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On the same day, the White House.

"Damn the British, aren't they very good? Why are they rubbish now, it's only been two months, no, not even a month and a half, and even London has been lost......! What a ......," President Wilson walked around the Oval Office like an angry trapped beast with a flushed face.

For President Wilson, the news of the fall of London came like a bolt from the blue. He was so scorched by this astonishing information that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Of course, this is not because he likes Britain and how deeply he feels for it. You know, a standard American must meet the following conditions: First, believe in God. Second, hate the British. President Wilson, of course, was a standard American, and he always wanted the opium cow across from him to have his pigtails.

But even if the opium cow wants to braid, it must be braided according to the plan of the Americans, not too early and not too late. If the opium cows were to be beaten down now, it would be too early. At this time, the United States was not ready to receive the British heritage, nor did it have the ability. At this time, if Britain kneels, it can only cheapen the neurotic of Wilhelm II.

This script is not right! Lao Tzu spent so much effort, but it was not for the sake of cheapening the Germans!

"Does the British bunch have any plans to surrender?" he vented for a moment before calming down a little. Said to Secretary of State Robert Lansing on the side.

Lan Xin shook his head and said, "Not yet, Mr. President. Their sense of resistance is still very strong, and this is the only good news we have at the moment. To quote their former Admiralty Chancellor, Winston Churchill, the British Empire would never surrender to Germany even if the last Indian was exhausted! Well, their Prime Minister Lloyd's George had also said in private that he wanted the British Empire to surrender unless the Indians were dead......

The corners of President Wilson's eyes twitched, apparently thundered by the shamelessness of the British. He put his hand on his forehead and said, "Oh God, this is so shameless! What do they think of poor Indians? No wonder I hate these pirates and opium dealers so much." ”

Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. shrugged and said, "But sir, we're going to have to pull these shameless bastards now, or we'll have all our investments and loans...... McAdoo was Wilson's son-in-law and his hardcore.

Wilson nodded and said, "I know, so we have to endure the nausea now and help this group of pirates." Damn, they're too fast! If we go to war at this time, we're going to lose a lot of money......"

He looked at the representatives of the army and navy and asked: "So, gentlemen, is our army ready for war?"

The Chief of Staff of the Army, Major General Hugh Scott, paused, and said: "Mr. President, according to our estimates, if we want to intervene in the European theater, we need at least 100 divisions, and the first investment must not be less than 10 divisions, plus the need to defend the homeland. We had at least 40 divisions before entering the war. And now our army has only 20 divisions and less than 600,000 people. If mobilized now, it will take at least three months to reach the minimum of 40 divisions if the state National Guard is converted into regular army divisions......"

At this time, the strength of the infantry division of the US army was as high as 2. With 80,000 people, it is the largest divisional establishment in the world. It is about twice as many divisions as in many countries, and can reach 40,000 with support troops. At that time, France, Russia, Germany and other countries generally had 1 strength per division. 3-1。 About 80,000 people, the British infantry division was about 1. 90,000 people. Even in relatively large countries such as China and Japan, the number of divisions is only 2. 4-2。 60,000, this is still counting the support troops.

Admiral William Banson, Chief of Naval Operations, also said: "Mr. President, our naval forces are insufficient right now. We currently have only twenty battleships, but eight of them are dreadnoughts with 310 mm guns, which are already obsolete, and only ten New York-class with 360-mm guns and two California-class with 390 mm guns can barely compete with the German new warships...... And the Germans now do not count the former dreadnoughts, there are 4 dreadnoughts equipped with 310 mm guns, 9 super dreadnoughts with 360 mm guns, and 5 Bavaria-class battleships, all of which are powerful battleships equipped with 390 mm guns. And they also have six dreadnought-class battlecruisers......"

"If we're going to go to war, we'll have to wait at least until five California-class ships are in service, otherwise we won't be able to fight the German Bavaria-class. Admiral Benson said helplessly.

The current U.S. Navy is not the U.S. Navy that can beat the whole world in 80 years, and after the British Empire's home fleet hit the streets, although their family background is also the second in the world, there is still a certain gap compared with the current world's No. 1 Erdezi. The main thing is that their Navy lacks sufficient confidence. There is no way, they have beaten Spain, which has declined into a third-rate country, before, but they are really not sure about facing Erdezi who has taken an expired aphrodisiac with inferior equipment.

