Lin Haijiang for Napoleon. Victor. The title of Prince Ahena can be said to be extremely unfamiliar, and the intelligence department of the empire can also be said to be at a loss, because the information of the European royal family is not within the scope of their collection at all, and the European department of the empire and the minister are only five people, and their main job is to sort out Miller's letters from Europe, and then analyze the information from it.

Lin Haijiang is most concerned with this Napoleon now. Victor. Was Prince Athena important enough to Emperor Napoleon III? Can it touch the nerves of the French?

Due to the distance between Europe, the intelligence and news coming and going seem to be a little delayed, but what makes Lin Haijiang more reassuring is that compared with the delay in intelligence, the deployment of the French army will be slower, but the premise of all this is that the French army will fight with him in Indochina.

The U.S. Civil War was like tea, and it could be said that it was fought happily, and the Southern Alliance, which had purchased a large number of advanced weapons, was defeated by the Northern Army at first, but the North finally resisted the fierce offensive of the South, and the two sides entered a stage of see-saw.

The American Civil War and the Prussian Wars against Denmark and Austria drew the attention of the world's strategically conscious leaders to the importance of the telegraph and the railroad, which allowed the commander to command several corps at the same time in an almost simultaneous campaign in an area of several hundred square kilometers, and the railroad could quickly transport the superior forces of the headquarters through the railroad and concentrate the superior forces on the enemy's salient or weak point in an extreme time. These two technologies, which have long been invented but have not yet been fully disseminated, have received great attention.

Lin Haijiang can even be sure that in a year, if something big happens in Europe, he won't need to wait dozens of days to find out, at most a week! Or even two or three days! This is the power of the special line telegraph, Lin Haijiang really wanted to lay the submarine cable from Haikou to Huiwan, but the amount of work was huge, and the cost was not proportional to the use value temporarily, so he had to give up.

In order to lay a telegraph line, Lin Haijiang even wanted to carry out large-scale mining of Hainan's gold and silver mines, but in the end Lin Haijiang still dispelled this idea, because most of Hainan's gold and silver mines and their precious rare metals, such as beryllium and niobium, two rare metals that could not be replaced by later strategic aerospace, if mined now, it would be absolutely impossible to refine and decompose with backward metallurgical metals, and the huge losses even exceeded the gold mine itself.

In terms of mining and exploitation, Lin Haijiang learned a bad habit of later generations, the world buys these non-renewable resources, and resolutely does not exploit or even less local resources, and the policy of this is basically in line with the basic policy of the United States in later generations, and the difficulty of Lin Haijiang to imitate it now is naturally much smaller than that of later generations, and leaving only as many resources as possible to his children and grandchildren has become the leading ideology of the Chinese Empire's energy development and mineral construction and development, and seeking greater living space from the outside is Lin Haijiang's established policy.

Lin Haijiang's return to Haikou was eventually delayed, because the French sent a yellow-faced and tired Navy Colonel El? Raffarin as a negotiator?

Lin Haijiang really doesn't understand these Frenchmen, and he doesn't take care of them, but they come to find trouble for himself? Could it be that the French are going to surrender? Lin Haijiang really couldn't think of what the purpose of the meeting was in France's proposal. And this so-called El? Admiral Raffarin should be the commander of the French naval fleet in Indochina in the previous intelligence, the guy who fled on horseback as soon as the gunfire rang out in the Battle of Huiwan, which made Xu Wenshu complain about the person who was not caught.

For this French naval colonel who cherishes his life very much, Lin Haijiang despises his professional ethics and military quality as a soldier, but from the bottom of his heart, Lin Haijiang wishes that his enemies are all like this, except for the Marina battleship that is now being refurbished in Haikou and named Blitz 118, most of the forty-one battleships captured can only be called boat-class, not ships, Lin Haijiang is a little helpless about this, it seems that he is too late, or the French acted too early, And there were not even a single 3rd rank sail battleship captured? The flagship of the dignified fleet of the French Empire in Indochina turned out to be a fourth-class sail cruiser, and the other ironclad gunboats of six or seven hundred tons were tasteless dried fish in Lin Haijiang's eyes.

For the sake of the Marina's face, Lin Haijiang made an exception to meet with El in person? Colonel Raffarin, when El? Colonel Raffarin looked at Lin Haijiang in a snow-white military uniform with a smile on his face, he could not imagine that such a young man who looked non-threatening and smiled very comfortably launched this despicable attack, causing his panicked self to ruin his already bleak future.

