"Have you not gotten in touch yet?" Zhang Hao stood at the telegraph communication center, waiting anxiously.
"Not yet." The person in charge of the telegraph center looked serious.
Just two hours ago, the telegraph center lost contact with the scientific research fleet heading to Sanxian Island. Contact was lost without warning.
With the maturity of telegraph technology, according to the regulations of the Ocean Group, the outgoing fleet must report the situation every two hours. This can not only strengthen the control of the fleet, but also respond to any situation at any time. The Ocean Group can control it at any time.
Also, the normal situation is to report once every two hours; but if there is a situation, it must be reported at any time. For example, everything before was reported completely through telegrams, including the return of the fleet, and it was a safe return.
Especially now, the situation is complicated, the strategic alliance and the anti-aggression alliance are still fighting, and the East is uneasy, which makes Dayang Group have to be careful again and again.
At this time, four hours have passed since the last time the scientific research fleet sent a signal. This has exceeded twice the prescribed time, but there is still no signal.
Without any warning, all signals were lost.
There are hundreds of scientific researchers from Dayang Group on this battleship! Compared to the masters of the transformation stage and the steel battleships, Zhang Hao feels more sorry for these scientific researchers. These are the treasures of Dayang Group.
The telegram kept calling, but there was still no response. The radio channels were changed, but there was no response. Zhang Hao's face became solemn.
A small staff meeting began, and everyone made their own analyses. Half an hour later, a staff answer was placed in front of Zhang Hao.
"Mr. Zhang, we think there are several possible reasons why the signal suddenly disappeared.
First, when encountering an ambush, there is some large barrier that completely covers the fleet. But our fleet sails on the sea, with a distance of at least three hundred meters from each other, usually five hundred meters or even eight hundred meters.
The scientific research fleet has 7 warships. Even if they adopt an arrow formation, they will cover an area of at least 3x2.5 kilometers at sea, which is difficult to cover with ordinary small formations. And super large formations are easily exposed, and it is almost difficult to cover the fleet instantly.
Therefore, the possibility of encountering an ambush is unlikely unless the other fleets unite and attack together. However, we also intercepted the telegraph signals of the other fleets and found nothing after analysis.
The second possibility is that someone else has developed electromagnetic interference and other means. But we also consulted telegraph technicians, and they said that if they want to interfere with electromagnetic signals, they either have professional knowledge, and this kind of professional knowledge is only mastered by Dayang Group;
An ultra-high-intensity magnetic field is erupted; but this can only interfere with, but not eliminate, the signal.
The second possibility is basically ruled out.
The third possibility is that the fleet cut off the signal itself and carried out extreme tactical radio silence.
Radio silence is a strategy that we have discussed before but have not implemented. However, many senior executives of Dayang Group are aware of this strategy.
When encountering an emergency, important situation, or necessary measures, radio silence needs to be adopted to maintain stealth.
After discussion, we believe that the third possibility is the most likely. Otherwise, with the battleships of the Ocean Group and so many experts stationed there, it would be almost impossible for someone to cut off all electromagnetic signals instantly."
"Are you taking the initiative to cut off the signal?" Zhang Hao read the analysis report, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then slowly said: "No matter what, we must be prepared. If the fleet does encounter trouble, we are waiting for our rescue.
For the time being, we will deal with the third consideration, but we will also pay close attention to the radio signals of the remaining fleets.
In addition, contact our merchant ship near Sanxian Island and pay attention to confidentiality. Use a confidential channel and password."
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The merchant ships of the Ocean Group also have military missions. Many of the telegraph personnel, captains, etc. have dual identities, but the second identity is rarely activated unless a radio with a special code is received.
After all the tasks were arranged, Zhang Hao could only wait quietly.
Soon the secretary will report and Li Yuanyuan is here.
Why did she come? Zhang Hao was a little surprised. Since the marriage was confirmed, Li Yuanyuan never left the door, practicing while waiting; unless Zhang Hao took the initiative to go. This was the first time Li Yuanyuan took the initiative to come.
When I saw Li Yuanyuan, I saw a worried look on her face. "Hao, I... I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I am still a little uneasy. We have fallen out with the Twelve Dongfang families, and my father is still in Dongfang..."
Zhang Hao smiled gently, took Li Yuanyuan's cold little hand, and with a little force, he hugged Li Yuanyuan directly in his arms, "Don't worry, uncle is safe in the East. First of all, a big family is a big family after all, and we will still pay attention to some things.
Even if there are some shady means, we are not afraid. Uncle has five hundred god transformation stages around him, and there are more than a dozen masters who have mastered magical powers.
Secondly, the Liang Dynasty in the East has gradually begun cooperating with us. If something happens to my uncle as a representative, the Liang Dynasty will lose face. In fact, my uncle is fully protected by the Liang Dynasty in the East."
Li Yuanyuan thought for a while, then nodded slowly, with a smile finally blooming on her face. In an instant, Zhang Hao was addicted. That smile of worry and relief, the kind of expression from the heart, made Zhang Hao slowly lower his head...
