C1934 Destroying the telegraph line (2/2)

”Mm …” What are you looking at? ”What's in the desert …” Zai Chun moved closer and began observing the darkness outside.

Xiang Ying didn't even turn his head around as he said in a low voice, ”Of course there's something in the desert. Although I can't see it, I can still see some light … ”There's a small light over there. It should be the village in the desert …”

”Along with the night wind and the distant light from torches, I guess it's either the French army or bandits in the desert who have accepted the employment of the French …”

Zai Chun looked for a long time. Indeed, there was a bit of light in the depths of the desert, but he was not sure what it was. When he came back to look at the two sides of the canal, he realized that the Chinese Marines had already landed and were following the Zhiyuan Warship along the road.

At the moment, the Zhiyuan Warship's speed was very slow, affected by the terrain of the river. Its current speed was only about four to five knots, which was equivalent to seven to eight kilometers per hour.

They only traveled seven to eight kilometers in an hour. This speed was indeed slow. The soldiers of the Marine Corps could totally catch up to the speed of the battleships with their bare feet, so the soldiers on both sides of the river could move easily.

But Zai Chun could clearly see that from time to time, these warriors would search for something, and they were even busily searching. With a stomach full of questions, he opened his mouth and asked, ”What are they doing? ”Why not board the ship?”

At this time, Xiang Ying turned his head and glanced at Zai Chun, ”Heh heh... My lord, what can I do? Of course it is to protect your safety! This is not a good place, this is a war zone! If we do not destroy the telegraph line along the way, Port Said will have known about the conflict earlier … ”

”In war, the military intelligence is the most important thing. To let the enemy know as much as possible and let the enemy know as little as possible, this is a compulsory course for military generals!”

”If I'm not wrong, the French already know that their telegraph line has been destroyed …”

What Xiang Ying said was completely correct. Half an hour ago, under the treatment of the French doctors, the French consul who had been vomiting and vomiting until he fainted finally woke up.

”Situation... ”What's the situation now?”

”Not good, the situation is very troublesome. The Chinese have no intention of stopping at all. They completely ignored us and left with their warships …”

”Dammit, why didn't you stop them …” Ferdinand painfully stood up and leaned against the headboard.

”There's nothing we can do. We don't have heavy cannons, so the infantry can't stop us at all!” But rest assured Consul, I have already ordered telegraph room to immediately send a telegram to Port Said.

Just at this time, there was a commotion outside. ”Not good, there's a serious problem with the telegraph room, there's no reply at all. Our telegraph line is in trouble …”

”Report... Our telegraph line was destroyed in the desert... This was too wicked. It was the constant destruction along the way. Every half kilometer, it would be shortened by a large amount … We can't fix it at all! ”

”My God! How could this be … Send out the war horses and gallop through the night, you must deliver the order to Port Said in front of the Chinese! Sinking ship, sinking ship in the channel! Block Xiao Letian... ”

Ferdinand used all of his strength to shout out the order, but then he felt a burst of annoyance in his chest, and immediately after, he spat out a pool of bitter bile.