Chapter 880 Inspecting the Submarine Shipyard

Between countries, there are no eternal friends, no constant enemies, only absolute interests. A country's foreign policy needs to satisfy its own interests.

Europe is already dangerous for America. The American leader who does not want to be the world leader is incompetent, but now, the position of the world leader is gradually being occupied by Germany. In this case, the United States must disintegrate and divide Europe.

Ireland, is a breakthrough.

The United States has made various promises to Ireland. In trade, industry, etc., it has tempted Ireland in all aspects, hoping that Ireland can come together with the United States.

From the Irish point of view, it is more beneficial to take refuge in Germany than to take refuge in the United States.

So, Amon finally agreed to Germany's conditions. At this time, when Cyric revealed his old background, Amon's face immediately turned red, but fortunately Cyric did not entangle: "Ireland's industrial base , is still good, I think we can also cooperate in industry, we have some projects that cannot be carried out immediately in domestic factories, and can be arranged to go to Ireland.”

Germany's spread is too big, especially now, after conquering Europe, it will definitely start with the Soviet Union. If you want to defeat the behemoth of the Soviet Union, you must make full preparations.

By handing over some orders to Ireland, Ireland will increase its income and it will be easier to consolidate the alliance.

Sure enough, Amon replied very happily: "We are willing to serve."

The visit of the Irish Prime Minister is really effective. A lot of progress has been made between the two countries. When Amon left, a lot of economic cooperation framework agreements were signed at the same time. In this year, factories don't have to worry about order problems, and more employment opportunities will make Ireland develop better.

After sending Prime Minister Eamon away, Cyric still has a lot of things to do. For example, his itinerary has come to the Hamburg shipyard.

This is an old-fashioned shipyard that has been manufacturing various ships for Germany since the last century. During the First World War, it expanded rapidly and built a large number of warships.

Now, this shipyard is Germany's main submarine shipyard.

It used to be an open-air shipyard. Now, it is covered by a huge shed, which can prevent aerial surveillance. In the shed, there are people working at each station, sparks flying, and the completion of the submarine's work. put up.

Dönitz, head of the German submarine force, accompanied Cyric on the inspection.

"With the needs of our maritime warfare, our submarines need a larger displacement. Therefore, what we are building now is the XXI type with a displacement of nearly 2,000 tons." Dönitz is quite proud.

Before the war, their submarines were still nearshore submarine forces, with a displacement of only a few hundred tons, and at most they just entered the Mediterranean Sea, but now, their submarines have been rapidly developed, with a displacement of 2,000 tons, which is already quite large. Submarine!

Cyric nodded: "The empire not only needs to develop surface naval forces, but also to develop underwater submarine forces simultaneously. Only when the two cooperate with each other can they be victorious on the ocean."

Now, German submarines have dived into the Pacific Ocean and ambushed American merchant ships there. Only large submarines can do such a long distance. Moreover, Dönitz hopes that more submarines can be dispatched in the past to fight submarine warfare. The results were expanded in order to give the Führer more confidence in the submarine.

"Führer Cyric, I think our submarine force can achieve greater results." Now, taking advantage of Cyric's good mood, he spoke his thoughts very carefully.

Hearing Dönitz's words, Cyric stopped: "Dönitz, you must know that submarines are just a weapon. The entire naval battle is a systematic war. If we only use submarines, then, Once the anti-submarine capability of the other side increases, it is easy to smash our submarine warfare, and under the encirclement and suppression of surface forces, submarines have no hope of survival."

After Cyric finished speaking, Dönitz's eyes dimmed. Of course, Cyric knew what he was thinking, so he patted him on the shoulder: "Dönitz, you are an excellent admiral, and even more so. Look at things with a long-term perspective.”

Historically, Dönitz was really cool and invested the empire's main navy, all of which were used to build submarines, but how did it end? After the Allies increased their anti-submarine capabilities, the wolf pack tactics at sea were quickly shattered.

Submarines cannot be the main force, otherwise it will be very sad.

While speaking, a group of people had come to a larger work shed, which was guarded by SS soldiers with live ammunition outside, and inside, a larger submarine was under construction.

"Führer Cyric, this is our latest experimental submarine. For the sake of secrecy, this submarine, we call it the improved XXI, but, in fact, it is completely different from the previous one. Its power system, It is no longer a diesel-electric system, but a nuclear power system, which is our latest development.”

Cyric came to the shipyard this time because he wanted to see this big guy. As someone who has passed through from the future, Cyric certainly knew what a nuclear-powered submarine meant.

On the slipway, the length of this submarine is almost twice as long as before! As for the displacement, it has been rapidly enlarged to 6,000 tons!

You must know that six thousand tons is already the displacement of a destroyer. This is the largest submarine built by Germany and the world at the same time!

At this point, the hull is just being welded, which is the initial stage of the project, where the various compartments of the submarine are built in sections and then docked.

"We dispatched the best welders from all the shipyards, not only with excellent skills, but also with no problem in thinking." Dönitz said: "At the same time, Krupp also gave us the newly developed steel, this submarine. , when we designed it, we needed to reach a diving depth of 300 meters. Once this experimental submarine has completed all the experimental plans, we will start the construction of this latest nuclear submarine, and it is expected that the first batch of ten will be built.”

Just by issuing euros, the empire can gather a large amount of wealth, and this wealth is enough for the empire to spend various military expenses. For example, now, when the budget is calculated for this kind of submarine, Dönitz is taken aback, for fear Cyric did not approve, and as a result, Cyric swiped his pen to build this experimental one first, and when the experiment was no problem, build ten ships in batches at a time!