Expedition to Europe

For Qin Zhiyuan, this exercise is indeed very important, but for the entire Lan Fang, Nikola Tesla is more important.

In order to get Nikola Tesla to Lan Fang, Qin Zhiyuan mobilized hundreds of agents and spent millions of dollars, just to make this great god come to Lan Fang willingly without any resistance.

Now that the twenty-four prostrations have been made, is there still one more shiver missing?

Johnston Island, also known as Johnston Atoll, is strictly speaking a U.S. territory. In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii and Johnston Atoll officially belonged to the United States.

It is now 1923, and the strategic significance of Johnston Atoll has not yet been revealed. On Johnston Island, there is only a small port for coal and water for ships coming and going. The Americans have no garrison here. Qin Zhiyuan's Lan Fang Navy "Wei Qing" Brave-class destroyer and Nikola Tesla's "Sea Pearl" cruise ship are scheduled to meet here.

The "Wei Qing" was a warship of the Lan Fang Navy. Although there were no US troops stationed on Johnston Island, it was also US territory after all. The "Wei Qing" could not dock in the port and could only wait off the coast of Johnston Island.

At 10:00 noon on February 21st, the "Wei Qing" did not wait for the "Sea Pearl", but waited for the "Sea Pearl"'s distress telegram.

After Nikola Tesla disappeared, New York was in chaos.

The task of monitoring Nikola Tesla was the responsibility of the FBI, but it was taken away by a group of people holding the credentials of the Economic Investigation Committee of the Ministry of Finance, which left ample room for the FBI and the Ministry of Finance to argue.

Don't think that Americans are so responsible. When problems arise, they will subconsciously look for scapegoats.

After the FBI confirmed that Nikola Tesla was missing, the FBI naturally went to the Ministry of Finance to ask for people.

The Ministry of Finance was in its heyday under the leadership of Minister Mellon, and naturally ignored the FBI, which was still not well-known, so the lawsuit was brought to US President Harding.

Harding is just like what was mentioned above. He is just the product of compromise between the two parties in the United States. His personal ability is extremely limited. Faced with such a case that even Bao Qingtian could not figure out, he was naturally helpless. So he could only play both sides, neither offending Mellon's Treasury Department nor offending Hoover's FBI.

However, things often go against one's will. This approach of not offending both sides is actually not pleasing to both sides. No one will accept Harding's kindness, even if you are the President of the United States.

Presidents with a term of office--

Although Harding was determined not to offend either side, it was a foregone conclusion that Nikola Tesla had disappeared, so the wanted order was quickly sent from Washington to all parts of the United States, and Nikola Tesla officially became the number one wanted criminal of the US government in 1923.

In fact, Nikola Tesla was really a bit wronged. From the perspective of personal value, it was not wronged that Nikola Tesla was valued by the US government. However, few people in the United States could understand the things that Nikola Tesla studied, so in the matter of hunting down "fugitives", the US military and police were a bit perfunctory.

It's not good to be perfunctory. There were no computers or fax machines in those days. Many American military and police didn't know what Nikola Tesla looked like. This was also due to the fact that Nikola Tesla had been living in seclusion for many years. Since the failure of the wireless telegraph dispute with Marconi, Nikola Tesla had not appeared in public for more than ten years. The wanted posters in the hands of many American military and police still used a photo of Nikola Tesla published in the newspaper ten years ago. Think about the level of photocopying technology in the early twentieth century.

It's good to be able to vaguely distinguish that he is a middle-aged Westerner!

It doesn't seem right to say that he is a middle-aged man. Nikola Tesla is now sixty-seven years old, and he was a little old man even ten years ago.

But Nikola Tesla is really amazing. He looks only about sixty years old now, and he is in good spirits.

The FBI is not a dry meal. Although it is not sure where Nikola Tesla is, it soon determined that Nikola Tesla's disappearance was related to Lan Fang, so all ships bound for Lan Fang were strictly inspected to prevent Nikola Tesla from going to Lan Fang.

Qin Zhiyuan had anticipated this, so the scheduled destination of the "Pearl of the Sea" was Shanghai, Republic of China, not Lan Fang at all, but this was also strictly checked by the US Navy.

In fact, the US Navy was not right in this matter. The "Pearl of the Sea" was sailing on the high seas and was not suspected of violating US laws. The Americans actually had no right to board the ship for inspection. However, when have the Americans ever been reasonable? No matter what Lan Fang did, it still required a justification. The Americans simply got on the bus first and then paid the ticket. There was no reason at all.

After receiving the distress telegram from the "Pearl of the Sea", Qin Zhiyuan immediately issued a reinforcement order to the Lan Fang fleet that was exercising in the Marshall Islands. Didn't the Americans want to play hegemony? Then it depends on who can dominate.

In fact, the "Pearl of the Sea" is now very dangerous.

