"The naval strength of the United States of America is not as good as we imagined, our warship officers and men and even the decision-making level have huge omissions, the navy is not just a pile of equipment, we need excellent generals, battleships are different from cannons and machine guns, the navy is different from the army, a slight mistake can lead to irreparable consequences, the French have already taught the world's navy a lesson in the Mediterranean, just a mistake in judgment can lead to more than ten years of accumulation turned into ashes."

"In this Saipan incident, the performance of the United States Navy is very bad, our main guns are too large, although they form a straddle fire, but the significance is limited, there is a big gap between our personnel response and proficiency compared with the Chinese Navy, and there are still various problems in our horizontal armor and underwater protection, and all this needs to be corrected. So, I suggest that we can delay the war, at least not rashly until these issues are resolved, and we need to let the whole state apparatus warm up slowly. The Navy will be ahead, the Army will also have to step up its expansion, as well as anti-submarine ...... The Germans were much better than the Japanese, and they had already made the British suffer in the Atlantic! Chief of Naval Operations Benson wrote in his report..........

The Saipan incident was like a basin of cold water, which calmed down the United States, which was preparing to join the big war, and this time the stimulus was not only military, but also politically sounded a wake-up call for the United States. Pound and mark? The United States does not need it, the United States already has enough dollars, and even if it does not enter the war, Britain and France still have to order a large number of products from the United States, since they can get it without going to war, then why go to war?

Majifen, who had already been marginalized, once again became a decision-making figure in the US Navy, and he was ordered to solve various problems in the US Navy, both technical and personnel. First of all, technically, the first thing Majiffen needed to solve was the problem of walking the 14-inch 50L main guns installed on the new American first-class battleships. This walk is too big. In terms of firepower density. The firepower density of two 14-inch 50L carriers is equivalent to the firepower density of one 14-inch 45L carrier. The idea of the Americans is actually very advanced, after seeing that Huaxia has repeatedly played the trick of reserving the gun mount and then changing the gun. The Americans also wanted to do this, so the main guns of the New Mexico-class battleships could actually be replaced with twin 16-inch guns. And the Americans began to prepare a program for the development of a 16-inch gun very early. The 14-inch 50L is just a transition..........

The idea is good, but the reality is brutal. The design and manufacture of the 16-inch gun is more difficult than the Americans imagined, and after 2 years of doing it, there is not even a picture! This made Americans feel quite embarrassed and frustrated. And now, there are serious problems with the performance of this transitional product, because of factors such as the ablation of the barrel, the walk of this gun is unusually large. Even a half-salvo will not work out. In desperation. Majifen could only order all the battleships to change back to the 14-inch 45L main gun first, although the power was a little worse, but the victory was relatively high. The 3-0 shooting rate of the Saipan engagement was too sad for the Americans.

The second is horizontal protection. The powerful power of the Huaxia 15-inch heavy gun shocked the Americans, especially the shell that smashed the horizontal armor of the New Mexico, which made the Americans feel that the horizontal protection was insufficient. So some people suggested that the horizontal protection of New Mexico should be increased by 50mm! On this point, Magifin is more optimistic, and he believes that it may have been the hull roll that caused the shell to break through the level at a large angle. There is a certain amount of chance, and at the same time, according to intelligence, the Germans seem to prefer high-speed flicks, the horizontal penetration depth of which will not be very strong, so it should be enough. And the weight pressure from adding 50mm of horizontal armor is simply too great. However, in the end, Majifen still couldn't stop the pressure from all sides. It was still decided to add an inch of armor to all battleships. In this way, the already low speed is even less due to the increase in weight of thousands of tons! Slow-speed, heavy-armored iron tortoise, the American battleship confirmed the name. …………。

In addition to horizontal, for underwater protection. After research, Majifen and others found that this is a more unexpected thing than the level of fighting, unless the Chinese shells are more special, there is a special kind of water bullet, otherwise the probability of such a is too low, not to say that there is not, in the Battle of Malta, the French were hit by one shot, but only occasionally one shot after the two sides fired thousands of shells. And, more importantly, in terms of the current condition of the ship. No matter how it is changed, it will not be able to block large-caliber water bullets, and it is certain that it will be penetrated. The only way to do this is to pray for a little less water in the core chamber and a little less water. But even so, the US Navy decided to increase the depth by adding an underwater mine protection unit to defend against underwater shells and torpedoes. As a result, the iron turtle of the American battleship not only had a hard enough lid, but also a lot stronger.

