The air attack on Tokyo by the Naval Resistance Force was not a military operation in the superficial sense. In addition to striking Japan directly, Li Guang had at least three reasons to support this military operation. Otherwise, Li Guang would definitely not have made a decision easily, because this sneak attack was really thrilling.

First, let the US military see Japan's weakness and strengthen its confidence in the island-hopping tactic.

Second, Japan was forced to draw more troops from China to strengthen its own defenses.

The third is to advertise napalm in the Haitang Kingdom.

Among them, the third article, Li Guang can be regarded as taking into account both public and private interests, after all, the production of napalm is Su Zizi's industry. But this one is crucial.

In the fourth or third year, the United States began to reduce its torpedo purchases from the Haitang Kingdom. This is a major pillar of the Navy's military spending. After more than a year of improvement, the production capacity and performance of torpedoes in the United States have now begun to gradually replace the torpedoes of the Haitang Kingdom. In the competition, although the quality and price of the torpedoes of the Haitang Kingdom did not fall behind, they gradually lost the market under the public relations methods of American arms dealers.

The industrial base of Haitang is weak, and there are very few products that can be exported. Mortar shells have been selling well recently, but profits are limited, especially after the production capacity in the United States comes up, sales will also be limited, and the outlook is not optimistic.

Li Guang has a lot of technologies on hand that can be sold for money, but there are a few technologies that cannot be sold even if they are valuable. The technology that can really be sold is actually nothing more than the three major technologies of aircraft carriers.

And once napalm is sold in the United States, this is a real hen that lays golden eggs, and the benefits will far exceed imagination. If you don't pay attention to it, you can't do it.

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At Pearl Harbor, Li Guang participated in many combat plans of the US military and learned a lot of useful experience from them. For example, the use of destroyer torpedo boats of the US military. During the Battle of Kuah. In the night battle on the sea, the US troops were extremely brave, and even fired torpedoes at a distance of one kilometer several times.

Admiral Nimitz was very busy, and he had a gentleman's "discussion" with Li Guang every other day, and Li Guang and Nimitz took what they needed in cooperation on some small projects.

In the United States, the system is already very well established. Very few generals will be involved in activities of a commercial nature. Four or three years ago, Admiral Nimitz had rarely been involved in such matters.

But any rule is used to break in war. Li Guang successfully sold mortars to MacArthur, and the most important thing was to attach instructions on how to use them, and as a result, MacArthur commanded the army to fight quite well, and MacArthur was recently beaming with pride.

MacArthur was triumphant. With a loud voice, the right to speak is naturally strong. And the strength of the US Pacific Fleet is now at a low ebb, and Nimitz is naturally a little resentful. Therefore, Nimitz now urgently needs a quick way to combat it. And this method, Li Guang has it at hand.

Japanese Zero fighter. Li Guang had already promised Admiral Nimitz, and had even made unreserved contributions to the confrontation experience that the Naval Resistance Army had explored.

Admiral Nimitz out of concern for the Navy itself. In fact, I don't really care what kind of price the United States pays. General. Naturally, you can't be as calculating as a businessman. He really wanted to buy all the technology of the Naval Resistance Army at any cost, but Li Guang's conditions were too high, and domestic politicians refused to agree for a while.

Li Guang said: A gentleman should also be profitable.

In the course of the discussion between the gentlemen of the two sides, there were new changes in the United States.

Truman had been mastering the island-hopping tactic for nearly a month, and had only just convinced Admiral Marshall.

This kind of tactics related to national strategy is not simply recognized by one person. can be implemented. In addition to the theoretical feasibility study, a series of practical verifications should be carried out. For a large country to develop a strategic-level tactic, the decision-making process is extremely complex. Except for the military. Both domestic and international politics need to be considered.

Admiral Marshall was a truly first-class strategic man in the United States, and his approval of this tactic directly influenced President Roosevelt. As a result, Roosevelt also agreed with this tactic.

At this moment, the news of the air raid on Tokyo by the Naval Resistance Army came, which further confirmed the feasibility of the island-hopping tactic from another aspect. The Japanese army was already weakened, and island hopping was not a fantasy.

