Ryukyu is still not calm in the heavy rain. The soldiers' horses on the street are staring at the heavy rain and galloping forward. The hot breath from the horses' noses is causing raindrops to fly.
Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Luo Huo... and even Pierre, a French gold medal intelligence analyst who has been studying Chinese and the situation in East Asia. These core staff around Xiao Letian began to converge on the Prime Minister's Mansion despite the heavy rain.
Everyone looked ugly. They actually called an emergency meeting in such weather, indicating that something big must have happened. When everyone arrived at the Little Flower Hall and saw the latest telegram on the stone table, everyone was dumbfounded.
Xiao Hexin rubbed his injured leg and was speechless. "What a courage, what a courage! Let's prepare with both hands. On the one hand, we will notify Prussia to mediate as much as possible. On the other hand, let's start preparing for war and shrink our various plans." Now, gather your resources and prepare for war!"
Luo Huo rubbed his eyes and clapped his hands together excitedly, "Well done, really well done! You are so talented, so talented! Don't destroy your prestige first, you should look at the good side! We have always been The new tactics studied on paper were actually successfully tested by these children today... Congratulations to the Prime Minister, congratulations to the Prime Minister!"
Wang Huaiyuan was able to stabilize his mood and said calmly, "Yes, using the battleship as a heavy artillery output platform, we will have the most powerful firepower output. The army's artillery cannot compete with us at all... Then the infantry and ship The artillery effectively cooperates with three-dimensional cross-cutting operations..."
"Soldiers are the eyes of naval guns, and naval guns are the guns in the hands of soldiers! Such tactics have led the world, and the Prime Minister is indeed a genius! But... it offended France, and also caused concern in Britain. May I ask if we will do anything in the future? Can there be a second or third warship?"
Sigh... Wang Huaiyuan sighed, "No matter how good the tactics are, how can we fight without battleships? Even if the Zhiyuan breaks through the siege and returns home, how can we fight against Britain and France with just this battleship?"
Luo Huo was stunned for a moment after being sprayed with cold water. Wang Huaiyuan said with lingering fear, "I really shouldn't have let these children lead the team in the first place. I really should have let the prince personally take the ship back to the country. There was no mature and prudent person to escort it... Look, this Did something happen next?"
"The Marine Corps and new warships are related to the Prime Minister's strategic layout in the next few decades. How we protect the special economic zones and establish autonomous territories within the Qing Dynasty depends on warships!"
The people present were all members of Xiao Letian's inner circle. They had access to the most confidential core strategies. Maybe some people couldn't figure out why the Frenchman Pierre could also join in.
That's because Pierre has been convicted of treason by France. He has become desperate and has become a person unable to return to the country. Now only Xiao Letian can rely on in the whole world.
More importantly, Xiao Letian's future plans are inseparable from an accurate judgment of the situation in Europe, so this spy who is familiar with the inside story of Europe naturally became a core member of Xiao Letian's shogunate.
No one spoke, and Xiao Letian turned his attention to Pierre. At this time, he found that Pierre's eyes were a little distracted. He was holding the piece of information in his hand, but his eyes became hollow.
Everyone knew that he was thinking, and sure enough, Pierre spoke ten minutes later, "The information is too general, and there is no key data at all. It is difficult for me to make a judgment..."
Just when everyone was disappointed, Pierre suddenly changed the subject, "But...but from my perspective of the entire incident, the entire battle should be under our control!"
"With all due respect, these children who go to Europe to study are all carefully selected elites. Not only are they smart, they have also received military training for half a year. Through strict discipline, they have become very pragmatic. They are not that at all. Damn reading nerds!"
"So, I think the matter is not as serious as everyone thinks... There was only one ironclad ship, and 180 soldiers landed on the beach. In the end, only 36 people were killed... What does this mean? This means that the entire battle was under control. The baton on the battlefield has always been in Xiang Ying's hand!"
"My suggestion is to hold on to this message and wait for the subsequent telegram to be sent... I just read it. This telegram was sent to the Intelligence Bureau this morning. It took two hours of translation and verification before being sent to the Prime Minister. "In hand." Pierre took out his pocket watch and looked at it.
"It's already noon now. According to the efficiency of the Prussian intelligence agency, they should have updated telegrams sent every six hours. I think they should be on the way..."
Pierre is right. Now when sending a telegram from Europe to Asia, it takes about fifteen days for the telegram to arrive, because there are some nodes in the middle that require the telegraph operator to send the message again, and even some backward areas require fast horses. Return lines ran back and forth between different telegraph offices.
Fifteen days is already very fast. Thanks to the smooth laying of the submarine cable from Ryukyu to Shanghai and then to Hong Kong, some areas are already available for use. Otherwise, this information will take at least two months.
Fifteen days is enough time for a big change in the situation. This is not the era of global information networking in later generations. It is completely impossible to attempt to directly control the army tens of thousands of miles away from the headquarters.
However, Prussia has always been rigorous. According to regulations, new information will be compiled and sent to the headquarters at any time for emergencies like this. Generally, the maximum interval is six hours.
In other words, after the first telegram was sent fifteen days ago, there should be a second telegram sent in about six hours, and it should also be in duplicate.
Before he finished speaking, a guard standing ten meters away from the Little Flower Hall in the wind and rain yelled, "The CIA has received the latest message, the code level is top secret... It is currently in the process of intense translation..."
With a bang, Wang Huaiyuan pushed open the door of the flower hall, "Ask them to bring the telegram to the Prime Minister's Mansion and translate it here. We are waiting to see it. Go quickly..."
"Yes!" The guard stood at attention, saluted, turned and ran out.
Hearing the new telegram, the nervousness of the people present was somewhat relieved. Xiao Letian ordered lunch to be prepared for everyone. While waiting, the topic once again shifted to the top secret of Ryukyu.
What Xiao Letian's future strategy will be is not only a secret that all political figures in the Qing Dynasty and East Asia want to explore, but also a secret that the entire European and American world is eager to know.
As for this secret, only a few people in the flower hall know about it all over the world. Even the old shopkeeper Fan Jian and Xiao Letian's wife don't know about it.
"I reiterate once again that my core strategy cannot be changed. If you understand it, you must implement it. If you don't understand, you must implement it. And you have no right to withdraw... I know that you don't understand it, but I will say it again here. !”
"I, Xiao Letian, will never claim the title of king, let alone emperor... If your ideal is to follow me and conquer the world and then share the dividends, then this old path will be difficult for you to see in this life!"
