Fortunately, the passenger ferry from Guangzhou to Nanyang has been opened at this time.
Zhang Yong, Sun Xiang and Liu Hao left directly by boat.
After returning to Batavia, Zhang Yong saw no one else.
After hearing this, more than half of the team that returned were captured by the Renaissance Army.
Zhang Yong and his team have accomplished their mission relatively well.
But he has already gone back, and he has no plans to return to his homeland for the time being.
After consulting with him, the Chinese intelligence agency sent him back to Cape Town.
After returning to Cape Town, Zhang Yong continued to be his police chief.
However, the colonial authorities gave him a promotion.
He became the Chief Constable of the entire Southern District of Cape Town.
His subordinates even manage a team of Asan.
Ah San, who originally looked down on him, is now trying to curry favor with him like a duck.
Just a few days ago, Zhang Yong received a radio station sent via a Portuguese merchant ship.
His small villa on a hilltop northwest of the port came in handy at this time.
He camouflaged the antenna on the top of the mountain and installed the radio station in a hidden attic.
That day he made his first radio contact with the East African Radio station in Zanzibar.
Immediately the encrypted message was spread to the country.
It didn't take long for him to receive the first order from China.
"Pay close attention to the Japanese fleet in the port of Cape Town. Find out the travel patterns of the Japanese patrol fleet."
The Koreans suddenly came to Cape Town to guard against the Renaissance Army.
Divide its Indian Ocean fleet into two and take turns patrolling the southeastern African route from Cape Town to Zanzibar.
Zanzibar is now the default dividing line between the two sides.
Zhang Yong took advantage of the opportunity of patrolling the port area every day to observe the movements of Korean warships in the port.
He could also judge how long the sailing fleet would take by observing the amount of coal and other living supplies delivered to the port.
Zhang Yong originally didn’t know much about warships.
But after hanging out in the port area for a long time, he would often treat those Japanese sailors to drinks.
He would also use his authority to set up a place at the port for them to gamble.
As time went by, I naturally gained a lot of knowledge about warships from these people.
In addition, these sailors are also an important source of intelligence for him.
Zhang Yong was often able to get rum and cigarettes which were in short supply. This made him very popular among these white sailors even though he was Chinese.
Today, Zhang Yong was patrolling the port area with a team of Chinese police officers and a team of Asan as usual.
They had just captured a French sailor who was causing trouble after losing all his money, and a Bussy sailor who was beaten up for blocking their patrol route.
At this time, a whistle sounded from the direction of the military port.
Then seven or eight pillars of smoke rose up and then gradually faded away.
Zhang Yong kept it in his heart calmly.
Until evening, he came to the dock tavern area where sailors often gathered.
There is a tavern here that he opened.
Every time he patrols here, he will go back to sit in his tavern and hand over the patrol tasks to his men.
His subordinates knew very well that the sergeant often deserted his duties. However, he was generous to his subordinates and no one would snitch on him.
Sure enough, there were a particularly large number of sailors in the tavern today, and they were a different group of people.
He didn't need to go up to inquire specifically. He could know by just walking around that the Korean fleet in the port had just changed its defenses.
The first thing those sailors who have just completed their patrol mission do after disembarking is to relax in a tavern.
From the conversations of these sailors, he also learned about the patrol routes of the Japanese and the ports they stopped along the way.
This news is very important to Bao Youzhi.
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After passing through the Mozambique Channel, Bao Youzhi put the entire fleet into combat readiness.
"Didi..." the message sounded throughout the fleet.
Bao Youzhi returned to his command cabin.
Guo Yan also left the submarine's deck.
The country sent them the patrol route and current approximate location of the Korean patrol fleet.
Bao Youzhi didn't know how the military staff officers far away at home knew this information.
But he knew that since the information was sent to him, it was basically confirmed.
"Commander, we are now at 256 degrees south latitude and 373 degrees east longitude. To the west of us is the Port of Maputo. This is the Nadar territory of the Korean people. The Japanese fleet is probably resting here." Wang Huatao, chief of staff of the fleet, said
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This is only a rough analysis based on intelligence sent from China. It is not certain and requires the fleet to send its own personnel to investigate.
However, they knew that the Koreans probably had one armored cruiser, two destroyers and four frigates.
In terms of scale, it basically occupies half of the Indian Ocean fleet of the Republic of China.
