Since October, the main fleet of the Maritime Resistance Force has not stayed in Tang Port for a long time, either escorting or training, giving people the impression that they are busy with construction. The aircraft carrier Liberty Dragon did not appear in Tang Harbor at all, and most of the time it was trained in the Maldives Islands, hundreds of kilometers away from Ceylon.

From July onwards, the Japanese army no longer sent submarines to Tang Harbor. Li Guang knows very well what the Japanese devils are doing now. The little devils played a special exercise of the Kwantung Army in northeast China, tangled dozens of divisions and regiments to make a lively scene, and declared the strength of their armed forces in order to intimidate the Soviet Union.

It is estimated that the next step will be to prepare, or is already preparing for the attack on Pearl Harbor on the United States.

Remind the Americans that Li Guang will definitely not do this. The United States will enter the war only if the Japanese devils have beaten the Americans. Li Guang is even pushing for the early arrival of this date.

During his time in Tanggang, Li Guang not only managed military affairs, but also paid attention to the economy.

After half a year of operation, the airline cooperated by Su Maode and Madame Chiang not only trained many pilots for the Naval Resistance Army, but also trained dozens of pilots for the Chinese Air Force.

In the course of the airline's operation, Sumaud found a business opportunity - gasoline. He found that gasoline was in great demand in the country, and that the Chinese army had very little reserves. Now, as a businessman, Sumoud takes the first place in the commodities transported from abroad to the country, gasoline takes the second place, food takes the second place, and bullets and shells only take the third place.

It was the third quarter of '41, and Li Guang knew very well that the Japanese army was about to launch the Pacific Campaign, and then cut off the Yunnan-Burma road, and the supplies for the Americans to aid China were all transported from the Hump route. At that time, these low-value materials will inevitably need to be transported. It is not cost-effective to use limited capacity to transport such low-value goods.

So Li Guang specially allocated an oil tanker to Su Maode. Li Guang demanded that Su Maode's trade content be fully shifted to the transportation of gasoline to the country. Even if it is difficult to sell immediately, the reserve of this kind of material is financially affordable for Li Guang. At the current transportation rate, Li Guang estimates that nearly 50,000 tons of gasoline will be transported to China by the end of the year.

In the past few years, the Naval Resistance Force has sent a large number of weapons to the country, including a lot of heavy equipment. Some light guns could be transported by horse, but heavy guns were hauled by car. Moreover, the Chinese army received a batch of military assistance from the United States in July -- 100 P40 fighters. Before the completion of the Tiger 1 tank manufactured by the Navy, the Maritime Resistance Army also provided dozens of British-made Vix tanks to China.

The current Chinese army has changed considerably from the historical state of equipment, almost all companies have anti-tank guns, and all battalions have anti-tank guns. 75MM GUNS ARE ENOUGH FOR EACH DIVISION TO EQUIP EIGHT TO TWELVE.

All this is very different from history, and the demand for gasoline in the country has increased greatly due to the installation of these weapons. However, the Chinese army has many shortcomings in logistics, among which the lack of attention to the supply and storage of gasoline is an extremely serious problem. The businessmen had a fierce eye and immediately discovered this problem, making money while supplementing the needs of the market.

In addition, it is the worry that Xu Zhan came from. Henan's agricultural harvest this year is very poor, and the autumn harvest has just begun, and many displaced people have already embarked on the road of fleeing famine and begging. Li Guang just doesn't know history, and he also knows Feng Xiaogang's film (1942), which is said to have starved to death in the Great Famine of 42 years. Li Guang had actually been thinking about this matter in his heart, but he didn't know that in 41 years, there were already signs of such a great famine.

Although it is difficult to say that the economic situation of the Naval Resistance Army is rich now, it is not very difficult to draw out a few million dollars. But the problem is that it is obviously very uneconomical to transport grain over a long distance of thousands of kilometers. How to solve this problem more effectively, I am afraid that businessmen have more ways to do it, and the cost is lower. So Li Guang contacted Professor Yuan Ye and asked Professor Yuan and Su Maode to negotiate the matter.

Among the methods that Li Guang could think of, there was one that was implemented very quickly. Li Guang informed Xu Zhan: Vigorously recruit agricultural reclamation soldiers, regardless of men, women, and children. As long as the physical condition can withstand the turbulence of the plane, it can be regarded as relieving a little bit of survival pressure in the disaster area.

