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Chapter 1570 The Rising Navy

The Japanese offensive on the port of Sovets, again using special operational tactics. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this time, Sakhalin Island, south of the 50th parallel of north latitude, was under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Kata Agency, with 17 counties, 4 towns, and 58 villages, with about 100,000 Japanese residents. Japan has two military ports on the east coast of Sakhalin, Kunan and Pineapple, and four air bases on the west coast.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the Japanese dispatched the Pig Turkey Special Assault Brigade to land in Vanino in the north of Soviet Port on the night of seven days, and the Japanese army adopted the method of secretly infiltrating and killing all the villages along the way, and silently gained a foothold in the Vanino area. On the night of the 8th, two divisions of the Japanese army successfully landed under the support of the Zhutu Special Attack Brigade, and then fought all the way to Soviet Harbor. In the early morning of the 9th, the Japanese occupied Maisky, an important town in the western part of Sovetskaya Port, cut off the communication link between Sovetskaya Port and the outside world, and quietly advanced to the southwestern suburbs of Sovietport.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning, the Japanese Combined Fleet suddenly appeared off the Soviet Port and shelled the port facilities, and the garrison units of the Far Eastern Army rose up to resist and used the coastal defense batteries to engage the Japanese Navy in a fierce battle.

At this time, the Japanese army, which had been waiting outside the Soviet port for a long time, suddenly exerted its strength and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet port from the belly and back, and after three hours of fierce fighting, the Soviet port finally fell, and the Japanese army occupied the most important military port in the central part of the primorsky, and then a steady stream of troops arrived at the Soviet port from Hokkaido and drove to Komsomolsk by rail.

It was only after receiving a telegram from the officers and men of the Soviet Port garrison that they had been attacked, and only then did they realize the seriousness of the situation, but it was too late to remedy it.

At the same time as receiving the news of the attack on the Soviet port, the High Command of the Far Eastern Republic also received information about the attack on North Sakhalin. The Japanese troops assembled in Nanku crossed the 50th parallel and entered the area controlled by the Far Eastern Army, and the important city of Sirokayapad in Beiku was heavily shelled.

What is surprising is that after the Japanese army launched an offensive on the southern front, it actually mobilized army aviation and parachuted two brigades of paratroopers to Oja and Nogliki in the north to quickly take over the oil field facilities.

With the start of the battle in Beiku, strategically, the Far Eastern Army fell into great passivity. At present, most of the oil on which the Far East depends is supplied by the oil fields of Sakhalin, and if the supply is interrupted, it is unimaginable that the blow to the Far Eastern Republic will be unimaginable.

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"Paratroopers? Damn it! When did Little Japan learn this? ”

At nine o'clock that night, in the small conference room on the fourth floor of the Xuanwu Building of the Xiaonanhai Governance Hall in Nanhua, An Yi, who was presiding over the naval meeting, couldn't help but curse after receiving the detailed battle report.

Lieutenant General Chen Yu, Director of General Affairs of the Fourth Office, who was appointed to set up the South China Branch of the Fourth Office, was invited to attend the meeting to provide necessary intelligence support. Seeing An Yi's angry appearance, he said with a smile: "Don't be angry, boss." The formation of paratroopers by the Japanese has long been foreshadowed. As early as February, Germany needed technical support from the Japanese side to develop naval aviation, and one of the quid pro quo offered by Japan was to help Japan build up a paratrooper unit.

Eleven years ago, the Soviets relied on rudimentary means of transport to complete the first airborne landing and achieved great success in the battle to suppress the rebellion. Now with the guidance of the Germans, with the stubborn character of the Japanese, they can quickly become an army with a little sacrifice. The only thing we don't know now is how many paratroopers Japan has trained that can be used in actual combat. ”

An Yi nodded, turned his head and asked the admirals attending the meeting: "Now that the Japanese Combined Fleet has been transferred north to the North Pacific region, the First Fleet has been transferred south to the Lanyin Islands, and only its Second Fleet has been transferred to the coast of China, and its Third Fleet is still trapped in the port area of the Shanghai Concession and cannot move. Have the plans for the ships in Poyang Lake gone south been formulated? ”