But such a patrol fleet is simply not enough in front of the Second Fleet of the Renaissance Army.
If their entire fleet is hiding in Cape Town harbor, what can Bao Youzhi do against them?
But since Bao Youzhi seized the opportunity, the other party should not even think about escaping.
"Chief of Staff, send a destroyer and two frigates to Maputo for reconnaissance. By the way, let Guo Yan send two submarines to follow." Bao Youzhi ordered.
The main reason why only one reconnaissance team was dispatched was to avoid alerting the enemy.
When the French patrol fleet saw the Renaissance Army's fleet, the first thing they did was definitely run away.
They are not stupid and will not confront the Renaissance Army head-on.
As the name suggests, the purpose of the patrol fleet is to discover the enemy. If the enemy is too strong, then what they have to do is naturally send the information back.
Here in southern Africa, the only thing the Koreans deserve to protect is the Cape Town military port. If the Renaissance Army wants to destroy other places, they can destroy it.
Soon this small reconnaissance fleet left the main fleet and headed west.
The main fleet did not stop, but continued to sail south.
Because Bao wanted to intercept this Japanese patrol fleet, he also intercepted it from the south.
This will not only catch people by surprise, but also prevent Japanese people from escaping.
If the people of Yu wanted to escape, they would definitely flee south.
If they go north, they won't even have a place to supply supplies.
Therefore, if they want to retreat, they can only retreat to Cape Town in the south.
At this time in the subcontinent, Li Shaoquan was presiding over the reconstruction conference.
The most critical issue is naturally the demarcation of territorial boundaries.
And this time Li Shaoquan showed his excellent ability to mix mud.
The meeting was held intermittently for three months. Although there was always smoke, Li Shaoquan was able to successfully stabilize the forces of all parties and prevent the meeting from falling apart.
In fact, there were some areas where the allocation was not clear, so Li Shaoquan prepared the matter and put aside the dispute first, and then resolve it later.
In effect, the conflict is left to be resolved later.
Among them, the most difficult one is Shi Dakai's Holy Kingdom.
After all, the methods used by Li Shaoquan were also known to the civil servants of the Holy Kingdom who came from the same lineage.
But in fact, the Holy Kingdom is the biggest beneficiary of this reconstruction conference.
After the reconstruction, the Holy Kingdom was undoubtedly the most powerful country in the entire subcontinent.
Not only in terms of territory, but also in terms of industrial and agricultural production.
The cultivated land along the Yajiang River and West Bengal produces a large amount of food every year.
The industrial zone received from the Han people in the new Holy Capital City laid the foundation for the Holy Kingdom to move towards industrialization.
This makes the Holy Kingdom one of the few countries in the Great China Circle system with a relatively complete industrial system.
In terms of cotton textile industry, apart from being slightly deficient in scale, the Holy Kingdom has been able to catch up with the local region in other aspects.
Moreover, the labor cost in the hands of the Holy Kingdom is lower, and the local indigenous workers in the cotton spinning mills are skilled workers left over from the Yu Kingdom.
They can be satisfied with only a small amount of compensation.
Nowadays, due to the general improvement of people's living standards in the local area, workers' salary levels are also increasing.
The Kingdom of Burma also prospered under Garoya's rule.
After they moved the center of their power to East Bengal, the aristocratic forces that originally controlled the area were reshuffled.
Now Garroa's subordinates are basically upstarts who are loyal to him.
This allowed the government orders of the Kingdom of Myanmar to be transmitted smoothly.
The Tamil Kingdom in the south still uses the original management method. Under the king are several nobles, each of whom manages his own tribe.
Soldiers are drawn from various tribes.
After the establishment of the subcontinent, some Tamils living in the north were moved into the Tamil Kingdom.
This replenished the Tamil Kingdom, which had suffered heavy population losses due to the war.
The Northern Alliance is transforming into a kingdom, especially after the Queen and Zhang Deshuai got married.
In order for his children to secure the throne, Zhang Deshuai spared no effort to help Queen Jhansi consolidate the rule of the Northern Alliance.
Use the army in your hands to gradually weaken the power of various local states.
Eventually the Northern Alliance became the Northern Kingdom.
As for future development plans, Zhang Deshuai also has his own ideas.
The most important areas of the Northern Alliance are the farming areas along the Ganges River and the livestock areas on the Jhansi Plateau.
Therefore, the development of agriculture and animal husbandry is the main direction of their future development.
