Li Guang was busy trading with the Germans in August. Premier Yuan has not been idle, since the agreement with the Morgan consortium, the Maritime Resistance Army sold the shares of Oolong Bank. As an additional condition, the Morgan consortium helped bring Professor Yuan into contact with the U.S. government, and although Americans are not very interested in the tiny Haitang State now, Professor Yuan only met with Vice President Harry S. Truman.

However, after a series of diplomatic activities in the United States, Professor Yuan finally made a further breakthrough in August.

Professor Yuan has obtained an extremely important qualification - to observe the Atlantic Conference. On August 14, 1941, U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a joint declaration in wartime, the full name of which is "Roosevelt and Churchill Joint Declaration". This is the most basic programmatic document of World War II, and Professor Yuan's participation as the prime minister of a small country that is almost recognized by the country can be regarded as a great progress in the diplomacy of the Haitang Kingdom.

Of course, it is also related to the location of this meeting, as the so-called building near the water is the first to get the month, the venue of the meeting between the two heads of state is in the sea near Argentina, Professor Yuan happened to be in Uruguay at this time, and by chance, there was also the recommendation of Vice President Truman, and Premier Yuan had the opportunity to meet President Roosevelt.

On the sidelines of this meeting, Professor Yuan held talks with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Said to be talks, according to Professor Yuan's memoirs. That is actually a show of loyalty to the United States, and the low profile makes Professor Yuan feel a little blushing decades later. To put it simply, Professor Yuan vowed that once Japan and the United States went to war, Haitang would stand by the Americans without hesitation.

This is true of diplomacy, and even more so of the diplomacy of a weak country. Professor Yuan's diplomatic efforts were not in vain, and at this meeting, Haitang received the first aid from the United States - 30 SBD dreadnought dive bombers, and a batch of urgently needed 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft artillery shells, and other munitions.

Although compared with Britain, the Soviet Union often talked about hundreds of millions of aid funds, and the aid received by Haitang was insignificant, but it was a good start.

For the United States, it is also a very good deal to pay millions of dollars in weapons and ammunition such as 30 bombers to gain the allegiance of a small power with a battleship and several submarines. Of course, Professor Yuan Ye naturally would not be so bottomless and cheap to sell the sea resistance army, the rats dragged the wooden shovel, and the big head was still behind.

After years of hard work, the diplomacy of the Haitang Kingdom really made its first breakthrough in August of 41. Because the US aid this time, although small, was implemented in accordance with the US aid bill, which indicates that the United States has begun to treat Haitang as a country, although it has not yet been officially recognized. Upon hearing this news, Li Guang was also a little excited, and he should not underestimate the attitude and perspective of the United States on the issue of the Haitang Kingdom, which is very similar to the accession of the Republic to the WTO in later generations, which means that it is not far from the United States and the United States to obtain formal diplomatic relations.

And the importance of this batch of materials is also unquestionable. Although there are not many supplies, a big problem on the aircraft carrier Liberty Dragon of the Maritime Resistance Force has finally been solved. Without bombers, the power of aircraft carriers simply cannot be realized. And the twin-engine bomber developed by Curtiss has so far no hope. Although this SBD-2 dreadnought bomber is not advanced, it is already the best choice for the naval resistance forces. What's more, the current United States actually does not have any more advanced dive bombers.

This is the first time that the Maritime Resistance Force has received carrier-based aircraft from the United States. Although the previous P40 fighter can be on board, it can't be counted, because Curtiss took advantage of the loophole and avoided the regulations of the US government, and many of the ancillary equipment on the fighter need to be assembled by the Navy Resistance.

At the beginning of September, the aircraft carrier PC and several officials of the National Development and Reform Commission had already rushed to the United States to prepare to transport the first batch of dive bombers, as well as the urgently needed anti-aircraft artillery and artillery shells.

In Dunkirk, the Naval Resistance Army collected a lot of anti-aircraft artillery. It can be said that if it were not for such a batch of anti-aircraft guns, the battleship Pacific would have been sunk long ago. But it was precisely that naval battle that caused a serious shortage of anti-aircraft guns in the naval resistance army, you must know that just one pickup-class destroyer is equipped with nearly 100 anti-aircraft guns. The rapid expansion of the navy of the Naval Resistance Army has caused a serious shortage of antiaircraft artillery that seemed to be sufficient, and now the artillery factories of the Naval Resistance Army are unable to meet the needs of the task of producing three-inch antiaircraft guns, and they have no time at all, and they have no technology to produce antiaircraft guns of other calibers. As for anti-aircraft artillery shells, until this time, several private artillery shell factories could not produce them, and they had to use external means to meet their needs.