Navy Commander Lu Guang replied: "It's all right, the Poyang Lake Navy has been assembled and ready at any time." Our navy and air force have discussed that when the navy advances toward the Yangtze River waterway, we will immediately contact Zhejiang Governor Huang Shaohong, Fujian Governor Chen Yi, and Guangdong Governor Wu Tiecheng, and we will occupy the airfields in Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou, plus the Qinzhou Port airfield in Guangxi, which we control, and the Air Force will escort the navy throughout its southward journey. Now we hesitate to send the fleet stationed in Haiphong and Cam Ranh Bay to the north to respond? ”

An Yi pondered for a while, and shook his head categorically to veto: "At this time, it's better not to make extraneous branches." I know what you mean, but by moving our fleet north, we can show off our naval strength to the great powers, and we can also increase our experience in ocean voyages, and we may even get the opportunity to fight in real combat because of the provocations of the Japanese navy. However, we must realize that the Japanese army went north with the support of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, and other countries, and the European and American powers were unwilling to break the balance in the Far East.

"However, a strong navy cannot be cultivated in a bathtub, and when all the ships are combined, the training of naval officers and men should be almost complete, and we will officially form an ocean-going fleet, and conduct training in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Gulf of Siam under the surveillance of airship radar. Both bays are semi-enclosed, larger than the Bohai Sea and off the main shipping lanes of the Pacific Ocean, where we train and hardly alarm anyone else. When the international situation becomes clear, our navy will come in handy. ”

At this time, Liu Qing hurriedly walked into the conference room, strode to An Yi's side, and whispered in his ear.

After An Yi listened, he couldn't help but scold: "These bastards, embarrassed ......"

Seeing many admirals looking at him in surprise, An Yi smiled bitterly and said, "There are so many things that happened in one day today...... In the evening, the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy flew the flags of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries and sailed out of the Huangpu River and the mouth of the Yangtze River into the East China Sea. The officers and men of our Jiangphong and Haiphong fortresses did not dare to make their own decisions and asked their superiors for instructions, but as a result, the top brass dragged their feet and delayed making a decision, resulting in the Japanese fleet fleeing. ”

Vice Admiral Li Weiqing, director of the Navy's Political Department, looked worried: "The Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy still has a certain strength, and if it merges with the Third Fleet, will it cause any hindrance to our plan to go south?" ”

An Yi shook his head: "Probably not!" At present, most of the main forces of the Japanese Navy are concentrated in the Sea of Japan region of the North Pacific, and relying only on the Second and Third Fleets cannot pose a threat to us. However, this incident has also sounded a warning bell for us, and although the current international situation is complicated and the two major international forces are facing each other, Europe and the United States still adopt an attitude of connivance with Japan in dealing with the issues of China, Japan, and the Soviet Union. In the final analysis, Britain, the United States, and Germany and Italy all want to win over Japan into their camp, and now Japan is swimming between the two major forces, like a fish in water, and living a very nourishing life! The international community has always spoken by strength, so we cannot slow down the development of our navy. ”

Admiral Kinsor, deputy commander of the Navy, reported: "I am in charge of this right now, and I have the most right to speak. Due to the introduction of a large number of engineers, ship experts and skilled shipyard workers in the design and manufacture of ships in England and France, and the introduction of welding technology from the United States to replace the riveting method, the extensive use of assembly line section construction method to build ships, the laying of inclined slipways and the installation of overhead cranes, so that the construction period of our ships has been greatly shortened. Up to now, our five major shipyards in Gangnam, Haiphong, Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon have made great achievements in both production and construction.

"I would like to report to you a piece of good news: two 2,700-ton air defense destroyers and two U-shaped ocean-going submarines with a displacement of 1,000 tons under construction at the Saigon shipyard after the merger have been launched. This brand-new air defense destroyer, named Heilongjiang class by the General Armament Department, combines the advantages of French and American construction technology, adopts a long bow ship type with better seakeeping, with a total length of 138.26 meters, a maximum width of 11.58 meters, and a draft of 4.15 meters.

"According to the design, the Heilongjiang-class destroyers will be equipped with four M1933 100-mm twin anti-aircraft guns, two in the front and two in the rear, and a knapsack setting. However, due to the design of the front gundam turret, the bridge was built very high, and behind the top of the bridge was a triangular pillar for the anti-aircraft gun commander, and the open-air bridge above the compass bridge was the location of the air defense command post. The Heilongjiang-class air defense destroyer adopts a single chimney design, and the base of the chimney appears particularly large due to the use of one chimney for three boilers and the flue river. The tall bridge and chimney are connected in the middle of the hull to form a whole, which is spectacular.

