When political diplomacy is not sustainable, military action becomes the last trump card.

However, at this time, China's political diplomacy was not unsustainable, but a complex historical issue led to the fact that China had to resort to military means at this time.

The Dutch denied the massacre of the Chinese, but the 'Red Creek Massacre' was an incident that the Dutch could not rely on, and it shocked Europe and China, and the incident was documented in various countries.

On 20 July, the East China United Autonomous Government officially declared war on the Netherlands on the grounds that "the Dutch denied the charge of massacring the Chinese, seriously distorted history, insulted the entire personality of the Chinese nation, and even more violated the spirit of humanitarianism."

At this time, other countries have not reacted to this matter.

Although the Batavia conflict has touched the nerves of countries around the world to a certain extent, it is only a trivial matter compared to the battle between the two major military camps in Europe.

No one expected that China would declare war on the Netherlands.

However, when you think about it, this is indeed a good time to declare war on the Netherlands, the Entente is simply not able to look east, and the Netherlands is a neutral country.

At this time, neither the Entente nor the Central Powers would offend China, a more powerful neutral power, for the sake of a Dutch, because it was a matter of success or failure in the war.

Eight hours after the Chinese political axe declared war on the Netherlands, the British issued a statement condemning the Dutch, arguing that the Dutch had seriously violated the spirit of humanitarianism and were contrary to justice.

The German diplomat Todmann even approached the Chinese Foreign Ministry and claimed that he was willing to eliminate the Netherlands for China, on the condition that China would turn to the Allies.

The Germans' proposal was soon inadvertently leaked to the Dutch political axe by the CIA, which immediately fell into a panic.

At the same time, China's South China Sea Fleet launched a surprise attack on the port of Batavia at 6 a.m. on July 21.

The two aircraft carriers in charge of the raid, the Shihuang and Gaozu, took off one after another and bombed the Dutch Navy in the port of Batavia.

Although the Dutch in the port of Batavia were on high alert, and their shore defense guns were ready to attack the Chinese navy that invaded the port, what they did not expect was that the attack would come from overhead.

The Dutch in the harbor were unprepared for this, and as it was almost dawn in the port of Batavia at six o'clock, the Dutch gunners watched the sea level vigilantly, and soon a roar reached their ears.

"What's that sound?" A Dutch gunner listened intently and asked his comrades in confusion.

"It's like the sound of an airplane." A somewhat knowledgeable Dutch soldier said.

"Airplanes? Could it be a plane for the Chinese? It seems that they defeated the combined fleet of Yuben with planes. ”

Just as the soldiers were guessing, a Dutch officer snorted coldly: "How is it possible, Batavia is so far from China!" Their planes can't have a range that far, you guys are such a bunch of fools. ”

The roar in the sky grew stronger, and soon the people of Batavia Harbor heard the roar of the engine, and many of the indigenous people opened their windows and poked their heads out to look around.

In a building in the port of Batavia, a young man in his twenties opened a window and took out his binoculars to look at the sky in the distance from the port.

Before he could see it, a smile appeared on his face and he said to his companions: "It must be our Chinese plane coming, and it won't be long before Batavia is our Chinese's territory." ”

This young man is Xu Yuan, the leader of the Batavia region.

"Zicheng, Batavia Port is so far away from Hainan, how can a plane fly here!" A young man beside him said to Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan looked at the sky with a telescope and replied, "I don't know either." But if you listen to this voice, it is obvious that there are a lot of planes, and in the whole of Asia, except for China, there are a large number of planes. It is obviously more impossible for Ben to send planes over, and the only possibility is our Chinese planes. ”

"What Zicheng said is reasonable."

At this moment, Xu Yuan saw many black spots in the sky in the telescope, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "There are a lot of planes, it must be our Chinese plane...... Look, look, there is the moon flag of our navy on the plane, it is the navy, our navy is coming. ”

"Show me, show me ......"

Several young people around him crowded to the window, snatched the telescope in Xu Yuan's hand and looked at the sky.

Sure enough, they saw in the telescope an airplane they had never seen before, and the moon flag used by the Chinese Navy could be faintly seen on the plane.

…… The Dutch in the harbor also spotted the Chinese torpedo planes flying in the sky, and when they sounded the alarm, it was too late, and most of the Dutch were still asleep and did not have time to react at all.

These torpedo planes swooped down from the sky and dropped torpedoes on the Dutch warships in the harbor.

The Dutch warships anchored in the harbor were stationary, and this kind of immobility was a perfect shot for the pilots of the torpedo planes.

A dive, drop bomb...... Elevating!

Immediately there was a loud bang below, and when I looked back, the Dutch warship was already covered in black smoke from the explosion.

The pilot of the torpedo plane flying behind was in a hurry, and the Dutch warships themselves in the harbor were not too many, and they were blown up by the torpedo machine in front of them a few times, and most of them were already sunk.

