Chapter 254: Yamaguchi's Encounter

On the evening of the 23rd, looking at the large snowflakes fluttering and falling in the sky, standing on the Oslo airfield, Rear Admiral Oudet, the director of the German Naval Aviation School, sighed. The British did not attack Bergen as planned, frustrating the German navy's long-prepared plan to encircle and annihilate the British fleet.

Udet was a famous German ace pilot during World War I, a good pilot and a poor politician. Historically, he was promoted to Director of Air Force Technology and later to Director of Aviation Weapons Production.

For Ernst. For Udet, this is a catastrophic improvement. This means that he will lead a team of 4,000 people and will have to be responsible for complex tasks such as development, improvement, logistics, finance, system production, and so on. He was completely unfit for these positions, and in fact the position was too stressful for him and beyond his means, which eventually led to Udet committing suicide in 1941 with a nervous breakdown.

Talent can be used in the wrong place and become stupid.

Hannah and Lin Han, who knew the history of this person, transferred Udet to the Naval Aviation School as the principal very early, specializing in the study of flight technology and tactics. For Udett, who is obsessed with flying, this is precisely the position that suits him best. The only person Hannah complained about was Goering, the German air force minister who repeatedly expressed his displeasure with the Führer's connivance and even helping the navy poach the air force, but Hannah simply ignored him.

Initially, Udet came to the Naval Aviation School "in a forced mood", but the "Führer" favored the Navy and the "special treatment" that "naval aviation was the illegitimate son of the Führer." Soon reversed his affection. The best German aircraft, the best pilots always gave priority to the supply of the Navy, which even caused discontent in the Air Force and Goering. The challenges posed by the higher operational demands of naval aviation than those of the air force are precisely what flight-obsessed people like Udet like Udet like the one most like.

During the naval battle last December, the Führer was honored by the Führer for his outstanding performance in the German naval aviation, and Udet was not surprised to receive a knight's cross for his contribution to the development of the German naval aviation. Udet has worn a lot of honorary halos on his head in the past two months, but his position has not been promoted. One is that Hannah knows that this person can only play flying, and is only suitable to be the principal of a flight school. Second, Udet himself now likes this position. Neither Hannah nor Lin Han would agree to transfer this person who is good at flying skills to a management position. That would hurt him.

Although the Norwegian campaign was a joint operation of the German army, navy and air force. But the Air Force mainly provided transport aircraft to help transport the Airborne Forces. As for the fighter and bomber units, they are all under the responsibility of the Navy itself. In this plane, the German naval aviation was very large, and its strength was not much different from that of the air force. For example, in the city of Kiel, the stronghold of the German Navy, the local air defense of the city was simply the sole responsibility of the Navy itself. And the Air Force was completely kicked aside.

Historically. With Hitler's acquiescence. Goering's air force had engaged in so-called "air marines", which at one time numbered more than one million. But this Air Marines, which have spent a lot of resources, are completely waste troops that waste manpower and resources, and Germany in this plane. The so-called Air Marines have no chance of being born at all -- even the Airborne Forces, which are closest to the Air Force, are subordinate to the Army, not to the Air Force. In contrast, it was the Navy, the "darling of the Führer's bastards," that was able to massively form its own Marine Corps, and the Navy had its own airborne forces for use in island-seizing operations. In Hannah's eyes, the navy was second only to the SS and belonged to the basic plate of her own power, so she tried to expand the influence of the navy in German military politics as much as possible.

Sooner or later, Hannah will carry out a major purge of the "Junkers" within Germany. The German Army and the Junkers were too deeply involved, only the Navy had a shallow history, and the influence of the Junkers was relatively weak. Hannah now has the full support of the German Navy led by Raeder, and it is natural that it is urgent to strengthen the influence of the Navy in Germany. According to Hannah's idea, after the end of the French campaign, it was time for her to perform major surgery on Germany. At that time, she had the navy and marines in her hands, plus the expanding SS troops, which were enough to firmly control the political situation in Germany in the process of purging.

Udet was the initiator and advocate of German dive-bombing tactics. In this battle of Norway, Udet personally transferred to Norway with forty of the latest JU87R dive bombers with great interest. This batch of newly produced R-type dive bombers can carry a special anti-ship bomber that weighs up to one ton and is specially made to deal with the British Navy. So far only fifty have been built in the whole of Germany, and all of them, except for those used for testing and training, have been supplied to the navy - such a "partial" approach by the Führer has as usual aroused strong protests and dissatisfaction from Goering.

