The UK has now achieved full telegraph coverage. Telegraph offices exist in all urban areas with a population of more than 10,000, and even the islands on the sea are connected with telegraph lines.
There are also several telegraph lines from England to the island of Ireland sunk in the sea, and many of the islands have telegraph office nodes.
During the more than two months of wandering at sea, King Yi could not only get the latest telegram news at the port terminal, but also get instructions from London on many islands during the voyage.
For example, on the Isle of Man, the largest island in the Irish Sea, there are often intelligence personnel from the Foundation to receive information. They only need to send a set of codes that only the Chinese can understand to the telegraph machine in the East Palace in London. Those who are stationed 24 hours a day The operators in front of the telegraph machine will announce the latest orders from the head of state to the corresponding people.
Wing King has his own secret code, and Pierre also has Pierre's code. The East Palace Telegraph Office will only release corresponding messages to the corresponding people based on the password table. Different levels have different confidentiality files, and Wing King is obviously the highest level. of.
The secret code of King Yi is taken from Sun Tzu's Art of War, which was collected in an engraving during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. It is arranged differently according to the month and day. That is to say, different numbers will be displayed on different pages on different days. Line up and find the first word.
The number of pages, the number of rows and columns, and the number of positive characters. These three elements correspond to the month, day, and hour. When King Yi sends his secret order code to the East Palace, which is the Chinese character, the East Palace will compare right.
The same book, and then find the word that corresponds to the time. When the two words are the same, it will be deemed that the inquirer's body method is correct, and then the latest order from the head of state will be encrypted and sent.
And these encrypted commands made Europeans even more confused. Kangxi Dictionary, Yongle Dadian, Sikuquanshu... select a book in these libraries, and then compare the page number table to split the words.
Such a complex encryption technology is completely different from European habits and even the cultural basis is different, so no one needs to worry about leaks.
Pierre had just returned from the Isle of Man, and he had brought Xiao Letian's latest instructions. He had already translated the codes on the fishing boat along the way.
As soon as he boarded the cargo ship, Pierre said excitedly, "Mr. Shi... the head of state has finally made a decision to take action tomorrow! The time is set to be after early morning, and we must ensure that the news of the riots can be heard when the Congress votes. !”
"Really?" Paul took the translated message and read it at a glance. "Sir! It's too late to wait. Let's take action! The order from the head of state has been issued..."
King Yi looked at the telegraph newspaper and said with some regret, "It's a pity that we couldn't contact the Young Ireland Party! If those people could stand up and take action, they would definitely inspire more Irish people... What a pity!"
"Forget it... The matter is now over, and we have tried our best. Maybe those brave young people have really been suppressed by the British! That's it..."
"Immediately speed up to Dublin, contact the people from the labor unions and farmers' associations, and provide them with weapons tonight. We will take action after midnight. We can do as much damage as we can..."
"Tell the leaders clearly that once the main force of the British army comes to suppress them, we will not ignore them. There will naturally be cargo ships on the sea to pick them up. When the time comes, we will give them a new identity in America..."
"Full sail...full left rudder..." At the captain's command, the patched sails were raised high. Although the Randy was over two hundred years old, its performance was really well maintained. Amidst the screams of the hull, the bow of the ship pierced the waves and headed towards Dublin.
But before the ship could accelerate for ten minutes, a clipper ship with a slender hull and white sails suddenly chased behind the ship, speeding toward them at high speed, waving signals to them all the way.
"Boss... there is a ship catching up behind me, and someone wants to board the ship!" the lookout shouted from the mast.
King Yi, who was just about to return to the cabin, was stunned. "Is there someone going to board the ship? Is it a customs tax ship? Or a navy patrol ship?"
"Not at all... Huh? The other party actually has our secret semaphore. The other party seems to be one of our own..."
Standing at the top of the mast was a subordinate trained by Paul. His nose twisted when he heard the anger. "Idiot! What does it mean? Is it our own secret semaphore? Can't you tell?"
"Sir, please don't be offended... There is nothing wrong with the flag language, but... it is not this year's flag language! It was the flag language we used in common the year before last, and was later abolished due to confidentiality upgrades..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned. The Foundation has its own set of secret communication methods, especially for communication between ships on the sea. On the basis of the universal semaphore, the Foundation has added some changes. It's a code that only the CIA and the Foundation understand.
The person coming from the other side was able to correctly type the secret code in flags that was abolished the year before last. This meant that the person coming was not an outsider, but why was he typing the same set of code words that had been abolished?
King Yi turned his head and glanced at Pierre, "What do you think? Is this person an enemy or a friend? Should we kill him or meet him?"
Pierre blinked and his brain told him that it was running quickly and he came up with an opinion, "See you! Why not see you! The other party is a merchant ship, and it also has our password information, which already shows its identity..."
"We are not unarmed sheep. No one can easily eat us with these weapons on our ship... Be prepared with both hands!"
King Yi nodded, "Okay! You have a special status. Get off the cabin first and prepare your weapons. Paul and I will meet this visiting guest for a while!"
Pierre took several intelligence officers and ran all the way to the bottom cabin. As soon as he entered the bottom cabin, he was almost knocked down by a murderous aura. The whole bottom cabin was full of mercenaries.
There are red-haired barbarians from Northern Europe, strong tribal warriors from North Africa, tough mountain tribe warriors from Switzerland, and even more veterans from Prussia.
More than a hundred people were resting quietly in the bottom cabin, with their weapons beside them.
"Mr. Chuanshi's order, first-level combat readiness! An unknown ship is approaching us..."
With a bang, more than a hundred mercenaries jumped up without saying a word. They picked up their weapons, pried open the ammunition boxes used as beds, and all the soldiers began to equip them with live ammunition.
One by one, they were arranged among the wood shavings, hanging heavily on the waist. The bullet box of the iron box was opened, and the yellow bullets were distributed in rows.
The bright bayonets and the soldiers themselves used various cold weapons at their disposal to wipe out sparks on the whetstone. These fully armed murderers licked their lips in excitement.
Pierre took out his own gun, looked at the huge dog-head knife in the hand of the strong North African man next to him, and couldn't help but cursed inwardly, "Pervert, what a pervert!"
At this moment, there was a noise and footsteps on the deck, and it seemed that the mysterious guest had arrived.
