At the end of October, the Battle of Ceylon ended.

Although it was not known whether the Japanese army would make a comeback, from the perspective of defending Ceylon, Li Guang still left Tang Port and rushed to Datang Island. Because, the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier of the Maritime Resistance Army has been officially installed and returned to Datang Island, the mainland of Haitang State.

To defend Ceylon, the best tactics for the naval resistance have also been decided: the army and air force are inside, the navy is outside, and the three armed forces are coordinated.

When Li Guang left Ceylon, he was in a rather happy mood.

First, the Naval Resistance Army defeated the Japanese army and achieved an unprecedented victory. The victory of the Naval Resistance Force in this battle is even more eye-catching than the previous naval exploits. The Naval Resistance Army defeated the Japanese army completely by itself, and in five months, destroyed 60,000 Japanese troops. More importantly, Ceylon's position was the key to the Indian Ocean theater, and it was not too much to say that this war would affect the entire world war, and the situation in the Indian Ocean was still in the hands of the Allies. The reputation of the Haitang Kingdom has risen, and the reputation of the Maritime Resistance Army is growing.

The second is that the navy once again has core combat effectiveness after several months of absence from the capital ships.

Thirdly, a large amount of supplies from Ceylon fell into the hands of the Maritime Resistance Army. The Navy's consistent looting methods are very powerful. For example, the Trincomalee military port did not even have a single scrap metal left. The industrial facilities that had belonged to the British were also completely demolished. In rubber alone, the Maritime Resistance Army got nearly 10,000 tons in Ceylon. There is nothing more important than destroying the country, and this sentence really makes sense. It is estimated that not to mention the long-term benefits, just for the short term, the Naval Resistance Army will be able to get more than $10 million in profits from Ceylon.

The large number of Japanese weapons and equipment captured by the Naval Resistance Army is even more profitable, and it is easy to sell them to China or South America for millions of dollars. As for the captured Japanese devils, they are the high-quality labor force urgently needed by Datang Island.

The fourth point is the most important, even more important than the first three points - the fierce fighting between the Japanese and American forces in New Guinea and Kuah has escalated.

According to the information obtained by Li Guang from the radio or some sources, it is certain that this battle was larger than the historical battle of Kuah Island in his memory. And it's a lot bigger.

All along, the overall strategic thinking of the Haitang Kingdom has been to reverse the strategic thinking of the United States first in Europe and then in Asia.

But in the minds of Americans, Britain or Europe is their cousin. The European theater was much more important than the Asian theater. From US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Army and Navy, it is such a subconscious.

Moreover, Roosevelt was also very worried that once Germany defeated the Soviet Union and integrated the resources of the entire European continent, it would be more difficult to defeat Germany.

In a sense, this overall US strategy has quite a lot of sense. But the truth comes down to the truth, and it is not good for China or Haitang. For China and the Haitang Kingdom, it is in China's best interests to put Asia first and Europe second.

And the battles in New Guinea and Kuah Island, the bigger the scale. The United States will have to invest more resources, more troops, and more weapons and ammunition.

The U.S. strategy of putting Europe first and Asia before will be forced to change.

The most famous actor in the US military, Admiral MacArthur, has been regularly appearing on radio broadcasts lately:

"The cause I led failed once, and I will do my best to avoid a second failure."

MacArthur made it clear on the radio that he would never discuss the so-called "Brisbane Line." War in New Guinea. The Allies must fight. Absolutely not backing down, nor will it retreat to Australia to do anything Brisbane defence.

Not only that, but MacArthur threatened US President Roosevelt that he would resign as commander-in-chief unless this talk of defeatism stopped immediately.

Regardless of how the battle went, MacArthur, the star general, once again uttered the famous phrase--- "We must attack." Attack, attack! ”

Admiral MacArthur was arrogant, and there were frequent disputes with Roosevelt. But MacArthur's position in the US Army is second only to General Marshall, chairman of the US Army Chiefs of Staff. Its influence on the U.S. military is enormous.

MacArthur wanted to fight the Japanese army to the death, and Roosevelt, even if he was dissatisfied, had to make a slight concession. In this case, the United States will certainly not be able to invest more resources.

Li Guang did not know the exact information about the fierce fighting in the Central and South Pacific, but it is said that the number of US troops transferred to New Guinea in October exceeded 400,000.

In contrast, the famous Battle of Kuah Island in history is not influential enough. After all, there were only tens of thousands of U.S. troops fighting the Japanese army on Kuah Island.

The battle between the US Navy and the Japanese Navy was also extremely hot, and for three days you could hear the news of the sinking of battleships, the sinking of aircraft carriers, and the attack of transport fleets.

If we only listen to the propaganda of the United States and Japan, the results of the war will be brilliant. According to the figures in the public opinion war between the two sides, find a primary school student to add a little, I am afraid that the Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet have been completely annihilated.

Regarding the losses of the US troops, Li Guang was sure of one thing: The aircraft carrier Hornet sank on 26 October.

Isn't the Hornet already sinking at Midway? How to sink again?

Not unusually, this Hornet is actually an aircraft carrier converted from the battleship Pacific lent to the United States by Haitang Kingdom. You know, the USS Pacific has just been launched in June and has not yet completed its outfitting. And in October, just four months later, the aircraft carrier appeared on the battlefield, and the industrial capacity of the United States is truly terrifying.

