"Is this the follow-up fleet of overseas Chinese?" Through the porthole of the command room of the Old Man Asterisk, Adams held a telescope and looked at the fleet heading in the other direction, at this time the two sides were about 11 kilometers apart, and with the help of the telescope, the shape and structure of the opposing warship could be seen very clearly.

"It should be, you see the warship in the lead, it is a typical warship brought by overseas Chinese themselves, and no other country has ever built a warship of this shape. Hamilton put down the telescope in his hand and said, "Among their first three warships, there is also a warship of the same style, which is very easy to tell." ”

After the negotiations in Shanghai, the modern warships of the traverser have become various countries, and they are one of the objects of British research, after all, this is the main weapon used by the traverser in the early days, and has won a series of victories such as the Battle of Dagukou and the Battle of the Bohai Sea, and the shape of these warships is unique, and the shipboard weapons are almost pitiful by the standards of this era, so all countries are very curious about how the traverser won the victory with these warships.

However, the East China government is very strict about the protection of these warships, except for the traversers, only a very small number of reliable natives can board the ships, so they can only see the appearance of these warships from a distance in the port, but they are ignorant of the performance, characteristics, weapons, etc. of these warships.

Germany, the losing side of the Bohai Sea Naval Battle, was basically silent about this naval battle, and the relevant reports were classified as classified documents, although the British spies bought off some German naval soldiers who participated in the battle, but they did not get much valuable information from their mouths, so up to now, these warships are still a huge secret group for each country, but because of their unique appearance, it is very easy to identify by appearance.

Adams didn't put down the binoculars and said: "The two behind should be Germany's Brandenburg-class battleships, this one is Germany's Count Bismarck's armored cruiser, and this is Russia's Russian armored cruiser." ”

Adams was in the prime of life, and he had considerable research on the business of the navy, and the main warships of various countries basically remembered that Germany was one of Britain's main opponents in Europe, and the naval construction plan adopted in 1899 made Britain feel a great threat, and Russia was Britain's number one opponent at present, so he focused on the main warships of these two countries, and recognized these warships at a glance.

This is right, because two years ago, the German Far East Fleet was defeated by overseas Chinese, and it was probably at that time that these warships were captured by overseas Chinese and incorporated into the naval ranks of overseas Chinese. Hamilton said: "I have said a long time ago, it is impossible for overseas Chinese to send only three warships to escort them, but they have sent two battleships, two large armored cruisers, plus three warships in the early stage, and the strength is not worse than our current fleet, it seems that we have underestimated the determination of overseas Chinese." ”

Adams shook his head and said: "I don't think so, in terms of the combat effectiveness of a single ship, the Brandenburg-class battleships are not as good as our old man star, and the two large armored cruisers can only be equivalent to our two Centurion class at most, and we need two more old man stars, so I think we can at least have a seventy percent advantage in strength comparison." ”

Hamilton said: "You forgot about the two warships of the overseas Chinese. ”

Adams said: "Although the two battleships of the overseas Chinese are very large, they are too slender, and they don't look like battleships, but more like and there are too few main guns on board, only one, and the combat effectiveness will definitely not be strong there." That's why I didn't count these two warships. ”

Hamilton said: "No, I don't think so, when the overseas Chinese first appeared, they relied on these warships to completely annihilate the fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the German Far East Fleet, so these warships must have something special, or some kind of special weapon, don't be confused by their appearance." ”

Adams frowned and said, "What kind of special weapon could it be?

Hamilton shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter what kind of weapon it is, but overseas Chinese have invested such a huge number of troops for Java, and I am afraid that their purpose is probably not only to protect the expatriates!"

Adams was stunned and said, "So what is their goal? Are they going to occupy Java?"

Hamilton smiled bitterly and said: "I can't see this clearly, I can only take one step at a time, the Dutch are too short-sighted, if they choose to negotiate earlier, then it will be much simpler, now even if the Netherlands can finally keep Java, I am afraid they will have to pay a painful price, overseas Chinese dispatched so many warships, I am afraid that the operating fee is not a small amount." ”

Adams also nodded and said, "It seems that the situation in Java is more complicated. ”

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After the fleet led by Wang Hailong arrived in Java, it also anchored at the pier of Zhangjia, and merged with the three warships that had arrived in Java in the early stage, forming a mixed fleet with a total of 21 warships, including two crossing warships, 2 battleships, 2 large armored cruisers, 4 large protective cruisers, 4 destroyers, and 7 transport ships.

