"Signal! Sure enough, the signal came...Hurry up and copy it! I finally caught a big fish..." The red-eyed intelligence officer rubbed his hands excitedly.
In the era when telegraph technology had just become popular, people did not yet have automatic sending and receiving devices, so people had to be on duty in front of the telegraph machine for a long time.
Under such technical conditions, it is very troublesome to monitor other people's intelligence. For example, if you want to monitor Russian telegrams, you have to be on standby 24 hours a day, because you are not sure when Russia will send or receive telegrams.
Maybe you will miss an important piece of information when you are sleepy. Sometimes you can even miss the beginning of a telegram just by turning your head and pouring a glass of water.
Therefore, this primitive monitoring method cannot be separated from the direct intervention of spies, and Hu Laoer, Sister Liu, and Old Man Zhang are among the spies developed by the CIA.
The service room and kitchen where they were located were very close to the Russian telegraph room, and the figures inside could be seen moving through the windows. These Russians were not on guard against them, because the Russians knew that these Chinese people did not understand Russian at all, and there were religious people among them, so they naturally let down their guard.
But who would have thought that Xiao Letian didn't expect these people to understand what the Russians were saying or to steal the telegram documents. All the CIA wanted was to lift the noodle vat and kick the blue bricks on the ground when there was any movement in the telegraph room. , nothing more.
The Russians received the cable, and the CIA received the cable at the same time, and the Russians took action four hours later.
Ulan Geli paid a high-profile visit to the American Minister John Howard, who was opposite the embassy. He very friendly expressed his willingness to restart negotiations with Ryukyu, and also hinted that concessions could be made in some aspects.
When Hua Ruohan sent him out of the embassy full of doubts, he found that Ulan Geli went directly north to the British embassy. It is estimated that what he wanted to say was still the same.
"Isn't this strange? Isn't this Ulan Geli's character? Moreover, Russia is now going all out to conquer East Asia. In Xinjiang, they are fighting very smoothly. Agubai has finished sweeping the northern Xinjiang and is now approaching the southern Xinjiang. At the height of the sun, he unexpectedly Will you give in?"
"Something is wrong, something is so wrong! With the Russian national character, it is absolutely impossible for more than a thousand soldiers to die in vain and still be calm. Is it a trick to mistrust the soldiers?"
Hua Ruohan's analysis was not wrong at all. Now Xiao Hexin has obtained the latest translation of the secret message. After reading the above content, he was shocked. "What? An expeditionary force composed of sixteen battleships, with eight thousand elite Russian troops, has already Are you ready to set off from the Baltic Sea? Ulan Geli’s current strategy is to paralyze us? Damn, it’s really a trick!”
"The information was re-encrypted, the Analects of Confucius was selected as the codebook, and the report was immediately sent to the Prime Minister... Grandma, since you want to act with me, then I will act with you. We will book a restaurant in Quanjude tomorrow, and I will host a private banquet for the British, American and French Ministers of the Three Kingdoms, I ask them to continue to help adjust..."
"Isn't it just a lie back and forth? If it's disgusting, let's continue playing! Remember to send an invitation to Guiziliu Ye by the way!"
Xiao Letian is enjoying life with Huniu in Japan. Now he has a bit of the demeanor of a superior, and his talents are gradually growing up. All he has to do is to give orders, boost morale, and cultivate talents. Ryukyu military and political affairs The executive power was extremely powerful in the 19th century.
When Xiao Letian received the latest telegram, he jumped out of the hot spring excitedly. "Raising an army out of anger is a taboo for military strategists. Wasn't Alexander II so arrogant? This emperor who abolished serfdom with his own hands couldn't He’s an idiot, why is he so impatient?”
Xiao Letian paced back and forth in the castle tower. After a while, Wang Huaiyuan, the head of the CIA, ran up and saluted Xiao Letian panting.
"Why was it so slow for me to ask you to consult Pierre?"
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, I suddenly received a secret message from Prussia when I came over. The intelligence officers in Bismarck also discovered the changes in the Russian fleet. They reminded us that the Russians are likely to send a fleet into the Atlantic in the near future in the name of exercises..."
"Right now, Prussia is collecting more detailed intelligence. They will help us figure out the specific models of these sixteen warships in the future..."
Xiao Letian pondered for a moment, "What I want to know is why? Alexander II is not a mediocre master!"
"Railway, Pierre's analysis is still the Trans-Siberian Railway!" Wang Huaiyuan said excitedly, "Alexander's father committed suicide by taking poison after the Crimean War. Although Russia announced that he died of illness, all European countries knew that it was nothing more than that. That’s the official statement…”
"The impact of that war on Russia was too profound. Alexander II realized that although Russia was huge, there was a big gap between Russia and the real European powers in terms of industry, technology and military system, so he had to carry out reform……"
Xiao Letian patted his forehead. Many clues in his memory finally overlapped with the information in front of him. He sneered, "Yes, yes, yes, Pierre is such a genius. Why can he always get to the point? It's really because of that." The big railway..."
"The Crimean War, Britain and France jointly taught Russia a lesson. Russia was completely defeated in both the navy and the army. Alexander was not a violent person. He did not choose to avenge his father but chose to endure hardship..."
"At home, he abolished serfdom and established the Duma system. He is even considering promoting a constitutional monarchy! Such a person will never be impulsive out of anger. Now that he has made such a choice, it only shows one thing. We His actions have touched his core interests..."
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and said, "The failure made him know that Russia's strategy cannot be invested in the west at all. With Britain and France joining forces to squeeze their living space, the Russian army and navy are completely useless. So he only has one and only one." The choice is to run the East..."
"Suppressing the rebellion in the Caucasus, instigating the Agub rebellion in Xinjiang, and then using the Second Opium War to devour the Far East. All these are manifestations of Russia's strategy of managing the East..."
"But it is not a simple matter to turn this newly added land into wealth. If the vast land is not connected by railways, the property wealth can only be accumulated locally and cannot be transported to Europe. If my guess is correct, now Russia's finances are already in a serious crisis..."
"Alexander II must have run out of money! His treasury has been depleted, and the East is now his only hope!"
