"Sir, the center's telegram." Bonghwa came out of the telegraph room with a telegraph in his hand.

Zhao Yingong had just sent away a group of local scholars who had come to Wanbi Bookstore to buy books -- since Zhang Dai and others had come to Wanbi Bookstore, the bookstore's fame had gradually spread, and many scholars had come to Wanbi Bookstore. Although there are many people who read books and few people who buy books, Zhao Yingong also handled them calmly, not only did not care, but also provided tea and drinks for free. From time to time, I also go to the front to chat with people. At first, he rarely talked deeply, at most he talked about what he saw in Guangzhou and the anecdotes of Australians, so as not to be dragged by someone and expose his fake talents.

Gradually, there is some meaning of literary salon here. Many scholars who were interested in new learning often came here to read and discuss problems together. Fortunately, Zhao Yinggong's attainment level of "Western Studies" or "Australian Studies" probably can't find a second one in Hangzhou, and many people don't understand something, so he points out one or two -- and he doesn't dare to talk too deeply, one may not be understood by the other party, and second, he is afraid that his relationship with the "Australians" is too deep, and he will arouse suspicion for himself.

Even so, the reputation of Zhao Yinggong, the owner of Wanbi Bookstore, who was proficient in "Western Studies" and "Australian Studies", gradually spread, and after it spread, almost no one discussed with him any more traditional knowledge such as sexual theory, "qi" or poetry and songs. Zhao Yinggong breathed a sigh of relief.

The group of scholars he sent away just now came from Huzhou, and two of them specialized in the study of astronomical calendars - although their learning spirit was very valuable, and Zhao Yinggong was completely half-baked in this regard, and all his knowledge was just a little dust on the fur that he used to look at on the forum posts. But after discussing the two directions, he was surprised, it turned out that the astronomical calendar of the Ming Dynasty was not even comparable to the Yuan Dynasty, and the "Great Unification Calendar" promulgated in the early Ming Dynasty was just a change of vest for the "Time Granting Calendar" of the Yuan Dynasty. The Qin Tianjian of the Ming Dynasty followed the Hijri calendar handed down from the Yuan Dynasty, but the clerks only knew a little about it and did not really understand the principle. It's just a matter of sticking to the old calendar and applying it to the old calendar.

The official level is still like this, let alone the actual level of private enthusiasts. Zhao Yingong talked a little about the concept of the earth, latitude and longitude, and spherical trigonometry, and then he talked about the two scholars -- in fact, Zhao Yingong himself didn't know what he was talking about, but he directly pulled the things from the posts he had seen on some historical forums about the revision of the calendar in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zuihou stopped his macro theory in time to avoid being exposed, and then recommended several popular science pamphlets on astronomical calendars and mathematics to these two. It's a good deal.

"I didn't think I knew anything about the astronomical calendar." Thinking so, he took Fenghua's telegram. Bonghwa is his maid and a confidential officer trained by the General Administration of Political Security, and has direct access to the codebook. So the work of translating telegrams was also done by her. In some dispatch stations, the naturalized civilian intelligence officer is only responsible for receiving newspapers, and the work of translating telegrams is handled by the veterans themselves.

The telegram was sent from the "center":

Tianshui: The call has been informed. Your application has been forwarded to the relevant authorities. There will be a clear job jihua issued within this month.

We believe that your suggestion on the work of the Restoration Society is appropriate, and according to intelligence, the leader of the Restoration Society, Zhang Pu and others, have a deep relationship with Xu Guangqi, so it will also help us to win the support of the Confucian scholars at this stage.

For background information and information on the resumption of the Society, we will request the Grand Library to compile special materials and send them to the traffic officer. Their specific value is up to you to judge.

The personnel arrangements for the working group to Shandong have been completed. They will depart for Hangzhou in the near future, and you will be in charge of receiving them. Later, he went from Hangzhou to Shandong to work. Your tasks are: to arrange for the team to travel safely to Shandong to work; Taking advantage of the relationship with the Catholic Church in Hangzhou, we should make contact with Sun Yuanhua as soon as possible and win his support for our cause in Shandong. Missionary Kinnico, who was already in Hangzhou, could accompany the team to Shandong as the main liaison.

Xu Xu will not return to Lingao, and will go to Shandong with the regiment to carry out military geography exploration work.

……

After reading the telegram, Zhao Yingong struck a match and burned the translation. He drank the "Limushan Oolong Tea" sent by Fenghua while thinking about the next step. Obviously, the Executive Committee is planning to open a sub-base in Shandong as well. Although the details were not explained to him, it was obvious in the center's telegram that this sub-base was to be supported by Sun Yuanhua. I'm afraid it's not a small scale......

