Chapter 1861： Japanese Navy's efforts

Chapter 1681

Of course, you have to say that this time the Japanese dealt with it. It is absolutely unfair. In fact, although the Japanese only participated in this war to a limited extent, the Japanese military also learned about war in the war! They are also doing their best to keep this fleet!

The Japanese studied the characteristics of the Su Xiong fleet. In addition to providing intelligence from the Americans, the fleet paid more attention to obtaining information through radio monitoring and aerial reconnaissance. With the help of submarines and camouflaged cruisers, they wanted to ambush a huge scale. , And the slow-moving fleet is actually not difficult.

The Japanese also recognized a problem. The navy is a system and involves all aspects. According to the principle of the barrel effect, these shortcomings directly contribute to the overall combat effectiveness of the Japanese fleet. Pull it down, maybe you will say, isn't radio technology and airplanes very simple in this era? That is to compare with later generations! How many countries can build engines with 350 horsepower and above in this era? In history, Germany is not allowed, so Britain can be sure! At that time, the United States did not have a real NB self-produced engine, let alone Japan.

Therefore, the Japanese still decided to learn from their teachers—the British, especially the navy. It can almost be said to follow suit. What the British do, it doesn’t matter whether the Japanese can understand or not use it now. First, try to get a small set of aircraft carrier, for example, the British directly used a warship of more than 15,000 tons to change the aircraft carrier. Although the Japanese did not have a ready-made hull, they decided to take a high-speed merchant ship. Try to change it. As for the British naval aviation with a complete range of types and large scales, the Japanese also adhered to the principle of no matter how many, but a complete variety, and ordered a large number of aircraft from the British, as large as V1500, FB27, and small. As for camel fighter jets and cuckoo torpedo machines, the Japanese bought some.

As for the British’s more mature anti-submarine and **** system, it is naturally used directly. The Japanese Navy plans to improve about half of its destroyers, including adding hydrophones and original sonar systems, removing excessive mine equipment, and increasing The number of anti-submarine bombs. At the same time, the British specially provided personnel to train the Japanese Navy's anti-submarine. After months of hard work, the anti-submarine capability of the Japanese destroyer detachment has also been improved to a certain extent.

Of course, these are all in general. As for this escort, the Japanese navy has made special responses, especially for radio and aerial reconnaissance. It has been a lot of work. Up to now, the Japanese understand it very well. , If the German fleet is allowed to catch the fleet, then in addition to disbanding the fleet, if you can run a few counts, any idea that you want to expel the opponent head-on is to die! The Japanese fleet can’t provide enough power to suppress the two German battleships. Of course, if you throw half of the combined fleet into the Indian Ocean, you will definitely be able to suppress the Germans, but by then, I’m afraid that you will be sitting in the Pacific Ocean on Midway. A battleship with a fleet of more than one dozen will be unable to bear loneliness, right?

Under tremendous pressure, the Japanese didn't even dare to discharge warships above fearlessness this time, so they could only use the meaning of being fearless... So much so that the order from the Joint Fleet Command to Hyakutake Saburo is that once it is determined that the German fleet is found, you are allowed to dissolve the fleet immediately and then take the fleet to evacuate.

Well, since death is impossible, the only way is to warn the German fleet in advance and then bypass the opponent! However, to achieve this, it is nothing more than to start from two aspects. The first aspect is naturally to rely on the side of the radio, and the other aspect is to suppress the opponent's investigative power while improving its own investigation efficiency.

Regarding the first article, the Japanese did not have any good solutions, because the Germans’ radio technology was more advanced, and certain communication frequency bands could not be received by the Japanese’s antennas. Moreover, in order to keep secrets during operations, the warring parties would use some concealment The British may be able to find the Germans by relying on a wider receiving band, but the Japanese cannot now. On the other hand, the Enigma cipher machine used by the Germans cannot be cracked in this era, even if it is obtained in kind, it cannot be cracked. Therefore, radio detection and monitoring are too difficult for the Japanese.

As for the second one? The Japanese choice was to suppress the ability of the German fleet to obtain battlefield intelligence. In fact, no matter how much information the Americans provide, they can only provide a rough route and configuration of the fleet, which can tell the German fleet where and when to intercept. After arriving at the designated sea area, you need to camouflage the battlefield real-time intelligence provided by cruisers, submarines and seaplanes if you want to intercept the target.

In order to limit the acquisition of intelligence of the German fleet, the Japanese specially assigned a seaplane carrier to the **** fleet. The 8 seaplanes on it, plus the 4 seaplanes on the Katori, formed the aviation of the Japanese fleet. Power, the task of these seaplanes is to search for suspicious ships. Once they find some "unexplainable" ships around them, the Tianlong light cruiser will go up and investigate. The seaplane patrolling in the air will also deter submarines, making them honestly lurking in the sea and dare not show up. In this case, the submarine can't keep up with the fleet underwater, and can't send a telegram. Naturally, the purpose of investigation cannot be achieved.

Moreover, if under special circumstances, the Japanese fleet can even rely on a larger number of seaplanes to conduct counter-reconnaissance and spot the German fleet in advance, so as to respond. In a word, this time the Japanese Navy has greatly increased its reconnaissance capabilities, while relying on a relatively secluded route to avoid the opponent as much as possible The British have stated that after our fleet entered the waters near South Africa Air support is provided. After the last replenishment from Sumatra this time, there will be no further replenishment. The intelligence network established by the Americans cannot cover the entire Indian Ocean. Therefore, we are relatively safe this time. "Nan Yun Zhongyi said.

"Safe? Take a look at the ships in our fleet. Half of them are ships that have been used for more than 15 years. They are not large in size and have limited endurance. Without intermediate supplies, there are not many routes we can take. If the Germans decide If they catch us, as long as they can stand their temper and deploy to the east of Madagascar in advance, we will still be very dangerous." Hyakutake Saburo said.

"So, this time we still have a fleet operating with us. They went to India. It is estimated that the Americans have got the news and will send submarines and camouflaged cruisers to attack, right? They can disperse the German forces and cover it. Us." Nan Yun Zhongyi said.

"I hope we have a smooth journey." Hyakutake Saburo smiled bitterly.

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