MacArthur did not stay in Vladivostok for an extra day, and immediately returned to Australia after receiving Li Guang's promise.

There are many factors that determine the military strategy of a great power. In Li Guang's view, the US military was wrong in its view to the Philippines.

However, if we look at it from a purely military point of view, there is indeed an element of adventure in attacking Iwo Jima now, and even Li Guang, a person who has crossed the island, does not dare to make up his mind, and the US military will definitely win.

Because, Li Guang was only acting as a magic stick and pointing out the direction according to the history in his impression. However, after the US Navy's Pacific Fleet suffered heavy losses, and the new warships had not yet been installed and the strength was seriously insufficient, it may have been a mistake to jump to Iwo Jima again.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Guang also had to admire MacArthur. It is no fluke to become famous in history. Lao Mai has a vicious eye, and he has a super ability to grasp the situation and timing.

MacArthur was a great talent, and he was not a boaster.

After discovering that Iwo Jima was inadequate, he immediately found a new goal, and this goal. In fact, the key is that Lao Mai is unwilling to wait for half a year, if he is willing to wait for half a year, how can the US Navy be able to gather more than a dozen regular aircraft carriers. With that overwhelming strength, how can you take Iwo Jima.

Depending on the location, the starting point of doing things is also different. Li Guang only considered it from the perspective of the Haitang Army taking risks, and the strength of the Haitang Army also determined that it was impossible to truly become the main force on the battlefield. MacArthur not only had to consider the interests of his own reputation, but also the interests of the United States, and it should be said that his foothold was actually higher than that of Li Guang.

Conquer a small island and conquer a vast country. The difficulty of it is different for different commanders.

Isn't this logic a bit unreliable?

In the eyes of Marshal MacArthur, this difficulty should be measured by victory or defeat. As for casualties. Material consumption, time, etc. are secondary.

Attacking the Philippines, it seems that the scale of the battle is even larger. But the size and the difficulty of victory or defeat are not directly proportional in war.

The key to attacking the Philippines lies in the first step: as long as the US military can gain a firm foothold in the first phase of the landing battle, it will be invincible.

Regardless of the troops, equipment, resources, or even the right time, place, and people, all the advantages will be occupied by the US military.

On the other hand, Iwo Jima, just like the U.S. military attacked Saipan, a small island without depth, and in order to cover and support the army units, the U.S. Navy can only stick to the surrounding area for a long time. Be passive. Once the navy is defeated, the army will be in a situation of annihilation.

In naval warfare, the most important thing is mobility, and the navy, which has been limited in mobility, has already lost a small half without a fight.

The Philippines is a different story. As long as it chooses to land in areas where Japanese control is weak, the navy only needs to help the army guard for a maximum of ten days. The army can develop inland. There will be no losses on the beachhead. And then the Navy was liberated. Can be mobile in combat. So as to better support the army.

In short, in MacArthur's view: as long as the US military can land, it will definitely not lose. This is no longer the U.S. military at the beginning of the '42 War. This is MacArthur's self-confidence, and it is also the self-confidence of the US military after two years of war.

What Mai Dashuai wants is victory. The United States also wants victory. That's enough, as for the rest. There is a saying in China: one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither. The Americans say: there is no such thing as a bloodless war.

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Li Guang promised to send troops, but it still took time to prepare, and he had to wait for the results of the Cairo conference.

To Li Guang's dismay, he waited until the end of the Cairo Conference. No specific message was sent back, and Premier Yuan only sent a letter of peace. Then contact was lost again.

This is even more uncomfortable than watching the power outage at the World Cup. It's just that the game is over and I don't know the result.

But no matter how depressed I was, I had to go on. If it is said that in the past, it was a routine thing for Li Guang to welcome new immigrants in his work, but today's greeting activities are very enthusiastic for Li Guang.

Early in the morning, Li Guang took his two children and took a PBY seaplane to fly directly to Xanadu City.

In Datang Island, almost all port cities and even county seats are taken from ancient Chinese place names. Of course, Xanadu is also a place name in ancient legends, but this way of naming is slightly inconsistent with tradition, and the four-character city name is indeed a bit different.

A paradise located on the east coast of Datang Island. The largest project in Haitang is the construction of Chang'an Road, a central highway across Datang Island. And Xanadu is the eastern end of this road. It is also the east gate of the capital Chang'an.

Xanadu City, formerly known as Tuamasina. In later generations it was the largest port in Madagascar. It is a natural harbor with excellent geographical conditions. The port can berth 20,000-ton cargo ships, or 50,000-ton oil tankers (oil tankers are thick and have a shallow draft. ）

In Li Guang's eyes, a port of this level is really nothing, but he has seen a port that can berth 300,000-ton cargo ships.

