Regardless of their position, there was always a common language among the members of the navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy learned from Britain and France, and Germany and Japan did not have a lot of technical cooperation in naval affairs.

To be honest, before the start of the war, the Imperial Japanese Navy was not very optimistic about the German Navy, because the German Navy could not compete with the powerful British Royal Navy in terms of number and tonnage.

But the reality slapped the experts of the Japanese Navy in the face, the battle of Dunkirk, the main force of the home fleet was actually wiped out, and then German submarines and raid ships ravaged the Atlantic route, and the mighty British Empire watched itself being strangled full, but could not come up with any way to deal with it.

The war in Europe was really an eye-opener for the Japanese, and with the brilliant victories one after another, the status of the German Navy also rose rapidly in the hearts of the officers and men of the Japanese Navy, so that they could see a realistic example of defeating the strong with the weak.

Who would have believed that more than a dozen giant ships of the empire on which the sun never sets would be wiped out within half a year, and the commander-in-chief of the Third Reich Navy, Marshal Raeder, was regarded as a peerless and wise general in the Japanese Navy, and the commander of the new high seas fleet, Lu Teyans, who was in front of the charge, was even more sought after by the instructors of the Etajima Naval Academy as a genius admiral who was rare in a century, and a naval example like Nelson.

The naval ambush in the Faroe Islands was regarded by the Japanese Navy as the most classic example of ambush warfare, and the commander of the Education Headquarters even requested that it be included in the latest edition of the naval tactics textbook.

The Japanese nation is accustomed to worshipping the strong, and defeated the German navy of the British Empire, and has been unanimously respected by the Japanese navy. The German Navy used a large number of new weapons and tactics in the European theater, although many of them were not copied, but they also gave the Japanese Navy a lot of new inspiration, and they have begun to comprehensively study the naval battles in the European war, hoping to learn a trick and a half from them, which can be used against a powerful neighbor on the other side of the Pacific.

The pressure on the Japanese Combined Fleet by the US Navy was too great, and half a year ago, no one in the Navy dared to say that they were sure of victory, but the miraculous rise of the German Navy gave the Japanese Navy hope, and since the Germans were able to defeat an enemy several times more powerful, the Japanese Navy, which was not too far behind the US Navy, would definitely be able to succeed.

You must know that the German Navy is facing the British Royal Navy with first-class generals, first-class ships, and first-class training, and compared with this old maritime power, the group of free and loose American uncles on the other side of the Pacific Ocean are simply a group of snotty boy scouts.

On the deck of the "Prince Eugen", the Japanese naval officers looked up at the Feng Eugen in front of them with adoring eyes. Colonel Hertz, the heroic captain who fought in almost all surface battles in the European War, could count the medals on his chest.

Looking at the so-called achievements of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the past ten years, all of them came from the weak Republic of China Navy, and compared with the captain in front of him who participated in the bombardment of the fleet's battle line, those feats are not worth mentioning at all.

The Japanese Navy is not without confidence, and the equipment and strength of their combined fleet far exceed that of the newly rising German Navy, but if in the long run, the Great German Empire, which becomes the hegemon of Europe, will only be a matter of time before it overtakes Japan as long as the Führer is willing.

I heard that like this heavy cruiser under its feet, Germany placed eight orders in one go, which is equivalent to building four heavy cruisers at a time, and this is not the only naval order, the Germans' wealth has reached an outrageous level.

They also heard that Germany is working with Britain to develop a newer level of battleship, the specific data is not clear, and theoretically it should surpass Germany's existing main battleship [Bismarck]. The intelligence department of the Japanese Navy estimated that in four to five years the major European powers would regain their original naval strength, and once united, they would have an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese Combined Fleet, so the longer the southward expansion plan was delayed, the more unfavorable it would be to the strategic objectives of the Japanese Empire.

"Hey! Reinhart! Welcome to the Prinz Eugen, Your Excellency, I am the captain of this battleship, Christian. Feng. Admiral Hertz. "Feng. Hertz bowed his head and saluted Lieutenant General Tanimoto, who was leading the team.

"I am the commander of the First Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Mataro Tanimoto." Tanimoto raised his hand and returned the Japanese Navy salute.

Speaking of which, the author would like to mention that, according to common sense, the military etiquette used by the same army belonging to the same country, even if the military branches are different, should be the same. However, the struggle between the Japanese navy and the army has been protracted, and both sides have sought to differ from each other in various details, and the military salute is certainly not surprising, and the Japanese army and navy have very obvious differences in military salute postures.

