The Cairo meeting has not yet begun. Haitang has good news. First, Li Guang received a telegram from MacArthur -- Haitang could send someone to the United States to get the Essex-class aircraft carrier it deserved.

Mai Dashuai is mighty. Li Guang was secretly happy.

Although this aircraft carrier was originally owed by the United States to the Tang Kingdom, the truth of the world is in the hands of the powerful. The Americans ignored the protests of the Haitang Kingdom and forcibly stayed for a year and a half, but Li Guang actually did not recruit them.

Li Guang's attention to this Essex-class aircraft carrier is beyond the comprehension of others. Li Guang attaches great importance to the Essex-class aircraft carrier, with realistic and future considerations.

First of all, this is a purebred aircraft carrier with good roots. Take a look at Haitang's three existing aircraft carriers: the Liberty Dragon is just a light aircraft carrier, and it is also a cruiser conversion. The USS Indian Ocean aircraft carrier was built with civilian technology, but in fact its construction level is not even comparable to the high-speed cruise ships of the United States and Britain and other powers. The aircraft carrier Kaga, which has been named the Pacific Ocean, is the largest aircraft carrier in the world in terms of displacement, but it is actually converted from the hull of a battleship. Retrofitting aircraft carriers, due to the initial design limitations, in the design of some structures, must be a bit reluctant and will not be very reasonable. For example, the ratio of the length to width of the hull. In terms of functional design, there are also serious defects or waste.

Another point, the Essex-class aircraft carrier is a masterpiece of the US ship industry, and there is no doubt about its advanced nature. There may still be a gap compared to the British capital aircraft carrier (this point, which was recognized in the World War II years, and is by no means the absolute impression that the United States is the first in the 21st century), but it is mainly due to style, and it is not an exaggeration to rank first in the world.

Aircraft carrier design is a university question, a real high-end discipline. In fact, many ships are designed to improve on the original ship type. Even in the 21st century, when the design of ships has been digitized, the design of aircraft carriers is still based on a mother ship. The ship type was expanded, and the equipment was upgraded. Among them, there are many experiences of designers, lessons learned from soldiers.

In Li Guang's plan, this Essex-class aircraft carrier will serve as the basis for the future aircraft carrier design of the Haitang Kingdom. Moreover, in the Battle of Saipan, the performance of the American aircraft carriers was commendable enough, all of them were wounded, but not one of them was sunk. Its anti-settling properties are commendable. If the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier of the Haitang Army had been injured like that. Will it sink, Li Guang is a little superstitious and refuses to comment.

In addition, it only takes about half a year for the Haitang Army to obtain this aircraft carrier to have full combat effectiveness. Although the Haitang Kingdom is not as strong as the US military, it has sufficient troops. But now many branches of the Navy are prepared, especially the most important fighter pilots. The Haitang Army may not be able to draw out the elite, but it can be fully equipped. If the battlefield is critical. And even in a month or two, take part in the battle.

Another piece of good news for the Haitang is also related to the aircraft carrier, in the Battle of Midway, the captured Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga has completed outfitting and all the tests, and has now begun to return home.

But. The route chosen by this aircraft carrier is not from the South Pacific, bypassing Australia and then entering the Indian Ocean. Return to Haitang mainland. Instead, it enters the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Freud at the southern tip of South America, and thus returns to the mainland of the Haitang Kingdom.

The reason is that Haitang is a little famous now, especially the navy. Peru and Bolivia, exhausted by the war with Chile, invited the aircraft carriers of the Haitang Army to visit in a friendly manner. Of course, the benefits are huge.

To put it bluntly, it is a demonstration to Chile.

Peru and Bolivia, as the suppliers of non-ferrous metals and explosives raw materials for Haitang, and are also buyers of some weapons and ammunition in Haitang, can be regarded as partners.

Help, that's the way it should be. Moreover, deterring Chile is also good for the security of the stone statue island in Haitang Kingdom. Although after the completion of the modification of this aircraft carrier, except for a gunpowder chemical plant on Shixiang Island, other industries will be transferred to Datang Island, which is no longer so important.

