Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 226: Insights (Part 1)

The wooden oars were inserted into the water neatly and uniformly. In the voice of the commanding officer of the rudder, the navy sailors pulled the oar handles, the white hull split the clear blue waves, and quickly sailed to the Japanese submarine not far away.

Because there were two more crew members than before, the two Japanese sailors stayed on the deck of U106, ready to wait for a while to exchange supplies, and then pick them up. But it seemed that the two superiors didn't mind at all. They were very happy to stay on the German submarine and continue to taste Western tea and cigarettes.

As the name suggests, the Haida 3B submarine is a huge submarine. In the establishment of the Imperial Japanese Navy at that time, she was classified as a first-class submarine and regarded as the core main force of the naval submarine force. However, in terms of tonnage, Haida can only rank second in the submarine category. At present, the patrol submarine III with an underwater displacement of up to 3,500 tons is ranked first. However, the Navy has only Two patrol submersible three types were built, the hull numbers are Yi 7 and Yi 8.

In addition, as far as Guidao knows, there is a larger-tonnage submarine in the Wu Naval Factory at the moment being outfitted. According to the plan, it should be completed by the end of next year. The submarine was internally designated as a cruiser. Type A, in accordance with the Japanese Navy’s numbering rule, should be named the Yi⑨ submarine.

I want to mention the classification of Japanese navy submarines. First of all, the Japanese Navy uses tonnage as the standard to classify submarines in the series into first, second, and third classes. First-class submarines are large submarines over 1,500 tons. Second-class submarines are medium-sized submarines under 1,500 tons, and third-class submarines are old or small submarines less than 1,000 tons. Most of these submarines are old submarines purchased from abroad or Japanese submarines during the initial period of the Japanese submarine force. Imitation version.

In the first-class submarine category, it is divided into two categories: Haida and patrol submarine. This is mainly distinguished from the equipment and use of the two. Haida is an ocean-going fleet attack submarine. The main weapons are torpedoes and deck artillery, while the cruiser type can be seen as a large enhanced version of the sea. It has a larger size and tonnage, stronger surface firepower and longer range.

What's more special is that the patrol submarine is equipped with a water reconnaissance aircraft in the airtight cabin at the lower part of the conning tower, making it easier for her to spot enemy ships in the vast sea. Of course, the cost of this kind of submarine is also very touching. Even the rich navy dare not build more. So far, only eight submarines have been in service, named the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine Yi 1-8.

In the first-class submarine, there is also a large-scale mine-laying submarine of 1,700 tons. The Japanese navy calls it "Machine Submarine" (Mine mine in Japanese means mine). Each mine-laying submarine can carry Forty-two naval type 88 mines. The Japanese navy has built only four of these submarines, with hull numbers ranging from Iraq 121 to Iraq 124.

In history, these four mine-laying submarines were only in the early stage of the Pacific War. A few mines were laid along the coast of Australia and Singapore, and only a small part of the results were obtained. For the rest of the war, these submarines have been doing weather reconnaissance, During the battle of Guadalcanal, they also participated in the transportation of rats for a while, and even shelled the Guadalcanal airport. By the end of the war, the only four mine-laying submarines were Yi 121. In the end, along with other Japanese submarines that surrendered and were captured, they were scuttled by the US military in Wakasa Bay in Kyoto Prefecture.

"It's really a beautiful submarine." Captain Robin said with a smile at Guidao.

"Thank you for the compliment, Captain Robin, the Japanese Empire has the world's best ship designer." Guidao replied proudly.

With the help of the sailors on duty, the group boarded the Yi 60 deck. The melodious boarding whistle sounded, and then a Japanese navy chief yelled: "Stand at attention!"

A row of sailors wearing light brown tropical work uniforms of the Japanese Navy, with navy blue combat caps on their heads, lined up on the deck with their heads high, paying attention to the German guests.

"Go here, please." When he arrived at his own site, Guidao Zhongzuo became more confident. As the highest-ranking officer on the ship at this time, he was responsible for the reception of the "visiting friends".

"This is Major Nomuna (Nomura), and this is Captain Auxiliary Engine Seven (Fujiki)." Guijima introduced the other officers to Robin.

At this time, almost all the officers with stars on the shoulders of the Iraqi 60 ran onto the deck, such as the voyage Nagasomeya on the Iraqi 60, the ship medical officer Yamagami, the nagami Morinaga, the machine chief Akiyoshi, the gunner Nagakawajima, etc. Wait, a group of navy officers wearing beige short-sleeved uniforms stepped forward and shook hands with the German officers one by one. A special agent Cao held a Zeiss camera and kept pressing the shutter around the crowd to record this historical scene. .

After a brief visit to the submarine bridge, Robin and Igor entered the Yi 60 boat from the entrance and exit of the command tower. This is a large submarine with a displacement of 2,300 tons. The width of the hull reaches 7.9 meters. It can park two trucks side by side. Of course, the interior of the cabin cannot be so spacious, because the Yi 60 has something rare at the time. With a double-shell structure, the width of the inner compartment is slightly wider than that of U106.

Because the materials and processing technology of the Japanese submarine are relatively backward, the strength of the pressure hull is extremely limited, so the Haida III dives to a depth of 60 meters at the deepest, even one-third of the theoretical dive depth of U106 None of them arrived.

As mentioned earlier, the German IXB can dive to a depth of 200 meters. In fact, many submarines have broken through this depth in actual combat, and the current popular conventional anti-submarine weapons in the world face the kind of deep navigation. The submarine is completely powerless. Except that the setting depth of the water pressure fuze cannot be reached at all, the sinking speed of conventional deep bombs is about five meters per second. Even if the depth water bomb has not detonated after a distance of 200 meters, the German submarine has already run twice. Go inside.

The command module of No. 60 was cleaned quite cleanly. The floor covered with rubber anti-skid pads was almost spotless, and the metal surfaces of the equipment and pipelines in the cabin were rubbed shiny. This surprised the two German officers. Compared with this Japanese submarine, their U106 is as dirty as a tractor that has turned more than a dozen hands.

Actually, the German Navy also pays great attention to the sanitary conditions inside the ships. The crew members are as clean and shiny as their submarines when sailing, but as the sailing time increases, where does the crew have the physical strength and energy to maintain the cabin? Hygiene, they don't even bother to take care of personal hygiene, so cologne is the standard ration for German submarines and sailors. Captain Robin finally shaved his beard once a week, replaced by the few casual captains in the fleet, and went out to sea with clean little white faces. When he returned to the voyage, he became a bearded barbarian.

However, Robin has also boarded a few extremely clean German submarines, such as the U1001. I don’t know where that guy is lurking now. The captain finally found some balance in his mind~IndoMTL.com~This is ours Helm seat. "Guidao introduced generously, and Robin quickly watched.

The instrument of the Japanese submarine did not cover anything, and Robin felt that it was unnecessary, because he didn't recognize any of the other markings on the instrument except for a few separate English letters.

"It's all Chinese characters." The captain whispered and looked at his deputy captain in a blink of an eye.

Igor didn't speak, but squeezed his eyes quickly at the captain. Captain Robin immediately breathed a sigh of relief. With a schoolmaster around him, that was so reassuring.

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