Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1803
Yoshihira Hiraga and Kikuo Fujimoto, who served as the director of the fourth department of the Ship Administration Headquarters, are known as the "Double Empires of the Empire" in the Japanese shipbuilding industry.

Joe Hiraga was born in 1878. He graduated from the chief shipbuilding department of Tokyo Tei University of Technology, and later studied at Greenwich Naval Academy in the United Kingdom. He is considered to be a firmly orthodox "British style" designer.

In 1916, Ryo Hiraga participated in the design of the "Nagato" class battleship, and proposed a transformation design to use the space behind the second funnel of the Nagato type to install a joint turret. This plan was applied to the later Kaga class battleship .

After the "Washington Naval Treaty" was signed, the Eighth Eighth Fleet plan was stranded. The battleships and cruisers that Pinghe asked to participate in the design, except for Nagato and Mutsu, were either converted into aircraft carriers or disintegrated in the dock, or they were used as torpedoes and artillery shells. The shooting target sinks.

In order to make up for the lack of combat power of the capital ship, the Japanese Navy was forced to start developing auxiliary ships based on cruisers. In 1923, Joe Hiraga and Kikuo Fujimoto had serious differences in the design of the "Myoko" class cruiser, and Joe Hiraga was angry. And leave the fourth part, go to the Naval Institute of Technology.

In 1925, Joe Hiraga served as the director of the Naval Technology Research Institute. This is a purely technical research position and does not participate in warship design. However, Joe Hiraga has always been concerned about the Japanese Navy's shipbuilding plan.

According to the "Washington Naval Treaty", Japan could build a 1931-ton battleship in 35000 to replace old ships that were 20 years old.

So in July of this year, Kikuo Fujimoto submitted a shipbuilding plan, which is the King Kong-class battlecruiser.

Affected by the economic crisis, Kikuo Fujimoto proposed a plan with a hull weight of less than 9000 tons, which is too light.

Ping He let know about Fujimoto Kikuo's plan through his old subordinates, and believed that Fujimoto Kikuo's plan had major flaws.

So Hiraga also designed a plan. In the naval technical meeting hosted by the Minister of Naval Ship Administration, Kobayashi Kizo, after Fujimoto Kikuo announced the Kongo generation ship plan, Hiraga criticized Fujimoto Kikuo's plan on the spot and made a statement. Come up with your own plan.

The Japanese naval shipbuilding industry, Hiraga Joe and Fujimoto Kikuo are both well-known, and the two have serious differences of opinion. The meeting fell into chaos and no resolution was formed.

After the meeting, the senior officials of the Naval Fleet Administration Headquarters believed that Hiraga, who was in charge of technical research, raised a personal private case at a formal meeting, which was tantamount to violating his duties and infringing on rights, and he was quite critical of Hiraga.

At the same time, among the people involved in the Naval Administration Headquarters who witnessed the incident, there were comments such as "Hiraga is dissatisfied with being the director of the Technical Research Institute full-time", "I want to take this opportunity to return to the Shipbuilding Department", "I want to take this opportunity to get promoted" and so on. Rumors began to spread.

The result of the abortion of the plan made Hiraga very disappointed.

Rumors in Japan made Hiraga even more anxious, multiple factors superimposed, Hiraga was hospitalized due to illness, and it was not caused by the agents of Brad's office.

In the Affiliated Hospital of the Tokyo Imperial University Medical School, the floor where Joe Hiraga was located was deserted, and only a few subordinates of the Naval Institute of Technology stood guard outside the ward where Joe Hiraga was located.

"Those rumors must have been spread by people from the Kaga faction. Their purpose is to attack the teacher to cover up their serious lack of ability. We should appeal to the high-level of the Naval Ship Administration Headquarters to cancel the injustice to the teacher. Treatment." Joe Hiraga's student Shinji Nishida was filled with righteous indignation, and the conflict between Joe Hiraga and Kikuo Fujimoto was hidden behind the factional dispute between the two factions of the Japanese Navy.

Just as the generals from the Satsuma clan controlled the military administration and military orders of the old Japanese navy, the naval designers from the Kaga clan have been controlling the warship design monopoly since the founding of the Japanese navy since the era of Sasou Sataka, the veteran of the Japanese shipbuilding industry. status.

The fourth division of the Fleet Administration Headquarters led by Kikuo Fujimoto is dominated by designers from the Kaga faction.

Joe Hiraga, who was not from the Kaga domain, is naturally Kikuo Fujimoto's thorn in the side and thorn in the flesh.

While Joe Hiraga was the director of the Institute of Naval Technology, he was also a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University of Engineering. Shinji Nishida was a student of Joe Hiraga and also worked at the Institute of Naval Technology.

"Now the Naval Fleet Administration Headquarters is also controlled by the Kaga faction, otherwise the director will not be left idle—" Akira Oishi, who also works at the Naval Technology Research Institute, lamented that the Japanese navy is really not as powerful as it seems on the surface.

Hiraga has a lonely personality, doesn't like to talk and laugh, adheres to principles, and has a tough work attitude. If there is a disagreement at work, he will not only fight with reason when facing the high-level requirements of the military, but also fight with the military (artillery, torpedo), and machine (turbine). , Electrical and other departments are not easy to compromise in communication, so they have made many enemies, which is known as "Pinga does not give way".