But for the leader of a country to be able to personally meet with his defeated general, El? Raffarin was still very grateful, so El? Raffarin snapped a straight salute and said loudly: "The Second French Empire, the Second Fleet of the Navy, the commander of the Indochina Fleet? Colonel Raffarin salutes His Excellency the Honorable Führer! ”

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly and said: "The respect between soldiers is from the heart, whether it is for friends and enemies, no matter how fanciful the verbal words are, but there is no respect in my heart, you are a soldier, and I am also a soldier, so we don't have to waste too much of your precious time on these subsections, Mr. Colonel, please go straight to the point!" ”

El? Raffarin was slightly stunned at first, and then said with some embarrassment: "Kashgar. His Excellency Major General Duras has sent me to negotiate with you, although China and France have entered a state of war, but our Indochina garrison has not yet received an order to declare war from the Empire, this is a unilateral attack by your side, taking into account the humanitarian position, and not affecting civilians and unarmed soldiers and personnel. Major General Duras asks for your permission to evacuate the civilians stranded in the area of hostilities. ”

Lin Haijiang looked at the emaciated El? Colonel Raffarin, with a wave of his hand, several chefs pushed French croissants, French veal steaks, dried cheese, fried bacon in the food cart, and the smell of food wafted in the air. Colonel Raffarin's throat moved unconsciously, he didn't know what it was like to be full for a long time, due to the blockade of the port and the lack of supplies, the French army basically relied on robbing the local Annamite food to survive. Naturally, Raffarin was included in the scope of not requiring special care, and lived a hungry life, if not Kashgar. Major General Duras suddenly released him, El? Raffarin had been suspecting that he might starve to death.

Lin Haijiang vs. El? Raffarin smiled slightly: "Mr. Colonel, you eat something first, and when you are full, you have the strength to make a request, don't you?" ”

El? Raffarin didn't feel that his ability to speak English was something to be proud of, but the Englishman spoke French to show his extraordinary status, but in the face of this seemingly approachable head of the Chinese Empire, a young man who did not need a French translator to speak fluently in English, El? Raffarin couldn't raise that pride and confidence in his heart anyway?

El? Raffarin tried to maintain as much propriety as he could, and he stuffed as much food into his mouth as he could. Raffarin wondered why his proud French pride could not be found here. El? What Raffarin didn't understand, Lin Haijiang knew very well, because the Chinese Empire defeated France here, and the self-esteem and honor of the soldiers were decorated by the glory of victory, and if they were defeated, then they needed to be decorated with life and blood.

France was defeated, but El, who was a French [***] man? Raffarin is still alive, so he can't find what he calls pride and self-esteem, humiliating to live? Live and die proudly, and win the admiration of the enemy with tragedy!

El? After Raffarin finished eating, Lin Haijiang handed him a cigar, then lit one for himself, and sat down like a friend. Raffarin said: "I remind the colonel that this is not the Indochina you say, this is the Indochina Peninsula, the mountains here, and the water here have belonged to China since ancient times, you have found the wrong place, I will only correct the mistake of historical common sense surnames once, I hope you will not cause my anger because of memory, and the other point is about the retreat of the expatriates, unless the French army surrenders completely, I will not consider it!" ”

El? Raffarin held a cigar in his hand but did not light it, Lin Haijiang's reply was already expected by him, under the premise that the other party had an absolute advantage, this kind of negotiation was tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation, so Kashgar. Duras himself refused to come, but released himself as a negotiator, which is to say Kashgar. Duras himself did not have any hope at all for this negotiation!

El? How did Raffarin know that while he had come to negotiate, Kashgar. Duras had secretly dispatched a dozen French troops who were familiar with the local situation and the light cavalry of the Janissaries to escort Prince Ahena to the junction of the branches of the Jingtai River, where there was an opium smuggling ship of the Englishman Muffis, which was Kashgar. Duras's real plan, so to speak, Kashgar. Duras deceived almost everyone.

He made everyone think that he was going to negotiate with the Chinese Empire, and laid down his arms and surrendered for the safety equipment of the big man, and the French army, which had been short of supplies for several months, was already on the verge of collapse, and as soon as the news of the negotiations spread, the troops suddenly lost their fighting spirit.

It is precisely in this that Kashgar. Duras succeeded in deceiving the Marines who sent infiltrated a large number of scouts, as well as the Annamite who provided intelligence to the Central and Southern Branch of the Chinese Imperial Intelligence Department!

El who knows that he will not be able to achieve results on this trip? Before leaving, Raffarin said to Lin Haijiang with gratitude: "In any case, I must also thank you for your hospitality, I have not eaten such sumptuous food for a long time, although I am a prisoner awaiting trial at the moment, but I am worthy of the imperial side." ”

El? Raffarin's words suddenly made Lin Haijiang slightly stunned? Lin Haijiang frowned and said, "Er? Colonel Raffarin, have you been arrested since you lost the port last time? ”

El? Raffarin nodded helplessly and ashamedly, and Lin Haijiang suddenly said solemnly: "Then can you tell me that it is Kashgar. Is the order of Major General Duras or the order of Prince Athena? ”

"What?" Dumbfounded? Raffarin was surprised for a long time before he said slowly, "How do you know the true identity of Prince Athena?" ”

El? Raffarin realized that he had lost his temper but it was too late to save it, and Lin Haijiang said with a disdainful expression: "Our intelligence work is far more powerful than you think, even in your heartland Paris, there are people who serve us!" ”

"This can't be, this is absolutely impossible!" El? Raffarin roared at Lin Haijiang excitedly, the muzzle of the guards outside the door unconsciously raised, and the four guards in the room were as steady as Mount Tai.

