"With such an exaggerated wind and waves, the Glowing Confusion is actually no big deal? Thankfully. Zhou Changfeng was still amazed.

"Yes, it's a blessing in misfortune." Ouyang Zhanghua took a sip of the small wine cup, "It's not distressing that those submarine hunters are broken. ”

The training fleet suffered heavy losses due to the typhoon, and the destroyers and submarine hunters in the fleet were seriously damaged by the raging seas, and many submarine hunters capsized or were scrapped, and more than 300 people were killed or wounded or missing.

Since August 25 is the Gengzi Day of the lunar calendar, the shipwreck caused by the typhoon is called the "Gengzi Disaster".

The Glowing's wooden flight deck was torn apart, and the massive rollover caused a series of collisions with the carrier-based aircraft in the hangar, causing fires, but fortunately the main structure was not damaged, and it was able to be put back into service with a little repair.

At the end of the In-Plane War, William Halsey's fleet was hit by a typhoon, resulting in about 800 casualties, the sinking of three destroyers, and the destruction of more than 100 aircraft.

As the captain of the Yingfu and the training fleet, Guan Zeming was inevitably implicated due to the Gengzi shipwreck.

The Military Judge Advocate General's Department of the Ministry of War then organized manpower to carry out an investigation, and the results of the investigation naturally had little to do with it, because it was the meteorological forecast report that affected the commander's misjudgment, and the naval service unit refused to bear the blame, and they justifiably said that the meteorological forecast had great limitations, which was inaccurate and could only be used as a general reference, which was well known to all.

The level of science and technology is like this, everyone has not made mistakes, and you can't blame God, right?

Therefore, the investigation of the Judge Advocate General's Department was scribbled to a conclusion not long after, and when this kind of thing happens, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

"Senior, you don't feel distressed, I feel distressed." Zou Yongxia on the side cried and laughed and snapped his fingers, "One submarine hunting ship has sunk, four have been damaged, and one has been scrapped, and the anti-submarine events in the past few months have been nerve-wracking!" ”

"You've already beaten down the arrogance of the enemy submarine last month, right?" Zhou Changfeng asked: "Is the anti-submarine pressure still very high now?" ”

Zou Yongxia stopped talking, waved his hand, and sighed: "It's not easy, there is no easy thing, we still underestimate the difficulty of anti-submarine and escort, and estimate that it won't be long before the US military will come again." ”

"Coming to a big one?"

"Yes, judging from the prisoners' confessions and some intercepted telegraph words, the enemy's submarine forces will be mobilized in a big way after they are reorganized, and they will intensify their attacks on our logistics routes in the future.

"We don't take escort ships lightly, do we?" Zhou Changfeng asked vigilantly: "Now the anti-submarine situation ...... What is the situation? ”

"It's quite grim not to hide the edict, and in my opinion, the escort ships needed by our country and the DPRK should be at least this number." Zou Yongxia raised her right hand and gestured "six".

"Sixty...... No, six hundred? ”

"Yes."

"Didn't last month's report say four hundred and five? Why is there another hundred and fifteen? Ouyang Zhanghua was also a little surprised.

Zou Yongxia, who looked helpless, replied: "At that time, it was still very general, and recently further estimates have found that it is more troublesome, and this number is not conclusive, and it will be more if it is not good." ”

"That's a lot more than the pre-war estimate of 200."

"Who said it wasn't, Senior Ouyang, I really didn't expect it to be so tricky, and now the military department scolds us every day for being unreliable......

As the most avant-garde anti-submarine expert in the Ming Navy, Zou Yongxia was one of the outstanding military cadets sent to Europe by the Hangzhou Military Academy, and the only one who focused on the game of submarines and anti-submarine ships - the rest of his companions focused on battleships and destroyers.

It is undeniable that Zou Yongxia is forward-looking and correct, but even he underestimated the huge amount of resources needed for anti-submarine operations.

The British are the only ones in the world who have a clear understanding of anti-submarine and have the spare resources to pour resources into anti-submarine operations.

Even the Americans, who until the time of entering the war, did not realize the degree of difficulty of the anti-submarine escort system, and they were so impressed with unrealistic self-confidence that they provoked the "second happy hour for German submarines."

The raging wolves sank a total of 660 merchant ships with a total tonnage of more than 3.3 million tons during this time, at the cost of 22 submarines at the expense of the Germans.

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Prior to the outbreak of war, the British Admiralty assessed the need for 308 escort ships at first, then increased to 518, and finally 638. With the defeat of France, the British Admiralty's assessment soared again, and it was estimated that 720 escort ships, 1,100 armed fishing boats, and 708 minesweepers would be needed.

Hearing Zou Yongxia say this, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but get nervous.

