Chapter 1350: The Atlantic Encounter
The Chinese side doesn't care anymore, whether they have the ability or not, they insist, of course, Germany is not too blocked, no matter from which level, the Germans have not lost anything, and have been helped, 31 submarines, as long as you pay a little attention, the loss will not be too big, this is also the German submarine took a long time, to sum up the experience, as long as a little result is obtained, it is very important for Germany, can dispel the threat of the Entente, and even let the war of 1916 enter the German orbit.
Next, the Chinese ambassador also put forward a plan, this time the attack should be in the name of the Germans, that is, China will not show its banner, and it can even be said that China has not yet joined the camp of the Allies, but only declared war on the Entente countries separately.
In fact, this is also China's policy, China will announce its accession to the Allied Powers, but it is not now, under the overall situation of the current evacuation of overseas Chinese, or even under the intensity of the war between the two sides, China's suspension of joining the Allied Powers is in line with the current overall strategy, since China cannot clearly join, it can only be in the name of the Germans, simply put, it is to let the Germans bear the blame.
The Admiralty and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were very smart, and they understood the intentions of the Chinese at once, although psychologically, they were slightly unhappy, and China did not want to join the Allies, which was not a good thing for Germany. Germany's submarine was beaten too badly by the Entente, from the large-scale use of sonar by the Entente to the present, the results achieved by Germany's submarines are almost minimal, and a few of them have been unlucky and killed by the Entente. In terms of quantity, compared to the early stage of large-scale use of sonar before. Dramatically reduced, but continuous. The effect of unlimited submarine warfare was not achieved, but was forced to fight by the Entente, and Germany even risked sending out the high seas fleet, in order to balance, with the results of the naval fleet, to balance the losses of submarines.
Breaking the diplomatic battle, high-speed battleships, can play a certain role, but the premise is that it must enter the North Atlantic shipping lane. On the German side, because of the power of the new fleet brought back by Scheer, it was to a large extent suppressed the warships of the Allied countries, but it was only suppressed, and under the mines of the islands and warships carefully arranged by the British, at most the North Sea was suppressed, and it was very difficult to enter the North Atlantic.
To be exact, Scheer's fleet entered the North Atlantic. It's not impossible, but any capital ship must be supported by logistics before it can play a real role. Compared with an old naval power like Britain, Germany is a little worse in this respect, and it is not solid. Powerful overseas naval bases, each time forcibly breaking through the North Sea. This is absolutely unacceptable for the High Seas Fleet. Often walking by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet, the capital ship can not break diplomatic relations wholeheartedly, once the consumption is too great, if the Entente seize the opportunity, the original slight advantage of the war situation will be gone.
In the end, the Germans accepted the Chinese side's request in its entirety, and gave China's submarine force a certain German number, which would be called the new submarine force, and as long as it achieved considerable results, it would be commended in the newspapers and internally, in short, to the satisfaction of the Chinese side.
At present, the evacuation work is underway, and by the time Deng Jie's cadres arrive in the North Atlantic, the evacuation of overseas Chinese should have already been carried out, but if the Americans tear up the contract, China will still suffer great harm, and perhaps the total number will be in the millions. In this case, it cannot be seen in the open.
This is also the fundamental reason for the first batch of submarines to be sent, not the fantasy class, there will be a time lag in between, in this time gap, the submarines must go in the name of the Germans, even if the Entente doubts it, it will feel that the German submarines cannot have such a strong power, but they can't find the final answer, after all, there is no real example, in fact, the current Allied army's estimate of the German submarine also relies on speculation, and there is a huge deviation from the real data, and the underwater submarine is different from the surface shipAs long as he doesn't catch the current situation, no one will know what kind of indicators he has.
Now, everything is going well, the Germans welcome these submarines very much, in the Admiralty, it is obvious that the ambassador senses it, the other party is suspicious, does not think that the submarines can achieve such a great result, but just verbally, the benefit of the thing, they are willing to do, isn't it just to carry the black pot, no need to pay anything, the battle exploits picked up in vain, who will refuse, besides, the northwest has always been able to create miracles, in case it is really the same as before, once again create a miracle, If the North Atlantic route of the Entente was to deal a huge blow, perhaps it would be a great achievement, and the war of 1916 would be directly included in the acceptable level.