In addition to the improvement of the capital ship, out of concern for submarines, the US Navy began to equip destroyers with various anti-submarine weapons such as hydrophones, depth charge launchers, etc...... Although it is known that these things are very coffee table, but it doesn't matter, the US Navy decided to have the quantity to make up for it. Discussions began on how to provide escort for future ships heading to Europe. The latter is strongly advocated by Magifin. He believed that the main purpose of the submarine was to attack the slow merchant ships, and that it was undoubtedly best to prevent them from gaining results if they could not be sunk. Moreover, the US Navy has found that compared with the anti-submarine of surface ships, the anti-submarine effect of seaplanes or airships will be better, not that the aircraft can deal with submarines in potential water, but because the underwater endurance of submarines is too short, and an airship floats in the air, and after waiting for several hours, the submarine will definitely not be able to escape the vision of the airship. When the oxygen runs out, the submarine must also float up, and by this time, the result is either sunk or surrendered ..........

Compared with the inferior equipment, the gap in the quality of officers and men is even greater. Historically, the United States has communicated with the British Grand Fleet after entering the war, and the Americans have always been very confident in their fire control and equipment. In fact, the Americans do have unique features in fire control. It is on the same level as Britain and Germany. However, the effect of live ammunition on target has made the Americans lose face. And it's not just the 14-inch 50L artillery carriers that can't be hit, but other warships are also inaccurate! Not only the triple turret can't hit accurately, but the twin turret can't hit it either! This is the smell of hands and can't complain about the equipment.

In a word, the quality of the officers and men of the US Navy in peacetime is absolutely not as good as that of Britain and Germany, and the gap is quite large. There is no particularly good way to face this problem, so you can only practice! The number of simulated and live-fire target firing has increased substantially, and the fleet's maneuvering and changing formation training at sea has also become more frequent. At the same time, the Americans also asked British and French naval officers with actual combat experience to come to the United States to impart their experience, and began to reassess the combat strength of the German and Italian navies.

After some research, the Americans believed that the German Navy had absolute superiority in terms of overall strength and personnel quality. However, in terms of tactical flexibility, the Italian Navy is superior, as a maritime country, Italy gives the Navy greater operational autonomy, rather than the German Navy, which is still dominated by offshore activities, and more importantly, even in the case of a big victory for the Italian Navy, the German Navy is still slightly less aggressive, and it is completely different from the Italian Navy's style .........of play that does its best as soon as it strikes.

Thus, the opinion of the US Navy and the Entente was to exterminate the Italian Navy, because they were too active, and to suppress the German Navy! Because a fleet that can only stay in the harbor has no future. Britain thought about it and planned to transfer part of its main fleet to the Mediterranean Sea in the coming year to help the French navy. Anyway, several Queen-class battleships are already about to enter service, and the transfer of battleships will not lead to too much reduction in combat effectiveness. And the Germans do not seem to have plans for the service of new warships. Although the situation is worse now, the British believe that time is on their side, and if it can be delayed for 2 years, the British said that they can consider one against two! Blockade of the High Seas Fleet in the North Sea, and violent defeat of the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean! …。

And after seeing the powerful 15-inch heavy gun of the Chinese Navy, the British also had blind confidence in the 15-inch cannon of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship out of thin air, according to the test of the artillery, the British were still relatively satisfied with the power of this gun, but the British seemed to have forgotten one point, that is, when the artillery test penetrated deeply, it was a shell without a charge, and your charge was replaced with other substances of the same quality, otherwise the armor plate would not be blown away if a shot hit it! So the problem with the fuse and the problem with the charge did not show. Of course, he did a pretty good job at the shooting range...... When I got to the battlefield, I immediately withered! …。

Magiffen believes that after some rectification, the combat effectiveness of the US Navy will inevitably be greatly improved, and the only problem is that Magiffin believes that before 1917. The U.S. Navy is not suitable for participating in battles, not to mention that it will take at least one year just for the battleship to enter the dock for improvement, and after the battleship is remodeled, it will take time to conduct formation and gunpowder training! And when Magiffen sent the report to President Wilson, Wilson said time was not an issue. And promised Magiffen that the U.S. Navy would not enter the war before 1917 as long as it did not change too much. This is not only the need of the navy, but also the need of American politics, although the British have been cleaned in this matter, but the dead knot in Wilson's heart still cannot be untied. "Even if we are allies, too strong a Britain is not good news for the United States." Wilson once said this privately.

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