However, no matter how important it is, it is also the territory of the Haitang Kingdom. The old people of the Naval Resistance Army have a deep affection for the Stone Statue Island.

Even so, there is no need to take the South American route, which is not easy to walk, and the distance is nearly three to five thousand kilometers.

However, since the Panama Canal was bombed by devils, the South American route has gradually become lively. Argentina once again discovered the importance of the Falklands and began to attack Britain. Two years ago, Argentina was fooled by British diplomats, and although it received some honor, it did not benefit at all.

That place, when the Panama Canal was opened, was not very important. But now the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is tightly controlled. As for the Strait of Magellan on the territory of Argentina, not to mention. Of course, the Strait of Magellan has a harsh climate and is navigable for a maximum of three or four months a year, and it is also very dangerous for large ships to pass through.

In November of '43, winter comes in the northern hemisphere, but summer in the southern hemisphere. The southern tip of South America is the best time to navigate, and when winter comes, there will be icebergs everywhere, but it will be much more dangerous.

Argentina chose to attack at this moment, and the British Empire had a headache.

Of course, the aircraft carrier Pacific of the Haitang Army took this line just to show its muscles, not to solve problems for the British Empire. After all, although there are few ships in Haitang, there are also some ships that want to take this line, so that Argentina is a little jealous, and Haitang's goal has been achieved.

The aircraft carrier Pacific has many tasks, and it also has to make a trip to Uruguay to show its military might. You must know that Haitang has a lot of interests in Uruguay, the agricultural population, plus the development of Tangcheng, 50,000 or 60,000 people. Moreover, as the war in Europe deepened, the number of immigrants increased, and the development of Tang City entered a golden age. It is estimated that in just four or three years, Haitang Kingdom will be able to make nearly 10 million US dollars from here.

And these real estate proceeds should be exchanged for raw materials urgently needed by Haitang or 4,000-ton guano ships produced by Oolong Shipyard. These are all very important to Haitang and cannot be missed. To put it bluntly, Haitang is in Uruguay, and the business model he plays is to exchange real estate for materials.

By the way, guano boats are now quite expensive. Haitang will also make it, but it is difficult to buy steel, so it can only make the oolong shipyard profitable. Most of the steel that Haitang managed to get from the United States was used to build warships and submarines. The Morgan consortium is now making a fortune, with the Liberty Ship and Guano boats being its main products.

Deterring some unfriendly whites is a guarantee for the interests of Haitang State. The advantage of having a strong navy was vividly demonstrated in the course of this armed parade of the aircraft carrier Pacific.

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Invest in peach and repay it. MacArthur showed enough sincerity one after another. Although the most important aid loan has not yet arrived, Haitang should also return the favor.

Therefore, on the eve of the Cairo Conference, the Indian Ocean, the main aircraft carrier of the Haitang Army, completed routine repairs and set sail for Australia to conduct some formation training with the US Seventh Fleet as soon as possible.

Because Mak provided a new type of carrier-based aircraft, the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier did not need to carry too many aircraft. However, in the cabin of the aircraft carrier INOCEAN, a full hundred torpedo aircraft were deployed on the deck. This is an old torpedo plane that the US Navy no longer has installed, and it is also a carrier-based aircraft that has been discontinued in the United States.

This torpedo machine is really not advanced. But it's better than the old biplane torpedo planes that the British have been using. Although the survivability is poor, it will not be reduced to the point of garbage. Due to the strong resistance of the US Navy pilots and the fact that the US military attached great importance to human life, this slightly backward fighter was expelled from the ranks of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, so the last more than 200 planes fell into the hands of the Haitang Army.

After a long period of exploration and modification by the Haitang Army. It was found that this fighter still has vitality. Moreover, the most suitable for the Seventh Fleet under MacArthur.

Soon we will have to fight hand in hand with the US military. Increase the combat effectiveness of the US military a little. It is also a good thing for the Haitang Army, especially if it does not leak secrets, and it can be exchanged for considerable benefits, this matter is even more capable.