The ambassador's work has been basically completed, the radio waves have passed through most of the world, to Baotou on the other side, and through the same way, the information has been transmitted to Deng Jieqian, who is constantly fighting in the sea, and the order is very simple, let Deng Jieqian seize the opportunity to arrive in the North Atlantic as soon as possible and complete the strangulation of the North Atlantic route
At this time, Deng Jieqian's formation had already passed through Africa, and on the road, not only drove at high speed, but also conducted special drills for these subjects, and those who could be selected to participate in the ocean-going submarine force were not ordinary soldiers, and at least had more than three years of service experience in the submarine force
Submarines as one of the Chinese ships, the most developed, but also more than the world's advanced level of a ship, has been in such a long time, formed their own unique style, although in tonnage, expanded a lot, but in the handling, etc., are in the same vein, this is also an important reason for the quick start, they even in a specific place, specifically launched about 3 into the torpedo, so that most of the submariners, the emerging torpedo has an intuitive understanding, not only master the powerful effect of the torpedo, The flying fish torpedo, which is also proficient in control, and if you don't pay attention to it, you can't see the waterline at all, which is simply a perfect match for submarines and is the best weapon for sneak attacks.
It has been very smooth before, probably when entering the North Atlantic, Deng Jieqian, and accidentally collided with a British destroyer formation, almost close to it, this is an accident, there was a thin fog on the sea that day, the submarines did not meet the enemy for a long time, and they were a little relaxed, plus this is a remote channel, actually about 5 kilometers away, only to find this destroyer formation, the British flag flying high, they were startled.
Fortunately, the Qin-class has strong performance, in the case of low visibility, the semi-submersible submarine itself is not easy to find, it took less than 1 minute, all the submarines sank to a depth of 7 meters of water, and at this moment, the destroyer on the opposite side did not find it at all, or maintained a loose camp, slowly coming to this side.
The fleet close to Deng Jieqian is a fast ship formation returning from Australia, in the North Sea, the competition is becoming more and more fierce, even the British Empire can not withstand such intensity, it has long been transferred back to the Commonwealth and the colonies, and the colonies have also collapsed, and there is no manufacturing capacity, but in Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, there is still a certain production capacity, although it can't build any big ships, simple destroyers are still possible, but the performance of these ships is not as good as that of Britain. At this moment, Britain has no regard for anything, even if the strength of these ships is very poor, they must be transferred back to ensure their strength at sea.
The submarine is still sinking, but it stopped at a height of about 30 meters, raised the periscope, it was early in the morning, because of the mist in the sea, the visibility was not high, the periscope of the Chinese submarine, different from the German one, would expose the sea surface a lot, excellent optics and engineering achievements, so that this periscope almost integrated with the sea, not very clear about the specifications of the Qin class, not found at all.
How long has the Qin-class appeared, including Deng Jieqian, the chief officer of the submarine test force, who has just been in contact with it for a while, not to mention the completely ignorant British Navy, in the British Navy, the Allied Navy, the impression of submarines is still above the German submarines, 900 tons to 1000 tons, such ocean-going submarines are already very terrible, they are not quite comparable at all, this is a standard displacement of more than 3000 tons, and the full load is more than 3500 tons, even if it is placed in later generations, It is also the middle class among conventional submarines, and in this era, it is definitely a giant.
Deng Jieqian's actions are also more or less cautious, if it is the elite fleet of the British Navy, such a defense is necessary, this is just a navy from Australia, they are the level of the Dutch Navy, just early in the morning, they have not even formed a camp, just loosely lead the fleet forward.
Deng Jieqian quickly calculated that this fleet has a total of 6 ships, one light cruiser, five destroyers, and the light patrol is probably the grade of the Haiqi, but in terms of performance, it should be a lot better, at least the establishment of artillery ships is good, as for the destroyers, they are between 1200 tons and 1500 tons, which is a more mainstream style.
Deng Jieqian's department, there are 31 submarines, such submarines, equipped with flying fish torpedoes, have a huge threat to warships, although it is an encounter, but in a sense, the British warships are defenseless for them, to be honest, they would not have thought that thousands of miles away from the mainland, there will be such a group of killers, for Deng Jieqian, the opportunity is still very great. (To be continued.) )
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