It is a pity that Udet came this time, but he happened to meet the beauty of God and the British. In the next few days, not only Norway, but also the whole of Northern Europe were hit by a large-scale snowstorm, and it was even more difficult for planes to be dispatched in a short period of time.

When Ernst. When Udet sighed at the falling snowflakes and regretted that he could not attack, on the battleship Scharnhorst, a group of "Japanese observers" who lived on the ship were stunned by a table of Chinese food, which was the "dinner" provided to them by the Germans.

The German diet has always been known for being "rough", and in some places it is even worse than the birthplace of "dark cuisine" in the United Kingdom, at least the British afternoon tea meal is much more refined than the Germans. Before coming to Germany, Yamaguchi Tawen learned about the collusion between the "German gods" and the "Chinese gods" from the "Yamato Nadeshiko". Although he was surprised to encounter the "hospitality" of Chinese food on a German battleship, he was not surprised that he had come to Germany on a mission, in addition to exploring new naval tactics, another purpose was to keep an eye out for the "god" who might be hiding in the German navy.

On the 23rd, after unloading the supplies and marines "piggybacked" on the fleet, the Scharnhorst bought a batch of food supplies from the residents on the shore and brought them to the ship. Compared to the Germans in the Soviet-German war, here in Norway. Hannah demanded strict discipline from the German army and prepared a special law enforcement team to deal with wrongdoing in the army.

Eating obviously Chinese-style Chinese food, Yamaguchi Duowen and a group of people from the Japanese observation group, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say. Upon inquiry, they learned that there were actually several cooks from China on board the Scharnhorst, and this once again proved the statement of "Yamato Nadeshiko".

After dinner, the German fleet left the port at night, and the destination was unknown. Yamaguchi Tarumi knew that there would definitely be a large-scale conflict between the German Navy and the British Navy in the next few days. He didn't care at all about the danger to his life that he might encounter after he "intentionally" got involved in this battle. In the opinion of Yamaguchi Tawen. It was inevitable that the German fleet, possessed by the "gods", would win a great victory in this naval battle. The difference is only in the size of the results.

Heavy snow fell in the sky, which made Yamaguchi, who came from the "aviation faction" in the navy, feel as sorry as Udet. It was Keno Kurita, who was traveling with him, who was excited.

In Yamaguchi's room, Kurita Keno pretended to regret and said to him:

"Yamaguchi, the weather is bad. It seems that the scene you envisioned with aviation weapons versus decisive ships could not happen. ”

It's different from Yamaguchi. Kurita Keno is a fleet faction who advocates large ships and huge artillery. This time, together with him, he was sent to Germany by the upper echelons of the Navy to "learn from experience" and study. Over the past year, since the rapid warming of relations between Japan and Germany, secret exchanges and intelligence exchanges between the navies of the two countries have been going on.

Keno Kurita looked out through the porthole at the sea shrouded in darkness. Yamaguchi said: "Tonight, until tomorrow night at most, the German Navy and the British Navy will definitely have another steel collision." If I'm not mistaken, they'll be fighting at night. ”

Yamaguchi replied lukewarmly: "Without air supremacy, there is no sea supremacy!" If the British Navy did not want to be easily annihilated by German planes, it had to take advantage of the bad weather in the past few days to fight. ”

The direction of Japan's domestic naval construction has shifted to aircraft carriers as the core, and Kurita Keno knows very well that as a representative of the fleet of the old "big ships and huge guns", he can only regret this while being depressed. Kurita was fascinated to come to Germany and board the strongest battleship in service. His biggest dream was to be the captain of the battleship Yamato, which was to be built, but judging from the current order of promotion within the Japanese Navy, this wish was basically impossible to achieve.

Unlike Yamaguchi Tashi, who was "favored" by the emperor and Yamato Nadeshiko and had a bright future, Kurita Keno did not know the existence of the "Japanese gods" at present, and he did not come to Germany with a special mission like Yamaguchi Tawen. After boarding the Scharnhorst, he saw the "integrated" ship-man structure on the ship, and touched the false welds specially made on it to hide people's eyes and ears, but he was only amazed at the superb manufacturing technology of the German shipyard, and did not directly see through this "magic modification" by non-human means as Yamaguchi heard a lot.

