Chapter 1285： News from Palembang

Chapter 1285: News From Palembang

"Charlie, are you saying that the Pontianak coal we were going to transport now has to wait a week outside the port? This will make it bankrupt." Mr. Pierre, the owner of the Southeast Asia United Business Corporation, yelled at the phone in hand. Tao. "Please, are you not British? The Japanese are occupying Pontianak now. Can you find a way? This batch of goods must be sold quickly."

"What? You have a way to deal with it without going to Pontianak? God, you are my savior!" Mr. Pierre's tone changed. From the previous anger, it immediately became to please.

"If this sale can be made, I will give you an agency fee of $1,000."

"What? You want the pound? Please, look at the current economic situation in the UK. The exchange rate of the pound has been falling further. Should you use the US dollar? This era is the strongest and most valuable."

"What? You want 2,000 dollars? No, absolutely not. Then I might as well give you 1,000 pounds, up to 1,500 dollars! Okay, that's it. After my goods are processed, I will pay immediately!" When the other person answered, he hung up the phone in his hand.

At the moment when the phone was hung up, the Dutch businessman immediately removed the disguise of the businessman. After closing the doors and windows, he took out a document from the locked safe, and then took out a vial with him, using a cotton ball carefully. Dip some of the liquid in the bottle and apply it on the document.

After the Japanese seized parts of the Dutch East Indies and lost the Borneo oil field shares and the plantation in Machen, the Dutch businessman hated Britain and Japan in his heart, so there was no need to think about it. In the United States After intelligence agents promised to provide commercial loans for his company, he became a spy serving the United States. And now, hatred and reward make Pierre very motivated!

As an old ground snake who has been in the Dutch East India for at least 20 years, the Southeast Asia United Business Corporation has extended its tentacles to the planting industry, mining industry, industry and even the shipping industry, although he lost more than half because of the Japanese invasion. His assets, but various contacts still allow him to get a lot of information.

Judging from the information gathered so far, even from the perspective of the Pierre merchant, it is very abnormal! A large amount of materials began to concentrate in Pontianak Port. Petroleum produced in Borneo, tin mines produced in Malaya Peninsula, and raw rubber produced in various plantations have all been transported to this port, and the demand for coal here has greatly increased, even if it is produced in Sumatra. The coal mine is not a good matchmaker. But it was still bought by the Japanese without hesitation.

Pierre knew very well that he finally thought about it. The coal ships are sent directly to Pontianak Port, and then the coal is directly distributed to the transport fleet in the port. "8000 tons of coal! I know that there are 8000 tons of coal alone, so within these 10 days, the coal throughput here may reach 15,000 tons. This is definitely a very large fleet!" Pierre thought Said. He thinks it is necessary for him to remind himself that he is online, another wave of transport ships is ready to set off! "It's best to wait for Pontianak personnel to report before making a decision."

At this time, intelligence personnel near Pontianak can obtain more detailed information at close range, such as the size of the fleet, the type of cargo transported, and the speed. Here, an American working for the Southeast Asia United Business Corporation quickly identified a cargo ship that once belonged to this company.

"Our Java was unexpectedly broken. This guy's maximum speed was around 14 knots. I can guarantee that it will not exceed 12 knots now!" This employee pointed to his colleague at a ship's side in the distance. Said the transport ship full of barnacles.

"And this time they must have transported a large number of people and horses. I heard that a farmer sold at least 400 tons of horse feed. And the Japanese are still buying a large amount of green fodder." The words of a local nearby aroused the employee. Attention.

"If you read it right, that ship should be an oil tanker." At this time, on the other side of the port, a German-American was looking at a transport ship in the distance and said to himself. Outside of the United States in this era, almost all civilian ships burned coal, and this ship seemed to be transporting heavy oil, so it could not be used to provide fuel for cars and airplanes that burn light fuel oil. There is no oil refinery near Pontianak, so it can't be a transit, so now there can only be one result, and these heavy oil are supplied to the battleship!

Judging from the draft water, the ship should now be fully loaded. According to the ship type and the ship's standard found, the ship is loaded with at least 6000 tons of heavy oil. "6000 tons, enough to feed two Fuso-class battleships." As a US naval intelligence officer, this German has a better understanding of the conditions of Japanese battleships.

(The total fuel capacity of the Fuso is naturally not 3,000 tons. Because it is a kerosene mixed-burning warship, there are about 4,500 tons of coal in addition to 3,000 tons of fuel.)

Soon, after the data collected from various sources were put together and sorted out, it was not difficult to see that this time the Allies might have to **** a batch of very important materials to Europe. And there may be heavy warships to escort, because from the current situation, Japan has not many warships that burn heavy oil. Except for three new light cruisers and some destroyers, the rest are fast battleships of the combined fleet.

"It seems that this time, we may have to fight against the battleship of the Japanese combined fleet." Three days later, Su Xiong said to Raidel with the intelligence just sent. UU Reading www.uukアnshu.com

"From the perspective of time, the two Fuso-class battleships that were originally in the Mediterranean have returned. Japan should now provide new battleships to replace the vacuum created by these two battleships. The Japanese are likely to let these two battleships provide for the fleet. Escort, after all, they haven't forgotten our existence." Raidel nodded and said.

"If it were the other two Fuso-class battleships, it would be very difficult for us. Our ship of the same type was suppressed by the Fuso-class battleship in the Mediterranean." Su Xiong said with a gloomy expression. One of the principles of breaking diplomatic ties at sea is to avoid fighting with warships of the same level as you can. And now, it seems that the opponent's battleship may be one level higher than himself!

"If there are capital ships to escort, then there will also be the number of destroyers. They will greatly limit the combat capabilities of our submarines. If we can't surface at night and attack with naval guns, if we want to rely on ambushes to attack with torpedoes, Then the efficiency will be very low." Colonel Schultz said.

Whether to fight or not to fight is a question worth considering.

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