章 454: Chapter 65 The Situation in the Early Morning of July 17

After witnessing the entire process of receiving and decoding the telegram, Wang Zhong finally understood just how troublesome this telegraph thing could be.

First of all, the telegraph codes were very lengthy; it took several "dits" to make up just one letter, and a whole string of dots and dashes just for a single word.

If the content of the telegram was extensive, it was quite normal for the operator to be tapping away for half an hour.

After receiving it, they had to check for any omissions, listening from the beginning to proofread before they could move on to the decoding phase.

A longer telegram might take half a day from the reception of the first message to finally being delivered into Wang Zhong's hands.

Fortunately, the telegrams from the Cavalry Troops were very brief, and it only took an hour to handle.

The cryptographer handed the translated telegram to Wang Zhong: "Telegram from the 20th Cavalry Army!"