"What? Japan is developing submarines?... In the imperial study, when the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Wang Chenhao, received a military report from Defense Minister Wang Shizhen and Li Guodong, director of the Central Intelligence Bureau, was shocked.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Guodong repeated: "I have repeatedly verified that the Japanese Navy Provincial Staff Headquarters obtained relevant submarine information from the United States and the United Kingdom. This year, the Japanese Navy's funding budget is 282 million yen, and the Imperial Dragon Coin is 540. The Navy Provincial plans to build 6 submarine fleets, totaling 120 submarines." [..com]

Wang Shizhen added: "After the Japanese Navy built two Hanoi-class battleships, it planned to build four King Kong-class battleships, preparing to build the Divine Bow Six Six Fleet. However, Britain was eager to build ships for its own country and restore the strength of the British navy, so all export-type warships were postponed. Moreover, the prices of Britain soared after the war, and Japan canceled the plan considering the price factors. However, the Japanese Navy was relatively self-aware, and they knew that they were fighting with the Imperial Navy.

The chance of winning is very small, so the funds to be used to build battleships should be used to build submarines. As a weak naval country, the price ratio of submarines is high, which is in line with the current national conditions of Japan." Wang Chenhao thought that this was not good. He originally wanted to stab the Japanese navy to develop large surface ships, and then use the naval arms race to drag down the Japanese economy. He was dragged into the water by the United States, leaving the United States' investment in Japan to lose all its money, and then hit the United States.

But now that the Japanese Navy abandons the construction of the King Kong-class battleship, it is equivalent to avoiding the world naval arms race, then Wang Chenhao's strategic purpose for Japan will be ruined. What's even more dangerous is that the tactical weapon of submarines is economical and practical. Once Japan develops submarine wolves tactics, it is not good news for the Chinese Navy. With the current arrogant attitude of the Chinese Navy, it is easy to suffer losses. Wang Chenhao thought that once the war with Japan in the future, the opponent's small submarine would be replaced with a huge super-divine bow-type battleship of the Chinese Empire, and that situation would never be tolerated.

Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao asked: "Do we know about the submarine plan of Japan?" Li Guodong replied: "Report to your Majesty, the six submarine fleet plans of the Japanese Navy Province are developed and built by the Yokosuka Naval Factory, 11 Saki Heavy Industry Kobe Shipbuilding Institute, Nagasaki Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Institute and Wu Navy Arsenal. According to our intelligence personnel report, the submarine fleet plans of 11 Saki Heavy Industry and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Institute have been detected by us. 11 Saki Heavy Industry and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Institute.

Qishi Heavy Industry obtained design drawings for the A-class, B-class and C-class three submarines from the UK. Although they have not found out which type of submarine they have adopted, it is certain that the C-type submarine is the most advanced. 11 Qishi Heavy Industry will definitely imitate or upgrade this type of submarine. In addition, Mitsubishi Shipyard has introduced the American Seacam-class submarine, and they should develop and produce submarines based on the Seacam-class.

As for Yokosuka Naval Shipyard and Wu Haijun Shipyard, they are the official Japanese Navy shipyards, and we cannot know the situation yet."

Wang Chenhao didn't know what the British ABC and American narwhal submarine had, so he looked at Wang Shizhen.

Wang Shizhen quickly explained: "The British ABC third-class submarines were imitated by the Xia, Shang and Zhou submarines of the Imperial Navy, and the American narwhal-class submarines were also imitated by the Western Han-class submarines of the Imperial Navy." Wang Shizhen said this, and Wang Chenhao understood it, so he said: "The Western Han-class submarines of the Imperial Palace were tested by war. So the Japanese Navy had at least the technical drawings of the Western Han-class submarines. With their relationship with the United States, these submarines pose a huge threat to the Imperial Navy."

Wang Shizhen replied: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry. The Imperial Navy Submarine Project has completed all the tests for the promotion of submarines. The xing ability is better than the Eastern Han class and far exceeds that of the Western Han class.

