"Charlie, are you saying that the coal we were going to transport in Pontianak that we had to wait outside the port for a week now? This will make bankrupt." Mr. Pierre, the owner of Southeast Asia United Business Company, roared at the phone in his hand. "Please, aren't you British? Now the Japanese occupy Pontianak are the ones, can you find a way? This batch of goods must be sold quickly."

"What? You can deal with it if you have a way to go no longer than Pontianak? God, you are simply my savior!" Mr. Pierre's tone changed. From the previous anger to pleasing.

"If this deal can be made, I will give you $1,000 in agency fees."

"What? Do you want pounds? Please look at the current economic situation in the UK. The exchange rate of pounds has been falling again. Do you use the US dollar? This era is the most solid and most valuable."

"What? You want $2,000? No, absolutely not. Then I might as well give you 1,000 pounds, up to $1,500! Okay, that's it. After I've dispose of my goods, I'll pay immediately!" After saying that, Pierre hung up the phone in his hand without waiting for the other person to answer.

The moment the phone hung up, the Dutch businessman immediately took off the merchant's disguise. After closing the doors and windows, he took out a document from the locked safe, then took out a small bottle with him, carefully dipped it in some liquid in the bottle with a cotton ball, and then applied it to the document.

After the Japanese seized part of the Dutch East India and lost their shares in Borneo oilfield and plantations in Machen, the Dutch businessman was full of hatred for Britain and Japan, so he didn't have to think too much about it. After American intelligence personnel promised to provide commercial loans to his company, he became a spy serving the United States. Now, hatred and rewards have made Pierre very energetic!

As an old local snake who has been in the Netherlands East India for at least 20 years, Southeast Asia United Business Company has extended its tentacles to the planting, mining, industry and even ship operations. Although the Japanese invasion caused him to lose more than half of his assets, various connections still allow him to obtain a lot of information.

Judging from the information summarized at present, it is very abnormal even from the perspective of Pierre merchants! A large amount of materials began to be concentrated in the Port of Pontianak. Oil produced in Borneo, tin mines produced in the Malayan Peninsula, raw rubber produced in various plantations, etc. were all concentrated to this port, and the demand for coal here has increased greatly. Even the coal mines produced in Sumatra are not a good media. However, they were still bought without hesitation by the Japanese.

Pierre knew very well that he would think about the final thought of this ship of coal. The coal transport ship was sent directly to the port of Pontianak, and then directly distributed the coal to the transport fleet in the port. "8,000 tons of coal! The coal I know alone has 8,000 tons. Then within these 10 days, the coal throughput here may reach 15,000 tons. This is definitely a very large fleet!" Pierre said in his heart. He thought it was necessary to remind himself of his going online, and another wave of transport ships were ready to set off! "It is best to wait for the Pontianak personnel to report before deciding."

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

"Our Java didn't expect the rag to be like this. This guy's maximum speed was around 14 knots. I can guarantee that it will not exceed 12 knots at the fastest now!" The employee pointed to his colleague at a transport ship covered with barnacles in the distance and said.

"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 also purchasing a large amount of green feed." The words of a local man next to him attracted the attention of the employee.

"If you read it correctly, that ship should be an oil tanker." At this time, on the other side of the port, a German-American man looked at a transport ship in the distance and said to himself. In this era, almost all civilian ships outside the United States were burning coal, and this ship seemed to be transporting heavy oil, so it could not be a fuel for cars, aircraft, and light fuel-burning things like light fuel. There is no refinery near Pontianak, so it cannot be a transit. So now there is only one result, and these heavy oils are supplied to warships!

Judging from the water draft, the ship should be fully loaded now. According to the ship's type and the ship's logo, the ship is loaded with at least 6,000 tons of heavy oil. "6,000 tons are enough to feed two Fuso-class battleships." As a US Navy intelligence officer, this German is quite familiar with the situation of the Japanese warships.

(The total fuel capacity of the Fusang is naturally impossible to be only 3,000 tons. Because it is a kerosene mixed-burning warship, so in addition to 3,000 tons of fuel, there are about 4,500 tons of coal.)

Soon, after the data collected from multiple aspects were summarized and then sorted out, it is not difficult to see that this time the Allies may have to escort a batch of very important materials to Europe. There may be heavy warships escort, because from the current situation, there are not many Japanese warships burning heavy oil. In addition to three new light cruisers and some destroyers, the remaining ones are those fast battleships of the combined fleet.

"It seems that this time, we may have to fight with the main ships of the Japanese Joint Fleet." Three days later, Su Xiong said to Redel with the information he had just sent.

"From the time point, the two Fuso-class battleships originally in the Mediterranean have returned. Japan should now provide new warships to replace the combat power vacuum caused by these two warships. The Japanese are likely to allow these two warships to provide escort to the fleet, after all, they have not forgotten our existence." Raidel nodded and said.

"If it were the other two Fuso-class battleships, it would be very difficult for us. Our same type of ship was suppressed by Fuso-class battleships in the Mediterranean." Su Xiong said with a gloomy face. One of the principles of breaking the intercourse at sea is to try to avoid fighting with his own warships of the same level. Now, it seems that the opponent's warship may be one level higher than himself!

"If there is a battleship escort, there will be a number of destroyers. They will greatly limit the combat capability of our submarines. If we cannot surface at night and attack with naval guns, if we want to set up an ambush and attack with torpedoes, then the efficiency will be very low." Colonel Schultz said.

Whether to fight or not is a question worth thinking about.
Chapter completed!