Chapter 2657: Transoceanic Phone Call

"Give me the call from Pearl Harbor and ask Sims to answer the phone himself." Old Roosevelt took a deep breath and said, and half an hour later, accompanied by the slightly familiar voice on the other side, Old Roosevelt picked up the phone and played in my ears.

"Do you know what happened in Panama?" asked Roosevelt Sr.

"Yes, I see, earlier today," Sims said.

"And what about your measures? Your Excellency the Admiral?"

"We have decided to send a search fleet consisting of two battleships to the Panama region to ensure the safety of our maritime shipping in Central America," Sims said.

"Can two battleships guarantee the safety of the route from the Panama Canal to Hawaii or the continental United States for thousands of kilometers? This passive defense method is too passive. We need to solve the problem fundamentally! Give me Japan Dig out the human warships and kill them!" Old Roosevelt said in a stern voice.

"But who will carry out this task? All the ships we can catch up with and beat these warships are either waiting for repairs, or are working overtime on the berth. You can't expect the Japanese to attack the muzzle of our dreadnoughts Hit it?" Sims said angrily.

"Tell the Germans to let them kill these guys, as long as a Bavaria is enough to clean up these two bastards!" Old Roosevelt said.

"All the warships are under repair, and I want to point out that the status quo of the German warships gives them a reason to refuse our request. You are just the president of the United States, not the emperor of the Germans." Sims said helplessly.

To be fair, the German fleet had just returned to Pearl Harbor not long ago, not to mention the Weimar, which returned with more than 4,000 tons of seawater and suffered such trauma. It was a miracle that it did not sink after traveling such a long way. . The Hesse will also go, but the loss is equally heavy, the hull is not bad, but there are only three cannons that can be used, and the main rangefinder is also destroyed. This is a hassle to fix. The situation of Mecklenburg and Oldenburg is much better, but these two warships have just returned to the port, just entered the dock, and they will be sent out again before they start repairing? This is obviously inappropriate!

"Then use an aircraft carrier! If I remember correctly, the German aircraft carrier successfully sank the Japanese pre-dreadnought ship in India." After all, the old Roosevelt was the undersecretary of the Navy, and he also had a great influence on the development of the navy. I have been paying attention. So it is not uncommon to know some battle examples.

"If it was the U.S. Naval Air Force 3 months ago, it would have been feasible to use carrier-based aircraft to attack the former dreadnought without escort force, but our most experienced and most sacrificial pilots have been killed and wounded on the front line of New Ireland Island Yes, the people who came were all newcomers, they belonged to the kind who had just completed a few months of training, and the bombs dropped hundreds of meters away from the target. It might be difficult for them to complete the attack mission.

"Sims said, this is normal. Think about the first batch of front-line officers and soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War. They were replaced almost three months later. Those who were at the beginning either died on the battlefield. Or stay in the hospital!

"But you can try. It's the most realistic plan, isn't it, compared to waiting for new ships or praying to the Germans?" Roosevelt said.

"Okay, I will arrange it, but it is really difficult to find two warships that are no more than 100 meters long in the vast ocean relying solely on a small number of warships. You have to be prepared to suffer failure." Sims said.

"If you are going to complete this task, what do you need?" Roosevelt asked.

"More fast warships, more aircraft, and an efficient intelligence network. To be honest, the U.S. Navy has never thought about hunting down the opponent's attack ships in the ocean, and it may take some time and huge investment for us to adapt to all of this. ’ said Sims.

"We need a more effective plan, say what you think, and if there are difficulties, let me handle them." Roosevelt said.

"First of all, the plan you proposed to use the aircraft carrier to consume or even annihilate the Japanese ocean-going assault ships is feasible, and we will implement it as soon as possible. Secondly, we will repair the Oldenburg as soon as possible, and after obtaining the consent of the Germans, Unload the parts of other warships to meet the maintenance of this warship. Of course, this may require you to communicate with the Germans. Third, the warships purchased from Germany must be fast, and we can even hire a large number of warships to form combat power. German naval personnel. Fourth, we need to speed up the construction of our own warships, even if the fast battleships are not enough, we must hurry up to complete the armored cruisers." Sims came up with a whole set of plans. But in general, except for the first point, the latter three points will take a long time to complete.

"Well, let's work together to solve these troubles." Roosevelt hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

Is Sims right to worry about the siege failing? Naturally, it makes sense. This is not a question of strength, but of insufficient hardware! In fact, any successful siege of a powerful attacking fleet in history has mobilized troops several times the size of the target and carried out siege from multiple directions. The fleet destroys the target, but what is hidden under this is a huge naval heritage.

For example, take the famous Battle of the Falkland Islands in history as an example. Do you really think that the British let the two battlecruisers Invincible and Unyielding to deal with Earl Spey? Not at all, in fact, on December 1, 1914, Britain and even Japan as an ally had concentrated an unusually large fleet! These fleets are as follows.

The former dreadnought HMS Honor and the armored cruiser HMS Suffolk are deployed in Halifax, Canada. The West Indies deployed five cruisers, namely the Berwick, Lancaster, and Essex of the Royal Navy and the Condé of the French. Protected cruiser at Ascension Island. In Cape Town, South Africa, the pre-dreadnought Albion, the armored cruiser Minotaur, and the light cruisers Dartmouth and Weymouth were deployed. And a super-dreadnought battlecruiser Grand Princess also went from Halifax to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the German fleet from passing through the Panama Canal. Coupled with the two battlecruisers Invincible and Indomitable, it can be said that the Royal Navy has invested considerable force in the Atlantic Ocean.

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