"General Qin, the US Navy may not have the power to help you for the time being. We are preparing to fight back against the Japanese in the Pacific. Although the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has been severely damaged by us, their main force is still there. We have to continue to maintain pressure in the Pacific so as to completely defeat them.

In addition, on the Atlantic Ocean, German submarines are becoming more and more rampant. In order to protect the waterway, a large amount of our naval power has been restrained. Therefore, this greatly restricts our investment in other directions." General Marshall said.

Of course, he had one more thing not to say, that is, their British allies were really cheating. The aid provided by the United States to the United Kingdom even included a lot of warships. British people who had no money to pay even had to trade overseas colonies.

Qin Shou nodded. He knew that General Marshall and President Roosevelt had the same idea, first Europe and then Asia. They had to deal with the enemies in Europe first, and then focus on Asia.

"General Marshall, I can understand this. Then, we can completely change the way of cooperation. We have always wanted to establish our own offshore defense fleet. On the one hand, it is used to protect the coast of Myanmar from attacks by the Japanese Navy. On the other hand, it is also to support the army's operations. When we attack the Malay Peninsula, or Sumatra, or Kalimantan, the fleet can provide protection and firepower assistance." Qin Shou looked sincere, as if he made these requests, completely to defeat the Japanese as soon as possible, without any selfishness. Of course, General Marshall would never be deceived by appearances.

"This guy, he has such a great ambition!" General Marshall thought to himself. General Marshall had known this long ago that Qin Shou wanted to develop a navy for the fight against Japan and rescue. Qin Shou also raised this question like Lieutenant General Stilwell. However, Lieutenant General Stilwell did not make a clear statement. Unexpectedly, Qin Shou would use this trip to the United States to raise this request again.

The navy is different from the army. Since its birth, the navy has been an offensive army. Once the anti-Japanese and rescue efforts have a navy, they will definitely not be trapped in a corner of the South China Sea, but will actively expand outward.

The United States supports the anti-Japanese rescue and occupation of Myanmar. However, if the anti-Japanese rescue further expands outward, this may provoke the sensitive nerves of the Americans.

However, the status of the anti-Japanese rescue is obviously different from before. Once the expansion of the anti-Japanese rescue is completed, it will have more than 300,000 troops. It is an elite force armed with American equipment. This force has a great influence in the South China Sea and even the entire Western Pacific region. It will have a huge impact on the situation of war. Therefore, the US government also needs to consider Qin Shou’s request and cannot be easily rejected.

"General Qin, the navy cannot be established in a short while. Even if we support your group of warships, it will take a long time to form combat effectiveness." General Marshall expressed his attitude tactfully.

The navy was not so easy to establish, so Qin Shou certainly knew this. Haven’t you seen that the later Celestial Empire took decades to transform the navy from the Yellow Water Navy to the Blue Water Navy?

However, the so-called century-old navy has been able to greatly shorten its time with the advancement of technology. In the past, it would be very difficult to cultivate a qualified naval soldier. Therefore, it would be impossible to develop a country without a century-long heritage to become a naval power. However, it is different now. Mechanized manipulation requires no more high requirements for the personal ability of sailors. Personnel training should be relatively simple. Of course, it is much more difficult for the navy to form combat effectiveness than the army. However, if you do not seize this opportunity now and want to develop a navy on the basis of being poor and indifferent in the future, it will undoubtedly be even more difficult. Therefore, even if it is difficult now, Qin Shou has to grit his teeth!

"General Marshall, I have considered this. However, we have figured out a solution. We will recruit enough sailors among the Chinese Americans and hire instructors from the US Navy to train so that they can form combat effectiveness in the shortest time." Qin Shou said his plan.

Among Chinese Americans, there are indeed many sailors. With An Liangtang's influence among Chinese Americans, Qin Shou can recruit enough sailors.

Admiral Marshall hesitated for a moment and finally decided to compromise. For the US Navy, which has a large number of surface warships mainly based on aircraft carriers, even if a navy develops a navy in the fight against Japan and rescue, it will not pose any threat to the US Navy. If the anti-Japanese fleet poses a threat to the US Navy, they can crush them at any time.

"Well, General Qin. The United States can help fight against Japan and rescue four light cruisers and eight destroyers to form a fleet." General Marshall said.

With the speed of the US Navy shipyard, four light cruisers and eight destroyers, their output is less than a month. It can't cost a lot of money. If this can be used to win over the fight against Japan, it would undoubtedly be better.

However, General Marshall will soon know that Qin Shou's ambitions are far more than that.

"Thanks to the general for his generosity. However, these warships alone are probably not enough." Qin Shou shook his head.

"General Qin, how many warships do you need? If there are too many, I can't make the decision." General Marshall said.

"General, we hope to have four aircraft carriers, as well as supporting fighter jets and escort warships to form four aircraft carrier battle groups. In this way, we are confident that we will defeat the Japanese in Nanyang so that the Japanese Navy will not have an impact on our attacks." Qin Shou said.

Admiral Marshall on the opposite side was already stunned. Although he had long expected Qin Shou to have great ambitions, he never expected that Qin Shou would dare to ask for four aircraft carrier battle groups! For the US Navy, this is already a huge force. If the US Navy could have four aircraft carrier battle groups, they would even have the strength to launch a large-scale counterattack on the Japanese Navy in advance.

This made General Marshall look at Qin Shou as if he was looking at a madman. In his opinion, Qin Shou's idea was simply too crazy.
Chapter completed!