On 26 September, the Germans bought the two new Liberty ships. Huang Zhonghua, who is far away in Germany, also successfully sold 2,500 tons of tungsten ore.

As a result, Li Guang got four MAN diesel engines, eight 2,500 hp diesel engines, and eight 1,200 hp diesel engines.

The Germans had to sell this diesel engine, and the war had begun, and tungsten ore had become a scarce commodity for Germany. The result of this transaction far exceeded Li Guang's expectations, eight 1,200 hp diesel engines and eight 2,500 hp diesel engines are nothing, but more than two million US dollars.

But four 6,800 hp diesel engines are something that can be found but not sought, this is the most powerful marine diesel engine of this era, representing the pinnacle of German industry. In a sense, this diesel engine is much more important than some military technology. However, the reason why the Germans are willing to sell this diesel engine is because of the shortage of tungsten ore, and the second is that they do not believe in Li Guang, and even the Americans have the ability to imitate it. Large-scale equipment cannot be imitated with drawings, and many processes in the middle are difficult for outsiders to get their hands on. Moreover, such a large equipment, without tens of millions of investments, there is no way to trial production. Li Guang has already had a profound understanding of this.

However, the price of these four 6800 hp diesel engines is indeed dark enough. If the price is converted, it costs 600,000 US dollars. The price of just one diesel engine is almost worth the cost of a Baxia, which makes Li Guang grin.

With the successful sale of the two freewheels, the shipyard started to build two freewheels again. In order to expand the scale, the shipyard expanded again, and two dry docks with a scale of more than 10,000 tons were built again.

One of the things Li Guang must do every day now is to learn about the itinerary of the PJP. The 20 diesel engines on the PJP are the foundation of the development of the Maritime Resistance Force. There is no room for error.

The world war had begun, but there had been no ground war on the battlefield except in Poland, where fighting was fierce. At sea, Li Guang had been looking forward to a large-scale sortie by German submarines, but he did not see it at all.

In fact, Hitler's attack on Poland was a fluke, and he hoped that Britain and France would remain indifferent, as he had done when he annexed Austria, when Britain and France were only talking a few words.

But this time, Germany brazenly sent troops to Poland, which violated the bottom line of Britain and France. Germany attacked Poland on 1 September, while Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September. But the military response was one of dragging. To fight a war, you have to prepare for war, you have to mobilize the people, you have to make guns, you have to hoard supplies. As a result, after Britain and France verbally declared war, the army did little action. The Navy is quite active, but there has never been any major war.

As far as Li Guang knew, Britain and France declared war on Germany because of their interests. But in reality, the Anglo-French forces only hid behind the Maginot Line and did not provide limited military support to Poland. On September 27, the Germans occupied Warsaw and Poland fell completely. In the meantime, Britain and France condemned Germany only diplomatically. This period was called the "Fake War" or "Strange War" by the Germans.

On September 17, a major event occurred when a British aircraft carrier was sunk by a German submarine. The Germans were the first to sink an aircraft carrier. The one that the Naval Resistance Army sank the Japanese Army actually did not mention the aircraft carrier, and even the value of the heavy cruiser was not as good. Originally, at this time, Britain had seven aircraft carriers, six in Ben and six in the United States. This time, the three naval powers are tied in the number of aircraft carriers.

The attack of the German submarine U29 on the British aircraft carrier shows that the Germans are not lacking in courage at all. Single-handedly broke through the defensive circle of the British Navy, and it was like a miracle that two torpedoes sank an opponent's aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons. And what is even more amazing is that this submarine actually escaped from the encirclement of the British [***] ship and returned to Germany. This is an incentive for the submariners of the Naval Resistance Force. However, the Pacific Ocean is different from the Atlantic, and it is difficult for the Pixiu to capture the aircraft carrier. Because the naval battles between the British and German armies were mainly in the North Sea. To put it bluntly, the Beihai Sea is a little larger than the waters of the Beibu Gulf in the southeast of Guangxi.

However, the German side, which was the main attacker, still had some unrealistic illusions and even shrank back at sea. At first, there was no indiscriminate attack on merchant ships.

German Navy submarines, on September 23, were given permission to attack ships that had stopped navigation but were still using radio warnings;

On 24 September, permission was given to attack French ships;

On September 30, it was possible to attack any ship sailing in the North Sea;

On October 2, it was said that all ships sailing from the coast of Britain and France to the sea area of 15 degrees west longitude could attack;

On 17 October, permission was granted to attack any enemy vessel other than a passenger ferry;

On October 19, it was said that ships sailing from the coast of Britain and France to the sea area of 20 degrees west longitude could be attacked as long as the lights were controlled;

On November 17, all restrictions were finally lifted and submarine warfare without any restrictions began.

Li Guang later learned that Germany did not have many submarines at this time, and only 57 of them were in service, of which only 22 were capable of fighting in the open sea, and many of the remaining submarines were small submarines with a displacement of 3 or 200 tons, which could only undertake the task of coastal operations.

On September 25, the PJP was loaded with a diesel engine in Germany, and on October 1 it had already rushed out of the North Sea, and at the end of October it returned to Uruguay. It seemed that the situation was tense, and the PJP number was unscathed, and Li Guang finally put his mind at ease. It is all to blame that the description of German submarines in later World War II books is too terrifying, and Li Guangbai has been worried for a long time. In fact, it was Li Guang's poor historical study, and he did not figure out the time when Germany launched the submarine wolf pack.

Since Uruguay's ban on the production of weapons has not yet been lifted, Li Guang has already prepared to transfer the manufacture of submarines to Shixiang Island, and after unloading four large diesel engines, the PJP rushed to Shixiang Island with small and medium-sized diesel engines and six tank chassis and other materials.

Now Li Guang's funds are unprecedentedly rich, and he is preparing to build two submarines on Shixiang Island at one time. And these eight 1,200 hp diesel engines are prepared for this. The newly built submarine is no longer a large submarine of the two-thousand-ton class, but a medium-sized submarine of the thousand-ton class.

Because Pixiu No. 2 was still rushing to work at night, it was impossible to draw out equipment and manpower for the time being, and now Li Guang could only arrange to prepare all the materials.

After the manufacture of two submarines, Li Guang's technical reserves have been quite substantial. The original design of the Pixiu submarine was actually an enlargement of the American S-class submarine after comprehensively considering the shape and endurance. But now that the Naval Resistance Force has used Statue Island as a base, the range is thousands of nautical miles shorter than that of Uruguay, and it is not as necessary for a large 2,000-ton submarine as it was at the beginning.

And with the abundance of experience, now the drawings of the newly designed thousand-ton submarine have been perfected. Li Guang plans to start building two 1,000-ton submarines first. This kind of submarine has a small displacement and much lower cost, and the capital of one Pixiu can almost build two. But when it comes to combat effectiveness, it will not be too far worse than the Pixiu. The surname-to-price ratio is clearly dominant.

Li Guang is rich, but he is still too poor compared to the sky-high prices of destroyers, cruisers, aircraft carriers, and battleships. It's almost like it's called Hanako.

The return of the PJP made Li Guang feel a lot more relieved. After several months of intense construction, the Baxia No. 2 and the two Jairian torpedo boats also rushed to Shixiang Island at the same time, and after waiting for the installation of weapons, they began training.

With these small warships, Li Guang's heart, which had been entangled for more than a year, was a little lighter. Stone Statue Island has now become the foundation of the Maritime Resistance Army, and without the protection of force, Li Guang will simply be unable to sleep.

Although the force is still very weak now, it still feels like I am wearing a set of clothes, unlike before, I feel like the stone island is naked [***] in the cold wind.

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