When the defeated Molière returned to Paris, many angry people shouted that he would be judged and hanged, and France could not allow defeat, let alone defeat in Asia.

Major General Bruce, who had returned home with him at that time, was also imprisoned in a barracks outside Paris, and he was in constant fear every day.

But strangely, Molière and Bruce were reinstated after only a month of imprisonment, and all the pressure from the outside world on the Emperor was as if he had not seen it.

There is Napoleon III's personal affection for Molière, and there are also practical considerations as an emperor, now France knows Xiao Lotian best, and the people who have fought with Xiao Lotian are Molière and Bruce, even if the two of them deserve death, they should squeeze out the last bit of use value, and wait for Xiao Lotian to die after he is finished.

After coming out of the barracks, Napoleon III specially allocated a large number of intelligence officers to Molière, and he did not dare to do anything else, digging up all the intelligence of Xiao Lotian and finally destroying him.

From that day on, Molière's life was only one goal: killing Xiao Lotian.

"I like a Chinese proverb very much, that is, there is no impermeable wall in the world, as long as there are people under the sun, there will be shadows, and the ghost ship in the Atlantic Ocean through my intelligence analysis, I think it should be a steamship......"

"Your Majesty, we can take a look at the information brought by the sailors at sea in the past month, although there is a lot of chaotic and garbage information, but as long as you compare before and after, you can still find clues......

"In a month, a total of 8 French merchant ships and 1 British merchant ship mysteriously disappeared in the Atlantic, and we ranked the time when they left the port, and then arranged the time when the island officials who were ready to resupply these ships but did not wait for the feedback, and after making a simple estimate, we can preliminarily deduce a high-incidence zone of accidents......

Molière opened the map of the Atlantic Ocean, and sure enough, on it he used a pencil to draw a gray ** field from north to south, which was the location of the sea attack he calculated.

"Your Majesty, the earliest reports of disappearance came from the Azores, the palace transports Swift and Parisian were clearly passing by the Spanish clipper Barcelona on the sea before the storm, and the captains of the two sides agreed to print a cup of ...... together in Porto Sangra de Marbutto"

"But the Barcelona has not seen either ship since, and not only that, but there are also many wrecks floating along the currents on the sea, which the old sailors have identified as the wreckage of the Swift and the Parisian......"

"Not only that, but the news brought by an American merchant ship in the later period was even more shocking, when the American merchant ship was struggling to sail in the storm, it once noticed a huge explosion and a faint fire coming from the northeast, which shows that the Swift and the Parisian were not destroyed by the storm or the ridiculous ghost ship at all, but encountered an enemy attack......

"This was the beginning of a series of attacks, the Swift, the Parisian, the Royal Carriage, the Dolphin, the Lucky Jack...... And the British Fog Capital, a total of nine merchant ships were devoured by this evil wolf hiding in the Atlantic!"

"Azores, Madeira, Azores...... The nine merchant ships all disappeared in this belt from south to north, which means that the warship is heading towards the South Atlantic at high speed, and as for the attacks in the Bermuda and the Caribbean, it is purely a rumor......

"The time is there, the distance is there, the area is there, and we can naturally deduce that the average speed of this battleship should be more than 13 knots, and it will not be affected by the monsoon, and now there is no ship other than a steamer that can do this......"

"Your Majesty, our intelligence department should reflect on it, there is now an extra steam warship in Europe, but our intelligence knows nothing, this is a serious dereliction of duty!"

Napoleon III nodded with satisfaction, "You are right, all kinds of factors are combined, and only steam-powered battleships can do this...... I would also add that the ship could not have been at a speed of only 13 knots, it should have been faster!"

"You must know that among the nine missing merchant ships, three of them are the latest flying clippers, with a speed of up to 18 knots, and ordinary warships can't catch up at all, this kind of ship is easy to escape even if it encounters pirates, but none of them can escape the poison, which shows the horror of this warship!"

Molière shook his head, "It's really terrifying, the most advanced steamship in Europe now has a speed of only about 14 knots, can it reach 18 knot......s?" For me, I'm more willing to accept the inference that this battleship has new guns!"

"Don't forget, in the storm the American merchant ships once heard the fierce sound of artillery, that captain once participated in the American Civil War, he is still very familiar with the explosive power of all kinds of artillery, he personally told our intelligence officer, it is definitely a brand new naval artillery, the power is comparable to the shore defense cannon......"

With a poof, Napoleon III laughed "Oh, my dear Molière, if you are making me laugh, then you succeeded...... What are you kidding, how can there be such a strong battleship in the world? Aren't you afraid of being blown apart......

"Your Majesty! Nothing is impossible, what we are experiencing now is a great change in science and technology, before the Austro-Prussian War, who would have believed that the rear-loading rifle would completely replace the front-loading gun? The fixed-loading bullet has now become popular on a large scale, and the old split mini bullet has been completely eliminated......

"Countries are building new ironclad ships, and our intelligence officer has reported that the Russians are designing a round ironclad battleship...... God, I can't imagine what kind of weird thing it is!"

"Nothing is impossible, not to mention that I am going to get to the heart of the matter, what if the warship that runs rampant in the Atlantic Ocean is Xiao Letian? No matter how much we hate him, it is undeniable that he is a Chinese who came with a miracle after all!"

Hearing Xiao Letian's name, Napoleon's expression suddenly froze, "That's right, as long as Xiao Lotian is involved, anything will become extremely tricky, is this a whip sent by God to punish me?"

Napoleon III rubbed his temples in pain: "Let me sort out my thoughts again! This battleship has a speed of more than 15 knots? And is it a steam-powered ship? It has a very powerful cannon comparable to a giant shore defense cannon? My God, how could those Chinese create such a monster?"

"No, my majesty, have you forgotten that Prussia is a whimsical madman, and that he has a very large financial resources to support him in carrying out such an experiment...... Add to that the industrial power of Prussia, nothing is impossible!"