As the sovereign state, the Renaissance Army will also provide some assistance to the subcontinent.
For example, help them build railways, build dams, hydropower stations, and assist in the construction of some basic factories.
This family atmosphere within the Greater China Circle must be created.
The Korean people are now sending people to contact Liu Qingbei, hoping to directly contact the deputy prime minister in charge of foreign affairs of the Renaissance Army.
But Liu Qingbei went to Italy for an official visit.
Liu Qingbei seemed to be dismissive of contact with people from the Yu country.
Now the people of the country were a little panicked. What on earth is the Renaissance Army going to do? It’s not like they really want to continue fighting.
Fortunately, the Japanese have strengthened their defense efforts in some key areas.
Places like Cape Town and the Canadian province are already heavily fortified.
It is impossible for the Renaissance Army to project a large number of troops to such a distant place at once.
Therefore, the Chinese people still have the confidence to defend these places well.
So what is the purpose of the Renaissance Army?
The people of the country began to feel uneasy.
Maybe the Renaissance Army is really ready to continue fighting.
The Koreans took advantage of the long armistice negotiations to accumulate preparation strength, but the Renaissance Army was also accumulating strength.
At the same time, the Renaissance Army was able to use this time to digest a large amount of territory acquired from the Han people.
With the huge size of the Great China Circle, the recovery speed of the Renaissance Army is obviously faster than that of the Great Empire.
The country of Yu has lifted the state of war and restored normal order to the mainland. This is what the people want to see.
But this undoubtedly weakened the war potential of the Chinese people.
The power that the Yu people can mobilize now is not even as good as the power that Temple could mobilize back then.
What if the Renaissance Army really wants to continue fighting? Are they really waiting for the Renaissance Army to fight step by step to the homeland of the Yu people?
Just like peeling corn, the defense lines set up by the Japanese people on the outside were peeled off layer by layer. In the end, the mainland of the Great Empire was completely exposed to the Renaissance Army.
The Great Empire was an island country and had no strategic depth at all.
Originally, their depth was in the sea.
But now they are retreating step by step from the ocean.
Port of Maputo.
The Japanese patrol fleet is queuing up to leave the port.
When they patrol here, they will spend a day repairing in Maputo Port as usual.
Regular patrols do not need to tire the sailors too much.
Rear Admiral Jericho, the commander of the patrol fleet, carefully observed the situation outside the port on the flagship "Nelson".
This is the seventh time such patrols have been carried out. Each time, they will go northeast through the Mozambique Channel from the Port of Cape Town to the southern part of Zanzibar Island and then back.
The Baath Army indeed regards Zanzibar as its maritime border.
Major General Jericho led so many cruises and only saw a small patrol fleet of the Renaissance Army in the south of Zanzibar Island.
However, he was very wise and did not take the initiative to provoke the other party.
I hope this cruise will be safe and sound.
Jericho was still a colonel half a year ago. He was able to be promoted so quickly because a large number of large naval forces became prisoners of the Renaissance Army.
These people have not returned to the country yet!
Because the negotiations between the two parties have not yet ended, they still have to continue to work as coolies in the Baath Army prisoner-of-war camps.
Those who were able to live in prisoner of war camps were relatively good.
Many ordinary soldiers and prisoners of war are now helping the Renaissance Army build roads in the rainforests of the Malay Peninsula. People die almost every day due to various reasons.
As time goes by, the number of these prisoners of war will become smaller and smaller.
The Renaissance Army will not massacre prisoners, but if they die of natural causes, they will have nothing to do with it.
The sea is calm today.
The "Nelson" was wrapped in the middle of the formation.
The Chinese now know how to use flexible small ships to protect large warships.
Naval warfare is the navy's best teacher. The new weapons and tactics used by the Renaissance Army will be figured out by the enemy as long as they are used once.
After the fleet left the port, it sailed 100 nautical miles east and then followed the ocean currents north to the Mozambique Channel.
Every time they were in the Mozambique Channel, they would encounter the French Indian Ocean Fleet.
The French Indian Ocean fleet was not large in scale, and they were mainly intended to suppress the indigenous forces on the island of Madagascar.
Jericho didn't care about the French fleet.
As long as we don't encounter the Second Fleet of the Renaissance Army, it will be fine. I heard that the fleet is very large.
Its scale has exceeded the combined maritime power of the Chinese and French in the Indian Ocean.