Chapter 602: Distant fleet

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August 29, 1938. Wiping the sweat from his head, a German sailor with bare upper body stood on the deck, looking at the calm ocean and smoking a cigarette comfortably. Behind him, two soldiers sat on an 88mm anti-aircraft cannon, blowing the sea breeze boredly, feeling the familiar breath of the ocean.
This is a German u-shaped ocean-going submarine, because the technology is mature and the failure rate is very low. It is suitable for the long-distance sneak attack of the ocean, and can even be submerged all the way to the US east coast to lay mines or pick up spies. Of course, it has a total of six torpedo tubes in the first four and second two, so it is more handy to start the old business that attacked the merchant ship.
This fleet is the German submarine squadron that Germany sent to Australia. These ten submarines were escorted by a German cruiser squadron along the way, crossed the hot equator, and came to the northern hemisphere. At the equator, the fleet also performed a traditional equator crossing ceremony.
According to the customs of the area near the equator, the old sailors should disguise themselves as the hope and queen of the sea. Then these disguised figures held a ceremony on deck U-307. At the ceremony, the captain of submarine 307 wore ancient pirate captain clothes and even carried a medieval command knife. Similar to today ’s cosplay, German sailors wore various clothes and dressed them with various things. Yourself.
Some people pretended to be kings, the crown was folded from paper, and the sailors also used the broom roots as beards. These people dressed as Neptune, the godfather, and even the Virgin Mary are just as funny as the monsters and ghosts in Halloween. The captain and the assistants of the first officer also put on local straw skirts at this time and dressed themselves as women.
Then in the laughter, everyone forced the recruits to swallow the unpleasant pills, and then cleaned them with a cocktail made of milk, brine, and fuel, and then shaved them, cut their hair, and wiped the dust from the northern hemisphere, Only then were they allowed to enter the southern hemisphere cleanly.
Even at such a relaxing moment, the officers and men dared not relax their vigilance. Only half of the officers and men participated in the ceremony, and the remaining half remained in the cabin ready to fight. But in the South Atlantic Ocean, this is completely unnecessary. The British fleet here is no longer large, and American and German merchant ships are everywhere on the sea. What's more, while on the equator, this German submarine formation also had cruisers and destroyers escorted on the side. The radar mounted on it can completely detect the incoming aircraft at a distance of 100 kilometers.
The Germans now have nearly 350 submarines. This size has made Dunnitz laugh at his peers. So many submarines bring Germany a glorious record in submarine engagement. After a series of improvements, German submarines have used a lot of mature technology, and once made the voyage rate reach an alarming level. There are 200 submarines in the hands of Dunnitz, about 100 of which are deployed in the North Atlantic, more than 70 are hunting in the Arctic Ocean, and the remaining 20 submarines are ordered to carry out combat missions in the Mediterranean and Gibraltar.
The remaining 10 ships will be sent to Australia as planned, where they will launch an attack mission against the Japanese Navy. However, everyone knows that this German fleet is just doing things. However, this fleet also has its own mission, which is to reserve its own experience for the German ocean-going mission.
On each submarine, 10 technicians were arranged. These personnel replaced the original sailor position. As onboard testers and maintenance personnel, they were responsible for keeping the submarine in good condition at all times. More engineers and maintenance personnel are on the supply ship, and they will provide a higher level of maintenance services for the submarine.
They practiced ocean navigation along the way, tested some new equipment on the submarine, including a passive radar monitor, used to detect radar waves from the other side, and provided passive radar warning to the submarine. There is also a small radar system. This kind of radar installed on the submarine can detect sky targets 70 kilometers away. Although it is very reliable, it is enough to provide a safer diving environment for the submarine.
These devices were prepared for the expedition to the Pacific, because after all, the Japanese naval aviation was impressive, and Akado did not want the submarines sent by them to be threatened by Japanese aircraft. Of course, there is also a submarine with a streamlined island, to test whether the noise reduction under water is as good as expected.
An underwater snorkel invented by the Germans can allow the submarine to stay underwater for a long time. Although this snorkel will emit black exhaust gas and agitate a lot of waves, this device does allow the submarine to dive. In the state of using the more powerful diesel engine as the driving force.
