Li Guang was in a very good mood, and in addition to handling military affairs and driving the plane for a ride every day, of course, he did not forget to deal with some miscellaneous chores.

Li Guang received a telegraph from a long distance -- the British had closed the Yunnan-Burma Passage on 1 July, and China's main channel for obtaining supplies from outside had been shut down, leaving China's anti-Japanese cause isolated and helpless.

Li Guang's joy immediately turned into anger. He had always believed that the Burma Highway had been cut off after the occupation of Burma. But in fact, Britain has done so historically.

Now, because of the defeat on the European continent, Britain has rashly closed this great channel related to the fate of China's resistance to the European continent under the pressure of the capital. The closure of this passage will not only have a huge impact on the domestic resistance but also on the naval resistance forces. (What Li Guang didn't know was that the British-Burmese authorities had historically closed the Yunnan-Burma corridor for three months.) ）

Does morality really exist between nations?

Li Guang's two adventures in the Atlantic can only be expressed in one word, they are worth it, they are worth it. (A few words?) ）

Before that, the Maritime Resistance Army relied on the profits of industrial production or commercial speculation, and even the robbery of merchant ships to support everything.

And the wealth obtained from European adventures is more than three times the amount of money that Li Guangquan has earned. It can be said that as long as these materials are exchanged for money, the Maritime Resistance Army will have a fleet, a real fleet.

But even more important than money is people – people. Now the naval resistance army has a lot of people, and it is still far from a fleet. The closure of the Yunnan-Burma Highway has had a direct impact on the talent plan of the Maritime Resistance Force.

After the capture of a Chilean battleship, one of the biggest problems facing the entire naval resistance force was talent. More than a thousand people were needed on one battleship. These people are divided into 30 or 40 arms, and at least 300 people are needed to have relatively high cultural quality, and they are the science and engineering talents that China is currently most lacking.

If it weren't for the cultural youths recruited by Su Zizi in the United States, the Maritime Resistance Force would not even be able to make up the crew of this battleship. But these cultural youths themselves are just ordinary people, and it will take quite a long time to become soldiers.

It is obvious that the existing manpower of the Naval Resistance Force is far from sufficient. Let's not forget, there is also an aircraft carrier under construction. Therefore, long before Li Guang went to Europe, he had arranged for Su Maode to recruit cultural youths for the Naval Resistance Army in China, but the results were not so ideal. Thirty or fifty is easy to recruit, but three or five thousand is really not something that a businessman can do, even if Su Maode can come to Chairman Chiang and say a few words. In short, there is no such possibility for large-scale recruitment of cultural youth without going through political axe organizations.

Li Guangcai was arrogant, and on this trip to Europe, he got more than 2,500 anti-tank guns alone.

In May, Li Guang asked Chairman Chiang to recruit troops on his behalf. A college student, an anti-tank gun with 100 rounds of steel-core armor-piercing rounds, or a heavy machine gun. A young man who graduated from elementary school, or a young man who graduated from high school, a light machine gun, or two light machine guns.

Li Guang's offer was the most favorable for the navy. The Chinese Navy is weak, but there are still some naval officers in the country who have gone through formal military academies. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 37 years, the domestic naval academy trained 3,000 cadets, of whom 70 stayed abroad for further study. For this reason, Li Guang offered a war defense gun and 100 shells for a naval officer or a science and engineering student. Once studied abroad, Li Guang gave the condition of a 75mm infantry gun.

These weapons are in dire need of the country. Li Guang's conditions did not allow Chairman Chiang not to agree.

With the trip to Poland and the speculation in Dunkirk, Li Guang now has 2,500 anti-tank guns alone, which is enough for each company of the Chinese army.

And the total number of nearly 500 anti-aircraft guns is almost enough to make each battalion of the Chinese army have one one.

For the Chinese army, which had little armored strength, this was a temptation that could not be refused.

And Li Guang not only has the channel of Chairman Jiang, I believe that Chief Li Zongren of the Gui family is also happy to help Li Guang in this way.

If the weapons provided by Li Guang were to be bought with money, I am afraid that it would be difficult for the military leaders in China to take them out. But if it is only to provide personnel, Li Guang believes that many local powerful factions are willing to do such trade.

There is no doubt that Chairman Chiang will not push this naval resistance army, which has been established, to the side of the Gui faction. As soon as this bait came out, Su Maode was once again received by Chairman Chiang, and after a cordial conversation, he said that for the sake of the great cause of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the development of the navy, he would definitely do a good job in recruiting for the Naval Resistance Army.

These arms on the PC number are currently the most suitable for the domestic Chinese army, at least there is no worry about the appearance of bullets and shells that are not universal. As for the bullets of anti-tank guns and the armor-piercing shells of anti-tank guns, Li Guang has gained a lot of rags in Europe this time. Even if it is not fully equipped, there is no Yuan Ye in this. Premier Yuan Ye, who has been active in the UK, purchased 1 million armor-piercing shells for guns and 50,000 armor-piercing shells for anti-aircraft guns.

