Episode 116 Office Zero

Now that the aircraft carrier formation has achieved a great victory, everyone has been taught a lesson, they have all recognized the role of aircraft carriers, and aircraft carriers have become the protagonists of the new ship construction program, which is nothing more than a matter of a few. Now Xiang Xiaoqiang believes that his mission in the "aircraft carrier" has been completed, and the so-called "aircraft carrier small staff" should also let go. It is better to leave it to the command of these professionals of the General Staff of the Navy, and he should turn to the "fiery submarine work".

He plans to practice Dönitz's "exclusive cheat" in the Pacific Ocean first, the wolf pack tactic. At this time, wolf pack tactics are really exclusive cheats. Even Germany hasn't started using it yet.

Of course, it is certainly not possible to set up another "submarine staff" like an aircraft carrier. Because the Daming Navy has its own submarine force command, and the submarine force is relatively superior to the surface ship force, which is more than the "aircraft carrier fleet". The creation of a special command structure for submarines is not only redundant, but also disrespectful to the existing submarine force command.

Therefore, after consulting with Xiaoqiang and Xiong Dingming, it was decided to set up a "Zero Office" to be responsible for the planning, development, and improvement of the Daming submarine, as well as the command of the submarine strategy. The equivalent of the "Admiralty" of the submarine forces. In other words, the Submarine Command is the "Military Command Department" of the submarine section, and the Zero Office is the "Military Affairs Department" of the submarine segment. In this way, the functions are separated, do not duplicate each other, and do not conflict with each other. In theory, Office Zero is an administrative body and does not have the authority to command submarine forces. However, the head of Office Zero is Xiang Xiaoqiang, and Xiang Xiaoqiang can influence Xiong Dingming, and mobilize submarine forces through Xiong Dingming to achieve the effect of indirect command.

As for the name "Office Zero", it was also given for secrecy, and it has nothing to do with the word "submarine". Moreover, the name "office" is also deliberately concealed the scale of this institution, giving people the illusion that it is just an office. Actually, this should be something like an interdepartmental committee. As for how big the scale will be, no one can say for sure. One thing is certain: it's not just an office.

Of course, there is nothing secret about the submarine itself, but Xiang Xiaoqiang still hopes to keep it as secret as possible about the new submarine tactics and the design of the new submarine.

Within a few days, the framework of Office Zero was erected. The first to be transferred to the office to help Xiang Xiaoqiang were still Qiu Yu and Xiuxiu, as well as their direct subordinates, the other ten submariners on the original Grasshopper. In addition to these people who served directly on submarines, there are also some people from the General Directorate of Military Industry, people from the General Staff of the Navy, and people from the submarine forces who participated in this body. At present, there are not too many personnel, but they have already involved several major parts of active duty, logistics, strategy, tactics, equipment, research and development, and intelligence.

Obviously, this office zero will be larger and longer than the "small staff of the aircraft carrier". Because aircraft carrier warfare can completely change the forces of both sides and change the strategic situation in a single battle, it can also fully reflect the power of new tactics. For example, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. Submarine warfare, on the other hand, is a long-term affair that can be said to be a kind of economic warfare, which requires long-term persistence in order to see results. But when the results are seen, it is often a complete collapse of a country.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I'm going to say is a completely new tactic," Xiang Xiaoqiang said to the members of the military section of Office Zero in the conference room, "This is a different tactic from the previous submarine warfare. I call it 'wolf pack tactics'. The word wolf pack, maybe you girls don't think it sounds good. But we men will find it more powerful...... Ahem, it's more appropriate. Well, basically, it's a swarm tactic, basically a maneuverable tactic of submarines on the surface. That is, through a predetermined tactical configuration, the submarine can detect the enemy, maintain contact with the enemy fleet on the surface, and summon other submarines to carry out coordinated attacks as much as possible.

"Admittedly, some people in the Admiralty, the General Staff of the Navy, and even the Submarine Command have a different opinion on this. Their opinion is: in future wars, submarines will still act alone and fight alone. Therefore, you must be mentally prepared that this new tactic of ours will still be opposed by the authority of the Navy. But it doesn't matter, just like the armored forces, aviation forces, aircraft carrier forces before them, our submarine forces, and soon they will also shut up some people by passing the facts. ”

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In Wuwang Villa, secret negotiations between Ming and Su have been going on with difficulty for several days. It can be seen that Stalin really did not want to fight anymore. As the war continued, as the Ming pilots continued to experience, the number of veterans continued to increase, and the Goshawk fighters continued to be put into the front line, the air superiority of the Soviet army gradually became less obvious. Now it has entered the battle between the two sides for air supremacy.

On the ground battlefield, the superiority of the Ming army has been demonstrated. The advantages of experience gained through the experience of protracted wars have gradually come into play, and the tremendous advantages of light weapons have also been brought into play. Now the Soviet army does not have submachine guns, and the density of machine guns is far less than that of the Ming army. Moreover, the machine guns of the Soviet army were either bulky Makqin heavy machine guns, or turntable light machine guns with low firepower and sustained firepower.

The machine guns of the Ming army have now gradually been unified to the "woodpecker" type, and the light machine guns have now begun to be eliminated. The Woodpecker is an air-cooled general-purpose machine gun, although its continuous firing ability is not as good as that of a water-cooled machine gun, but it can quickly change the barrel, and its firepower is far stronger than that of Makqin, and its suppressive power is very strong. The biggest advantage is that it is light and flexible, you can play when you put down the bipod, and you can walk after playing. Sometimes you can play while walking. In this sense, light machine guns are really no longer necessary.

The heavy machine guns of the Soviet army were not only bulky and difficult to move, but also very dependent on water. However, the areas where the two armies fought were in Central Asia, and the areas around Hami, Dunhuang, Guazhou, and Yumen happened to be arid and extremely short of water. Soviet machine-gun crews often had no access to water at all, so much so that they had to pour valuable drinking water into machine-gun buckets. And the water consumption of the machine gun is so great that sometimes even the drinking water is exhausted, and you have to pee into it. And as long as the Ming army has someone to drink, it can fight.

Now the Ming Dynasty's discord plan has also worked, and Japan is full of suspicion and hostility towards the Soviet Union, and has begun to open its mouth even more, constantly putting forward more requests for aid, and the amount of oil and steel required has doubled compared with before. The Soviet Union also felt overwhelmed and could not bear the "insatiable greed" of Japan. Now the Ming Dynasty can also see that the Soviet Union is eager to keep the fruits of its war, and as long as it can keep it, it is happy to stop the war and withdraw from the quagmire of war.

The problem is that the conditions proposed by the Ming side are too high. Whether it is Moscow or Nanjing, both sides know very well that it is impossible for the Soviet side to agree to such a large area that the Ming side asks. That area is not only comparable to the entire northern Xinjiang, but also all forests, abundant water sources, and the coast, which is much richer than the northern Xinjiang. In the past few days, the Soviet representatives, in accordance with Stalin's instructions, have been trying to reduce the price, trying to give the Ming side as little land as possible, or give it to another place. Because the main Soviet military port in the Far East, Vladivostok, is located in this place.