The invention of the telegraph has brought convenience to Australia, even if it is thousands of miles away, the people in different time zones can also communicate conveniently, and the news of the Yangtze River No. 1 to Batavia has been sent to Hong Kong's overseas consulate before departure. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Billy Zhou, who received the news, was still building an intelligence network in Xin'an, Guangzhou, and other places in Macau, but fortunately, after seeing the news on the third day, he realized a very serious problem, Australia wants to develop, and it is only a matter of time before its geographical location is exposed, but this will definitely attract the attention of many Western colonists.

As for the Dutch or the Batavians, the two colonies employ more than 2,000 men, and the number of fleets that can be deployed is more than 20 ships, in addition to these, they also use armed merchant ships that can be turned into warships immediately.

The maritime merchants of this period were not serious merchants, and both the Eastern and Western maritime merchants had a certain pirate background.

The situation was very serious, and after reading the report, Zhou Billy bluntly said like Wu Zhengdao and others, with an anxious expression on his face.

He is in charge of the security intelligence work inside and outside Australia, and he knows better than anyone how many people there are in the country, because the time is relatively short, and new personnel have not been trained in addition, so at this time, the local intelligence personnel have almost no counter-reconnaissance personnel except for a civilian staff member who stays behind.

If the Dutch pretend to be vacant and enter Australia to investigate the situation, it will inevitably affect the safety of the entire traverser.

Billy Zhou, who looked anxious, told everyone about the situation he analyzed one by one, and everyone also gasped, so he immediately sent a telegram to Lin Wendong in Batavia, asking him to pay attention to the infiltration of special personnel into Australia, and at the same time, the telegram was also sent to the Chang'an base.

Although the committee members who received the telegram were a little surprised, they did not panic too much, but asked the team in charge of the construction of the port shore defense how the defensive fort was doing, and then asked the military engineering team how many days it would take to install the artillery.

In the end, it was concluded that as long as the fort was built, it would only take two days for the military industrial group to install the coastal defense guns, with a firing range of about 2,000 meters.

The Perfect set sail, although the Yangtze River No. 1 will return to China ahead of schedule, but if it faces the attack of more than a dozen enemy warships, I am afraid that it will be powerless.

Therefore, the expansion of the navy is bound to be imperative, Wang Tiehammer once again emphasized the importance of the navy, according to the expansion plan proposed by the navy, it is expected that the entire Australia will start construction of three steam-powered warships by the end of this year, they will be the main ships of the Australian Navy, as for the perfect, before the fuel is found, I am afraid that it can only dock in the port as a floating turret.

As for whether the shipyard has the ability to build three, Wang Tiehammer spoke, even if it does not have the ability to build and buy three ships to renovate, it is necessary to let the Australian Navy have three warships this year, this is a military order, Lin Wendong did not agree at that time but said to do his best, after all, shipbuilding is a technical job, the whole Australia lacks talents in this area, and the guarantee is equivalent to making a military order, which is to go to a military court.

Of course, if it is a steam ship, there is no problem with this, which he can guarantee that the molds of the machinery and equipment are all out, as long as they are assembled, after all, he already has experience, and under this premise, he is indeed more confident than independent shipbuilding.

Although the local call back, so that Zhou Billy does not have to worry about the safety of the homeland, he is still a little relieved, although he does not know how the espionage skills of various countries in the 17th century are, but there is an old saying that is very good, it is always good to take precautions, and when things really come out, it will be too late.

Others can be careless, he doesn't believe it, this is Billy Zhou's request to himself, as an intelligence officer, his existence is to minimize all possible dangers to Australia.

So after sending the telegram, he immediately boarded a merchant ship bound for Batavia, hoping to meet the Yangtze River No. 1 and return to China at the same time, so that he would have time to make some arrangements on the mainland.

When Billy Zhou appeared in front of Lin Wendong and Qi Yu, the expressions of the two of them were so surprised that their mouths were O-shaped, and they couldn't believe it, how did this guy come here, Batavia, who came on another merchant ship, was it too fast in time.

Billy didn't tell them he was coming before he left, which caused them to look so surprised.

The three of them sat in the wing of the inn, ordered some food and drink, and then began to talk.

"Proportion, how is the situation with Daming, why did you come suddenly, is something happening?"

Zhou Billy is not very talkative, a little silent, even if he speaks, his face is expressionless, his face is stiff, if ordinary people are definitely unwilling to talk to him, but Qi Yu and Lin Wendong both know his identity and work arrangement.

"Come and see, as a precaution, do you consider that the Dutch will send spies to infiltrate when you transport goods back to the mainland."

This question made the two of them a little dumbfounded, and they really didn't know how to answer for a while, they really didn't think about this question, especially Qi Yu, he only thought about transporting cheap items back to the mainland, as for whether he would bring the spy back, he really didn't think about it.

Even if he thought about it, he couldn't tell which one was the secret agent, so he said a little apologetically: "I really haven't thought about it, but if there is, we may not be able to tell the difference." ”

This is true, if it is so easy to be discovered, is it still called a secret agent, it is better to go home and farm.

Zhou Billy took a bite of food: "So I'm here, now you don't have to worry, even if the Dutch sent a powerful agent, I can tell them to pull, but fortunately you told me the departure time in advance, this time thanks to the telegraph, otherwise there may really be an accident." ”

Would the Dutch really send spies into Australia? It doesn't look like so! Qi Yu asked with some disbelief.

"Historically, the Dutch were able to come to the Far East by stealing the Spanish Far East navigation charts, so they were able to come to the Far East smoothly, and gradually develop and grow, and even defeated Spain in this hegemony for a time, for such a country with the secrets of other countries, do you think they will?"

Billy Zhou's historical knowledge seems to be a good learner, and he can actually use the history of how the Dutch came to the Far East to ask Qi Yu, which shows that he still has some historical knowledge.