Chapter 1370 The target is wrong
Although Xiao Peng and his friends hang out in the bar all day, they have one consensus: picking up girls in a bar is a very low thing to do, especially picking up girls in a hotel bar, which is simply the lowest behavior.
This is basically the consensus among wealthy men.
What’s funny is that many girls go to the bars of high-end hotels specifically to pick up rich guys, but what they usually catch are fakes.
Rich men have seen all kinds of women. They are more protective of themselves when they are out and about, right?
This time the two ships carried a large amount of supplies, and even Hua Chong and the others were excited: they were preparing to go on a long journey!
In fact, they did go far this time: they went to Franz Josef Land.
This time they ran directly across Novaya Zemlya and crossed the Kara Sea!
"How did they get to Franz Josef Land?" a bearded man asked, confused.
At this time, a girl next to them answered, "Because they didn't notice this time and wasted so much time here, many people were talking about Xiao, so they chose to run away and shut those people up."
If Kasim were here, he would be surprised to find that the girl who was talking was the same girl who accompanied him in the bar.
The bearded man thought for a moment. "It seems this 'salvage king' isn't that great after all. Without sufficient information, he's just flying around like a headless chicken! But I still don't understand why he'd go to Franz Josef Land. Wouldn't Svalbard and Jan Mayen be better? Wouldn't Spitsbergen be even better? At least there'd be some connection to Barents."
Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. It was first discovered by Barents. Since then, groups of people have come there to explore, with the largest number of them being Norwegians and Russians.
In fact, judging by population proportion, the island should belong to Russia, followed by Norway. However, Norway's national strength was limited at the time, and Russia was too busy with internal strife to pay attention. At the same time, European and American powers were all coveting the interests of the Svalbard Islands. So in 1920, 18 countries signed the Svalbard Treaty in Paris. Later, the number of countries was expanded to 52. This meant that the archipelago belonged to Norway, but citizens of the 52 signatories to the Svalbard Treaty could freely enter the islands, but they could not use them for military purposes.
Don’t underestimate the Svalbard Islands. For Europe, it is a must-pass place to enter the Arctic and has great strategic significance!
The Franz Josef Land archipelago is another group of islands to the west of Svalbard, consisting of 191 islands. Not everyone can enter there: it belongs to Russian territory.
In fact, the European powers also wanted to divide up Franz Josef Land like the Svalbard Islands. Unfortunately, the former Soviet Union had stabilized by then. In 1926, it directly declared sovereignty and became the territory of the former Soviet Union. Naturally, it now belongs to Russia.
Although there are 191 islands here, because it is too close to the North Pole, basically no one lives here. Except for Rudolf Island, which has the Russian Arctic scientific expedition base, Arctic observation station and weather station, Graham Bell Island, which has a Cold War outpost, and Alexander Land, which has a weather station, the rest of the islands are uninhabited islands.
After all, the Svalbard Islands were discovered by Barents, and the Franz Josef Land Islands have nothing to do with Barents. It was discovered by an expedition team from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. What did Xiao Peng intend to do by going there?
The girl said, "I can explain this. Kasin once complained about this. He said that Daxia had too many things to do. Because of the disease on their ship, their country specifically contacted him and asked him not to go to Svalbard. After all, it is the home of scientific research bases of countries around the world. If a flu outbreak occurs there, it will greatly damage Daxia's international image. Kasin complained about this a lot, saying how much face his boss had earned for their country, but then something like this happened and the country warned him first. This must be why he went to Franz Josef Land. After all, it is within Russian territory, and the Russians can provide him with a lot of convenience there."
The bearded man said, "Aren't you Russian too?"
The girl frowned after hearing this: "Ivanov, what do you mean? Aren't you going to take me away from Russia?"
"Of course I will take you away." said the bearded man Ivanov.
The girl held out her hand: "Don't be so nice, today's intelligence fee!"
Ivanov smiled and took out a few bills from his pocket and threw them to the girl: "You are crazy about making money, making money from the crew and me at the same time!"
The girl stuffed the money directly into her bra: "Women can never rely on men, right? Money is only money when it's in your own hands!"
Ivanov waved his hand to the girl and said, "Let's get some better intelligence later, some valuable intelligence."
"Of course I know!" The girl suddenly asked, "Ivanov, do you want me to earn another penny?"
Ivanov waved his hands after hearing this and said, "I'm old now and I'm not interested in such things anymore!"
"I'll interest you!" the girl came closer.
At this time, Ivanov's phone rang, and he hurriedly waved to the girl to signal her to go out.
The girl left with a disappointed look on her face.
Ivanov answered the phone: "Hello, boss... Yes, yes! There's nothing unusual. The public opinion you created put a lot of pressure on him, so he went to hide away. I bribed his bodyguard's woman. This is what happened..."
After saying that, he truthfully reported what the girl had just said to him over the phone.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line. "Your information is quite timely. It seems he wasn't looking for the 'sculpin'. His trip to Franz Josef Land just confirms this!"
Ivanov said, "Boss, I've always thought we've wasted too much time and energy on him. Having so many of our people concentrated in Murmansk isn't a good idea. The Russian intelligence agencies are not pushovers. I still suggest we evacuate here. Especially since they're using the latest anthrax virus against him, it's too easy to draw attention to us! We've made a losing deal this time!"
"Damn it! I'd be mad if you hadn't mentioned this! Who could have guessed they'd find out so early?" the person on the other end of the line said, "Alright, notify everyone now and withdraw in batches! Oh, and Senas said you asked him to get you a passport for a girl to leave?"
Ivanov laughed and said, "No, it's just for show! I'm taking someone out who would sell everything for money? I'm crazy!"
The person on the other end of the phone laughed and said, "Exactly. Why don't so many people understand such a simple truth?"
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