MacArthur's Seventh Fleet did not have regular aircraft carriers, but it did have one or two dozen escort carriers. The pilots on these escort aircraft carriers are naturally not elite. Therefore, the level of mastering advanced fighters is relatively poor.

Whether a fighter is advanced or not, speed is an important indicator. High-speed fighters have a high take-off speed and, especially, a landing speed. A landing speed of one hundred kilometers per hour and a landing speed of one hundred and fifty kilometers. The requirements for pilots are very different. The landing time of 4.5 seconds and the landing time of 3 seconds have almost raised the requirements for people's reaction speed. Therefore, the US escort aircraft carrier is full of old F4F Wildcat fighters.

And the landing speed of the PBY torpedo machine can even be as low as ninety kilometers, which reduces the requirements for the pilot's level of operation.

More importantly, the tactics tailored to the U.S. military by the Haitang Army were able to reduce pilot casualties.

For example, Li Guang stubbornly used dive bombers instead of torpedo planes, although there were various considerations, in fact, the most important reason was that the torpedo planes were too slow when breaking through the defense, and they had to be controlled within 130 kilometers, otherwise the quality of the torpedo would be difficult to withstand high-speed impact. In this case, in the face of the frantic artillery fire of the enemy ships, the pilots suffered too heavy casualties, and the Haitang Army really could not afford to lose.

The tactics used by the Haitang Army, or the ricochet tactics used by the US military, can drop bombs at a speed of 300 kilometers, and even experts can drop bombs at low altitudes at a speed of 400 kilometers. As a result, the time for the fighter to leak into the enemy's anti-aircraft fire was greatly shortened, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the survivability has increased tenfold.

In addition, the air-explosive bombs of the Haitang Kingdom are now becoming more and more mature. The Maritime Resistance Force has discovered a new function that is of great help to the island-seizing operation and amphibious operations. The powerful shock wave of this kind of air-explosive bomb is also excellent for detonating mines in the beach or seawater. One of the difficulties in amphibious operations is to clear landmines from landing sites and near-shore mines.

Therefore, how could Li Guang not be enthusiastic about selling American fighters to the United States again (the goal is to exchange them for F6F Hellcat fighters) and, by the way, selling the air-explosive bombs of the Haitang Kingdom.

Presumably Marshal MacArthur will appreciate it too.

In addition to this, there is a great thing. Although this matter is not led by Li Guang, it is related to the national strategy of Haitang Kingdom, and Li Guang is also very concerned.

Datang Island is separated from the African continent by the Mozambique Channel. Its geography is very similar to the United Kingdom across the English Channel and the European continent, and Japan and Chinese mainland across the sea.

In such a geographical environment, homeland security has a natural guarantee - the sea. Britain was able not to be defeated in World War II, in fact, it should be thanks to the English Channel. However, it has also caused the possibility that in the event of a major war, the mainland may be cut off from transportation. The victory of Britain, the defeat of Japan, is related to the sea.

Is Japan's national strategy really wrong? No, it's just the wrong time. It's just not enough.

Let's take an assumption, given Japan's economic capacity and technological level in the 21st century, it has the four mainland islands, northeast China, and the Korean Peninsula, and I am afraid that it is possible to be the world's leader.

In Go, there are two eye positions to live chess.

There are many islands around Haitang Kingdom, but except for Datang Island, which can be regarded as an eye, the other territories cannot bear the national strategic level.

To say that the existing territory of Haitang State can no longer be regarded as small, Datang Island and other islands are 640,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the area of most European countries.

But when Li Guang sits in this position, he can't help but think more long-term.

For the sake of future generations. The Haitang Kingdom must have another eye position. In Li Guang's grand ambition, or ambition, the Haitang Kingdom will be another position in my native China in the future.

And the other position of Haitang itself can only be Mozambique.

In the Haitang Kingdom, which had just been established, such a wild strategy was implemented. There must be resistance from many quarters. But in fact, all resistance comes from economic and military power. And not the human heart.

Chinese people have a mentality. That is something that the citizens of small European countries cannot understand, that is, the mentality of a big country, the mentality of the continent. Even ordinary people have a vast concept of the country.

