Chapter 995: The Battle of Malacca (1)

 c_t; When the Republic of China and the Qing court gradually divided the victory, the battle for the Java Islands between Japan and the Netherlands also reached the most critical moment. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. Download the full text at [com].

In the past two months, the Japanese and Dutch colonial troops have launched fierce battles on the Java Islands, in less than two months, the two sides have fought dozens of times, the Dutch colonial army far away from the mainland is not the opponent of the Japanese army on land at all, a Japanese army is outnumbered, Yama County Youpeng mobilized five divisions of troops, nearly 100,000 people participated in the war, on the Java Islands, the Dutch colonial army only has less than 30,000 people, plus the army that has been transferred one after another, adding up to only 60,000 people, Moreover, the Dutch excessively oppressed the people of the Java Islands, and continued a great deal of discontent among the people, and now that the Japanese have come to fight, there are actually many people who have spontaneously begun to help the Japanese fight!

If these poor people knew that the Dutch were lions, then the Japanese were wolves, more savage than lions, more ferocious and cunning than lions, and let the Japanese occupy the Java Islands, they would live worse than death.

In two months, the Japanese almost annihilated the main Dutch force, and only more than 10,000 Dutch troops remained on some remote islands in the Java archipelago, surviving for a long time.

The Japanese army has occupied more than 20 major islands in the archipelago, and now the situation is very clear, the Dutch army can not stand it, and now the only hope of the Dutch army in Java is that the Dutch navy can come as soon as possible, hoping that its own navy can crush the Japanese combined fleet in one fell swoop and cut off the connection between the Japanese mainland and the Java archipelago.

As the Dutch army thought, the same thought towards the Dutch king, it was obvious that if they fought far from the mainland, the army would definitely not be able to withstand it, and could only rely on a strong naval attack, as long as the combined fleet of the Japanese army was defeated, then the Netherlands would still be able to hold the Java Islands. Download 75txt.

Now the Dutch navy is hurrying towards the Java Islands, and has approached the Strait of Malacca, attempting to attack from the Malay Peninsula to the rear of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

This time, the Dutch Navy almost poured out of the nest, and the Dutch Admiralty used 20 main warships, all of which were advanced warships, and such strength could almost run rampant in Asia, and no country had such a strong strength.

However, the Dutch underestimated the determination of Japan to invade the Java Islands, and also underestimated the capabilities of the Japanese, yes, the strength of Japan's combined fleet today, it is true that it is not as strong as the Dutch navy. However, the Japanese have a backstage, in a word, with a godfather, little Japan, now does not take the Netherlands in their eyes at all, when the Dutch have not yet arrived in the Strait of Malacca, the Japanese have reached an agreement with the British, and from the British they have rented six British advanced warships for free, all of which are mobilized from Malaysia and Hong Kong, and even the navy is directly hired British naval soldiers, and the warships of the British plus the Japanese combined fleet, now Japan's naval strength has surpassed the current Netherlands!

The Dutch, who were still in the dark, were completely unaware, and still dreamed of annihilating the Japanese Combined Fleet and sailing their own fleet directly to the Japanese mainland.

The Dutch naval fleet had just arrived on the west side of the Strait of Malacca and was moving forward at full speed, when the combined Japanese and British fleet, which had been waiting for a long time on the west bank of the Strait of Malacca, began to encircle and suppress the Dutch Navy!

The Dutch Navy was moving at full speed, and the naval sentry on the flagship watchtower suddenly shouted to the naval commander Moklaw on the deck: "General Moklaw, there is a situation, a large number of British warships have been found ten nautical miles ahead!" ”

Moclaw was shocked, to tell the truth, Moclaw now very much does not want to face the British, the Boer War has been fought, the British have won a complete victory, the Dutch are gloomy, the entire South African region, has now fallen into the hands of the British, there are countless diamonds and gold, full of treasures, who is willing to give such wealth to others, but, there is no way, the situation is stronger than people, the current Netherlands is not the Netherlands two or three hundred years ago, Their supremacy was given to the British a hundred years ago, and now the sun never sets on the empire!

Now, the Dutch Navy is going all out to the Java Islands to fight the Japanese Navy, and such a critical moment cannot be overlooked!

Moclaw said: "Wave the flag at the British battleship in front of us, just say that we have no intention of offending the majesty of the British Empire, and both sides will go their own way, and greet Queen Elizabeth of England!" ”

The sentry immediately waved his flag and began to greet the Englishman in the distance.

However, the British did not seem to have any intention of getting around, and still rushed towards the Dutch navy.

Moklaw was a little unhappy in his heart, **, arrogant British! If it weren't for the fact that his strength was inferior, Moklaw would now want to send out a fleet and wipe them out!

Mo Cloo said helplessly: "Okay, forget it, we can't mess with this group of British now, at a critical time, we can't make trouble, order, the fleet turns, get out of the way of the British fleet!" ”

At this time, the sentry suddenly exclaimed: "Commander, General Moklaw, that's, that's not the British fleet, that's the Japanese fleet, and now the rice flag is gone, and it's replaced by the Japanese sun flag!" ”

Yes!

Moklaw was shocked and asked, "Did you see clearly?" Really changed to the Japanese military flag? ”

The sentry said in a trembling voice: "Yes, General Moklaw, it is indeed the sun flag of Japan!" Quick, give the order to prepare for war! ”

Moklaw's head buzzed, I wipe, now the two fleets are moving in the opposite direction, the distance is less than eight nautical miles, in a hurry, how to fight!

Obviously, Japan is prepared this time!

Moklaw shouted: "Order, order, the fleet immediately sails north, opening up the distance from the Japanese fleet!" Prepare for the battle now, hurry! ”

An order was issued, and now dozens of warships in the entire Dutch naval fleet began to turn to the north side, and it was too late to start the battle immediately, and the armor of their cannons had not been removed, so they could only get rid of them first!

Less than ten minutes after the turn, and the distance between the Japanese and the Japanese had not yet been widened, the sentry shouted at once: "Admiral Moklaw, due north, the British naval fleet has appeared again!" ”

****! Today, Lao Tzu is doing it with a special British!

Moklaw roared angrily in his heart, and roared in his mouth: "******, what British navy, it must be the Japanese fleet in disguise, give Lao Tzu an immediate attack!" Better die standing than live kneeling! ”

Moklaw's order to exit, the Dutch Navy's vanguard battlecruisers Pisces and Starfish battlecruisers, the first to fire, a dozen shells, roared towards the northern fleet!

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