Chapter 745

British submarine technology is not without development, on the contrary, at the end of the first World War, the Royal Navy's anti submarine technology can be described as strong. However, with the passage of time, their technology did fall behind, especially in the case of new German submarines. This gap in technology and tactics created an irreparable gap.

Generally speaking, the sonar system on the British destroyer, or the American destroyer recently, has not been upgraded at all, and its detection accuracy is not enough to calibrate the specific position of the new German submarine, so it can not provide accurate instructions for the destroyer's next attack.

For a long time, German submarines have not updated their own technology. Even Donitz's most powerful submarines are only the enlarged and enhanced version of U-type submarines in the first World War. So the United States and Britain mistakenly thought that the German did not develop new technology, so Britain did not regard submarines as invincible rivals.

After all, in a short time after the war, Britain lost its native land, which made the British fall into a technical disadvantage. Many laboratories and large equipment could only be destroyed and could not be taken away. Therefore, except for a few technologies that Britain has tried its best to preserve, other technologies have been broken and can not meet the needs of war. Sonar technology is one of them.

Therefore, Britain has given up the research and development and promotion of some technologies. After all, some technologies, even if they are strengthened a lot, can not be put into operation immediately. Therefore, some technology development has been cancelled, and only the continued aviation and radar technology has been reserved as the key projects for full development.

Facts have proved that there is nothing wrong with the British approach. After using the old anti submarine technology and increasing the search density, the Icelandic US Route sank four German submarines in June, nine in July and five in August. It reached its peak in September, sinking 12, 4 in October, 6 in November and 8 in December. In addition to the number of submarines that could not be counted, the Allied forces sank 38 German ocean going submarines in the past seven months. In fact, they did not do nothing.

According to the data, according to the existing system, the Allied forces can still deal with German submarines. Because of this, most of the weapons and equipment produced by the United States are concentrated on Fleet cruisers and aircraft carriers. The purpose is to gather forces as soon as possible to complete the decisive battle with Japan at sea.

Under such a big background, German advanced submarines were born, which directly broke the balance of power between the United States and Britain in anti submarine, and forced them to face the cruel reality that German new submarines had been in service.

"Sir!" A British naval officer, sounded the current British Royal Navy first minister of the sea Dudley? Pound's door. With permission, he went up to the 61-and-a-half-year-old naval officer and stood at attention. After saluting, he said respectfully, "the news just came that the special supply fleet No. HH2 had just been attacked by the submarine troops of the German Navy and suffered heavy losses."

"What's the matter? How many German submarines did they sink? " Dudley frowned, looked up, and dropped the papers he was working on. The old general, who had been through the first World War, was a very experienced Naval General. However, this hapless naval commander, who took over from Churchill, was struggling to support the most severe passive situation in the history of the British Empire.

Of course, he faces the same test as the famous Hugh? Dodding, who took over the entire British air force in Iceland, had only 80 pathetic hurricanes, 110 improved P-40 fighters and 44 meteor jets with alarming failure rates.

The British naval officer heard general Dudley's question and immediately replied: "the war report is still a little confused. We are sorting out the testimony of several destroyer captains and the description of the situation by some merchant ship captains in the fleet at that time. However, some reports are very strange. For example, several people's telegrams mentioned two or more "ghost" submarines. "

Dudley? General pound raised his eyebrows. What he was most afraid of finally came out. When the rumor of ghost submarine first came out on the sea, he realized that it might be a new type of submarine of the German Navy. However, he really had no ability to change the anti submarine level of the British navy, so he had to bite his teeth and choose to ignore the rumor of this kind of ghost submarine.

He once urged the U.S. Navy to develop more accurate sonar technology and help escort ships along the U.S. East Coast and some ships of the British navy to be equipped with more advanced radar detection devices. Unfortunately, in order to turn defense into attack in the Pacific Ocean, the Americans did not give much advice to general eadley.

Now retribution has come. In one morning, Britain and the United States lost almost 30 destroyers and merchant ships, with a gross tonnage of more than 90000 tons. The loss of goods is countless, oil and food have lost a large part, there are also some arms ships are also doomed.

"More than two new German submarines?" It was futile for Dudley to try to cover up with some ghosts and ghosts at this time. He simply set a character for this matter: there are no ghost submarines in the world, but only new German submarines.

The British naval officer who heard this was stunned, then nodded and admitted Dudley's words: "yes... Yes, sir! The German used at least three new submarines to launch the attack. Although our Destroyers have been expelling their attacks, until our planes and other ships arrived, none of the German submarines were sunk. "

In January, the whole allied forces sank three German Navy submarines on the route, all of which were old-fashioned U-type ocean going submarines. However, this achievement did not make the British very happy, because in this month, they were waiting for more deadly new German U-type submarines“ When will HH2 get here? " Dudley asked with a helpless sigh. Now that the loss has happened, we should consider the responsibility and other things. He now thinks that the most difficult problem is the whole energy supply problem in Iceland. Iceland, which has lost a lot of fuel, is likely to be completely paralyzed in such cold weather. HH2 supply fleet has always been one of the most important fleets in the hands of the British government in exile. Together with hH1 and hH3, HH2 supply fleet supported the main material transportation task of the British government in exile in Iceland. The remaining single or multiple transport ships are just a supplement to the three large supply fleets. Now one of the three fleets has made a mistake, and the things directly affected are already very terrible, not to mention the effects of radiation. Once more new German submarines appear on the route, the hH1 and hH3 fleets will no longer be safe. By inference, the final conclusion is that the British defense positions in Iceland will eventually collapse due to the lack of fuel. The reason why Iceland has been unable to develop in history is simply because of its own limitations. The British government in exile has to rely on supplies from the United States to build this place as a forward base for recapturing its homeland at any cost. Now the Germans have come up with a drastic move, and Dudley can only smile bitterly. It seems that the commander of the German Navy also has a strong role with unique strategic vision! Donitz, lutjans, and that Randall... It seems that none of them, including the Fuehrer akado, has been given in vain. This time, it's obvious that the German submarine godfather, dennitz, planned a good play“ It's no good to add the new convoy to the hH1 fleet which is about to return to the United States for transportation. We must ensure the safety of hH1 fleet by mobilizing destroyers and Cruisers from Canada Dudley thought about it and issued his own operational order. What he can do now is very limited. In addition to increasing the escort power of his own transport fleet, he can only pray that God's submarines will run out of ammunition and leave this throat area. In fact, after such an attack, the German submarines did disperse and act alone. The reason is very simple. There is something wrong with the battery of prien's u-47 submarine, so it can only leave the field early. The remaining four submarines had to go their own way. As for HH2, the poor supply fleet, was devastated in the early morning of that day. Prion made a remarkable record of sinking four other ships with a u-47, which also made his personal sinking gross tonnage rise to an incredible 200000 tons, becoming the first submarine commander in the world. In the vast North Atlantic Ocean, with the cold sea breeze and undulating waves, the third Imperial Navy and the British Royal Navy had the most brutal battle. No one remembers how many battles took place in the Atlantic Ocean in this war, but the soldiers who have experienced these battles have printed them in their hearts. Only when they have a good drink in the bar can they tell these soul stirring stories, many of which are legendary, so that people around them can't help but miss this era of war. Unfortunately, people who lead this era, such as prion, don't like what's in front of them. The cold sea water hit the submarine's command tower shell, splashing water hit the leather coat, leaving a few water marks. He lit a cigarette. For some reason, Prynne thought of the young SS captain on the supply ship, and of the resolute expression on his slightly immature face“ full speed forward! Keep your course "Let's go home," prien said to the first mate next to him