Moreover, there is one of the biggest problems in such a port, which is almost the same as in Vladivostok, where several main warships of the Maritime Resistance Army are all unable to enter the port. Whether it's the battleship Atlantic, the aircraft carrier Pacific, or the aircraft carrier Indian Ocean.

After many investigations, the core naval base of the Maritime Resistance Army is now set up in an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Later generations called the British Indian Ocean Territory, that is, the Chagos Archipelago, the main island of Diego Garcia. The Haitang Kingdom called it the Dinghai Islands (another name for the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang). This archipelago has no inhabitants at all, and in this era, the British did not claim to be their territory, and the Haitang Kingdom occupied it, so there was no dispute at all. A coral-fringed lagoon that is ideal for serving as an anchorage for the fleet. An airport has now been built on Coral Island. Acts as a transit point for the Datang Island to Ceylon aircraft route.

However, in the future, Haitang will definitely build one or more large ports in the mainland. However, the construction of embankments in the sea is very expensive, and it is a fantasy for a while.

The original name of this place has also been discussed several times. But when all the new immigrants arrive, it feels like they've stepped into a paradise. Although the climate is hot, it is a small peninsula that is deep into the sea, so there is a sea breeze at all times. What's even more amazing is that the wind direction is different in the morning and afternoon, and the wind direction changes on time every day.

For newcomers. Coastal scenery is secondary. The most important thing is that the plants that come into contact with the eye are edible. Bananas are everywhere, rice paddies are far as the eye can see, and the thick baobab trees (a specialty of this place, which has been eaten by running water, in fact, are just like that), can be eaten both fruit and leaves.

The new immigrants who were struggling with the famine saw such a fertile place, and it was reasonable to sigh that they were in a paradise. Therefore, the government, in line with public opinion, named Xanadu City.

Right now. Xanadu has become the main port for Haitang to accept new immigrants. Many years later, Xanadu has a great reputation in Chinese mainland, and it can be as famous as the capital Chang'an.

So much so that according to legend, there is a more beautiful Chang'an in the paradise.

The other end of Chang'an Road is the west gate of Chang'an. On the side of Datang Island, facing the Mozambique Strait, is the port city of Mahajanha, located at the mouth of a large river. Because Haitang planned all the steel plants here. Therefore, it is called Baosteel.

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On the plane, Li Guang personally piloted for a while, teasing the two children to shout excitedly. Does this count as a use of power for personal gain? Li Guang didn't have such a concept at all, or in a few days, he would have to go on another expedition, how precious the time he spent with the children was.

Today. Of the four main figures that Li Guang wants to take over, two of them have some relationship with Li Guang, and this relationship is from the 21 st century. One has heard of it, and the other has not heard of it.

said that he has a relationship with Li Guang. It was Li Guang himself who put gold on his face.

One of them was a former professor at Li Guang's alma mater. Does this count as a source? As for not teaching Li Guang, he has even just heard of it. Li Guang said: If you can get a little relationship, you should be proud.

This person is not very well-known in the scientific circles of New China, but among the eleven great scientists of the two bombs of New China, seven of them are his students.

And this public is not very famous, definitely not because his academic achievements are inferior to his students, but only because the reasons are very complicated.

Industry insiders call it the 'father of China's nuclear energy' Lu Hewei (homonym: Hefu). Although he did not win the Nobel Prize in Physics, it was because he returned to China during the Anti-Japanese War. The two Chinese who published papers with him later became Nobel Prize winners in physics.

In this era, he was not famous either. Because his paper was classified and the results of his research were detained by the U.S. government as top-secret information on the design and manufacture of the first atomic bombs and atomic reactors.

Li Guang knew about this "great talent" and also knew that he had returned to China. But in the midst of war, it is very difficult to find even people with names and surnames. In order to find Lu Hefang, Hai Tangguo used a lot of connections, and finally found it at Zhejiang University.

It is said that it is Zhejiang University, but it is located in an enemy-occupied area, and the teaching is not on campus, but in the barren mountains or broken temples.

A scientific worker, giving up preferential treatment, giving up fame, and cultivating talents for the country is admirable.

More importantly, Lu Heraft came with results. And this achievement is closely related to the nuclear bomb program of Haitang Kingdom. Under difficult circumstances, he worked hard for a long time to come up with a simple method for estimating the critical size of the uranium-235 atomic bomb and the Fermi-type chain fission reactor and its full principles.

The core figures of the Haitang nuclear bomb program are Professor Bohr's father and son, who are also Nobel Prize winners, and although Lu Hewei did not win the Nobel Prize, he is also an outstanding talent.

His participation will certainly give a great impetus to the nuclear bomb program. This person is only 30 years old, which is the most energetic age, and if he does not delay, winning a Nobel Prize should be very promising. Therefore, Li Guang's excitement can be imagined.

By the way, Li Guang actually has a bit of a psychological obstacle to digging up talents in New China. But in fact, whether it is Project A or other research departments, he has already dug up a lot of celebrities. I can only wait for the future, and the idea will compensate.

