Essex felt that he had been deceived, took a deep breath, and asked Shenzhen with a calm face:

"Commander Shenzhen, in the data you provided, there are quite a few islands in the Southern Hemisphere, and all of these islands are beyond your exclusive exploration area.

"Some of them are already within the boundaries of our exclusive exploration range.

"And according to our original agreement, and also your request, neither of us can explore outside of our own exclusive exploration sea area."

Shenzhen had long thought that the other party would have this question, and replied directly with a light cough:

"We only agreed that during the buffer period of the agreement, neither of us could use aircraft and fleets to explore the sea outside of our exclusive exploration range.

"And as I said before, we were already in the southern hemisphere before we signed the agreement."

Shenzhen's story is true, but it is seriously misleading.

Essex frowned when he heard this, and took it for granted that Shenzhen meant that the islands were discovered before the agreement period.

This made Essex even more complicated.

So much so that he began to wonder whether the conditions proposed by the other side for the first time to give one-quarter of the sea area to his headquarters were more advantageous than fair exploration.

In that case, at least the boundary that sticks to the current scope of exploration belongs to its own side.

But it's too late to say anything now, and it's impossible to go back to the original conditions.

I can only sign the agreement as soon as possible, and then avoid the coordinate points provided by the other party and explore in a targeted manner.

Essex took a deep breath and stopped pursuing anything, because there was no point in pursuing it:

"According to the plan for resolving the conflict that has just been determined, all the islands that have been discovered by both of us belong to you to the north and to the south of the archipelago of Space Island.

"So we're going to make duplicate islands south of the Space Island archipelago in your list of islands, and cross them out of the document you provided."

Shenzhen nodded slightly:

"That's fine, we'll enforce our agreement, but you'll only be screened by the list you've already provided us, not any other data source."

Essex nodded in agreement:

"I understand."

After Essex finished speaking, he reminded the staff around him to pay attention to careful comparison.

The staff of the USN agreed together, and from the headquarters outward, one by one, they were inspected.

Dozens of staff members toiled all morning, and only a few duplicate islands were found, which were not many in number and not large in size.

The reason is also very simple, they have very little exploration outside the scope of restrictions.

Essex looked at the result in the end, a little regretful, a little helpless, but also accepted the reality.

After confirming that the documents were correct, Lexington informed the Senate to open voting.

This agreement must be adopted.

On the surface, this is an acknowledgment of ownership of the islands controlled by the other party, and if you don't, it is equivalent to telling the other party that we are going to fight with you for the ownership of these islands.

This is tantamount to denying the sovereignty of the other side, which means conflict, severance of diplomatic relations, or even war.

Even if you really want to go to war, you have to really explore the world.

So this agreement was approved by a majority on the spot.

Washington, Enterprise, Lexington, and Essex signed in turn and returned the documents to Shenzhen.

Shenzhen left with the signed documents, and the senate of the USN temporarily adjourned.

Essex gave the order to those responsible:

"Immediately, immediately, as quickly as possible, mark the islands listed by the other party on the map, find out the largest blank area, and provide direction for future exploration."

Then with other high-ranking members of the command, they got together again and opened fire

Essex was the first to speak:

"Now it seems that the situation is quite unfavorable for us, and the number, area, and scope of the islands that the other side has discovered far exceed ours."

Iowa thought for a moment:

"The other side is six commands, and the range found is more than ours, and this is nothing."

Washington followed suit:

"I don't think it's possible for the other party to explore the whole world, there must be directions they haven't been to yet.

"If we haven't explored the direction, the coordinates will definitely be blank, we just need to go in this direction and continue to explore."

Immediately, there was a chorus of echo.

The enterprise nodded slowly:

"Then let the exploration fleet get ready immediately, it's best to leave the mainland now, wait in the outer military port, and let them set off as soon as the direction is confirmed."

Washington nodded and said:

"I'll give the order."

Lexington frowned slightly, and muttered in a low voice:

"You have a lot of point, but why do I always feel a little uneasy......

After the idea was decided, the high-level meeting was temporarily closed.

Then the relevant staff spent a day and a night marking all the islands on an unfolded world map.

The top brass of the headquarters gathered again and looked at the map together, all feeling a sense of relief.

Washington let out a long breath and said:

"It's very intuitive now, the other party's exploration scope is also limited, mainly concentrated on the route between the Northern Islands, the Western Islands, and the IJN headquarters, and there are almost no gaps in this area.

"Then there is the Western Islands to the south, an area less than 5,000 kilometers wide, and from the Western Islands to the west, from the other side of the planet, around the Northern Islands and near the IJN.

"As a result, there are still four large blank areas on the entire planet.

"First, 8,000 kilometers west of our headquarters, there is a stretch of about 8,000 kilometers wide from east to west, from the South Pole to the north to the equator.

"Second, the northern archipelago and the western archipelago route is northern, thousands of kilometers wide from east to west, but it is too close to the North Pole, this piece has no value, and it is recommended to give it up.

"Thirdly, the Northern Islands are 8,000 kilometers to the east, with a width of nearly 10,000 kilometers from east to west, from the Arctic to the other side's exploration route near the Tropic of Cancer.

"Fourth, the IJN headquarters is 4,000 kilometers to the east, and the width from east to west is also nearly 10,000 kilometers, from the South Pole to the other side's exploration route near the Tropic of Capricorn.

"Thirdly, fourthly, it was originally the same area, but there was a sloping explored area in the middle that belonged to the other side, and the north and south sides were still blank.

"I suggest that the exploration fleet set off at once, and divide the troops into three directions."

Washington was so clear and straightforward that everyone could understand what was going on a map, so they almost immediately agreed with Washington.

All the top officials were unanimous, and the order was conveyed immediately.

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