"Tactically speaking, the number of attack aircraft in the carrier-based aircraft squad of the USS Independent aircraft carrier is not large, with a total of 72 carrier-based aircraft, with 32 attack aircraft, and some of them are part-time reconnaissance. In this way, the number of attack aircraft that can be mobilized in actual combat may even be less than 20, and then consider a lower hit rate in actual combat than in exercises. Attacks of this scale will not pose much threat to the huge British fleet, or even to a battleship squad."

"The Germans are very clear about this, so in the previous telegram, the Germans strongly asked us to increase the number of fighter jets, which was actually considered giving up our sea attack function. From this perspective, the Germans should not make similar requests." Majifen said.

"As for the second point? This is my personal opinion. I think that in order to ensure the safe period, the USS Independent aircraft carrier should effectively utilize not much aviation resources to ensure victory in the battle. Instead of using limited attack aircraft for sea attacks that are destined to fail to achieve results, it is better to send more reconnaissance aircraft to ensure perception of the battlefield situation." Majifen said.

"Do you think we are more conducive to the victory of the war? You are quite considerate of the Germans." Even though Sims has a good temper, he has a lot of complaints about Majiphin's statement. After all, in his understanding, the aircraft carrier itself is a pure offensive weapon. The aircraft carrier does not have the heavy armor of the battleships, so in his opinion, the best defense of an aircraft carrier is attack, and if it cannot attack actively, the aircraft carrier will lose most of its meaning. But now, Majiphin has lost his fleet's right to attack out of distrust of him! This is obviously an irony for a general.

"I am thinking about the United States and Germany. To a certain extent, helping Germany is helping the United States. We have a full-scale gap with the Germans. We recognize this gap, and we are also considering this gap when formulating war plans in the future. Do you know why we won't send battleships this time?" asked Majifen.

"The reason is very simple. Our main battleships are all slow battleships that cannot keep up with the speed of the German fleet." Sims said.

"This statement is half true. But what about the other half?" Majiphin smiled bitterly: "Think about it, all the navies in the world, whether British, German, Japanese, or Austrians, have their own fast battleships, and the core of the German and Japanese fleets is also fast battleships. But why has the United States of America been building slow battleships? Have you ever thought about this question?"

"Because of the budget?" Sims was a little uncertain, and he was also curious about this reason. After all, the role of the fast fleet is well known to the world, so why didn't the US Navy develop?

"The budget is one reason, and the other is a technical problem. Although the United States of America has a huge industrial scale and is even at the forefront of the world in some fields, there are still gaps between us and truly technological powers such as Britain and Germany. These gaps will produce various flaws after being reflected on warships. The technical difficulty of developing fast battleships is higher than that of battleships, and technical risks are one of the important reasons why we give up fast battleships. In fact, even today's battleships, starting from New York, there are more or less problems on each of our level of battleships." Majifen said.

Unlike in history, Sims did not stay in the battleship fleet for too long, so although he knew some problems, he still couldn't understand the deep reasons. For example, he had served on the USS New York, the first super-dreadnought, and knew that the two main guns in New York were walking in the middle of the hull, which was unusually weird, but he really didn't know the reason!

"All our warships have very good performance on paper, but there are some problems in actual combat. Take the New York as an example. As the first super fearless ship in the United States, we actually use the same vertical steam engine as the former dreadnought. This itself is a distrust of our country's steam turbines. If we talk about the power-to-weight ratio of our power system, let alone the Germans and the British. So when the power system is not strong, it is natural that we can't get a fast warship."

"As for artillery? How do you say that, we now know why there is a problem with the two artillery in the middle of the New York hull. Because the ammunition depot of this turret is close to the power compartment, and our cooling work is not done well, the temperature of the ammunition depot is too high, which has led to some changes in the launching drugs, which has affected the artillery's walk, so that the 10 artillery of the New York can only be used as 8 artillery."

"Then the later Nevada-class battleships. We used the two-seat double-seat and two-seat triple gun layouts with cleverness. However, the artillery spacing of the triple turret is 4 times the caliber, and the artillery spacing of the double-seat gun is 7 times the caliber. The artillery spacing of the triple turret is too close, which led to the impact of the gun storm on the ballistics. This result led to different artillery walks. Of course, we can attribute this to the design issue for the time being."

"Didn't we use the half-volley to solve this problem later?" Sims said with some dissatisfaction.

"Yes, we did use this method to solve the problem to a certain extent, but it is still a pity that we cannot shoot a full scatter. We can make do with the problem of the USS Nevada battleship, but some problems are difficult to solve in a short period of time." Majifen said.

"Our latest two-class battleship is the New Mexico-class battleship and Tennessee-class battleship. We have adopted a full triple artillery layout and the new 14-inch L50 artillery. These two-class battleships were hailed as the star of hope for the Imperial Navy when they were launched. However, the reality is not the case. In many test shots, the new 14-inch L50 artillery's part-time walk is regarded as a shotgun, which is about twice as big as the 14-inch L45 artillery! So much so that a German naval officer once commented that the efficiency of these 12 14-inch artillery may not be as efficient as the British's eight artillery. Do you know why this is?" asked Majifen.

(Note: In history, the Americans' 14-inch L50 artillery walks were really bad, even if it was delayed, it would not work. The fundamental reason is that the ablation of the artillery was too serious. This problem was not discovered in the 20s in history.)
Chapter completed!