As for the domestic relations in the United States, Li Guang actually couldn't figure it out. Judging from this incident, Truman obviously had a better relationship with the US Army boss Marshall, and did not seek the support of the US Navy boss Admiral King.

Marshall first supported this strategic-level tactic, then the US Army benefited first. Within a few days, Roosevelt decided to form the US Seventh Fleet in the Pacific. This Seventh Fleet, which in history only began to be formed in June of four or three years, is now almost four months ahead of schedule.

Although the ships allocated by the U.S. government to the Seventh Fleet are not good, most of them are old American battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. There is not even a regular aircraft carrier, whether it is in the current or paper plans, it is some escort aircraft carrier.

However, this move is a real effort to get meat from the US Navy's rice bowl. This is because although the Seventh Fleet belongs to the U.S. Navy, the command is vested in MacArthur.

The U.S. Navy couldn't hold its breath at this moment. Admiral Nimitz, in particular, was well aware that MacArthur and Li Guang had once traded mortars. And those trades caused a lot of public repercussions in the United States, and there were many public opinions attacking MacArthur, such as the price factor, and many people suspected that MacArthur had taken kickbacks.

Several of the deals between the U.S. Navy and Li Guang were actually fair deals, most of which were led by politicians and businessmen, and Nimitz was not actually directly involved.

On one side is fair trading, and on the other side is gray trading. Fools can imagine that Li Guang and MacArthur of the US Army have a closer relationship.

Suppose Li Guang handed over the pilot's accelerated skills to MacArthur. The consequences can be severe.

MacArthur was the kind of guy who was shameless, and of course MacArthur also had advantages -- yes, but when domestic public opinion could not shake MacArthur's position at all.

Nimitz is different, don't look at the same admiral, but before Nimitz became the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, he was only ranked forty or fifty in the US Navy, and his qualifications were far inferior to MacArthur.

MacArthur's ranking in the U.S. Army is said to be first, but it is somewhat excessive, but it is somewhat insufficient. The portions are different.

Once MacArthur knew that Li Guang had these technologies in his hands, the escort aircraft carrier would also become the main warship. To know. The newly built regular aircraft carriers of the United States have only just begun to be installed, but after the outbreak of the Great War, the escort aircraft carriers that have been refitted are in groups, and it is not uncommon to pull out thirty or twenty ships at the moment.

After fighting the Japanese army for so long, Nimitz knew very well that the Japanese army's light aircraft carriers and modified aircraft carriers were all gods. And the equipment level of the US escort aircraft carrier is definitely not below the modified aircraft carrier of the Japanese army. In other words, those escort aircraft carriers, which are not looked down upon by orthodox US naval generals, have the ability to confront the Japanese aircraft carriers after receiving Li Guang's pilot technology, and in essence have the potential to act as the main force of the fleet.

Once MacArthur had the main force of the fleet, he had sufficient combat power at sea. The arrogance of Amak Dashuai. Putting chopsticks into the bowl of the U.S. Navy is definitely a natural act for Mak Dashuai. It is even possible to run out the Navy's Pacific Fleet without a foothold, and maybe one day regular aircraft carriers will appear, and new battleships will be brought under the command of Marshal Mai.

Once MacArthur took the lead. Well, Nimitz really can't compete with MacArthur. And Admiral King can't compete with Marshall. Seniority and influence.

You have to work on it. Nimitz began to ramp up his efforts.

The US Navy began to try, and Roosevelt began to feel strange.

The strangest thing about Roosevelt was that the Haitang Kingdom, such a small mess, had been appearing regularly in his desk papers lately. It appears even more frequently than in Australia and Canada. New Zealand, France are both high.

On the US Army's side, MacArthur's purchase of mortars and mortar shells from the Haitang Kingdom has already caused disputes in public opinion and interests. But. MacArthur's prestige was enormous, and all attacks were easily suppressed. This time, MacArthur also restrained himself a little, gave the politicians a little face, and officially proposed to China to buy napalm from the Haitang Kingdom.

