C842 Telegram to Europe (1/2)
Opening up the map, we can clearly see that the entire Pacific Ocean is separated by the Equator. The state of the North and the South are completely different. The North Pacific Ocean was vast, with very few islands. Among them, the most famous were the Hawaii, the Aleutian, the Thousand-island and the Japanese Islands s, and so on. The other regions were all empty and vast oceans.
However, the South Pacific was completely different. There were many islands in this vast ocean, and the ocean fleet could easily obtain various supplies.
Starting from Mindanao, it was the Micronesia Islands. To the south were Australia and New Zealand, and slightly to the east were the Marshall Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Tewaru Islands, the Samoa and then the North and South Cook Islands, where the Dahuangdi was located.
After passing through the Dahuangdi, they would be more than halfway there. After passing through Deasey Island and Easter Island, they would be able to see the continent of South America. The long coastline of the Chile was headed towards the Pacific Ocean.
With so many islands providing the Expeditionary forces with a lot of supplies, there was no need to worry too much about food and water. Moreover, the island could also provide shelter for the storm. This expedition trip to Xiao Letian and company could be said to be foolproof.
After putting down the Pacific Ocean Diagram, Xiao Letian rubbed between his brows to ease the fatigue in his eyes. ”We have already done what we needed to do, leave the rest to the heavens! Let's go, we'll head north to return to the Ryukyu. This past month has almost exhausted me to death! ”
Under the complicated gazes of the tens of thousands of people, the Roman and the convoy's fleet headed all the way north to the Bastille Strait towards the Ryukyu. The sea breeze blew on Xiao Letian's body, he muttered to himself, ”I wonder how the situation is in Europe, did His Highness King Yi receive my telegram or not, these ten thousand over brother's equipment are still waiting for you to help purchase them …”
In 1868, all the strong warriors in the world had increased their efforts to lay telegraph line s, but Earth was simply too big. It would take at least a decade for the colonies to form a huge web linking the whole world.
Xiao Letian's telegram was still on the road all the way west! Ryukyu, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore … They then crossed the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to India and continued westward from Mumbai to the Arabian Peninsula.
The further west they headed, the more telegraph line they could use. When the news reached the port of Sai, the all-pervasive British spy network finally intercepted this ingeniously camouflaged message.
”Captain! ”This is the latest intercepted list of telegrams from the Letian Firm and the Letian Bank. Thirteen of them are for Berlin, and three of them are very suspicious, because the Chinese have never sent messages this long...”
The Suez Canal had been completed on all sides. As a major transportation route from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, this place had become the world's most famous intelligence capital.
Britain's current spy network relied on its vast colony to hold the world's largest position, and the largest intelligence organization in the Suez Canal was the British.
The captain opened the three German purchase contracts and examined them carefully. Mauser's rifle 1200 stud, 3000 spare barrels, 900 kg nitrocellulose explosive, 120 high precision military binoculars... These are all purchase lists for arms supplies? ”
”There is also a purchase list for industrial products at the end! For the sake of this small purchase contract, we have exposed two spies... ”The Chinese broke all the bones in their bodies and hanged them from the ropes …”
The captain expressionlessly said, ”The British Empire will remember their achievements and give their families a generous pension, this is what they deserve …”