The development of the upgraded submarine took three years and is the first-class submarine with the longest development time in the Imperial Navy submarine project. It is mainly because the Eastern Han-class submarine currently in service in the Imperial Navy is fully capable of national and coastal defense and ocean-going combat. The emergence of the Divine Bow type battleship and the Super Divine Bow type battleship has caused most officials in the Navy to envelope giant ships and cannonism, so the mass construction project of submarines was shelved. In order to make the officials of the Navy department consider the submarine, the Imperial Submarine Research Institute had to spend a lot of effort and energy to develop more powerful submarines.

The promotion attack submarine appeared in this situation. Holland and Lake from the Submarine Research Institute vowed to make the Admiralty pay attention to them, so the comprehensive combat xing of the promotion submarines developed by them jointly can be improved by a qualitative level compared with the previous Eastern Han-class submarines and entered the second-generation submarine standard.

The second-generation submarine standard is mainly equipped with radio and primary sonar devices. Its safe submarine depth reaches more than 120 meters, torpedo speed reaches more than 40 knots, effective attack distance reaches more than 600, underwater speed reaches more than 15 knots, and submarine time reaches more than 24 hours. Submarines that meet these technical indicators are called second-generation submarines.

The upgraded submarine undoubtedly entered the ranks of the second-generation submarines. Firstly, the surface displacement of the upgraded submarine exceeded 1,000 tons for the first time, and the underwater displacement reached 1,487 tons. When Holland and Lake developed the Qin-class submarine, they adopted the attitude of the Great Leap Forward to build a thousand-ton-class diseased submarine. After a long period of experience, the two of them finally overcame the technical difficulties of the 1,000-ton-class submarine after experiencing the technical accumulation of the Western Han and Eastern Han-class submarines, they finally overcame the technical difficulties of the 1,000-ton-class submarine and increased the tonnage of the upgraded submarine to the 1,000-ton-class submarine.

The main ruler of the upgraded submarine. The construction material is all high-strength, pressure-resistant, corrosion-resistant Xu cadmium silicon special steel. The waterline is black outfitted and the waterline is red outfitted. The hull is huge, like a whale. Therefore, the first boat of this class is named the Tigerhead Whale.

In order to meet the standards of second-generation submarines, the Tigerhead Whale host uses 4 Diesel Type 07 6-cylinder 4-stroke diesel engines (for surface navigation) and 2 Tesla C-type high-power motors (for underwater navigation). In order to increase the speed, the steam turbine system was imitated as a gas turbine system for the first time and transformed to form the initial gas turbine propulsion system.

In this way, the submarine uses dual propulsion shafts, with a surface power of 4,000 horsepower and 2,200 underwater

Horsepower: Drive the submarine surface speed festival, and the underwater speed breaks through the second-generation technology mark and reaches the Ore-occupying festival.

Since the Imperial Navy needs submarines that can follow the fleet, Holland and Lake specially transformed them into fleet submarines. The fuel load reaches 89t to 91t of diesel, and the cruising distance is 3,000 nautical miles at a speed of 14 knots on the water surface, so you can follow the fleet without replenishment. When the cruising speed is 5 knots underwater, the cruising time is breaking through the second-generation submarine technology mark.

Because the officials of the Imperial Admiralty looked down on the submarine, although the submarine achieved brilliant results, they still believed that it was an unethical behavior.

Therefore, in order to change the contempt of the Admiralty officials for submarines, Lake greatly improved the equipment of the upgraded submarines, with 8 4 4 4 4 in the bow and 4 in the superstructure.

12 torpedoes were loaded, and the original 88mm rapid-fire gun was changed to 102mm deck gun. In addition, it was equipped with a 1-millimeter heavy machine gun targeting personnel. The military power was greatly improved, which also increased the submarine personnel to 54.

Among them, the torpedo engine has been greatly improved. Using piston engines, the gasoline fuel loaded has increased alcohol combustion agents (methanol, ethanol, etc.) and new oxidants (hydrogen peroxide and nitric acid, etc.), making the torpedo's speed reach 40 knots and the effective attack distance is increased to 630 meters, which makes submarine combat safer.

