December 20th.

After more than a month of intense preparations, Li Guang once again led the fleet to attack.

As soon as the fleet left Datang Island, Li Guang received a telegram. Hai Tang has just decided to formulate a legal system, and has proposed to many universities in Britain and the United States to hire legal experts. In such a short period of time, a response was obtained. And this response is not a civilian response, but a response from the British and American governments.

The United States and Britain were not very enthusiastic about the military assistance of the Haitang Kingdom, and even resisted the establishment of the Haitang Kingdom. But for such a thing, it is very important. By enacting laws to ensure that the future of the Haitang Kingdom is consistent with the interests of Britain and the United States, British and American politicians have a very long-term vision. It's a good move.

The British side is preparing to send 20 legal experts, while the US government has sent a team of more than 100 legal professionals at one time. Economically, it is even more extraordinary, not only does it not want the labor costs of Haitangguo, but various American consortia have taken the initiative to "aid" 3 million US dollars to help Haitang establish a law school free of charge.

Where is the aid of the consortium, it is clearly the intention of the US government.

It's amazing. Three million dollars, not to mention a law school in this era, is more than enough to establish a comprehensive university.

The cultural aggression of later generations was played by the European and American governments. Now Europe and the United States have begun to experiment with the small country of Haitang. Li Guang knew the purpose of Britain and the United States, but he would not refuse. It's a pity that so many expert-level teachers don't make full use of it, not to mention the large amount of money. This is a conspiracy, and precisely because it is a conspiracy, Li Guang cannot refuse.

Later, in order to establish this university called Haitang Law School, Haitang almost emptied the students of the Southwest Associated University in Yunnan. For these college students. Access to such higher education is also an invaluable opportunity without incurring financial costs. With them, many professors and teachers from Southwest Associated University also went to Datang Island. You must know that the domestic economy is now extremely difficult, and the lives of professors and students are quite poor, and it is very tempting for Haitang to give preferential conditions.

As a result, not only students, but also professors began to defect to Haitang.

Later, Hai Tangguo took the name of a law school. Several much-needed science and engineering majors were opened, further enriching the university's curriculum, which snowballed and expanded year by year. In just three or four years, the university has grown to tens of thousands of students. To be a comprehensive university.

Even education plays an extremely important role during the war. Such expenses are also very extravagant. Anyway, it's all American money. The people who are cultivated are all descendants of Yan and Huang, Li Guangyan: We don't feel sorry for money.

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The purpose of Americans' gift-giving is not pure. And the purpose of this military operation of the Naval Resistance Force is not pure.

The code name of the operation is still exactly the same as the "gift-giving" operation at the beginning of the Pacific War last year, which is also "gift-giving".

However, this "gift-giving" is similar to the last "gift-giving" military goal, but the meaning for Americans is very different.

Last time, the Maritime Resistance Army was a relief in the snow, and the Americans welcomed it very much.

This time. Although it is still a "gift", it is difficult to say whether Americans really welcome it from the heart.

Between countries, "gift-giving" does not seem so pure, but in fact, it cannot be pure. Each has its own purpose.

In a sense, the Maritime Resistance Army is a "forcible gift" this time, and it is also a conspiracy used by the United States and Britain.

State-to-state diplomacy is not something you can fool with with big words. Trying to change the strategy of a big country with a few words is simply a fairy tale. The strategy formulated by any country has been approved by the mainstream group after countless people's thinking. In particular, if a democratic country like the United States wants to reverse its national strategy, it is no longer possible to reverse Roosevelt's thinking alone, but to reverse the thinking of the mainstream population.

Li Guang couldn't do this kind of reversal. What the Naval Resistance Force has to do now is to give the Americans a gift that they have to accept, so as to take advantage of the situation and force the United States to change its strategy.

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Putting aside his thoughts, Li Guang once again began to examine all the details of the action plan.