In 1923, Kato Kanji, who had always supported Hiraga, was transferred from the Deputy Chief of the Military Command Department. Hiraga was dismissed from the post of planning director and sent abroad to Europe and the United States to inspect naval ships, shipyards, and universities in various countries. It lasted 8 months. After returning to China in January, there was no post for about 1924 months after that. During that time, the planning and design of Japanese naval ships was completely dominated by Kikuo Fujimoto.

Kikuo Fujimoto is known as the "genius" of Japanese naval ship design.

Kikuo Fujimoto is completely different from Joe Hiraga in terms of design ideas. He is unconventional, keen to adopt new technologies, and often proposes some new ideas that have never appeared before.

If these two people can get along closely, they may complement each other in character, but unfortunately because of the factional disputes in the Japanese Navy, the two are basically strangers.

"Then we will report to the higher authorities, and we must not let the teacher suffer innocent injustice." Shinji Nishida is unwilling to let it go. Japan is not only the army, but also the navy.

"Still be cautious—"

"Wait until the teacher wakes up—"

"Master Fujimoto's plan is not realistic at all, and the plan is not reasonable at all—"

"It cannot be blamed on Colonel Fujimoto, the request from the Admiralty is unreasonable."

The researchers talked a lot. They had ideals and technologies, but unfortunately there was no room for implementation.

Restricted by the "Washington Naval Treaty" and the impact of the economic crisis, the Japanese navy put forward many unreasonable demands in order to make up for the shortage of ships and blindly pursue single-ship combat effectiveness.

In order to meet the requirements of the Ministry of the Navy, the design department of the Navy has come up with increasingly unreasonable plans.

Not long ago, the Chidori-class minecraft designed by the fourth department of the Ship Administration Headquarters became a typical failure representative of Japanese warship design during this period.

Article 600a of the "London Naval Treaty" stipulates that there is no limit to ships under 600 tons. In order to escape the restrictions of the "London Naval Treaty", the Japanese Navy can only make a fuss about [-] tons.

The Chidori-class minecraft has a design displacement of 533 tons, three 3mm naval guns, and two double-mounted 127mm torpedo tubes. It is required that the speed must reach 533 knots. The scheme is not satisfactory.

Can you be satisfied? The "Durban" class cruiser with a displacement of 3100 tons in southern Africa only installed two twin 125mm naval guns, and the 533-ton Chidori-class mineboat dared to install three. The layout is still the first two After that, there are torpedo tubes. With so many weapons concentrated on a warship with a displacement of only 533 tons, the final result can be imagined.

After the completion of the Chidori class, because there were too many weapons and the tonnage was too small, there were problems with too high a stable center and a serious lack of resilience, so that the test voyage in calm sea conditions was severely tilted. The ship was under full speed at 15 degrees When cornering the rudder, the ship will tilt more than 30 degrees.

At this time, a wave hits, and the ship may capsize.

This is the consequence of overthrowing the seedlings.

In order to achieve the purpose of the Ministry of the Navy, the designers had to modify the Chidori-class plan, tow it back to the shipyard and install bulges on both sides to widen the hull and improve stability.

However, this modification brought the displacement of the Chidori class to 730 tons, which has exceeded the limit of the "London Naval Treaty".

At the same time, the researchers also limited the rudder angle at high speeds to artificially improve the congenital defects of the equipment, but this method of treating the symptoms but not the root causes serious hidden dangers in the future.

While the researchers were discussing, Fujimoto Kikuo suddenly appeared in the hospital corridor.

Shinji Nishida got up immediately and looked at Fujimoto Kikuo with bad eyes.

Da Shiming secretly gave Shinji Nishida a hand.

Shinji Nishida took a deep breath, and finally lowered his head in front of Kikuo Fujimoto.

"How is Hiraga-kun?" Kikuo Fujimoto came to visit Hiraga Joe.

"Teacher has just taken the medicine and is resting." Dashiming respectfully, the dispute is the dispute, where is the status? The Naval Institute of Technology can talk to Kikuo Fujimoto without bowing, and Hiraga is the only one.

"Well, I hope Hiraga-kun can get well as soon as possible—" Kikuo Fujimoto hesitated to speak, looked through the glass at Hiraga Ryo who was lying on the hospital bed with needles, let out a long sigh, and finally left.

Watching Kikuo Fujimoto disappear into the corridor, Shinji Nishida picked up the flowers brought by Kikuo Fujimoto and threw them directly into the trash can next to him.

Da Shi Ming also sighed and remained silent, after all he was still young.

"The hypocritical guys are all bastards!" Shinji Nishida was still angry.

"Nishida-kun, calm down—"

"For the sake of the teacher, we have to endure humiliation—"

The researchers have persuaded.

At this time, a doctor in a white coat and a mask came over to change Hiraga's dressing.

Shinji Nishida and Akira Oishi immediately went up to meet him: "Doctor, how is the teacher's health?"

"It's hard to say now, we will do our best, please don't disturb the patient's rest, the patient needs to be quiet." The doctor said righteously, Shinji Nishida and Akira Oishi immediately shut up.

You must listen to what the doctor said.

Two hours later, Shinji Nishida suddenly noticed that Joe Hiraga on the hospital bed didn't seem to be moving at all.

So Nishida Shinji walked into the hospital bed to check and found that Hiraga Joe had stopped breathing.

"Doctor, doctor—" Da Shiming immediately went to call the doctor.

"Kikuo Fujimoto, it must be him, he murdered the teacher!" Shinji Nishida cried bitterly.

This--

Fujimoto Kikuo was really wronged, he didn't even enter the ward.

(End of this chapter)