Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1508

In 1906, Lewis Nixon of the Royal Navy invented the world's first sonar, a passive listening device primarily used to detect underwater icebergs.

During the World War, sonar was used to detect submarines, and the technology developed rapidly. In 1915, French physicist Paul Langxin and Russian electrical engineer Konstantin Chilovich invented active sonar. By 1918 , the United Kingdom and the United States have developed similar active sonar equipment.

What Jackson Marshall and Garfield never expected was that although Britain already had active sonar, the most primitive passive sonar was still used on warships, and the most primitive sonar technology was used to detect the latest submarines. It's also normal.

As for why the world's most powerful fleet does not use the world's most advanced technology, this is also a British characteristic, and even Major General Oliver Ram could not give a reasonable explanation.

Don't ask, it means insufficient funds.

Three hours flew by, and the Mediterranean Fleet did not find the Blue Army submarine within the stipulated time.

When the ghost submarine playing the role of the Blue Army was ordered to float up, the officers and soldiers participating in the exercise were surprised to find that the ghost submarine was less than a thousand yards away from the battleship "Queen Elizabeth", the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet.

If this were on a real battlefield, the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" would have been buried underwater.

In the next part of the exercise, the British K-submarine played the role of the Blue Army, and the Indian Ocean Fleet also had to find the K-submarine in the scheduled exercise area within the specified three hours.

What about the British K-boats—

Just like the Royal Navy of the British Empire, if you only look at the paper data, the K submarine is the largest and fastest submarine in the world.

Looking at the data alone, even in World War II, the data of the K submarine is outstanding.

The K submarine has a displacement of 2500 tons, a surface speed of 25 knots, and an underwater speed of 9 knots. It is equipped with 8 torpedo tubes.

As a comparison, the U-boat built by Germany in 1934 had a displacement of only 380 tons, a maximum surface speed of 13 knots, and a underwater speed of 6.9 knots. The weapon system had only three 3mm torpedo tubes and five ammunition.

The K submarine with powerful data on paper, but its performance after service was a disaster. The powerful power system proved to be a typical waste. In order to accompany the fleet to dispatch, the British installed a diesel power system for the K submarine and another As a result, the boiler must be closed before the K submarine dives, then the steam must be emptied, and the chimney must be lowered. During this period, the submarine must be powered by an auxiliary diesel engine.

Because this set of procedures is too complicated, it takes about 5 minutes to complete this set of procedures.

In a battlefield where every second counts, the impact of 5 minutes can be imagined.

On January 1918, 1, the British fleet received an order to go to the North Sea to perform a mission. Because it was a combat mission, the blackout was implemented.

After receiving the combat order, the British fleet was guided by the K submarines of the 12th and 13th squadrons, and the cruisers, battlecruisers, and battleships lined up in a single column and left the port at a speed of 20 knots.

When sailing to May Island, the leading K5 found a small boat in front of it, so it evaded urgently, and the K14 that followed was unable to dodge and directly hit K1.

Due to the implementation of the blackout, the other warships knew nothing about the accident after the collision and continued to advance in the original formation.

Then the battlecruiser "Indomitable" crashed into K14, and the light cruiser "Brave" directly cut K17 in two.

At this time, the fleet's flagship "Brave" discovered that there was an accident, so it ordered all submarines to stop urgently.

K4 received the order to stop, but K4 behind K6 had no time to brake, and hit K4 again. The good baby K4 who obeyed the order just sank into the bottom of the sea for no reason.

In a very short period of time, 7 warships collided, 2 K-type submarines were seriously injured, and 2 K-type submarines sank.

This is the most famous example of the K submarine.

Looking at it this way, the Indian submarine force really has the tradition of the Royal Navy submarine force.

Despite the notoriety of the K-sub, it is still possible to use it to play the blues in the exercise.

So after the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" sent out the signal, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers, the K submarine, which played the role of the blue army, began its performance.

According to regulations, when the K submarine dives, it takes 5 minutes to complete the whole process of closing the boiler, venting the steam, and lowering the chimney.

Just after the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" sent out the signal, before the four destroyers of the Indian Ocean Fleet that were ready to hunt the K submarine had time to act, the anti-submarine boarding planes on the battleship "East India" and the aircraft carrier "Cape" couldn't wait. Set off.

Then the scene that made the Royal Navy lose face appeared. Four anti-submarine boarding planes circled around the K submarine that was emptying the steam. After finally evacuating the steam, the chimney of the K submarine could not be retracted for a long time.

"What the hell is this submarine doing, diving in?" Captain Tong Gang, the pilot of the No. 2021 seaplane, couldn't help but swear. He flew over the K submarine a few times, and he was very good at throwing depth charges directly into the chimney of the K submarine. impulse.

"Malfunction—" the first officer, Captain Neil, sneered. The K submarine is not only powerful on paper, but also has an astonishingly high failure rate.

