Chapter 992 The Efforts of Britain and the United States

When construction of the German Navy's "Deutschland-class" aircraft carrier started, it was almost at the same time that Baltimore on the other side of the ocean was the US Navy's shipyard. A warship also held a groundbreaking ceremony.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Benson, Atlantic Fleet Commander Henry Mayo and a series of senior U.S. Navy generals gathered at the shipyard. In addition to the Americans, British Prime Minister Churchill, British Secretary of the Navy Jellicoe, and a group of senior generals of the British Navy also appeared at the shipyard.

Because, the warship that is about to start construction was jointly developed by the United Kingdom and the United States.

The warship that is about to start construction is an aircraft carrier jointly developed by Britain and the United States. When the German Navy has made amazing achievements in the field of aircraft carriers and began to build aircraft carriers in large quantities, the United Kingdom and the United States have not been idle, and they are also struggling to catch up with Germany. However, because they started late and had a low starting point, their progress was very slow. But now, they are finally going to achieve zero breakthrough.

"Gentlemen, construction of our first aircraft carrier, the HMS Langley, is about to begin. Although, compared with our enemies, we are far behind. However, between us and our British Thanks to the efforts of our allies, we are struggling to catch up with the Germans. I believe that soon we will be able to catch up with Germany and surpass them. Our enemy, is very powerful, has the most powerful navy and army, and air force in the world They also have the most extensive colonies in the world. It will be a difficult and tortuous road to defeat them. However, I firmly believe that the American Republic and the British Empire, in the case of sincere unity, will have no problem defeating Germany .At least, our industrial output value exceeds that of Germany. It will take a lot of time for them to surpass us in this area. The final victory must belong to us!" President Woodrow Wilson said to everyone.

Since the last world war, the United States has been deflated and lost face again and again in its confrontation with Germany. This not only made the U.S. military aggrieved when they arrived, but even ordinary Americans almost lost confidence. President Woodrow Wilson knew very well that if this continues, they will definitely not have the courage to continue to confront Germany. This is undoubtedly very unfavorable for the United States.

The United States now is also involuntary. Germany already regards the United States as the biggest potential opponent threatening its hegemony. Therefore, it is not that the United States does not want to confront Germany, and Germany will give up being hostile to them. In order to ensure the stability of its own hegemony, Germany will inevitably do everything possible to suppress the United States until the United States has no threat at all. Unless the United States is divided and becomes small countries one by one. Otherwise, Germany will not stop suppressing them. As long as the United States does not want to do that, it must fight back.

Whether it is President Woodrow Wilson or other senior officials of the US government and military, of course they do not want to see such a result. Therefore, they can only grit their teeth and work hard to develop the US military, so that the US can have a slight chance of winning in future wars.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also smiled. Although, the first aircraft carrier "Langley" will belong to the US Navy after its completion. However, soon the British Navy's own aircraft carrier will also start construction. The required materials were all provided by the United States, and Britain only needed to pay a very small amount of money to obtain these materials from the United States. In this way, they can build their own aircraft carrier with minimal cost. This is undoubtedly a great thing for the British government, which lost its homeland and survived only on Canada. Of course, the price they pay for this is that all kinds of high-tech must be shared with the Americans.

In the future, even if they can defeat Germany and win the war, the technological strength of the United States will be greatly improved and become the real overlord. It is almost impossible for Britain to regain its supremacy.

After President Woodrow Wilson's speech ended, the first keel of the USS Langley was placed on the berth.

Without experience, the construction progress of the aircraft carrier 'Langley' will be very slow. It is estimated that it will take more than three years to be completed and put into service. And, it will be an experimental aircraft carrier. The United States and the United Kingdom will accumulate experience in the construction and use of aircraft carriers on this aircraft carrier, as well as training in the take-off, landing and application of carrier-based aircraft.

The "Langley" aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of less than 20,000 tons and can only carry 36 carrier-based aircraft. Fewer than the first class of aircraft carriers built by the German Navy a few years ago - the "Pioneer-class" aircraft carriers. In addition, the maximum speed of the "Langley" aircraft carrier is only 15.5 knots, and the hangar is also open. It looks very crude.

However, after all, this is the first aircraft carrier built by the United States and the United Kingdom. Although it is simple and poor, it has achieved zero breakthroughs.

The current cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States is completely comprehensive. Not only on naval aircraft carriers, but also on capital ships and other warships. The capital ships that the United States is building, whether it is power or main guns, use a lot of British technology. Otherwise, it is impossible for the United States to improve its warship construction capabilities so quickly.

For the Army, the M1 tank, the first-generation tank jointly developed by the United Kingdom and the United States, has also begun testing. Once the tests pass, both countries will proceed to purchase separately. Of course, the rich and powerful United States will purchase more to strengthen the strength of the US Army. The United Kingdom will purchase less. After all, the performance of the M1 tank is still relatively simple from the current point of view, and it is not even comparable to the No. 1 tank equipped by the German Army.

For the Air Force, the fighter jet code-named P-17 has also begun test flights. This is a new fighter jet jointly developed by the United Kingdom and the United States. Although it uses a double-layer wing and its maximum speed is only 180 kilometers, it is already much better than the aircraft equipped in the UK before. Even if it is not as good as Germany's advanced fighter jets, it is still a huge improvement. With the continuous efforts of engineers from the United Kingdom and the United States, they will develop more advanced models so that the air forces of the two countries can have more powerful combat capabilities.