Whether it is a weak country or a poor family. The sons and daughters of China have their own bearing and ambition of the sons and daughters of China.

So, when Li Guang to Premier Yuan. When Speaker Su and Foreign Minister Yan put forward the strategic direction of the country's future expansion, they thought that there would be resistance, but a strange scene appeared. All agree. As if the expansion into Africa was a matter of course, someone even suggested that the capital be built in Mozambique in the future.

This kind of self-confidence and ambition simply stunned Li Guang. Am I a time-traveler, or are we all time-travelers?

It's still the same sentence, if you take a big step, you will pull the egg. After everyone agreed, Li Guang advised everyone to calm down, calm down, and calm down.

As a result of this calmness, the use of force is not allowed in principle, and there must be no excuse for aggression. Whether it's intimidation, negotiation, fraud, or even paying for it, it's okay, anyway, everyone has a clear purpose. Don't look at Portugal has declined, but Portugal and England are brothers, and the two countries have an alliance that has a history of 600 years, so some actions can be avoided or avoided.

Since the use of force is not used, Li Guang will be less involved in this, and the Mozambique issue will become the most important long-term strategy of the foreign affairs department of the Haitang government.

As for strategy, there are many examples in the 5,000-year history of China and the history of European colonization of the world. It is nothing more than involvement, manipulation, splitting, anti-customer, etc. (There is no option to conquer by force because force is not allowed for the time being)

In the past, the Haitang Kingdom only used force to coerce it, forced to buy and sell, and economically, the Portuguese colonists did not suffer too much loss anyway, and everyone was happy.

And today, the report that Li Guang received is ecstatic: The Haitang Kingdom already has territory in Mozambique, and it is not one, but twelve, three of which are near the sea, with a total area estimated to be more than 60,000 square kilometers.

It's more complicated.

At the beginning, the Portuguese, based on the superiority of the whites, actually helped the French army on Datang Island to resist the naval resistance army. If it was just to provide a starting base, Haitang Guo's forced buying and selling would almost be able to offset their crimes. At the beginning of the founding of the Haitang Dynasty, there were already many countries that had offended, and they couldn't make a bunch of enemies. Therefore, there was no excessive persecution of the Portuguese colonial authorities.

On the contrary, because of the lack of grain harvest in Portugal itself, the Seven Piercing Fleet of the Haitang Kingdom took the risk of helping Portugal send agricultural products.

However, in the fourth or third year, when the Haitang State repatriated French prisoners of war, there was a small episode. The repatriation of prisoners of war is a political necessity. And the Haitang Kingdom was seriously short of labor, and prisoners of war outside France would not be repatriated.

This is the Portuguese colonial governor...... Headache place. Because, several of them were Portuguese nobles.

The governor of the colony had the sole power to control him, and no one except the parliament of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, had anything to do with him. He was in charge of the budget and administrative appointments, and the local legislative and executive councils were only used for consultation. The nominal government of Mozambique does not even have an office location.

Of course, diplomacy, defence and legislation are mainly managed by the Overseas Commission and the Ministry of Overseas Territories in Lisbon.

This was about the same as the rights of other European colonial governors. But when it comes to Mozambique specifically, there is a slight difference.

Historically, Portugal once practiced a feudal system in Mozambique, similar to the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty in China, known as the Balazo system. Anyway, the colony was robbed, and the king was not distressed. Mozambique was divided into more than 300 small territories at once, so hundreds of nobles at all levels, grand dukes, dukes, princes, uncles, sons, men, and knights became lords of all sizes. Of course, nobles of the Grand Duke level would not come to this place.

The current colonial governor, Sarah, is a duke in his family. This is already a knighthood of the heavens.

However, history is unpredictable, and some nobles can make money here, while others don't. In addition, the nobles also had to get married and have children. You can't marry a black man, so some of them are gone. Some stayed.

Portugal's feudal constitution is gradually declining. Plus several indigenous uprisings. Lisbon saw that the feudal rule of the aristocracy could not form a joint force, so it was changed to a company system. The so-called company is actually a larger administrative division. After the fall of the royal family, it was now changed to the Governor's system.