Given that the Eastern Han-class submarines of the Chinese Empire paid a huge price during the sneak attack in the Bay of Singapore, Holland designed the upgraded submarine to upgrade the depth of safe submarine from the beginning, so that it could dive to 125 meters, avoid the strikes of surface naval guns, and help the submarine quickly leave the battlefield after completing the battle and avoid being sunk.

In avionics, the primary identifiers of second-generation submarines are advanced radio systems and sonar detection systems.

The radio system was already implemented on the Western Han class submarines. After the upgrade of the Eastern Han class submarine, the communication distance was further expanded. When it was upgraded, the huge submarine was sufficient to arrange high-power radio equipment. The slender hull was arranged with four antennas, making the communication distance of the submarine more than 8,000 kilometers. You can contact any naval unit in the Empire and report emergencies at any time.

The sonar system is the latest developed equipment, thanks to Tesla and Wang Chenhao's Jiaolong submarines. Since Tesla was allowed to enter the interior of Jiaolong, he was in a state of madness with various advanced equipment on Jiaolong, among which sonar is the simplest device, and was soon developed by Tesla.

Sonar is the sound of water

o Electronic equipment that detects, locates and communicates underwater targets is the most widely used and most important device in hydroacoustics.

In March 1904, Tesla successfully developed the world's first sonar device.

This is more than two years earlier than the sonar invented by the British Navy Liu Yitang Zhengsong in 1906. The first sonar invented by Lewis was a passive listening device, mainly used to detect icebergs. The sonar invented by Tesla includes two types: active and passive. It can not only detect underwater objects close to submarines, but also actively detect moving and fixed targets in the water, and can also judge the target distance and speed based on the echo time.

Because of the sonar system, there is an additional protrusion below the upgraded submarine, which is a place where sonar is installed specifically. It can detect underwater conditions, but the disadvantage is that it cannot detect targets vertically above the submarine.

It has been a year and a half since the first submarine, the Orca Whale, was launched. After a long sea trial, not only did it take a trip from south to north near the Chinese Empire, but it also went to the Atlantic Ocean and returned after replenishing supplies at the Baimu Naval Base.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Shizhen said: "After a comprehensive evaluation of the Orca Whale, its combat capability has become very strong. Holland and Lake once asked the Admiralty to send warships to compete with the Orca Whale. As a result, during the exercise, the Orca Whale sank a battleship, three cruisers, and two hunting ships alone, with amazing results. The Admiralty had to withdraw its underestimation of the submarine, but for the need for confidentiality, the Admiralty did not build a large-scale upgraded submarine."

Wang Chenhao nodded. It was still gratifying to advance to the submarine, but this did not offset the threat of the Japanese Navy's submarine group. After all, in the vast ocean, the chances of submarines and submarines encountering are still too small.

So Wang Chenhao asked: "Have the Navy Department adopted an anti-submarine strategy?"

"This" Wang Shizhen shook her head.

Wang Chenhao said unhappily: "What does the Navy do for food? Do you think our submarines are the most powerful in the world? If one day our enemy's submarines achieve the combat effectiveness of a promotion submarine, will the navy wait for the beating? It's outrageous."

Wang Shizhen hurriedly said, "What Your Majesty taught me is that the inspector was not good, and the seriousness of the problem was not seen in time. Xin Chenhao said, "From now on, the Navy will immediately launch anti-submarine training exercises. Cultivate the anti-submarine consciousness of the naval officers and soldiers, and order the Navy to immediately launch the development of anti-submarine equipment. During the next exercise, I will see them sink the Killer Whale, otherwise they will all go home to carry the children." Wang Shizhen realized the emperor's anger and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty will calm down your anger and I will strictly supervise you when you go back. During the next exercise, you will definitely take effective anti-submarine measures!"

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "The Navy is now immersed in a state of arrogantness from top to bottom, and this wind must not be encouraged."

"Your Majesty taught you a lesson!" Wang Shizhen replied quickly: "If you don't get rid of the house for three days, I will definitely convey Your Majesty's orders truthfully and sound a wake-up call to the Navy."

Wang Chenhao calmed down and asked Li Guodong, saying, "Closingly monitor the movements of the Japanese navy, and don't take it lightly."

"Yes!" Li Guodong nodded.