The price of armor-piercing bullets for guns is quite acceptable, ten for a dollar. A 37-mm armor-piercing shell used in an anti-tank gun costs three dollars, which is really expensive.

But the stone statue island could not be produced, and Li Guang could only buy it hard. However, the 250,000 US dollars, Li Guang thinks it is worth it. Each gun and each gun are equipped with 100 bullets and shells, which is basically enough for the Chinese military, after all, the life of an anti-tank gun (gun) is only 200 rounds of ammunition.

Li Guang really invested a lot of money for this recruitment. Except for the more than 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition needed by the Naval Resistance Army, the rest of the shells and weapons were all sold to the Chinese political axes at a fairly low price, which can be said to be half sold and half given away, and Chairman Chiang was very satisfied.

The PC number surname can be really good, I only left Cape Verde in mid-May, and arrived in Myanmar in June. On June 15, after unloading, the first batch of personnel had been picked up and rushed to Stone Statue Island. The chairman attaches great importance to it, and the efficiency is simply amazing. The first batch of personnel were all regular naval officers in the country.

Now that the British are afraid of the devils and cut off the Yunnan-Burma road, how to arrive at the follow-up personnel of the Maritime Resistance Army has become a difficult problem. Moreover, it was difficult for the follow-up weapons and ammunition of the Maritime Resistance Army to be delivered to China, and Li Guang did not want to miss the appointment with Chairman Chiang.

Although Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong can all go to sea for the mainland's foreign traffic, and Su Maode once ventured to dock at these ports, but they were all trading in the name of Uruguayan merchant ships, and sometimes they had to pretend to be American merchant ships, and only a small number of people could be brought out from these ports, and the risks were huge.

There was no other way, Li Guang had no choice but to send a report to Professor Yuan Ye, who was still in London, to negotiate with the British side. Mr. Yuan, who was already very busy, was even busier.

Professor Yuan stayed in Britain not only to do diplomatic things, but also to help the Naval Resistance Army order some equipment. In the early days of the construction of the aircraft carrier, Li Guang thought that the special blocking cable device for the aircraft carrier should be available in the United States. However, in fact, the United States sold it, and once sold it to Yuben, but the procedure was complicated, and even if Ambassador Hu Shih appealed from many sides, it was very slim whether it could be successful. Professor Yuan is ready to buy from the UK and is now working on various activities.

In fact, there are many things that the Naval Resistance Force wants from the British, such as the shells of the Chilean battleship, which must be purchased from the British. The battleship was built by Britain before World War I, and the shell model was exclusive to the British. It is simply impossible for the Naval Resistance Army to build a production line of shells for ten main guns. The production line of large-caliber artillery shells is not so easy to build, and even with equipment, technology and craftsmanship are much more difficult.

In addition, Su Maode, who was far away in Kunming, also encountered a strange incident, and General Song Xilian, who served as the commander of the garrison in Kunming, expressed his willingness to provide 100 veterans for the Naval Resistance Army, of which dozens graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. There is only one reason, Su Qing is his old subordinate.

Of course, Song Xilian also tactfully made a condition that all of Sumod's business activities in Kunming would be protected, and the twenty-four Czech tanks on the PC number would be best if they could be sold to him.

These 24 tanks were not the export materials planned by Li Guang, and they were originally intended for Xu Zhan. Xu Zhan followed Commander Li Zongren in the Battle of Zaoyi in May, and joined hands with Zhang Zizhong, a famous general, on the battlefield. In the battle, Zhang Zizhong was killed, and Xu Zhan's troops had grown to nearly 6,000 people, and more than half of them were killed or wounded in the tragic blocking battle. Replenishment of equipment is urgently needed.

Although Xu Zhan suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Suizao in May, he also made a name for himself, and now he is a relatively well-known middle-level officer in the Fifth War Zone, and he is already a full-fledged colonel and brigade commander.

Thinking of this, Li Guang was a little depressed, it seemed that Li did not have an official military rank until now.

Considering the future cooperation, with Li Guang's consent, Su Maode gave Song Xilian twelve vehicles, which was enough to equip an armored battalion.

Li Guang's recruitment plan was too tempting, and Su Maode, the quasi-Taishan lord, changed it a little to make it easier to recruit troops.

Su Maode took the recruitment conditions as a care, and also gave the Gui family and the father of Liu Guobang, the captain of the Air Force bomber.

There is no way for these two to get naval talents, but there is no shortage of student soldiers and ordinary soldiers. Of course, Xu Zhan belonged to the supernumerary of the Naval Resistance Army, whether he recruited troops or not, Li Guang prepared a weapon for Xu Zhan with an infantry division.