Kurita said: "The three flat-topped merchant ships did not follow Bergen, and it seems that the Germans also knew that the empty carrier would do nothing in the next few days. (Note: In Japanese cartoons, they seem to refer to aircraft carriers as air carriers)

The purpose of the three merchant ships to follow the fleet was to prevent the British Navy from discovering the actions of the German Navy on the 20th, and when they were in full attack, they coordinated with the two Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers and dispatched carrier-based aircraft to fight an over-the-horizon, long-distance naval battle with the British. Although the merchant ships were extremely vulnerable, the British only had one old aircraft carrier available, and the German fleet, which had a crushing advantage, was unlikely to be hit by its carrier-based aircraft.

However, the slow response of the British Navy and the caution of Commander Cunningham made this preparation of the Germans come to naught. On the 23rd, after receiving a forecast of bad weather for the next few days, three slower escort carriers, which had completed the task of escorting the fleet to occupy Norway, returned to Germany with the accompanying cargo ships. The two faster Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers are still in the fleet.

Li Nan Jian Nan said: "I really don't understand, obviously the air mother will do nothing in the next few days, why do the Germans still take the air mother with the fleet, once there is a close artillery battle, won't the air mother become a drag?" ”

Yamaguchi replied, "Because the empty mother still has a chance." Although the weather is bad, there will always be a very short window of time for the aircraft to fly, and that is when the air carrier can show his skills. ”

Kuriya asked knowingly, "Then why don't you bring those three empty carriers?" ”

Yamaguchi said, "Their speed is too slow. If there is no such window at all. With them will affect the maneuver of the main fleet. The Germans were faster than the British, and as long as the weather permitted, they could flatten the British Navy little by little by playing kite flying tactics with empty carriers, like peeling potatoes. ”

Before coming to Germany, Yamaguchi Tawen and Yamato Nadeshiko had discussed in detail the status and role of the air carrier in naval warfare, and he learned the word kite flying from Li Huamei's mouth.

After leaving the room of the "stubborn" fleet faction Kurita, Yamaguchi Tawen began to hang out on the Scharnhorst. The German Navy did not restrict their group of foreign Japanese observation groups. They are allowed to operate in insensitive areas on the ship. These days as long as possible. Yamaguchi wandered around the ship, on the one hand, secretly watching for the evidence on the ship that had been "magically modified" by "non-human" means, and on the other hand, he had another hope in his heart: to see if he could meet the so-called German god.

At dinner, Yamaguchi Tashi learned about it from the German orderlies who delivered the meal. A Chinese chef who prepares dinner for them. Chinese food is also prepared for special guests in a certain room on a certain ship. The young German orderly spat at the pass, "It's a strange house. I didn't see anyone when I delivered food every time. We finished delivering the food and went back an hour to get the leftover empty plates. ”

The shrewd Yamaguchi questioned the orderly carefully, knowing that he was a new recruit. After getting on the ship. In order to learn more about the information, Yamaguchi Tashi took out a little mark as a tip for the recruit every time he brought food, and the other party also accepted it greedily and cheaply -- before coming to Germany, the Japanese navy upper echelons gave him a sum of money to fund his activities in Germany.

This recruit's tone was very lax, and from his mouth, Yamaguchi smelled quite a lot of information.

Commander Raeder often came to this room to talk to people, but every time he was seen going in alone. When he entered, there was a sound coming from inside, but when the door opened, it was empty, and there was no one but him.

The decoration of the room can be called extravagant, and there seems to be traces of human habitation, but every time the ship's crew cleans, there are no guests.

There are many mysterious places, and the mouthy orderly also spat at Yamaguchi: The sailors on the ship all say that the Scharnhorst is a battleship blessed by the gods, and this room is dedicated to the gods.

Yamaguchi Tawen took note of these words, and after leaving Kurita, he walked towards the place where the orderly had spoken. Yamaguchi was surprised to find that although he had passed through Guò at several passes where guards were standing, he did not encounter any obstruction or interrogation, and soon came to the "special room" located near the bridge of the command room.

It was a very special room, and the metal door frames on the left and right sides of the door were inlaid with a gold relief more than a foot high. The relief on the left is the archangel Gabriel, while the relief on the right is the fallen angel Sephiroth. In the past few years, it has long been no secret in the world that the German Navy has collectively joined the cult, and it has even been regarded as a laughing stock by other countries. After boarding the Scharnhorst, the most impressive thing about Yamaguchi was that the sailors on board, from the commander of the fleet to Raeder, down to the ordinary sailors, would spend half a minute praying sincerely before their meals every day. When the fleet attacked, all the officers and men of the fleet gathered to collectively "worship God" and engage in similar large-scale religious activities, because Hank, the current leader of the Sephiroth Sect, "blessed" him, which opened the eyes of these Japanese from the East.