For this battle, multiple departments of the Haitang Kingdom worked together. But the preparation time for such a large-scale and long-range military operation is too short, and more than a month is simply not enough time to perfect all aspects of the plan.

The scale of this sortie by the Naval Resistance Army is not small. The main force of the Navy is the First Task Force of the Naval Resistance Force.

In total, there are 11 warships, 3 high-speed large merchant ships, 2 supply tankers, and 4 submarines. A total of twenty ships.

However, when going to sea, the fleet consisted of only twelve ships. The replenishment tanker had already departed ahead of schedule due to its slow speed. And the four submarines also arrived in the designated area a month earlier. Moreover, there are two main battleships, the Atlantic battleship and the Liberty Dragon light aircraft carrier, which are still in the United States at this time, and Li Guang is actually not absolutely sure in his heart whether they can sail or whether they can arrive at the assembly site in time. Many variables have been added to this operation.

The current nine warships:

Capital ship: USS Indo-Ocean.

Air Defense Destroyers: Six Bully-class air defense destroyers. Although the pickup-class air defense destroyers have a large number of guns in tonnage, their speed is only 30 knots, and there are many drawbacks when undertaking the air defense tasks of the capital ships. Therefore, the six air defense destroyers dispatched this time uniformly adopted French-made destroyers, and the speed can reach 33 knots. Although the firepower is small, it has a speed advantage, fast speed, flexible maneuvering, and can seize an advantageous position in battle, and it is less likely to have loopholes in air defense when protecting aircraft carriers.

After a number of exercises, it was concluded that the effectiveness of air defense was better.

Destroyer: Pingwa.

The former Japanese Yanyang-class destroyer - Qinchao. The reason why there are no Tengu-class destroyers built by the Maritime Resistance Army itself is still speed. The Tengu-class destroyers could only run about thirty knots, and could not seize the advantageous formation in time when the fleet was fighting. The Japanese Yanyang-class destroyers had a speed of up to 356 knots, and with six five-inch guns, they far surpassed the Tengu-class destroyers of the Sea Resistance Army in terms of maneuverability and firepower. In terms of performance, it is more suitable for fleet operations.

Cruiser: Earthquake Wai. The former Japanese mine-strike cruiser Oi. However, the functions of this cruiser have changed now. Since the Naval Resistance Force did not have so many Japanese-made oxygen torpedoes, the ship was only equipped with two quadruple torpedo launchers. Four torpedoes could be fired simultaneously from each side of the ship.

Now, the cruiser Shock, in addition to the torpedo launchers, is the original several guns. The force is not at all powerful and simply cannot be compared with a regular cruiser. Although it has a certain combat effectiveness, it is not the most important role. In the combat operations of the Naval Resistance Force, its importance is not reflected in its combat effectiveness, but in its supply.

Converting a supply ship with a cruiser is a very luxurious luxury.

However, it is very necessary. Now the Pingwei is loaded with 1,500 tons of heavy oil, 200 tons of diesel, 200 tons of aviation gasoline, and 200 tons of bombs. and two or three hundred tons of freshwater foodstuffs.

A cruiser with a displacement of more than 5,600 tons dismantled many combat facilities and was forced to fill it with 2,500 tons of supplies, and the whole ship was seriously overweight, with a displacement of 6,900 tons. The cabins were so full that there were no pins on the deck except for the gun operating positions. However, even so, the warship could still easily run at a speed of more than thirty knots.

And this speed has made up for the shortcomings of the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier's insufficient amount of fuel, thus greatly enhancing the maneuverability of the naval resistance fleet. In Li Guang's view, such extravagant strokes are completely worth it. High-speed supply ships, this type of ship has no precedent in the world's navies. The Naval Resistance Army was the first to open the scoring.

As for the other three large high-speed merchant ships in the fleet, one of them is the aircraft carrier USS PC. The other two ships were carrying officers and soldiers of the Naval Resistance Army, landing equipment, weapons, ammunition and other supplies. (To be continued......)