"Me and my adjutant, Major Roque, Deputy Chief of Staff, Ben. Vice Admiral Vige attended the launching ceremony of the battleship, and according to our observations, this design was a success, which will greatly facilitate the setting of weapons and equipment, and make the hull superstructure appear simple and concise. According to the design, the rear of the chimney will be the location of the machine battery, and two M1935 37 mm fully automatic twin anti-aircraft guns will be installed, one on each side, and at the rear of the machine battery will be a quadruple 23D type 550 mm torpedo tube, and two triple and two twin torpedo tubes will be equipped with two sides respectively. Eight depth charge launchers are installed on the aft deck, and 72 bombs are in reserve, making the battleship have three major functions: naval warfare, air defense, and anti-submarine! I can guarantee that the Heilongjiang-class air defense destroyer will be a successful warship.

"As for submarines, the German submarine technology is really amazing, and their battery capacity is the longest I've ever seen, which will greatly increase the underwater range of the submarine and reduce the time it takes to surface. The interior space and equipment of this submarine are larger and better than those of French submarines, and there is still room for a large hull with a large amount of ammunition and multiple sets of batteries, while the ship's refrigeration equipment and other showers that are not available on the ship are impressive. The submarine has a special hydraulic torpedo system that allows for a shorter torpedo assembly time and a faster rate of torpedo fire. At the same time, the submarine also has an advanced sonar system, which can be aimed and fired without the need for a periscope when firing torpedoes, increasing concealment. The submarine can contain twenty-three torpedoes, or seventeen torpedoes and twelve mines, with six torpedo tubes in the bow. ”

Listening to Admiral Kinsor tell the data of the submarine, like a number of treasures, An Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction in digging up treasures.

Jinsol saw that all the generals, including An Yi, were listening carefully to their introductions, and their natural instinct to be a teacher germinated, so he continued to talk eloquently:

"Due to the constraints of the port's own conditions, the Saigon shipyard cannot be expanded for the time being, and only after the river dredging and the wharf is widened and deepened can a new dock be built. The follow-up plan is to build two light cruisers and two large submarines with a displacement of 2,000 tons, and the specific design scheme has not yet been finalized! ”

An Yi nodded: "The foundation of Saigon Shipyard is very good, so we can put it into production soon after we take over." The admiral will also introduce the situation of other shipyards. ”

"There are no major changes to the original No. 1 and No. 2 docks at Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard, and we are producing Heilongjiang-class air defense destroyers and U-boats. Docks 3 to 6 have been completed under the overtime work of the engineering corps and construction workers, and a large dry dock is currently being installed and a large gantry crane is being added to make large sections weighing hundreds of tons. Docks 3 to 6 are fully equipped with the world's latest shipbuilding technology and technology, coupled with Cam Ranh Bay's own superior port conditions, once the installation and commissioning are completed, warships below 50,000 tons can be built. After the construction of docks 7 to 10, we will leave room for upgrading, and strive to produce 100,000-ton ships. ”

An Yi was extremely pleased, and his eyes were full of encouragement when he looked at Jinsol. Kinsol then introduced the situation of Da Nang, Haiphong Port and Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

Da Nang is backed by the Marble Mountains, there is the Son Tra Peninsula in the northeast as a barrier, the bay is horseshoe-shaped, the port is wide and deep, the situation is dangerous, it is a natural harbor, can dock 10,000-ton warships, it was the object of the French colonial government's key care, it is under the direct jurisdiction of the Indochinese Governor, and it has opened up concessions and treaty ports. Due to its strategic location in the bee waist zone of central Vietnam and the South China Sea, Da Nang also had a large shipyard here that could manufacture 10,000-ton ships. After An Jiajun took over Da Nang, the shipyard was nationalized. Originally, the Da Nang shipyard had four docks, but after technical transformation, all of them were put into ship production, and like the Saigon shipyard, it also produced two Heilongjiang-class air defense destroyers and two U-boats to accumulate technical experience. Due to the superior port environment of Da Nang, the General Logistics Department has added four additional docks, which are currently in full swing, and four more are expected to be built in the future.