Although the momentum of US submarines has been suppressed, it must be temporary, and I am afraid that it will not be long before it will make a comeback.

He realized that he was still a little naïve before, thinking that everything would be fine with the hedgehog bullet, but the fact is that the hedgehog cat is just a weapon in the final analysis, a weapon that improves the anti-submarine efficiency of a single ship, and the anti-submarine escort is also a competition that is one foot high and one foot high, relying on a whole system!

In the later stages of the war, the emergence of a series of equipment such as shipborne centimeter-wave sea-to-sea search radar, airborne search radar, magnetic anomaly detector, and air-dropped sonar buoy jointly stifled the raging wolf pack.

More important than these technical equipment is the number of escort ships, which is the basis of everything, otherwise it is just a fool's dream to build a network to contain the enemy's submarines.

In the Pacific Ocean in situ, the US submarine achieved brilliant results, sinking a total of 1,113 merchant ships, with a total tonnage of 5.32 million tons, and hundreds of large and small warships, which can be said to have completely paralyzed the logistics support of the Japanese army with only a small resource and price.

The efficiency of the Japanese anti-submarine escort was particularly poor, not only was the pre-war construction biased, but also the wartime lack of effective remedial measures.

There was neither an effective anti-submarine escort force nor sufficient reserves of merchant ships, and the merchant ships built during the war could not be sunk, so after a large number of merchant ships were sunk by US submarines, the sea supply line completely collapsed.

"This time I went to Europe, Zhou Beizhao can remember to learn from this aspect, Germany and Britain have been competing in this regard, and the experience gained is extremely valuable." Ouyang Zhanghua said with a smile.

Zhou Changfeng nodded and said lightly: "Okay, take this as the first priority." In other aspects, I don't think there's really much to learn, as long as we can do a good job of logistics, this war is impossible to lose. ”

After speaking, he muttered again: "I feel that the funds invested in this area are not enough now, I will go and talk to Your Majesty, and the Advisory Council should also remind them to scare those members who do not do their jobs." ”

"It couldn't be better!" Zou Yongxia couldn't help but clap her hands.

This is exactly what he wants to see - through the mouth of someone Zhou, the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty will realize the urgency and seriousness, invest more resources as soon as possible, and get twice the result with half the effort!

"It's a good idea to arm civilian fishing boats, the British are the most common, and merchant ships also need to be equipped with some self-defense weapons." Ouyang Zhanghua said casually: "The important thing is to let some people sober up, next year's military spending should be greatly increased, and those suggestions to reduce military spending are really infuriating." ”

Zhou Changfeng shrugged his shoulders, clenched his fists and said, "I heard that I want to go to the Advisory Yuan and give him two punches in public." ”

Everyone laughed.

The three of them chatted for so long, and the four women in the private room, or the singers, also finished playing.

They put down the flute and lute in their hands, had a clear goal, and came together together.

The lotus step moves lightly, and the fragrant wind gusts.

Ouyang Zhanghua and Zou Yongxia each got one person, and the other two naturally went straight to Zhou's side, looking like they were going to have a posture of hugging left and right.

Zhou Changfeng didn't like this state very much, he felt that the two beautiful singers beside him were too contrived.

"Hey, don't stick so close." He used his gaze to force away the two who were about to move after approaching, and said casually: "Drink and chat, that's enough." ”

With a woman as a companion, the small private room is even more lively for a while.

It is undeniable that wine and beauty are excellent mediums for communicating with men.

During this time, the perimeter wind is still rotating in a continuous axis, supervising the training during the day, pondering and writing at night, and enjoying the wine and food at this moment can be regarded as a reasonable relaxation of the Ming model worker.

The reason why the Ming Navy was able to temporarily curb the momentum of US submarines was actually mutual, on the one hand, the limited number of US submarines and their mediocre performance, and on the other hand, the Ming Army did have a certain amount of foresight - at least it was much better than the Japanese in history.

The ocean-going submarine hunting ship that is now widely equipped is designed by the Navy Administration of the Ministry of War, which is the official pen of the root of Zheng Miaohong, and this kind of submarine hunting ship is named the Zhiqing class, which is said to be taken from the meaning of "no fish in the clear".

With a standard displacement of 850 tons, the Zhiqing-class submarine hunter is an out-and-out small warship, but it has a certain degree of ocean-going ability, can move with the fleet, and is equipped with hydrophones and active sonar.

It is powered by four 2,000 hp diesel engines, with a maximum speed of 26.8 knots and a cruising range of 8,500 nautical miles, and is equipped with three single-mount 112mm naval guns, two depth charge projectiles, and two depth charge slides, carrying up to 56 depth charges in total.

This submarine hunter has good performance, high speed, long cruising range allows it to follow the fleet action, and also has a strong suppression ability after discovering enemy submarines.