Li Guang thought about the problem simply, he thought it would be good to recruit a few thousand people. What he didn't know was that Xu Zhan recruited troops at the beginning, and as soon as the victims heard that they were just agricultural soldiers, they were in charge of food and housing, and they could divide the land, and they did not undertake combat tasks, so they actually flocked to it. In a few months, 50,000 or 60,000 peasant soldiers were recruited, which was really unexpected.

In order to avoid the fighters of the Japanese devils, the starting point was from Luoyang in Henan, then flew west to Hanzhong in Shaanxi, and then flew from Hanzhong to Chengdu, then from Chengdu to Kunming, and finally from Kunming to Yangon. Later, Myanmar traffic was interrupted and the flight to India was changed.

This tortuous route quickly grew from transporting three to four thousand victims per month to transporting twelve thousand victims per month.

Later, the number of flights increased, and the famous "disaster victim flight" was formed. A few years later, the fame caught up with the "Hump Route" and became a miracle in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.

The establishment of the flight for the victims of the disaster has provided a steady stream of manpower for the Maritime Resistance Army, and has also trained batch after batch of pilots for the Naval Resistance Army and the Chinese Army.

Also in October, the Navy-Resistance Army provided Chairman Chiang with 5,000 tons of mortar shells and 1,000 mortars of various types, with a total value of more than $13 million. As a result, each company of the Chinese army in China can allocate at least one mortar, which greatly enhances the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Chairman Jiang Yan Dayue agreed to Li Guang's request by the way -- to exempt Henan from agricultural taxes for one year. You must know that Henan's annual grain tax revenue is only 800,000 stones, that is, millions of US dollars.

As a support for the cause of the domestic war of resistance, the Navy's resistance forces also donated another 5,000 tons of mortar shells in October.

The Pacific War is imminent, and the Japanese army's offensive in Southeast Asia is already on the line, and the naval resistance army can draw out more than 20 million US dollars in arms to support the country, which is already the maximum limit.

In October, the commercial system of the Navy's resistance army was desperately stockpiling supplies, from food to munitions, crude oil, gasoline, diesel, cloth and medicine. Li Guang's guiding principle is very simple, squeeze every penny out of your pocket, not only the funds owned by the naval resistance system, but also the funds that can be borrowed, and exchange all this money for material reserves.

In this series of activities, the Maritime Resistance Force used not only its own merchant ships, but also guano ships, and dozens of ships were all working hard to buy food and other supplies from South America. Several oil tankers of the Maritime Resistance Army are working day and night to purchase crude oil, gasoline, and diesel.

The Naval Resistance Force has also entered an unprecedented state of training. The navy, army, and air force are intensively training day and night.

In November, Li Guang made an inventory of the entire Naval Resistance Army.

As for the army, it has expanded from a few battalions at the beginning of the year to several regiments that are fully manned.

1st Field Regiment. Three infantry battalions with a total of nine companies. A fire battalion, a battalion of baggage engineers. The strength of the army reached five thousand people.

2nd Mountain Regiment. Three infantry battalions, one engineer baggage battalion. The strength of the army is 4,000 people.

3rd Jungle Regiment. Three infantry battalions, one engineer baggage battalion. The number of troops is 3,000 people.

The 4th amphibious regiment, divided into two parts. The part located in Tang Harbor is an independent amphibious battalion of 48 landing craft with a three-company system, and the battalion commander is Bai Bai Chongfu. Eight hundred.

The artillery was divided into two battalions, one was a defensive artillery battalion with three companies under its jurisdiction. One is a field artillery battalion with five companies. Establishment of two thousand people.

Although the armored battalion is still only one battalion, its strength is already quite large, with a strength of 2,000 men, of which four companies are combat units and four companies are baggage troops. What changed a lot was that this battalion was equipped with twelve self-made tanks from the Stone Statue Island by the end of the year. In addition to being transferred to China, only twenty-four of the original British-made light tanks were left for modification.

The total strength of the army reached a staggering 17,000 men. Moreover, all of these 17,000 people have undergone nine months of training and are already capable of fighting. In the Isle of Stone and Ceylon, more than 6,000 recruits are also training day and night.

In the Air Force, more than 60 elite pilots with more than 800 hours of flight time in the first echelon were assigned to the USS Liberty Dragon.

The second echelon also has more than sixty pilots with more than five hundred hours of flight time, temporarily serving as land-based aviation.

There were also sixty pilots in the third echelon, who flew more than 300 hours as bomber pilots and water reconnaissance pilots of the Maritime Resistance Army.

These 200 pilots can be regarded as the existing backbone combat strength of the Naval Resistance Army, and they can be regarded as the main force.

There are about 50 pilots working in the commercial flight of domestic transport aircraft, and there are about 100 pilots in training on Shixiangdao.

