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The Third Empire - Chapter 1057

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:38:06 AM


Chapter 1057: 1057

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In history, when Roosevelt was running for president for the third time, the United States had not entered the war, and its isolationism and wait-and-see mood were still very strong. Now, it is completely different, and the United States has been completely involved in the war!

During the war, everything should be simplified. The presidential campaign is a very complex process, which costs money and thoughts. The president of the United States should not waste time in this regard. There is not much time left for the United States!

"Even, I think our presidential election can simplify the plan. If we want to win the war, we can't waste our limited energy on such meaningless and worthless activities. President Roosevelt is the most suitable president for our United States. What do you think?" Lister said to the man below.

Suddenly, many people are nodding. It makes sense!

Roosevelt took the United States out of the plight of the economic crisis. Later, Roosevelt took the United States and developed and became strong step by step. Before the island invasion, Roosevelt realized the coming of the war and made preparations in advance. Unfortunately, the domestic isolationism was too strong to let Roosevelt go.

The attack on Pearl Harbor fully verified Roosevelt's foresight. Roosevelt was the most suitable president of the United States!

But how can the practice of President Washington staying be broken?

Roosevelt did not attend the meeting. For him, staying out was the best choice. Just like in ancient China, he was in yellow robes. It was a taboo. His subordinates had to persuade him again and again that it was fate that he had to accept.

Roosevelt did not attend, but his wife Eleanor arrived at the noisy meeting just in time.

Looking at the people present, Eleanor showed the style of the first lady. Her eyes were very moving, as if she could speak. Her voice was so soft, but there was no lack of rationality.

"1940 is not an ordinary period, but a special period of war. We should not quarrel over any other issues except what we can do for the interests of the whole country."

"Franklin doesn't have any idea to break the Convention, but I firmly believe that all of you here are rational and want to elect a president who is most suitable for our United States and can lead the United States to the final victory. I firmly believe that Franklin is that person. In his heart, he has always firmly believed that the United States will win, Germany and island countries, Will be the ultimate loser. He has been working hard for this. "

Eleanor's words finally infected everyone present. The democratic party finally decided to nominate Roosevelt as the next presidential candidate.

At this time, Roosevelt was inspecting the Newport News shipyard. Now he is still the current president of the United States and should be responsible for the interests of the United States.

The United States needs a lot of aircraft carriers! Although Roosevelt was not a soldier, he also had a keen premonition that the combination of aircraft carrier and carrier aircraft would definitely change the future sea war.

For example, if the islanders had no aircraft carrier, they would never have succeeded in sneaking into Pearl Harbor!

Now, to regain control of the Pacific, the United States needs to maximize its industrial production capacity and build a large number of aircraft carriers!

However, even if the United States is rich and powerful, it can not afford hundreds of aircraft carriers. In this way, an affordable escort aircraft carrier is a better choice for the U.S. Navy.

Escort aircraft carrier is different from fleet aircraft carrier. Fleet aircraft carrier is the main aircraft carrier of the Navy. It has large displacement and many aircraft. It is built in full accordance with military standards. It is the main force of Naval Aviation in sea and air war.

The biggest feature of escort aircraft carrier is small, which is mainly used to escort merchant ships. They are generally deployed in front of the transport fleet, reconnaissance and attack submarines with shipborne aircraft, or guide surface ships to attack. It can also carry out shore attacks, but generally does not participate in direct operations against the enemy fleet.

These characteristics of escort aircraft carrier determine that its cost is very low and it can be mass produced in assembly line. Therefore, Roosevelt has always stressed the need to develop escort aircraft carrier in large quantities.

As a result, many shipyards responded quickly, and the most violent one was Newport News shipyard. They claimed that they had built more than 30 escort aircraft carriers and had rich experience. If they gave them the order, they could build one in two or three months!

Roosevelt was very satisfied with the speed of construction, so he came to the shipyard on that day to inspect.

Roosevelt was accompanied by general Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Navy.

Last year, Roosevelt was aware of the possible dangers in the Pacific Ocean, so Roosevelt ordered James Richardson, commander in chief of the U.S. fleet, to move the fleet from the West Bank to Hawaii to deter Japan. However, the general did not agree with the president's point of view because of the lack of security and resources in the region, and did not increase his security awareness.

So, after Pearl Harbor was bombed, Roosevelt dismissed him and chose Nimitz, a Navy veteran in his fifties, when looking for his successor. He was the most suitable candidate in Roosevelt's eyes.

But Nimitz refused on the grounds of his "insufficient qualifications", which was succeeded by his good friend general hasben Kimmel. After the Pearl Harbor incident, Nimitz was appointed commander of the Pacific Fleet.

The situation in the Pacific is very dangerous, and Nimitz also has concerns. In particular, the number of fleet aircraft carriers is too small, and the construction cycle of new aircraft carriers is too long. How to have combat effectiveness is an urgent problem to be solved.

When they came to the shipyard, they met Walter, the person in charge of the shipyard. At this time, Walter was full of confidence.

"How can you have experience in building more than 30 escort aircraft carriers? The Navy should not have placed an order at Newport News shipyard? " Nimitz asked immediately when he saw Walter.

"Yes, we haven't placed an order, but we have accepted the order contract for new container ships from Germany. We have produced more than 30 ships by assembly line, with high speed and low cost. Their container ships are at the same level as the escort mother we need."

With that, Walter took the people to the conference room. On the open design drawings, Nimitz just glanced and knew that Walter was right. The 148 meter cargo ship has a flat deck on the top, the ship island is arranged on the right, there is a lift on the side, and there is a hangar below. Where is a container ship, it is clearly an aircraft carrier! Moreover, the power is also good. It has reached 18 knots!

"When the shipyard was producing, didn't it know that this was the escort aircraft carrier?" Roosevelt's voice of discontent came.




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