The four B-class submarines planned by Zhou Yu are different from the previous four A-class submarines. They have significantly improved in terms of tonnage, speed, diving depth, weapons and ammunition, and endurance.
The B-class submarine he conceived can theoretically reach a submarine speed of about 15 knots per hour, which is very close to the speed of the most advanced battleships at the time. Because Zhou Yu has relatively advanced power equipment, he is not sure whether the submarine can reach 15 knots. I am still very confident.
Zhou Yu positioned the standard tonnage of the new submarine at around one thousand tons. With the new technology of electric welding and alloy steel, these problems are a piece of cake!
As for weapons, Zhou Yu did not hesitate to use five 403mm underwater torpedo tubes that had not yet been invented in the laboratory, and two single-barreled 76mm rapid-fire cannons.
The number of torpedoes the submarine can carry, Zhou Yu plans to set it at around 13. He does not want to wait until the two armies face off and miss the opportunity because the submarine does not have torpedoes. He will wait and watch on the side. In that case, it is better to prepare now. Good.
For other things, such as cruisers, destroyers, torpedo ships, etc., Zhou Yu left them to Wei Han and others to develop freely. He did not want to arrange everything by himself, causing everyone's dependence in the future and killing everyone's enthusiasm. Although creativity may take some detours in the early stage, it has an immeasurable positive effect on the development of national industrial talents.
There is another point that no one knows. In fact, Zhou Yu has secretly arranged a chess piece. This chess piece will bring Zhou Yu a large number of warships for free. Those warships were prepared by Zhou Yu For your own navy to use as destroyers and cruisers in the future.
With electric welding technology, Zhou Yu began to plan his two projects: the kar98k Mauser rifle and the Black Star automatic pistol.
As mentioned in the previous article, the prerequisite for mass production of 98k Mauser rifles and Black Star pistols is stamping and welding processes, because the difference between 98k and 98b is that some processes of 98k require this technology.
In order to facilitate production, Zhou Yu decided to use cup-type stamping components; the front guard was changed from cutting parts to spot welding; the bottom of the magazine and the bow guard were also changed to stamped steel plates.
After considering many details, Zhou Yu began to enter the actual operation process. With the help of Zhao Hu and others, he quickly produced a sample of the gun.
Compared with 98k, the production of black heart pistol is simpler, which is explained in detail in the previous article.
After several revisions, until Zhou Yu was satisfied, he was ordered to stop the production of 98b and May 4th pistols in all gun production lines of the Zhongyong Army and switch to the production of 98k Mauser rifles and Black Star pistols. Zhou Yu also ordered the production lines to start producing these at the same time. Both types of firearms are intended to prepare for their army's large-scale use in the future. However, Zhou Yu also informed everyone that for the time being, the 98k Mauser cannot be equipped with troops. They will wait for the opportunity and mass-produce it first.
After arranging everything, Zhou Yu was free again. Although he was free, his mind had no extravagant hope of being free. It looked like he was planning some shameful deeds in his heart. Similar!
Why do you say that?
Because, at this moment, Zhou Yu's sunny face actually showed an evil and weird smile, which made Zhang Long, who came to seek advice from Zhou Yu, feel chills in his heart.
Damn it, our teacher is planning some bad ideas again, he looks evil!
There are many popular catchphrases in the Zhongyong Army now. They were all learned from Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu’s very personal catchphrases that he inadvertently used in daily life, such as: numb, oh, buy cakes, etc., were all copied by Zhang Long and Liu
Cheng Liang, these two living treasures were brought to the army and became popular in Zhongyong Army.
So who is Zhou Yu planning? Please wait and see!
One day, located 90 nautical miles northeast of the Bashi Strait, Arai Arigon, the Japanese naval commander stood proudly on the bridge of the command tower of the ironclad "Fuso" and looked to the north with a telescope.
He was full of pride in his heart. The "Fuso" ironclad was the most advanced ironclad in Asia that he knew of.
Behind the "Fuso" shipyard are five 8,000-ton ocean-going cargo ships that were just purchased from the UK and fully loaded with cargo. Following closely behind the ocean-going cargo ships is a three-masted steam gunboat independently developed and manufactured by Japan with a displacement of 900 tons.
"Qinghui", the captain of "Qinghui" is Major Kato Keiichi...
This time, Colonel Arigon Arai was executing three secret orders from Sanimi. The five newly purchased cargo ships were loaded with more than 30,000 tons of various materials, including about five tons of gold.
This batch of materials was secretly mined and processed by the Japanese military in Australia and had been hoarded for five years. For this purpose, the Japanese military also sacrificed more than 40 intelligence personnel and miners. It can be seen that this batch of materials is very important to Japan.
, how important it is.
Reported that a large number of warships appeared ahead.
The exclamation of the observation sentry woke Arai Yugong who was deep in thought. He felt nervous and hurriedly looked forward. He found that there were more than ten large and small warships directly ahead of him within sight.
Arigon Arai immediately ordered everyone to prepare for war. When he got closer, he discovered that it was a British fleet flying the Union Jack flag, with two battleships, four cruisers, and four torpedo ships. He felt a little more at ease.
