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"It's impossible, how could they challenge us?" Some people disagree completely.

Wesley looked at each other disdainfully, "Why is it impossible? Japan's most powerful navy, although it is not very good now, but they have been developing, and they have received large war reparations to develop their armaments. And they have been staring at the land of China, especially China is in chaos internally, and externally, the European war is about to start, this is the best time for them to develop."

"Once they get too much in China, according to their madness and development speed, sooner or later they will meet our US, and where can their powerful navy go?"

"In addition, isolationism makes us lack allies. Huaxia is a good friend. We can get more by helping them. After all, they have land, resources, and manpower. After they develop, they can become our allies. All we need is free trade."

"Mr. Major, as you said, isn't China also our opponent after it develops?"

"This gentleman's words make me laugh. Does the world have eternal friends? Especially in the country, how did you get into this room if you asked something like that?" Wesley turned on the mocking mode again.

"Okay gentlemen, that's not what we're talking about today, but I want to ask, how is our navy?" the president asked.

"Mr. President, the development of the navy is very fast. The first batch of destroyers has been completed sea trials and distributed to two fleets. At the same time, a total of 16 light cruisers have been built, which have also been completed. Now the heavy cruisers are outfitting and the battleships are also paved. Down the keel." William Benson said.

"Well, how long will it take to complete?"

Wesley said at this time: "It can be fast or slow. The first batch of four battleships are all produced by my shipyard. If you want to develop to the Pacific Ocean, it can be completed in half a year at the earliest, and all four ships will be deployed in the Pacific direction. They will be invincible."

Since Wesley received a follow-up order, the first batch of four light cruisers began to be built. The speed was very fast, and the construction was still in three shifts. Wesley chose to enlarge the destroyer model, and used some parts for common use, with a full-load displacement of 8,000 tons. , 210mm 50 times the diameter of the double-mounted main gun, a total of three are arranged on the central axis, the other is basically the same, the size is put a little.

Four have been built and immediately joined the Navy as training ships, while the Navy directly placed an order for 16 ships. The ships produced by Wesley Shipyard are currently all training ships, training the Navy in batches without joining the fleet.

The new warships required a lot of time to train, but because Wesley adopted a fire control system and unified aiming, the training of the Navy was much simpler, and Wesley concentrated workers to start the construction of heavy cruisers. The development of the shipyard requires a large number of skilled workers, and Wesley hit them for unified construction, constantly honing skills, and rewarding good skills, increasing wages, and slowly increasing the number of workers.

The tonnage of the heavy cruiser is designed to be a full load of 18,000 kilotons, and the main gun is 280mm and 50 times the diameter of the main gun. This time Wesley used a triple-mounted main gun, which was arranged in front and back, and the torpedo launch tube and depth-water charge were cancelled. Ten 180mm secondary guns, and all machine guns have been increased.

At present, it is about to be completed, and the battleship has begun to lay the keel. The design is full-load displacement of 24,000 tons, 305mm 50 times the diameter of the main gun, and still uses 180mm secondary guns. The reason why battleships of more than 300 million tons were not built is because it is not necessary. At present, it is enough, and if the tonnage is larger, the US Navy cannot afford these costs.

William Benson is very satisfied with Wesley's design, and at the same time is full of expectations for the combat effectiveness of the new warship, and can't wait to make a name for the US Navy, but now he can't sit like this because the number is not enough.

But the old-fashioned battleships are also very strong. "Mr. President, I completely agree with Major Wesley's development plan. Once the battleships are built, the Pacific Fleet can be allocated first, and then start to Asia."

"I understand, I still need to think about this matter. I'll stop here today." The president needs time to think and gather intelligence before he can make a judgment.

When the meeting was dissolved, William Benson grabbed Wesley directly, "I'll invite you to dinner, young man, let's talk."

General Pershing came over and said, "It just so happens that I want to chat with him and have some food by the way." William Benson did not refuse. Now that the Navy has got what it wants, it is not necessary to pull Wesley into the Navy. , so the three of them went straight to dinner together.

After ordering at the table, William Benson said directly: "Can the battleship speed up the progress? Cost is not a problem, and now our Navy can't wait."

"The heavy cruiser will be handed over soon. You can use it for training first. It is similar to the battleship. Many parts are common, and the main gun fire control system is the same, but pay attention to confidentiality!"

"Don't worry about this, we are watching very closely now, at least we won't leak the news until we get the battleship. Since the Great White Fleet sailed around the world, we haven't shown the military might of the navy for a long time, Sun. Ben has once again threatened us after defeating the Russian fleet, which our navy does not want to see, and I hope this time Mr. President can adopt your plan." William Benson said.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. After all, it's still interests. Now is the best time to fight for interests in China. The UK and France can't take care of this. Look at it, Japan and Japan will soon come out and make trouble. son."

On July 28, 1914, the war officially began, and Wesley, who was far away in the United States, did not care about it, but he was also busy now, and one of his battalions was ready to be reviewed.

And this review is a joint review of the army and navy. The location is in their barracks. Because it is close to the sea, the review is very convenient. The review is just a rhetoric. It is very important to check the combat effectiveness. As the Marine Corps's concern, the president also came here as a special experimental unit of the U.S. Army.

This assessment is very important to Wesley. If he succeeds, he can form a brigade of marines. At the same time, the rank is at least colonel. Promote young officers, because the war is not far away from them, and after the start of World War I, American businessmen are waiting for Wesley's prediction to succeed, and the war will last for a long time.