At that time, Yamaguchi Tawen's chat also privately ridiculed the Germans, but Yamaguchi Tawen, who had the "Yamato Nadeshiko" in his heart, knew very well what was going on, and he understood that it would only take half a year at most, and these "strange superstitious activities" that happened to the German Navy would soon be staged in Japan.

Yamaguchi walked up to the strange door, and was about to knock when it opened.

Then a mixed voice rang in Yamaguchi's ears, in Japanese he could understand.

"Japanese from the East, you have been looking for me on the ship for a long time, is it the Japanese one who asked you to come to me?"

"Sure enough!"

Yamaguchi was surprised and delighted in his heart, he took a deep breath, unscrewed the deadbolt, and walked in.

It was a small house of only a dozen square meters, and the area was not large. The décor is luxurious. The oak floors are covered with soft Turkish cashmere carpets, the lamps are gilded, and the furnishings are as luxurious as possible. What impressed Yamaguchi the most was that there was a single bed with several layers of velvet beds.

However, in such a luxurious house, Yamaguchi could not see a single figure in it.

Others may be surprised by the strange situation here, but Tashi Yamaguchi, who is from Japan and has seen the abilities of the Japanese god "Yamato Nadeshiko", will not be bluffed.

He replied without condescension: "Actually, Your Excellency also deliberately brought me here, right?" ”

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In the last few chapters, I feel that the writing is very ordinary, and some readers have reacted to me. There is the smell of rushing. The author seems to want to explain the ending of the story to the reader.

I feel that way too.

If you think about it carefully, this is actually a common problem for all writing historical novels, especially historical travel novels.

The biggest selling point of historical travel novels is usually not during the period of Armageddon. Instead, it's in the early farming period. The farming period is often more interesting than the decisive battle.

The book begins with writing. I decided to go off the beaten path, and I tried to use all kinds of brain-opening ideas as much as possible. I have written about my various ideas during the farming period and the pre-war preparation period. Even it was written, and the rest was the result of "farming" and preparation.

The book itself is based on playing strategy.,Tactics don't pay too much attention to it.,It's completely a pseudo-army fan who has a half-bucket of water in my brain and writes nonsense.,Everyone can look at it and joke.,Don't be real.,If it's true.,I had to jump off the building.

The next naval battle plot,I don't plan to use the techniques used by many authors on the Internet.,Describe the naval battle directly.,The main reason is also to take into account this reading fatigue.,So the night battle that is about to begin.,I'm going to write it in a different way.,Try to look at the naval battle from the perspective of Yamaguchi's much-smelling eyes.。 That's why this chapter is like this.

The plot about Europe will not be written much. After the end of the Norwegian campaign, the French campaign of the Western European War will be brushed aside. I've read a lot of time-traveling novels about World War II, and those authors love to write in detail in this place, and many irresponsible authors even copy the content of World War II materials in large paragraphs, I won't do this kind of money fraud. The French campaign is over in a few chapters at most, and you don't cheat everyone out of your money.

After the end of the French War, the plot of the Japanese-American Pacific War will be reversed, and the European theater will no longer be the focus. The U.S.-Japan War will be the biggest final climax of the book's World War II plot. I guess it will take about a month to write.

Where will this be written?

According to the plan, I will write about the plot after World War II. The new pattern of the whole Asia, the new pattern of the world, this is the last big selling point of this book. The program will be completed in about a month

And then there's the end

After the ending, the plan will write some independent little side stories, and explain some nodules that are not clearly explained in the book. The biggest difference between historical novels and character novels is that the structure of historical novels is too large. If you play the so-called technique of small people and big history to write historical novels, it can well reflect the sense of the times. However, there is a problem with this way of writing, which is that the overall rhythm of the novel is too slow, and I have always paid attention to the rhythm problem when writing this book, because I pay too much attention to the rhythm, I feel that many details are not explained clearly. The reason for this is mainly the problem of daily updates on the Internet, and I have to write every day, which doesn't give me time to calm down and construct the plot structure at all. So for those things that haven't explained the details, the plan is that after the big plot is all over, I will probably spend more than ten days to write a dozen chapters of the biography for this, and explain it clearly.

Originally, the book was planned to be completed by April, but for now, it seems that it will probably be delayed until around June. Many of the plots are unexpectedly long.

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