Xiong Dingming's proposal is also in line with Xiang Xiaoqiang's thoughts. Now that the aircraft carrier formation has achieved a huge victory, everyone has been taught a lesson and realized the role of the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier has also become the protagonist of the new shipbuilding plan. It is nothing more than a few
The problem is the ship.
Now Xiang Xiaoqiang believes that his mission in the "aircraft carrier" has been completed, and the so-called "aircraft carrier small staff" should also let go. It is better to leave it to the command of these professionals from the General Staff of the Sea, and he should switch to join the "hot submarine"
Work" is on.
He planned to practice Dönitz's "exclusive secrets" - wolf pack tactics - in the Pacific Ocean. At this time, wolf pack tactics were really exclusive secrets. Even Germany had not yet started to use them.
Of course, we definitely cannot set up a "submarine staff" like an aircraft carrier. This is because the Ming Navy has its own submarine force headquarters, and the submarine force is relatively independent of the surface ship force, much more independent than the "aircraft carrier fleet". Again
Establishing a dedicated submarine command organization is not only redundant, but also disrespectful of the existing submarine force headquarters.
Therefore, after discussing with Xiong Dingming, Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiong Dingming decided to establish an "Office Zero" to be responsible for the planning, development, improvement, and command of submarine strategy. It is equivalent to the "Department of the Navy" of the submarine force. In other words, submarines
The headquarters is the "military command department" of the submarine, and Office Zero is the "military command department" of the submarine.
The "Military and Administrative Department" of the block. In this way, the functions are separated, do not overlap with each other, and do not conflict with each other. In theory, Office Zero is an administrative agency and has no power to command the submarine force. However, the head of Office Zero is Xiang Xiaoqiang, and Xiang Xiaoqiang
It can influence Xiong Dingming and mobilize submarine troops through Xiong Dingming to achieve the effect of indirect command.
As for the name "Office Zero", it was also given for the sake of confidentiality and has nothing to do with the word "submarine". Moreover, the name "Office" was also deliberately used to conceal the scale of this organization and give people the illusion that it is a
It's just an office. In fact, this should be similar to an interdepartmental committee. As for how big the scale will grow, no one can say for sure now. What can be said for sure is that it will be more than just an office.
Of course, there is nothing confidential about the submarine itself, but Xiang Xiaoqiang still hopes to keep the new submarine tactics and the design of the new submarine as secret as possible.
Within a few days, the framework of Office Zero was set up. The first people to be transferred to the office to help Xiang Xiaoqiang were still Qiu Qiu and Xiu Xiu, as well as their direct subordinates - the other ten submariners from the original Grasshopper.
.In addition to serving it directly on the submarine
These people who have served in this organization also include some people from the General Administration of Military Industry, people from the General Naval Staff, and people from the submarine force. There are not many people at the moment, but they have been involved in active service, logistics, strategy, tactics, equipment, and research and development.
, several chunks of information.
Obviously, this No. 0 office will be larger and longer-lasting than the "aircraft carrier small staff". Because aircraft carrier battles can completely change the forces of both sides in one battle, change the strategic situation, and fully reflect new tactics
The power comes. For example, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. Submarine warfare is a long-term matter. It can be said to be a kind of economic warfare. It requires long-term persistence to see the effect. But once the effect is seen, it is often a country's
of complete defeat.
"Everyone, what I want to say is a brand new tactic," Xiang Xiaoqiang said to the members of the military section of Office Zero in the conference room. "This is a submarine warfare tactic that is different from the previous ones. I
Call it 'Wolf Pack Tactics'. Maybe you girls don't think the word wolf pack sounds good. But we guys
They all find it more powerful... ahem, more appropriate. Well, basically, this is a swarm tactic, which is basically a maneuver tactic for submarines on the surface. That is, through predetermined tactical configuration, the submarine can detect the enemy and
Maintain contact with the enemy fleet on the surface and call in other submarines to carry out coordinated attacks as much as possible.
"It is true that some people in the Navy Department, the General Naval Staff, and even the Submarine Command have different views on this. Their view is that submarines will still act and fight alone in future wars. Therefore, you must be mentally prepared.
, our new tactics will still be opposed by the naval authorities. But it doesn't matter, just like the previous armored forces, aviation forces, and aircraft carrier forces, our submarine force will soon pass the facts and let some people
Shut up."
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At Wuwang Villa, secret negotiations between the Ming and the Soviet Union have been going on with difficulty for several days. It can be seen that Stalin really does not want to fight anymore. As the war continues, as the Ming army pilots continue to experience and the number of veterans continues to increase, Goshawk
Fighters continued to be deployed on the front line, and the Soviet air superiority gradually became less obvious. Now it has entered a battle between the two sides for air supremacy.
On the ground battlefield, the advantages of the Ming army have been demonstrated. The experience advantages gained from long-term wars have gradually come into play, and the huge advantages of light weapons have also been exerted. Now the Soviet army does not have submachine guns, and the equipment density of machine guns is far less than that of the Ming army. Moreover,
The Soviet machine guns were either bulky Maxim heavy machine guns or rotary light machine guns with very low firepower and sustained shooting power.
The machine guns of the Ming Army have gradually been unified into the "Woodpecker" type, and the light machine guns have now begun to be eliminated. The Woodpecker is an air-cooled general-purpose machine gun. Although its continuous shooting capability is not as good as that of a water-cooled machine gun, it can quickly change barrels and has far-reaching firepower.
It is stronger than the Maxim and has strong suppressive power. The biggest advantage is that it is light and flexible. You can shoot it by putting down the bipod, and you can walk away after shooting. Sometimes you can also carry it and shoot while walking. In this sense, the light machine gun
It's really no longer necessary.
The Soviet heavy machine guns were not only heavy and difficult to move, but also very dependent on water. However, the areas where the two armies fought were in Central Asia, such as Hami, Dunhuang, Guazhou, and Yumen, which happened to be droughts and were extremely short of water.
Water area.Soviet machine gun group
Often they couldn't find water at all, so they had to pour precious drinking water into machine gun buckets. And machine guns consumed so much water that sometimes they even ran out of drinking water and had to urinate into it. But the Ming army only needed
If someone has water to drink, he can fight.
Now the Ming Dynasty's alienation plan has also had an effect. Japan is full of suspicion and hostility towards the Soviet Union. It has begun to speak out more loudly and continues to make more requests for assistance. The amount of oil and steel requested has doubled than before. The Soviet Union also feels
Overwhelmed, Japan's "insatiable greed" could no longer be tolerated. Now Ming Dynasty could also see that the Soviet Union was eager to preserve the fruits of its war. As long as it could preserve it, it would be happy to cease the war and withdraw from the quagmire of war.
The problem is that the conditions proposed by the Ming side are too high. Whether it is Moscow or Nanjing, both sides know clearly that the Soviet side cannot fully agree to the large area that the Ming side asks for. Not only is the area small
Compared with the entire northern Xinjiang, and it is all covered with forests and abundant water resources
Rich, and the coastal areas are much richer than northern Xinjiang. In the past few days, Soviet representatives have been trying to reduce the price according to Stalin's instructions, trying to give the Ming side as little land as possible, or give it to another place. Because the Soviet Union's main military port in the Far East