Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2071 A Rare Opportunity for Actual Combat

Joint exercises are an opportunity to increase mutual understanding and trust.

The latter point did not exist in this exercise.

Darlan and Pound hoped to use the opportunity of the exercise to determine how many submarines the Cyprus Squadron had and the performance of the new submarines in southern Africa.

Tolan will definitely not let Darlan and Pound get what they want. When the surface ships are not strong enough, the submarine is the last trump card of the Cyprus squadron.

The exercise on the first day went very smoothly. East Cape is 170 kilometers away from Marlborough. The evacuated "refugees" went back and forth every day and had to live in Marlborough for a day. This was also a test for Marlborough's support capabilities.

Marlborough is also an ancient city, a city with many wells. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with wells now, but is famous for oil refining.

The oil from Port Elizabeth is first sent to Marlborough through oil pipelines, and after being smelted in Marlborough, it is then distributed to various parts of Europe through East Cape.

When the World War ended, Marlborough was also devastated.

Now Marlborough is a brand-new industrial city, with perfect infrastructure and convenient transportation, making Marlborough one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean.

Marlborough is only 400 kilometers away from the Suez Canal, and the Cyprus Squadron also has a base in Marlborough.

According to the scheduled exercise plan, the second item of the exercise is anti-submarine, and anti-submarine has always been the most important item in the previous exercises of the Royal Navy.

Both Darlan and Pound hope that the Cyprus Squadron can take out the most advanced "Dolphin" submarine in southern Africa to participate in the exercise.

Tolland directly refused.

There are good reasons too.

"Sorry, the Cyprus Squadron has not commissioned the 'Dolphin' submarine—"

It's not that I didn't participate, there was none at all, and this reason is sufficient.

"Someone once took photos of the 'Dolphin' submarine in the naval port of Cyprus." Pound was dissatisfied. Although the submarine was underwater most of the time, it always had to surface.

The location of Cyprus is important, and it is the key focus of the United Kingdom and France. I don’t know how many British and French agents are there in East and West Cape. Occasionally, it is normal for people to take photos of the "Dolphin" submarine.

After all, the Cyprus squadron also needs the deterrent power of the "Dolphin" submarine.

"Lord Nyasaland and Lord Rhodesia should be very concerned about the safety of Lord Cyprus—" Darlan said more bluntly. It's not a secret that Stoudemire wants to equip the "Island" class aircraft carrier to the Cyprus squadron.

"This has nothing to do with Lord Nyasaland and Lord Rhodesia. The reason why the 'Dolphin' did not participate in the exercise is for the sake of the effect of the exercise—" Tolan's words are a bit detrimental, and this is so disrespectful to Britain and France The anti-submarine technology will be blurted out.

What Tolland meant was obvious.

If the "Dolphin" participates in the exercise, I am afraid it will hit the confidence of the Royal Navy and the French Navy.

As for anti-submarine, the submarine must be found.

With the anti-submarine technology of the United Kingdom and France, most of the "dolphins" equipped with sound-absorbing tiles cannot be found at all, which would be embarrassing.

"What do you mean?" Darlan didn't quite understand.

Tolland didn't explain.

Pound's face turned livid.

When the "Ghost" submarine participated in the joint exercise for the first time, the Royal Navy failed to find it, which made a big joke.

At that time, the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet was Roger Case, and Pound was Roger Case's chief of staff.

Pound still remembered that embarrassing scene.

In the evening, Mike Tolland held a dinner in Marlborough as usual, entertaining the British and French admirals who came from afar.

Pound did not attend because he was unwell, and Pound's chief of staff, James Somerville, was present at the dinner on Pound's behalf.

James Somerville was born in 1882, a leading radio expert in the Royal Navy. From 1925 to 1931, James Somerville taught at the Naval Signal School and the Imperial Defense University. In 1932, James Somerville was appointed As a colonel, he was appointed as a major general last year and transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet as Pound's chief of staff.

James Somerville is a technically inclined admiral. He does not have the deep-rooted discrimination concept like Pound in southern Africa. James Somerville is still very curious about the radio technology in southern Africa.

The radio technology in southern Africa is very advanced, especially after Nikola Tesla came to southern Africa, the radio technology in southern Africa has developed by leaps and bounds.

The radar used by the Cyprus Squadron is the technology provided by the Tesla Research Institute.

"Sorry, I can only command warships, and I don't know the technical principles. If you are curious about this, Somerville, then you can apply to go to southern Africa for technical exchanges. I think Mr. Tesla should be very welcome." Tolan said no Talking about technology, this disappointed James Somerville.

