Latest website: In a war, every country will try its best to use the power of its allies. This is also the reason why Ming Dynasty has been able to gallop around in the past twenty years. At that time, Ming Dynasty was holding the banner of France and Russia.
, let the United Kingdom and the United States use a weapon of caution.
However, after the war broke out, they did not raise the banner, but started fighting with real swords and guns. At this point, the British were undoubtedly quite happy. Although the British had a tradition of betraying their allies, for
The British also have a good tradition of supporting their allies - in order to defeat the common enemy, they will spare no effort. Even if it means being with the devil, they are willing to do so.
Immediately after the war was declared, the expeditionary force was dispatched to the European continent in a clean and tidy manner. Although the quick victory turned into trench warfare and the two sides reached a stalemate on the German-French border, the British still
Sent a large number of troops to the European continent.
Of course, such support is not free, and allies also need to repay Britain's efforts. On the occasion of the New Year of 1996, Britain proposed their long-gestating "joint fleet" plan to Germany and the United States.
"It is of course our wish to form a combined fleet, Mr. President."
In the Oval Office, Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt said directly.
"Now, through emergency repairs, we have repaired the four Dreadnought-class battleships that were severely damaged at Hampton Anchorage. We currently have ten battleships, but in terms of strength, we are still far weaker than the imperial military. Now if the British,
And if Germany is willing to invest the same warships, then we will have an absolute advantage over the Ming Empire. We have 30 Dreadnought-class warships, while the Ming Empire has 19. We will have absolute maritime superiority in naval battles, but...
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After a pause, Roosevelt looked at President Cleveland and said.
"Aircraft carrier, this is a threat we must take into account. According to our intelligence, the aircraft carrier fleet of the Ming Empire was rebuilt from "Shenzhou-class immigration ships." As long as its internal immigration cabin is removed, it will have a large
Hangars and ready-made take-off and landing decks. In the past few months, the Imperial Navy has requisitioned all "Shenzhou-class immigration ships". Currently, they have as many as 15 aircraft carriers. In naval battles, they can
Release more than 600 planes at once, Mr. President!"
"600!"
Cleveland couldn't help but feel his scalp numb and said with some palpitations.
"my Lord!"
"You know, last time, they had only three aircraft carriers and more than a hundred aircraft, and they had already achieved such brilliant results. Now... if we are intercepted by the Imperial Aviation Force when we go south for a decisive battle at sea, the losses will be huge
It’s natural to imagine.”
"What about our aircraft carrier?"
the Secretary of State asked.
"Haven't we already built six aircraft carriers? The Imperial Navy has aircraft carriers, and we also have aircraft carriers."
"Our aircraft carriers are all converted from ordinary cargo ships. Compared with the high-speed immigration ships of the Imperial Navy, its speed is very slow, only 11 knots, and its tonnage is only about 15,000 tons. It can only carry 32 aircraft."
In these years, all aircraft carriers are similar. They are all modified from commercial ships. The modification process is similar. It is nothing more than removing the chimney, deckhouse, etc., and installing a flat wooden platform from bow to stern as a full-pass flight.
On the deck, an open hangar was set up below the deck, and blocking equipment, catapults and artillery were added.
Such a transformation process should not be too simple. In fact, as long as they are willing, various countries can burst out a bunch of aircraft carriers at any time. Of course, they are all merchant class. But in the shipyards of the United Kingdom and the United States, there are already specially designed aircraft carriers.
, the same is true for Ming Dynasty, but it takes time.
"But the British also have aircraft carriers, as well as the Germans. If we concentrate all our strength, we should still be able to fight!"
Secretary of War Lamont reminded him and then added.
"Mr. President, if the British plan can be realized, we have every chance to severely damage the Ming Empire Navy and force them to shrink back to the South Atlantic waters. In this way, we can regain control of the sea."
What is the British plan?
It is to form a joint fleet and through a decisive battle at sea, severely damage the Ming Empire's naval fleet and seize control of the sea.
"Theodore, what do you think?"
Facing the president's inquiry, Roosevelt thought for a moment and then said.
"We do have a chance. However, my suggestion is that before the decisive battle, we must strengthen the air defense of the battleships as much as possible and increase anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns as much as possible. After all, our pilots are far behind in technology.
My colleagues in the empire..."
As Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt is undoubtedly competent. Three months ago, he replaced Whitney as Secretary of the Navy because of his outstanding completion of the early war armaments and the reconstruction of the Navy. After becoming Secretary of the Navy, his focus was to strengthen the air defense of the fleet.
In addition to aircraft carriers, anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are also the focus of his work. It is even with his support that American weapons companies have successfully developed anti-aircraft guns.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Lamont said excitedly.
"My God, how many more anti-aircraft guns does the Navy need? God can testify that now the West needs anti-aircraft guns more. We don't need anti-aircraft guns to protect the sky, but we also need anti-aircraft guns to protect the railways. Mr. President, without anti-aircraft guns, the Pacific Railway is like a naked virgin taking off her skirt.
, will be ravaged by the empire’s airships!”
As Secretary of War, Lamont was so excited because the production of anti-aircraft guns was relatively limited, and the Navy had used too many anti-aircraft guns. What about the Army? The Army also needs anti-aircraft guns, and a Navy battleship needs dozens of them.
There are only a dozen anti-aircraft guns, but a fortress defended by the army may not have more than a dozen anti-aircraft guns. The difference is really huge.
"And what we are facing are airships that fly at higher altitudes, but what about the navy? We are facing aircraft. Theodore, I think you can try to add more machine guns, machine guns, four-unit machine guns, you know
Yes, it can completely stop planes. In Hampton, it shot down planes..."
After Lamont made his kind request directly, he turned his attention to the president and said.
"Mr. President, didn't you say, "Everything is for the West!" If the United States loses the West, what will be waiting for us? The West needs more weapons..."