The Rise of the Third Reich

"Let go and use the heavy mine tactics?" Nagano Osami looked at his old friend Yamamoto with some laughter and tears, "I didn't expect that Yamamoto-kun is now proficient in mine tactics."

Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagano Osami both majored in artillery (he entered the artillery school a few years after graduating from the Marine Corps). Later, Yamamoto changed to aviation and became an expert in both aviation and artillery warfare, but mine warfare was indeed not Yamamoto Isoroku's specialty.

"I am not proficient in mine tactics," Yamamoto Isoroku smiled, "but it has been made clear in Mikawa-kun's telegram... Now the US Navy's night combat level has improved significantly, and it has also been prepared for the 93 torpedo. But now think about it, such a situation is inevitable. Nagano-kun, do you know that the US Navy's actual combat experience in artillery and night combat is better than ours, and they are unlikely to be unfamiliar with the 93 torpedo."

Nagano Osami was stunned, and immediately remembered: "Yes, it is the Atlantic Ocean! The Atlantic Ocean is the training ground for the US Navy!"

As Nagano said, the Atlantic battlefield in this time and space has trained the US Navy to a certain extent!

Since the "Battle of the Sea of ​​Fog" in early 1942, the US Navy has been fighting fiercely with the European Combined Fleet in the Atlantic. Among them, there are three large-scale fleet decisive battles, including the "Battle of the Sea of ​​Fog", the "Night Battle of the Sea of ​​Ice" and the "Breaking the Atlantic Blockade" in July 1943, and there are no less than a hundred small-scale surface ship battles - small-scale surface ship battles are mainly commerce-breaking operations. At the beginning, the United States escorted Germany to break commerce, and later it became Germany escorting the United States to break commerce.

In addition, the Guyana-Caribbean tug-of-war is also a high-incidence area for small-scale collisions between the surface fleets of both sides. There were 20 to 30 battles before and after the formation confrontation alone!

Moreover, Germany used oxygen torpedoes as early as the "Night Battle of the Sea of ​​Ice" at the end of 1942. In the subsequent Guyana-Caribbean tug-of-war, the light ships of the US 3rd Fleet often experienced the power of German and Italian torpedo boats.

The situation of the Japanese Navy is just the opposite. Because the Hawaiian Islands were captured in the early stage, the US Pacific Fleet was completely suppressed and unable to confront the Japanese Navy head-on.

Therefore, since the complete fall of the South Pacific Islands, the surface fleets of the United States and Japan have not yet faced each other with cannons and torpedoes!

Therefore, we cannot think that the Japanese surface fleet is the elite among the elites, and the American surface fleet is the lax and lazy old soldiers. They are really old soldiers. They have fought with the blond and blue-eyed superman navy on the other side of the Atlantic for two years, and they should have been trained.

Of course, the US Navy can be trained in the Atlantic, which is also related to the so-called "chivalry" upheld by the naval officers of the European Combined Fleet. Most of these people are originally nobles and knights, so Hessman can't do anything about their chivalry.

In the Atlantic battlefield, fighting and winning are stopped at a certain point. Enemies who fall into the water are not killed, and rescue is not prevented. Medical ships are not attacked, and pilots who parachute are not attacked. Hessman has absolutely no objection to this, otherwise his son Rudolph would have died several times...

As a result, although the US Navy lost many ships, the loss of personnel was not much, and the team was trained. However, the situation in Germany was the same. The Americans and the British before them also pretended to be knights in the Atlantic, so the German Navy suffered fewer personnel losses. Otherwise, there would be no one to drive so many German dumpling ships now.

Yamamoto Isoroku continued: "So this Battle of Midway can test the depth of the US Navy, which is very beneficial for the next battle. Otherwise, the four Yamato-class ships will suffer."

Nagano Osami nodded. Yamamoto's words made sense - the officers and soldiers on the American Iowa-class battleships were probably veterans who had been trained in the Atlantic battlefield, and they would not be worse than the Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the Yamato, not to mention the sailors on the three battleships "Musashi", "Shinano" and "Ki" that had never been on the battlefield...

"Then why did Yamamoto advocate the implementation of the heavy torpedo tactics?" Nagano Osami asked again.

"Isn't this obvious?" Yamamoto Isoroku said, "According to Mikawa-kun's report, in the battle on the night of February 8, the two Shimakaze-class destroyers achieved the best results...sunk at least one destroyer (flush-deck type) and two American heavy cruisers (one of which was the 10,000-ton light cruiser Atlanta), and severely damaged another three. Doesn't such a record speak for itself?"

