Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 223: Visit and exchange (on)

To say that Japan has also had a long period of time, the people generally believe that "foreign moons are rounder." If the domestic conservative forces were not stubborn and strong enough, the Japanese empire in the Meiji Taisho era almost turned around several times.

The Japanese navy is supposed to be the first group of Japanese citizens to see the world clearly, but in fact only a few have actually seen foreign scenery, and they are limited to some qualified naval officers.

Not every Japanese naval officer has the conditions to go abroad for inspection. For example, Nakasa Kishima never went abroad to study abroad. His graduation grades belonged to middle and lower grades. He ranked 62nd among the 95 graduates in the class This is not an elite student, and it is even less likely to get the "short sword bestowed by the emperor" (that is the prize that can only be won by the student who ranks first and second in the grade of graduation).

Graduates with average grades like him, unless they have the opportunity to enter the Naval University for further study, they will wait for the grassroots troops to work hard. Moriji Nagasa Kishima has spent 24 full years before becoming the commander of a diving team.

To say that there are not many graduates in this period of Guidao who are outstanding, the best among the classmates is Takeji Ohno, who is currently serving as the naval staff of the base camp in the military headquarters. In history, this one has been in four or four years. He also served as the fourth captain of the battleship Yamato. Before his retirement, he held the post of Director of Naval Personnel, and his final rank was Rear Admiral of the Empire.

Speaking of this, Ohno Osa's graduation grades are only a little better than that of Takashima. He is ranked 42 out of 95. But the problem is that his father is the Japanese Navy Admiral (Marshal) Ijiin Goro, who passed on to Ono Yoshikata Navy. After Dazuo, he was given the surname Ohye, a proper navy*.

Kuishima climbed up to the U-106 command tower with great interest, and could hardly contain his excitement. He may be the first Japanese navy soldier to be allowed to enter the main ocean-going submarine of the country. History has to wait until In 1942, the Japanese navy first came into contact with the German diving force after the Iraq 30 under the command of Nobuo Endo went to Germany.

"The equipment does not look much different from Haida." Guidao said to the flower room.

Both of them are experts who have served as submarine captains for a long time. Even if they see part of the equipment in the U-boat command tower for the first time, they can guess their purpose.

In terms of design, the command tower of the German U-boat and the command tower of the Japanese navy submarine belong to two styles. The Japanese navy obviously borrowed the design of the large cruise artillery submarine equipped in early France and Britain, such as the majestic Sucuf. Japanese designers added some changes of their own, and the structure is a large command tower. The advantage is that there is enough space to place command, observation, combat and navigation equipment. The disadvantage is of course that it is not conducive to concealment at sea, and it will increase a lot of resistance during submarine.

The size of the command towers of German submarines is generally small. This is due to actual combat considerations. The imaginary enemy of German submarines is the powerful Royal Navy. In combat with this kind of enemy, concealment is the most important, and small command The tower is convenient for the submarine to dive in emergency, and the submarine's underwater mobility can also be taken into account.

Historically, Germany had discovered in the middle of the war that their control towers were designed to be too small to accommodate more anti-aircraft firepower. As a result, the control towers of German submarines began to evolve to large-scale immediately. Not only the anti-aircraft firepower platform was transformed, but also four-armed guns were installed.

"This is a simple sighting device." Robin pointed to the torpedo in front of the fence and aimed at the telescope mount and said.

"Oh..." The two Japanese officers sighed, whether they understand it or not, it's always right to nod anyway.

"You two, please look over here." The third official said while holding the camera. The expressions of the two Japanese officers became a little stiffer, but the picture still looked quite harmonious.

"This will be a testament to the friendship between the navies of Germany and Japan." Robin explained that Guidao quickly gave a thumbs up to the camera after listening.

"Everyone, please follow me down here." Igor had already climbed down the hatch, half body leaning out of the hatch and said.

"Thank you." Guidao owed Robin, and then followed Igor and entered the enclosure along the vertical ladder.

The enclosure has a lot of combat command equipment. In normal underwater operations, the submarine captain will operate the attack periscope here to direct the submarine to launch an attack on the hostile target.

In later movies, you will often see the submarine commander in the main command cabin, holding the periscope in his hand, and seriously launching a torpedo attack. Although it is indeed possible to do this technically, under normal circumstances, the captain usually issues important attack commands in the enclosure or command room called the commander’s cabin. This is described in the German U-boat movie " "Attack from the Sea" is very detailed. As for the Hollywood "U571", everyone should just watch it as a lively movie, don't take it as a historical fact.

The German did not give Guidao Zhongzuo time to stay in the enclosure. He only saw a large number of small instruments of unknown name, as well as the attack periscope wrapped in the elevator shaft. The cover plates on all the observation ports were Closed, Guidao could not see the important shooting calculation table and parameter nameplate.

Of course, Japanese submarines also have this kind of attack command cabin. As mentioned earlier, the designs of Japanese and German submarines originated from the Second Empire, and there are not many differences in the overall layout.

Guidao descended neatly to the main command cabin of the submarine along the vertical ladder. This can be regarded as the brain and heart of U106. Almost all valves and equipment related to submarine navigation are installed in this cabin.

The helmsman of a submarine is generally divided into two persons. One controls the stern and stern rudder for vertical pitching of the submarine, and the other controls the stern rudder for the submarine's left and right steering. The two helmsmen work closely with each other so that the submarine can freely perform three-dimensional space underwater Maneuvering. This set of control procedures is common to all submarines all over the world. Even in the 21st century into the age of nuclear submarines, there are still two helmsmen in the submarine's control seats.

Guidao doesn’t have much interest in the steering system of German submarines. Japan believes that it does not lag behind any country in the world. The Japanese Navy actually stole a lot of cutting-edge technology from the Royal Navy in the 1920s. Because of the cooperation with Japan for many years, there were many people in the Royal Navy who had a good impression of Japan at that time. It is unfair. The British government should continue to support Japan to fight against the giant Russian bears in the north. Many people even spontaneously leaked the British Navy’s secret technology to Japan. For example, the British Armstrong maneuver...cough cough... Dynecourt, the design director of the shipyard, arbitrarily leaked the design drawings of the British battleship Nelson to the famous Japanese navy designer Jean Hiraga without authorization. The advanced design concept gave Hiraga a lot of inspiration, and was finally used in the design of Yamato.

After Guidao entered the command module~IndoMTL.com~, the most wanted to see was the U106 navigational instruments, because from the parameter settings of these instruments, a lot of confidential information about this submarine could be read out.

Be aware that all the submarine’s instruments are specially customized. Just look at the readings on the dial to accurately estimate the ship’s performance indicators. For example, the depth meter of a submarine clearly indicates the submarine's dive range and the highest dive depth. These are the secrets of the submarine and are absolutely not allowed to be disclosed to the outside world. Even if it is required for government propaganda, it will only give a false data.

Guidao found his target the first time, because it was originally a necessary instrument for sailing, and the arrangement was quite conspicuous, and its size was several times larger than other instruments.

"This..." Nakasa Kishima was a little dumbfounded. These dashboards have been coated with a thick layer of unknowing matter. Anyway, it is vague and can't be seen clearly, but Guidao can't go forward and wipe it with his hands, otherwise it will be too explicit.

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