Chapter 1406: 1407 A useless submarine
Chapter 1406 1407 The useless submarine
Sun Guang is also continuing to strengthen the defense line of Dorne that he leads, and these days, he is gradually waiting for many submarines from Qin.
A year ago, in order to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient navy numbers and weak combat effectiveness, Qin State began to build submarines on a large scale, but the results were very unsatisfactory.
Most of Qin's submarines and submarine supply ships played no role. Until Shu was lost, they were chased everywhere by the destroyers and anti-submarine helicopters of the Tang Empire.
When Shu was lost, the remaining submarines also lost their supply base. They were forced to go into exile. Submarines with enough fuel were ordered to assemble in Dorne.
Of course, the vast majority of submarines were actually captured directly by the Tang Empire. They lacked enough fuel and had no way to travel to Dorne, so they had no choice but to surrender to the Tang Empire.
These submarines are almost like scrap metal because their technology is very backward. They are basically at the level of U-boats in the early World War II and have almost no use value.
In addition to the submarines that surrendered, the captains of more than a dozen submarines chose to sink themselves tragically. They were unwilling to hand over their submarines to the Tang Empire, so they slept underwater together with their submarines.
The remaining dozens of submarines came to the Dorne Empire, and then prepared to continue fighting against the Tang army in the Dorne Empire.
However, these submarines were not actually used by Dorne. Most of them were abandoned on the docks. The Dorne Navy did not pay special attention to submarines, so there were not many corresponding submarine docks built.
When the combined fleet was completely wiped out, Dorn's submarines did not participate in the battle, so their losses were not large. Now these submarines are responsible for peripheral security and are of little use.
Our own submarines are of no use, so it is natural to look down on the submarines of the Qin Empire. Although the submarines of the Great Qin Empire achieved the only result since the war began, sinking a transport ship outside Nanshan Port and achieving a brilliant victory, Dorne still had no intention of relying on these friendly submarines, which were not in a good situation. .
On the one hand, there are no repair parts at all, and it is really too troublesome to maintain the operation of these submarines; on the other hand, it is also because Dorn’s attention is focused on rebuilding the naval fleet.
In the view of the senior leaders of the Dornish Navy, the only way to prevent the Tang army from landing is to rely on traditional surface ships.
After all, the Dornish navy has a tradition. When Strauss was the fleet commander, they had won a series of victories and achieved brilliant results. Since that time, the pride of the Dornish navy has never faded.
Although Michael Ravel has always opposed the reorganization of the fleet, the Dornish Navy still started construction of 3 cruisers and 10 destroyers in the dockyards in several ports that were not destroyed.
At the same time, Dorne's army was also actively preparing for war. They built various fortifications along the coastline, and their level of seriousness was much higher than that of other empires.
After all, compared with other empires, Dorne is at war with the Tang Empire. They are facing danger, so they are naturally more likely to feel pressure.
“These Dornish people don’t believe us at all.” A submarine captain who had never been to sea since coming to Dorne complained depressedly about the unfriendliness of friendly forces in Sun Guang’s office.
Sun Guang was looking down at the documents in his hand. When he heard his subordinates complaining, he raised his head and comforted him: "It's okay. This is good. Going to sea means danger. I'm very happy that you can come to Dorne. There is no need to go again." "But, general...the empire is in danger, if we can't share your worries..." The captain's fighting spirit was still high, because it was he who sank the unlucky Tang Dynasty transport ship in a sneak attack outside Nanshan Port. Boat.
An entire ship of high-quality wood intended to be transported north to the mainland of the Tang Kingdom sank along with the giant ship. 52 crew members fell into the water, and 17 of them died. This became the most disastrous maritime loss since the beginning of the war in the Tang Empire.
Since the Qin submarine never appeared on this route, the Tang Dynasty Navy was a little careless, and finally let the Qin submarine that successfully attacked escape.
“Dorn doesn’t approve the oil, so there’s nothing I can do about it.” Sun Guang spread his hands and said helplessly.
He really hopes to make use of the more than 20 submarines that have come to Dorne to take refuge. At least they can interfere with the Tang Dynasty's fleet and make the other side more wary and choose to maneuver further away from the coastline.
But reality does not allow him to do this: of the more than 20 submarines that came from afar, three or four had already broken down as soon as they arrived in Dorne, and many submarines were no longer able to go to sea.
These submarines have run out of fuel and are out of food, all of which require supplies from Dorne. But Dorne doesn't have enough fuel of its own, so who can allocate fuel to these unbudgeted submarines?
Even if they are given, how effective can they be? Most of the submarines coming from afar need maintenance, which requires workers. It will take time to allocate workers to become familiar with these Qin submarines, which is another problem.
In addition, after these Qin submarines fired all their torpedoes, can they continue to fight? Dorne's torpedoes are not the same thing as those of the Qin Empire. The torpedoes used by the Qin Empire are drawings directly provided by the Tang Empire. They are technically much more advanced than Dorne's torpedoes, so the torpedoes of the two countries are not universal at all. .
Putting these problems together, the use of Qin's submarines becomes so difficult that no one wants to mention it.
In fact, these submarines are almost like scrap metal and can only park quietly on the dock and wait for their end.
"Alas..." The captain of the Qin State who had made meritorious deeds sighed. If he had known that he would not have come all the way, he might as well have been stronger and scuttled himself along with the ship.
Sun Guang saw his sadness and continued to comfort him: "I know how you feel. I actually want to share the worries of the empire, but... now we can only do the work in front of us and help our allies as much as possible. , hold your ground."
“But I just heard that... Huxuan has been lost.” The captain said with a sad face, talking about the news he just heard.
In fact, his news was quite delayed. It was the "news" that was secretly circulated after the news announced by the Tang Empire was repeatedly confirmed by Dorne.
At this time, Liu Zhian's troops have been holding their positions outside Huaishan for a long time.
(End of this chapter)