The Army salute is not much different from the Western salute, with the upper arms extended to the side and the lower arms and palms tucked diagonally to the side of the forehead. The reason given by the Navy is that the ship's internal aisle is narrow, and the army-style military salute is easy to block other people's movements, in fact, this is just an excuse to distinguish it from the army. (It was still shown in early Japanese films, but in recent years Japanese movies have not paid much attention to these details, wearing a naval officer's uniform but saluting the army, which would not have happened at the time, because the guy who dared to do this was beaten to death by the senior students with a "naval spirit injection stick" in the naval academy.) ）

Tanimoto went to Europe and the United States for a year, and he can speak fluent English, and his accent is miraculously not heavy. Feng. Hertz's English is good, and both sides can communicate in English, which saves a lot of things to translate with the ship.

Usually the guests board the ship, of course, they must first be invited into the reception room on the ship, the host will bring wine or refreshments, and the two parties will sit down and greet each other politely, and then the host will lead them to visit all parts of the ship. The Japanese are particularly particular about this aspect of etiquette, and Tanimoto also brought a gift for the captain, a bottle of Japanese sake and two boxes of desserts.

Feng. Hertz led them down the deck to the officers' lounge below the bridge, where the Prinz Eugen was designed as a fleet flagship with full command facilities. The German Navy was also prepared for this kind of foreign affairs and ordered a bunch of souvenirs, such as a silver plate engraved with the ship's coat of arms or a cigarette case with the German Navy's eagle coat of arms.

After the guests and hosts were seated, the orderlies presented cream snacks and black tea, and the guests presented gifts, and then the two sides began to have a cordial conversation. The atmosphere at the scene looked very harmonious. Hertz introduced the entourage and greeted his master again, while the Germans also made a bunch of compliments that they had admired for a long time, and the people laughed at them anyway.

There was not much communication between the German Navy and the Japanese Navy before, and Raeder did not like foreign naval personnel to board his precious ship, and it was the first time for the active Japanese naval officers to visit the ship.

Xu Jun's dispatch of this warship to Asia was not an idea that he had come up with in his head, and it was the most suitable ship in the German naval fleet to show the Japanese.

If he wants to show off his strength, he can take out the more powerful [Gneisenau] or [Admiral Scheer], and if he wants to show off his exploits, he can also send those captured British and French battleships, such as the [Nelson], which is the BIG VII alongside the flagship of the Combined Fleet.

But Xu Jun chose [Prince Eugen] alone, mainly because this battleship exposed its technical level and would not give the Japanese much stimulation, and another reason was the legendary good luck that this battleship had.

Unlike the [Xiangrui] ships in Japan, which specialize in pitting companions, [Prince Eugen] is completely a simple lucky ship, and not only is he lucky, but also often blessed his companions, anyway, the battleship that goes out with her, as long as she is present, there is no accident, if the prime minister still takes the prince in history, the ending is likely to be very different.

This warship was criticized by later naval enthusiasts as a model of German waste of tonnage, and the main armor belt was much thinner than that of the same heavy cruiser in Japan and the United States, which was regarded as proof of the serious mismatch between defense and tonnage.

But they forgot that Germany had its own tactical needs for building this warship, and that the German navy top brass was not ignorant fools, and that the size of Germany's fleet meant that this heavy cruiser was not used to fight the fleet of other countries, and that their positioning was actually the same as all German surface ships at that time, that is, large long-range assault ships.

Unlike the heavy patrol killers of the Scharnhorst, the Hipper-class targets light cruisers and destroyers who escort fleets.

In order to gain combat endurance, the German Navy added heavy armor to her turret and conning tower, striving to withstand the bombardment of the main guns of the light cruiser class, and if it was replaced by the 25 mm thin-shelled turret of the Japanese Navy's heavy cruiser, a destroyer's shell could make it incapacitated, and at that time it could only return to the domestic port for repairs.

The hull structure of the [Prince Eugen] is actually not worse than the early dreadnoughts, her defense is enough to deal with any British and French light cruisers, and the firepower can be compared with most heavy cruisers, and the powerful air defense equipment can ensure that she will not be powerless when crossing the enemy's air superiority, and the high speed allows her to quickly intersperse and intercept the enemy fleet. She was a well-crafted killing weapon of the German Navy, not a shoddy product that some people say wasted tonnage.

This is a warship that is only suitable for the tactical thinking of the German Navy, and if you compare it with those heavy cruisers who are bent on fighting a decisive battle with the fleet, the data is really not very good. There are many experts in the Japanese Navy, and they will definitely find out the "flaws" of this battleship, and judge the technical level of the German Navy by this, if they can achieve this goal, one of the links in Xu Jun's deception tactics can be regarded as successful.

The two sides then talked about the European campaign, especially the Japanese mentioned the Faroe Islands ambush. The German naval colonel was certainly not modest, and the captain of the ship held black tea, like a storyteller, in front of a group of Japanese naval officers, and talked about the thrilling and subtle points, which made the Japanese all stunned.

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