They have just transferred a number of old warships such as the former dreadnought to Britain and France, and although they are all cutting-edge warships, the number does seem to be somewhat insufficient. The U.S. Navy now has a total of 18 battleships, including two each of the South Carolina-class, Delaware-class, Florida-class, and Wyoming-class, all of which are dreadnoughts with 310-mm guns. This is followed by ten New York-class, the American version of the Fuxi-class, with 360 mm guns. The five 381-millimeter California-class ships are now only two in service at the end of last year, and even if they work overtime, the two remaining three fastest will not be commissioned until the end of March, and the latest one will not be commissioned until August. As for the six South Dakota-class ships that started construction last year, they are even more nowhere to be seen.

It should be mentioned here that the eight American dreadnoughts were originally equipped with 305 mm guns, but after they introduced the technology of 310 mm guns, they found that this kind of guns were very good, much more powerful than their 305 mm guns. As a result, the deep-pocketed Yankees immediately replaced all their warships that could be replaced with 310-mm main guns.

The California-class is a class of warships that did not exist in the original time and space, and they are actually an enlarged version of the New York-class, with very similar appearance and weapon arrangement, that is, the main gun has been replaced with 381 mm, and the displacement has been increased to 40,000 tons.

Of course, they still have a real aircraft carrier Langley, two Assault-class regular aircraft carriers, but they don't think that this kind of battleship can compete with battleships alone, they see this kind of battleship more as the eyes and ears and auxiliary of battleships.

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Hearing that the two bigwigs in the military shouted that they couldn't do it, Wilson's brain hurt, and he said to the secretary of state: "What do the Chinese say?"

"I've been in contact with their foreign minister, but I haven't answered yet......," Ransing said, "but from what we've heard, Chinese aren't ready for war at the moment......"

"Damn! It's all useless to blame the British! If the Chinese participate with us, there is no need to worry at all. They can mobilize at least a thousand divisions, twenty-five million men! If they have a thousand divisions......" Wilson said, clutching his head.

McAdoo said disapprehrovingly: "Mr. President, this is not very showing. Although China's population is sufficient, I don't think they will have the ability to feed these 1,000 divisions. Even for the cheapest infantry division, this military budget will be an astronomical ......"

Chief of Staff Scott smiled and said, "I think if the Chinese are really willing to go to war, Britain and France will pay for it." Of course, there is no need to exaggerate a thousand divisions, as long as they can dispatch two hundred divisions, it will be enough to win this war......"

"Actually, I don't think it's a big problem for the army, the British have a lot of colonies, and it is not a problem to mobilize 300 divisions. What I hope is that China's navy and air force will participate in the war, and this is what we lack the most, they have the most powerful air force in the world, and the naval strength is not weak. If a joint fleet of China and the United States can be formed, together with the remnants of the Japanese and the British and French, it will not be weaker than the Allies......," Admiral Benson said earnestly.

Wilson covered his head and said, "Well, I'll send a telegram to Wendeji myself, but I can't guarantee that this guy won't agree." Wen Desi is an extremely cunning businessman, and he will never agree to it if he does not have enough benefits. But we can take comfort in the fact that the Allies are less likely to offer him terms that are satisfactory to him, or at least I am certain that he will not fall in favor of the Allies. ”

He turned to Benson and asked, "Your Excellency Admiral, may I ask, if it were just us to form a combined fleet with Japan and Britain and France, would we be able to solve the Allied Navy?"

Benson thought for a moment and said, "...... This, I'm afraid, is not optimistic. Now Britain and France combined have only four dreadnoughts, and Japan has four. Italy, Austria-Hungary and Turkey together have twelve dreadnoughts, and if the Allied fleet in the Mediterranean can still be blocked, then we can still fight Germany if we join forces with Britain, France and Japan. But if Britain can't block the Strait of Gibraltar, it's going to be very difficult......"

At this time, a secretary hurriedly came in, took a copy and said to Wilson: "Mr. President, the latest news, the British and Japanese have repelled the attack of the Anglo-Austrian-Turkish combined fleet in the Strait of Gibraltar......

"Oh, I'll take a look......" Wilson took the text and looked at it.

He took a quick look at it, and immediately exclaimed with joy on his face: "Great! The Japanese did a great job, they sank three former dreadnoughts of the Central Powers, and severely damaged the Turkish Suleiman the Magnificent, and one of the dreadnoughts of Italy and Austria-Hungary was seriously damaged by a mine! Hahahaha, it seems that there is no problem in the Strait of Gibraltar for the time being...... Praise God, this is the best news I have heard today!".