The scale of Zhangjia Wharf is not large, so so many warships were crowded into it at once, and the entire wharf was suddenly crowded, but the staff of the wharf were very excited, they had never seen so many warships, and this time the confidence was much more sufficient.

The People's Army land forces that came with the fleet disembarked and assembled in turn, and Wang Hailong and Luo Yue, the army commander this time, came to the Kunming ship and reported to the commander-in-chief, Shang Jinfeng. In the reception room of the Kunming ship, Shang Jinfeng, Zhang Wei, and Li Lixin were already waiting for them.

After everyone saw each other, they asked each other again, Wang Hailong said: "Lao Zhang, this time you have earned it, you actually used a new warship to fight a naval battle, and also beheaded several people, I knew that I would have exchanged it with you, let's talk about it, what it feels like to fight a naval battle in this era." ”

It turned out that Wang Hailong and Zhang Wei were of the same rank, and now they are both rear admirals, and before the crossing, they were both captains of the main frigates, but Wang Hailong's qualifications are higher than Zhang Wei's, and after the crossing, Wang Hailong fired the first shot of the naval battle, and his record was also the most prominent; after the establishment of the People's Army Navy, he served as the commander of the battleship detachment, commanding the four strongest warships in the navy, and Zhang Wei commanded four old ironclad ships.

However, because of this, after the East China government decided to build new ships, the four old ironclad ships led by Zhang Wei were incorporated into the reserve, and the four newly built warships will also form a new formation under his command, and he also received the American errand of going to Germany to receive new warships.

At this time, the East China Government carried out the operation of protecting overseas Chinese, so Zhang Wei led two warships that had just been received from Germany to Java, and fought a battle with the Dutch Navy, and won a complete victory.

In fact, after Wang Hailong became the commander of the battleship detachment, he hoped to fight a naval battle of this era. Although Wang Hailong is a modern naval officer, he still has a romantic fantasy about heavy ships and giant guns, and he originally thought that he could realize his dream in this era, but he didn't expect to be robbed of a head start by Zhang Wei, so Wang Hailong was also very depressed in his heart.

Zhang Wei smiled and said: "I have recorded the process of the naval battle, and I will show it to you slowly in a while." ”

Shang Jinfeng said: "Okay, let's stop gossiping, now hurry up, we have to discuss the next move in Java." ”

Li Lixin said: "According to the information provided by Zhang Zhijun, Batavia is urgently mobilizing troops, and now the army in Batavia is about 4,000 people, and the artillery is about 20, it seems that they want to fight with us, if the large army comes two days late, maybe the Dutch will attack the farm." ”

Luo Yue said: "What is the current situation on the farm?"

Li Lixin said: "Now there are more than 5,000 Chinese people on the farm, and there are more than 200 foreigners. Now about 700 people have been recruited to form an army and are training, and 300 people have begun to learn to shoot. ”

Wang Hailong said: "We are here to protect the Chinese, why do we accept foreigners." ”

Shang Jinfeng said: "Anyway, it's a convenient thing, if you can accommodate some, let's contain some, and if you can accommodate some foreigners, it will also be beneficial to us in terms of propaganda." ”

Luo Yue nodded and said, "With our current strength, we should be able to attack Batavia directly, and if there is the cooperation of the navy, then the certainty will be greater." It's just that the British fleet is a destabilizing factor. ”

Zhang Wei said: "If we attack Batavia, the British fleet will definitely participate in the war, otherwise what will the British fleet do in Java? And the British fleet is anchored in the port of Batavia, which is very revealing. ”

Wang Hailong said: "What are you afraid of, just destroy the British fleet, I still want to fight with them." ”

Shang Jinfeng said: "That's not good, it's better not to clash with Britain until we have no choice, and our goal is not to occupy Java, so there is no need to attack Batavia." ”

Luo Yue said: "That will be a bit troublesome, if the Dutch hide in Batavia City and don't come out, we can't afford to spend it with them." ”

Shang Jinfeng said: "Of course we can't wear down with the Dutch for a long time, we can use the way of attacking the indigenous tribes to force the Dutch out of the city to fight with us, now we have more troops, we can attack other tribes more calmly, Java is the territory of the Dutch, the Dutch must not sit idly by, and it is more beneficial for us to lure the Dutch army out of Batavia to fight." Only by defeating the Dutch on the battlefield can the Dutch be forced to sit down and negotiate"

Li Lixin said: "If you want to attack the indigenous tribes, then you must have a reasonable explanation for the soldiers, otherwise it will affect the morale and determination of the whole army." ”

Shang Jinfeng said: "This is not a difficult matter, we have discussed a set of rhetoric, which should be possible for the soldiers to accept." ”