After the surrender of France in another time and space, the United Kingdom won the Great Britain Air Battle by relying on radar.

At present, the United Kingdom has not yet mastered radar technology, so it is very urgent for this technology.

"We are allies, shouldn't we open up technology to each other?" Darlan was also curious. It must be a good thing that the Royal Navy will never forget.

"Can I visit the 'Richelieu' class battleship?" Mike Tolan sneered, there really is no good thing for the French.

"We'll talk about sharing technology later, at least we should maintain a closer relationship." James Somerville is still naive, as long as the Second World War does not break out, there can be no real intimacy between Britain, France, and southern Africa .

On the third day of the exercise, the participating fleet came to the preset exercise area to prepare for the anti-submarine exercise.

Just half an hour after the exercise started, the light cruiser "Bridgewater" of the Cyprus Squadron successfully captured a signal target.

"We found a signal target, but this target is a bit strange." When the first officer Amelia reported to Captain John Elsie, the expression on his face was puzzled.

"What's the matter?" John Elsie didn't expect to gain something so soon.

As long as the "ghost" submarine does not launch an attack, it is generally difficult to find. After all, after many optimizations, the noise level of the "ghost" submarine is not as good as that of the "dolphin", but it is also reduced to an extremely low level.

The Cyprus Squadron conducts similar exercises every year.

The Bridgewater had never found the Phantom so easily.

"The noise of the target is a bit loud, and it doesn't fit the characteristics of the 'ghost' submarine—" Amelia was not sure, and there was definitely no intentional release of water in the joint exercise.

"Find it, force it out—" John Elsie looked fiercely.

The joint exercise held by the Cyprus Squadron and the Royal Navy had announced the relevant exercise waters three months ago, reminding ships from other countries not to break in to avoid military misjudgment.

With this statement, if ships from other countries break into the exercise area, the Cyprus Squadron and the Royal Navy can directly sink them.

Well now it's obvious.

Not only the French Navy is curious about the exercises of the Cyprus Squadron and the Royal Navy, but also certain countries.

This time, military observers from other countries are not allowed to participate in the joint exercise, so the strange signals under the sea may be uninvited "bystanders."

Of course, John Elsie did not forget to report to the command.

After receiving John Elsie's telegram, Mike Tollan immediately asked Darlan and Pound, who had "returned from illness".

"The French navy did not send a submarine to participate in the exercise." Darlan said with a calm expression. France sent warships directly, so there was no need to be sneaky.

"Neither did the Royal Navy—" Pang De cherished words like gold.

"Who would that be?" Mike Tolan was also puzzled.

"Whoever it is, as long as it is not our submarine, it will be sunk directly!" Pound was in a bad mood, why waste so much talking.

Mike Tolland looked at Darlan.

Darlan also looked gloomy.

Well, those who appeared in the exercise area at this time were either Italians or Germans——

Then sink.

John Elsie was very excited when he received the order.

Since the establishment of the Cyprus Squadron, it has never participated in a formal battle. Every day is either training or exercises. John Elsie cherishes the precious opportunities for actual combat.

Before the other participating warships could react, John Elsie immediately ordered the "Bridgewater" to advance at full speed.

Soon, the "Bridgewater" arrived at the location where the strange signal was found.

Sonar showed that the unknown signal was located directly below the "Bridgewater".

The "Bridgewater" immediately ordered the release of depth charges.

Depth charges are the best weapon against submarines. Using the depth-fixed fuze, the depth charges sink to a certain depth after being dropped into the water, or detonate when approaching the target to kill the target.

The "Bridgewater" had already determined the position of the submarine under the water. When the three depth charges were dropped, the other party made a rapid sinking movement.

It's a pity that it was too late. The depth-setting fuze of the depth charge is still more reliable than the fuze of the torpedo.

After dropping three depth charges in a row, the target sank quickly, directly to the bottom of the 1200-meter deep water.

John Elsie was finally content.

The most advanced "dolphin" in the world cannot dive to a depth of 1200 meters.

During World War I, German U-boats could only dive to a depth of 120 meters.

Now the latest German submarines can only dive to a depth of about 200 meters.

The "Dolphin" submarine can dive to a depth of 300 meters, and it can also dive to 350 meters in an emergency. It is not impossible to go deeper, but it depends on luck, and it may sink directly to the bottom of the sea at any time.

Until this point, John Elsie had no idea which country belonged to the submarine the Bridgewater had sunk.

It was not until a week later that the Italian government announced that a submarine of the Italian Navy had disappeared during a mission.

At this time, the joint exercises are over.

(End of this chapter)