If the United States has enough capacity to produce mortar shells, then napalm is indeed something that the United States cannot make. Although the white phosphorus incendiary bombs of the United States can be used, they are not at all comparable to the kind of Dongdong that can even burn on the surface of the water in the Haitang Kingdom. Moreover, the cost of napalm produced in the United States is too high, and it is higher than that of aerial bombs. The only manufacturer in the United States that can produce gelatinizing agents has been moved to Datang Island by Su Zizi, taking away not only the equipment, but also all the technical personnel.

If the United States wants to develop it, wait. Maybe the wait is two or three years, and the daylilies are cold.

It's not that the United States doesn't have money, so it's just a matter of buying it, so why bother?

You know, the U.S. system isn't perfect. Throughout World War II, the United States was able to buy new foreign technologies, but very few of them purchased weapons. The purchase of weapons is blocking the financial route of the American capitalists.

The opinions of the capitalists, the big conglomerates, Roosevelt also had to take into account. This is American-style political logic.

At this moment, the news of another air attack on Tokyo by the naval resistance fleet reached the United States. The tragic situation in Tokyo, Japan, was immediately reported by American spies lurking in Japan, who were simply advertising napalm for the Haitang Kingdom.

It was also in this context that Admiral Marshall also joined the ranks of the Roosevelt lobby. For General Marshall, Roosevelt has always relied on him, although he did not personally command even a single battle, but his role in World War II was extremely important, and all the actions of the US military were planned by Marshall.

As for MacArthur, Roosevelt was viscerally greasy. However, MacArthur is really hard to clean up, and this is a thorn in the head with great prestige.

Roosevelt knew that this was not the time for conflict with MacArthur. If MacArthur's purchase request is not agreed, then perhaps this MacArthur will dare to place an order without authorization again, and the US government will not be able to pay for it. At that time, Roosevelt's face will also be damaged.

Politicians were the best at making deals, so after weighing the pros and cons, Roosevelt agreed to the Army's request to purchase napalm from the Haitang Kingdom.

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The army's affairs about the Haitang Kingdom have just been dealt with. In terms of the navy, Admiral Kim came to the door again, and it was still related to the Haitang Kingdom.

Analyze Roosevelt's inner feelings, and you will know why Roosevelt has always been lukewarm in supporting Haitang Kingdom.

In his heart, Roosevelt actually looked down on the behavior of the Haitang Kingdom. Before the occupation of Madagascar by the Haitang Kingdom, Li Guang's behavior was very much in line with Roosevelt's philosophy and in the interests of the United States. Therefore, Haitang easily received two military aids from the United States, totaling 15 million US dollars.

But. The blatant occupation of Madagascar by the Haitang State was, in Roosevelt's view, completely contrary to the Atlantic Declaration. Of course, there are many acts of the Allies that run counter to the Atlantic Declaration, but they can only be done by the United States and Britain, and no one else can even think about it. Only the governor is allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps, this is the reason.

However, the existence of the Haitang State is conducive to the world situation. In particular, the Naval Resistance Army did the U.S. military a great favor in the First Battle of Midway, and Roosevelt's perception of the Haitang Kingdom improved slightly. But still subconsciously began to restrict the Haitang Kingdom. For example, Haitang's procurement activities in the United States have been seriously affected, and it is difficult to purchase more advanced weapons. Even the procurement of steel is subject to a number of restrictions.

Then, the Naval Resistance Army won the Battle of Ceylon almost independently. Although, American military experts also analyzed why the Naval Resistance Army quickly won the Battle of Ceylon. And the U.S. military has been slow to make a breakthrough on the Kuah Island and New Guinea battlefields. In short, it is an excuse for the poor progress of the US military, but Roosevelt can confirm one thing. Haitang has considerable military strength. Therefore, Roosevelt's vigilance against the Haitang Kingdom in his heart escalated.