At present, Premier Yuan Ye and Minister of Foreign Affairs are gradually full of talents, and the Foreign Affairs Office under the National Development and Reform Commission alone now has twenty or thirty staff. This kind of pick-up action does not require Professor Yuan to come out in person, he has more business to deal with.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which Professor Yuan founded, has become an indispensable and important unit of the government in just a few months. With this NDRC, Li Guang no longer needs to spend more effort on the work of expanding the navy's armaments, subsequent production and supply, and so on. Give it to Professor Yuan, and Li Guang can leave it alone.

Professor Yuan is in great power, and now he not only manages civil affairs, foreign affairs, but also the use of funds. Since Li Guang told Professor Yuan about some historical rumors about the Republic of Lanfang in Borneo, Professor Yuan was full of expectations that the Naval Resistance Army would be able to establish a country overseas.

Professor Yuan was also responsible for how those Jewish women were used to trade with Jewish organizations and how to gain prestige. Professor Yuan has been quite experienced in this kind of prestige operation through the publication of two promotional materials, "The Battle of Dunkirk" and "The Battle of the Arabian Sea".

The Propaganda Department under the National Development and Reform Commission is already familiar with the road, and some disgraceful covert behaviors will be hidden, and a glorious image will be displayed in front of the world, a liberal and democratic Haitang country with friendly tendencies to the West, and the image of the heroic and warlike Maritime Resistance Army.

In September of '41, Li Guang was finally able to put aside all miscellaneous chores and devote himself to managing military affairs wholeheartedly, and concentrate only on training and combat. At the same time, he also paid attention to the intelligence of Madagascar, which was also a matter of military affairs.

For more than half a year, Yuan Ran took a few Jewish beauties to find a small port in Madagascar, bought a manor and lived an elegant life, all of which was no different from most Europeans who escaped the war.

Yuan Ran was fluent in French and quickly integrated into the local society. Yuan Ran didn't know where to buy a French seaplane from on the grounds that he liked flying. (On the original battleship Atlantic, the weapons were dismantled.) A small flying club was formed, and it was very popular in the local area.

In addition to flying, Yuan Ran also has a hobby, photography.

Romantic Frenchmen naturally like such tasteful ladies, and it won't take long for Yuan Ran to be a qualified underground worker.

Over Madagascar, Yuan Ran took thousands of photos.

Yuan Ran has a super beauty Lagilli as a helper, and the beauties are popular everywhere, and they are like fish in water in the French crowd. After a few months of collecting information, the strength of the French army in Madagascar has been leaked to the Navy.

In October, Yuan Ran took advantage of the French habit of going to church on weekends to arrange a submarine replenishment, which the local French colonial government did not know about. Under the leadership of Bickerbi, the German submarine cooperated seamlessly with the Naval Resistance Army, and after the supply was completed, it also easily killed three British merchant ships, and it was a smooth mess.

In November, the submarine led by Quan Yonghai was again successful in Madagascar. Quan Yonghai led a Japanese submarine, which was captured by Ren Tianyang during the last anti-submarine operation in the Bay of Bengal, and after several months of repair training, he went to Madagascar. Quan Yonghai is naturally not here to escort.

Quan Yonghai's operation was exactly the same as the previous operation of the German Colonel Bickerbi, who was resupplied in a remote port in Madagascar as usual, and was photographed dozens of photos by people with good intentions. Then again an attack on British merchant ships was launched.

However, in this battle, only one British merchant ship was sunk. The Japanese submarine was sunk by a passing merchant ship of the Maritime Resistance Army. The whole process is so amazing that it's like it's been rehearsed. And the evidence is conclusive, many people on the British merchant ships saw the process of the battle, and because the distance was not far, even the plaster flag sign on the Japanese submarine could be seen clearly.

Subsequently, the British Navy in South Africa received dozens of photographs. It is clear that the Japanese Navy submarines are being resupplied in Madagascar. You must know that the Japanese officers and soldiers in those photos have clear faces. What's even more amazing is that the information obtained by the British army also marked the names of Japanese officers and soldiers.

It was here that the German Colonel Bickerbi led the submarine to fight in Madagascar, and it was here that it was restocked, and now the same is true for Japanese submarines. The situation is clear, the British Empire did not need to analyze it at all to know that the Vichy French government in Madagascar was supporting the two Axis powers.

Next, Churchill was definitely going to discuss whether to occupy Madagascar. This should be a reasonable thing, but Li Guang has done so much premeditation, and he will not let the British take the lead.

And Japan was also confused about this operation, and it was impossible to figure out why the Japanese submarine had run to Madagascar. But all this became a mystery forever, the submarine sank into the sea, and with the sinking of this submarine, dozens of Japanese prisoners were also buried at the bottom of the sea, becoming lonely ghosts.

As a result, Quan Yonghai was promoted to lieutenant colonel and became the third submarine captain after Ji Keliang and Ren Tianyang.

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