At this time, Australia.
Near the sea of Australia, France secretly entered the Australian waters.
Xie Fang's navy did not detect anything unusual about the merchant ship disguised as Drew.
This is not because Xie Fang's navy is not fulfilling its duties, but because under Xie Fang's military leasing policy, the number of these navies that maintain basic national defense is simply not enough.
And it's not just that.
Drew, as an important taxpayer in the Xie Fang government, is among the most diligent in paying taxes.
Xie Fang deliberately acquiesced to some of his privileges, for example, his merchant ships did not need to be inspected by the navy at sea.
You only need to show proof when entering the port.
These French troops disguised as Drew merchant ships were led by the old French general-Horn.
This old general is France's most famous figure in naval operations.
His military exploits were outstanding, and France did not hesitate to spend a lot of money against Australia this time.
Send him to be the vanguard this time.
France's strongest force is its army, and this time there are only three ships disguised as Drew merchant ships.
As the vanguard, occupy the small islands around Australia.
Although Australia is very vast, it is surrounded by more than 2,000 islands.
According to the previously formulated plan, they will land on Tasmania, an island near Australia.
This island belongs to the Xie Fang government, but now Drew has deployed industries on it.
He became the largest capitalist on the island and controlled the economic lifeline of the island.
Although the island is officially ruled by Xie Fang, Drew actually controls the island's economy.
Only the military was not controlled by Drew.
If the military leasing policy is still in place, the Long Yan Army on this island will not be under Xie Fang's jurisdiction.
Drew stood at the port very early to greet the warships from France.
Finally, at a quarter past three in the afternoon, Drew saw the sail rising on the sea level, which was the flag of France.
Drew was in awe, and a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.
He has been waiting for this day for too long. Ever since Xie Fang came to power here and announced that he could have dual citizenship, he was sent here by the Prime Minister to break into Australia.
Just in case of emergency, I didn't expect to stay until now.
Too much time has passed.
The huge French warship was about to sail into the port, but received a notice from Xie Fang's navy!
"Listen, people on board, show your permission to enter the port."
Horn looked at the Long Yan Navy that was blocking him, and looked at their equipment with an envious look.
France has experienced the power of Long Yan's navy many times, especially Long Yan's Yinzhou ship, which has a hull made of hard steel, while their ship is still made of wood.
It’s totally different!
But when he thought that France would soon obtain these equipment, a greedy smile appeared on Horn's face.
Horn sent people to drive a small wooden boat to hand over the permission document Drew had given them to enter the port to the Longyan Navy.
Long Yan Haijun glanced at the name on Xu Zhunshu, which was written as Drew. He looked at the battleship behind him, smiled, and said, "Drew's merchant ship?"
"Boss Drew is so wealthy that he purchased three merchant ships at once?" Long Yan Navy lowered his gaze to the French flag and said with a smile, "It's not that we deliberately made things difficult."
"The current regulations are that only domestic merchant ships can enter the port. You are a French ship. If you want to enter the port, you must register and undergo a shipboard inspection by Long Yan Navy before you can enter the port."
After receiving this information, the person sent to submit the permission letter immediately told the old general Horne on the ship.
After hearing this, Horn frowned.
Registration is a trivial matter, except for Long Yan Navy's boarding inspection, which cannot be allowed to happen.
Their three warships contained a large amount of weapons and nearly 30,000 soldiers.
Not a shred of merchandise at all.
If someone discovers this, they will definitely be wiped out by the Dragon Flame Legion, not to mention whether they can land.
"What did that guy Drew do!"
"This little thing has not been taken care of!"
Horn slapped the table angrily, wrinkled his forehead, and thought about countermeasures!
"Send someone to inform Drew and let him think of a solution."
The crew said yes, and immediately took a small boat to cross the blockade of Longyan Navy in the evening.
Drew had been watching the French warships that were about to enter the port being intercepted at sea since the afternoon, and they were not allowed to go ashore.
Don't even know what happened.
As time passed, France's ship was still at sea and did not sail into the port. It was getting dark, and Drew felt anxious.
Normally when his merchant ship sails into the port, there is no way for the Longyan Navy to stop it from inspecting it.
What happened today and why haven't we been released yet?
Drew couldn't understand.
At this time, a crew member quietly landed ashore in a small boat, found Drew, and anxiously said to him: "General Horn was stopped by the Dragon Flame Navy."
"They made several requirements, and we can only enter the port if we meet them."
"Our ship must be registered in Australia. If we want to stay in Australia for a long time, we need to change it to the Australian flag."
Drew frowned upon hearing this. These requests had never been made to him before.
Drew said in a deep voice: "These are all easy to talk about, I will do it right away!"
"Wait, there is one more thing that the general will never accept."
"Long Yan Navy has requested to board the ship for inspection. You know what is on the ship. You must not board the ship. Otherwise, if the secret is exposed, our vanguard will be completely annihilated!"
"You can't get away with it either!"
Drew was stunned and asked hurriedly: "That Dragon Flame Navy really said that?"
"yes."
Drew's expression suddenly changed, and he was very surprised. These policies were not available in normal times, especially for boarding inspections.
Normally, he had never heard of these policies.
Drew frowned, realizing that things might not be as simple as he thought.
Could it be that his action plan was exposed?
Looking at the French warships still on the sea, he guessed that the action was not necessarily exposed. If it was really exposed, according to Xie Fang's character, the three ships would have been sunk by him before they entered Australian waters.
If the plan wasn't revealed, what would it be?
Drew thought of Xie Fang's recent series of policies.
In particular, the two decisions to cancel military leasing and increase taxes on merchants have caused dissatisfaction among many wealthy businessmen.
Drew wondered if it was Xie Fang's fault.
The purpose is to tell them who has the final say in Australia.