The other party raised a flag, we are the British Royal Hong Kong Fleet, who are you?
Arigon Arai hurriedly raised a flag and told the distinguished British Lord that we are the Japanese Navy and have gone to sea for exercises.
The other party asked Arai Arigon to stop the ship for inspection, saying that their governor was being held hostage by pirates, and they wanted to inspect these ships to see if their governor was there.
Arigon Arai was very confused in his heart. What if they were allowed to inspect the ship and the British found the supplies on the ship and robbed them? If they were not inspected, they might create a powerful enemy for their country. At this time, "Qing"
The "Hui" also accelerated to catch up.
Just when Arika Arai was hesitating, several large water jets were raised almost simultaneously about a hundred meters behind the "Fuso" ship and about 180 meters in front of the ship. Arika Arai was shocked to find that the opponent actually opened fire.
.And it shoots across nine thousand meters! What kind of warship is this!
At this time, Arai Yugong suddenly discovered that the opponent occupied the T-position and that the opponent had been preparing to shoot from the beginning. He hurriedly issued a flag: asking the opponent to stop shooting, and issued instructions to his subordinates to prepare for battle.
The other party's answer was still artillery fire. Arigon Arai issued an order requiring all elements to scatter at the maximum elevation angle.
However, about 8,500 meters is still a very long distance for the "Fuso" ship's 240mm Krupp main gun. Scattered shells fell far away, about 1,500 meters away from the enemy ship.
On the sea.
Arigon Arai urgently asked everyone to stop shooting. The "Fuso" ship and the "Seiki" ship approached the enemy ship at full speed within three thousand meters and used torpedoes to sink the enemy flagship. They wanted to capture the thief first.
As the two ships approached, the "Fuso" ship was hit by a heavy shell from the enemy ship on the deck near the conning tower. A big hole was blown in the deck, a fire broke out, and the violent shock wave shook the unprepared people on the conning tower.
, Arigon Arai fell on the corner of the podium and fainted.
For a time, the two ships lost their command, and the Japanese fleet fell into a chaotic situation without command.
The "Qinghui" was also hit by multiple enemy shells, the rudder was damaged, the warship lost control, the captain Kato Seiichi was killed on the spot, and the "Qinghui" with all its superstructures smashed was forced to
Withdrew from the battle line and floated on the sea.
At this time, the two warring parties were less than five thousand meters apart. In the subsequent shelling, the chaotic "Fuso" ship was hit by nearly ten shells.
A huge gash was ripped open near the waterline of the ship's bow. Huge amounts of seawater continued to pour in. The ship's bow began to sink rapidly. The "Fuso" ship sank in about 5 minutes. All 250 officers and soldiers on the ship were not spared. They all went to see the ship.
Their Amaterasu has gone.
Next, the opponent did not follow the navy's practice, but launched an all-round attack on the "Qinghui" ship, which had no power to fight back. 10 minutes later, the "Qinghui" ship's ammunition depot exploded, and the power cabin boiler exploded, approaching
The left side of the ship was hit by 4 torpedoes and sank 2 minutes later. All officers and men on the ship were killed.
Five Japanese freighters played a white chess piece, and the opponent's warship came closer. The Japanese crew of the freighter discovered that all the opponent's personnel were in white navy uniforms and wore pig-mouth gas masks, and their appearance was indistinguishable.
After the other party took control of all the crew, they shot and killed more than 500 crew members in total without questioning and without leaving a single person alive. They implemented a cruel kill-all policy.
If anyone had been watching at the scene, they would have discovered that the freighter controlled by the other party was heading towards Taiwan.
The "Seiki" ship, the "Fuso" ship and five cargo ships were mysteriously missing, which shocked the Japanese Emperor and the military. All Japanese intelligence agencies were dispatched to find out the cause. For a time, Japan was in a state of panic and everything was in jeopardy.
No matter how the Japanese government investigated, no useful clues were found, and the matter became an unsolved case in Japan. However, it also further contributed to and strengthened Japan's determination to implement the twenty-year shipbuilding plan.
HH?
It turns out that it was our cheating expert Zhou Yu and the president of Zhou University who staged the trick.
According to later historical records: During this period, Japan had a large amount of military raw materials and gold that would be transported back to Japan from Australia. Zhou Yu had sent people to keep an eye on the Japanese mineral base in Australia as early as a year ago.
Zhou Yu not only wanted to obtain supplies this time, but also wanted to increase the actual combat experience of the Zhongyong Army and Navy. Practice has proved that the combat effectiveness of the Zhongyong Army and Navy is still far behind compared with traditional naval powers such as Britain, France, and Germany.
Zhou Yu was very angry, and the consequences were serious.
Despite the sudden attack, the entire Zhongyong Army naval fleet was unable to deal with two small-tonnage Japanese gunboats for half an hour. After the battle, Zhou Yu immediately held a war situation review meeting for the senior navy generals.
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At the meeting, Zhou Yu criticized the navy for being useless. Zhou Yu, who was still angry, also strongly demanded that all naval officers and soldiers should write down detailed records and combat gains and losses in every battle in the future, so as to provide detailed combat information for future operations.
According to this, if anyone is found not to follow the rules, military law will be pursued.