Chapter 602

August 29, 1938. Wiping the sweat on his head, a German sailor standing on the deck with his upper body bare, looked at the calm ocean and smoked a cigarette. Behind him, two soldiers sat on the 88mm antiaircraft cannon, blowing the sea breeze bored, feeling the familiar ocean atmosphere.

This is a German U-shaped ocean going submarine, because the technology is mature, the failure rate is very low. It is suitable for long-distance attack in the ocean. It can even dive all the way to the east coast of the United States to lay mines or pick up spies. Of course, it has six torpedo detonators in the first four and the second two, so it's more handy to attack merchant ships.

This fleet is the sub fleet of German submarines sent by Germany to Australia. All the way, these ten submarines were escorted by a sub fleet of German cruisers, crossed the hot equator and came to the northern hemisphere. On the equator, the fleet also conducted a traditional crossing ceremony.

According to the custom of the equatorial region, the old sailors should dress up as the queen and the queen. Then these disguised characters perform a ceremony on deck u-307. At the ceremony, the captain of the 307 submarine was dressed in the old pirate captain's clothes, and even carrying the medieval command knife. Like today's cosplay, the German sailors were dressed in all kinds of clothes and dressed up with all kinds of things.

Some dressed up as kings, crowns folded out of paper, and sailors used the roots of brooms as beards. These people dress up as sea king, godfather, and even Virgin Mary, which is just as funny as the demons in Halloween. The captain and the assistant of the first mate also put on the local straw skirt and dressed themselves as women.

Then we forced the recruits to swallow the smelly pills in the laughter, and cleaned them with cocktails made of milk, salt water and fuel oil. Then we shaved them, cut their hair, and wiped the dust from the Northern Hemisphere from head to foot. Then they were allowed to enter the southern hemisphere cleanly.

Even at such a relaxed time, officers and soldiers dare not relax their vigilance. Only half of the officers and men attended the ceremony, and the rest remained in the cabin ready to fight. But in the South Atlantic, this is unnecessary. The British fleet here is no longer large. American and German merchant ships are running everywhere. Moreover, when on the equator, the German submarine formation was escorted by cruisers and destroyers, and the radar on it could detect the incoming aircraft at 100 km.

The German army now has nearly 350 submarines, which has made Donitz proud of his colleagues. What so many submarines have brought to Germany is the brilliant achievements of submarine breaking and fighting. After a series of improvements, German submarines used a large number of mature technologies, which once made the sailing rate reach an amazing level. Donitz has 200 combat ready submarines, of which about 100 are deployed in the North Atlantic, more than 70 are hunting in the Arctic Ocean, and the remaining 20 are ordered to carry out combat missions in the Mediterranean and gibraltarian.

The remaining 10 ships, as planned, will be sent to Australia, where they will launch an attack on the Japanese Navy. But as everyone knows, this German fleet is just a show. However, this fleet also has its own task, that is, to reserve its own experience for German ocean going missions.

In each submarine, there are 10 technicians, who replace the original crew position. As onboard testers and maintenance personnel, they are responsible for keeping the submarine in good operation at all times. More engineers and maintenance personnel are on the supply ship, and they will provide higher level maintenance services for submarines.

Along the way, they are drilling ocean voyage and testing some new equipment on the submarine, including a passive radar monitor, which is used to detect the radar wave from the other side and provide passive radar warning for the submarine. There is also a small radar system. The radar installed on the submarine can detect the sky target 70 km away. Although it is not very reliable, it is enough to provide a safer diving environment for the submarine.

These devices are prepared for expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, because after all, the Japanese Navy and aviation are impressive. Akado does not want these submarines sent out to be threatened by Japanese aircraft. Of course, another submarine is equipped with a streamlined ship island to test whether the underwater noise reduction is as good as expected.

An underwater vent pipe invented by German can make submarines stay underwater for quite a long time. Although this vent pipe will emit black exhaust gas and stir up a lot of waves, this kind of equipment can really make submarines use more powerful diesel engine as the driving force when they are underwater.

