Chapter 284: Seawolf Submarine

Since Sun Xiaohu's fleet established a submarine base in the heart of the mountain near Lakou Port, the concealment and safety of this submarine base have been well received by the navy, so the current submarine base is the first choice of coastal areas with rock walls and cliffs, and they either look for existing caves, or manually excavate, and establish a lot of hidden submarine bases.

Now this base is not a natural karst cave, but artificially excavated, because the stone is hard, there is enough load-bearing capacity, this cave is relatively large, it takes into account the submarine supply base, the construction base and the research center, here is also the largest and most comprehensive submarine base in the Chinese territory at present.

The submarine research base is affiliated with the Academy of Sciences, so Liu Junguo has never been here, and he is also very curious when he sees such a secret base, and immediately looks around to see what new weapons and equipment there are. In a dockyard, a huge black submarine half-floats on the water, revealing a hideous head and a flat, sleek conning tower.

Fang Xiaoyu was surprised: "Wow, Huo Lan, why did you build such a big submarine." ”

Huo Lan scratched his head and said: "This is something that cannot be helped, I also want to gradually increase the displacement of the submarine, such a sudden increase in displacement is also a great challenge to our research team, but for some reasons we have to do so." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Then you first talk about the performance of this submarine." Holland said: "This submarine has a surface displacement of 1,175 tons and an underwater displacement of 1,534 tons, and its endurance is 10,000 nautical miles at 8 knots above the water and 50 nautical miles at 4.5 knots. It is powered by two large linkage diesel engines with an output of 3,500 horsepower and two electric motors with 2,600 horsepower. It is equipped with four front and two rear, six 533 mm torpedo tubes, 24 ammunition, and one 130 mm deck gun with 980 rounds. Such a submarine can take on ocean-going combat missions. ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "You just enlarged the Seawolf Type 1 submarine in order to build an ocean-going submarine and create such a large submarine?" ”

Holland smiled: "My original intention to build this kind of submarine is not to go to the ocean, and being able to fight in the ocean is just a by-product." ”

"Oh?" Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "Then tell me your original intention?" ”

Holland smiled: "At the beginning, it was the torpedo laboratory that developed a new type of torpedo called an electric torpedo. This torpedo has no track, good concealment, and has a fast rate of fire and a long range, but its only drawback is that it is too large to be used on a small submarine like the Seawolf 1 due to the large number of batteries loaded in the torpedo body. ”

"Electric torpedoes?" Fang Xiaoyu was very excited when he heard this, and finally had an efficient torpedo, he immediately asked, "How is the performance of this electric torpedo?" ”

Holland said: "It's great to use, without preheating, it has a speed of twenty-eight knots, a range of four and a half kilometers, if it is warmed up, it can reach thirty knots, and the range is also increased to five kilometers, and thanks to the addition of gyroscopes in the torpedo, it can finally go in a straight line." ”

The more Liu Junguo on the side listened, the more excited he became: "In this way, we can't quietly kill other people's battleships." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Now you know the way, the navy is not only battleships, any naval weapon has its advantages and disadvantages, as long as you master it well, your combat methods can be full of tricks, so that the enemy is confused." ”

Liu Junguo nodded with joy, seeing his happy appearance, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but instruct: "Go back and train well, we will not lack good warships in the future, what we lack is excellent officers and sailors." Listening to Fang Xiaoyu's words, Liu Junguo nodded heavily.

After Fang Xiaoyu returned, he not only immediately ordered the new twenty Seawolf Type 2 submarines, but also required all cruisers and destroyers to be equipped with electric torpedoes, an order that made Liu Junguo happy for several days. But a piece of information from Zhao Quan made Liu Junguo's brows furrow again.

"Young master, the information sent by the Intelligence Bureau says that the Wa Kingdom has recently become very close to the Boston Empire. He had recently joined the Naval Design Institute of the Wa Kingdom, and they were soon able to introduce new 'Fuso' class battleships, and it was said that he was going to rely on the existing three-expansion steam engine to improve it in order to create a warship that could compete with the Chinese ships. Liu Junguo took the information in his hand and reported to Fang Xiaoyu.

Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "It's no wonder, we have united most of the countries along the Eastern Ocean, and it would be a little abnormal for them to make some moves." ”

Zhang Haiyang said: "Although we are not afraid of the Japanese Navy, they are too close to us, and if we attack the Imperial Navy like back then, we are very likely to suffer." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Build observation posts on Tsushima Island and Diaoyu Island, send a few more torpedo boats over, and send a few more Seawolf Type 1 submarines as well. ”

Liu Junguo frowned and said: "Young master, how good we used to be, whoever threatened us would fight whoever we wanted, for what we are doing now that our navy and army are getting stronger and stronger, but the young master does not dare to move." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The economic crisis that began last year has not subsided, the economic regression of various countries is becoming more and more serious, and all countries have begun to use armaments to drive economic construction. ”

Zhang Haiyang was puzzled: "What is it for?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu gave him a vivid example: "Now our world is like a balloon, the arms race of various countries is like inflating the balloon, when the more the air is inflated, the balloon will get bigger and bigger, and the balloon wall will become thinner and thinner. ”

Zhang Haiyang was extremely proficient in military affairs, and he was sure that the economic problems of these great power games were not very clear, so he shook his head and said, "Does this balloon have anything to do with our war?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu had no choice but to explain in depth: "What I said is a little incomprehensible, the continuous expansion of armaments is only an illusion of the country's economic pull, as more and more weapons and equipment are built, the cost of maintenance is also rising sharply, and when they are overwhelmed, the only way is to consume these weapons and equipment, just like a balloon leaking the gas inside." ”