However, those nobles have not been revoked, and the vast majority of aristocratic families have died out in the long river of history anyway.

To say that even Portugal now does not even have a king. What kind of thing is the aristocracy, it is not worth the headache of the Governor. However, in the present tradition in Europe, the aristocracy is still a little low. And most of them have wealth in their hands, so the Viceroy Duke Sara has a headache.

Of course, these uneasy guys are not big nobles, they are all knight families or viscounts, barons and the like, and they don't have any money. Otherwise, they would not be hot-headed and go to war for the noble theory of worthless white blood.

These little nobles really can't stand it, the labor of the prisoners of war is really hard, and the little devils are really cruel to be prisoners and overseers.

Who managed the prisoners of war in the Haitang Kingdom? The famous special staff officer, the current mayor of Chang'an, Hu Bofeng.

A guy who can squeeze oil out of his bones. In short, if you don't give money, don't think about leaving.

And these Portuguese nobles really don't have any money, of course, they can't be counted if they have less money. So, a smart man appeared and asked tentatively: Can the Portuguese royal family documents that gave their ancestors fiefs back then be exchanged for money.

If it were Portugal itself, such a document would have lost its usefulness long ago with the fall of the kingdom, and at most it would be a family honor. But in the colonies, it was still useful, and the colonial governor had to pay the declining nobles with this thing, and nominally recognize the fiefdoms of these nobles. It is impossible not to send them, because these people are also the armed forces of the colonial authorities.

There are also talented people in the Haitang Kingdom, remember, the United States and Britain have supported more than 300 legal talents.

Among them, there are many lawyers, lawyers, as long as they can get money, they will always find legal provisions.

So a large group of lawyers who saw the money went to Lisbon, Portugal, these people are really familiar with European law, and some of them even participated in the formulation of Portuguese law. There is a money factor in this, of course, the bigger reason is that Italy's surrender has shaken the momentum of the allies and the Haitang country has been stained.

However, there was a condition, in fact, the so-called European aristocratic custom, that the fief had to be transferred to a nobleman with the same title.

Nobles can't be divided without a king? Sling the bull. Li Guangcai didn't care, and immediately drafted the document. Yes, the Haitang Kingdom actually has nobles.

In line with the ancient Chinese concept that no military merits cannot be knighted, the first batch of twelve noble titles were all soldiers. Several major generals of the Naval Resistance Army have all become nobles, exactly twelve.

Note that in fact, there are only three official major generals in the Haitang Army, two in the Navy, and one in the Air Force. However, in all the battles, six colonels (from home and overseas, such as Colonel Yuan Zi, who died at Midway) were killed and posthumously awarded the rank of major general.

As a result, there was an earl, a baron, five viscounts, and five knights.

Of course, even in Mozambique, these new nobles had to abide by the laws of Portugal and the colonies. In other words, in essence, these lands are still owned by people in Portugal.

However, things can evolve. The Haitang Kingdom has been involved in Mozambique.

Give a fulcrum, and you can pry the earth. Li Guang could handle the things that Li Guang couldn't handle, and he had a large group of government personnel to handle them, and this was a tremendous progress in the national land strategy.

The Governor of Sara had a headache, in fact, he was worried that the Haitang Kingdom would take the opportunity to meddle in Mozambique. However, in the years that followed, the Haitang Kingdom really did not have trouble with the Portuguese colonists. These "aristocrats" did not even go to the fiefdom in person, but only sent some peasants to build round tulou, cultivate land, plant fast-growing forests, or open one or two paper mills (Haitang has an environmental protection law, except for the traditional rice paper, which allows factories to be opened in the mainland, other paper mills can only be overseas). ）。

In short, Haitang people are very well-behaved. There is no conflict with the local natives, (there is no conflict, the most elite special team of Haitang has been dispatched seven or eight times.) Even the colonial authorities don't have to be responsible for the issue of law and order, and as for the number of peasants, there is no need to care, right? (To be continued......)