"Where is the navy? How are your preparations completed?" President Roosevelt asked.
Compared to the army, President Roosevelt pays more attention to the navy. Because the navy will be the main force that will bear the brunt of the confrontation with Germany in this war. United States wants to defeat Germany in the war, or threaten Germany. Then, United States needs to ensure that the navy wins Atlantic Ocean first. In that case, United States can send troops to land on European continent. Otherwise, no matter how powerful US Army is, it will not be able to cross Atlantic Ocean and attack Europe.
"Your Excellency, the Navy's preparations are basically complete. However, to defeat German Navy, we need to have a stronger force!" American Navy Operations Department Chief Harold Admiral Stark said.
"In terms of battleships, we have four 'South Dakota-class' battleships, six 'Iowa-class' battleships, and five 'Montana-class' battleships. In addition, the new class of battleships that have been transformed from the 'Yamato-class' battleship drawings we obtained from the island countries is even larger and equipped with larger calibers. Construction has already started. However, it will take time for these new battleships to be put into service!" Admiral Harold Stark said.
Similarly, due to the threat of German Navy, the warships of American Navy in another time and space that had canceled their construction plans began to be built in this time and space. This makes American Navy even more powerful.
"Can our 15 Capital Shipss be able to deal with German Navy's Capital Shipss?" President Roosevelt asked.
Harold Admiral Stark did not answer, but looked at Fleet Commander General James Richardson.
"Your Excellency, although we only have 15 Capital Shipss. However, these Capital Shipss are the latest Capital Shipss. They are more powerful than those old Capital Shipss of the Germany people!" Admiral James Richardson answered affirmatively.
"Is it really like that? Don't forget that the Germany people used those old Battleship to almost wipe out Island Nation Navy's Capital Ships formation!" Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said.
"Yes, Your Excellency Minister. The performance of the old battleships of the German Navy has been greatly improved after modification. Based on the analysis of their battles with the island nation's navy, we can know that the German navy's battleships are very advanced in electronic equipment. This makes their artillery accuracy very high. Even in night battles, they have a very good hit rate. This is why they were able to defeat the island nation's navy in the battleship duel. However, the same The disadvantages of the German navy's battleships are also obvious. Their hull structure is relatively old and their defense power is relatively low. At the same time, their main gun caliber is weaker than ours. In addition, their speed is slower than ours. Although we are a little worse than the Germans in terms of electronic equipment, the gap is not too big. Considering these, our battleship fleet still has the advantage!" said Admiral Nimitz, the deputy commander of the fleet.
Admiral Nimitz's explanation made everyone feel a little more at ease. After all, a huge amount of money was spent to build these Capital Ships and United States. If these new Capital Ships can't beat the old Capital Ships of German Navy, how can US government be embarrassed?
"The two fleets of German Navy on Atlantic Ocean have 16 ships of Capital Ships. If they can get the ships deployed on the Mediterranean Sea With the support of the fleet, the number of Capital Ships will increase to 23. In terms of numbers, we are at a huge disadvantage. In this case, can we still win?" President Roosevelt asked.
"Your Excellency, the quantity gap between us and Capital Ships from German Navy is indeed very large. If possible, it is best to wait until the subsequent new Capital Ships is put into service before competing with The Germany people started fighting. But obviously, it is too late. Even so, we may not be able to defeat the Germany people by relying on the performance advantage of the warship." Harold Admiral Stark said.
President Roosevelt nodded and did not pursue the issue any further. He also knew that it would take a long time to build a Capital Ships. In the case of the gap in the number of Capital Ships, it is obviously impossible to make up for it in a short time. As long as you believe in the performance advantages of your own Capital Ships, you may be able to win.
"In terms of aircraft carriers, we now have 15 aircraft carriers in service. Among them, the number of 'Essex-class' aircraft carriers has reached 8. In our shipyard, there are 12 more 'Essex-class' aircraft carriers under construction. In the next two years, these 12 'Essex-class' aircraft carriers will be put into service one after another.. In addition, the 'Independence-class' light aircraft carriers we modified with the hull of 'Cleveland-class' Light Cruiser have also been put into service. The number of these light aircraft carriers has reached 24. This brings the number of aircraft carriers we can use on Atlantic Ocean to 24!" Harold Admiral Stark continued.
"Where are the Germany people?" President Roosevelt asked.
Being able to have 24 aircraft carriers in service in a short period of time makes President Roosevelt very satisfied. Although, he knows that in terms of performance, it may not be comparable to the powerful German Navy. But he knew that being able to do all this in such a short period of time was already very good.
"German Navy has 16 aircraft carriers on Atlantic Ocean. Eight of them are 'Constellation-class' aircraft carriers, and the other eight are the latest ones in service The 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carrier. According to the information we have received, the 'Constellation-class' aircraft carrier of German Navy can carry 103 s. Carrier-based aircraft. The 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carrier can carry 120 Carrier-based aircraft. In terms of performance, it is better than our 'Essex-class' aircraft carrier. The carrier is more advanced. Our 'Essex-class' aircraft carrier can carry one hundred Carrier-based aircraft," Harold Admiral Stark continued.
"The performance gap is not too big." President Roosevelt said.
It can be said that the performance of American Navy's 'Essex-class' aircraft carrier and German Navy's 'Constellation-class' aircraft carrier are almost the same. However, compared with the 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carrier of German Navy, it is worse.
However, considering that German Navy developed aircraft carriers much earlier than American Navy. It is very good to be able to make up the gap to this point.