"General Cunningham, you're right, even if you know the answer, according to current anti-submarine technology. It is also difficult for us to make effective countermeasures to prevent German submarines from freely entering and leaving the Mediterranean! Jiang Qiang smiled slightly, and then changed the conversation and said: "But it doesn't matter, as long as we can detect and destroy the German submarines in advance before they attack, even if they can freely enter and exit the Mediterranean Sea and appear in any part of the world, so what?" ”

"Hmph, that's a light point." Cunningham twitched his nose and snorted coldly: "The British Empire has the most advanced radar technology and sonar technology in the world, and so far there is no way to use the wolf pack tactics of German submarines, is it possible that you can have any more effective methods or technical means?" "Then I will prove to you with facts that our Tiger Army has the radar technology and sonar technology that can crush your British Imperial Navy." Sure enough, as everyone expected, when Cunningham happily agreed to the gambling contract, Jiang Qiang showed his fangs and waved his big hand:

"Adjutant Wang, quickly let people bring the slide projector in, and I want General Cunningham and all the generals to take a good look at the latest anti-submarine technology and equipment of our Burmese Navy." "Yes!" Wang Qiang immediately ran out of the conference room. After a while, Wang Qiang and others walked into the conference room with a slightly bulky old-fashioned slide projector, and arranged the scene in three or two clicks. Jiang Qiang not only has more advanced projectors, but also desktop computers and notebooks that are matched with them, which can be more intuitive and effective for on-site persuasion and education.

However, it is obvious that such an angry high-end operation is not suitable for the current occasion, and can only be used in highly confidential scientific research units, and it is absolutely impossible to take it out and expose it. "Even-bought karma! Does China really have a more advanced shipborne radar system than the British Empire? "My God, they even have such an advanced anti-submarine hedgehog cannon!" "Oh my God, they invented such an advanced anti-submarine sonar buoy? How is this possible! ”

"Yes, the sonar buoy has just been set up on our American side, and they have already been successfully developed and can be used in actual combat." "With all this anti-submarine technical equipment, do we still need submarine forces that are afraid of the Germans?" But even so, Jiang Qiang's carefully prepared materials still had strong persuasiveness and lethality, and soon made a room full of British and American generals feel inexplicably shocked. The shipborne radar system and the anti-submarine hedgehog gun are nothing more than a generation more advanced than similar products in the British active equipment.

Even Cunningham and others were still shocked by this. But after all, they have already equipped these technical equipment, which is somewhat forced, but it is different for the sonar buoy that came out of nowhere. The British Navy does not have this thing at all, and although the United States has begun to study passive non-directional sonar buoys, it is only in its infancy, and it will be at least a year before it is successfully developed and officially put into use. However, Jiang Qiang made a big move at this time, and directly got the passive non-directional sonar buoy out, not only the British were shocked not to want it, but even the Americans were very confused.

The ideal state of anti-submarine is to knock out the enemy's submarine on the sea or in the harbor, but unfortunately this is almost impossible. Dealing with submarines hidden in the water is the last job that the anti-submarine forces are willing to do. To detect submarines, the dropping of sonar buoys is an important means. The sonar buoy consists of a small radio transmitter floating on the surface of the sea and a hydrophone suspended from the bottom with a long wire. The hydrophone can listen to various sounds in the surrounding water and then transmit them to the surface transmitter, which can be used to receive the signal from the transmitter with a special receiver.

When the sonar buoy is quickly dropped into the water by the aircraft, the hydrophone is detached from the container at the bottom of the buoy, and there is a cable up to 24 meters long between the hydrophone and the buoy. When the buoy falls into the water, the impact with the water surface turns the circuit on, and after a short preheating, the transmitter begins to emit the sound received by the hydrophone. Sonar buoys are divided into "directional" and "non-directional", of which "non-directional" sonar buoys belong to medium and long-range early warning systems and provide anti-submarine early warning reports.

"Directional" sonar buoys belong to the close-range precision monitoring alarm system, which can help with precision strikes. In the original history, the United States was the first to develop the AN/CRT-1 passive non-directional sonar buoy in 1942, and then equipped with anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the United States and Britain. Directional sonar buoys only appeared in the 50s of the 20th century.

At present, Jiang Qiang's Shanghai Military Industry Research Institute is a non-directional sonar buoy, which can monitor the distance of up to 18 kilometers, which can be regarded as an epoch-making product. The most important cargo of the anti-submarine aircraft is the sonar buoy, which can be replenished as a disposable consumable, and after being thrown into the sea, it will not take long before it sinks to the bottom of the sea and loses its effect.

