"The Chinese have the ability to act at sea!" Roosevelt was facing the report from William Daniel Leahy, and his chief of staff was sitting next to him, along with Ernest Joseph King, the top leader of the U.S. Navy at this time.

This future five-star admiral of the United States Navy was an old partner of Raisi, and if it were not for the war, he would have retired with the rank of lieutenant general in the generals' council at that elephant cemetery in 42. But the urgency of the European war brought the general, who lacked political skills and a host of bad relationships, back to the top, and brought his career to a peak.

The strength of the German Navy makes it impossible for American warships to be limited to dealing with those underwater U-boats and escorts, but also needs to fight against German warships in the English Channel and the Atlantic.

After all, there is a Stark in Europe who participated in the formulation of a series of rainbow plans, the former chief of naval operations who was squeezed there by him, and there is also a British Navy in the Atlantic, which was once the world's first, which makes King's heart more inclined to the Pacific theater, especially the Japanese Navy, which has accumulated decades of contradictions with the US Navy.

He is still a staunch Pacific combat faction in the US Navy, and even if the United States supports the Atlantic Navy again, it will not prevent it from supporting the Pacific Navy at the same time.

Fighting on two fronts is not too difficult for the deep-pocketed United States, and the generals of the American Navy are more willing to have more power and need more honor.

During World War I, the U.S. Navy was only a foil to the former British Navy. In the current war, they would rather complete a show of the rise of the First Navy independently in the Pacific, rather than still hanging the name of double pig's feet in the Atlantic.

So the U.S. Navy is more active in the Pacific, rather than going to the Atlantic to fight with the British, who are still arrogant.

It has to be said that the German Navy was able to overwhelm the Allied Navy in the Atlantic, and there were also part of the inaction of the Americans and the internal friction of Britain and the United States.

The two sides have delayed many good opportunities in order to compete for command and European interests, both large and small. Not to mention that there are other allied disputes in it.

And in the Pacific, even if Britain, France and the Netherlands were not crippled, their strength would be difficult to compete with the Americans. They became the foil of the US Navy.

Compared with the Americans providing more and all kinds of assistance in the Atlantic, putting the British in the front, in the Pacific, there is no other cannon fodder that can be carried, and the US Navy must and is willing to stand up on its own.

But several times when they lost their battles with the Japanese, the US Navy was also annoyed.

This is not only about Asian interests and honor, but also about the overall layout of the United States. A country that is difficult to support the situation, makes people insecure, and has no honor background is difficult to become a hegemon that many younger brothers worship.

After the Battle of Sydney, the Americans gained a little confidence in the navy, but the losses were not small, and they have been accumulating greater strength to fight the Japanese again.

At this time, the naval battle between China and Japan near the Diaoyu Islands stimulated them at once.

Although the Americans kept Pearl Harbor, the ship repair plant and oil stocks there were completely destroyed, and even many livelihood facilities there were destroyed by the riots of the Japanese residents. For a short time, Pearl Harbor was unable to provide more support to the fleet.

Eastern Samoa's port facilities are similarly inadequate to provide adequate support. This is also an important reason why some Americans intend to abandon the Pacific Front.

In several naval battles, the Americans carried a large number of cargo ships and supply ships, just to ensure logistics problems.

This mode of warfare has weaknesses such as difficulty in concealment and slow maneuvering, and is often used by the Japanese to carry out attacks.

The Japanese were not too much of a threat to their fragile logistical supply lines, because American submarines and warships lacked sufficient supplies.

It was not until they heard of the victory of the Chinese navy that they began to face up to this rising maritime power.

"Do they have the ability to land on the island and fight?" Roosevelt frowned and asked directly.

Leahy pointed to the report and said, "The information we have gathered in Huaxia shows that the capabilities of the Huaxia Navy are developing rapidly, and if it is another three or five years, maybe they will become the second Japanese navy." ”

With that, he glanced up at Roosevelt.

"The Huaxia people can occupy the land, but the sea is ours!" Roosevelt once said this after China occupied the entire North.

The global strategy extended from the era of navigation reached its peak in the hands of the British. At a time when the sky was not yet recognized by everyone, the king of the sea was the world hegemon. Occupying the ocean that connects the interests of the world, he stepped on the throne of the world hegemon.

