#1060 Escort Aircraft Carrier

Germany and the United States are in a hostile relationship, and their own shipyards have actually produced a large number of escort aircraft carriers for Germany. How can this make Roosevelt not depressed?

However, depression is depressed, and blame is blamed. I really can't blame me for this.

"At that time, the Germans placed an order for container ships, and various explanations were reasonable. Moreover, this contract has also been approved by Congress. We followed the normal procedures at that time. If you want to blame, you can only blame the Germans for being too much. It's cunning." Walter said: "Not only us, but many other companies have cooperated with the Germans. If we knew the current situation, we would never have cooperated with the Germans."

It is not only one of its own that has business dealings with the Germans. All the companies in the United States have had dealings with the Germans at the beginning. They have supported so many companies in the United States by relying on German orders. Now Roosevelt wants to complain, that is ineffective.

Who didn't know that the Germans made the best money?

At that time, the isolationist United States liked to make a fortune in the war in Europe, and even if it knew that it was used for military purposes, it would not hesitate to give the green light.

Now, it's nothing for them, they've already made enough money, and the most depressing thing is those loans to the Germans. Once Germany and the United States go to war, those loans will not be recovered. Now, the money lenders on Wall Street have long been sorry.

What is even more terrifying is that the development of the euro at the beginning turned the foreign exchange reserves of the United States into waste paper. Those who listened to Roosevelt's words and did not exchange the euro do not know how much they regret it now.

When Walter said this, Roosevelt had no other words to say. He continued to stare at the drawing and listened to Walter's introduction.

"Standardization is the premise of streamlined operations. All our escort aircraft carriers use the same standard size. Then, we can build segments in advance, and then close the standard segments, which can greatly improve the construction speed." Walter Seriously, after all, this is the first time that an aircraft carrier has been produced in a streamlined manner, because there has not been such a large demand before!

"The German container ship uses a marine diesel engine?" Nimitz asked Walter, squinting, looking at one of the drawings.

As long as you look at the schematic diagram of the engine installation drawn on the back, Nimitz, who is familiar with naval equipment, knows what is drawn in it, and Nimitz is surprised by this.

"Yes, they asked for a design speed of 18 knots, and in order to reduce the volume of the engine compartment, they used a diesel engine."

Marine diesel engines, which start quickly and are small in size, can greatly reduce the volume occupied by power, which is very important for such a pocket-sized aircraft carrier.

However, Nimitz did not like such a design.

Compared with steam engines, the consumption of marine diesel engines is too high. One or two ships are fine. If dozens or even hundreds of ships are built, it will put a heavy burden on the US Navy. After all, steam engine boilers can Burn the worst-quality heavy oil fuel, but the diesel engine will not work, it must be high-quality light diesel.

Germany doesn't have to worry about the oil problem now. They have a large number of oil fields, but the United States is different. Even if the domestic oil fields in the United States are enough to meet their own needs and can be exported, the cost must be taken into account.

"Change to a steam engine, we can't use this gold-eating monster." Nimitz said.

"However, if it is changed to a steam engine, then we have to revise the design drawings a lot." Walter said: "This is not just plugging the steam engine directly. The volume of the steam engine and boiler is much larger, and, The chimney will also occupy a larger space on the bridge, and it will take us at least half a month to complete the new design, and then it will take about two months to understand the assembly process and improve our production efficiency.”

A key issue raised by the U.S. Navy is to be fast, and now if it is redesigned, it is too fast.

"In my opinion, we still place an order for a few diesel engines first. The factory can start production immediately, and then make improvements while producing. In the follow-up, steam engines can be used." Roosevelt said aside.

The Navy can't wait.

Nimitz can only agree that this compromise solution looks good.

At the same time, Roosevelt's decision also means that the shipyard can start construction immediately and enter the production stage, which makes Walter excited, the shipyard will enter a new glory, the war is really good!

Then, Roosevelt, Nimitz and others inspected the shipyard. They watched the outline of a ship gradually appear in the huge electric spark. Here, their own escorts will be built in batches. The aircraft carrier, thinking about that scene, is really spectacular.

While walking and watching, an aide hurried over and said to Roosevelt: "Mr. President, at the Democratic meeting in Chicago, you have passed the nomination and will run for a new round of presidential elections. We are all looking forward to it. You can lead America to victory!"

This news made Roosevelt extremely excited. As long as he can pass the nomination in the party, Roosevelt has the confidence to win this election. The war has already begun. In Roosevelt's eyes, the peak of his life is finally about to begin. .

In the past, pulling the U.S. economy out of the crisis was nothing. Leading the U.S. to win this world war and laying the foundation for U.S. hegemony after the war was the greatest cause Roosevelt wanted to accomplish!

"Give me an appointment with the heads of the eight major consortiums in the United States immediately, and I want to talk to them," Roosevelt said.

Now that he has won the nomination, Roosevelt will do his best to meet this presidential campaign. For Roosevelt, the first problem of the campaign, of course, is to raise campaign funds. He needs to search everywhere.

The American consortium before World War II mainly refers to eight major consortiums including Morgan, Rockefeller, Kuhn-Loeb, Chicago, Mellon, DuPont, Boston and Cleveland.

In addition to the above-mentioned eight major consortiums, there were also some minor consortiums in the United States before World War II, such as the Dillon-Reed Consortium, the Brown Brothers-Harriman Consortium, the Ford Consortium, and several smaller local consortia such as the Detroit Consortium, etc. .

The funds for Roosevelt's campaign, of course, were raised from their hands.

"President Roosevelt, if we want this campaign to be successful, I suggest that we use the Jews." When Roosevelt returned to the White House, his campaign think tank had been formed, and the director of the think tank was his Old friend Raymond Morley.

Using Jews? Roosevelt looked at his old friend with puzzled eyes.