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

However, no matter how depressed you are, no matter how accused you are, this matter is really not blamed on me.

"At that time, the Germans placed an order for container ships, and all kinds of explanations were reasonable. Moreover, the contract had been approved by Congress. We followed the normal procedures at that time. If we blamed it, we could only blame the Germans for being too cunning." Walter said: "Not only us, but many other companies have cooperated with the Germans. If we knew the current situation, we would never cooperate with the Germans at the beginning."

There are more than one of our own business dealings with Germans. All American companies had dealings with Germans at the beginning. They relied on German orders to support so many American companies. Now Roosevelt would complain, which would be invalid.

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

At that time, the isolationist United States liked to make money in European wars. Even if they knew how to use military purposes, they would give the green light without hesitation.

Now, it’s nothing for them, they have already made enough money. The most depressing thing is the ones who lend to the Germans. Once Germany and the United States start war, those loans will not be collected. Now, the lenders on Wall Street have long regretted it.

What's even more terrifying is that the development of the euro turned the US foreign exchange reserves into waste paper. Those who believed Roosevelt and did not exchange the euro now don't know how much regret it.

After Walter said this, Roosevelt immediately had no other words. His eyes continued to stare at the drawings and listen to Walter's introduction.

"Standardization is the prerequisite for flow operation. 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 said seriously. After all, this is the first time that the flow-through production of aircraft carriers is produced, because there was no such a large demand before!

"Does the German container ship use marine diesel engines?" Nimitz narrowed his eyes, looked at one of the drawings, and asked Walter.

Just look at the engine device diagram drawn behind, Nimitz, who is familiar with naval equipment, will know what is drawn. Nimitz is very surprised about this.

"Yes, they require a design speed of 18 knots, and in order to reduce the size of the engine compartment, they use a diesel engine."

Marine diesel engines, which start quickly and are small at the same time, can greatly reduce the volume of power. They are very important for this small-level aircraft carrier.

However, Nimitz doesn't like this design.

Compared with steam engines, marine diesel engines consume too much, one or two are OK. 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 diesel engines cannot do it. They must be high-quality light diesel.

Germany doesn’t have to worry about oil production 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 needs and can be exported, the cost issue must be taken into account.

"We can't use this gold-swallowing monster to change it to a steam engine." Nimitz said.

"But if it is changed to a steam engine, we have to modify the design drawings a lot." Walter said: "This is not just about stuffing the steam engine directly. The steam engine and boiler are much larger in size, and the chimney also occupies a larger space on the bridge. It will take at least half a month to complete the new design, and then it takes about two months to understand the assembly process in it to improve our production efficiency."

A key question raised by the US Navy is to be fast, but if it is redesigned now, it will be too fast to go.

"I think we should place orders for several diesel engines first. The factory can start production immediately, and then improve while producing. In the future, we can use steam engines." Roosevelt said.

The Navy can't wait.

Nimitz could only agree that this compromise plan looked pretty good.

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

Then, Roosevelt, Nimitz and others inspected the shipyard. They looked at the outline of a ship in the huge electric sparks, and the outline of a ship had gradually been shown. Here, their escort aircraft carriers will be built in batches. Thinking about that scene, it would be really spectacular.

Just as he was walking and watching, an assistant hurried over and said to Roosevelt: "Mr. President, at the Democratic Party Conference in Chicago, you have passed the nomination and will participate in a new round of presidential elections. We all look forward to you leading America to victory!"

This news made Roosevelt extremely excited. As long as he could pass the nomination within the party, Roosevelt would be confident of winning the election. The war had begun. In Roosevelt's eyes, the peak of his life was finally about to begin.

In the past, pulling the US economy out of the crisis was nothing. Leading the US to win this world war and establishing the US’s dominance in the post-war period was the greatest cause Roosevelt wanted to achieve!

"Immediately meet with the heads of the eight major consortiums in the United States, and I want to talk to them." Roosevelt said.

Since he has been nominated, Roosevelt will have to fight this presidential campaign with all his might. For Roosevelt, the first issue in the campaign is of course to raise campaign funds, and he needs to search everywhere.

The consortiums before World War II in the United States mainly refer to eight major consortiums including Morgan, Rockefeller, Kuhn-Lob, Chicago, Mellon, DuPont, Boston, and Cleveland.

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

Of course, the funds for Roosevelt's campaign were raised from them.

"President Roosevelt, if we want this campaign to succeed, I suggest we can take advantage of 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 the Jewish people? Roosevelt looked at his old friend with puzzled eyes.
Chapter completed!