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Chapter 1468 Combined Fleet ([-]rd update, please subscribe)

In a war, every country will use the power of its allies as much as possible, which is why Ming Dynasty was able to gallop freely in the past 20 years. .

However, after the outbreak of the war, instead of raising the flag, they started to fight with real knives and guns. In this regard, the British are undoubtedly quite straightforward. Although the British have a tradition of betraying their allies, but for The support of allies, the British also have a good tradition-in order to defeat the common enemy, they will spare no effort.Even if they are companions with the devil, they are willing to do so.

Immediately after the declaration of war, an expeditionary force was sent to the European continent, cleanly and without dragging its feet.Although the quick battle turned into trench warfare, and the two sides fought a stalemate on the German-French border, Britain 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 in [-], Britain proposed their long-awaited "joint fleet" plan to Germany and the United States.
"Forming a joint fleet is of course our wish, 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 warships, but in terms of strength, we are still far weaker than the Imperial Army. Now if Britain, And if Germany is willing to invest in 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 ships. We will have absolute sea superiority in naval battles, but... "

After a pause, Roosevelt looked at President Cleveland and said.

"Aircraft carrier, this is a threat we must consider. According to our intelligence, the aircraft carrier fleet of the Ming Empire is rebuilt from the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship". As long as the 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 the "Shenzhou-class immigrant ships". Currently, they have as many as 15 aircraft carriers. In naval battles, they can Unleash more than 600 aircraft at once, Mister President!"

"600!"

Cleveland couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle, and said with some palpitations.

"my Lord!"

"You know, last time, they only had three aircraft carriers and more than 100 planes, and they have already achieved such brilliant results. Now...if we are intercepted by the Imperial Air Force when we go south for a decisive battle at sea, then the loss will be natural. One can imagine."

"And what about our aircraft carrier?"

asked the Secretary of State.

"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 transformed from ordinary cargo ships. Compared with the high-speed immigration ships of the Imperial Navy, their speed is very slow, only 11 knots, and the tonnage is only about 1.5 tons, and they can only carry 32 aircraft."

These days, everyone’s aircraft carriers are similar, they are all rebuilt from merchant ships, and the refitting process is similar, nothing more than dismantling the chimney, deckhouse, etc., and installing a flat wooden platform from bow to stern as an all-through flight Deck, an open hangar is set up under the deck, and blocking equipment, catapults and artillery are added.

Such a transformation process should not be too simple. In fact, as long as they want, countries can burst out a bunch of aircraft carriers at any time. Of course, they are all merchant class.But in the shipyards of Britain and the United States, there are already specially designed aircraft carriers, and so is Ming Dynasty, but it will take time.

"But the British also have aircraft carriers, as well as the Germans. If we concentrate all our forces, we should still be able to fight!"

After being reminded by the side, Secretary of War Lamont added.

"Mr. President, if the British's plan can be realized, we have every chance to severely damage the Ming Empire's navy and force them to shrink back to the South Atlantic Ocean. In this way, we can regain the dominance of the sea."

What are the plans of the British?
It is to form a joint fleet, and through a decisive battle at sea, severely damage the naval fleet of the Ming Empire.thereby gaining control of the sea.

"Theodore, what do you think?"

Facing the president's question, Roosevelt thought for a while, and then said.

"We do have a chance. However, my suggestion is that before the decisive battle, we must strengthen the air defense force of the battleship 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 excellent completion of the armaments and the reconstruction of the Navy at the beginning of the war. 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 his words fell, Lamont said a little excitedly.

"My God, how many more flak guns does the navy need? God can testify that the West needs flak guns more now. We don't need flak guns to defend the sky. We need flak guns to protect the railroads. Mr. President, if there is no flak guns, the Pacific Railroad is a naked virgin , will be ravaged by the airships of the empire!"

As the Minister of War, Lamont was so excited because the production of anti-aircraft guns was relatively limited, and the Navy had already used up too many anti-aircraft guns.And what about the Army?The army also needs anti-aircraft guns. A battleship of the navy needs dozens of anti-aircraft guns, but even a fortress defended by the army does not have more than a dozen anti-aircraft guns. This difference is really too big.

"And we're dealing with airships that fly at higher altitudes, but what about the Navy? We're dealing with aircraft, Theodore, and I think you can add as many machine guns as you can, machine guns, quadruple machine guns, you know Yes, it's perfectly capable of stopping planes, it shot down planes at the Hamptons..."

After Lamont directly made his kind request, he turned his attention to the president and said.

"Mr. President, didn't you say "All for the west!" "If the United States loses the West, what will await us? The West needs more weapons..."

(End of this chapter)