"Lord Daniels, how many capital ships are under construction?" Woodrow? President Wilson asked.

In a situation where the country is facing a crisis, only a strong army is the guarantee of security. In particular, whether the navy can keep the enemy out of the country depends on whether the navy can resist the attack of the German navy.

"Your Excellency, in addition to the two 'Pennsylvania-class' battleships already in service, there are three 'New Mexico-class' battleships under construction and are expected to be ready for service by the end of the year. In the next year, we will also have two 'Tennessee-class' battleships and three 'Colorado-class' battleships in service. Among them, the 'Colorado-class' battleships used 406 mm main guns. This was larger than the caliber of the main guns of the largest battleships of the Germans. If we have these ten powerful battleships, our navy will also have a certain ability to protect itself. Daniels said.

"Can the 406 mm guns deal with those powerful battleships of the Germans?" Woodrow? President Wilson seems to be very interested in this.

"Your Excellency, our 406 mm gun, using the technology of the British, is 45 times the caliber. In terms of power, it is probably comparable to the 380-mm gun of 50 times the caliber of the Germans. Minister Daniels continued.

"Why can't we equip a more powerful main gun?" Woodrow? President Wilson frowned. If the battleships of the US Navy were able to be ahead of the German Navy in combat effectiveness. That's what really put him at ease.

"Your Excellency, with our own technology, we simply cannot build such a large-caliber naval gun. If it weren't for the sale of battleships to the British, the British probably wouldn't have provided us with these technologies. If we want to make a more powerful naval gun, we have to understand these technologies. Therefore, it is unlikely to be estimated in a short period of time. However, I believe that we will soon be able to create more powerful naval guns. Minister Daniels said.

Woodrow? President Wilson nodded, he knew that these technical things could not be forced, and it was simply unrealistic to become a big fat man in one bite. The scientific and technological foundation of the United States is already a little worse than that of European countries. It's already very good to be able to catch up.

"We are building more powerful battleships, what about the Germans? They won't be idle, will they? Secretary of State Brian asked. After all, Germany received so much war reparations in this war that it was impossible not to use it for the development of armaments.

"There is no word yet on the next capital ship of the Germans. However, it is not excluded that the Germans are quietly building. So, the Admiralty has already begun to work on the design of subsequent battleships. After the Colorado class battleships, we plan to build two North Carolina-class battleships and four South Dakota-class battleships. If then it can catch up with the 50 times the caliber of 406 mm in service, the new naval guns will be used. If it can't catch up, it will only be able to use 45-mm naval guns of 406 times the caliber. Minister Daniels continued.

Although, each of these battleships required a lot of military spending, for the sake of the country's security and strength, Woodrow? President Wilson decided to hold on anyway. It is far better to spend a lot of money on the development of armaments than to pay a large amount of war reparations to the Germans after they are defeated. Germany's vigorous blackmail of France and the Kingdom of Italy in this war has already frightened the Americans. The war reparations of tens of billions of marks have made Americans very angry while worried. How nice it would have been if they had received these war reparations!

So far, Germany has received war reparations totaling 70 billion marks, equivalent to 14 billion dollars. At this time, the annual fiscal revenue of the United States was only more than $700 million, which was equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the United States for 20 years. Any country will probably be very angry about this.

"Also, Your Excellency, the Germans engaged in aircraft combat in both decisive battles at sea. And, every time it gets better than the other. According to the information we have gathered, the Germans must have been equipped with a large ship capable of acting as an airfield at sea. This allows their aircraft to take off and land at sea to launch attacks on warships on the sea. At least, judging from the current situation, the strength of such ships of the Germans is very strong. In naval battles, there were already quite a few battleships that were sunk by the Germans by aircraft. Minister Daniels continued.

"Once again, the Germans are ahead of us!" Woodrow? President Wilson sighed.

"We have to start researching this, we have to find a way to catch up with the Germans. Otherwise, we will definitely suffer in the end! "Woodrow? President Wilson said.

"Yes, Your Excellency. I've asked the intelligence services to focus on the Germans' aircraft carriers. However, the Germans were blockaded so tightly that there was not much useful information at all. So, I'm afraid we'll have to develop it ourselves. This requires a lot of R&D funding. Minister Daniels continued.

"Find a way to invest more in this! No matter how difficult it is, we must succeed in research and development. We can't afford to be too far behind the Germans. Otherwise, we will definitely lose in the end! "Woodrow? President Wilson said.

"Yes, Your Excellency." Minister Daniels nodded. With the president's clear support, the rest of the situation will be much easier to deal with. At least in terms of funding, there will be no problems.

"The armament of the army must also be vigorously developed. The Germans, on the battlefield, used a large number of tanks. It was those tanks that easily broke through the lines of the Entente army. The American Republic could not lag behind the Germans in this regard. "Woodrow? President Wilson reminded.

"Yes, Your Excellency. We received the relevant technical drawings of the tank from the British. It's just that the British's own tanks are very bad, so we don't plan to copy them, but after eating these technologies, we will develop more powerful tanks on our own. Secretary of War Garrison said.

Woodrow? President Wilson nodded repeatedly: "In that case, it couldn't be better!" ”

Both the U.S. Army and Navy are actively developing their forces to prepare for future resistance to German invasion.