These 150 people are the reserve force of the Naval Resistance Army and Air Force.

In Li Guang's view, the greatest achievement of the Navy and Air Force is not only the 300 or so pilots, but the total number of logistics personnel exceeding 1,000. These people have mechanics, weathermen, signal corps. With these people, the air force of the Naval Resistance Force truly has combat effectiveness.

For this air force, which has begun to mature, Li Guang spent a huge amount of money, and in just four years and one year, he purchased fighters, engines, and other spare parts, which were worth tens of millions of dollars (30 bombers were aided by the United States, and this is also counted). The fuel and other manpower and material resources consumed by the training are also around $5 million.

On the 300 pilots, each of them reached 50,000 US dollars. What is this concept, the price of gold at this time is about one dollar a gram. Fifty thousand dollars is fifty thousand grams of gold, or fifty kilograms of gold.

What an amazing concept.

Of the navy, army, and air force, if Li Guang spends the most energy, it is not the army nor the navy, but the air force. Li Guang not only provided funds for the construction of the Air Force, but also participated wholeheartedly in it, whether it was tactical discussions, flight technology, or even maintenance and maintenance.

It is gratifying to note that a virtuous circle has been formed in the pilot training of the Maritime Resistance Force. This method of training pilots for the promotion of the Navy's resistance forces can provide about 10 pilots for the main force every month. That is, pilots who fly for more than 300 hours.

By the end of November 41, the Naval Resistance Force had nearly 200 fighters of various kinds and nearly 50 transport planes. In Asia, it is already a powerful air force, and after several years of hard work, Li Guang has finally seen results.

In terms of the navy, at the end of November of 41, the Naval Resistance Force had:

A battleship Atlantic. Fourteen hundred troops.

A light aircraft carrier USS Liberty Dragon, with a strength of eight hundred and sixty.

Two Pickup-class destroyers. Three hundred troops.

A Bully Inferior (French-made) mineboat. One hundred and fifty troops.

A seaplane carrier PJP with a strength of 350 men.

Two Pixiu submarines (in the process of refitting), two Pixiu submarines (also in the process of refitting), one Pixiu supply submarine, nine Pixiu submarines. A total of fourteen submarines with a strength of nine hundred and fifty people. Sufficient training over the past year has provided sufficient manpower for the submarine force of the Maritime Resistance Force, and all 950 of them have carried out at least one combat mission, which is enough to provide manpower for 24 submarines. After hard work and sweat, the submarine force became the only unit with sufficient personnel in the Naval Resistance Force.

The submarine force also has six supply ships of various types, with a strength of 350 troops.

After this year's enrichment, the navy has gradually increased its strength, with a total strength of 6,000 troops, in addition to the officers and men who have already served, plus reserve troops, port logistics, and other arms.

And the strength of the navy is actually much more than that, you must know that there are several warships that will be ready for service in early 42.

Three of these Tengu-class destroyers will be commissioned in January '42.

Six Baxia-class anti-submarine destroyers will also be commissioned in early '42.

A regular aircraft carrier under construction will also be commissioned at the beginning of '42.

The USS Pacific aircraft carrier, which is being renovated, will also be put into service in the second half of '42.

Four Jairus-class torpedo boats will also be launched in the first half of '42.

What is even more potential is that submarines will be equipped with submarines at the level of one per month in 42 years. It should be pointed out that although the submarine production of the Maritime Resistance Force did not reach the output of 12 submarines in 41 years, the workload of renovating two Pixiu-class submarines and two Xuan-class submarines was not less than the production of one Lixi-class small submarine. So it's still a job done.

A rough calculation shows that the resistance army will increase the number of warships of various types to more than 20 in 42 years. These more than 20 warships need to increase the strength of about 5,000 troops.

It can be said that the navy is the most potential force in the naval resistance forces. It is also the most stressful service for the economic and human resources of the Maritime Resistance Force. First of all, there is the question of where the 5,000 officers and men will come from; at present, the Naval Resistance Army only has a reserve of more than 2,000 men, and there is still a shortfall of nearly 3,000 men.

The navy is not an army, and in a country like China, which has abundant human resources, it is not very difficult to recruit a few thousand army soldiers, but the navy is not so easy. When in the Navy, it is difficult for purely illiterate and non-swimmers to qualify. These two most basic conditions alone can spawn most of the recruits.

(These two chapters are transitional chapters, and after writing them, I feel that I am a running account, but I still feel that it is necessary to explain.) I'm embarrassed to ask for a recommended collection. ）

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