Therefore, when the anti-submarine aircraft goes on a mission, it must carry enough sonar buoys in the fuselage. However, it is not so easy to find enemy submarines in the vast sea, and often a large number of sonar buoys are scattered, but often nothing is found. It has to be said that although the use of sonar buoys for anti-submarine is very effective, it really burns money. However, as long as the fleet can be safeguarded and the German submarine force can be effectively eliminated, it will be worth burning money.

"Very well, then such a happy decision! Next, let's move on to another topic. After some tug-of-war "friendly consultations," Jiang Qiang finally settled the matter of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet in accordance with the script he had written. Not only did he reach a consensus with Cunningham and other British naval generals, but he also obtained the command of the Sino-British joint fleet, and formed a series of Sino-British naval cooperation matters.

According to the agreement, the Burmese naval forces led by Huzi will be mixed with the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet to form the Sino-British Mediterranean Combined Fleet. After all, Britain is an old maritime power, and its naval size and combat capability can be said to be one of the best in the world at present.

At this time, you should be humble and humble, and you must sink your mind to learn from the British Navy, improve yourself as soon as possible from actual combat, and transform into a naval force with strong combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if the little devils are beaten all over the ground in China, there will be no way to pose a fatal threat to the Japanese mainland, and then they can only sigh with admiration. There are not many opportunities to steal teachers like this, so you have to grasp it firmly!

The meeting had been going on for more than two hours, and Jiang Qiang was no longer interested in making a concerted effort, but simply and rudely threw out his thoughts directly: "Regarding this problem, my decision is to let Alexander lead more than 200,000 troops under the command of the 18th Army Group to support the Soviet Caucasian Front.

If you have any opinions, you can put them forward for discussion now, and if you don't have any opinions, then it's decided! "I'm against it!" As soon as Jiang Qiang's words fell, Alexander himself was the first to jump out and object: "I admit that the strategic position of the Caucasus is very important, but General Jiang Qiang, you transferred all the members of the 18th Army Group to the rear to support, do you know what this means?" ”

Without waiting for Jiang Qiang to answer, Alexander continued: "The division of troops is more than 200,000 at once, which means that the total strength of the Allied forces in the North African Theater has returned to more than 600,000 again. However, the total strength of Rommel's Afrika Korps against it is still as high as more than 1.2 million, nearly twice the strength of its own side. At present, the British Empire's Mediterranean Fleet has suffered heavy losses, and there is no way to compete with the Italian Navy in a short time, and Rommel's corps will definitely launch a strong attack on us after being greatly replenished with supplies.

I wonder if in this case, with such a huge disparity in forces, can we withstand even extreme defense? "Yes! If we collapse here and the Suez Canal is lost, even if we keep the Caucasus, what is the point? "You really have to be cautious in this matter, and you can't take care of one thing at the expense of the other!"

Alexander's words drew a nod of approval from the crowd, all of whom shared the same concerns. As we all know, after the outbreak of World War II, under the frantic blitzkrieg attack of the German army, the Soviet Union suddenly collapsed and lost its vast territory, and even almost lost its breath and was directly destroyed.

Under these circumstances, in order to allow the Soviet Union to survive and continue to resist German aggression, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union worked together to overthrow the pro-German regime in Iran and install a pro-British puppet regime. Only then did the Persian Gulf supply line from West Asia to Central Asia and then to the hinterland of the Soviet Union be opened, and it was precisely by relying on this supply line and the continuous blood transfusion of the North Atlantic route that the Soviet Union was able to hold on to this day and not fall.

But now, for the Soviet Union, not only the oil fields of the Transcaucasia will face a direct military threat from the German-Turkish forces, but also the supply lines of the Persian Gulf are mortally threatened and are about to be cut off. Although Yang Fan could use the North Atlantic supply line to give blood to the Soviet Union, the best supply line in the southern regions such as Stalingrad was the Persian Gulf supply line. Because of the fastest supply from here, there is no need to carry out a long transportation turnover with German bombers.

If there is no supply line in the Persian Gulf, it is equivalent to a major artery being cut off, and the Soviet Union will really have a hard time in this harsh winter. Therefore, the strategic location of the Caucasus Mountains is very important and must not be missed. Failure to do so would not only make a wavering Turkey determined to commit to the Axis Alliance, but would also cut off the Allies in the North African theater of operations, with a series of catastrophic chain reactions.

