Chapter 530: Razing and Razing
Although the problem of safety was the congenital deficiency of oxygen torpedoes and could not be solved (so the Chinese Navy did not equip it, but chose hydrogen peroxide, which has the same advantages but is relatively safe, as an oxidizer. pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info), but with torpedo boats as a launching platform, even if there is an accident, the damage is much smaller than that of a destroyer. As for casualties, when has Lao Maozi ever been afraid of the dead? The Bolsheviks were even less afraid......
When the shortcomings were eliminated or avoided, the advantages of the oxygen torpedo naturally came to the fore, far exceeding the amazing range imagined by the Navy of this era, allowing the Soviet torpedo boats to be out of view of enemy ships (torpedo boats had small targets and had to be fairly close to be detected by enemy ships, while large ships were completely opposite. The advantage of an inconspicuous wake meant that the enemy would often not be able to detect the torpedo until it was very close, and by that time it would have been difficult to dodge the oxygen torpedo, which had an incredible speed of no less than 50 knots......
You must know that the charge of the oxygen torpedo itself is larger than that of a conventional torpedo of the same caliber, and after hitting the target and exploding, the fuel and liquid oxygen that have not been used up will also participate in the reaction, making the explosion more violent, so the damage ability is terrifying. In addition, the ships of this period did not pay much attention to underwater protection in their design, so even the latest German capital ships with a standard displacement of more than 20,000 tons could be attacked at most, not to mention other ships......
As a result, just over a month after the first exchange of fire between the two navies, the Germans had sunk 5 capital ships, 21 auxiliary ships, and 67 transport ships, while the Soviet torpedo boats had lost only a dozen or so, because by the time the Germans found themselves under attack, the Soviet torpedo boats with a maximum speed of more than 40 knots had already been safely evacuated......
Of course, this is also thanks to the heroic struggle of the Soviet Air Force, although there are no aircraft carriers yet, but because the last Great Patriotic War left the three Baltic countries not unified, the Germans built a large number of airfields there in advance, and the aircraft is the nemesis of all light ships, if the Soviet Air Force can not seize air supremacy in the Baltic Sea and its coastal areas, even if the Soviet Red Navy torpedo boat force can still achieve huge results, it will inevitably suffer even greater losses, torpedo boats are small, the price is actually not cheapIf it is calculated according to the same standard arrangement, it is much more expensive than the capital ship, and if it takes dozens of ships to kill a German ship, it will be the Soviet Union that will not be able to bear it in the end, just like the German submarine that finally failed in World War II in history......
Speaking of which, the German government still attaches great importance to the development of the air force, and they are also one of the first countries in the world to form an independent air force, and Germany's scientific and technological and industrial strength is much stronger than that of the Soviet Union.
As early as after the end of the last Great Patriotic War between Soviet Russia and Russia, the General Staff of the Republic of China deduced an important conclusion: Unless Germany and the Soviet Union, two outliers, could not be stumped and unable to free their hands to stab in the back, the Entente would not dare to start a war against China, because in the event of a world war with China, if Germany and Russia took the opportunity to make trouble, the Entente would inevitably collapse quickly.
So how do you stumble? Of course, it is impossible to use force directly, that will only stumble itself, and it is too late for China to be happy, and Germany and the Soviet Union are both political systems with strong internal control, and ordinary intrigues and tricks are of little use, so naturally there is only one way left, let Germany and the Soviet Union fight, stumble each other, and the problem will be solved.
In order to be able to gain more time for development, it is obviously necessary for the Huaxia Republic to sabotage the plot of the Entente, and Xu Shuzheng, who has now entered the General Staff, analyzed sharply, "Although Germany is strong but lacks depth, Soviet Russia is weak but there are many people, so Germany will not be able to win quickly even if the initial stage is smooth, and if the Soviet army gains an advantage, then Germany will inevitably be finished soon, and it will not be a stumbling block, but a more powerful enemy country." Moreover, the contradiction between the Entente and Germany was a contradiction between imperialism and could be reconciled, while the contradiction between them and Soviet Russia was irreconcilable, and that was a fundamental contradiction that would eventually lead to life and death! Therefore, as long as the heads of the Entente did not have water in their brains, they would definitely support Germany to fight Soviet Russia, and would not do the other way around. ”
"Whatever the enemy wants, we must oppose, since they aid Germany, we must aid the Soviet Union, and the strength must be strong enough to give the Soviet army an advantage, I would like to see if once Germany is defeated by Soviet Russia, will the Entente still dare to go to war against us, I am afraid that the Soviet Union will become their number one enemy at that time, right?" When Li Hui thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh happily, and then he suddenly remembered Li Hongzhang, who passed away not long ago, and couldn't help but have a complicated emotion in his heart, and sighed secretly, "Lao Li, have you seen it?" This is the real 'razing against razing'! It has no strength at all, and it is a joke to talk about diplomatic skills, and only with sufficient strength as a foundation can diplomatic means fully play a role! ”
It just so happened that after Li Hui completed the research and completion of the technology of the army aviation system, the original aircraft lagged behind for more than ten years at once, and all of them had to be eliminated, so he made a favor and gave them all to the Soviet Union at a low price. Although it is an old model that will be eliminated, its technical level is not bad compared with similar models in the West now, and Li Hui is a good person to do it to the end, and he has equipped it with a more advanced aviation machine gun, and the firepower advantage is very obvious, so it is not surprising to seize air supremacy.
The Soviet Air Force took control of the Baltic Sea, not only helping its torpedo boats to reduce the pressure from the air, but also sinking and damaging many German light destroyers through low-altitude bombing, which was also one of the natural enemies of torpedo boats. The two major natural enemies have been suppressed, and it is difficult for the Soviet torpedo boat units not to run rampant!
The heavy losses of the German navy made Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had not yet given up on the dream of a large navy, feel heartbroken, but from the overall point of view, the more than 200,000 tons of military supplies and nearly 100,000 army units that sank into the Baltic Sea along with the transport ships were the more serious losses. The morale of the North Lude Army, which had not been able to obtain sufficient supplies and support, declined rapidly, and more than 2 million troops of the Frunze Central Front of the Soviet Red Army, which pursued despite fatigue and victory (after all, it was an internal battle, and the troops were replenished quickly. Under the siege of the army, except for more than 100,000 people who abandoned their armor and fled back to East Prussia, the rest of the troops were wiped out......