The "Pearl of the Sea" belongs to the Xinmin Shipping Company of the Republic of China, which is a company controlled by the Lan Fang Royal Group. The "Pearl of the Sea" is a cruise ship that can carry 750 passengers. It usually runs from San Francisco to Shanghai. This time, in addition to Nikola Tesla, there are more than 600 Chinese and Westerners on the "Pearl of the Sea" who are traveling from San Francisco to Shanghai. This was originally a normal voyage, but it was intercepted by the US Navy near Hawaii.

Yes, the purpose of the US Navy is to find Nikola Tesla, but the inspection of the "Pearl of the Sea" is completely impromptu. It is not that the Americans have accurate information or that the Americans are targeting Lan Fang, otherwise the Americans would not take a cruise ship registered in the Republic of China.

After being intercepted by the US Navy, the captain of the "Pearl of the Sea", Fu Jianhua, did not obey the Americans' orders to stop the ship for inspection, but continued to move towards Johnston Island.

If this was a Lan Fang ship, the Americans might not dare to use force, but the "Sea Pearl" was a Republic of China ship, which made the Americans feel their self-esteem was damaged. On the one hand, the Americans continued to order the "Sea Pearl" to stop for inspection, and on the other hand, they lowered the lifeboat and prepared to send sailors to forcibly board the "Sea Pearl".

Although the Pacific Ocean has "Taiping" in its name, the wind and waves are still not small. The waters where the "Sea Pearl" is located are not small. It is not easy for the lifeboat to forcibly board the ship. The "Sea Pearl" may not be able to fight against warships, but it is easy to deal with lifeboats. Even a wave caused by a turn may capsize the lifeboat.

Although the "Sea Pearl" is a ship registered in the Republic of China, the captain Fu Jianhua is a Lan Fang. Fu Jianhua knows very well that there is a special passenger on the "Sea Pearl". Although Fu Jianhua does not know who this special passenger is, in order to ensure the safety of this special passenger, there are more than 40 Lan Fang agents on board, which is enough to show the importance of this special passenger.

The Americans may not know that Nikola Tesla was on the ship, but Fu Jianhua did not dare to take any risk, even the slightest risk.

Moreover, as soon as the US Navy ship appeared, a Lan Fang agent named Ultraman came to Fu Jianhua with a certificate from the Lan Fang National Security Bureau and asked Fu Jianhua not to let the Americans board the ship. This made Fu Jianhua very clear about the seriousness of the matter.

So no matter how the Americans shouted, even if they had fired warning shots, Fu Jianhua did not stop the ship.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Bang bang bang——

While the Americans were shouting, they kept firing. The "Pearl of the Sea" was a cruise ship with a large number of civilians on it. The US Navy did not dare to go too far, so the bullets were all fired on the channel in front of the "Pearl of the Sea". The power of the large-caliber machine gun was indeed great. The water column stirred up by the bullets on the sea surface was two or three meters high, which made Fu Jianhua feel a little uneasy.

"Don't stop, even if they shoot at the ship, don't stop." Ultraman was right next to Fu Jianhua, and his hands were in his arms when he spoke, which made Fu Jianhua dare not act rashly.

Ultraman was still good. In the corridor outside the bridge, more than 20 agents were fully armed. Each of them was equipped with a weapon that Fu Jianhua had never seen before. Although the length was not too long, it was short and powerful, and there was a long magazine, which made the sailors who came and went even more terrified.

"Brothers, the time to be loyal to the country has come. His Majesty treats us well. We can only repay His Majesty's kindness by dying. Brothers, don't worry, that's because even if we are glorious, our family will be taken care of by His Majesty, brothers don't worry, but if anyone dares to be lazy, even if he is at the end of the world, I, Lao Zhang, will make him die!" In the corridor, an agent who looked like a superior was boosting morale.

The officer was wearing a tactical vest filled with magazines, a pistol on his chest, and a dagger and grenade on his waist. He was armed to the teeth. The most frightening thing was that the officer had a grenade hanging around his neck. Everyone who had served in the military in Lan Fang knew that this grenade was called a "glorious bullet."

The agents who lined up to listen had firm eyes. When the officer finished speaking, the agents said in unison, with an unusually loud voice: "Everything for Lan Fang!"

Everything for Lan Fang!

This slogan, which was well-known to everyone in Lan Fang, infected Fu Jianhua, and Fu Jianhua was also determined: "First mate, gather the sailors, distribute the weapons, and obey the command of this officer."

Even if the adults in Lan Fang had not served in the military, they had received a certain degree of military training. The sailors who had been running on the sea for many years were not helpless in dealing with pirates or other unexpected situations. There were more than 50 sailors and waiters on the "Pearl of the Sea". If all these sailors were gathered together, they would be used at a fixed point.

"Yes!" The first mate answered loudly and turned to leave the bridge.

Boom!

The destroyer of the US Navy finally couldn't help but fire, and the shells landed on the channel in front of the "Pearl of the Sea", and the water column rushed into the sky -