Haiphong Port is the maritime gateway of Xinjing, the capital of South China, and also a transit point for import and export materials in the north, and the seaport conditions are extremely superior. Since the completion of the first phase of the coastal fortress project, the safety of Haiphong Port has been guaranteed, and the construction of the shipyard is also in full swing. Because An Yi had promised to Cheng Guang to focus on the construction of the Haiphong Shipyard, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Haiphong Shipyard was built as a national key project, and now the shipyard's ten 50,000-ton docks are under construction, and it is expected that the warships will be officially produced by October.

The Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai hosted 52 French engineers and 2,500 French workers to produce warships. At present, four 1,000-ton destroyers and five 680-ton submarines have been launched, two 4,000-ton light cruisers are still on the slipway, and as for the 8,000-ton heavy cruiser, the dock is currently full, and construction can only be carried out after the completion of the first batch of warships.

After listening to the introduction, An Yi was quite satisfied, and then he was a little puzzled: "I heard that the Japanese-made destroyers have a period of at least ten months in the dock, why did we launch it in less than five months, there will be no problems, right?" ”

"I didn't expect that after adopting new technologies and new production methods, the production efficiency would increase so much. I think the situation in Japanese and French shipyards is about the same, there are too many old traditions and baggage, and any reform will be considered a desecration of good traditions, even just adding an overhead crane will be perceived as an opportunistic attempt to hinder it everywhere, and in addition to the lack of funds and materials, too much time is wasted.

"Nanhua does not have this problem at all, almost all the manpower and material resources revolve around the shipyard, just take the steel required for shipbuilding as an example, it takes no more than a week from the steel mill to the shipyard, which is unimaginable in France. In particular, after adopting the segmented manufacturing method, most of the components can be completed in the production workshop, so that the site and human resources can be fully utilized, so that the manpower advantages of NANHUA can be maximized. ”

An Yi said happily: "If this is the case, Japan makes one warship, we can build two at the same time, or it won't be long before we can catch up with Japan in terms of quantity!" ”

The admiral and colonel were all overjoyed when they heard this, but Jin Sol poured cold water: "If there are no excellent naval officers and men, no matter how many ships there are, they are just a pile of numbers." Although I am positive about Mr. President's statement that the focus will be on the development of aircraft carriers and strive to lead the Japanese Navy at the time of the transformation of the Navy, all of this is still unknown after all, and everyone should not be too early to rejoice. ”

An Yi shrugged his shoulders and asked Chang Baofang, director of the General Logistics Department attending the meeting, "How is the research on the carrier-based aircraft equipped for the navy?" ”

"The model has just been determined, and it will take some time before large-scale production!"

Chang Baofang then explained: "Carrier-based aircraft are different from land-based fighters, because they need to take off and land on floating aircraft carriers, and the runway length of aircraft carriers is limited, and the take-off and landing distances of carrier-based aircraft are very short, which puts forward high requirements for engines, and also requires better navigation equipment than ordinary aircraft."

"Compared with ordinary fighters, carrier-based aircraft first have more special take-off and landing devices, such as the ejection tow bar of the nose landing gear and the arresting hook of the tail; Secondly, during take-off and landing, the fuselage and landing gear of the carrier-based aircraft must bear higher overloads, so the fuselage structure must be strengthened. The land-based fighter plane will be directly ejected and intercepted without being strengthened, and the entire aircraft will be pulled into two sections, and at the same time, the landing gear of the carrier-based aircraft must also be strengthened in accordance with the rough landing, and the special landing gear for ejection and the tail hook for blocking should be increased; Third, the flat tail and ailerons of carrier-based aircraft need to increase the area to improve the maneuverability of the aircraft in low-speed conditions. At the same time, in order to fit the narrow parking space on the aircraft carrier, some parts must be foldable or retractable, such as wings, vertical tails, etc.; Fourth, the operating environment of carrier-based aircraft is over the ocean, which is harsher than that of ordinary aircraft, and all kinds of corrosion, wind and rain are everywhere, and in order to adapt to the humid and salty environment on the ocean, special treatment should be taken in anti-corrosion and other aspects.

"There are many differences between carrier-based aircraft and land-based aircraft, so our previous assumption that A26 fighters and B2 bombers could be sent directly to aircraft carriers was wrong and had to be redesigned. After receiving our design assignments in late February, the aircraft factories in Syria, Luzhou, Ziliujing, Zhaotong and Yunnan all came up with their own samples. Since we had no experience in the design of carrier-based aircraft, the designs of the five aircraft factories were unique, and we adopted two of them as the main combat fighters of the Navy.

