The strategy of the Huaxia Navy is to divide and attack.

The twelve battleships of the Huaxia were divided into three combat detachments:

The first detachment, consisting of two battleships, "Zheng He II" and "Zheng He III", set out from Rangoon and went around the western sea of Aceh to annihilate the fleet docked near Nias Island with the Dutch second battleship "Arvis" as the capital ship;

The second detachment, consisting of six battleships, "Zheng He VII", "Zheng He VIII", "Wuchang III", "Wuchang IV", "Wuchang V", and "Wuchang VI", set out from Singapore and headed straight for Java Island to annihilate the fleet docked near Batavia with the Dutch second-class battleship "Felix" as the capital ship, and at the same time was responsible for covering the landing combat troops;

The third detachment, consisting of four battleships, "Wuchang 10", "Wuchang 11", "Wuchang 15", and "Wuchang 16", set out from Manchester City to annihilate the fleet docked near Banga Island with the Dutch second-class battleship "Sylvester" as the capital ship.

The three detachments set off in sequence according to the different voyages.

After three days of sailing, the "Zheng He No. 2" taken by Gao Junshan arrived at the waters of Kota Racha Port in Aceh at one o'clock at noon.

Gao Junshan had just had lunch, and he was taking a lunch break in his rest cabin, when Tian Qiliang, deputy director of the Navy General Staff, came to the hatch and asked to see him.

Li Derong, who was on duty at the gate, reported to Gao Junshan: "Report to ——! Deputy Director Tian asks to see him"

Gao Junshan sat up from the bed and said, "Please let him in!" ”

Tian Qiliang came to Gao Junshan's bed, saluted him, and reported: "Mountain Chief, our reconnaissance speedboat has discovered an Acehite merchant ship that is heading towards us, please give us instructions, what should we do?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "We have not established any contact with Aceh, nor do we understand their attitude towards us, so don't touch them for the time being, don't let them discover us, avoid this merchant ship and continue to move forward." ”

Tian Qiliang received clear instructions from Gao Junshan, so he retreated and returned to the cockpit to arrange the task.

The two 8,000-ton battleships deviated westward, avoided meeting with the Aceh merchant ships, and after more than a day's voyage, reached the predetermined sea area in the early morning of January 15.

Although Gao Junshan was on the ship "Zheng He No. 2", he did not specifically participate in the command of naval operations, because this was not his forte.

The navy sent a number of speedboats to reconnoiter around, and soon mastered the position of this fleet, which had a total of eight battleships, except for the "Yalvis", which was a second-class battleship, and the remaining seven were third-class battleships.

Why was the number of the East India Company's fleet so small? Because the East India Company had fought several rounds of battles with the Chinese navy before, its naval strength was greatly frustrated, and the number of battleships was only more than one-third of its heyday.

Although the Huaxia Navy is not as large as the East India Company in terms of the number of warships, the tonnage of the Huaxia Navy is close to 20,000 tons, while the total tonnage of the East India Company's battleships is only 10,000 tons, and the power of its artillery cannot be compared with that of the Huaxia Navy.

The tactical goal of the first detachment was clear, that is, to sink the "Yalvis" at the first opportunity.

The "Yalvis" was a heavy sail battleship of the second class, with a tonnage of about 1,400 tons, slow and slow, and this type of battleship was the most powerful ship of the Dutch East India Company. In the company's fleet, they are often in the top two. With more than a hundred guns of various types spread over 3 decks and a crew of more than a thousand men, the battleship often lined up in naval battles to attack the opposing side with broadside fire.

The fleet of the Dutch East India Company, which was responsible for the defense of the west coast of the island of Java, had been cowering in the harbor of Nias Island to avoid the wind and waves due to the storms of the previous days.

Eight battleships lined up in a line, headed by the "Yalvis", are heading towards the two giant battleships of the Huaxia Navy, the two battleships are ready for battle, "Zheng He No. 2" is on the left, "Zheng He No. 3" is on the right, and has formed a flanking attack on the "Yalvis".

The battleships of the Huaxia Navy relied on their mobility and the power of artillery fire, and they were completely capable of fighting with a single ship, and they had long since abandoned the formation of battle line operations and adopted a mobile and flexible combat formation, and moreover, the battleships could exchange information with each other through the transmitter to adjust the position of the combat ships.

The left-right flanking tactics now used are not commonly used by the navy, because this tactic can easily injure oneself by mistake. The command of the first detachment also took this problem into account, so they stretched the distance between the two battleships very far apart, and used heavy artillery to attack the "Yarvis", as long as this heavy battleship was sunk, the remaining seven light battleships could be dealt with by the tactics of individual destruction.

The lookout on board the "Yalvis" was the first to detect an anomaly at sea, and through a telescope he spotted black smoke in the distance at sea.

"Report to the captain, look, there's black smoke over there." The lookout pointed to the right front.

The captain's heart couldn't help but tighten, could it be the steam engine battleship of the Huaxia Kingdom? After several battles with the Huaxia Navy, the Dutch East India Company had already learned the power of the steam engine battleship, and they also heard that the kind of battleship that emitted black smoke had a name, it was called a steam engine battleship, and they didn't know why it was called a steam engine battleship.

"Look! Look! There are also here. A water finger exclaimed, pointing to the left front.

The captain looked in the direction pointed by the sailor, and sure enough, he saw black smoke billowing on the sea, and the sound of "tutu tu" could be faintly heard.

"Pass the order down and get ready for battle!" The captain did not dare to take it lightly, he sensed that the battleships of Huaxia were not friendly.

The captain's concern was not unfounded, and when he saw the massive size of the steam battleship, he saw a flickering fire, followed by a loud rumbling sound.

"Fight back! Fight back! The captain yelled loudly, and he ran to the battery as he roared.

The first shell of the Chinese Navy hit the water on the starboard side of the "Yalvis", and the huge water column shook the heavy battleship from side to side, and the high water column released the hidden power, making the rising water column bloom in the shape of an umbrella, and the scattered sea water hit the deck of the "Yarvis", and the impact of the water washed several sailors on the deck to the deck.

The sailors of the "Yalvis" had not yet come to their senses, the shell from the left hit the stern, the shell exploded, and the whole battleship shook again, and by the time the captain came to his senses and looked to the stern, the port side had been pierced with a large hole.

The "Yarvis" also began to open fire, and after a round of cannon fire, the captain found that their guns did not pose a threat to the steam engine battleship at all, because the distance was too far for the shells to hit the opposing ship.

There was another loud bang, a cannonball hit the water on the starboard side, the huge wave caused by the cannonball, yes, the bow of the ship was raised high, and then it fell rapidly, the sailors on the ship were all veterans who had fought with the wind and waves for more than ten or twenty years, and this situation in front of them was the first time they had seen it, and the violent shaking of the hull of the ship showed painful faces.