After dawn, the inhabitants of the city could not wait to leave their homes and rush to the coast, all wanting to see what had happened on the sea last night, from late last night to early this morning. The sound of artillery and explosions continued to sound there.

This is Palembang City, the political and economic center of Sumatra, the main island of Sumatra, and is now. The city was controlled by the local Chinese Autonomous Bureau. Only a few scattered strongholds outside the city were still home to a small number of Dutch colonial troops.

The townspeople were anxious to know what had happened to the cannon fire late last night, and some speculated that the Chinese fleet was engaged in a battle with the Dutch fleet. But until it is confirmed, everything is just hearsay.

Like the citizens, Yang Wangpeng also wanted to find out what was the situation of the cannon fire late last night, so as soon as the morning dawned, he immediately left the hotel and rushed to the Chinese Autonomous Bureau to inquire about the news.

When Yang Wangpeng rushed to the Chinese Autonomous Bureau. He realized that this place had already been crowded with Chinese and overseas Chinese who had come to inquire about the news. And it seems that there are many people who care about current affairs as much as him.

Two days ago, Yang Wangpeng has been paying attention to the "Java Incident" Judging from experience, Yang Wangpeng felt that there might be a conflict between China and the Netherlands, so when he was awakened by the sound of cannons from the sea late last night, he never fell asleep again, and when the morning dawned and the curfew was lifted, he hurried over. I thought of sitting in the Chinese Autonomous Bureau.

Fortunately, there is an identity of a "central advisor". Yang Wangpeng did not linger outside the Autonomous Bureau for long, passing through several members of the Autonomous Bureau who knew him. Yang Wangpeng soon sat in a reception room of the Autonomous Bureau, where he was also sitting and waiting for news from local leaders in Palembang. The old people, the rich businessmen, these people, like Yang Wangpeng, are all concerned about the current situation in Nanyang, and compared with Yang Wangpeng, an outsider; These local Chinese are even more anxious.

"It's war! It's war! China has officially declared war on the Netherlands! China has officially declared war on the Netherlands".

Just as Yang Wangpeng was talking with a Guangdong businessman with a pen, a member of the Autonomous Bureau suddenly ran over, stood outside the door of the reception room, shouted a few times, and then ran quickly. I went to the other rooms and shouted.

"At war?"

"That's it? For a ship? ”

"Isn't it just war? The Dutch put Hua Su on the ship and left him to fend for himself, in exchange for you, can you swallow this breath? ”

"That's right. Back then, the Boxer Boxer just killed some foreigners, and as a result, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Beijing.

"This is a war with the Dutch. It's not as bad as dealing with Japan back then, no matter how bad the Dutch are, they are also Europeans, will the European powers interfere? ”

"Now Europe is also a mess, where can we take care of the situation here?"

Everyone in the reception room began to talk. Yang Wangpeng sat and listened to a few words, then stood up, walked out of the reception room, looked in the corridor, saw an acquaintance, and hurriedly rushed over.

That person was Zhou Haishan, who was caught by Yang Wangpeng. I couldn't get out, so I had to light up the inside story

Cease.

"Mr. Yang Wang, to tell you the truth, our Autonomous Bureau has just received a message from the consulate, what is going on, I am also confused now, I can't figure it out, why don't you sit here first? Or, simply send someone to the telegraph office and pat the telegram to ask? ”

Yang Wangpeng couldn't ask more inside information from Zhou Haishan, so he had to leave the Autonomous Bureau in a huff. Follow the people to the port.

When we arrived at the port, as far as the eye could see, it was even more crowded, and a fleet was sailing into the port through the breakwater, but it was the destroyer fleet of the Nanyang detachment of the Chinese Navy stationed in Palembang, however, yesterday this fleet had six destroyers, but now. Only four of them rushed back to port, and the hulls and superstructures of all the warships were riddled with bullet wounds, and two of them were badly rolled and slow, which shows the fierceness of the battle at sea last night.

Relying on his special status, Yang Wangpeng was able to pass through the cordon set up by the militia group, rush to the dock, and wait for the warship to dock.

The four bullet-riddled Chinese destroyers docked at the pier, the gangplanks hit the dock, and the sailors quickly carried the wounded loaded on the warships off the warship. Military doctors and nurses were waiting on the docks, and the wounded were immediately treated on the spot after being carried to the docks. The seriously injured were carried to the nearest clinic first, and the lightly injured were treated outside the clinic.

Yang Wangpeng and several members of the Autonomous Bureau helped carry the wounded on the dock, and soon he recognized an acquaintance among the wounded, none other than Shen Honglie, the commander of the destroyer fleet.

At that time, Yang Wangpeng accompanied the president to inspect the navy as a senior adviser to the presidential office, and had a relationship with Shen Honglie, and he also knew that this Shen Honglie had led a destroyer fleet to attack the Japanese merchant fleet in the Sino-Japanese Northeast Asian War, and he had rich experience in actual combat, and he had been the commander of the destroyer fleet since then.

