"Let go of heavy thunder tactics?" Nagano Xiushen looked at his old friend Yamamoto with a little crying and laughing, "I didn't expect Yamamoto-kun to be proficient in mine tactics now." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagano Shusei were both majoring in gunnery (a few years after graduating from the navy, they entered the artillery school to study), and later Yamamoto changed to aviation and became experts in both aviation warfare and artillery warfare, but mine warfare is indeed not Yamamoto Isoroku's master.

"The Mine Tactics Commander is not proficient," Yamamoto smiled, "but Mikawa-kun's telegram has made it clear...... Now the level of night combat of the US Navy has increased significantly, and it is also prepared for the 93 torpedo. But now that I think about it, such a situation is inevitable. Nagano-kun, do you know, in fact, the US Navy has more experience in real combat in artillery battles and night battles than ours, and they are unlikely to be unfamiliar with the 93 torpedo. ”

Nagano was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered: "Yes, it's the Atlantic!" The Atlantic Ocean is the training ground of the US Navy! ”

Indeed, as Nagano said, the Atlantic theater of this time and space has tempered the US Navy to a certain extent!

Since the "Battle of the Sea of Fog" in early 1942, the U.S. Navy has been fighting fierce battles with the European Combined Fleet in the Atlantic. Among them, the large-scale decisive battle of the fleet included three battles, such as the "Battle of the Sea of Fog," the "Night Battle of the Ice Sea," and the "Breakthrough of the Atlantic Blockade Line" in July 1943, and there were no less than 100 small-scale surface warship encounters -- the small-scale surface ship battles were mainly operations to break diplomatic relations, which were first the United States escorting Germany to break diplomatic relations, and later becoming the German escort to the United States.

In addition, the Guyana-Caribbean tug-of-war is also a high-risk area for small-scale collisions between the surface fleets of the two sides, and there have been twenty or thirty battles before and after the formation clash alone!

Moreover, Germany used oxygen torpedoes in the "Night Battle of the Ice Sea" as early as the end of 1942, and in the later Guyana-Caribbean tug-of-war, the light ships of the US 3rd Fleet often learned the power of German and Italian mine-striking ships.

The situation of the Japanese Navy was the opposite, because the Hawaiian Islands were seized at an early stage, so that the US Pacific Fleet was completely suppressed and could not compete head-on with the Japanese Navy.

Therefore, since the complete fall of the Nanyang Islands, the surface fleet between the United States and Japan has never faced each other with artillery and torpedoes!

Therefore, we should not think of the Japanese surface fleet as the elite of the elite when we mention it, and when we talk about the US surface fleet, we should think of it as a loose and sloppy old soldier -- they are really old soldiers, and they should have been trained after two years of fighting with the blonde and blue-eyed superhuman navy on the other side of the Atlantic.

Of course, the fact that the U.S. Navy can be trained in the Atlantic Ocean has something to do with the so-called "chivalry" that the naval officers of the European Combined Fleet uphold - most of these people are originally nobles and knights, so Hersman has no problem with their chivalry.

In the Atlantic theater, the battle or defeat is all over the point, and if the enemy who falls into the water is not killed, the enemy is not prevented from rescuing, the hospital ship is not hit, and the parachute pilot is not - Hersman has absolutely no problem with this, otherwise his son Rudolph would have died several times......

As a result, although the U.S. Navy lost many ships, it did not lose many personnel, and it also trained its ranks. However, the situation was the same in Germany, where the Americans, like the British, pretended to be knights in the Atlantic, so the German Navy suffered fewer losses. Otherwise, there would be no one to pilot so many German dumpling ships now.

Yamamoto went on to say, "So this time the Battle of Midway can test the depth of the U.S. Navy, which is very beneficial for the next battle." Otherwise, it will be 4 Yamato-class ships that will suffer. ”

Nagano nodded, Yamamoto's words were reasonable-the officers and men of the Iowa-class battleships of the United States were all veterans who had been trained in the Atlantic theater, and they would not be worse than the Japanese naval officers and sailors on the Yamato, let alone the sailors on the three battleships "Musashi", "Shinano", and "Kii", who had never been on the battlefield......

"Then why does Yamamoto-kun advocate letting go of the heavy thunder tactic?" Nagano then asked.

"Isn't that obvious?" Yamamoto said, "According to Mikawa-kun's report, in the battle on the night of February 8, the two Shimakaze-class destroyers achieved the best results...... At least 1 destroyer (flat deck type) and 2 American heavy cruisers (one of which was the 10,000-ton light cruiser Atlanta) were sunk, and another 3 were heavily damaged. Doesn't such a record speak for itself? ”

Japan's "heavy mine-loaded" light cruisers and "heavy mine-loaded" destroyers are indeed more proficient, the former can fire 20 93 oxygen torpedoes at a time, and the latter can fire 15 93 oxygen torpedoes at a salvo.

