Six Hundred and Twenty Mountain City

The battleship Yamashiro belongs to the Japanese Fuso class. It has just undergone a series of modernization three years ago and has become one of the more advanced battleships among Japanese battleships. This battleship has a full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons, and it is also one of the best large battleships in the world in terms of weight.

Moreover, under the influence of Japan's "single ship wins" theory, the Fuso-class battleship adopted a total of six double-mounted 356mm caliber artillery. According to the number of cannons, the number of single-ship artillery of this battleship reached an astonishing 12. At least in terms of the number of cannons, it overwhelmed all the battleships of the great powers at that time. It can be said that it is a battleship with quite strange data.

According to the game data, the data of this battleship looks very good, and it can even be said to be the top super weapon among battleships. After all, the German Bismarck-class battleship, which was in service later than this type of battleship, only had 8 artillery pieces, and the last British avant-garde battleship had only 8 artillery pieces.

However, the disadvantages of the Japanese Fuso-class battleships are as prominent as the advantages. While the statistics are impressive, the poor actual level behind it is really unflattering. Because there are 6 main gun turrets arranged on the hull, a strange and ridiculous layout is formed inside the hull: ammunition depot, boiler room, ammunition depot, boiler room, ammunition depot...

As long as you are not stupid, you can see that this layout is no different from courting death in battleship battles that emphasize artillery battles. Once the hull is hit by the enemy, the battleship will immediately become a giant firecracker, bursting out with the most brilliant fire.

And the entire 6 turrets, ammunition depots, and boilers must be protected with long armor protection belts to ensure their safety, so the armor of the entire battleship must be taken into account. The place is greatly extended-so on average, this battleship A place where protective armor should be set up, but the thickness of the armor is not enough, which explains the embarrassing situation of this warship from another angle: there are more places that need protection than others, and the possibility of being hit when being beaten is greater. The armor is thinner because it is too spread out, and the possibility of being penetrated is higher.

However, these shortcomings are insignificant in the face of the crazy Bushido spirit of the Japanese Navy. After all, everyone believes in God Bless the Emperor. Since God blesses his emperor, he will naturally not be defeated by the enemy if he fights for the emperor. . Therefore, the so-called lack of armor protection and the issue of ammunition depots have always been considered by Japanese senior officials to be nothing particularly important.

Xiaotian Nagazaemon (this elder brother is the captain of the Yamashiro in 1941, please don’t take it for granted if he uses it here) stands in his command room with his hands behind his back, not far from him, the helmsman is holding the steering wheel motionless . Zaemon received news of Yamamoto's retreat from Pearl Harbor, and at the same time, he received an operational order from the Second Battle Fleet, asking him to lead a squadron south to support the Japanese offensive in Australia.

Following the battleship Yamashiro were two heavy cruisers Kaohsiung and Maya. This fleet was ordered to support the Japanese soldiers along the coast and attacked all the way to the densely populated eastern part of Australia.

Their combat mission is very simple, that is, to cover the Japanese coastal forces and shell the defense lines of the resisters.

Of course, in addition to these three main battleships, there are also several destroyers accompanying them. These warships form a complete Japanese squadron, sailing mightily towards their combat sea area.

"How could Marshal Yamamoto retreat in the Battle of Oahu? This is extremely irresponsible to the Empire of Japan! The samurai of the Empire of Japan have no habit of living in vain, and would rather die on the battlefield than choose despicably Retreat!" Zaemon is a very extreme Japanese militarist. This guy once commanded a warship to bombard the Chinese defenders during the Battle of Songhu.

At this time, he still didn't understand why Yamamoto chose to withdraw from Oahu, which seemed to be a shameful method. In his opinion, even if he fought there to the last man, he should not choose to retreat despicably. Because of the disagreement between Zaemon and Sanben, Yamamoto secretly instructed General Kurita to transfer Zaemon to the Second Battle Fleet and assign him an insignificant task far away, lest he fail at a critical moment. the overall situation.

As the captain of the first ship, as the supreme commander of the entire squadron, when he complained about Admiral Yamamoto, most of his subordinates could only pretend not to hear. Everyone was silent, allowing General Zaemon to greet his supreme officer with foul language. They not only have to stand, but also stand firm on the swaying bridge, which is a technical job in itself.

