From June to October in Southeast Asia, it is the day when the rainy season arrives, humid tropical rain clouds, bringing abundant rain to Southeast Asia, the whole Borneo is immersed in a humid atmosphere, to be able to end the battle before the rainy season comes, it is a very fortunate thing for the Chinese in Borneo, although it is said that the Nanyang Army has prepared many things for the rainy season, for example, it has specially adapted to the rainy season, and has prepared various things including ponchos and rubber boots, but it is not as good as a sunny day to fight in the heavy rain.

Lan Fangguo, the founding ceremony, in 1914 just after the rainy season began, held, the Chinese in the northwest, in the South Seas for a long time, basically, with the full support of the northwest, there should be everything already there, there is an army, there is a perfect government system, and even a small part of the navy, and even has the ability to build ships.

At that time, Yang Shu and they came over, and Chen Jiageng led the rich businessmen in Nanyang, reached a package agreement, of which, the others are secondary, the most important is the project of Shijia Shipyard, on the basis of the old shipyard of Shijia, when the shipyard was expanded, it was increased as much as possible, from the original shipyard of about 3,000 tons, to the development of a 15,000-ton dock, with the ability to produce armored cruisers.

After the Northwest thoroughly obtained the shipbuilding data and docks from the German side, the Northwest could build all the docks under 50,000 tons, and before the defeat of the Netherlands, Britain and France, the construction of this dock had already begun in Borneo, Borneo is an island country, surrounded by deep-water ports, after careful consideration, a place near Pontianak was chosen to build a large-scale shipyard, since Scheer's fleet would carry out activities near Borneo. Then the necessary logistical supply and repair facilities are necessary, a large number of machinery and equipment have been secretly transported here, more than 30 engineers and a large number of technicians, have also been put in place, the future shipyard in Borneo, just like the shipyard in Qingdao. Will have the ability to build large capital ships.

However, the scale here is small, for the time being, there are only two 50,000-ton and two 30,000-ton docks, which are only responsible for logistics and the construction of some small ships. It was the construction of this shipyard that made Schell settle down, and the German side, which had not yet informed them of the whereabouts of their fleet, could only stay in Southeast Asia for the time being, and it was not very convenient to go to China, and there was no logistics. Without repairs, without a solid base, the fleet will always be a wanderer, and now with these, the effect that the fleet can exert will be even greater.

This is also the root of Scheer's stabilization, and Asia is a very important place for Britain and France, especially in the United Kingdom. India, the jewel in the crown of the British Queen, is for the British. It is very important, especially today, when they are all dependent on the colonies, not only do they frequently contact the Americans, but they want the Americans to do it from the Philippines, because it is reported that Germany was the first great power to recognize Lanfang. Moreover, it is possible that Lan Fangguo will join the Allied States in the founding ceremony.

A newly established Lanfang country is not qualified to make Britain and France afraid, but a member of the Allied States even has a certain sense. The possibility of representing China's intentions, but they have to pay attention to the fact that Lan Fangguo's relationship with China is even closer than that between the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Republics, in this case, will this represent some kind of signal.

In any case, the establishment of Lanfang became a major event in the world in 1914, and many countries in the world sent representatives to Lanfang to participate in the ceremony, among them, the countries of the Allied countries all wanted to recognize Lanfang, and establish ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations with Lanfang, send ambassadors to each other, and establish closer contacts, and even Germany would go one step further and lease the Singapore Naval Port as the anchorage of the Asian Fleet.

On the one hand, after Britain got the six dreadnoughts of the United States, it had already overpowered Germany in terms of the number of dreadnoughts, and Germany's high seas fleet wanted to break through, but it still had to pass the British home fleet. On the other hand, the Scheer fleet is in Asia, it is already on the surface, and such a huge target cannot be concealed, Britain must know the threat of the Scheer fleet, if the Scheer fleet wants to return, it is the best chance to kill him.

From East Asia to Germany, and can not pass through the Suez Canal, even if the British are willing to let it, the Germans can't believe it, let alone the British will not let it go, the entire east coast of Africa, South Africa, the west coast of Africa, everywhere British and French colonies, they do something, or even risk sending warships to encircle and suppress it.

