Chapter 664: Knowing the Current Situation
At this time, another telegraph operator also shouted, obviously, it was not a person who heard this message, after a little confirmation, a senior telegraph operator, according to the law, while memorizing the message, while translating below, Yang Yuanzhao's eyes have been staring here, and soon the content of the message was translated and handed over to Yang Yuanzhao.
The message is not short, about 200 words, that is, radio communication can write so much, if there is a cable telegram, this time, it will cost hundreds of silver dollars, the content on it is very simple, after repeated confirmation, this is the Kuala Lumpur contact point and Myanmar farms of the regular message, mainly to introduce some of the major events that happened in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, including what has happened recently, some bulk goods, the price of daily necessities, etc., very simple, this is also the Kuala Lumpur contact point to save zΓ i meaning, to help the farms in Myanmar, Establish the direction of the product and spy on the movement of Kuala Lumpur.
"Did you confirm the frequency band of the other party?" Yang Yuanzhao asked excitedly, this is not the next generation, radios are flying all over the sky, sometimes all kinds of radios, and even make the entire void an ocean, in this era, most of the telegraphs are wired, and a small number of radios are still in the hands of enthusiasts or scientists, slowly studied, and the power is generally small, not to mention in this unobstructed ocean, even in densely populated cities, wireless signals are rare.
In this case, a radio was discovered, which was still under the command of the northwest, and for Yang Yuanzhao, who had never known what was in front of him, it was no less than the oasis that suddenly appeared in the desert, and the whole person became excited.
"Yes, 17 bands!"
"Attention everyone, use the emergency cipher signal, non-stop calling!" Yang Yuanzhao immediately ordered.
The Kuala Lumpur contact point is one of the contact points under the Intelligence Bureau, and there must be a specially trained intelligence officer, as long as he turns on the radio and notices this frequency band, he will contact him immediately.
Among the 12 people, there were 10 in total, and they immediately began to send emergency secret telegrams, 10 telegraphs, with a special rhythm, sounded very beautiful, but that telegram seemed to be short-lived, and then, there was a dead silence, and even their urgent telegrams did not have any response!
"Maybe the other party is turned off!" A veteran telegraph operator, tried to say.
Shutdown is the usual practice of intelligence departments, although radio is not yet popular, but the telegraph signal is still as little exposed as possible, this is written into the code of intelligence personnel, except for a fixed time period to turn on, or a special moment emergency start, the rest of the time is turned off.
Yang Yuanzhao also knows this, this point is still decided by him and the Intelligence Bureau, but he didn't expect that at this moment, it is a huge loophole, although the speed of the telegram is fast, but when the wireless telegraph comes out, the other party may have already sent it and turned it off, if you want the other party to receive the telegram, you can only passively wait for the other party to turn on, whether it is the current telegraph machine, or the future telegraph machine, it does not have the function of detecting whether the other party is turned on.
"Continue to send non-stop, don't swarm together, you can be divided into different groups, send separately, to ensure that the other party starts the first time, hear this emergency signal!" Yang Yuanzhao commanded helplessly.
For the next four hours, there was no response, the telegraph operator kept sending telegrams, and his anxious mouth was foaming, but there was no reaction from the other side, and there was not even any telegraph signal in the telegraph machine, and there was a deathly silence.
Waiting and silence is the most painful, Yang Yuanzhao can not stay any longer, let the telegraph operator continue to send the report, and he came out to breathe, it is noon, the sun rises high, here is located in the tropics, the cold of the north, it does not affect here at all, in the sultry weather, there seems to be clouds gathering, here in Malacca, it is the rainy season, wet weather and rain from time to time, which makes people feel a little depressed.
Walking into the cabin, the captain was concentrating on driving the ship, Yang Yuanzhao did not disturb him, but walked to the other side and asked the navigator, "How far is it from Malacca?" β
The navigator looked at the map, confirmed it a little, and said: "There are still almost 250 kilometers!" β
It is very close to Malacca, even Kuala Lumpur in the Strait of Malacca, it is not too far, it is within the range of the launch, but there is no response, obviously the other party has not turned on, if it is turned on once a day, it is easy to do, in case it is two days and three days, then what to do, according to the speed of the fleet, at most one day, it will enter Malacca, which is already delaying the time to the limit, what to do next? Clueless, plunging headlong into the unknown Malacca?