Liu Guobang's father was originally from the Northwest Army, and he was a colleague with Zhang Zizhong at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, and Zhang Zizhong killed himself as a lieutenant general in the Battle of Zaoyi in the past to serve the country. saved his reputation (after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Zhang Zizhong was responsible for negotiating with Yue himself, and he had borne the infamy of Han Jian for many years). And Liu Guobang's father Liu Ruming (homophones and different words, please do not sit in the opposite number. Fighting in the Anti-Japanese War for many years, although there is no great success, but also through hardships, so far the reputation is not good, and has been burdened with the crime of suspected Han annihilation.

However, Liu Ruming's army commander was in the northwest, and his prestige in Hebei was extremely high, and it was quite easy to recruit troops. As the saying goes, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, Liu Guobang is an officer in the Maritime Resistance Army, so Commander Liu Ruming is naturally his own person.

With such good conditions, Liu Ruming patted his chest and immediately agreed, and even said that if needed, his army could also draw out a thousand veterans. However, this Su Maode did not dare to agree, the domestic situation was not optimistic, and Li Guang, who dug the corner of the Chinese army, would never agree.

Liu Ruming also knew his son's whereabouts after two years, and when he was excited, he couldn't help but say that he had provided 100 veterans to the Naval Resistance Army. And guaranteed to recruit 1,000 strong men from Hebei for the Naval Resistance Army.

And the chief Li Zongren of the Gui department promised to provide 3,000 strong men.

What Su Maode didn't expect was that a little-known local force in Henan came to the door and provided 5,000 soldiers for the Maritime Resistance Army. Note that it is not a strong man, but a soldier who has undergone simple training.

This force is famous in history and is controlled by the head of Wanxi Autonomous Empire, Bei Tingfang. (Readers can take a little Baidu a bit, this person just lacks the knowledge of the traverser, but what he does can only be called a strange person, but for some reasons there is not much publicity, in fact, this person's power is definitely no less than a small warlord.) ）

And Bei Tingfang only needs the Navy to provide travel expenses, and he doesn't even need a gun. But Su Maode will not refuse to give. Bei Tingfang is not Lei Feng, there is only one reason behind it, Professor Yuan Ye once wrote a letter to Bei Tingfang.

Bei Tingfang can go from a remote area, and there is not much family background to rely on, and it has developed into a situation of tens of thousands of troops in a few decades, and his own ability is beyond doubt, but it is difficult to say whether there is the support of Yuan Ye and his old Beiyang forces. But in any case, this is extremely beneficial for the growth of the Naval Resistance Army.

The entire pattern of recruitment is like this: High-end talents are provided by Chairman Chiang, and these three ordinary soldiers alone have organized nearly 10,000 people for the Naval Resistance Army, which has greatly exceeded Li Guang's recruitment plan.

Things went so smoothly that Su Maode was a little confused. If the Gui family is looking at the face of the weapon, Liu Ruming is because his son is in the naval resistance army. Bei Tingfang is for no reason, and Song Xilian's reason is obviously a bit far-fetched.

After many years of troubled times, Su Maode has been crawling and rolling for many years, and he has also realized that it may be his noble relative, Chairman Chiang, who intends to mix his own strength in the Maritime Resistance Army. The most obvious is Song Xilian's 100 troops, almost all of these soldiers are veterans of the battlefield, and there are such a hundred people who can almost immediately support the shelf of an infantry brigade. Its important surname is far more than a few thousand strong men.

However, with regard to naval talents, the chairman's approach is quite strange. As we all know, there are several major factions in the navy of the Republic of China, the central system (commonly known as the electric thunder system), the Lu system (formerly the Northeast system), the Fujian system, and the Guangdong system. Most of the naval talents provided by the chairman turned out to be other factions other than the electric thunder department, and the Fujian and Lu factions accounted for ninety percent. Perhaps it was a move by the chairman to eliminate dissent. But in any case, before the closure of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the PC carried the most important group of naval talents, with a total number of 350 people, and had already rushed to Shixiang Island.

The student soldiers were still accumulating towards Kunming, and the ordinary soldiers were concentrating on Xu Zhan's Reading Brigade station.

The British closed the Yunnan-Burma Passage, and all plans had to be changed, and Su Maode asked Li Guang for instructions. Li Guang didn't have any tricks for the time being, so he had to decide to hand over a large number of recruits to Xu Zhan for training, and in addition, a naval resistance army training camp was established in Kunming, and a hundred veterans provided by Song Xilian trained student soldiers on his behalf.

However, this is not a long-term solution, and even if the chairman does not raise objections, Wang Longyun of Yunnan will not allow a quasi-military force to be stationed in his jurisdiction. There is also the most important problem for the Navy, there is no suitable officer of the Navy.

Soldiers, the weapon of the country. Li Guang is no longer naïve, he knows very well that the tiger of the army is an important surname in his hands.