However. In the Atlantic theater, the Allied merchant ships were beaten by German submarines and almost did not dare to go to sea, and the losses were so heavy that Churchill was in a gloomy mood, and even Roosevelt's wealth was a little unbearable. Otherwise, at the just-concluded Casablanca Conference, the number one issue was how the Allies would join forces against German submarines. It was even more important than the seemingly more important campaign arrangements such as the landing in Europe.

That's when it happened. One of the most powerful reasons why the U.S. Navy offered to buy the submarine technology of the Haitang Kingdom was that the acquisition of this technology would help to decipher the secrets of German submarines.

Therefore, with Roosevelt's approval, in early January, Haitang Kingdom exchanged snorkel technology for 200 American fighter planes and some other weapons.

It's almost $20 million, just in exchange for a simple scanner technique. Roosevelt felt deeply at a loss. However, from another point of view, the United States still made a lot of money, and 20 million dollars was just a few merchant ships.

Then there was the sudden occupation of Wake Island by the Naval Resistance Army, a big gift to the United States. Roosevelt could only accept this gift with a smile. But in his heart, Roosevelt already had a faint aversion to the disrupted strategic deployment of the Haitang Kingdom in Europe first and then in Asia. However, the Japanese did not counterattack Wake Island, which made Roosevelt's antipathy slightly weaker.

But recently, the island-hopping tactics proposed by Truman and Marshall once again made Roosevelt wary. Truman was a Centaurs, and Roosevelt knew very well that this was a standard politician. Speaking of strategic vision, pure nonsense. He simply did not believe that Truman, a politician, could come up with such a high-level strategy. The occupation of Wake Island by the Naval Resistance Army, Truman had a close relationship with the Haitang Kingdom, and Truman proposed the island-hopping tactic, and the three things were connected together, and Roosevelt immediately came to the conclusion that the Haitang Kingdom was all in charge.

As for the evidence, was Roosevelt's position needed?

However, this strategy is not only feasible, but also enables the US military to reduce casualties and reduce military spending, which is very beneficial to the United States. However, being led by the nose by the tiny Haitang Kingdom is unacceptable to Roosevelt's self-esteem, or the self-esteem of the Great United States.

Now, Nimitz has once again offered to buy the aircraft carrier technology of the Haitang Kingdom. Roosevelt's inner conflict escalated again. So much so that Roosevelt was somewhat skeptical of America's industrial capabilities. He has a lot of experience in the navy, and his industrial knowledge is not bad.

When it comes to snorkel technology, any engineer can design it. But why can't American engineers think of it?

Although he didn't know the three aircraft carrier technologies mentioned by the Naval Resistance Army, Roosevelt was almost certain that they were three technologies that the Americans could do as long as they could think of them. It's a pity that so many technicians in the United States didn't expect to hold their breath.

However, there is one thing that Roosevelt and Nimitz agree on, that is, Haitang definitely has such technology. No country dares to deceive the mighty United States. This is the domineering of a great power.

If it is said that in terms of napalm technology, the Haitang State has something unique, Roosevelt can accept it, after all, there are some scientific research projects that can make amazing achievements alone. However, in terms of the navy, especially large ships such as aircraft carriers, the Haitang State can have advanced technology, which is simply unacceptable to Roosevelt. It's a comprehensive discipline. A little bit of transformation and upgrading of large ships will cost huge test costs. For example, Japan's aircraft carrier Soryu. The ship island design is on the left side. Such a design, the little devil is definitely not a whim, and there is a good reason. But it took a lot of manpower and material resources and finally failed. Don't laugh, readers, it's normal for a new weapon to take a detour in the process of groping. And Li Guang didn't have to think about it at all, thanks to what later generations saw, the ship island was directly designed on the right side of the battleship without argumentation.

Roosevelt didn't know how to do it, but there was a little jealousy in his heart. Perhaps that sense of jealousy is too ridiculous, is it necessary for the powerful United States to be jealous of a small power with a population of one million (Roosevelt still did not regard Haitang as a country)? Roosevelt shook his head, banishing the not-so-wonderful feeling out of his mind.