Shen Honglie was wounded in the head, but the injury was not serious. The consciousness was also very clear, and after the doctor treated the wound urgently, Yang Wangpeng and the sailors transferred Shen Honglie to the port clinic and sat in the clinic. Yang Wangpeng and Shen Honglie had a few words, but they understood last night's battle

Last night's battle was provoked by the destroyer fleet. Before the battle began, Shen Honglie commanded the fleet to quietly leave the harbor and use the cover of night to go to the sea area patrolled by the Dutch warships to search for targets, and they planned to launch a torpedo attack on the Dutch fleet in accordance with the combat plan drawn up by the staff office of the Nanyang detachment. Before the battle began, everything went well, but when the battle began, Shen Honglie suddenly appeared in the Dutch fleet with a few more torpedo boats, and during the daytime reconnaissance, there were no torpedo boats from the Dutch Navy.

Although the situation changed, Shen Honglie still attacked on time according to the battle plan. Under his command, six destroyers of the "Narujo" class were first directed to one Dutch naval "Geldland." Class cruisers launched a torpedo attack. In order to improve the torpedo hit rate, the Chinese fleet tried to reduce the attack distance as much as possible, but last night the moonlight was very good, and the Dutch fleet was also very vigilant, so the Chinese destroyer fleet appeared in an attack formation far away.

The most powerful attack weapon of a destroyer is a torpedo, but the conditions for a torpedo attack are far higher than those for naval artillery bombardment, so the high performance of the destroyer must be emphasized, and in order to ensure the high voyage of the destroyer, the protective performance of the destroyer can only be reduced. As a result, the destroyer fleet commanded by Shen Honglie was subjected to heavy artillery fire at the very beginning of the battle.

At the same time, the Dutch fleet began to maneuver to avoid torpedo attacks, and in order to hit with a single blow, Yodo had to close the distance to the Dutch fleet even closer. It is precisely because of this that before the torpedo was officially thrown out of the torpedo tube, one destroyer was heavily damaged by the artillery fire of the Dutch fleet and had to withdraw from the battle, and Shen Honglie could only rely on five destroyers to attack.

The attack distance was less than a thousand meters, and at this distance, the accuracy of the torpedoes was very high, so in the first wave of torpedo attacks, the Chinese destroyer fleet hit two mines, severely damaged a cruiser and a gunboat of the Dutch fleet, and destroyed two torpedo boats of the Dutch fleet with naval guns.

Shen Honglie made a total of five torpedo attacks in last night's battle, one closer to the Dutch fleet than the other, in the face of the crazy attack of the Chinese fleet, the Dutch fleet finally chose to retreat, but Shen Honglie still relied on the destroyer's Gao Hang and the Dutch fleet to maneuver, from late last night to this morning, and finally sank a Dutch cruiser, a gunboat, two torpedo boats, a total of four Dutch ships, and their own fleet also suffered heavy losses, a total of four destroyers were heavily damaged, two of which were sunk, Including Shen Honglie's flagship "Mingtiao". Nearly 200 officers and men were killed or missing, and all the guns and artillery were wounded.

Obviously, this was a decisive assault, and Shen Honglie had to raise the spirit of the death squad, because he knew very well that the only advantage of his destroyer fleet in this naval battle was a surprise attack, and if the threat of the Dutch fleet could not be solved at night, then wait until after dawn. A retaliatory attack by the Dutch fleet was not something that the destroyer fleet could withstand head-on.

However, although the results of this battle were very good, after all, the Dutch fleet was not completely annihilated, and at least one cruiser escaped the attack of the destroyer. And those torpedo boats are also missing, plus the loss of the flagship, so Shen Honglie's mood is not high now, he told Yang Wangpeng. He had intended to sink or damage both Dutch cruisers.

"Commander Shen, you don't have to blame yourself, with the strength of your fleet, it is not easy to achieve such a brilliant victory.

Presumably, Commander Lu will not blame you for losing the flagship, this destroyer is not like a battleship, we China can build it on our own. You lost two destroyers today, and you'll be in the future. The Admiralty might just add you four destroyers, or even more, the Navy. After all, it is also another pillar of the country's military strength. ”

Although Yang Wangpeng's words somewhat comforted Shen Honglie, but it was also the truth, such a brilliant victory for the navy in this battle really surprised Yang Wangpeng, he had always thought before. The Chinese army is very strong, but the navy cannot compete head-on with the enemy fleet, but now, it has been proven that the Chinese navy can win in a frontal battle if the tactics are used properly.

But then again, this battle, in the end. The Chinese navy took advantage of a surprise attack, just like the last Sino-Japanese war in Northeast Asia, paying attention to preemptive man, as for international public opinion, the "madman president" did not pay attention to it at all, he only believed that "the king will be the king and the loser." Or to put it mildly, "the victor is not condemned."

Just as Yang Wangpeng was talking to Shen Honglie. A staff officer hurried to Shen Honglie. A telegram transcription was given to Shen Honglie.

Shen Honglie glanced at the content of the telegram, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "Commander Lu's side has won a big victory. The Dutch naval installation, which sank four Dutch warships and shelled the port of Belilyang, is now on its way to Palembang and is expected to join the destroyer fleet soon, at which point the next attack will begin! ”

Yang Wangpeng silently listened to Shen Honglie's emotion. Curious, he wanted to know. How does President Zhao Da plan to fiddle with the situation in Nanyang, he also believes that the arrogant president will definitely not give up easily. If you want to know what happened next, please log in to the old murder horn chapter for more, support the author, and support genuine reading! Yi Xunshu is a fine concave and said that Xunshan is a different body clam