stonecrandall Chapter 260
Chapter 260
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He spent 3000 points to get the enhanced version of the MK7 naval gun. Although he still felt very painful, Mainz felt that this deal was not a loss.
Especially when the director of the Vulcan Shipyard saw the six huge turrets in front of him, his expression was horrified!
“Uh, General, can I ask, which factory produced these?”
Mainz glanced at him and said coldly,”This is confidential!”
The word”confidential” immediately shut up the director of the Vulcan Shipyard! The reason why the director couldn’t help asking this question was because he found that the caliber of this naval gun was different from the original one, and the compact turret and design, the high level greatly refreshed his impression, and made him couldn’t help but admire and admire the top domestic manufacturer that developed this kind of artillery!
However, since General Mainz said that this was a secret of the country and the army, it was indeed not something he could ask casually!
“Now that the main gun problem has been solved, how long will it take you to complete the outfitting?”
The biggest problem has been solved, so the construction should be completed within the plan, right?
Just in case, Mainz thinks it would be better to launch the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships before December.
If it exceeds this time, the two battleships will be at greater risk!
“Three months, at the latest it will be completed in three months!”
Mainz nodded. If it takes three months, it will basically be launched at the end of November, which is about the same time as he had in mind.
“Well, I’ll wait for your good news!”
Because it was kept secret, there was no celebration ceremony even when the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships were launched.
However, on another smaller slipway, several new warships were launched with a launching ceremony.
“How about it, do you like these submarines?”
Here, Mainz met the Navy Commander Dönitz who came specially to watch the launching ceremony of the new submarine. Dönitz was also surprised. He did not expect to meet General Mainz here.
“Hey, General, I’ve seen these submarines. They have very good performance and can dive very deep. They are also equipped with new sonars, which can help us find the location of enemy warships in advance, so that we can respond better!”
Dönitz had served as the captain of a U-boat after World War I, so he had extensive experience in submarine warfare.
He said that this submarine is excellent, which proves that this submarine is really excellent.
Of course, if it weren’t excellent, Mainz would not have produced this kind of submarine!
The performance of German submarines during World War I and World War II has always been excellent. Compared with other naval powers, the German surface warships have always been of little use. Although the High Seas Fleet was powerful during World War I, it was blocked at its doorstep, so there was basically no opportunity to perform.
During World War II, there were almost no Hans surface ships. After the Bismarck was sunk, it could only occasionally go out to carry out anti-communition operations, which was not very useful at all. The ability to fight with the enemy’s main force.
In this case, they can only rely on and, and only underwater combat forces, that is, the U!
Submarines can be hidden underwater, and their size is relatively small, so they are very concealed.
And because they are relatively cheap to build and convenient to mass produce, the quantity is also guaranteed, making it possible to build and launch submarines in large quantities.
Whether in World War I or World War II, the German army had a large number of submarines, and the large number of submarines in service made the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and other places hunting areas for German submarines!
In this area, unless they encounter an encirclement and suppression of enemy warships such as cruisers and destroyers that specifically target submarines, otherwise, when German submarines face transport ships and civilian ships, their advantages are extremely obvious. Civilian ships and transport ships passing through an area The ship could hardly survive, and once it was discovered by a German submarine, it would be hard to escape the fate of being sunk.
German submarines once created a record of sinking more than 1 million tons of enemy ships in a single month during the war. This tonnage has exceeded the upper limit of what the enemy’s shipyards can produce. As a result, frequent weddings caused heavy losses to the enemy’s transport ships. After the heavy losses of transport ships, the British Empire, which was heavily dependent on foreign supplies, was like being put on a noose and became a little suffocated!
In order to deal with German submarines, they frantically produced various warships, and the Eagle Sauce even modified hundreds of escort aircraft carriers specifically for anti-submarine purposes.
It can be said that in the entire naval battle in the Atlantic during World War II, the protagonists were not battleships and aircraft carriers, but Hans’ submarines.
For this kind of outstanding ability Ship type, how could Mainz give up?
He originally appointed Dönitz as the commander of the navy because he was interested in this guy’s submarine warfare capabilities, so Mainz clearly prepared to engage in unlimited submarine warfare!
Therefore, Mainz bought the design drawings from the system early on and began to produce submarines in six shipyards across the country.
At this time, the submarine launched at the Vulcan Shipyard belongs to the first batch of medium-sized submarines, with a tonnage of 980 tons, a crew of 45 people, a self-sustaining capacity of 17 days, a diving depth of 250 meters, 4 torpedo tubes, and can use 533 mm heavy torpedoes.
This submarine is also equipped with a 120 mm deck gun on the deck. This gun can be used to deal with civilian ships that are not equipped with weapons, mainly transport ships with a tonnage of less than 5,000 tons.
After all, Mainz used electric engine-driven wire-guided torpedoes for the German army, which is very expensive!
Therefore, unless it is a last resort, such as dealing with enemy warships that pose a huge threat to one’s side, or high-value targets such as transport ships of tens of thousands of tons or high-speed troop carriers, at other times, when dealing with civilian ships with no defense capabilities, the 120 guns on the deck are sufficient, and there is no need to use expensive wire-guided torpedoes!
“I’m going to send a group of submarines to the Mediterranean. Who do you think is more suitable?”
Mainz dismissed his left and right men, leaving only Dönitz alone, and said to him
“General, what do you mean?”
Dönitz’s face became solemn. Mainz said that sending submarines to the Mediterranean was definitely not for sightseeing, but to carry out missions.
Considering the current complex situation in the Mediterranean, their mission seems to be very heavy!
“There is a war in the Balkan Peninsula. The Gauls and the British may join forces to put pressure on the Italians. The Mediterranean is not big. If the warships of both sides meet at sea, it should be common for them to accidentally fire.”
Mainz said to Dönitz with a wicked smile on his face.
Dönitz was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted immediately.
“Haha, that is indeed very common. After all, everyone is on high alert at this time, guarding against the attack of the other side!”
Mainz nodded and continued:”So, under the condition of high mental tension, it should be normal for the operator of the artillery or torpedo to accidentally press the wrong key, right?”
Dönitz now fully understood the plan of his general. He planned to send the German army’s own submarines to secretly cause trouble in the Mediterranean, and take advantage of the time when the other side was on guard against each other to suddenly fire a shot and artificially provoke a war! As long as the three countries fight each other in the Mediterranean, Hans will be under much less pressure in the North Sea!
“Don’t worry, General, I will lead the team myself and I promise not to let you down!”
Now that he understood the general’s intentions and he hadn’t felt the same way on a submarine for several years, Dönitz felt itchy and decided to lead the team to the Mediterranean Sea himself!
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