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"It looks like the Germans really have advanced anti-submarine technology!"

According to the reports of the Reich's electromagnetic experts, the Germans did have advanced technology for using electromagnetic signals to track submarines. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ╔╗”

In the joint ** headquarters in London, the commander-in-chief, Admiral Cai Yi, urgently convened a naval meeting to discuss the latest information sent back by the Perch.

Undoubtedly, it is a fact that the Germans had new anti-submarine aircraft, and it was not the British who made excuses for their defeat. The Perch was almost sunk by German anti-submarine aircraft, indicating that even the most advanced Song-class submarine of the Imperial Chinese Navy could not escape the hunt of the new Junkers anti-submarine aircraft of the German army.

Obviously, for Cai Ye and United **, the Chinese Imperial Ocean Fleet and the British Royal Navy are about to launch the main decisive battle against the German High Seas Fleet, among which the submarine fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, known as the black hole of the ocean, is the main force of the decisive battle, because the Song-class submarines that cannot be discovered will serve as the first wave of attack operations against the enemy fleet, play an important role, and have an irreplaceable decisive role in the United Nations Navy's total annihilation of the main force of the German Navy.

In order to completely annihilate the German high seas fleet, the Imperial Chinese Navy invested almost all the Song-class submarines, so once the German army mastered the new anti-submarine technology that could detect Song-class submarines, it would undoubtedly be a bolt from the blue for the submarine fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"Is there any way to counter it?"

"According to the reports of authoritative experts in the Reich, the new German anti-submarine aircraft were able to detect and lock on to the Perch because of the magnetic anomaly detection device installed on their anti-submarine aircraft. ╔╗This magnetic anomaly detection device is tracked and locked according to the submarine's own electromagnetic signal. Our Song-class submarines are only equipped with noise-reducing tiles that absorb sonar waves, which have a key shielding effect on the enemy's sonar detection, but they cannot mask their own electromagnetic signals. ”

Cai Yi nodded, although he didn't know the specific reason, but with his regular knowledge of universities and military schools, he could also understand the key to the discovery of the Song-class submarine.

Xianping explained: "Our Song-class submarines have a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, and they use extremely high-strength Chinese special steel, so the electromagnetic signal of the submarine is far more than that of the submarines of other countries, and it is easy for German anti-submarine aircraft to detect our submarines." ”

Cai asked, "The big war is imminent. The use of the submarine fleet plays a crucial role in the entire battle situation, is it impossible for our submarines to evade the detection of the enemy? ”

Xianping thought for a moment and said, "Theoretically. The submarines of the Reich themselves were launched without electromagnetic signatures. However, after a period of service of the submarine, the friction generated by the long-term underwater voyage will bring static electromagnetic waves to the submarine hull. The magnetic anomaly detector on the German anti-submarine aircraft captured the static electromagnetic waves on the hull of the submarine, and our Song-class submarines were large in size and had enhanced signal reflection. More easily detected by enemy aircraft. ╔╗”

Cai Ye said: "You mean, as long as our submarines eliminate this static electromagnetic wave, they can evade the enemy's detection?" ”

Xianping nodded and said, "Theoretically, that's the case!" By degaussing the submarine, the electromagnetic reflection signal of the submarine can be greatly reduced. to reduce the chance of being detected by enemies. Just as the sonar reflection noise of the Song-class submarine can avoid the detection of the enemy's sonar soldiers when it is close to the noise of the ocean itself, when the electromagnetic reflection signal of the submarine is close to the electromagnetic signal of the ocean itself, the enemy's magnetic anomaly detector will also fail. ”

Cai Ye was immediately overjoyed and asked, "I want you to carry out degaussing operations for all the submarines of the Imperial Navy within a week, can you complete it?" ”

Xianping replied: "If there is enough degaussing equipment, I think it will be no problem." As far as I know, at present, only Beiyang Science and Technology Heavy Industry is working on magnetic anomaly detectors in the empire, and they definitely have degaussing equipment. ”

Cai Ye immediately said: "You don't have to worry about this. I'll figure it out. ”

Without further ado. Cai Ye immediately hung up the phone to the Imperial General Staff and asked to resolve the matter immediately.

When the Imperial General Staff learned that the matter was at stake in the entire European theater, it immediately promised to resolve the issue on time.

