Radio communications in this era could not yet cover the entire Far East directly.
Instead, neighboring cities had to serve as nodes, relaying information along a chain, one stage at a time.
The first batch of key cities they marked on the map...
Numbered nearly thirty.
Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Sendai, Sapporo...
Local Wisteria Houses and shrines were given priority as sites for installing radio stations.
Each would also be staffed with a corresponding radio operator.
For the first batch, they would select local members of the [Kakushi] or those in charge of the [Wisteria Houses].
After some basic training, they would try putting them to work.
They did not need particularly impressive intelligence-gathering abilities or combat strength.
A Kasugai Crow would fly over and caw a few times.
The radio operator would then translate the crow's spoken message into Morse Code.
After encrypting it with a codebook, they would simply send it to the next higher communications node.
Of course, prolonged exposure near the radios would have some effect on the operators' bodies due to electromagnetic radiation.
Although those Kakushi members and the people from the Wisteria Houses all said they were already prepared for that...
The Ubuyashiki Family and Xia Xi still favored a safer approach.
They planned to keep the buildings housing the radios some distance away from the staff's living quarters.
That would minimize the harm radiation caused to the human body as much as possible.
And implementing this step...
Would take far more time than simply purchasing equipment had.
Choosing sites, constructing buildings, giving the first batch of personnel basic training...
And even establishing a dedicated encrypted communications system.
None of this could be brought into existence in a day or two just by talking about it.
Busy as he was, Xia Xi could only