Chapter 1135 Destroyer Order
In the United States, the news of the fall of the Philippines was blocked, and as soon as it joined the war, the news of the fall of the colonies came, which was not conducive to stability and propaganda, and the United States began to concentrate personnel non-stop, preparing to cross the Atlantic and exert pressure on Europe, and the Americans looked at the problem very deeply, the core of this world war was in Europe, as long as they helped Britain, France, and Russia, defeated Germany on the European continent, and let him collapse, whether it was the Philippines or other colonies, they were all their trophies.
By the way, before transporting troops to Europe, let's take an inventory of Germany's wealth in the United States, which has always been a relatively large minority in the United States, especially ocean-going cargo ships, and now there are quite a few of them staying in the United States.
Taking the property of the Germans, by the way, supplementing the consumption of the Americans in the course of the war, but what the United States did not expect was that the ships and wealth belonging to Germany that were originally detected had changed their owners early. Unlike in the previous life, when a large number of merchant ships and cargo ships were seized and seized by the United States, Germany, which had been prepared for a long time, began to transfer these things almost when the war in Europe began, that is, at the end of last year.
The American officers in charge of the seizure are a little unbelieved, and you can see that there is definitely something wrong with it, but after looking at the transfer documents, the most of them were transferred later than more than three months ago, which is almost earlier than the British came to lease the naval warship.
If it is transferred within a short period of time, you can also think of a way to do it in the name of a fake transfer. I don't recognize this deal, but now. It has been a few months since the border moved, and the east and west have returned to the northwest. What reason is there to detain it?
The detained officers had no choice but to retreat, and it was almost a dilemma, and China also sent diplomats to negotiate with the United States, and obtained most of the ships, only a very small part, because the transfer time was relatively new, and there was no way to get it. It was taken away and demolished by the Americans.
The news came back to the US Department of Commerce, these ships were prepared for the Ministry of Commerce, and the submarine intensified its attack on the United States, and the US fleet lost too much, more than 1.8 million tons, and this part of the loss must be made up, otherwise, even the Atlantic Ocean could not be crossed.
The best thing to deal with submarines is destroyers, especially destroyers equipped with some underwater listening. At present, the slipways of the United States and Britain are full of all kinds of ships, and there is not enough margin for destroyers.
Most of the attacks of destroyers in this era were directed against submarines. Before sonar, the destroyer could not rely on much, among the 1.8 million tons of ships that had been sunk before. At least 10 percent are destroyers, 180,000-ton destroyers. That's almost 150 ships.
The loss of 150 destroyers, plus the British from here in the United States. The method of exchanging islands for destroyers, the number of destroyers in the United States, has been greatly reduced, and they still sent the order to China.
After the previous order for ocean-going cargo ships, there are 100 destroyers, almost imitating the latest American warships, one is only about 1,800 tons, 100, or even 120, the cost of each is about 90,000, and 100 are about 30 million.
Liu Shu looked at the statistical report of Baotou, he grew up with Baotou, from an old management, the Qing Dynasty, to the present, comprehensive management talents, Liu Shu is very clear, what is the purpose of the United States, whether it is a destroyer, or an ocean-going cargo ship with enough profits, or let the shipyard gain a huge harvest, but this number is too large, really make these warships, maybe it will affect the northwest submarine does not know, he tried to say: "Or, let people withdraw!" ”
"No, these destroyers will no longer affect our newly developed Song-class."
The Song-class is the result of China's previous experience and experience in the city class on the basis of the original German ocean-going submarines. Not only were there more depth charges, but simple sonar was also taken out.
The Song-class is a new generation of submarines in the Northwest, not only the sneaking depth has been greatly increased, but also the speed and the number of torpedoes have been greatly increased.
"In that case, we have made money, but what about the German side?" Liu Shu's concerns are not unreasonable, simple sonar can't find the Song-class, and it is difficult to find the previous city-class, but if you encounter the most basic-level submarine, it is almost easy to be discovered.
"Okay, I'll get in touch with Germany."
Liu Shu contacted Germany through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sent the drawings and basic parameters of the new Song-class submarine, to a certain extent, so that the Germans are very satisfied, especially on the submarine, Germany, which has got a lot of sweetness, the strong strength of the submarine, to a certain extent, delayed the pace of the entire United States to send troops to Europe, you know, without a perfect escort, a troop carrier, to a certain extent, is a target, sinking a ship, can annihilate a regiment, a fleet is a division, or even more cases, No one dares to come easily.
At least, it is impossible to send troops before a large number of destroyers are in service, and it is more dangerous to cross the Pacific Ocean, even if there is no submarine harassment, not to mention that now, submarines are in front of you.
In mid-August, under the escort of a part of the escort, about 300,000 troops in the early stage have entered the European front, for Britain and France, which are already at an absolute disadvantage, these 300,000 have little effect at all, because they are not familiar with the situation and their tactics are rigid, but Germany seized the opportunity to specifically target them and carried out a series of attacks, and to a certain extent, annihilated a large number of American troops.
In just one month, the loss of 150,000 people, almost half of the extent, which is beyond the imagination of the Americans, the people who themselves have some opposition, after hearing some news, are even more opposed, fortunately, the consortium occupies an absolute advantage in the United States, and they forcibly promote the continuation of the departure.
The remaining United States concentrated, as well as the British came, a total of 70 destroyers, as well as a large number of warships to escort, a huge fleet, is coming to Europe, and at this time, has been over the Atlantic, sitting on reconnaissance airships, found such a huge fleet, more than 800,000 tons of huge ocean-going fleet, transporting 700,000 US troops, this is the second batch of US troops, they are all in the United States, for this European war to do a certain degree of adaptability training, believe in their arrival, It won't be as miserable as their predecessors. (To be continued.) )
PS: Barely 2000 words, that's all for today, sorry again