"Give them meat to gnaw!"

"You're so unkind......"

There were many complaints in the radio communication, and the pilot of the torpedo plane in front was unmoved, quickly dropped the torpedo, and then snickered and returned home.

The Dutch in the port were dumbfounded, they didn't know how to respond to the sudden air raid, and the Dutch artillery in the port fired a few shots, but it was simply the cannon that hit the mosquitoes and missed.

Some Dutch infantrymen used their rifles to the sky other than artillery, but they had no effect at all, and the Dutch had no other means of air defense.

Those shore defense guns not only wasted shells, but also exposed the location of the batteries.

The pilots of these torpedo planes were not too familiar with the situation in the port of Batavia, they did not know the location of the shore defense guns, and those torpedo planes that took off from behind could not help but be overjoyed to see the shore defense guns firing.

The Dutch warships in the harbor had already been blown up and sunk, and although there were many other ships, there may be Chinese merchant ships among them, and due to the hasty declaration of war, several merchant ships of the East China Ocean Shipping Company were still docked at the port of Batavia, so they could not be bombed indiscriminately.

There are many Chinese living in Batavia, so they can't bomb land targets indiscriminately, but there is no restriction on these shore defense guns.

These shore defense guns belonged to the enemy's fortifications and fell within the permissible range of strikes.

So dozens of torpedo planes roared towards the exposed shore defense guns, used the torpedoes as bombs, and dropped them directly from the sky.

Some torpedoes blew up, others didn't.

When the explosion was over, the Dutch soldiers who were fighting the shore defense guns below were torpedoed and suffered heavy casualties.

And the Dutch made a fatal mistake, they put all those shells on the fuses, and as soon as the torpedo exploded, they immediately ignited the fuses, and the shells exploded one after another.

These shells themselves could not be put into the fuse when they were not in use, but even the Germans often did not follow such regulations, and during the Battle of Verdun, the Germans detonated an ammunition depot because the shells were put into the fuse.

But by the time the torpedo planes roared away, the port of Batavia was in chaos, with smoke rising from the bombed areas everywhere, and the two dozen Dutch warships in the harbor had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

These Dutch warships were relatively backward, but the total tonnage also reached nearly 60,000 tons.

But all the 60,000-ton naval units were sunk in a wave of air raids.

In dealing with such an attack on a non-moving target, the aircraft once again showed its unparalleled combat superiority, which further highlighted the combat capability of the aircraft carrier.

This is the first time that two aircraft carriers of the East China Navy have undergone a real combat test.

In the initial raid on the ocean-going operations of the Pacific islands, the two aircraft carriers did not play any role at all because the warships of the company were all withdrawn.

The Governor of Neo-Batavia, that is, the former Deputy Governor of Batavia, Claude, was stunned after receiving the report, and when he came to the port, he saw that the Dutch Far East Fleet in the port was all finished, leaving only a few small warships still moored there, which became one of the few fish that slipped through the net.

When asked about the battle, the Dutch soldiers in the harbor stammered, but Claude was calm, anyway, even if the Dutch lost, it was none of his business.

And what he is thinking about the most at the moment is what kind of surrender he should take.

If he surrenders too easily, he will appear spineless, and he may be questioned when he returns home, but if he resists too strongly, the Chinese may not let him go.

Since China has launched an attack on the port of Batavia, it means that China has declared war on the Netherlands.

There were always some problems with the transmission of information in this era, and the Batavian authorities still did not receive the news of China's declaration of war on them.

After all, the Chinese political axe declared war in the evening, and the attack was launched in the early morning.

Claude felt the need to negotiate confidentially with China in order to avoid the problems.

"Your Excellency the Governor, it's not good, the Chinese began shelling Mauk Harbor, probably to land at Mauk Harbor." It didn't take long for a phone call to Claude's governor's palace.

"What, so fast!" Claude couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, although he was not flustered, Claude quickly found the East China Commercial Hall.

China declared war on the Netherlands, and its personnel and commercial arrangements were not withdrawn, because Xia Jun was confident that the war would soon be ended, and the Netherlands did not dare to use force against the Chinese again, so he was so calm.

Claude soon got in touch with the Chinese intelligence bureau, and the two sides began to argue over the terms of Batavia's surrender, Claude hoped to fight for more benefits so that he could have an explanation after returning home, but he did not want to use force with China.

But the East China Political Axe Military Intelligence Agency did not seem to be interested in Claude's conditions at all.

Because at this time, it was not Claude who panicked, but the Dutch political axe far away in Europe.

The intelligence department of the Dutch political axe received information that the German political axe was trying to eliminate the Netherlands as a bargaining chip in exchange for the political axe of East China to join the allies.

The Netherlands is a low-country country that faces a threat from the sea to the west and Germany to the east.

If there is no rapprochement with China, then the consequences will be serious.

(To be continued)