Therefore, in Benson's opinion, even if the Navy is fine, then the US Army is definitely not suitable to cross most of the Pacific Ocean and the Japanese fight a protracted battle to seize the island with New Guinea on the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

And more importantly, can the Navy be fine? Although the current U.S. fleet is also considered strong and strong, and is known as the third in the world, not to mention how much it is inferior to the British Navy, which is the first in the world, and the German Navy, which is the second in the world, it is far behind the Japanese Navy, which is also "known as the third in the world." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Let's not talk about the number and quality of dreadnoughts. In terms of the composition of the fleet alone, the US fleet is very "abnormal."

Let's say, the American fleet has almost no fast warships! This fast battleship is not a battle cruiser, after all, there are only three countries in the navy that have battle cruisers. Britain, Germany and Japan, the absence of battle cruisers or the absence of fast battleships is not a shameful thing.

But if you don't even have a light cruiser with a speed of more than 25 knots, then it's too much to say! And the United States in this plane, as in history, does not have a single new light cruiser that can be said to be reasonable! Although it is not as in history, the first class of pure-blooded light cruisers Omaha class has only been under construction since 1918. But in this plane, the Omaha-class light cruisers are still lying on the drawings, and the U.S. Navy currently has four construction options, and because of financial problems, Admiral Benson prefers to choose the cheapest .......

If you want to talk about war, what an embarrassing thing it would be for the fleet to have no light cruisers as a reconnaissance force....... Without a reliable reconnaissance force, then it is bound to fall into passivity. Without a light cruiser to defend against the enemy's destroyer lightning strikes, affecting tactical play is one aspect, and it may be a big loss if you accidentally destroy a capital ship directly by the opponent's destroyer. Therefore, the current US fleet is okay to look at the main fleet, but the actual combat effectiveness is somewhat worse.

To be honest, the status of the U.S. Navy in this plane is not as good as it was in history. Not to mention anything else, if history draws a line in 1919, it is still terrible to pull out the 15 capital ships of the US Navy, 7 super dreadnoughts, and more than 2 dozen former dreadnoughts. The second most powerful ultra-dreadnought battle group in the world. Although the Japanese have 4 King Kong and 4 12-gun super dreadnought, I personally feel that on paper, the Iron Turtle of the Americans is stronger in the fight to the death, not to mention anything else, at least it is strong!

And in this plane, the Americans are really ......hard against the still powerful British fleet, the German fleet after the opening of the hanging, and the extra-large Japanese Combined Fleet. And what is the key to this problem? It's not that the United States has no money, no industry, and no one, but that Congress is too strict with the appropriation card for naval construction.

If there is something radical, it is "the enemy is on Capitol Hill"! Roosevelt became the president of the United States as in history, and during his tenure, he did increase the military spending and treatment of the Navy. However, it stands to reason that the U.S. Navy should catch up after receiving the stimulus of the Philippine naval battle, and ethnic hatred should produce a financial bonus. The number of capital ships should increase quite a bit.

In fact, the U.S. Navy is indeed doing better than it has historically. But it is even worse than Japan, which has acquired the Philippines and is preparing for war. It is true that the U.S. Navy spends more on the U.S. Navy than the Japanese, but considering that a large part of this military spending is used to build naval forts in Hawaii. So they have all become "fixed assets" such as reinforced concrete and shore artillery. Therefore, it is normal for the main fleet to be worse. And when Theodore. After Roosevelt left office. The US Navy's military spending has once again fallen sharply. So in terms of capital ship competition, on the contrary, it is inferior to the British.

In addition, the cost of the Americans' warships is actually not cheap, taking the battleship New York as an example, the cost is 5.83 million US dollars. According to the exchange rate of the US dollar and the British pound at 4.85 to 1 at that time, it was about 1.2 million pounds, which feels very low, right? But this is without counting artillery and armor! And the cost of armor generally accounts for about 3% of the total cost of the battleship, and if you add artillery, I am afraid that it will be directly overturned!

The national feud will not be forgotten, but even if you want to revenge, it depends on the timing, which is like after the Franco-Prussian War, the French have not forgotten, and then waited until nearly half a century later to find the field with the help of Britain and Russia. The same is true of the United States, where hatred continues, but when it is clear that there is no chance of victory, Americans will not act as soon as their heads are hot.

"So what if we want to change the situation?" Robert. Bacon asked.

"Quite simply, I can give the bigwigs a very good idea, which is to wait, or pray to God every day that the Germans don't lose this war. Even if it is a draw, we can get the entire colony of the former German Far East. Benson said.

"Is it possible, then, that after Germany has won the war, and then wants to break the treaty?" Robert. Bacon asked, thinking for a moment.

"It's very unlikely, it's impossible for them to get these places back, because now it's under our control and the Japanese, and if the Germans want to come in, the investment and risk is unimaginable. And the exhausted Germans did not have the strength to do this. Benson said.

"But what is the advantage of Germany supporting us to get a colony in the Far East? It is impossible for a country to do things that are not beneficial to itself. Robert said.

Roosevelt would have answered this question, because he was convinced that the Germans would do so, otherwise he would not have agreed to a quasi-alliance with Germany. I'm just a military man, it's not my job to discuss politics, the answer you want now is already there, is there anything else? If I don't, I'll need to clean up the mess for Simms. "Benson is ready to give the eviction order.

He's really in no mood to pay attention to the politicians in the White House and Capitol Hill right now, and Sims has to end up with such a bad fight. Both battleships were heavily damaged, from the Bismarck Sea to Pearl Harbor, a distance of thousands of kilometers, it was a problem for this ship to pull back, especially the New York, the boiler was half blown out! If you want to get it back, let's find a few high-powered tugboats. Then there was the issue of maintenance arrangements after returning to Pearl Harbor, as well as the blockade of information, which he had to personally inquire.

"It's a really bad thing." When Robert. Bacon muttered to himself as he left.

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