Americans are equally aware of the importance of the blockade of the oceans for every rising power.

They knew that their army would not be able to fool many cannon fodder to sell their lives, so they pinned their hopes for hegemony on the navy.

Huaxia is a continental country, with the Eurasian Passage to the west, with more resources and population, once it rises, it is difficult to stop.

In the eyes of many high-level US officials, China is no longer a third-rate country in the original history that would not pose much threat no matter how much support it provides, and Huaxia, which has always been in close contact with the Germans, is already an unstable threat, second only to Japan, which has already bared its fangs. Even Roosevelt was even more likely to see China as the main obstacle to the future US strategy in Asia.

On the side of the bed, how can you allow others to snore!

No one believes in a rising behemoth that will be friendly and share the resources around them.

But the threat that the Japanese were pressing in front of them and the large orders that were spilled with real money in China also made the Americans very conflicted. At this time, the attitude of the US top leadership toward China was divided into two factions, but because of the current situation, the pro-China faction had a slight upper hand.

Countries are not lovers on a honeymoon, and no matter how close the relationship is, they also need to be guarded against.

The Americans thought of the chains of the sea. It can block Huaxia on land at any time, and it can't extend its tentacles to the ocean.

Just as the British did against France and Germany.

The Americans also did not want the Chinese navy to develop, even if they needed it more now to harass the Japanese.

They hoped that the Chinese navy would threaten the fragile maritime lifeline of the Japanese, and that Taiwan, Hainan, the Korean Peninsula, and even the Japanese mainland would weaken their offensive in the Pacific as long as one link went wrong.

However, Leahy also understood the second meaning of Roosevelt's question, that if the Chinese navy could land on the island to fight, it might pose a greater threat to the Japanese, but at the same time, it also meant that the scope of attack of the Chinese navy would expand, and the threat to Southeast Asia would also increase.

So he continued: "But now, the Huaxia Navy can only be regarded as an offshore navy, and they can't even control the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Their logistics are even more of a mess, lacking the necessary bases for repairs and supplies. Long-distance landing operations are simply unsustainable. They have so much to learn, and they are interested in the assistance we send. ”

He looked at Roosevelt again and smiled, "Our help will make them our good buddies!" ”

The United States, a political country controlled by oligarchs, is best at playing with funding and supporting proxies. This is as true internally as it is externally.

They don't need to occupy land to colonize, they don't need to directly send troops to plunder, and the agents they support are enough to give them access to countless resources and vast markets at the lowest cost.

Any rising power and project will become the target of capital pursuit, and while making huge profits, it will also put the threat on the head.

It's a pity that in the face of Meng Xiang, who has opened his history and the double golden finger of the base, those elites who have a favorable impression of the United States cannot control the fate of China, an ancient country that is rejuvenating and vibrant.

But the Americans, who had been looking for opportunities, still found this gap in the Chinese Navy.

The Chinese Navy lacked instructors and a series of logistical supports, and the Americans appeared in time. A large sum of aid and a large number of US Navy instructors in three to five years can create a pro-American navy, and perhaps even emasculate the potential threat in it.

And Meng Xiang also swallowed this sugar-coated cannonball. Compared with the German Navy, which is using every force on the battlefield, the bait sprinkled by the Americans is even more costly, which makes Meng Xiang excited.

The strength of the U.S. Navy is not only reflected in external weapons, but also in soft power such as systems and tactics, and the Chinese Navy needs to learn from their strengths.

As for those internally corrupted shells, under the protection of more and more clone naval elites, Meng Xiang still chose to believe in the patriotism of the officers and men of the Huaxia Navy.

The Americans' things don't have to be used in vain, not to mention that the logistics system of the Chinese Navy is indeed very bad if it is not supported by bases.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Meng Xiang unceremoniously asked the United States for 1,000 engineers and middle and senior technicians in various industries such as shipbuilding, power, metallurgy, and electrical, so as to continue to add bricks and tiles to the improvement of China's industrial system.

The Americans, who knocked on a crack in the door, agreed without hesitation.