In that hidden sky. A passenger plane "Progress" was descending, and Gao Chuchuan soon entered the landing route.

In the cabin, the more than a dozen passengers had fastened their seat belts according to the captain's instructions, and looked at the head of the plane through the portholes, looking at the scene on the sea.

As one of the passengers, Tang Xiangming is also looking at the scenery in the port at this moment. And his attention was especially focused on the two docks in the southwestern corner of the harbor, where two huge warships were being repaired, and the sparks of welding guns flickering on the decks of the warships were particularly eye-catching. As if it was close at hand, Tang Xiangming could even imagine the heat of the welding torch and the strong atmosphere of the industrial age at the welding site.

The two ships that are being repaired in the dockyard are the two battleships that the Chinese Navy now owns, and those two battleships were previously in service with the Japanese Navy, one called the "Golden Net". The other is called the "Satsuma", but now, those two steel fortresses have indeed been solemnly included in the battle sequence of the surface fleet of the Chinese Navy by Tang Xiangming, and if everything goes well, it will not be long before those two battleships can sail on the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea.

Tang Xiangming flew directly to Lushun by plane from Beijing. Originally, yesterday afternoon, after the president ordered the navy to enter a state of first-class combat readiness, Tang Xiangming planned to immediately take a plane to Lushun, but because it was already dark at that time, it would soon be dark, and it was not very safe for the plane to take off and land, so it was not until this morning that Tang Xiangming boarded the "Progress" passenger plane that the Admiralty had just received from the aircraft factory and rushed to Lushun with a group of members of the General Staff before leaving the Admiralty office building. Tang Xiangming personally filled in the names of the two battleships that had not yet been completely repaired into the list of active surface ships of the Navy. The original "Golden Net" was renamed "Yanmen", and the original "Satsuma" was renamed "Juyong", using the name of the famous pass in ancient China.

Before boarding the plane, Tang Xiangming also issued another order, asking the Lushun shipyard to cancel all holidays and rush to repair the two battleships that had entered the final stage of construction, according to this order of Chief Tang, the shipyard must complete the repair of the two battleships within five days.

Now it seems that the shipyard has begun to work overtime, which somewhat relieved Tang Xiangming. He also understood that it was somewhat risky to rush to repair warships at such a time, but the situation on the Nanyang side was becoming more and more tense, and the Admiralty had to take risks, otherwise, the confidence of the Navy's Nanyang Detachment would be insufficient, and it would also affect Tang Xiangming's prestige in the Navy.

In order to enhance his prestige in the navy, Tang Xiangming had already decided that after the repair of the two battleships was completed, he would personally lead the battlefleet south to Xiamen, and then rush to Hainan Island to provide support for the Nanyang detachment. He didn't make a fuss about it. That's a real skill, after all, he also studied in the navy in Europe back then.

While pondering his thoughts, Tang Xiangming suddenly felt the fuselage tremble, and then there was a slight heavy impact, and the roar of the motive from the porthole became even more dull.

The "Progress" passenger plane finally landed on the sea, at this time the wind and waves were calm, there were almost no waves on the sea, the plane landed relatively smoothly, only a slight jolt stabilized the wings, then the motivation decreased, and finally stopped, and the cabin immediately quieted a lot. The plane swayed gently on the sea, making passengers who were used to the noise and the feeling of flying in the air somewhat uncomfortable.

Tang Xiangming stood up first, but due to the height of the cabin, he could only bend down to the side of the cabin door, at this time, the captain also rushed over, opened the cabin door, Tang Xiangming looked out of the cabin door, but saw the sparkling waves all around, a maneuvering board was "suddenly" sailing from the naval pier to the plane, and the naval flag on the bow was fluttering in the wind.

Soon, the mobile board sailed to the side of the "Progress" passenger plane, and stopped the engine, the sailors on the ship raised the wooden oars, and finally landed on the plane, and tied the cable to the plane's pontoon, and then connected Tang Xiangming to the board, because the touch board is not large, can not sit too many people at a time, so the passengers on the plane can only be divided into two landings, Tang Xiangming is the first group of people to land, and the highest rank, when he stepped on the concrete floor of the dock, there was already a group of naval officers waiting for Mr. Commander-in-chief.

Shaking hands with these admirals who came to welcome the commander-in-chief, Tang Xiangming didn't say much, and as soon as the order was given, everyone rushed to the Lushun Military Port Headquarters around Mr. Commander-in-Chief and held a military meeting in the conference room.

