In the office of the President in Washington, the Secretary of the US Department of the Navy, George? Dewey was still interested in President William? Howard? Taft was indignant about the fact that he had brokered a military alliance between the United States and Japan, and it was not because of President William? Howard? Taft explained. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

President William? Howard? Taft continues against George? Dewey sighed and said: "I had also considered forming an alliance with the Entente or the Allied Powers in Europe to form an alliance against the Chinese Empire, but in the past two years, the military strength of the Entente and the Allied Powers has developed rapidly, which is a good phenomenon, but the problem is that there are many contradictions between the Entente and the Allied Powers. ”

After a pause, President William? Howard? Taft continued: "And in the war two years ago, the Entente and the Allies suffered heavy losses, and it can be seen from the policies of these European powers in the last two years, although they have the intention of seeking revenge for the Chinese Empire, and vigorously develop armaments, but these European powers have consciously avoided provoking the feared Chinese Empire, and under the initiative of these European countries, their relations with the Chinese Empire have been greatly eased, and I think that the Entente and the Allies, for a long time to come, It is impossible to provoke the Chinese Empire, and we dare not provoke it, and once a conflict breaks out between the United States and the Chinese Empire, only a country like Japan will definitely stand by our side. ”

George? Dewey was silent for a long time without speaking, and he had to admit that President William? Howard? Taft's analysis is still very reasonable, the prestige of the Chinese Empire as the world's largest power has made many countries fearful, and only a country like Japan will always strive to defeat the Chinese Empire, like the Entente and the Central Powers, and now the policy towards the Chinese Empire has changed from confrontation to compromise.

President William? Howard? Taft walked to George? Dewey's side sighed and said: "Even we, the United States, now face the Chinese Empire, we must show goodwill, after all, the military strength of our United States and the Chinese Empire is too different." ”

George? Dewey muttered in a low voice: "In a few years of development, our US navy, land, and air forces may not have the strength to confront the Chinese Empire. ”

At the end of the war two years ago, the U.S. Navy, which had always been among the top three in the world, was stabbed in the back by the Japanese, and only 2 super dreadnought battleships, 4 dreadnought battleships, 3 all-steel battleships, 5 large fast armored cruisers, 17 fast protection cruisers, 23 destroyers, 45 torpedo boats and 4 submarines of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were completely wiped out, and the ranking also fell outside the top five. This is still because all the naval powers have suffered heavy losses in the war, otherwise I don't know how much the rankings will fall out.

However, during the past two years, more than 200 warships in US shipyards, including 12 Nevada-class super dreadnought battleships, have joined the ranks of the US Navy, and the US Pacific Fleet has also been re-established, making the US Navy's world ranking suddenly return to third place, second only to China and the United Kingdom.

Moreover, the US Navy will have four Lexington-class aircraft carriers in service at the beginning of next year, and six Saratoga-class battle cruisers will also enter the two major fleets of the US Navy by the end of next year, so that the strength of the US Navy will increase a lot.

The Lexington-class aircraft carrier is the first aircraft carrier designed by the Americans themselves, and in many respects refers to the mythical class aircraft carrier of the Chinese Empire, with a standard displacement of 38,300 tons, a full load displacement of 40,500 tons, a length of 265.4 meters, a width of 43.5 meters, a maximum draft of 7.5 meters, a design maximum speed of 24 knots, a main armor belt of 79 mm to 127 mm, a hangar and deck armor of 50 mm, and 16 anti-aircraft guns and 24 anti-aircraft machine guns.

The carrier-based aircraft of the Lexington-class aircraft carrier include 36 fighters, 36 dive bombers, and 24 torpedo attack aircraft, and these three carrier-based aircraft have been developed by the Americans, and in terms of overall performance, they are not worse than the carrier-based aircraft equipped by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the last war, and even have some advantages in some aspects, and it has to be said that the United States has a strong industrial strength.