The Imperial General Staff personally sent a note to Beiyang Science and Technology Heavy Industry, so naturally there is no need to elaborate. As one of the largest military enterprises in the empire, Beiyang Science and Technology will obviously not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune, not only contributing degaussing equipment, but also obtaining a large number of anti-submarine aircraft production orders from the Imperial Naval Aviation. The degaussing equipment of Beiyang Technology was urgently airlifted to major British military ports by the Imperial Air Force. Degaussing operations were carried out for the Imperial submarines moored there.

The crisis against the new German anti-submarine aircraft was solved, but Cai Yi drew inferences from the situation at the naval fleet meeting. A proposal was made to develop a new torpedo weapon in reverse using a magnetic anomaly detector, which was quickly approved by the Imperial Admirals.

Thereupon. Under Cai's call, the Imperial General Staff, the Imperial Navy Fleet Command, the Imperial Ship Administration, and the Imperial Weapons Engineering Administration jointly issued an order, ordering Beiyang Science and Technology Heavy Industry to quickly produce a batch of simple magnetic anomaly detection devices, which are specially used in torpedo weapons as one of the torpedo guidance devices to carry out electromagnetic signal guidance attacks on large surface ships.

With the strong manufacturing capacity of the Chinese Empire's electronics and machinery industries, simple and miniaturized electromagnetic detection devices were easy to produce. It is only that an electromagnetic signal sensing device is installed on the original torpedo wake self-guidance device, and because large surface ships will also produce huge electromagnetic signals after long-term navigation, so if a magnetic anomaly detection device is installed on the torpedo seeker head, the hit rate of torpedoes locking on and attacking surface ships will be greatly improved.

The powerful industrial capacity of the Chinese Empire quickly produced more than 500 sets of torpedo seekers with magnetic anomaly detection devices in just seven days, and quickly airlifted them to Britain. At the same time that all Song-class submarines of the Imperial Navy completed the degaussing operation, more than 500 sets of new torpedo seekers were also installed on the torpedoes.

Just when the Chinese imperial side was making every effort to deal with the threat from the new German anti-submarine aircraft, in this week's time, the British army fought to the death with the German army on the Norwegian battlefield, and the two sides launched a fierce competition for a series of strategic points, which once made the German high command think that the United ** was preparing to land in Northern Europe, and Hitler specially strengthened the defense in the Baltic Sea direction of Northern Europe, and part of the troops that should have defended Western Europe were transferred to Northern Europe.

On 14 June, two companies of the 24th Guards Brigade, the first British ground vanguard, landed at Halsta, 55 km northwest of Narvik. In the days that followed, the United ** launched a series of high-intensity attacks on the German forces in Narvik.

British warships and Polish destroyers [after the surrender of Poland, fled to England and came under British command] the Thunderbolt and Lightning, cruising off the fjord. From time to time, shelling of targets of German troops on the shore. German bombers launched a fierce bombardment of the warships of the United **, sinking the "Thunderbolt".

On the same day, in the sea near Harsta. A British destroyer sank another German U-349 submarine. On the 15th, the main force of the 24th Guards Brigade of the British Army also reached Halsta. Located on the island of Hinge across the Uftfjord, Halsta could not pose a direct threat to the German forces in Narvik.

The situation of the German army at that time was: after the navy was destroyed, to the north and south of Narvik. ╔╗ There were also Norwegian troops, sea and land communications were cut off, and supplies had to be relied on by the air force. And after the 11th, the resistance of the Norwegian partisans became organized and stubborn. In the absence of troop replenishment and material supply, in the face of a joint ** with an absolute superiority in troops. It was difficult for 4,500 Germans to hold their positions.

Because Hitler's tactics in the Norwegian direction were to lure the enemy deeper, the main German forces were secretly deployed in southern Norway, and the nearest German unit to Narvik was the central Norwegian port of Trondheim, 650 kilometers away, and they were only a 1,700-man marine, and they also had to face a combined ** sea and land attack with superior forces.

On the 15th, German intelligence learned that the British heavy troops had arrived at the Lofoten Islands near Narvik, and the Germans intended to continue to lure the enemy deeper, and Hitler ordered General Dieter to abandon Narvik. Retreat to Trondheim. But thanks to General Yodl's advice - the United ** will not carry out a large-scale landing operation in Northern Europe at all. The Norwegian battlefield in Northern Europe was just a tactic of uniting the east and attacking the west, because the elite units of the Chinese Empire did not appear there at all, so it was necessary to quickly deal with the British army in Norway, and then concentrate on the joint military operation of the real landing in Europe. Otherwise, when the joint ** launched a real landing operation, the German army would have no time to care about anything else because the Norwegian battlefield was pinned down.

