C934 Core strategies (2/2)
”So, I don't think it's as serious as everyone thinks... Just one Iron-armored Ship, 180 soldiers had made it to the beach, and in the end only 36 had died … What did this mean? This means that the entire battle is being controlled, and Xiang Ying has been controlling the baton on the battlefield! ”
”My suggestion is to hold down this message and wait for a follow-up telegram... ”I just read that this telegram was sent to the ISI this morning. It took two hours of translation and verification before it reached the Prime Minister.” Pierre took out his pocket watch and looked at it.
”It's already noon. According to the efficiency of the Prussian intelligence agency, they should have sent us an updated telegram within six hours. I think we should be on our way …”
Pierre was right, sending a telegram from Europe to Asia now would take about fifteen days, because some nodes in the middle would need to be reported back by the Telegraph operator, and some areas would even need to be reported to the different telegraph offices.
Fifteen days was already a very fast speed. It was a good thing that Ryukyu was able to successfully lay down the submarine cable from Shanghai to Hong Kong. Some areas could already be used, if not this information would take at least two months.
Fifteen days was enough for the situation to change. Now was not the era of global information networking. Attempting to control an army that was tens of thousands of miles away from the headquarters was simply a fantasy.
But Prussia had always been strict about it, and such emergencies were required to gather new information at any time and generate electricity at headquarters, usually at a maximum of six hours apart.
That is to say, after the first telegram had been sent fifteen days ago, a second telegram would have been sent about six hours ago, also in duplicate.
Before his voice could fade, a guard standing in the rain and wind ten meters away shouted out, ”CIA has received the latest message. Now in the midst of a tense translation... ”
With a bang, Wang Huaiyuan pushed open the door of the hall. ”Let them bring a message to Prime Minister's Manor. Translate it here.
”Yes sir!” The guard saluted, turned around, and ran out.
ordered everyone to prepare lunch for them. While they were waiting, the topic of conversation once again shifted to the top secret of the Ryukyu.
This was not only a secret that all the politicians in the Great Qing and East Asia wanted to know, it was also a secret that the entire European and American worlds were eager to know.
And this secret, was only known to these few people in the parlour all over the world, even Fan Lian's wife, Xiao Letian, and the others.
”I repeat once again, my core strategy is unchangeable. Even if you understand it, you still have to implement it. Even if you don't understand it, you still have to implement it. And you don't have the power to exit … I know that you all don't quite understand, but let me say it again! ”
”I, Xiao Letian, will never call myself a king, much less an emperor … If your dream is to follow me through this river, then split the profits, then this old road will be difficult for you to see again in this life! ”