In the "Methods for the Wartime Expansion of Naval Ships", the construction plan of the Zhiqing-class submarine hunting ships was put on the agenda, and it was originally planned to build 30 ships, and then gradually increased to 57 ships.

In addition to professional submarine hunters, the Ming Navy also needed cheap frigates to accompany and protect merchant ships.

After all, the four-seat submarine diesel engine used by the Zhiqing-class submarine hunter is not cheap, and the production capacity is not rich, so it is quite tight to use it for both newly built submarines and newly-built submarine hunting ships.

The project of cheap and low-speed escort ships was launched the year before last, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Shipbuilding Group organized a design team to design a trial-produced A-type corvette based on the mature Guangning-class cargo ship.

The unladen displacement of this kind of civilian ship that appeared in the early thirties was more than 900 tons, and due to the great demand from the people, more than 100 ships were built one after another in just a few years.

Private boat dealers have also modified it in a variety of ways to catch fish, transport goods, salvage and so on.

Such a mature cargo ship fully meets the requirements of the navy as a cheap and low-speed escort ship, which can not only save resources, but also skillfully switch production to various small and medium-sized shipyards, which is quite convenient.

The final finalized "trial A type frigate" has a standard displacement of 1,030 tons, a full load displacement of 1,250 tons, a length of about 68 meters, a width of about 9.5 meters, and a crew of 114 people.

The power configuration was originally planned to install two 2,000 hp diesel engines, but in order to reduce costs, the stock of extremely cheap coal-fired water-tube boilers and three-expansion steam engines was finally used, capable of producing 2,500 hp, with a maximum speed of only 15 knots and a range of only 3,200 nautical miles.

The ship's armament is equipped with two 112mm naval guns - the ancestral magic weapon of the Ming Navy, which began to be used thirty years ago. Both have a front and rear layout, with a semi-open gun mount and no turret.

In addition, there are 2 single-mounted 20.8mm anti-aircraft guns and 2 twin-mounted 12.8mm anti-aircraft machine guns (the third batch began to be changed to twin-mounted 20.8mm anti-aircraft guns), and the stern has a total of 2 depth charge delivery tracks, as well as 2 depth charge projectiles, and the reserve of depth charges on the whole ship is 50, which should not be underestimated.

This type of frigate is all named after the medicinal materials in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", and has been ordered four times, and the total number of orders has reached 306 so far.

After the small feast, Zhou Changfeng did not stay in Qiongzhou for too long - not to mention that there was nothing to be nostalgic for there.

He wanted to go back to Sanya directly, but considering that there were still some things to be solved by returning to Beijing, he still took a plane and set off.

The first thing Zhou Changfeng did when he arrived in the capital was to scare people, or to say that most of the objective and a small part subjectively explained the current level of mobilization and the terrible state of the conscription organization model.

After leaving the airport, a long piece of paper was sent directly to the General Administration Department by his order, warning the politicians not to get carried away and revel in the dream of Wang Shi's invincibility in the world, otherwise it will be too late to regret it.

"Stop."

"Junza, I'm afraid of danger."

"It's okay, I specially called them over."

"Yes!"

The SUV that Zhou Changfeng was riding in was parked at the gate of Gaoqiao Airport, where reporters from six or seven newspapers had already gathered.

Of course, this is the result of deliberately leaking the news in advance, otherwise Zhou's itinerary is not easy to grasp.

The reporters who couldn't get rid of it in the past and couldn't avoid it have become the best "tools" this time, and the reporters were overjoyed - they didn't have the hope of being able to talk, but Zhou was actually willing to talk about it this time?

More than a dozen newspaper reporters, you squeeze me, I squeeze you, and they don't give in to each other.

"May I ask General Zhou, what do you think of the current situation? Is it still the same as last time? ”

"It is said that the negligence of the military department has caused several units to fail to drill in place as scheduled, is this serious?"

"General! Checkmate! If you don't care about such a military matter, will those officials be punished? ”

"Some insiders said that the soldiers and horses of the second division were supposed to be transferred to important places to participate in the battle, but now that they are delayed, will it have an impact?"

Seeing this, the corners of Zhou Changfeng's mouth rose slightly, but he quickly restrained his smile.

He pushed the door open and stepped out of the car, pressing his hands to signal silence.

After the scene was a little calmer, the sharp-eyed Zhou Changfeng spoke: "I know your urgency, what I want to say is that it is easy to treat the symptoms, but how can it be done without treating the root cause?" This time I went to Qiongzhou and found that although this matter was only unintentional, the problems exposed were very big and difficult to handle. ”

"Is it hard to solve? Why did General Zhou say this? ”

"Because the enemy is not outside, but over there... Well, in the Council over there. ”

(End of chapter)