Wang Chenhao suddenly said again: "The army is the same! The continuous victory of the battle will definitely help the arrogant mentality to appropriately destroy their majesty!" "Yes! I am just going to rectify the three armies together!" Wang Shizhen said so.

Wang Chenhao nodded and suddenly asked: "How has the tanks I asked the Army Department to study last time?" The tanks that Wang Chenhao mentioned were tanks. As the king of land warfare, tanks could be said to be the most powerful equipment of the army in Wang Chenhao's era. But in this era, tanks had not appeared yet, and Wang Chenhao would not let the West lead in this regard. Therefore, he took the lead in proposing the concept of a tank to replace tanks. Just as the Divine Bow Ship replaced the star status of a dreadnought, the tanks of the Chinese Empire also replaced tanks and became world stars.

In fact, the term chariot appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period in ancient China.

At that time, in addition to infantry fighting, the army's combat methods had already appeared. At that time, the chariots stretched out a hob of more than 2 meters on the wheels of the war horses. Once they rushed into the enemy's formation, the hob would fly everywhere, and blood would flow into a river.

In modern times, the emergence of muskets has widened the combat distance between infantry and no longer engaged in hand-to-hand combat. The ancient horse-drawn chariots can no longer adapt to modern warfare.

However, with the outbreak of many modern wars, the armies of both sides fought on solid fortifications, and infantry charges against heavy machine gun fire, with heavy casualties. In order to break through the defensive position composed of trenches, barbed wire and machine gun fire points and break the deadlock in positional warfare, it is urgent to develop a new weapon that organically combines firepower, maneuvering and protection.

During the wars over the years, the Imperial Chinese Army also suffered from the pain of using infantry to attack heavy machine gun positions.

After the end of the Sino-Russian War, when Wang Chenhao inspected the wounded soldiers who had retreated from the battlefield, he looked at the soldiers who had lost their arms and broke. Wang Chenhao felt uncomfortable. When a disabled veteran accepted the Warrior Medal awarded by Wang Chenhao, he said to Wang Chenhao: "Your Majesty, the soldiers died in front of the enemy's heavy machine guns. If we can wear armor all over our bodies, we will not be afraid of the enemy's bullets and shells!" After hearing the words of this disabled veteran, Wang Chenhao was deeply moved and immediately remembered the tank. Isn't that a modern chariot?

After returning to the palace, Wang Chenhao immediately summoned the officials of the Army Department and proposed the concept of armored combat vehicles. Army officials naturally understood the huge role of armored combat vehicles, but they had never heard of the tracked armored vehicles that Wang Chenhao mentioned.

The track had not appeared at that time. Although Wang Chenhao drew a lot of structural diagrams about the chariots, the engineers of the Army Department sorted out a series of four-dimensional characters, which was too far from the chariots in Wang Chenlou's mind.

By 1906, the tractor manufacturing company founded by American Holt made the world's earliest crawler tractor powered by gasoline internal combustion engines. This tractor began mass production the following year and was the most successful tractor at that time.

Soon, tractors were introduced into the Chinese Empire. Because a large number of farmers turned into workers in China, farmland urgently needed mechanization to operate in order to make up for the shortage of manpower.

Previously, there were many tractor companies in the Chinese Empire, but they were all produced wheeled tractors. Since then, crawler tractor technology has begun to be introduced, which has played a huge role in the cultivation of low-lying farmland in the south.

With the introduction of crawler tractors, a equipment designer named Lai Yun from the Beiyang Weapon Heavy Industry of the Chinese Empire soon wrote to the Army Department: "If you install artillery or machine guns on the tractor, will it be invincible?"

The officials of the Army Department finally realized the true meaning of the armored combat vehicles described by the Emperor of the Empire. They immediately started researching the tractors and designed and manufactured them according to the concept of the armored combat vehicles proposed by Wang Chenhao that year, and finally made a breakthrough.

On June 4, 1907, a new era of revolution in the history of the world's army arrived. The Beiyang Weapon Heavy Industry of the Chinese Empire finally completed the world's first armored combat vehicle, which was set up as an M07 infantry armored combat vehicle, and since then it opened the warehouse to the era of mechanization of the army...
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