This aircraft carrier was launched a few months later than the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier, which had just completed outfitting by the Maritime Resistance Army, and it was able to go to the battlefield earlier, and it had already sunk.

Terror of American industrial capacity.

And when an aircraft carrier is launched, the US military can organize enough manpower at any time, and this is what Li Guang envies the most. It took a year for the Naval Resistance Force to fill the manpower needed for the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier. Of course, the United States is not omnipotent, and the US military has almost the entire class of the original Hornet.

However, this aircraft carrier was sunk, which means that the United States will return an Essex-class aircraft carrier to the Maritime Resistance Army in the future, and this business is completely worth it for Haitang. Just a little worry about whether the Americans will play any tricks.

Compared with Li Guang's slight concern about whether the US military will repay its debts, the most important thing is that the United States is forced to pour military strength into the Pacific theater. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, Li Guang has been working hard to reverse the US strategy of putting Europe first and then Asia.

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Another thing. Haitang Kingdom is not very cool. In the diplomatic negotiations, although Britain provided a lot of weapons and ammunition to the Naval Resistance Army, it still did not recognize the legitimate sovereignty of the Haitang State over Datang Island, and still did not establish formal state diplomacy with the Haitang State.

The Naval Resistance Army fought independently against the Japanese army in Ceylon, which was supposed to be the most important bargaining chip in negotiations with the British.

And this stage is also the small window of time that Haitang can put pressure on the UK. You must know that the current US-British coalition forces are actively preparing to implement the North African landing plan, which is also known as the Torch Plan. An army of 100,000 and hundreds of ships were already ready to go to Britain.

This plan has been planned by the Allies for a long time. international factors and the strategic needs of the British and American armies themselves. The British were also not allowed to draw their forces, especially the navy to support Ceylon.

Yan Huiqing, the new foreign minister of the Haitang Kingdom, once gave Li Guang a special explanation. Li Guang automatically added some knowledge in his brain, and basically outlined the core logic of the negotiations: the main obstacle to Britain's recognition of the Haitang Kingdom was not only the so-called traditional friendship between Britain and France. The main point of departure for the British was that the landing site of the Torch Project was entirely under the control of the French army of Visy. Britain and the United States did not want to fight to the death, but wanted to persuade the French army to surrender. This time. Recognition of the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State over Datang Island (Madagascar). Churchill feared to provoke the face-saving French, to the point of a fierce confrontation.

However, as far as the Haitang Kingdom is concerned. It is precisely because the British could not draw troops that they had such a good opportunity. Moreover, if the French surrendered to the Allies, the 200,000 French army would be no small force. In addition, the remnants of the French naval forces are now relegated to North Africa. In the eyes of Britain and the Americans, its importance will certainly surpass that of the Haitang Kingdom.

Therefore, it was even more difficult for the British to recognize the territorial sovereignty of Haitang.

There is a more important point, although the Haitang State put pressure on the British. But it can't break the jar and really evacuate Ceylon. Britain's seasoned diplomats are not without a little certainty about this.

To put it simply, the Haitang State did not have enough bargaining chips to make Britain immediately recognize its territorial sovereignty.

Later, with the development of the war situation, even Li Guang did not expect that the war in Ceylon would go so smoothly. After the victory, the threat of the Japanese army to Ceylon was basically eliminated. As a result, the British cheeky kung fu was exerted, and the Haitang Kingdom still did not achieve its goal.

The strength is not as good as people, but it's okay. Li Guang was very angry, since this was the case, it was no wonder that Hai Tangguo played some tricks.

Add blockage. Li Guang decided to add to the British blockage.

In India in the past 42 years, riots of national independence have occurred one after another, and they are very lively.

The British, while promising India's independence after the war, imprisoned India's Congress leaders, Gandhi and Nehru, and hundreds of their supporters.

As a result, the Indian National Congress Party's non-violent movement for independence degenerated into bloodshed, and British troops had to withdraw from the front in order to contain the spreading unrest and bomb explosions.

The leader of the split Congress party, Subas. Chandra. Bowes directed the "Free India Movement", and this guy took refuge in Japan, which encouraged this guy to carry out subversive propaganda. He recruited 5,000 soldiers from more than 40,000 prisoners in Malaya to form the so-called Indian National Army, which was transported back to Rangoon to fight alongside the Japanese in Burma and launch an offensive against the British in India.

The chaos in Bangladesh was exacerbated by the great famine.

You must know that in the history of World War II, India provided Britain with 6.8 million troops (including a large number of civilians). Although the combat effectiveness of the Indian army is low, this number is still very terrifying, and for the British, the importance of India is self-evident.

Li Guang's method of blocking the British was very simple, and while the merchants of the Haitang Kingdom were selling grain to Bengal, they began to sell second-hand, and even third-handed, rifles to certain forces there.

The Naval Resistance Forces now have a supply channel for weapons - the Soviet Union. Now that it is gradually being reloaded, a large number of old rifles in stock and those that have been heavily rifled need to be disposed of. It's still a good business to exchange these things for hard currency such as gold and silver.

More importantly, to add to the congestion of the British.

(Do you have a ticket?) Asked for a ticket. This month's monthly pass is so pitiful that I blush. (To be continued......)