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Han Mingguang asked, "What's the more important question?"

Lin Yuan said: "I want to convince the western countries that the Ryukyu Kingdom really has a fleet."

Han Mingguang said: "By the way, this is what I want to ask. The construction of the navy is a very complicated matter. It has not been half a year since the founding of the Ryukyu Kingdom. How can there be a naval fleet?" Lin Yuan glanced at his watch and said : "It's time for lunch, please go to eat first, after everyone has eaten, Westerners will believe that Ryukyu has a navy."

Seeing Lin Yuan's amazing words, everyone looked at each other without moving. Lin Yuan said to Han Mingguang: "Comrade political commissar, let's take everyone to dinner, especially the old experts, they must eat on time."

Han Mingguang got up and greeted everyone to go out. Lin Yuan was the only one left in the room. He contacted Shen Wanqing and asked, "Do the westerners know the news about the dispatch of the Ryukyu fleet?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Today at noon, I purposely went to dinner with reporters from several major news agencies. They all took this matter as a joke. They didn't even believe that Ryukyu has a fleet."

Lin Yuan said: "It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not, the important thing is to convince those who engage in intelligence."

Shen Wanqing said: "How can we convince them? Although Ryukyu is building a free port and a bank, not many Westerners go there, and the special area Ryukyu has set aside for us does not allow outsiders to enter and leave at will."

Lin Yuan said: "Because of this, when they want to inquire about the news of Ryukyu, it must be too late to send someone over. The fastest and most convenient way is to use public reports to collect information about Ryukyu."

Public reports are publications such as newspapers and magazines. Using them to collect intelligence on opponents is an important method on the espionage front. The prestigious Israeli intelligence agency "Samod" admits that 60.00% of their intelligence comes from public reports. Shen Of course, Wan Qing is no stranger to this kind of method. In the spy agency, there are many intelligence analysts who are responsible for obtaining intelligence from public information, but she can't figure out how to do it.

Lin Yuan said: "The specific method can be like this. You publish some small articles in the newspaper. These articles are about Ryukyu. Put them in columns such as foreign anecdotes. It is possible to analyze the results we want."

Lin Yuan briefly introduced the method to her, and Shen Wanqing was an expert here, so she understood it as soon as she heard it, and soon, a copy of the account was issued.

An extra account was quickly sent to the intelligence officer of the British embassy, ​​Major Royce. As an intelligence officer in charge of analyzing the Qing Dynasty in the British Empire, he had to read every newspaper.

When he got the newspaper, he was ecstatic. Shangfeng was shocked when he heard the news of Ryukyu's dispatch of the fleet. The proud and conceited British Empire's naval construction goal is that the fleet size exceeds the sum of the second and third strongest , So, you can imagine how they reacted when a small newly established country suddenly appeared with a fleet.

The high-ranking intelligence officer of the British government quickly ordered to find out whether Ryukyu really had a fleet. This task fell on Major Royce. Originally, this order made him worry. Ryukyu is a corner that has been neglected for a long time. Now he is suddenly required Where can I get the information?Coincidentally, Kanto reported an issue, which comprehensively introduced the customs of Ryukyu. He couldn't help but smile slightly. Everything in the universe is connected with each other. As long as you have enough experience and knowledge, you can always see it between two things. Connections that no one else can see.

He opened the first page, which was an article introducing the city of Ryukyu. He read it once, but found nothing of value. When he read it for the third time, an illustration came into his sight. There are many shops on the street, which has a very western feel. He stared at the picture for a long time, and always felt that there was something wrong in the picture.

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. He took out the magnifying glass from the cabinet, looked at the picture, and finally understood what was wrong. It was the unremarkable restaurant on the street. Under the name of the restaurant in Chinese was a line of small characters in German. !

Royce called in an interpreter, and learned that the German line meant: closed, why do restaurants in places like Ryukyu write "closed" in German, and write it in Chinese!

Royce is generally motionless as a zombie. This is his favorite way of thinking. Suddenly he understood that this restaurant serves two kinds of people, locals and Germans. What do Germans go to Ryukyu?

Reuss picked up the phone and said to the secretary, "Give me a copy of Germany's overseas trade."

After putting down the phone, Royce began to think, there are Germans in Ryukyu, what are the Germans doing there?Traveling is absolutely impossible. What is there to see in that place where the birds don't shit? Could it be a commercial trade?

Soon the secretary sent the information. Since there are no planes, transoceanic commerce in this era can only rely on seagoing ships. In order to ensure safety, each ship will file with the government of the country before departure, or insure with a commercial insurance company, explaining yourself The information on the goods being transported, the destination, the route, the midway supply station, etc., this information comes from those places and has a high degree of credibility.

Royce quickly read the information. There are no Germans engaged in trade in Ryukyu, so there is only one possibility left. These Germans were secretly sent to Ryukyu to help Ryukyu establish a navy. The two major elements of the navy , people and warships, there is already one of them, so will there be another one?

Royce continued to flip through the pictures, and another street scene caught his attention. A young Ryukyu girl was standing on a hillside. In the background in the distance, there was a faintly strange building. Smoke was coming from the chimney, and beside the chimney, several tall pots could be vaguely seen.

Royce looked at them curiously. His rich knowledge allowed him to quickly judge that it was a blast furnace for ironmaking. He knew that the British government had sold a batch of steelmaking equipment to Ryukyu, but would the steel be enough to build a fleet? ?

Royce asked for information on blast furnaces, converters, etc. sold by the British government at that time, and calculated the steel output of Ryukyu. From the perspective of quantity alone, the steel is enough to build five or six warships, but steel alone is not enough. To build a warship, there are a large number of components on the warship that need to be made into various shapes. For example, the bilge keel of the ship is the connection between the bottom and the side of the ship. The steel plate needs a certain degree of curvature. To ensure strength and rigidity, specialized equipment is required.

Does Ryukyu have such equipment?It must have been given to them by the Germans. The purpose of the Germans to support them is to fight against Japan. An enemy’s enemy is a friend. By doing this, Germany is secretly suppressing our British Empire!

Royce thought of this, and sent back the following message to his superiors: There is a high possibility that Ryukyu has already built a fleet!

These were carefully designed by Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing. They not only tampered with an extra account, but also published such hints one after another in subsequent newspapers, so that the West, headed by the United Kingdom, had the right to Ryukyu. The fleet firmly believed.

After a short break at noon, everyone came back to continue the meeting. Lin Yuan said: "Now let's discuss how to defeat the Japanese fleet."