Lin Haijiang threw a Spanish gold coin in El? Raffarin said: "There is no fortress that it cannot break!" ”

El? Raffarin looked at the gold coin and sighed for a long time, he clearly knew that it was useless to say anything at this moment, because the other party had already known the true identity of His Royal Highness the Prince, and finally could only say gloomily: "Her beauty is like the moon in the sky, you will feel the lack of words when you use any word to describe her beauty, I didn't expect that as an enemy, you can't bear to threaten her with the means of war, it seems that the power of beauty is completely enough to melt the war that can only bring the threat of death!" ”

El? After Raffarin left, Lin Haijiang hesitated. Raffarin said that he had intelligence sources in France, and he was completely setting off smoke bombs, because Lin Haijiang's strategic focus at the moment was in the country and around Asia, and Europe was too far away for him, and relying on his existing intelligence staff was simply unable to work in Europe. Raffarin was able to return to France alive, and it is believed that the French will be desperate to dig up this spy traitor who can know many secrets and hide them deeply.

After wandering around the room for a few laps, Lin Haijiang suddenly realized that the intentions of the French did not stop there, according to the practice of the army, it is impossible for everyone to engage in the negotiation of surrender matters, you must know that if the contact fails, the morale of the entire unit will be completely collapsed, although the French troops are not strong in their will to fight, but their training and training are still regular, and his officers and generals are also relatively professional, it is impossible not to realize this, which is tantamount to cutting off the way of retreat.

Lin Haijiang's brows seemed to tighten tighter and tighter, if the French had so much hope for negotiations, why did they send a guy who was a prisoner not long ago to negotiate? Could it be that the French are afraid of Kashgar. Will Major General Duras or Prince Athena be detained?

All this seems to be too reasonable and normal, it seems that every arrangement of the French has sufficient reasons and interfaces, Lin Haijiang took a deep breath, could it be that he was too careful? Or are the French building plank roads in the dark? That's right! It must be so!

Immediately let Jia Wuji, Ma Jiang and others from the patrol fleet report to me immediately! After Lin Haijiang finished his order, he looked at the sand table meticulously, he was looking for where the French could hide the ships? Because a small boat will never sail far, and if the French had a ship, then the ship would certainly not be a small boat.

After Jia Wuji arrived, Lin Haijiang put out all his analyses and worries, and Jia Wuji, Ma Jiang and the others all fell into silence after looking at each other, because the stakes were very high, so everyone was extra cautious.

After a while, Ma Jiang frowned and said: "We have searched the Jingtai River no less than five times, and some local forces along the coast that are not good have also been expelled, even a row can not be hidden, let alone any big boats, what I am worried about now is not what ships the French are hiding, but that there are often smuggling boats of British opium dealers in the waters in this area!" ”

Jia Wuji nodded approvingly and said: "I have the same opinion as Captain Ma, in the past few months, we have sunk no less than a dozen opium smuggling ships from India, due to the strict blockade of the two Guangzhou, now opium can go ashore except for the too far away Tianjin Wei is the Nanqi side of Annam on the Indochina Peninsula, a large amount of opium landed from here and then entered Yungui by land for sale, these opium sales transportation process is extremely difficult, but in the end it is expensive to buy and sell." ”

Lin Haijiang looked at the chart and said in surprise: "Are you worried that Prince Athena of the French will sneak away on a British ship?" ”

Jia Wuji nodded and said: "It's not worry, but it's probably the case, the French and their insincere negotiation methods and negotiators, and abnormal arrangements are nothing more than letting us relax our vigilance, so as to produce wrong judgments to cover up their true intentions!" ”

Jia Wuji paused and looked at the chart and continued: "There are a lot of British ships passing in this area, it is impossible for us to intercept all the passing ships, for the opium ships in the past, we take the opium to sink after transporting opium, clean and neat, if we are armed to openly intercept British merchant ships, then this kind of behavior is equivalent to a direct declaration of war?" ”

Lin Haijiang thought for a moment and said: "Then the ship that is most likely carrying Prince Athena is very likely to be flying the British flag, but this is only a possibility, immediately dispatch all ships to conduct a thorough search of the ships that have stayed in Huiwan and nearby, and resolutely sink them in case of armed resistance, and we will not only check the ships of the British flag, as long as they are the merchant ships passing by and staying near the Huiwan Bay for a comprehensive and thorough inspection." ”

"Be sure to find this Prince Athena for me, and let me see who she is! So much so that the French dog jumped over the wall in a hurry and forced out a secret Chen Cang! Lin Haijiang smiled slightly, the Frenchman's hand was only a little bit off.

(To be continued)