In addition to those methods of reversing military spending, Li Guang also made a big deal with the US military. Now the U.S. military is fighting the Japanese in Kuah and New Guinea. The U.S. military is very powerful, but the configuration of the U.S. military is not without problems.

The U.S. military lacked actual combat experience and had no artillery fighting vehicles, but it could not be used in the tropical mountains and forests of Kuah Island and New Guinea. The most suitable for heavy firepower for mountain warfare - the heavy mortar configuration is simply a blank slate. (Historical fact: The U.S. military did lack heavy mortars in the New Guinea battlefield, and MacArthur also threw a tantrum on the government side.) ）

This is a business opportunity. However, Li Guang naturally can't do small business like the businessmen, and only by having technical content can he show the level of the commander of the three armies of the Haitang Kingdom.

Li Guang ordered She Jinsong, commander of the mountain regiment, to compile a booklet entitled "Techniques for Using Heavy Mortars in Tropical Mountain Jungles." Delivered to the hands of General MacArthur of the US Army and Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet, respectively. I easily got a large order.

SIX HUNDRED 100MM, 120MM, 150MM HEAVY MORTARS AND 10,000 TONS OF MORTAR SHELLS.

The Americans have a lot of money, as long as they can kill a few fewer people, this military spending is nothing. Nimitz and MacArthur were anxious about the battle situation, and the two American generals were simply overjoyed by the naval resistance army's guidance tactics. As for the fact that the general's direct purchase of arms did not correspond to the usual rules of the United States, no one would have pursued such a matter at all during the war.

Since the naval resistance army completely annihilated the Japanese army in Ceylon, its status in the minds of US generals has immediately risen. Soldiers, no matter what country they are, worship the strong. Therefore, the tactical guidance given by the Naval Resistance Army is very valuable in the eyes of American generals.

The American generals think that there is value, and the mortars and mortar shells sold by the Naval Resistance Army are naturally worth the money.

Li Guang is well aware of the US arms production capacity. The sale of such weapons and ammunition is basically a one-shot deal. He didn't plan to go on a long time, so the asking price was quite strong.

The price of all munitions has doubled compared to the ex-factory price. This business alone has earned more than 10 million US dollars in profits.

In this way, the military expenditure of the Naval Resistance Army of 20 million or 30 million US dollars will be settled.

In a war similar to the Battle of Ceylon, the Naval Resistance Army will not overrun, and Li Guang still has considerable confidence.

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In fact, Li Guang's confidence is not like this. The Navy's anti-Japanese forces are negotiating a bigger deal with the US Navy, and as long as Li Guang relaxes his mouth a little, he will receive $20 million.

After a year of war. U.S. submarines sank nine in the Pacific theater. The number of submarines in the US military is three times that of the Naval Resistance Army, but the results of the battle are not greater than those of the Naval Resistance Army. In 42 years, the Navy only sank one submarine in the Battle of Ceylon.

Americans have always been good at intelligence and analysis. Admiral Lockwood, commander of the US submarines, and Admiral Nimitz, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, are both submarine experts, and these two men have made almost the same judgment: The US submarine warfare skills may not be as good as those of the Naval Resistance Force, but they are not much worse. And the United States has a strong industrial capacity. The overall technical level of manufacturing submarines will definitely not be worse than that of Haitang State. The abnormal ratio of war results and losses can only show one problem -- the submarine technology of the Maritime Resistance Army is unique.

Other than that. Some of the actions of the Naval Resistance Force also show that the Naval Resistance Force intends to keep US technology secret.

First. The submarine liaison staff officers of the Maritime Resistance Forces at Pearl Harbor were purely two telegraph operators, and after many attempts by the US side, it was learned that these two staff officers had never been on the submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army at all, and they had not even seen the submarine of the Naval Resistance Army's own.

Second, Nimitz generously invited the submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army to resupply at Pearl Harbor, while the Naval Resistance Army preferred to go around thousands of nautical miles to resupply. Nor did they want to take advantage of the United States at Pearl Harbor.

After several explorations by the United States, Li Guang admitted with great shame that the submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army has a technology that can sail underwater for a long time. However, the Maritime Resistance Army does not want money. I want a fighter.

And as soon as Li Guang opened his mouth, he was the most advanced fighter of the United States, such as the P51 Mustang fighter, the F6F Hellcat fighter, the F4U fighter, and the B29 strategic bomber.

These fighters are not even equipped by the US military, and even if they are equipped, they are only equipped in very small quantities. What's more, there is still an experimental model just now, and as for the B29 strategic bomber, there is not even an experimental aircraft.

In addition, these fighters are extremely high-tech. The Americans also deliberately kept it secret, except for the P51 Mustang fighter jet, which provided some aid to the UK, and the other fighters have no intention of exporting them at all.

The United States actually has strict regulations on the export of weapons, for example, it is difficult for the Soviet Union to obtain the most advanced American fighter planes, both now and at the end of World War II. Even at the end of the war, Stalin had to deceive and seize the American B29 strategic bombers, and only after the war did he copy the bombers of the Tu series.

In terms of technological content, these US fighters are of course much more valuable than the submarine technology of the Maritime Resistance Force, so the US Government is considering it. Recently, Admiral Nimitz also brought in US Vice President Harry Truman, who has a good relationship with Haitang, as a lobbyist.

Truman was Li Guang's key strategic investment target, so Li Guang was ready to give Vice President Truman a face and lower his requirements a little.

At the beginning, Li Guang sold the technology of submarine snorkels to Germany for almost 20 million US dollars. Selling this technology now is not only helpful to American submarine technology, but also to master the performance of German submarines and to facilitate the transportation of materials for the Allied forces. Its value is no longer limited to itself, but can have an impact on the course of World War II.

