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Chapter 1253 Infiltration into the Ottoman Empire

"It's not easy for your Intelligence Department to send personnel to infiltrate the Ottoman Empire. Our oriental looks are too obvious, and the intelligence personnel will easily reveal their identities, even if they want to hide." Sun Xu found the Intelligence Department after the meeting. Head of the City of London.

"The current strategy to break the situation is to find Li Jinde at the least cost before we can decide on the next move. If we collect enough evidence that Li Jinde is still in the Ottoman Empire, we can naturally go to the Mediterranean Sea with confidence and demand that the Ottoman Empire hand over Li Jinde. If it is confirmed that Li Jinde's disappearance has nothing to do with the Ottoman Empire, we can avoid conflict with the Ottoman Empire," said the intelligence officer.

"Then how do you solve the problem of hiding the appearance and identity of intelligence personnel?" Sun Xu asked in surprise.

The appearance of the oriental people is too obvious here, it seems that there is no way to hide it!
"This is a matter for our intelligence department, so you don't need to ask any more questions. We will use our energy to find Li Jinde as soon as possible... Originally, our infiltration focus was on the European continent, but now we must temporarily concentrate our resources on the Ottoman Empire." The person in charge of the intelligence department said with his back.

Sun Xu was slightly startled when he heard this.

The intelligence department has always been the most mysterious organization in the Kyushu Army. The director of the intelligence department is Aila who has been following Chu Yun since the beginning of southern Liaoning, which is equivalent to indirectly commanding Chu Yun.They have partial surveillance powers, as well as the power to infiltrate, buy, and assassinate enemy countries.This is what they ate.

Even without relying on the British and Ottomans, relying on the excellent intelligence personnel of the intelligence department, maybe the missing Li Jinde could be found.

"It would be great if our Fourth Fleet was stronger. As long as our fleet enters the Mediterranean Sea, the emperor of the Ottoman Empire will order a nationwide search for Li Jinde's traces without us even needing to speak. You don't need to invest a lot of manpower in the Ottoman Empire." Material resources." Sun Xu said.

"Don't say that. The once powerful Ottoman Empire was also one of the targets of our intelligence agency's infiltration. Taking this opportunity as an opportunity to establish an intelligence network in the Ottoman Empire will play a big role in our future military operations. role." The person in charge of the intelligence department said nonchalantly.

The intelligence officers who went to Europe were all carefully selected by Ella. They were not only Chinese, but also foreigners summoned by Chu Yun to this era. Among them were people who were proficient in various languages, and many of them could speak Turkish. , Dutch speakers.

After the intelligence department decided to change the focus of infiltration from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean coast, batches of intelligence personnel ventured out of London with the help of merchant ships, and began to enter the Mediterranean coast by different routes, looking for information on the missing Li Jinde.

This may be the most difficult operation of the Intelligence Department. They want to find Li Jinde alone in the Ottoman Empire with a population of 3000 million.Moreover, these intelligence personnel hardly received any assistance, and could only bring gold and silver, and rely on their extraordinary wisdom and courage to carry out infiltration operations.

Because the Intelligence Department was determined to intervene in this matter, neither the Fourth Fleet nor the directors of Western Company were so worried about Li Jinde's affairs.After all, it is an organization that seeks information for a living, and there are not many people who are more professional than them.

It took a long time for the intelligence personnel to secretly go to the Mediterranean coast, and it took a while to find information about Li Jinde in the Ottoman Empire.Before waiting for the Intelligence Department to find Li Jinde, the naval officers of the Fourth Fleet returned to Portsmouth Harbor to continue to drill the Fourth Fleet in order to deal with the war that may come at any time.

King Charles I was worried that the Fourth Fleet from the East would challenge the Mediterranean hegemony and bind Britain to the same warship.He was relieved to hear that the naval officers of the Fourth Fleet returned to Portsmouth after a two-day stay in London.

Charles I wanted to secure the interior first, and then fight the exterior.He knew that Britain was still a second-rate kingdom at this time, and only by establishing a standing army according to the Eastern system and consolidating its domestic territory into a monolithic one could it be possible to compete on the European continent.

The only one who didn't know the inside story and expressed incomprehension might be Sir Greenville.

It's fine that Charles I didn't dare to provoke the powerful Ottoman Empire. It seems that Chinese merchants and naval officers have no intention of putting pressure on the Ottoman Empire.

Could it be that they also plan to swallow their anger and ignore Li Jinde's disappearance?

Sir Greenville, who could not accept it, approached the directors of Western Company again, and learned from them that they had sent someone to look for Li Jinde.

"The magistrates of the Ottoman Empire couldn't find Li Jinde. Who did you send to find him, are you sure?" Sir Greenville asked worriedly.

"Sir Greenville, don't worry, as long as Li Jinde is still alive, he will definitely be found. We don't believe that a person can disappear for no reason, and we are Chinese. Our looks are so unique here, no matter where we go will be eye-catching." The director of the Western Company comforted Sir Greenville, who was probably the most anxious at the moment.

"What you said is also true. A person who looks different from the Ottomans disappears in the Ottoman Empire for no reason, and will definitely leave clues. That kid Henry also told me that he invited the Ottoman Empire to set up in Halep. The governor sent troops to look for Li Jinde , It seems that they didn't do anything at all... Or did they do nothing on purpose, or someone told them not to continue the investigation..." Thinking of this, Sir Greenville was terrified.

"Li Jinde didn't form any personal grudges in the Ottoman Empire. I'm afraid no one will try his best to target him unless...unless he is targeted as a representative of a group, and this group is our Chinese businessmen!" Several Chinese businessmen According to Sir Greenville's thinking, it seems to be close to the truth of Li Jinde's disappearance.

Could it be that the Ottoman Empire was hostile to Chinese merchants?
"Could it be that the Nanyang Province has monopolized the spice trade, adding many potential enemies to us?" Several businessmen looked at each other.

Regarding the disappearance of Li Jinde, a group of responsible persons in the city of London planned to send intelligence personnel to inquire first, while others were paying close attention to the news of Li Jinde being found back to the city of London almost every day.

Those who were far away in London did not know that the steam ironclad Admiral Fubo was heading to the sea in London, nor did they know that at this time Li Jinde had been taken to Algiers, one of the important strongholds of the Barbary pirates. This is North Africa. One of the havens for regional pirates.

(End of this chapter)