After American Navy passed through Battle of the Azores, it can be said that my vitality was seriously damaged. Even United States's major shipyards are working overtime to build warships. However, the construction cycle of warships is inherently long. This makes it almost impossible for American Navy to quickly regain its strength. It is precisely because of this that the United States side will force the Britain side and will not allow them to retain their strength in this war, but require the Britain people to join in. With the hope of uniting the forces of the two countries, they can resist the attack of German Navy.
However, American Navy didn't seem to expect that German Navy would react in such a short period of time and prepare to attack them.
"General, this is Telegram from British Admiralty." A staff officer put a copy of Telegram into Harold Admiral Stark's hands with a serious face.
American Navy Operations Department Long Harold? Admiral Stark After reading the content of Telegram, his face suddenly became very ugly.
"Did Naval Ministry get the news?" Harold Admiral Stark asked.
"General, the Telegram of the Britain people should have been issued to us and Naval Ministry at the same time." said the staff officer.
Harold Admiral Stark nodded. "Inform all generals of this news immediately."
"Yes, General," the staff officer replied.
At this moment, another staff officer walked in. "Report, General. White House called and asked you to come over immediately."
"Okay, I understand. Inform the generals and ask them to wait for me in the conference room. After returning from White House, hold an emergency meeting immediately." Harold Admiral Stark stood up and ordered.
"Yes, General."
Harold Admiral Stark rushed to White House immediately. When he arrived at President Roosevelt's office, he found that Secretary of War Henry? Stilson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, and Chief of Army General Staff General Marshall had already arrived first.
"Sorry, Mr. President, I'm late." Harold Admiral Stark said.
"No, General, you are not late, it's just that everyone was discussing other things before." President Roosevelt said with a smile.
Harold Admiral Stark nodded and sat down in his seat.
"Everyone, everyone is here, let's start the meeting." President Roosevelt said.
Everyone sat upright.
"Gentlemen, Britain has just sent us Telegram. Their submarine discovered German fleet in the southeastern waters of Greenland. Although, now It's unclear how big German fleet is, but what is certain is that German fleet must be very large. This will be a huge threat to us," said President Roosevelt.
"Your Excellency, the Germany people are sending a large fleet to attack at this time, and they must be directed at us and Britain's navy. They want to launch a landing operation against North America, and our navy is the first thing they have to deal with." Frank Knox said.
Everyone else nodded repeatedly, German Navy was frantically building various landing battleships, and the intention of preparing landing in North America was already very obvious. This is undoubtedly a very big threat to United States and Britain.
"So, gentlemen, what should we do now?" President Roosevelt then asked.
"Your Excellency, no matter what, if you want to ensure the safety of North America, you must prevent the Germany people from logging in. Once the Germany people land on North America, we will have to pay a higher price if we want to defeat the Germany people." Henry? Stilson said.
German Navy is powerful and dominates the world's oceans. However, German Army is undoubtedly more powerful than German Navy. No one doubts this. The powerful Russia was overthrown by the German Army in less than a year, which shocked the whole world. Everyone knows very well that if German Army successfully lands on United States's homeland, with the US Army's strength, even if it finally defeats German Army's landing force, it will probably suffer heavy losses. Moreover, a large part of the country will be turned into scorched earth during the war. This will bring unbearable huge losses to United States. It is precisely because of this that Americans does not want Germany people to log in. To prevent the Germany people from landing, we can only pin our hopes on the navy.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on Harold Admiral Stark.
"Your Excellency, everyone, with the current strength of the navy, it is no match for the Germany people." Harold Admiral Stark looked a little helpless. Battle of the Azores caused unimaginable losses to American Navy, making it even more difficult for them to continue challenging German Navy.
"Even if you add British Navy, won't it work?" President Roosevelt asked.
American Navy He is also very aware of the current situation. However, building a warship is not something that can be accomplished overnight, it takes time. But the threat of the Germany people is so close that they have no time to restore their strength step by step.
"With the addition of British Navy, and with the support of shore-based aircraft, we may be able to fight against German Navy. However, it is still very difficult to defeat German Navy." Harold Admiral Stark said.
After all, German Navy is at sea and can change its location at will. Shore-based aircraft are affected by range. Once German Navy exits the combat radius of shore-based aircraft, they will have nothing to do with German Navy. In addition, although US Army Air Corps and Royal Air Force are not weak in strength, the coastline they need to garrison is too long, which seriously disperses their strength. If German Navy concentrates its main force to attack in a certain direction, US Army Air Corps and Royal Air Force will probably be difficult to resist.
The expression on President Roosevelt's face couldn't help but become serious, even though they all knew that German Navy would launch further attacks on them sooner or later. However, when German Navy actually launched the threat, they still found it difficult to resist.
"Gentlemen, it is obvious that the current situation is very unfavorable to us. However, no matter what, we must do our best to resist the attack of the Germany people. If possible, I hope that we can defeat German Navy in a naval battle." President Roosevelt said.
Harold Admiral Stark couldn't help but smile bitterly. In his opinion, President Roosevelt's request was too big and too unrealistic. With their current strength, it is undoubtedly almost impossible to achieve President Roosevelt's requirements!