In a way, if Scheer's fleet is really returned, what can be done is nothing more than a decisive battle with Britain, under the premise that there is no way to win a big victory, any battleship-level battle must be avoided, rather than letting Scheer's fleet return at risk, it is better to let him become a mobile force in Asia, not only to destroy the status quo of the Entente in Asia, but also to contain the same number of warships.

Because the time was too hasty, the founding ceremony of Lan Fang was not too grand, but in accordance with certain regulations, some diplomats were invited, including Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Italy diplomats in Asia, and then German diplomats, although Lan Fang also politely sent invitations to the United States, France, and Britain, but no one came, Britain and France had not woken up from the blow of the fleet, and made it clear that they would not come, and only sent a few liaisons, and the United States itself was preparing to send a presidential envoy. But then he changed his doctrine and seemed to have some concerns.

On the whole Lanfang establishment ceremony, an original Southeast Asian style, theatrical performances, military parades, due to the establishment of a separate country, the military uniform has also been replaced, and the military uniform of the northwest is somewhat similar, but from the epaulette armband, including some special details, it is completely different from the northwest, and the combat clothing and camouflage uniform are the same, and there are some unique camouflage in the South Seas.

The envoys of the Central Powers watched the performance in surprise, although they came to Lanfang based on the face of the Germans, in their senses, Lanfang may be a pawn planted by the Germans to create turmoil for Britain and France in Southeast Asia, but after coming to Lanfang, they found that it was different, too strong Northwest style, in their eyes, it was very obvious, did the Germans use Lanfang to win over the Northwest?

The military parade and the founding ceremony showed this view even more, and the northwest style was even more intense; of course, the spirit and combat effectiveness displayed by the army were definitely above the level, and such a country should not be underestimated.

After the founding ceremony, Lan Fangguo announced in accordance with the previous order of the Northwest, in the name of Lan Fangguo, joined the Allied States, this time, but it set off an uproar, itself, Britain and France suspected, the establishment of Lan Fang, related to the Northwest, but the next series of changes, some confusing, Lan Fang and the Northwest, seems to be in a lot of fog, on the surface Lan Fang seems to be established with the support of Germany, otherwise, how did Germany, the fleet that suddenly appeared, how to build, The Admiralty has always had a saying that Germany secretly supported Lan Fang and set up a dock in Borneo to build warships, although this statement is very loud, but people who know a little about the Navy know that there was no dock around Borneo before Lan Fang was founded.

Germany did not announce that the origin of this fleet did not directly say that it was built in the northwest, and Lanfang leaked the news that Lanfang had a 50,000-ton dock under the order of the northwest.

In the middle, there are still many things that cannot be explained, how this dock works, how the steel used to make the ships is transported, the 600,000-ton fleet, how much materials and how much steel is needed, and what kind of impact will Lan Fang's joining the camp of the Allied countries have on the strategic layout of the entire Entente, these are all questions.

The previous suspicion has become the current fact, Lan Fang's joining the Entente camp is already a certainty, and it is a historical fact that cannot be changed, but doubt and real joining, these are two different things, the great change in the situation in Asia, the entire Southeast Asia, and even the South Asian subcontinent are under the threat of Scheer's fleet, Pontianak has a 50,000-ton dock, which can maintain and repair the largest warship of Scheer's fleet, the Fantasy class, which is a great enhancement for the combat capability of the Fantasy class.

In itself, the Admiralty has always said that after the American dreadnoughts are in place, a part of the cutting-edge warships will be transferred to Southeast Asia to confront Scheer's fleet, but now, there is no market for this statement, a battleship with a home port, sufficient repair capabilities, and even the ability to replace the barrel can exert stronger strength, how many warships will pass to be able to encircle and annihilate them, India has become a rich land under the development of Britain, but industry is his weakest point, Reluctantly refueling and simple repairs, once the ship was too badly damaged, it could only return to Britain, thousands of miles by sea, and now it has no foundation to become Britain.

Lan Fang's founding ceremony, in the midst of the turbulence, was held calmly, the Allies happily established diplomatic contacts with Lan Fang, and even Lan Fang sent a 200,000 troops to follow Scheer's actions and support the Allies militarily. (To be continued.) )