Chapter 1971: Knowing

"No, I don't know..."

The female pirate dared not admit that she had once helped the French transport a group of people from Australia to the French mainland.

If such a thing were to be found out.

Her fate would likely not be very good.

Moreover, the person questioning her looked like a high-ranking Longyan official; otherwise, those medical scientists would not have been so respectful toward him.

This matter must absolutely not be exposed; if it were exposed.

It would very likely result in her once again becoming research material for those medical scientists.

Liu Zheng tossed out a file and said, "Stop pretending. We have already investigated everything clearly. If you tell me now what you transported for the French and where you took them."

"I can count it as a voluntary confession and let you live."

"Otherwise, it will be those scientists who need research material coming to find you."

"I don't think they would be interested in such news."

By brandishing the ultimate weapon of the medical scientists, she immediately caved.

Those medical scientists were even more terrifying and cruel than she, a pirate, was; she had never seen such terrifying people!

She had never even heard of such a way to remove a large intestine.

And the key point was that it wasn't used on livestock, but on her!

Now there were only two choices before her: one was to confess, and the other was not to.

And for her, she had no other choice.

"I'll talk, I'll talk!"

"I once helped the French transport about three hundred Longyan people from Australia to their French mainland. They were all dressed like those medical scientists..."

After Liu Zheng finished listening to the female pirate's account, his expression changed abruptly.

The French actually dared to snatch their Longyan scientists.

Xie Fang actually let the French have these scientists and engineers plundered away by the French.

What was Xie Fang doing!

Liu Zheng fell into a state of immense rage.

He had no Method to accept such a thing; how could the French dare to do such a thing.

Liu Zheng clenched his fists; these hateful French!

He knew that changes had occurred in Australia, but he had not expected that the situation in Australia was already this dire.

The Factory he had aided was occupied, and the scientists and engineers were all plundered away by French troops.

This was already an act of naked declaration of war!

The female pirate said, "That is all I know..."

Seeing that she would not know anything more, Liu Zheng said to the guards, "Lock her up. Do not let her become material for those medical scientists. Tell them that until they understand anatomy, there will be no material!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Liu Zheng strode away with a dragon-like gait; he was extremely indignant now.

Although he knew that Australia was being attacked by the French, he had not expected the situation to be this serious.

The troops, munitions, and technical personnel he had aided Xie Fang with had actually fallen like this.

This was simply unbelievable.

Back then, he had left a large amount of supplies for Xie Fang, not just the Factory, but also the Longyan Army!

Liu Zheng knew the strength of those Longyan Army troops better than anyone; they were elite soldiers trained by Qin Zhangfeng, and their combat effectiveness was extremely formidable.

And not only that, in the territory of Australia, Liu Zheng had given Xie Fang Yinzhou ships; although they were the first generation, the quantity was large.

Because Australia was surrounded by islands, possessing a powerful navy was very necessary.

Therefore, Liu Zheng had prepared a powerful naval force for Xie Fang.

With this naval force in existence, the countries around Australia should not have had the ability to attack.

And even if there were turmoil in Australia, such an army could completely crush it.

Liu Zheng knew that Xie Fang had come up with Dual Citizenship and military leasing in order to accumulate wealth rapidly.

This could indeed allow him to make a quick fortune, but the consequence of doing so was the corruption of the Longyan Army troops.

But what Liu Zheng could not understand was that Xie Fang had actually ruined such a powerful Australia into this state.

Liu Zheng was furious at both Xie Fang and the French!

Now Liu Zheng had already dispatched a naval force, heading for Australia.

But the plundered Longyan scientists and engineers were all in France; these people had to be rescued, not only because they were Longyan scientists and engineers.

More importantly, these people were the subjects of Longyan.

Liu Zheng could not sit idly by; he immediately summoned his Information Department and issued a secret order directly to Li Hongtian, who was far away in Saxony.

He ordered him to send troops to infiltrate France and rescue the trapped scientists.

First, ensure their safety!

And at this time, on the American continent.

The French Colonial Area had obtained Longyan weapons and armed themselves fully in the town of Quebec.

To prevent an attack from General Astimo.

Although they now had more powerful equipment, they still had no way to take back the supply lines at sea.

These Longyan weapons only made their lives a little easier.

At least they could hold onto the current supply lines.

This was the greatest mercy the Longyan Unit granted them.

At this time, General Astimo had fought the French several times, attempting to advance into the town of Quebec.

He intended to annihilate all of the French forces in eastern America.

However, because of the Longyan weapons, the French successfully blocked General Astimo's progress.

This caused General Astimo to be frustrated for a time; the Longyan weapons were much more powerful than their weapons from Britain.

Because of the existence of the Longyan weapons, General Astimo was defeated several times, but the French Army did not rely on the strength of the Longyan weapons to further expand their battle results.

Instead, they held their current positions, especially the Saint Lawrence River.

This supply line, which was extremely important to the French, had not been reclaimed by them even after they obtained the Longyan weapons.

This made General Astimo feel very curious as to why the French did not launch an offensive after obtaining so many Longyan weapons.

Now that the French and Longyan were on bad terms, Longyan should not have provided any weapons to the French Army; in this case, the origin of these weapons was suspicious.

General Astimo thought of a possibility: could it be that these French people had smuggled the weapons out from Longyan?

Thinking of this possibility!

This possibility was very high; when Longyan City had done business with them before, such a situation had also occurred, where the Longyan side that was originally doing business with them—

After the transaction was completed, the Longyan Cannon was suddenly robbed by the French who had ambushed them.

At the time, some suspected that there was an inside man on the Longyan side, but because of the series of wars that followed, Longyan never gave a reasonable explanation for this matter.

In the end, this matter was left unsettled, and no one ever found out who the inside man was!

Moreover, such things did not just happen once; they happened many times!

Under such circumstances, General Astimo did not believe that Longyan had no inside men.

But he was a general of Britain; he could root out an inside man on his side, but he had absolutely no Method for dealing with the inside men on the Longyan side.