But. Admiral Nimitz personally requested, and Admiral Kim repeatedly lobbied, and this weight was not light. Roosevelt felt a bit torn between a few sides. He wanted to get these technologies, but he didn't want to agree to Li Guang's request and be blackmailed by a small country. It just doesn't feel good. Moreover, the technology of the Haitang Kingdom is technology, and the technology of the United States is also technology. Li Guang opened his mouth like a lion. Even the battleships were not eye-catching. Just the most advanced warplanes and radar and other equipment.

Truman's appearance was just right to solve a difficult problem for Roosevelt. Truman said he was willing to lobby Li Guang. Truman's face in the Haitang Kingdom was big enough, and this was Li Guang's key investment target. In a few words, the deal was settled. The most advanced fighters were not given to Haitang, nor were they given the most advanced radars.

The United States provided $100 million in gratuitous aid to Haitang. The conditions of use are similar to the original reward funds. Military procurement remains restricted by the U.S. government. However, the procurement of civilian products has been completely liberalized, such as steel and scrap steel. In particular, several industries with excess capacity in the United States do not set up any obstacles, but have encouraging provisions. During the war. American businessmen are investing in the short-term arms industry, or in arms-related industries. Some industries with long investment cycles and slow results are even more depressed, and no one cares about them. Businessmen seek profit and invest in certain industries that take three or five years, or even ten or eight years, to achieve results, unless they have eaten brain fragments.

In short, the outcome of the negotiations between Truman and Li Guang was very much in line with Roosevelt's intentions. Even the success of the negotiations was beyond Roosevelt's imagination. Free France is now led by two, Charles de Gaulle, who is backed by England, and Rajid, who is supported by the United States. Li Guang expressed his willingness to release the nearly 3,000 French prisoners he had at hand and hand them over to Rajid. This move will take advantage of the increase in Rajid's prestige and strength, and it will also increase the competitiveness between Rajid and de Gaulle. The increase in the competitiveness of the Rajid is also the increase in the voice of the United States in French affairs. Truman once again gained great political prestige because of this negotiation. The Pacific Navy, in particular, had a sharp increase in favor of Truman. At some point, Truman also apologized to Li Guang for failing to secure advanced weapons for Li Guang. For Li Guang, the harvest of $100 million is already a huge surprise. You must know that the three technologies of aircraft carriers are too conspicuous and have no concealment, and as long as the Americans pay attention, they will be discovered sooner or later. Rather than being discovered by the United States, it is better to exchange it for huge sums of money. And reaping Truman's friendship is actually worth more. However, even the ambitious Truman himself did not know for sure that he would one day become the president of the United States.

The Naval Resistance Fleet entered Pearl Harbor on 25 February, stayed for three days, completed its replenishment, completed its exchange, and then returned home. Qi Chang, a pilot of the Naval Resistance Army, stayed at Pearl Harbor to serve as an instructor for the US military, and quickly improved the means of US pilots to fight against Zero fighters. As for the three major technologies of the aircraft carrier, the light-assisted landing system was built by the US Navy almost overnight and immediately equipped on the aircraft carrier. However, because the U.S. aircraft carrier is directly through the deck, the light-assisted landing system was forced to change to a movable one. This technology made the US pilots simply regard the naval resistance army as a benefactor. Landing training, which was previously regarded almost as a bed board for death by US pilots, has become no more difficult than taking off.

Nimitz was also greatly satisfied, after more than a year of war, the United States has trained a large number of pilots, although it cannot be said that there are hundreds of thousands, but it is quite abundant, Nimitz has pulled out a few hundred pilots under his command is not a problem at all, as long as they pass the landing training, they will immediately be able to play a role on the battlefield. Coupled with the trick of countering the Japanese Zero fighters, two months, only two months, the US Pacific Fleet will completely overwhelm the Japanese army. And the speed of installation of US aircraft carriers, which has reached one per month (light plus large and medium-sized) in four or three years, is not a problem. All this makes Nimitz not complacent.

Li Guang can only be envious, jealous and hateful about this. If the Naval Resistance Force had so many aircraft carriers, it would have to bomb Tokyo at least three times a month to relieve its anger.

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