Therefore, Jiang Qiang made up his mind early on to send a heavy force to support and ensure the security of the Caucasus. But as soon as this idea was thrown out, it was resisted and questioned by everyone. "Everyone's concerns are not unreasonable, but what I want to say is that although our current defense area is on the plain and the terrain is flat, there are still natural risks that can be used."

In the face of everyone's doubts, Jiang Qiang did not panic at all, stood up and walked to the map and said with a smile: "First of all, the Nile, this long river can completely block the German armored clusters for us. Hold our line of defense to the southwest. "Secondly, the Allies only need to dig an artificial river south of Cairo, or trenches of sufficient size, which can also ensure that the German armored clusters are kept out of the city."

"In this way, the contest between the Allies and the Germans in the North African theater will evolve into an air victory, and the air force is the only branch of the Allies that has a great advantage over the Axis armies, or the German army." "As long as the Allied air forces can firmly control air supremacy in the North African and Asian theaters, the Germans will never be able to erect pontoon bridges over the Nile, and they will never try to open a breakthrough in our frontal defense." The Allies, in turn, could use their air forces to launch constant air strikes on the supply lines behind the Germans.

We can even send airborne troops and special forces to launch continuous sabotage operations against the rear bases and supply depots of the German army. "We have discussed before that what we need to do now is to defeat the Italian Navy with the Navy, gain control of the Mediterranean, and simultaneously build the Malta Island Air Base, and then completely cut off the supply lines of the Axis forces in a two-pronged manner."

"Rommel Afrika Korps is a huge strategic cluster of millions of troops, and the amount of supplies they consume every day is an astronomical amount that is difficult to estimate." "Once supplies run out, their collapse will be inevitable. So we only need to hold the line with the cooperation of the air force, and we can sit back and wait for the opponent's supply line to be cut off and collapse. ”

"Once the German army collapses due to lack of supplies, it will be the best fighter for the Allied counteroffensive, and the only thing the Allies have to do at that time is to pursue, pursue, and pursue fiercely until the Axis forces are completely wiped out in Africa" "At that time, our goal is no longer to hold Egypt, hold the Suez Canal, and control the Mediterranean, but to open up a second battlefield, land on the European mainland, and completely defeat the German-Italian Axis army!" ”

"It's light, it's not that easy." After listening to Jiang Qiang's grand plan, Ted Ted, commander of the Mediterranean Theater Air Force, shook his head disdainfully and snorted: "Although the Allied Air Force has a certain advantage, it is far from being as exaggerated as you say. "Especially recently, the Rommel Corps has been replenished with a large number of fighters, and now the number of fighters in the Rommel Corps has reached more than 1,300, plus bombers, and the Italian Air Force, the Axis combat aircraft in the North African theater has reached 1,800."

Although the number of Allied aircraft is now as high as more than 2,200, which exceeds the number of combat aircraft of Rommel's regiment, it lags behind the German army in terms of performance, and there is no way to compare the quality of pilots.

Therefore, on the whole, the Allied air force did not occupy much advantage, and it did not reach the point where it could control air supremacy in the entire North African theater. It is even very likely that in the next battle, the Allied air force will be at a disadvantage, and there is no way for us to ......" "No, General Ted, you are wrong. Before Ted finished his performance, Jiang Qiang interrupted unceremoniously.

When everyone's eyes and attention were focused on him, Jiang Qiang smiled slightly: "General Ted, at this time and that time, what you said was before, and now the situation is different. "Different? Are you saying that your Huaxia Air Force is here? ”

Ted raised his eyebrows, then shook his head and said, "It's really a little different, our opponents are getting stronger, and we are getting weaker. "General Ted, please don't take us with you!" Despised in public like Ted, Li Jinglin, commander of the Burmese Air Force, couldn't sit still, and shouted: "It's your British Air Force that is getting weaker, and our Huaxia Air Force is getting stronger at an unprecedented speed!" ”

Jiang Qiang smiled indifferently and nodded very seriously: "Cunningham, you are right, with the existing anti-submarine technology and means of your British Empire, it is indeed difficult to effectively deal with the wolf pack tactics of German submarines. But what I want to say is that it is your British Navy, not our Chinese Navy. We have enough technical means and strength to crack the wolf pack tactics of German submarines. ”

Cunningham turned his head to look at Jiang Qiang, and said with great displeasure: "Either you come up with convincing real means." Either else, don't talk nonsense here, I don't believe at all that there is more advanced radar technology and sonar technology in the world than the British Empire. ”

During World War II, Britain's radar technology started at the earliest, and it was also one of the most advanced countries. Before the start of the war, Britain established a radar early warning network and installed radar on some ships, which was later derived from night fighters and anti-submarine aircraft, which was the key to turning the tide of the battle against German submarines in 1943. Prior to 1943, German submarines dominated the Atlantic, causing the Allies to repeatedly delay the opening of a second theater.