Therefore, even if Li Guang gives in, it is impossible to sell this technology cheaply. This kind of thing is left to the diplomats.

As a matter of fact, Li Guang was also anxious, and in 42 years, the Naval Resistance Army had nothing else but to purchase 200 of the most backward torpedo planes from the United States. Li Guang gave the bottom line, that it was necessary to get US fighters, and even if it could not get the most advanced ones, it was necessary to get a batch first.

You must know that there seem to be a lot of fighters in the Naval Resistance Army. But the aircraft carrier USS Indian Ocean and the USS Liberty Dragon (still in the United States, not delivered. The basic configuration is not complete, not to mention the spare fighters.

The results of this negotiation did not come to fruition until New Year's Day in 43 years, and although it was not ideal, it was also an acceptable condition for the Navy.

The United States promised to exchange 200 fighters and 1,000 tons of bombs, as well as corresponding spare parts, for the technology of the Maritime Resistance Force. It's worth about $20 million.

Among them were sixty F4F Wildcat fighters and sixty SBD dreadnought bombers. And the only advanced fighter, the SB2C dive bomber, was very generous to eighty units.

The reason is not that this fighter is not advanced, but that the US Navy pilots do not like it very much, and the US Navy generals do not like it either.

The three main carrier-based aircraft that the US Navy was equipped with at the beginning of World War II were: the F4F Wildcat fighter, the TBD torpedo aircraft, and the SBD dive bomber.

And the updated replacement of these three fighters by the United States is: F6F Hellcat, F4U carrier-based fighter, TBF torpedo aircraft, SB2C dive bomber.

Now what the United States has promised to give to the Naval Resistance Force are 80 SB2C dive bombers.

History has changed a lot, and Curtiss has had a small cooperation with Haitang, so the company's cutting-edge dive bomber has also changed considerably.

As in history, this dive bomber was named the SB2C Hell dive bomber. It's the same thing to not be liked by the pilot.

But. The differences are:

Although the historical dive bomber is a replacement of the SBD dreadnought bomber, its performance has not actually improved much. What's more, the SBD dreadnought bomber is much more advanced than the Japanese army's 99 shipbuilding, and the need to replace it is less urgent. U.S. pilots are reluctant to familiarize themselves with a new type of fighter, so they are not very popular with pilots.

And the SB2C dive bomber now produced by Curtiss has almost perfect performance. It was even called the perfect bomber by the designers of Curtis.

If it's so perfect, why is it so coldly received?

First. This dive bomber is a twin-engine carrier-based bomber. Among all the carrier-based aircraft in the entire World War II, it is the only one. The twin engines are naturally powerful, and of course, the size is also huge and the weight is also large. Its full take-off weight is close to nine tons.

Such a heavy bomber, especially when serving as a dive bombing function. The psychological pressure on the pilot is extremely huge, for fear that he will not be able to pull up this heavy big guy at the end of the dive. So the pilot "didn't like it". Or even fear this fighter.

Secondly, the performance of this bomber was excellent. The maximum speed can exceed five hundred and thirty kilometers. Due to the fact that it was a dive bomber. This function directly requires its own solidity, not to mention its strong firepower, which is the consistent style of the United States.

According to the judgment of experts: If the Japanese Zero fighter fails to shoot down this fighter in one round, I am afraid that there will be no second chance.

Its bomb load is three times that of the SBD dreadnought, capable of carrying two 1,000-pound bombs and two 500-pound bombs. And because it is a twin-engine aircraft, the two engines are arranged on two wings, without the obstruction of the nose propeller, the bomb centerline is closer to the center of the aircraft, and the dive bombing accuracy is also higher than that of the SBD dreadnought bomber.

Since it is so good, why don't the US generals like this fighter either?

There are many reasons for this, but one of the most important reasons is that this fighter is simply too big. The military was naturally embarrassed to point out that the pilots were afraid to fly this fighter, and the first reason they found was: two engines, which consumed a lot of fuel. This is not a big problem for the deep-pocketed US military, and don't forget that this SB2C is three times the bomb load of the Dreadnought.

Another problem caused by the two engines was a source of disgust to the American admirals. The full load weight of the new SBF torpedo machine is more than seven tons, and it is not small. But the two wings can be folded and do not take up much space in the hangar.

Although this SB2C is powerful, it can not only be used as a dive bomber, but also as a torpedo machine, and its performance as a torpedo machine is no worse than that of the SBF torpedo aircraft.

The same folding wings were used. However, this folding cannot be compared with the SBF wing folding method. People start to fold from the root of the wing, but the SB2C can only fold the front end of the wing more than two meters long due to the engine and propeller on the wing.

In this way, this thing takes up too much space, and the hangar of the aircraft carrier, which seems to be large enough, cannot hold a few such fighters at all. Moreover, with the installation of new fighter jets, US fighters can complete the action of carrying 1,000-pound bombs to complete dive bombing, so SB2C is even less popular with US generals.

However, this fighter still shines in World War II. In response to that sentence, the wall blossoms and the fragrance outside the wall, its sturdy fuselage, ultra-high speed, and powerful firepower are deeply loved by the army aviation, and as a result, the largest user of this carrier-based aircraft designed for the navy is not the navy, but the army.

These are all later words, and the direct impact on the Naval Resistance Force is that the Kaga aircraft carrier, which captured the Japanese army, has been transformed into an aircraft carrier specializing in carrying this dive bomber. Because none of the equipment of the aircraft carriers INS Indian Ocean and USS Liberty Dragon could carry this heavy and massive fighter.

All of the above are all channels for Li Guang to pour out military spending. However, although these methods can enable the Naval Resistance Army to survive a period of time, they cannot use this method to solve military expenses forever, and in the long run, it still needs the economy of the Haitang Kingdom to become strong. (To be continued......) (To be continued......)