While he was pondering, a young man ran in panting and said, "President, there is ...... There is a discovery! β
"What?" Yang Yuanzhao's eyes lit up, grabbed the young man, and asked, "What did you find!" β
"I just received an unfamiliar signal on the 7th, which is in the 17th frequency band!"
"Go down!" Yang Yuanzhao ran away directly, three steps and two steps to the room, at this time the room was also very lively, itself was just silently waiting for the telegraph operator, were listening attentively, Yang Yuanzhao did not dare to say anything, waited patiently, finally, a telegraph operator put down the headset, suddenly stood up, and said: "It is a contact message sent on the initiative." β
"What a message!"
"Emergency call message!" The telegraph operator affirmed.
"Immediately try to get in touch!" Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment, the emergency call telegram must have belonged to the subordinates of the northwest, no matter who he is, contact him first, this kind of feeling of not knowing where he is going in the future without any intelligence support is really depressing, and it is always a good thing to get in touch.
"Yes!"
Different from the last fixed contact point of the report, this time the emergency contact is the other party's initiative and wants to seek contact, the same as their previous practice, in this case, the other party must be turned on, which naturally has the possibility of contact.
The telegraph operator clicked the button dexterously, with a rhythmic voice, and sent out a very small message, this time, fortunately, the first time I got in touch, the other party also received their message, and responded, simply according to the procedure, after all the coded messages, the other party sent the identity over, Yang Yuanzhao looked at the translated telegram, it was actually the task force sent out before, and it had received the reconnaissance battalion of the first division, and now it has entered the Strait of Malacca, and sailed along the channel to the predetermined location, It is expected to arrive tomorrow and meet the fleet.
1200 people, a little more than expected, this is beyond the number, but Yang Yuanzhao didn't care at all, in the increasingly uneasy premonition, 1200 people may make him feel at ease, according to the address sent by the advance team, they have crossed Kuala Lumpur and are about to leave the Strait of Malacca, that is to say, as long as there is no accident, they can meet with the large army smoothly, with 1200 people who have undergone rigorous training, even special forces standard training, they are for the protection of the fleet, which is of great help.
After a few simple inquiries, Yang Yuanzhao's face couldn't help but become solemn, now the leader of the advance team is no longer Xiao Jianfeng, it is Zhang Haoran, the leader of the first team, where did Xiao Jianfeng go, this is the first thought that popped up in Yang Yuanzhao's heart, and the ominous premonition rose directly.
Xiao Jianfeng, as his guard, can be said to be a newcomer to Shen, since more than 2 years, he has always been by his side, and he is a trustworthy object, Yang Yuanzhao almost subconsciously vetoed the possibility of abandoning him, then there is only one, that is, for his safety, he took the initiative to do some other things.
Next, after several back and forth inquiries, Yang Yuanzhao figured out the truth of the matter, and a wave of anger swelled in his heart, sure enough, his premonition was correct, a pirate consortium with thousands of large and small ships and tens of thousands of people was waiting for him in the Strait of Malacca.
The great powers have never been good people, especially Britain and France, the reason why they can be so powerful is that they are created by countless corpses and bones, seemingly inadvertent actions, but they suddenly put the fleet in a dangerous situation, tens of thousands of pirates, thousands of ships, and weapons supported by Britain and France, what a big scene.
Troubles and dangers, always when they don't find out, Yang Yuanzhao knows the situation in Malacca, especially the British and French promotion, but the only good news is that they didn't shoot directly, many actions are small actions, really if Britain and France shoot directly, I'm afraid that Yang Yuanzhao's first thought at this time is to leave the fleet and run to the German destroyer, because there is no chance, the 1.2 million ton cargo fleet, facing an armed fleet with battleships and cruisers, is almost just a food delivery, What he could rely on was that Britain might not have the opportunity to start a war with Germany at this moment, and the German destroyers ran back, but a large number of supplies, warships, and even some excellent talents could not be saved.
This is the idea of taking 10,000 steps back, and now it is far from being dangerous to that kind of Cheng dΓΉ, since it is a pirate, there is still a way to redeem, especially Xiao Jianfeng's practice of entering the pirate system, although it is dangerous, but it is very clever, the pirates are also trained to benefit, and they do not command each other at all, and several pirates are also in the case of the status of the rivers and lakes, and they have stabilized this group, just like the horse bandits back then, relying on the strength of the people, at most they are fighting some tailwind battles, once they are hit head-on, They will definitely scatter and flee, so let him rely on what he has to fight these pirates at sea, which can be regarded as laying the foundation for the rebirth of the Chinese Navy. R1152