However, Datang also assessed that after proper training and transformation, the German Kiel shipyard was capable of completing the construction of the two battleships.

In addition to 2 submarines, the Z plan also includes the construction of 6 Königsberg-class cruisers and 20 submarines of various tonnages, and the Germans are not so in demand for frigates, because they have cheaply taken over a large number of frigates eliminated by the Datang Navy, and their performance is not backward compared to the European Navy today. Moreover, Datang will soon retire the Rainstorm class, the performance of this type of frigate is superior in Europe, and the Germans have preemptively ordered all 10 decommissioned Rainstorm class ships to be handed over directly.

The Germans did not develop their own aircraft carriers, because Germany believed that the range of the aircraft they developed would soon allow them to take off from German airfields to reach England, and the presence of aircraft carriers was redundant. Germany's operational planning is still unfolding in northern Europe, so aircraft carriers are not needed for the time being. (To be continued.) )