"What?" Tong Gang didn't react immediately, because this kind of thing rarely happened in the southern African navy.

"I mean the chimney recovery system of the guy down there is malfunctioning—" Captain Neil's expression was broken. If there were such a group of pig teammates on the battlefield, there would be no need to fight.

"Nimma, there is such a thing—" Tong Gang muttered to himself.

On the K submarine below, a sailor finally appeared on the deck with a crowbar in his hand. It seemed that there was indeed a small problem.

Inside the bridge of the battleship "East India", a group of officers including Jackson Marshall and Garfield silently put down the binoculars in their hands at the same time, and the atmosphere was awkward and scary.

"Which—the weather is fine today—" An Qi, who was invited to watch the exercise as a guest, finally broke the embarrassing silence.

"Yes, the weather is very suitable for the exercise—" Major General Oliver Ram, who was so embarrassed that he wanted to pick his toes, chatted to death again.

"Is this normal?" Angie ignored the funny comparison of Oliver Ram, but General Jackson Marshall was more reliable.

Jackson Marshall, also from the Royal Navy, wanted to scratch the wall in embarrassment.

"Normal, of course, this is normal. After all, our British Empire doesn't need a submarine force at all. Our Royal Navy is invincible!" Chief of Staff Garfield finally relieved Ram and Marshall.

This is also true. The Royal Navy does not need submarines to deal with the German High Seas Fleet. Only Germany and France, which have a serious shortage of surface forces, will try their best to develop submarine forces.

As a result, France also developed a loneliness.

"The performance of the ghost submarine is still good. After this exercise, the Royal Navy may consider purchasing a batch of ghost submarines—" Angie is from the army, and she is neutral in the navy, so she speaks unscrupulously.

But the speaker had no intention of the listener, and as soon as An Qi finished speaking, Major General Oliver Ram's eyes lit up.

That's right, the Royal Navy's submarine force is not good, and there is also the submarine force of the Southern African Navy. The ghost submarine is indeed not as large in tonnage as the K submarine, nor as fast as the K submarine, and it does not carry as many torpedoes as the K submarine. A merchant ship does not need several torpedoes, one is enough.

德国U潜艇在世界大战期间最著名的战例是U9艇，1914年9月22日，U9艇在短短一个小时内连续击沉三艘1万两千吨级英国重型巡洋舰。

Although the United Kingdom has the most powerful fleet in the world, even for exercise considerations, it is necessary to purchase a batch of submarines from southern Africa.

The conversation here was in full swing, but the K submarine was unable to repair the fault for a long time, and the destroyer of the Indian Ocean Fleet was also very shameless. The destroyer "Brave" actually came directly to the K submarine to put down the small boat and asked if it needed help.

Help your sister!

Probably the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, Lieutenant General Roger Keyes, also thought that the performance of the K submarine was too shameful. Half an hour later, the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" sent a signal to cancel the rest of the exercise that day.

There is no way to cancel it. The K submarine cannot repair the fault in a short time and must be towed back to the home port for repair.

The good news is that the K submarine is fast and can return to its home port in the shortest possible time.

If that counts as good news.

Although the Mediterranean Fleet performed poorly during the daytime exercises, the generals of the Mediterranean Fleet were not affected when they participated in the banquet at night. Roger Case even asked Jackson Marshall about the situation of the ghost submarine, and it is estimated that he was also planning to purchase the ghost submarine idea.

"Although the performance of the ghost submarine is not as powerful as that of the K submarine, the performance of the ghost submarine is still very good. A submarine is not a battleship. Jackson Marshall's greatest dream is to command a battleship, but now he has become the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, talking and laughing with Roger Case.

Roger Keyes was a capable and charismatic naval officer who was born in India's North West Frontier Province and vowed to become an admiral at the age of five.

Roger Keyes did, and he was made admiral in 1930.

In 1885, Roger Keyes joined the Royal Navy. In 1900, Roger Keyes participated in the Eight-Power Allied Forces with the British Eastern Fleet. In 1904, the Russian Baltic Fleet participated in the Russo-Japanese War. He accidentally hit a British fishing boat on the Dogal Sandbar. What he did, he ended up paying Russia a huge sum of money.

During the World War, Roger Keyes participated in the Battle of the Dardanelles and the Battle of Jutland. After the war, he was appointed as the commander of the Battlecruiser Fleet, and last year he was transferred to the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet.

During Roger Case's tenure as the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, it was also considered to be the era with the highest level of combat readiness training for the Mediterranean Fleet. Many later famous generals during World War II emerged during Roger Case's tenure.

However, it is not easy for Roger Case to buy a ghost submarine. Ramsey McDonald has always advocated the reduction of armaments. After he took office, the Royal Navy's hard life will come.

ps: 2021, hello——

(End of this chapter)