Hitler accepted General Jodel's advice and gave up on the tactics of luring the enemy into the depths. Taking advantage of the slow movement of the British army. A quick counterattack was launched to drive the British into the sea to feed the fish.

By the sixteenth. General Dieter had already led his troops along the railway to the Swedish and Norwegian border, taking control of the entire Narvik region. And did everything possible to build fortifications, laying a good foundation for future battles.

On the 18th, under pressure, the Swedish government allowed the Germans to borrow the railway in northern Sweden to provide General Dieter's troops with medical supplies, food, clothing, and medical personnel. As a result, 51,050 German combat units disguised as medical and health personnel arrived in Narvik by train with ammunition.

As a neutral Swedish government, it faced great political pressure from the United Nations and was forced to prevent German troops from crossing the border on the 17th. But the main German forces had successfully crossed the border, and the British army was in great danger.

On the 17th, London ordered the British Navy and Army to engage in shore fighting, but Maxey replied that the enemy was holding the harbor with machine-gun positions, and pointed out that the transports were loaded with troops and supplies not for attack, but only for the purpose of landing without resistance. He said that, according to the information received, the landing in Narvik was impossible, even under the cover of naval guns.

The plan of the British army was to recapture Trondheim in central Norway first, in order to keep central Norway. Not only can it form a barrier to the German troops advancing north to reinforce Narvik, but it can also wait for the aircraft to go south. On the 14th~15th, the British Navy carried British and French land forces at Narmos in central Norway and prepared to launch an attack on Trondheim in the southwest. At the same time, British troops were deployed at Antanask, central Norway, in the hope of assisting the Germans in holding their positions. Therefore, the offensive on the Narvik region slowed down somewhat.

On the 20th, the British Lord Cork was ordered to command all the British forces in the Narvik area. After flying and reconnoitring, he believed that the snow was 1.5 meters, and under the condition that there was no road at all, the combat difficulties were too great, and the British army did not have such combat skills, nor did they have combat equipment of the deep snow type, so it was not conducive to attacking. So the British did not make a big move on land.

At this time, the German army in the south began to actively advance north to support. The German 181st Infantry Division arrived at Trondheim by sea to support the German 2nd Mountain Infantry Division there. The 196th Infantry Division landed in Oslo. Due to the absolute superiority of the German air force, the British army kept bombing the ports occupied by the British army, and the British army fought separately, after a contest, the German army broke through the joint ** defense line in Antanask, and at the same time the main force of the German Baltic Fleet arrived, and the British Navy did not even have time to send supplies ashore and retreated, resulting in the British army in Norway in a desperate situation.

The London government had no intention of rescuing the British in Norway, as the Chinese Empire had decided to quickly annihilate the German High Seas Fleet and was preparing for a full-scale landing operation in Western Europe. For the sake of the overall situation, Cai gave up on rescuing the British troops in Norway, because they were originally sent to attract German firepower, and Churchill also chose to acquiesce.

In this way, tens of thousands of British troops sent to the Norwegian battlefield were left alone. Fortunately, there are Norwegian guerrillas in the local area, and Cai Ye believes that even if he abandons these tens of thousands of British troops, he will not make the German army feel better, so before the joint ** all-out counteroffensive on the European continent, Cai Ye sent a transport aircraft brigade every day to airlift weapons, ammunition, food, medicine and other materials to Norway to supply the British army there.

As a result, on the main battlefield in Norway, the main German army that returned from the counterattack quickly routed the main British army, but it was unable to eliminate the British stragglers scattered in the Norwegian partisans. The Norwegian guerrillas were already a headache for the German army, and now tens of thousands of British troops have joined, and the Imperial Chinese Air Force also provides air supplies at any time, so that the strategic goals of the German army have not been achieved, but a large number of troops have been pinned down by the British army and the Norwegian guerrillas.

Despite the airdrops from the UN Air Force, the British troops in Norway fought hard every day, and they always believed that Churchill would not abandon them. And Churchill also cheered them on the radio every day, telling them to persevere, each time saying that reinforcements would arrive soon, but each time they disappointed their hopes.

Until many years after the end of the war, the surviving British officers and soldiers did not give up on prosecuting the British government, but the British government did not accept the case for a long time due to the preservation of Churchill's image. It was not until many, many years later, when all the parties involved were history, that the British government accepted the case and cleared the names of the British officers and soldiers of that year. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )