Chapter 210: The Espionage War Triggered by Submarines
The news that the two main fleets that went to Longhua to participate in the war were all shattered in the sea off Qiantang in Longhua was informed by the merchants who returned to the Sun Country, and the entire Sun Country was in an uproar. When did this Longhua country, which was beaten by their navy and had no ships to dare to go out and no ports available, actually have the ability to sink the combined large fleet of their two main fleets to the bottom of the sea?
In the face of these news spreading, the people who were angry were still investigating the cause of the total destruction of the navy. They had to come forward to reassure the people, saying that whoever provoked the majesty of their invincible navy would be severely punished. Now the royal family and the cabinet are discussing the plan to send troops again.
Once the plan for sending troops is decided, it will definitely give Xu Jiajun, who caused tens of thousands of naval officers and men in their two fleets to be shattered, a price that will never be forgotten. Only then did some of the anger of the people be calmed down a little, and it also made these citizens remember three words, that is, the Longhua 'Xu Jiajun' who wiped out their tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers.
It's just that compared to the promises made by the government spokesman to the people, the Cabinet of the Sun, the Imperial Family, and even the Admiralty are all investigating the truth about the total destruction of the Combined Fleet. Still like the previous incident when the two ships were sunk off the coast of Dragon City, the cabinet and navy of the Sun Kingdom did not believe that Longhua State had such naval strength at all.
Even if they had already learned that the Qiantang naval fleet of Longhua Kingdom already had three capital warships with the same configuration as their sub-fleet. However, the number of warships in their combined fleet that day exceeded 50, so how could they not be able to defeat three such capital ships? What an unreasonable thing!
It wasn't until their spy department stationed in Jiangdong Port sent them a telegram affirmatively pointing it out. Among the three main warships of the Qiantang Navy, those two Dreadnought-class warships were once stationed in the military port of the Jiangdong Eagle Navy in the name of the Royal Navy of the Eagle Country. As for the murderer who caused the destruction of the Combined Fleet this time, it was not the Royal Navy of the Eagle Kingdom who was behind the scenes. There is no evidence yet.
The 88th Fleet has now been cut off by two, and if they want to attack the Qiantang Military Port again, they must send two more detachments there. You can send two more fleets over, and if you can win, you will be happy, but if you can destroy the whole army there. Then their own safety is in danger!
As an island nation, the two main fleets must sit at home. This means that they have four fleets left to deploy. However, they stationed a detachment in Changbai Road, and Dongtai Port must also retain a permanent detachment. In addition, they also need to deter the surrounding small Asian countries, and they also need two detachments to be dispatched from time to time.
I don't dare to lose the slightest bit at all. Because once the two fleets are lost in Longhua, it will completely affect their status as a large navy. What's more, there is no evidence to prove that the destruction of the combined fleet is related to the detachment of the two countries stationed in Longhua. If not, it means that the Xu family army of Longhua State is in the navy. There must be hidden strengths that they don't know about.
If there is any evidence to prove it, this time the detachment was completely destroyed. Behind it is indeed made by the two countries. Then in the face of the suppression of these two powerful naval powers. Unless they are willing to fight to the death with both defeats, they can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs. After all, to be strong and competitive, you also need to distinguish the status quo!
When the royal family and cabinet of the Sun Kingdom instructed the spy department to increase the intelligence collection within the jurisdiction of the Xu Jiajun in Longhua, the Xu Jiajun Intelligence Department had long expected this. has even set up countless temptations, waiting for these little devils to be sent to the door by the spy department. As a result, let the little devil stationed in Longhua. Not to mention the losses of the troops, most of the information found has no practical value.
Until they lurked in an intelligence agent in the consulate of the United States, sent an urgent information, saying that the consul general of the two countries. After the end of the naval war. once had a private meeting with Xu Bin for the first time. Moreover, after the two consul generals returned, they quickly contacted the domestic and naval sides, and seemed to be discussing the procurement and cooperation of a secret warship.
As soon as this information was sent, it immediately aroused the concern of the little devil's spy department, and as for the country, there was no loophole in Xu Jiajun. He focused on the personnel stationed in Longhua of the two countries, and made every effort to detect what kind of unknown secrets the two governments were carrying out with Xu Jiajun.
In addition to collecting information at the consulate, the spy agencies of the little devils stationed in Jiangdong Port and Haicheng constantly inquired about the news with the naval officers and men of the observation group sent by the two countries at that time. As some of the navies of the two countries could not resist the temptation to tell the secret of the submarine, the officers and men in the cabinet of the Sun who were still clamoring to send more warships over were also frightened into a cold sweat by this news.
A kind of warship that can lurk on the bottom of the sea to attack and attack is the murderer who caused the little devil navy to be destroyed in the Qiantang Sea this time. As soon as this news reached the top of the little devil, the Minister of the Navy, who was urgently summoned, asserted. If Xu Jiajun's navy really has this kind of warship that can fire torpedoes at close range underwater, then he has not come up with a way to crack these warships lurking underwater. Sending warships over again will not help, it will only lead to the loss of naval strength again!
The little devil emperor who came to this conclusion was naturally furious and ordered the Admiralty to study a way to deal with this kind of underwater submarine as soon as possible. In any case, we must avenge the officers and men of the Navy who died in vain. In this regard, the Admiralty said that it is not a little difficult to crack this kind of warship ambushed on the bottom of the sea without understanding the specific performance of that kind of warship.
At the suggestion of the Admiralty, the little devil Zuihou decided to increase the intelligence collection work of the two navies. It is necessary to get the specific performance parameters of this kind of warship that can lurk underwater, so that the Admiralty can base it on the performance of this kind of warship. The corresponding countermeasures were developed, and then they would attack Longhua in one fell swoop and completely destroy the Longhua Navy.
Of course, the subtext is that before this kind of countermeasure weapon is developed, they can only stare at Xu Jiajun and have no way. At this time, in the hearts of the little devil royal family and the cabinet, Xu Jiajun has been regarded as the number one opponent, an opponent who is more worthy of their vigilance than Li Shichang, the current president of Longhua State.
It's just that what they don't know is that when they found out about Xu Jiajun's submarine, Xu Jiajun was lurking in the Sun Country's spy personnel. He also quickly fed back this news to Xu Jiajun's headquarters, and learned that this leaked information was transmitted from the consulates and navies of the two countries.
Although Xu Bin knew that the matter of the submarine would be known to the little devil sooner or later, this did not prevent him from taking advantage of the topic to go crazy. Directly let the foreign affairs department of the Governor's Office cancel all submarine negotiations with the two countries. The reason is very simple, that is, the intelligence work of the two countries is too poor, which has led to the leakage of the submarine.
In order to ensure that the parameters of the submarine are not leaked, Xu Jiajun temporarily interrupted all negotiations with Jishu to transfer, when the two countries came up with a feasible action to show that selling the submarine to them would not be obtained by the little devils. Then continue this negotiation!
The reason was very reasonable, but it made the consuls and admiralty ministers of the two countries furious, and these dwarves were so arrogant. Beat all the spies inside them, and that's okay. Not to mention, in order to appease Xu Bin's anger, the consulates of the two countries conducted a very detailed investigation. Not to mention, this investigation made the consuls-general and intelligence officers and soldiers of the two countries blush.
In their consulates, some foreign affairs personnel are small devils and spy personnel, accounting for more than half. Even the so-called aunts and plumbers who were invited to come in and sweep the floor turned out to be spy agents of little devils. Moreover, even many national staff in the consulate were bought by little devils. The consulate they thought was tight, but in the eyes of the little devils, it was full of loopholes.
The results of this investigation are not only angry but shocking! The consul generals of the two countries, after feeding the news back to China, took these investigation reports. The two countries have once again joined forces to issue a serious warning to the government of the little devils, accusing the little devils of this kind of intelligence gathering work, if it is not stopped, it will be regarded as a provocation to the two countries.
In addition to the consulate searching for a large number of little devil intelligence personnel, the Admiralty's investigation and interrogation also found out many officers and soldiers who participated in the war that day. Leaked the verbal agreement that their commander had promised to keep secret at the time. The fate of these officers and men is handled by the naval departments of the two countries.
With these investigation reports in hand, the consul generals of the two countries asked Xu Bin again, saying that this time the incident was indeed their negligence. I didn't expect these little dwarfs to be so bold and dare to treat their consulate as nothing. At the same time, on behalf of his own government, he also expressed his gratitude to Xu Bin for his reminder. Of course, zuihou they also raised the hope that negotiations on submarines will take place as scheduled.
As for the price of Zuihou's talks, as a sincere reason, the two governments can give up some additional benefits. Even in order to get the jishu of the submarine, Xu Bin has always hoped to import precision instruments from them, and the governments of the two countries can also provide Xu Bin with an appropriate amount of mouths. Take it as the sincerity of causing losses to Xu Jiajun this time!
Seeing that the consul generals of the two countries were so sincere, Xu Bin, who was himself a pretext, also quickly showed himself. As a qualified partner with close relations with the two countries in Longhua, he does not want to let the affairs of the little devil damage his relationship with the two countries. It's just that as the commander-in-chief of Xu Jiajun, he must ensure that Xu Jiajun's safety bottom line is not leaked. That's why the negotiations were interrupted.
Now that the two countries have cleaned up the spy personnel in the consulate, Xu Bin naturally will not hold on to it anymore, and explain that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can continue to negotiate with Yingmi and the two countries on the transfer of the submarine's Jishu to the submarine for physical sales. Of course, the experience of getting on the ship that has been waiting for a long time can also be done as scheduled.
Anyway, a re-refitted Seawolf-class submarine has been waiting in Jiangdu Port for a long time, just waiting for these naval officials of the two countries to go over and experience it for themselves. How much of a threat does this kind of warship that can lurk under the water pose to the surface ships of the Navy! (To be continued......)