The military port of Taranto is currently the main anchorage of the Italian Navy, and the main ships of the Italian Navy are currently anchored here.

From the five Durio and their modifications to the state-of-the-art Turin class, the development of the Italian Navy can be seen here. Of course, the three Turin classes and the two Venetian reclassifications are not always visible, and if you had been in the dockyard for refit two or three months earlier, you would not have seen them at all.

Of course, it is not something that can be seen just by looking at it now, because the masts of these five ships are fenced off. Of course, if you look closely, you can see that it is not only these five warships that are fenced, but also many other warships have many masts fenced.

As for what was going on inside, of course, as an outsider, he didn't know, but Colonel Gomez, as the captain of the Venice, definitely knew what it was.

Colonel Gomes, that's right, colonel, was promoted to colonel in the second year after the end of the Italo-Austrian war. It can be said that it took Gomes less than ten years to rise from a junior lieutenant to a mid-to-senior colonel in the Navy.

It can be said that Gomes's promotion path in the Navy can be described as taking an elevator, after all, the promotion of the vast majority of officers in the Navy can be described as thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

But who let Gomes be listed in the upper echelons of the Navy, as a good naval officer, Gomes deserves it. There are only a handful of people in the navy who are close to Gomes in age, and Colonel Leffel, who is his friend, is undoubtedly the most dazzling.

In the rank promotion, it is faster than Gomez, which can be known through his position as captain of the battleship Turin. But there is no way to do it, who has made Lefell serve as the king's lieutenant, and he has a better record than the others.

This is not on his own battleship, looking at the newly renovated communication room in front of him, listening to the communication officer who has just finished training, and the stupid and rough equipment in front of him.

"Captain, this is a transceiver, this is a code translator, we can receive or send information through the transceiver, and we have heard the code translator translate the code......"

After listening to the communications officer's account, Colonel Gomez opened his mouth to ask a key question. "How far can a telegram be received?"

Yes, to be a good naval officer, Colonel Gomez is most interested in communication distance. Because communications are very important to the Navy, and this touches every aspect of the Navy.

Take the simplest example of night communication, there is no radio, the navy's night communication is better than nothing, basically rely on communication ships to communicate, generally except for emergencies, the navy rarely uses communication ships at night, because it is not safe. And with radio, naval communications are much better. And this is still only counting night communications, if it involves all aspects such as command and reconnaissance, it will be more.

In particular, in terms of command, at present, the command of naval warfare in various countries basically relies on flags and lights, which can only convey simple information, and is extremely disturbing, and in addition, the delay is very serious. This is very backward on the battlefield where every second counts, and of course this is when there is radio communication. So radio is very important, and it will also change the weapon of battlefield command.

And Colonel Gomez, as the commander, needs to understand this wireless telegraph before he can make reasonable arrangements.

"The device can guarantee a maximum communication distance of 50 nautical miles in good weather, and only 20 nautical miles in the worst thunderstorms."

Hearing the words of the communications officer, Colonel Gomes said that he already knew. Although this distance is simply garbage that should be thrown into the sea for future generations. But for now, it's simply high-tech.

So Colonel Gomez was not dissatisfied, but very satisfied. Of course, it was not only him, but the navy was also extremely satisfied with this, otherwise it would not have purchased twenty stupid radios from the Marconi Telegraph Company to install on the warship.

That's right, this Marconi telegraph company is the same Marconi of the teenage genius Galilmore Marconi.

After the invention of the radio, Marconi, with the help of his teacher Tesla, continued to invest in improving the radio and striving to make it communicate farther.

Of course, in view of the current technology and material limitations, if you want to increase the communication distance, you can only use force in the direction of high power, so at present, the Marconi telegraph company produces stupid big and thick, one is bigger than the other, and it is still no shadow from the small telegraph in the film and television.

At present, the Marconi telegraph company has only just opened, and due to secrecy reasons, Marconi has also been improving the radio before, and after the initial practicality, the telegraph company named after him has also opened.

With the equipping of the navy, it is believed that soon the Marconi telegraph company will receive other orders, as long as it is equipped, it will not be kept secret for too long, which is also facilitating the technological expansion of the Marconi telegraph company.

Of course, in the newly opened company, Marconi has a 15% stake in technology. Of course, this alone is not enough, unlike Tesla, which was poor at the time, Marconi's family was very good, and he himself had business acumen, plus Carlo wanted to win over Marconi, so the Marconi family paid a sum of money for him to occupy 30% of the shares of the telegraph company.

The matter of the Marconi telegraph company can be put to an end, and for the present Colonel Gomez, who, having learned of the role of wireless telegraphy, immediately returned to his residence and prepared to write an article on the role of radio on the cruising formation, which would be published in the naval weekly. Although he also knew that after the mass installation of radios in warships, there would be a whole bunch of such articles, but it was also a way to gain fame, and he had no reason to give up.

And if you want your colleagues in the Navy to know more about yourself, this is indeed a good way.

After all, there is a general level further up, and a colonel-level officer who wants to become a general still has to be somewhat famous.

Just as he returned to his residence and was about to start, he didn't expect his friend to visit.

"Gomes, I knew you were there."

The person who came with an enthusiastic face was none other than Lefehr, and I saw him come to Gomes with familiarity.

"Yo, I'm going to write an article on the use of radio."

Seeing his friend, Gomez put down his pen. "Yes, if I don't work hard, I'll be thrown off by you again, and it's good to be an adjutant."

"Don't be so stingy, didn't I get promoted two years earlier than you, and now we're already at the same level. Don't worry, in the future, I will command the battleship formation, and you will command the cruiser formation, and we will combine our swords and let everyone know how powerful we are. ”

The conversation between the two was also cold, and they dared to say anything. This is also the reason why the two have become friends, and sometimes it is really important to cherish each other.

"By the way, did you come to me this time to help me correct my article?"

"What do you think, I'm here to tell you that I have a mission."

As soon as he heard that there was a mission, Gomez suddenly came to his senses. "It's not the Dutchman's mission."

The mission Gomez mentioned, the Navy had a briefing before, and the captains of the battleships that needed to be transferred all got some hints.

In the face of Gomez's words, Leffel nodded in agreement.

Now Gomez was even happier. "When are you leaving?"

"Ten days later, we will first go to East Africa to approach the 1st Division, and then go directly to Pontianak."

"Look, what else can you say, even the news you know before us."

Leffel smiled at his friend's joking accusations. "Even if I don't say it, I'll let you know tomorrow."

"Well, you don't know, I'm not really complaining, I hope this time the Dutch will be interesting, otherwise it will show the results of my Venice training for so many years."