"The carrier-based fighter designed by Luzhou Aircraft Factory has a total length of 8.8 meters, a height of 3.5 meters, a wingspan of 11.5 meters, an empty weight of 2.6 tons, a total weight of 3.6 tons, equipped with a 1,200 horsepower air-cooled star-shaped engine, a flight range of 1,345 kilometers, a cruising speed of 260 kilometers / h, a maximum speed of 500 kilometers / h, a climb capacity of 600 m / s, and a maximum height of 10,607 meters. Its biggest feature is its compact structure, strong armor, and extremely strong survivability in air combat. The fighter was named the F1 fighter and was distinguished from the land-based A and G series.

"The carrier-based bomber designed by the Zhaotong Aircraft Factory has a slightly spherical vaporizer air intake above the hood, a semi-spindle-shaped fairing is added to the front end of the propeller hub, and the radio antenna is set above the high-temperature plate behind the engine radiator. The equipped 12.5mm caliber aviation machine gun is arranged above the fuselage in front of the windshield, and the pull handle of the aviation machine gun extends into the fuselage, allowing the pilot to manually clean up the case in the event of jamming.

"The aircraft is equipped with a 12.7mm caliber aviation machine gun mounted on a movable gun mount that fires backwards, and the aircraft is mainly armed with a bombshell of no more than 800 kg and a 50 kg bomb or depth charge under the wing of each side hanging under the center line of the fuselage, and the belly bomb is suspended from an A-line pylon, which extends downward when dropped to prevent the bomb from hitting the rotating propeller when it falls. The aircraft's fuel tanks are set in the wings on both sides, with a fuel capacity of 1,320 liters and a range of 2,500 kilometers. This model has been named the S1 bomber, distinguishing it from the Air Force's B series bombers! ”

"Very good, to get to this point, your general logistics department has done its best, I am very satisfied!" An Yi nodded again and again with satisfaction. After eight years of continuous investment and uninterrupted research, Anyi Group's aircraft manufacturing technology has been steadily advancing. Even if no navy has only been able to develop land-based aircraft before, aircraft design experts and engineers have not forgotten to study carrier-based aircraft, hoping to learn from the strengths of others and find some new aircraft design ideas.

It is this tireless pursuit that now when the need arises, two aircraft that sound extremely good can be quickly designed.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy, Ben. Vice Admiral Wei Ge, who was the captain of the "Ocean" dreadnought, asked anxiously after listening to Chang Baofang's introduction:

"Why is there no torpedo machine? Against battleships, torpedoes are an indispensable weapon of destruction, and air-dropped torpedoes are far less labor-saving than braving the fire of enemy warships' anti-aircraft guns! ”

Chang Baofang said with some regret: "No way, we don't have any experience in designing and producing torpedo planes, and we are not satisfied with the plans sent by the five major aircraft companies, and we are still collecting data on torpedo planes from France, the United States, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, and it is estimated that it will take some time to come up with a preliminary design plan." In addition, after the design is completed, a prototype will be produced, the performance will be comprehensively evaluated, and the best model will be selected for finalized production. ”

Root. Seeing that Chang Baofang was so honest, Wei Re scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "It's good to be researching." Anyway, I won't need it for a while now, but with the F1 and S1 aircraft, it should be enough for training. ”

Lu Guang nodded: "On an island in Ha Long Bay, we built a building that imitates an aircraft carrier with cement, in which the deck part is laid with real marine steel plates, and it is expected that in two months, our first batch of carrier-based aircraft pilots will be trained there." ”

Vice Admiral Yan Kaitai, another deputy commander of the Navy, added: "We have renovated a 15,000-ton supply ship equipped with the ocean-going fleet at the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base, and it is expected that by the beginning of next year, our first aircraft carrier for training will be launched, and the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots will be carried out there." As long as we continue to work hard, I believe that by forty-two years, we will not only have our own aircraft carriers, but also qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots. ”

An Yi was very satisfied with the development of the navy, and his worries about the successive failures in the Far East during the day were slightly reduced, and he began to have more expectations for the future of the South China Republic.