In the previous stage, through the work of the church, Zhao Yinggong had already obtained the "eight elements" and letters from the Hangzhou church to Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi and other important figures of the church. Sending a genuine missionary to accompany him was probably enough to get in touch with Sun Yuanhua.

Of course, it would have been better if the Hangzhou Church had sent a central figure to help introduce him—not only had a high enough status in the Church, but also a social status that was not too bad—after all, Sun Yuanhua was the governor of the Church. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to make a show or something. According to Zhao Yinggong's idea, it is best to teach Zhang Geng in Hangzhou, but this person is now preaching in Dehua with Julius, and I am afraid it is difficult to count on it.

"Quick! Disembarked! An individual grinding!" Huang Ande stood waist-deep in the water, bulging with a horse clip filled with kapok dyed red - this is the so-called life vest. Wearing a rattan helmet for shade on his head, he carried not an officer's command knife, but a Mini rifle with a bayonet on it, and an oiled paper bag over the muzzle.

Before he could finish his words, a series of rumbling cannons were heard over the sea, and the cannonballs dragged white smoke trails over their heads, splashing patches of dirt on the hillside on the shore. Some of the grass sheds were hit and caught fire.

One by one, the bloatedly dressed soldiers jumped out of the small hair boats and rowboats, all dressed in such bloated vests, carrying full sets of equipment, one by one holding their rifles aloft, and clumsily walking in waist-deep water. At this time, the sailors who were rowing the dinghy to the side to act as ambulances quickly scooped him up and removed the blue belt from his arm - he had "drowned".

"Quick, go to shore!" Huang Ande tried to stabilize his body, while cheering up the soldiers, while paying attention to the colored smoke signal on the shore, which was set up by the Marine Commando 20 minutes ago to indicate the location of the landing force - each company has its own landing area, and the lot of Huang Ande's 4th Infantry Battalion Grenadier Company is called "Huang-1 Beach".

The crisp sound of rifle fire sounded from the dinghy behind him, and several of the clay pots on a row of wooden shelves set up on the beachhead were reduced to fragments, which were fired by the light infantry company in the dinghy behind.

"Don't miss it!" He muttered quietly, someone shoots you in the back, no matter how good his marksmanship is, it always makes people feel cold in the back of the neck.

A few minutes later, the light infantry company commanded by Huang Ande had already landed on the beach of Baitu Village and launched a charge. A new model of cannon was pushed onto the beach, and the artillerymen quickly loaded and fired with their hands and feet, and one shell after another exploded around a sandbag fortification that served as a "battery battery" on the hillside.

In the grenadier company, the assault sappers quickly erected a bridge over the trench and blew up the deer. The grenadiers broke through the obstacles, added ladders, climbed the wall in a matter of minutes, and then threw a volley of grenades, opening a breach.

Ten minutes later, a signal rocket to seize the beachhead flew from the dilapidated fortress.

"The beach rush is five minutes later than Jihua." Fu Sansi, the training director standing on the building of the newly built Type 901 gunboat "Diandian", looked at his watch and said.

Zhu Mingxia put down the binoculars and said, "It seems that Haixun is not enough. The movement in the water is too slow. ”

You Laohu, the commander of the infantry battalion who came to observe, said: "The life jacket is too bloated, so I might as well not wear it." The disembarkation time has been delayed. It is very inconvenient to move after going ashore. The soldier's movements were not strong enough. ”

"If you don't wear a life jacket, unless you use a landing craft to grab the beach, you have to drown a large number of people." Li Di shook his head, "It's a big deal, take it off immediately after you go ashore." He continued, "To be honest, I don't think there is any point in holding such an exercise in front of the enemy to seize the beach, and there will never be such an enemy force capable of carrying out anti-landing operations in this time and space." ”

"Think as thoroughly as you can." Zhu Mingxia said, "The war is ever-changing, and our abacus can't be too full. This is responsible for the lives of soldiers. ”

Several people also argued about some details in the beach. As an "adviser" and commander of the special reconnaissance team, Xue Ziliang has never spoken, and today a detachment of the headquarters of the special reconnaissance team took part in the exercise and was responsible for guiding the advance of the landing force and giving guidance to the target -- the young men did a good job. It's a bit of a Marine Corps force reconnaissance team. After being evacuated by the Lingao people, the village of Baitu has been depressed - only used as a backup port for the naval fishing team. Today, however, it is shrouded in the sound of artillery and gunfire. Dozens of ships, large and small, flying the Morning Star and the Navy flag are moored in the open sea. Dhows, dafa, medium and small hair, and rowboats shuttle back and forth around the big ship, transporting people and various supplies. Large and small chimneys spewed thick black smoke into the sky.

This is a joint landing exercise on land and sea, codenamed "Penglai-1631". The purpose was to test the joint combat capability of the northbound detachment, the navy's dispatch fleet, and the joint logistics headquarters. As a warm-up for the upcoming engine action.