Japan's "heavy torpedo-equipped" light cruisers and "heavy torpedo-equipped" destroyers are indeed more difficult to deal with. The former can fire 20 93 oxygen torpedoes at a time, and the latter can fire 15 93 oxygen torpedoes at a time.

If two "heavy torpedo-equipped light cruisers" and two "heavy torpedo-equipped destroyers" attack together and launch torpedo attacks at the same time, a salvo would be 70 93 torpedoes!

"It's a pity that there are still a few heavy torpedo ships," said Nagano Osami, "It would be great if the Shimakaze class under construction could be completed immediately."

"That's enough," Yamamoto smiled, "Aren't there still the Yugumo class, Enyo class, Asashio class and Shiratsuyu class? Together with these destroyers with 8 launch tubes, the navy has more than 50 'heavy torpedo ships' available. Are you still worried that you can't fight the Battle of Midway?"

"Midway... still needs to be fought?"

Yamamoto Isoroku nodded heavily, "Of course! Midway Island is a noose around the neck of the U.S. Navy... This is true. As long as we adopt the correct heavy mine tactics, we will definitely be able to maximize the use of Midway Island to weaken the U.S. fleet. ”

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“My friend, what does Argentina need?”

When the "Final Battle of the Pacific" between the United States and Japan kicked off in the Hawaiian Islands, Hersmann and Hitler were in the picturesque Berchtesgaden, where they enjoyed a rare holiday and met some people from all over the world. friends.

Among the most important guests is Juan Peron, the Vice President and Minister of War from Argentina, and the man who somehow became the "Mother of the Nation" of Argentina (Peron himself is not regarded as the father of Argentina, but his wife Evita Duarte, a beautiful woman who was regarded as the mother of the country - she is not Mrs. Peron yet, but just Colonel Peron's little girlfriend.

Somewhat beyond Herschmann's expectation, Evita and Hitler got along very well. They seemed to have a lot in common. Although they didn't understand each other, they talked endlessly through a translator. Moreover, by listening to their conversation, Hersman discovered that Evita was actually a Nazi. She had watched "Mein Kampf" and read all Hitler's speeches. She strongly agreed with Hitler's ideas and believed that Hitler truly represented the working people of Germany. …

However, Peron, the "Nazi", spoke fluent English and had a very congenial conversation with Hersmann on the balcony of the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. When he heard the questions raised by Hersman, he restrained his face and became elegant and polite. With a cold smile, he replied in a serious tone: "Your Excellency, Marshal of the Empire, what Argentina needs is a war!"

"War?" Hersman looked at Peron, "With whom?"

"Brazil."

Peron's answer surprised Hessmann, because Germany had a good relationship with Brazil before World War II, and Brazilian President Vargas seemed to be a Nazi and fascist. The policies he implemented in Brazil were similar to those in Germany and Italy. Moreover, Vargas did not explicitly reject Germany, but just sat on the fence and watched.

"We might be able to win over Brazil," Hersman said.

"Impossible!" Peron shook his head and said: "Marshal Imperial, you don't understand what I mean. Germany may be able to win over Brazil, but for Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia, Brazil is a coveted piece of land. of fat.

Just as Italy stands with Germany for the sake of rich Egypt, we five Spanish-speaking South American countries can stand with Germany for the benefit of Brazil. So you ask me what Argentina needs, and my answer is a war to carve up Brazil! Only this war can reunite five brothers who have been separated for more than a hundred years, and give birth to a South American power strong enough to compete with the United States. And...we in South America have always had a tradition of worshiping heroes! "

What Peron is telling Hessmann is actually the truth. There is a centripetal force between the three relatively white countries in South America - Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, mainly a group of military officers with experience in Europe. Politicians who tend to favor Nazism and fascism see a united Europe, so they also hope to establish a "White South American Federation."

Although Bolivia and Paraguay, two Indo-European mixed-race countries, are "not white", there are also a group of ambitious military officers in the country who want to follow Argentina, Uruguay and Chile to make a fortune.

The target that these five South American countries want to rob is the largest country in South America, Portuguese-speaking Brazil!

"Your Excellency, Marshal of the Empire," Peron said, "I know that you have been wooing Brazil and are willing to pay a high price, but I can guarantee that this wooing will not be effective until the defeat of the United States is determined, because Brazil It is impossible to be the leader of a united and powerful South America...Brazil speaks Portuguese! It has never been in the same group as other countries in South America."

Brazil is a Portuguese colony, and the other countries in South America, except for Guyana, which is actually a European colony, are all original Spanish colonies.

How can a group of Spanish-speaking South American countries recognize a Portuguese-speaking South American country as the leader? Not to mention the establishment of a South American Union or a South American Federation led by Brazil.