Li Yuanyuan trembled and closed her eyes...
"Dong dong..." A knock on the door came.
"Ah..." Li Yuanyuan suddenly jumped out of Zhang Hao's arms and sat next to him. Zhang Hao's face turned dark and he said coldly: "Come in."
The secretary came in, took a telegram and put it on Zhang Hao's desk, "Mr. Zhang, the telegram just came from Dongfang Liang Dynasty."
Zhang Hao picked up the telegram and looked at it. The telegram was from Li Yuanyuan's father, Li Yousheng, but what he conveyed was the intention of the Liang Dynasty. The person responsible for conveying this message in the Liang Dynasty was Gao Shang, the second-rank political counselor.
Zhang Hao read it carefully and smiled.
Liang Chao's intention was very clear. They wanted to form an alliance with Dayang Group! But they were not sure of Dayang Group's attitude, so they made a preliminary contact and tested it.
The wording is rather vague, saying something to watch out for, build prosperity together, and establish friendly business exchanges, etc.; it also says that if the Dayang Group causes trouble, the Liang Dynasty will send the highest-level mission to visit the Dayang Group and formally establish the Dayang Group.
The embassy also invited Dayang Group to establish an official embassy in Liang Dynasty.
Although there had been exchanges between Dayang Group and Dongfang Liang Chao before, they were mostly commercial. But this time, Liang Chao expressed his political will.
Of course Zhang Hao would not refuse such an application for friendship, but he did not blindly respond immediately. Instead, he held a board meeting to brainstorm ideas.
Bai Ye, who was engaged in intelligence, was the first to speak, "I think that although this is providing help in times of need, it may not be taking advantage of the situation. Liang Chao is afraid that he will make some excessive demands; not limited to high-end technology, magical means, etc., he may even ask for steel battleships, etc.
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Xie Hongsheng from Xinglin Hall also said: "One more thing, is it possible that the other party is a puppet controlled by the Twelve Families? Want to take the opportunity to defraud something from us?"
Xie Hongsheng's words attracted a lot of attention. This possibility... is not impossible, but very possible!
Up to now, Liang Chao has always been talking to himself about wanting to get rid of the control of the Twelve Families, but it may not be a trap by the Twelve Families.
Everyone had a heated discussion for a long time, and Zhang Hao finally made the decision: Since the matter cannot be decided, it is necessary to send missions to each other. Dayang Group will send an invitation to Liang Chao, and at the same time, Dayang Group will also send a formal mission to visit Liang Chao.
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So far, Dayang Group has not sent a formal mission.
The discussion about the Liang Dynasty is over, but there are still more things to discuss in Dayang Group. The changes in Dayang Group, and the complete integration of various families into Dayang Group, will continue.
Xinglintang Group has a little trouble. Dayang Group and Xinglintang Group have mutual holdings, but they are two groups after all, and they are two completely different businesses. After everyone discussed for a while, there was no better opinion for the time being, so we put it aside for the time being.
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Then everyone began to discuss the war and the current situation, and successively finalized many strategies and development directions.
The mainland bridge costs a lot of money and construction will be suspended.
There was a lot of opposition to aircraft production, etc. However, Zhang Hao also persuaded the public to release the budget alone. For the time being, aircraft technology cannot meet the requirements of the spiritual world. Whether it is people's livelihood or war, aircraft technology must be better. Zhang
Hao has decided that the next step is jet technology.
The world of spiritual practice has put forward higher requirements for science and technology.
Then Zhang Hao proposed the development of new warships and new artillery. According to the data collected in the recent war, Dayang Group's technology is brewing new changes.
After more than nine years and almost ten years of crazy technology accumulation, Dayang Group’s technological foundation has been huge enough. It’s time to break out!
Regarding new technologies, Zhang Hao proposed:
The new warship unifies warships with large-caliber artillery and larger displacement to prepare for ultra-long-range warfare;
The submarines have now been completely stabilized as far as the sharks are concerned, and they have trained a thousand warriors. In order to give full play to the role of the sharks, submarines and underwater collection teams will be built to be responsible for the war under the sea and the collection of various marine resources.
Exploitation, especially of deep sea resources;
After torpedo technology, torpedoes will play an important role in the attack methods of warships and submarines; especially when torpedoes explode under the sea, their power is extraordinary;
New artillery and rocket launchers benefit from the maturity and research and development of torpedo launching technology. Dayang Group has mastered propelled rocket technology;
Magic weapon armor technology, a brand-new type of magic weapon armor, showed strong combat effectiveness in the sneak attack of the Twelve Families, especially in the environment inside the Sealing Heaven and Earth Locking Formation, it is still strong; Zhang Hao even proposed
The "large-scale" technology of the magic weapon armor, such as the height of 20 meters, can directly turn the armor into a mecha.
In addition, comprehensive arrangements have been made including magic weapon technology, radio technology, formations, chariots, etc., as well as spies and intelligence.
From this moment on, Dayang Group has completely entered a state of preparation for war.