The other, Li Guang said that there was a relationship with his face. In later generations, it was famous, at least Li Guang was a little resentful. What elementary school or middle school student hasn't heard of the "Hua Cup"? (Full name is "Hua Luogeng Gold Cup" Junior Mathematics Invitational Competition). I don't know if the reader has been tortured, anyway, there are really countless elementary school students who have been tortured by this competition.

Li Guang has been tortured, so there are some origins, which is barely reasonable?

This is also a great talent. Mathematics, known as the foundation of all sciences, is a talent that Haitang is in short supply now. During the Anti-Japanese War, Professor Hua taught at Southwest Associated University, and this time he was invited to teach and research at a high level.

If these two are Li Guang's extremely expected and respected figures, the welcome process is also very warm. The other two are a little confused.

The other two, in a special capacity, are religious figures. Regarding the arrival of these two, Li Guang did not welcome them at all. However, this is a special guest invited by Premier Yuan, and it plays a crucial role in the government's planning.

In Li Guang's view, it seems that the literati can still accept the governance of the country. Get a monk and a Taoist priest, pure nonsense. The cultural tradition does not lie in the literati or in the religious people, but in the most ordinary peasants.

Work is work, and Li Guang has the absolute right to speak in military affairs, but he still has to respect the government's opinions in areas such as people's livelihood and politics.

The other reasons mentioned by Premier Yuan are not convincing to Li Guang, but there is one that is very convincing: such people can help Haitang attract immigrants.

Monk, Li Guang once heard of it. This is a high-ranking monk, and in the 21st century, he is also a famous person, and his Dharma name is Xuyun.

There are many legends, one of which is that the high monk lived one hundred and twenty years old and gave one hundred and one abstinences. The second is that when New China was established, Mao Taizu invited him to meet. The monk said: Since ancient times, the king of law is greater than the king of people, and the Mao Dai people want to take refuge and ask him to come to Nanhua. The matter was later dismissed.

Of course, Li Guang has heard of it, but he is just a legend. As for Buddha nature, is there a general who kills decisively? Perhaps?

Such a character, whether Li Guangxin believes in Buddhism or not, from the perspective of pragmatism, should also be courteous. What's more, they have just come from thousands of miles after presiding over the festival of the anti-Japanese soldiers in Chongqing.

However, it was this senior monk who really shocked Li Guang: "Young people in a foreign land, don't worry, don't worry." ”

The old monk is nearly two meters tall, but he is not tall, and what is tall is his spiritual strength. This is unquantifiable, but it is real.

After experiencing life and death in the war, Li Guang thought he was strong, but at this moment, he was shocked and shocked. He even called himself - a young man from a foreign land. Is there really a god or Buddha? He could even tell that he was a traverser?

Dialogue, or just the old monk said. And so it ended. Li Guang is only polite, but not enthusiastic. The old monk who has experienced a hundred years of red dust naturally understands it. The old monks have the followers of the old monks, such as Su Mao. The old monks have the homework of the old monks, such as preaching.

The last person to greet today is a Taoist priest with an immortal wind bone. The law name is a void cloud. Li Guang almost dizzy, the monk is empty, and the Taoist priest is also empty.

The Taoist priest was from Wudang Mountain, and the Taoist priest was easy-going, and he chatted with Li Guang a lot, but, in the end, Li Guang didn't understand what he was talking about. The language of the clouds and mountains is really difficult to understand.

Invite the Taoist priest to come to Datang Island, Li Guang did not object. The reason is that Li Guang, a time-traveler in the 21st century, only learned one thing a few days ago: the Haitang Army set up a Lingyan Pavilion in Chang'an. This Lingyan Pavilion is not a portrait of Tang Taizong to commemorate the heroes, but only its name. In essence, this is a martyr's cemetery, which is used to let future generations remember all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for Haitang and China, so that the martyrs can enjoy the incense of all generations. And, in traditional culture, such a national sacrifice place is actually presided over by a Taoist priest. So the Taoist priest Xuyun came.

Li Guang did not object, and even advocated the promotion of traditional culture in the Haitang Kingdom. But there is really no interest in monks and Taoists. Today's welcome scene is too grandiose, and the people are more than 10,000. Of course, the main thing is to welcome the two eminent monks and the Taoist master.

However, Li Guang is not worried that religion will affect the country's foundation. Li Guang is pragmatist, and Premier Yuan, who is leading this matter, is actually a complete pragmatist.

Although Li Guang's skills are not very clever, the theory of system has begun to take root. The law will soon follow.

It was not until 1 December that Li Guang received news from the diplomatic corps again -- everything went well. However, Li Guang did not have time to wait any longer, he had already said goodbye to his children and love, and set foot on the battleship.

(There is something tomorrow and may not be updated.) (To be continued......)