If 2 "heavy mine light cruisers" and 2 "heavy mine destroyers" attack together and launch a lightning strike at the same time, one salvo is 70 93 torpedoes!

"It's a pity that there are still fewer heavy thunder ships," said Nagano Shusei, "and it would be nice if the Shimakaze-class under construction could be completed immediately." ”

"That's enough," Yamamoto smiled, "Isn't there still the Xiyun level, the Yanyang level, the morning tide level, and the white dew level?" Together with these destroyers with eight launch tubes, the Navy has more than 50 'heavy mineships' at its disposal. Are you afraid you won't be able to fight the Battle of Midway? ”

"Midway...... Still going to fight? ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded heavily, "Of course! Midway is a noose around the neck of the U.S. Navy...... That's right, with the right heavy mine tactics, we can certainly use Midway to the maximum to weaken the U.S. fleet. ”

……

"My friend, what does Argentina need?"

As the "Pacific Showdown" between the United States and Japan kicked off in the Hawaiian Islands, Hersmann and Hitler were in picturesque Berchtesgaden, where they enjoyed a rare holiday and met some friends from all over the world.

One of the most important guests was the Vice President and Minister of War of Argentina, Juan Brown. Peron, and the beautiful woman Evita, who somehow became the "mother of the nation" of Argentina (Perón himself is not regarded as the father of the Argentine nation, but his wife is regarded as the mother of the nation). Duarte - she is not Mrs. Peron yet, but only Colonel Peron's little girlfriend.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Evita and Hitler were very close to each other, and the two seemed to have many common languages, although they did not understand the language, but they talked endlessly through the translator. And by listening to their conversations, Hersmann found out that Evita was actually a Nazi, she had read "Mein Kampf", read all Hitler's speeches, and very much agreed with Hitler's ideas, believing that Hitler truly represented the working people of Germany......

Peron, the "Nazi", spoke fluent English, and had a very close conversation with Hersmann on the balcony of the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden, and when he heard Hersmann's question, he restrained his elegant and cold smile on his face, and replied in a serious tone: "Your Excellency, what Argentina needs is a war!" ”

"War?" Hersman looked at Peron, "Who are you fighting with?" ”

"Brazil."

Peron's answer surprised Hersmann, because Germany had good relations with Brazil before World War II, and Brazilian President Vargas seemed to be a Nazi fascist. His policies in Brazil are similar to those in Germany and Italy. And Vargas did not explicitly reject Germany, but just rode on the wall and watched.

"We might be able to woo Brazil." Hersman said.

"Impossible!" Perón shook his head and said, "Marshal, you don't understand what I mean, you Germany may be able to win over Brazil, but for Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia, Brazil is a mouth-watering piece of fat.

Just as Italy sided with Germany for the sake of a rich Egypt, so we five Spanish-speaking South American countries can side with Germany for the benefit of Brazil. So if you ask me what Argentina needs, my answer is a war to carve up Brazil! Only this war can reunite five brothers who have been separated for more than a hundred years, and give birth to a South American power that can compete with the United States. And...... We in South America have always had a tradition of hero worship! ”

Perón is telling the truth with Hersmann that there is a centripetal force between the three whiter countries in South America -- Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, mainly a group of military officers with experience in Europe and politicians who are inclined to Nazism and fascism -- see a united Europe and therefore also hope to establish a "white South American federation."

Although Bolivia and Paraguay, two countries of mixed Indo-European descent, are "not white", there are also a group of domestic military officers who are ambitious and want to follow Argentina, Uruguay and Chile to get a vote.

And the object of the robbery that these five South American countries want to rob is the number one country in South America, Portuguese-speaking Brazil!

"Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal," said Peron, "I know that you have been courting Brazil, and that you are willing to pay a great price, but I can assure you that such a courtesy will not work until the United States loses at a certain time, because Brazil cannot be the leader of a united and powerful South America...... Portuguese is spoken in Brazil! It has never been in league with other countries in South America. ”

Brazil was a Portuguese colony, while the rest of South America, with the exception of Guyana, which was actually a European colony, was a former Spanish colony.

How is it possible for a group of Spanish-speaking South American countries to recognize a Portuguese-speaking South American country as the boss? Not to mention the creation of a South American Union or a South American federation led by Brazil.