Chapter 1553: Worst plan (ask for a monthly ticket)

  The U.S. Navy's disastrous defeat in this naval battle has completely reached the point where it hurts. Whether it is the aircraft carrier formation or the capital ship formation, as well as the cruiser and destroyer formations, they have all been hit hard. Especially the carrier-based aircraft unit suffered a devastating blow this time. If you want to regain your strength, it will undoubtedly be very difficult.

   But even so, the U.S. Navy has not given up. Neither US President Roosevelt nor the US government gave up. They still decided to vigorously support the navy and let the navy restore its strength as soon as possible so that it can compete with Germany for sea dominance in the Atlantic Ocean.

  For the United States, if they lose their command of the sea in the Atlantic Ocean, they will not pose any threat to Germany. Even without a strong naval defense, even their homeland would be under great threat. If you want to defend the United States and ensure the safety of the United States, you must resist the Germans at sea.

  The major shipyards in the United States have received notices from the government asking them to speed up the production of various types of warships for the US Navy. In particular, the second batch of 12 "Essex-class" aircraft carriers was required to further speed up. The third batch of 12 "Essex-class" aircraft carriers will all start construction immediately, and strive to be able to serve in one year. In addition, in view of the heavy loss of the capital ship formation, the new class of capital ships after the "Montana-class" battleship designed by the US Navy is also required to speed up the progress so that they can have stronger strength in future naval battles against the German Navy. Cruisers and destroyers, needless to say, are speeding up their construction schedule.

   It can be said that the major shipyards on the east coast of the United States now have a little ability to build warships, and they have all received orders from the government and the military to start building warships for the U.S. Navy. In order to speed up the recovery of the U.S. Navy's strength and make the U.S. Navy stronger, the U.S. government has done its best.

  In addition, although the F4U fighter was in a naval battle, it still lost to the advanced carrier-based fighter of the German Navy. However, its excellent performance has been unanimously affirmed by the surviving pilots. Although this aircraft is not an opponent of the German Navy's carrier-based FW-190 fighter, it can at least fight the German Navy's carrier-based BF-109 fighter. This is undoubtedly a great progress for the US Navy. Some people in the U.S. Navy even believe that if the fighter jets carried by the aircraft carrier dispatched by the U.S. Navy this time are all F4U fighter jets, the outcome of this naval battle may be completely different. Even if it is still not the opponent of the German navy, at least it will not lose so badly, and it will cause greater losses to the Germans.

   It's just that there are no ifs in this world. What the U.S. Navy can do is to further increase the production of F4U fighters and replace all subsequent aircraft carriers with F4U fighters. The German Navy is doing the same thing. Since the carrier-based BF-109 fighter jets can no longer gain an overwhelming advantage, the German Navy plans to replace all the remaining carrier-based BF-109 fighter jets on the aircraft carrier to shore-based bases. The carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier are all replaced with carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets. In this way, the strength of the German carrier-based aircraft force can be further enhanced, so that the German navy can occupy a greater advantage in the next naval battle.

   The development of the next-level fighter of the U.S. Navy, the F6F fighter, is also accelerating. Although this is an improvement on the F4F fighter. However, compared with the F4F fighter, the performance is completely different. The code name of the F4F is "Wildcat", while the code name of the F6F fighter is "Hellcat". It can be seen that the U.S. Navy attaches great importance to this kind of carrier-based fighter.

   After the meeting, President Roosevelt left Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Army Chief of Staff General Marshall and Army Air Corps Commander General Henry Harry Arnold. Although President Roosevelt placed high hopes on the navy, even though the navy suffered heavy losses in this naval battle, President Roosevelt still hoped that the navy could recover its strength as soon as possible and once again compete with the German navy for sea dominance in the Atlantic. However, President Roosevelt had to prepare for the worst. That is, the U.S. Navy has at most one more chance to compete with the German Navy. If it loses again, the U.S. Navy will have no chance at all. At that time, the United States will face a German attack on its homeland. Therefore, President Roosevelt hopes to make preparations as soon as possible. If the situation really reaches that point, they also have plenty of preparation time to deal with the Germans.

   "Gentlemen, the German Army taught us a lesson with their powerful strength! Let us know what kind of memory is the most powerful navy in the world." President Roosevelt said with a wry smile.

"Yes, Your Excellency. Before this decisive battle, I would think that our navy has enough strength to challenge the German navy. Even with a little luck, it is possible to defeat the German navy and win the final victory. But However, this naval battle let us know how big the gap is between us and the German navy. How difficult it is to defeat the German navy." Minister Stimson also said.

   Admiral Marshall and Admiral Arnold also had serious expressions. They were also optimistic before that the U.S. Navy undoubtedly had a great chance of winning. In that case, the United States would be able to launch operations against Europe. But now it seems that they are too optimistic.

"Gentlemen, I know that it may not be fair for the army to shift a lot of resources to the navy. However, I hope everyone can think about the overall situation. If we don't speed up the development of the navy, let them recover as soon as possible If we have no strength, our homeland will be threatened. Only when the navy is strong, can we have the ability to deal with the German navy and ensure the security of the homeland.” President Roosevelt said.

   There are also considerable conflicts between the U.S. Army and Navy. Every year, in order to compete for the military budget, the two sides will also fight to the death. However, this is quite normal. But President Roosevelt hoped that the Army and Navy would let go of their prejudices when America's life and death were at stake.

"Your Excellency, please don't worry about this. The army can fully understand the government's difficulties. Besides, the army also hopes that the navy can become stronger. Only when the navy can become stronger, our country will be safer. Even, we Only one day will land in Europe." Admiral Marshall said.