The clever submarine commanders soon mastered this new type of technology. They re-enacted the submarine combat technical code, and changed the sailing specification to "snorkeling at night, which can effectively reduce the discovery of submarines. Probability. "
The submarine fleet separated from the German missile destroyer and cruiser protecting them on the equator. The submarine fleet and several supply ships and three northern British destroyers continued to go south, while German cruisers and destroyers returned to the Mediterranean to participate in anti-submarine missions.
Only two of Germany ’s two new types of missile destroyers are left. It turns out that using liquid fuel missiles at sea is a very dangerous thing, although an ultra-long-range attack has advanced the history of human use of missiles to 1938. However, a few months later, due to an accident with refueling, a missile destroyer in Germany exploded and was eventually decommissioned due to severe damage.
Facts have proved that it is completely wrong to blindly increase the technological content of weapons for data, which will lead to stability defects due to immature technology. The Germans returned to the old road and started to manufacture new automatic artillery cruisers wholeheartedly to replace immature missile destroyers.
This time the voyage, due to the lack of overseas supply bases, the Germans did not choose to bypass southern Africa, then through the Indian Ocean controlled by the British, and eventually bypassed the Japanese-controlled area of ​​Malacca to enter the Pacific region. Instead, the opposite route was used.
The entire German submarine squadron will sail south and eventually reach the south of South America, where they will receive supplies in Argentina and then sail directly to Australia from a relatively safe area. Argentina, as a South American country, has always maintained good diplomatic relations with Akado ’s German Third Reich, and the German fleet has obtained supplies there, which is really convenient. (Hitler ’s escape from Argentina has been reported in history, and this shows how close Germany and Argentina were at that time)
The German sailors who took turns ashore in Argentina for a while have been breaking waves at the moment in the Southeast Pacific. Their target is Australia, where they are the "territories" of their allies, a place that is being invaded by enemy Japan. They went there to fight, to show the determination of the third empire's global existence, and to soothe the fragile souls of northern England.
The sea breeze was blowing on everyone's face. The submarine captain standing on the bridge in the middle of the ship lowered his telescope. A northern British destroyer in the distance sent a safe signal. It seems that the Americans did not intend to stop Germany. People entered the Pacific to fight. In fact, Roosevelt received a notification from the German navy appearing in Argentina a day ago, and intelligence showed that the Germans wanted to enter the Pacific through southern South America. Roosevelt immediately sent a telegram to Nimitz, ordering him not to provoke the fleet from the Third Reich.
In fact, Nimitz really has no energy to manage this fleet from Germany. He has about a hundred destroyers, dozens of cruisers, plus a few battleships that have just been repaired, and the only surviving ones now. The two aircraft carriers York City and Assault (if hard to calculate, Langley barely counts as a seaplane carrier) such a fleet against Japan is still stretched, of course, he will be fine to find trouble for the Germans.
Now Nimitz is more interested in the light aircraft carrier Independence, which is being seized by the United States as soon as possible. Once several aircraft carriers of this level are in active service, then the US Navy can at least have the power to fight the Japanese Navy. But now, Dunnitz can only watch as the Japanese prepare to attack Oahu and do nothing.
"It seems that the Americans do not intend to intercept us, and it seems that they have not provided our intelligence to the King Britain." The German submarine captain said while laughing with a cigar. He got a lot of good things in Argentina, and cigars are one of them. Generally speaking, the captain who performs the mission on the North Atlantic Ocean is very luxurious to enjoy smoking after the submarine floats. However, this time the submarine is sailing on the water in most cases, so at this moment the captain does not Showing that suffocated expression.
"I heard that we will arrive in Australia in another month. I don't know if people there will welcome us." The first officer leaned on the railing, enjoying the cool feeling of the sea breeze, and said: "Before I heard A merchant ship dispatched is about to arrive at the port there, and they will send us the results of the negotiations. "
"Isn't anyone sick?" This is the question he asked the most recently. Every crew member should take temperature every day and eat all kinds of unpalatable dried fruits under the supervision of officers to supplement the corresponding vitamins. .
"Everything is normal." The first officer replied: "It seems our luck is really good."