Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 206: Encounter (Part 2)

The Yi 60 is an ocean-going submarine with a range of 10,000 nautical miles and the corresponding self-sustaining capacity. This is due to her huge tonnage. The underwater displacement reaches 2,300 tons, which is almost twice the length of U106. But only 25 meters more than the opponent. However, the ‘sexual’ performance of the Iraqi 60, whether it is the speed of the voyage or the depth of the diving, is not as good as the German cousin who is a few times smaller than her.

In the final analysis, Japan’s technology accumulation is insufficient. Japan has not been able to grasp the essence of the German design, or that Dr. Zehel left behind the Japanese secretly, this kind of thing may not be impossible. It happened, but if you want to take the arrogance of a German engineer, you should disdain to do it.

Don't look at Germany losing so badly in World War I, but in front of Asians, they still hold a special sense of superiority, because no matter how frustrated they are, they are still proud Germans.

It is said that Japanese submarines finally broke away from the influence of Holland submarines and became the only countries in the world capable of designing and manufacturing submarines by themselves. You must know that until the 21st century, submarine manufacturing is still a cutting-edge technology that only a few countries can master.

In the early days, there were only a few Holland submarines in the combined fleet, and the sailors were all trained by the diving team. Now that Japan has advanced domestically produced submarines, this early training mode is no longer applicable.

At that time, the "Special Investigation Committee for Aircraft and Submarines" within the Japanese Navy came to the conclusion that Japan must train naval officers and soldiers who can "operate" as new submarines as soon as possible, otherwise, even if submarines are built in the future, the navy will No one is available.

So a formal submarine crew training school was established, which was included in the Naval Department’s agenda that year. The following year was 1919, an organization called the Preparatory Committee of the Naval Submarine School was established in Wugang Town Shoufu.

At that time, it was at the beginning of the Taisho era. The Japanese Navy was making every effort to build the so-called "Eight Six Fleet". Funds were invested in the construction of ships, so that the construction of land facilities was placed in a secondary position. No matter how important the training of personnel is, it is more important than the giant guns on the berth.

As a result, the Japanese Navy’s first regular submarine crew training school, the "Japanese Navy Diving School," was arranged on an old warship that was close to retirement. That is one of the famous "Three Scenic Ships" of the Japanese Navy, the protective cruiser Itsukushima.

The so-called "Three Scenic Ships" are three cruisers specially built by the Japanese Navy in the past to fight against the main battleships of the Beiyang Navy, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan. They carry a'gate' that can penetrate the main armor of Dingzhen and Dingyuan. The ten-millimeter cannon actually played no role in the "Jiawu naval battle" because the gun’s firing speed was too slow, and it was difficult to turn to aim. Apart from listening to a sound to boost morale, it basically did not play any role.

Furthermore, in order to install the ‘door’ heavy artillery, the hull armor was weakened in the design. As a result, it was nicknamed "naked warriors with sharp blades" in the Japanese Navy, which became a joke among officers and soldiers. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the two ships were reclassified as second-class cruisers, and later participated in the suppression of the Boxers and the Japanese-Russian Battle of Tsushima. By 1912, the two old ships were downgraded to second-class coastal defense. The ship only accepted some offshore patrols and never performed any combat missions.

The Itsukushima ship was in the best condition at the time, and there was enough interior and deck space, so the Japanese Navy decided to use her waste and converted it into a submarine school floating on the water. The Itsukushima was also transferred from a second-class coastal defense ship to become a "secret military ship" of the Navy.

This work lasted three full years. By 1921, at the famous "Washington Conference", countries signed the "Washington Naval Treaty" aimed at balancing the naval power of all countries. Under common pressure from European and American powers , Japan suffered a dark loss in the treaty and was forced to stop the construction of a batch of warships.

As a result, the Navy had an extra amount of spare money, so it began to fully invest in the construction of the Navy’s land infrastructure. Wu Zhenshou's Mansion marked a piece of land on the west bank of the Navy's "Powder" Laboratory and began to build school buildings and dormitories to serve as a residence for the new Naval Diving School.

In fact, there is another reason. The Itsukushima has been included in the list of retired warships. Just to make up the 4,300 tons of shipbuilding, the Japanese do not have many choices.

Since that time, the Imperial Japanese Naval Diving School has taken root in Kure Port and began to continuously send submarine commanders and ‘operators’ as sailors to the fleet, as well as naval special divers.

However, it is impossible to train qualified ship operators on land. It is necessary to conduct actual training on actual submarines. Therefore, the Japanese Navy selected excellent ship operators in various diving teams. The submarine serves as a training submarine.

I 60 is now such a training submarine. Although she belongs to the Sasebo Guard House, because it has just gone through a comprehensive overhaul, the ship’s equipment needs a period of time to run in, and it is just used to undertake the training task. I just came out of the naval repair shop, isn't it the best condition?

At this time, a total of 98 crew members were carried on the Yi 60. In addition to the 63 soldiers of the submarine itself, the commander of the 28th diving team Moriji Kishima, There are 33 naval diving school teachers and students including the team's staff officer Nomura Ryunosuke Shaosuke, and the naval diving school instructor Captain Fujiki Takeo.

Thirty-five people more than the rated number came out. This kind of thing is almost impossible in the German Navy, but it has become commonplace in the Imperial Japanese Navy. In order to train and prepare for war, the Japanese navy even chanted the slogan "moon, fire, water, wood, gold," and there was nothing they could do.

In history, during the Pacific War~IndoMTL.com~ Japanese submarines were mostly overloaded when they sailed. In addition to some sailors who were ready to replace, there were also staff officers, marines, naval intelligence personnel from various levels of command, etc. , Rarely less than eighty people.

This is also because the space in the cabin of the large ocean-going submarine is large enough to squeeze so many people. When it was replaced by a German ocean-going submarine, even the toilets were used for replenishment. There was still room for dozens of people to squeeze in. Therefore, in history, German submarines were mostly lacking and rarely overcrowded.

The characteristic of large seas is that everything is big, and even the command tower is twice as big as the Germans. Because the sea conditions in the Sea of ​​Japan and the Western Pacific are complex and often encounter large storms, the Japanese submarine’s command tower The part is designed as a fixed ceiling, installed with glass windshield and portholes, forming a semi-enclosed bridge structure. From this point of view, the captains of Japanese submarines are much more comfortable than those of German captains, at least when cruising on the sea, they can have a place to shelter from wind and rain.

But this kind of bridge also has a shortcoming. The viewing field is not as clear as the German open bridge, and it will increase a lot of resistance when diving, which affects the speed of the submarine's emergency dive. But then again, the Japanese submarine design has fallen behind again at this time, especially these ocean-going submarines, in fact, there is no option of rapid diving at all, because of the lack of buoyancy reserves, the sinking may be faster.

"What did you find? The "Flower" room." The commander of the team, Nakasa Kishima, climbed up the control tower.

"Oh, commander, it's a German submarine." Fang Shaozuo put down his binoculars and pointed to u106 in front of him and reported loudly.

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