It was only after more advanced radar became widespread on British and American ships that the British and American fleets were able to sink a large number of German submarines in 1943, leading to a successful Normandy landing in 1944. The United States has vigorously developed it after receiving technical support from Britain, and the biggest innovation of the Americans is to integrate the fire control and anti-air radars on warships to form a CIC system

The Germans established their own radar early warning and fire control system in the middle of World War II, which played a significant role in countering the night bombing of the British. And it is widely used in night fighters. Although the Soviet Union was also equipped with radar in World War II, RUS-2 was a land-based early warning radar, but the number was small, and the Pe2 aircraft was equipped with gneiss radar for night air defense.

In addition, Japan was not slow in the development of radar, and in 1939 it succeeded in making a cavity magnetoelectric tube with quite reliable performance, while Britain only developed it in 1940. However, the upper echelons of the Japanese government did not attach importance to it, and the internal friction of the navy and army seriously delayed the development of radar, resulting in extremely unreliable radar performance, and until the end of World War II, it was very sad and failed to play its due role.

However, in the current time and space, the Japanese suffered a big loss in the hands of Yang Fan early, and obtained the finished radar by sneak attack early, so they had already made the radar with the help of the Germans.

As for sonar technology, it was invented in 1906 by Lewis Nixon of the British Navy, and it has been used on the battlefield since World War I to detect submarines lurking underwater. "It's good to have self-confidence, but blind self-confidence can only be described as stupid."

Jiang Qiang naturally would not let go of this good opportunity to pretend to be forced to slap his face, and immediately said in a provocative tone: "General Cunningham, do you dare to bet with me on this matter, if I win, your Mediterranean Fleet must unconditionally obey my orders and dispatch!" Cunningham raised an eyebrow and asked, "What if you lose?" ”

Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "If I lose, I am naturally willing to gamble and lose, all our troops unconditionally accept your orders and dispatches, and I will not interfere with your command again!" "No, it's too cheap for you, and your Huaxia Navy doesn't have it at all."

Cunningham was very good at bargaining, and he increased his stakes with great confidence: "If you lose, you and all your Chinese expeditionary forces must obey the command of our British Empire." If I lose, how about our British Mediterranean Fleet at your command? "Very good, a gentleman is hard to chase after a horse!" Jiang Qiang has already begun to steal fun. Although after a-for-tat operation before, Cunningham reluctantly agreed to cooperate with the cover operation, but after all, the twisted melon is not sweet, and this unwilling situation will definitely be greatly discounted.

If it can be subdued this time, it will naturally be a great thing. "Well, it's a deal! The generals of the British Empire would never break their gambling pact. Cunningham accepted the challenge without hesitation, not believing that there was a more advanced radar and sonar technology in the world than the British. Because these two technologies have always been the skills of the British Navy, and they are also one of the important reasons why the British Royal Navy fleet has been able to achieve so far, Cunningham is full of confidence and pride in this.

However, this time Cunningham met a man who crossed the air, and he was destined to only pretend to be forced to be struck by lightning and slapped in the face today. "Even, God, this routine again?" "Why did this idiot agree so hastily?" "Could it be that the Chinese really have more advanced radar technology and sonar technology than the British Empire?" "Is this Huaxia commander really omnipotent?"

Just when Cunningham was full of confidence and thought that he could win back a game without suspense and fight for himself and the British Empire, Auchinleck, Rich, Barton and others looked at Cunningham with caring eyes. After getting along for more than a month, they already know what kind of existence Jiang Qiang is, not only does he often speak amazingly, but he has extraordinary insight and wisdom.

The combat effectiveness of the troops under his command, as well as the various advanced technology, equipment, and instruments they possessed, opened their eyes to the fact that they deeply felt the despair beyond their reach. At this moment, seeing that Jiang Qiang was using the same recipe to clean up Cunningham again, they naturally firmly believed that Jiang Qiang was playing a pig and eating a tiger again, and would never think that this mysterious and powerful man would lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot. Well, once the habitual thinking is formed, you can't change it if you want to.

"Hehe, you idiots can't clean it up with so many people! In the end, it is up to me to win the dignity and power that the British Empire deserves! However, Cunningham, who was watched by everyone, did not realize the meaning contained in everyone's eyes, and became more and more proud of himself as if he was worshipping and envying himself.