Therefore, in Benson's view, even if the navy is fine, the US Army is definitely not suitable to cross half of the Pacific Ocean and the Japanese fight a protracted island-taking battle with New Guinea on the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

More importantly, can the navy be fine? Although the current US fleet is also considered strong and powerful, claiming to be the third in the world, let alone how much difference is with the British Navy, which is the world's number one and the German Navy, which is the second largest in the world, it is far worse than the Japanese Navy, which is also "known as the third in the world". Let's talk about the number and quality of the dreadnought. Just talking about the fleet composition, the US fleet is not "normal".

For example, the US fleet has almost no fast battleships! This fast battleship is not a battleship. After all, there are only three countries in the navy that have combat patrols in total. Britain, Germany and Japan have no combat patrols or no fast battleships.

But if you don’t even have a light cruiser with a speed of more than 25 knots, that would be unreasonable! The United States in this plane is like history, and there is not even a fairly reasonable new light cruiser! Although it is not as good as the first-class pure blood light cruiser as in history, the Omaha-class light cruiser was only started in 1918. However, in this plane, the Omaha-class light cruiser is still lying on the drawings. Currently, the US Navy has 4 construction plans, and because of funding issues, General Benson tends to choose the cheapest one.

If you want to talk about war, it would be such an embarrassing thing for the fleet to have no light cruisers as reconnaissance force. Without reliable reconnaissance force, you will definitely fall into a passive state. Without light cruisers to defend against the opponent's destroyer's lightning strike, it is one aspect that affects tactical performance. Maybe when you accidentally get a main ship directly by the opponent's destroyer, you will lose a lot. So, the current US fleet is pretty good, but its actual combat effectiveness is a little worse.

To be honest, the status of the US Navy in this plane is not as good as in history. Not to mention anything else, if the lines were drawn in 1919 in history, the 15 main battleships of the US Navy, 7 super fearless, and more than 2 fights, would be terrible. The world's second-strong super fearless battle group. Although the Japanese had 4 King Kongs and 4 12 guns, I personally feel that on paper, the iron turtle of the Americans was stronger in the fight against the death. If you don't say anything else, it's at least strong!

In this plane, the Americans were really not tough in the face of the still powerful British fleet, the German fleet and the super-large Japanese joint fleet. What is the key to this problem? It is not that the United States has no money, no industry, no people, but that Congress has too strict with the allocation card for naval construction.

If it is more radical, it is "the enemy is on Capitol Hill"! Roosevelt became the US president like in history, and during his tenure, he did increase the military expenditure and treatment of the navy. However, logically speaking, the US Navy, after receiving the stimulus of the Philippine Navy, should have been chasing, and national hatred should generate capital bonuses. The number of main battleships should increase a lot.

In fact, the performance of the US Navy is indeed better than in history. However, it is worse than that of Japan, which obtained the Philippines and was determined to prepare for war. The US Navy's military expenditure is indeed higher than that of the Japanese, but considering that a large part of this military expenditure is used to build the naval fortress in Hawaii, it has become "fixed assets" such as steel and cement. Therefore, it is normal to have a worse position in the main fleet. After Theodore Roosevelt stepped down, the US Navy's military expenditure fell sharply again. Therefore, it was not as good as the British in terms of competition for the main ships.

Another thing to complain about is that the cost of American warships is not cheap. Take the New York battleship as an example, the cost is 5.83 million US dollars. According to the exchange of USD and pounds at that time, it would be about 1.2 million pounds, which feels very low, right? But this does not count artillery and armor! The cost of armor generally accounts for about 30% of the total cost of warships. If you add artillery, you may just flip it!

National hatred will not be forgotten, but even if you want to avenge it, it depends on the opportunity. This is like after the French-Prussian War, the French have never forgotten it, and then waited nearly half a century before they could find the place with the help of Britain and Russia. The same is true for the United States. Although hatred has continued, the Americans will not take action when they are obviously not likely to win.

"So what should we do if we want to change the situation now?" asked Robert Bacon.

"It's very simple. I can give those big guys a very good idea, that is, wait, or pray to God every day that the Germans don't lose this war. Even if it's a draw, we can get the entire original German Far Eastern colony." Benson said.

"So is there a possibility that after Germany won the war, he wanted to break the contract again?" Robert Bacon asked after thinking about it.

"The possibility is very small, and they can't get these places back, because it is now under the control of us and the Japanese. If the Germans want to come in, the investment and risks are unimaginable. And the exhausted Germans have no strength to do this," Benson said.

"But what are the benefits of Germany supporting us to get colonies in the Far East? It is impossible for a country to do something that is not beneficial to itself," Robert said.

"Roosevelt should answer you this question. He firmly believes that the Germans will do this, otherwise he would not agree to the quasi-ally alliance relationship with Germany. I am just a soldier, discussing politics is not my job. You have the answer you want now. Is there anything else? If I don't, I need to clean up the mess for Sims." Benson is ready to issue an expulsion order.

He really didn't feel the mood to pay attention to the politicians on the White House and Capitol Hill. Sims fought such a bad battle and finally asked him to end the battle. Both warships were severely damaged, from Bismarck Sea to Pearl Harbor, a distance of thousands of kilometers. It was a problem to pull the ship back, especially the New York, with half the boiler exploded! If you want to get it back, you should find a few high-power tugboats first. Then he had to ask about the maintenance arrangements after returning to Pearl Harbor and the blockade of the news.

"It's such a bad thing." Robert Bacon said to himself after he left.
Chapter completed!