To be honest, the towering central buildings of Japanese warships seriously affected the appearance of the warship, and even destroyed the comfort. However, the stubborn Japanese naval designers and users came to the conclusion in the ancient Japanese-Russian naval battle that the higher the command tower of the warship, the better.

World War II was a great era of technological development. Before this era came, everyone was in a budding period of exploration without experience. At this time, all countries have their own unique insights summed up in the war, such as the wonderful tank destroyer theory of the United States, such as the weird high-speed bomber theory of Germany, and the stubborn biplane of the British Navy, etc.

Don't think that the Americans are so awesome and powerful. In fact, the detours they take will definitely blind those who admire American power. The theory of the American Armored Forces during World War II was this: tanks are used to support infantry, and tank destroyers are used to destroy tanks.

Therefore, the standard operation procedure of the American armored forces is as follows: M4 tanks accompany the infantry forward bravely. If they encounter enemy tank units, the commander of the M4 tanks will call the nearby M10 tank destroyer in charge of support to come and eliminate the troublemakers. enemy tanks. The situation encountered by the Americans in actual combat is like this-the m4 tank was beaten all over the ground by the German tank. When the m10 tank destroyer arrived, the Germans had already cleaned the battlefield and retreated after eating a meal. gone.

The experience gained by the Japanese Navy is that the higher the targeting equipment installed on naval warships, the better, so that they can find their enemies faster and provide more accurate shooting parameters for artillery battles. This theory is as correct as it sounds, of course, if there is no invention such as radar.

Don’t look at today’s electronic manufacturers such as Panasonic and Sony in Japan. It seems that Japan has dabbled in advanced electronic technologies all over the world. However, in 1938, the Japanese really didn’t have a few advanced technologies in their hands. Let them engage in aircraft carriers. This kind of conceptual items seem to keep up with the world trend, but when it comes to details such as radar, the gap immediately appears.

In 1934, before the war, Germany purchased and applied for a series of technical patents, and began to produce and improve the latest plane position display equipment in the country. This device finally allowed Germany to use its own radar in early 1937. Planar scan imaging is known as the use of circular scans to visually represent targets within a 360-degree range.

The current radar system in the United States is still the most primitive oscilloscope, and only a very experienced radar operator can find the desired target echo from those chaotic waveforms. Of course, even with this kind of radar, the U.S. Navy preserved its fleet in the waters near Oahu, forcing Yamamoto to return without success.

From a series of information provided by the Germans, the Japanese military knew that the U.S. military was ahead on the radar, but the current Japanese military cannot imitate it at all, because Japan has not been able to keep up with the Germans and keep the latest technology secret. Learn the latest technology in the world from Germany. So until now, the Japanese navy can only use the ancient method of standing high and seeing far to improve the aiming distance of its warships.

Of course, because the UK has its own unique technology in the magnetron, so with the help of the UK, the US radar, which uses an incomprehensible oscilloscope tube, has actually been drawn into the gap with Germany in terms of detection accuracy and distance. gap between.

But this does not mean that the gap in radar technology between Germany and the United States has been narrowed. The reason is that weapons and equipment are used, not simply a data competition. The American radar itself is unreliable due to technical reasons, and it does not work stably. Today, it is difficult to debug it. It is not known what state it will be when it is turned on tomorrow. In the eyes of the American radar soldiers, the radar is determined for human use.

The Japanese fleet was advancing on the sea, and the huge bow cut through the sea, leaving huge waves on the sea. The huge round chrysanthemum on the bow of the ship is shining golden against the backdrop of sea water and sunlight. Of course, according to current standards, installing a chrysanthemum on the face as a decoration is really a bit vulgar.

Zaemon is still venting his dissatisfaction with Yamamoto's withdrawal, unaware that on the route of his fleet, a German U-boat that has never appeared in the Pacific Ocean is staring at his battleship with a periscope . Of course, if he knew, he wouldn't bother with such crap as Yamamoto's withdrawal from the waters of Oahu.

"It's the same as the Soviet battleship! I don't have any common sense of anti-submarine!" Prien leaned on the periscope, staring at his prey intently, and whispered: "Wait for it to approach! Wait for it to approach! Don't Hurry! This is a battleship! After sinking him, we all go back to Germany and let the marshal open champagne for us!"