The Saratoga-class battlecruiser has a full load displacement of 33,900 tons, and also uses the latest heavy oil boiler and steam boiler turbine, with a maximum speed of 31 knots, which is faster than the Chitu-class battlecruisers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, with 5 double-mounted 50 times the caliber of 343 mm main guns, the caliber of the main guns is the same as that of the Chitu-class battlecruisers, but the number is less than 2, and the armor of the other 2 battlecruisers is not much different, the Saratoga-class battlecruisers designed by the Americans, The imaginary enemy is the Chitu-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

In addition to the above-mentioned US Navy warships, the next class of super dreadnoughts of the US Navy, known as the Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships, has also begun to lay keels in American shipyards, but the US funding is not endless, and the new Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships, the United States has only built 4 at present.

After the war two years ago, the Americans profoundly realized the importance of the Air Force, invested a lot of money in the construction of the US Air Force, and developed a variety of models specially equipped with the Air Force, including fighters, reconnaissance planes, dive bombers, and horizontal bombers, and the US Air Force has now been equipped with more than 400 fighters of various types.

Although the U.S. Army only maintains a scale of 1 million, the weapons and equipment of the 1 million U.S. Army are very good, with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, all kinds of artillery, and light and heavy machine guns, which is not much worse than the regular army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire.

President William? Howard? Taft heard George? Dewey muttered about the opposition to the Chinese Empire, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "George? General Dewey, I hope you don't talk about this in public, our US Navy has indeed recovered from the last war, but our US Navy wants to catch up with the strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy, it is definitely not something that can be done overnight, you, as the secretary of the US Navy Department, should understand the general strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy, not to mention the world's largest air force and the world's first army of the Chinese Empire, and it is estimated that it will take a long, long time for our US Air Force and Army to catch up with them. We need to have a clear understanding of our own strength. ”

George? Dewey opened his mouth and didn't say anything more, just sighed deeply, not to mention the air force and army of the Chinese Empire, the navy of the Chinese Empire alone had already made almost all the naval powers in the world feel hopeless.

Counting the capital ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, that number is really shocking, at present, the Imperial Navy of the Chinese Empire has 9 emperor-class aircraft carriers, 12 myth-class aircraft carriers, 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships, 12 emperor-class super dreadnought battleships, 12 admiral-class super dreadnought battleships, 12 Chitu-class battlecruisers, 11 dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 8 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships, these are not the end, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire also has a large number of capital ships captured from other countries, which is also in service in the sequence of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The captured capital ships included 1 Orion-class dreadnought, 2 Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class dreadnoughts, and 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class battleship of the British Navy, 3 New York-class dreadnought, 4 Delaware-class dreadnought, and 1 Wyoming-class dreadnought-class battleship of the U.S. Navy, 1 Caesar-class dreadnought-class dreadnought-class battleship of the German Navy, 1 Provence-class dreadnought-class battleship of the French Navy, and 1 Valdo-class dreadnought-class battleship of the Russian Navy. 1 Dante-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Count Cavour-class dreadnought-class battleship of the Italian Navy, 1 Austrian-class dreadnought-worthy battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 3 Hanoi-class dreadnought battleships of the Japanese Navy.

The total number of capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is 21 aircraft carriers, 35 super dreadnought battleships, 12 battle cruisers and 36 dreadnought battleships, and the number of capital ships is as high as 104, the US Navy is next year's 4 aircraft carriers and 6 battle cruisers in service, and the number of battleships in the US Navy is only 28, and the shipyards of the Chinese Empire are still continuing to build a large number of capital ships.

You must know that according to the current division of countries in the world, all-steel battleships are no longer classified as capital ships, otherwise the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which has 52 all-steel battleships, needs to add a 52 to the number of capital ships.

Although the 52 all-steel battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire are not classified as capital ships, these 52 all-steel battleships are all battleships in good condition and have undergone power transformation, even if they are in a duel with dreadnought battleships, they are not powerless.

In addition, the Imperial Chinese Navy has 82 large fast armored cruisers, 48 medium armored cruisers, 248 fast protection cruisers, 268 destroyers, more than 500 torpedo boats, and 260 submarines.

The medium armored cruiser is designed and manufactured by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in order to protect the waterway and improve the combat effectiveness of auxiliary warships, and the 48 medium armored cruisers are all one model, known as the Haihua class, with a full load displacement of only 4030 tons and a speed of 28 knots. (To be continued.) )