Smart submarine commanders quickly mastered this new technology, they re drafted the submarine combat technical code, changed the navigation specification to "sailing with vent pipe at night, which can effectively reduce the probability of submarine being found."

The submarine fleet parted on the equator from a German missile destroyer and a cruiser that protected them. The submarine fleet, several supply ships and three Northern British destroyers continued to move south, while the German cruisers and destroyers returned to the Mediterranean to participate in the anti submarine escort mission.

There is only one German missile destroyer left now. It has proved that using liquid fuel missiles on the sea is a very dangerous thing. Although a very long-range attack brought forward the history of human using missiles to 1938, a few months later, a German missile destroyer exploded because of a refueling accident, Finally, he was discharged from active service because of serious damage.

Facts have proved that it is totally wrong to blindly improve the scientific and technological content of weapons for the sake of data, which will lead to stability defects due to immature technology. The Germans returned to the old way and began to manufacture new automatic gun cruisers to replace immature missile destroyers. Due to the lack of overseas supply bases, the Germans did not choose to bypass the southern Africa, then the Indian Ocean controlled by the British, and finally the Malacca area controlled by the Japanese to fight in the Pacific region. Instead, we took the opposite route. The entire sub fleet of German submarines will sail south to the south of South America, where they will get supplies in Argentina and then sail directly from relatively safe areas to Australia. Argentina, as a South American country, has always maintained good diplomatic relations with the third German Empire in acardo. It is very convenient for the German fleet to obtain supplies there（ In history, there was a saying that Hitler fled to Argentina, so we can see how close the relationship between Germany and Argentina was at that time.) the German sailors who had been ashore in turn in Argentina and had a good time were already breaking the waves in the Southeast Pacific. Their target is Australia, which is the "territory" of their allies and a place being invaded by enemy Japan. They went there to fight, to show the determination of the Third Reich to exist globally, and to soothe the fragile hearts of northern Britain. The sea breeze was blowing on everyone's faces. The submarine captain standing on the bridge in the middle of the ship put down his telescope. A Northern British destroyer in the distance sent a safety signal. It seems that the Americans did not intend to prevent the Germans from entering the Pacific Ocean. In fact, Roosevelt received a notice from the German Navy in Argentina one day ago. Intelligence showed that the German wanted to enter the Pacific through the south of 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. In his hands, there are about 100 destroyers, dozens of cruisers, several newly repaired battleships, as well as the two remaining aircraft carriers, the York City and the Raider, The Langley is barely a carrier of seaplane) such a fleet can't cope with Japan. Of course, he won't look for trouble for the German. Now Nimitz is more interested in the light aircraft carrier independence that the United States is seizing the time to catch up with. Once several aircraft carriers of this level join the active service, the US Navy can at least have the strength to fight against the Japanese Navy. But now, Donitz can only watch the Japanese prepare to attack Oahu Island, and there is nothing to do“ It seems that the Americans are not going to intercept us, and it seems that they have not provided our intelligence to the king of England. " The German submarine captain lit a cigar for himself and said with a smile. He got a lot of good things in Argentina, and cigars are one of them. Generally speaking, it's a luxury for the captain who is on a mission in the North Atlantic to smoke after the submarine floats up. However, because most of the submarines are sailing on the water this time, the captain doesn't show that kind of suffocated expression at this moment“ It's said that we will arrive in Australia in another month. I don't know if the people there will welcome us The chief mate leaned against the railing, enjoying the cool feeling of the sea breeze, and said, "it's said that a merchant ship sent before is about to arrive at the port there, and then they will send us the negotiation results."“ No one's sick, is he? " This is the most frequently asked question recently. Every day, every crew member has to measure his body temperature, and under the supervision of the officers, he eats all kinds of unsavory dried fruits to supplement the corresponding vitamins“ It's all right The chief officer replied, "it seems that we are really lucky."