Tang Xiangming got straight to the point, first told everyone the purpose of his visit, and then took out the presidential warrant, let the officers present see the president's tough stance, and clearly told everyone that he came to Lushun this time. If the battleship is not launched, he will never leave the military port. Moreover, after the battleship was launched, he would also move with the ship and rush to Xiamen to meet the Second Fleet of the Navy, which was carrying out training tasks there.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Dutch provocation in the South Seas. Malicious killing and injuring of our country's expatriates is really unbearable and unbearable! The president said to me in the commander-in-chief's hall that this time, let's not take this public recess 8 days and collect the umbrella into the people of the four days and the people of the bridge. We're not going to give up! What kind of Kang the president is, everyone must be clear, that's what. He said that he must be ready to fight, then, everyone here must seriously ensure the logistics supply required for the fleet's attack!

These two battleships are the first batch of battleships equipped by our navy, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they are stronger than the "green forest" and "red eyebrows", and this logistical support is even more important; now these two battleships have not yet been officially launched for sea trials, so the first priority at present is not the planning of armaments, but the establishment of the crew; I have already planned with members of the General Staff Department in the Admiralty yesterday on this issue, and as far as the current naval reserve forces are concerned, they can be immediately deployed from several naval schools, and a group of cadets with excellent character and learning can also be transferred from the civilian naval schools. Besides. In addition, a number of technical officers will be drawn from the active warships, so that the personnel needs of the two battleships can be met, and in order to ensure the work of the power system, American technicians and Italian technicians will also accompany the ship.

Considering that there is a run-in period between personnel and between personnel and warships, it is necessary to sail south to Hainan Island. Yesterday the Navy General Staff had already come up with a draft plan, but it was not perfect, so we took advantage of the five-day period to work behind closed doors here in Lushun, carefully sort out the plan, and at the same time wait for personnel from all localities to arrive. Once the personnel arrived, the warship was also ready. Then, we will go out immediately and go to Xiamen first. Go to Hainan Island again, and then wait for the central order. ”

Tang Xiangming finally summed it up, and then asked Lushun whether the relevant information had been prepared, and received a positive answer.

A naval lieutenant was in charge of briefing Tang Xiangming on the information about the Dutch fleet that he had just received from the Admiralty, most of which came from Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, especially diplomatic missions in Western Europe.

"According to the information sent back from the embassy in the Netherlands. At present, the Far East Task Force formed by the Dutch government has left its base in the Netherlands and is sailing in the North Sea, as the war in Europe is still going on. Moreover, the maritime smuggling situation between the Netherlands and Germany is very serious, therefore, the British Royal Fleet has deployed a large number of mines and fleets in the coastal waters of the Netherlands to control the smuggling operations in the territorial waters of the Netherlands, according to this analysis, the Dutch Far East Task Force is likely not to directly cross the dangerous English Channel, but will choose to detour through the North Atlantic, and then go south to the Middle Sea, through the Suez Canal, to the Indian Ocean, this journey is not only difficult, but also very far away, and it will certainly not be able to reach the East Indies in a short time. If the center now makes up its mind to go to war, our South Sea Squadron will certainly be able to deal a heavy blow to the Dutch East India Squadron before the Dutch reinforcements arrive in the East Indies. The key is to preemptively. ”

"How many warships does the Dutch Far East Task Force have?" Tang Xiangming nodded, and then asked.

"According to the report of the embassy in the Netherlands, the Dutch Far East task force, which was publicly reported in the local newspapers, had a total of five warships, of which. There were two 3,500-ton coastal defense battleships, two 5,500-ton coastal defense battleships, and one 6,500-ton coastal defense battleship. The ships were accompanied by a number of transports loaded with a small number of army troops, but the Dutch government did not dare to send more army troops to the East Indies for fear of a German attack on southern Holland.

The most combat-effective in this Dutch Far East task force is the "Seven Provinces Alliance," a coastal defense battleship with a standard displacement of 6,500 tons, which is equipped with two main guns with a caliber of 280 mm, and the thickest part of the hull armor is 150 mm, which is more suitable for coastal defense, but it is not suitable for ocean-going naval warfare, and even if it rushes to the East Indies, it will not be able to compete with China's "Green Forest", "Red Eyebrows", "Yanmen" and "Juyong". These four large warships confronted, therefore. The Admiralty believes that there is no need to pay too much attention to this Dutch Far East Task Force, as long as the center is determined to fight, the victorious side of the naval battle will definitely be our country. ”

"The center has a tough stance at the moment, but it seems that the president has not yet made his position clear whether to fight or not."

Seeing that the naval officers were eager to fight, Tang Xiangming shook his head helplessly. In fact, to put it bluntly, he very much wanted to command the fleet to engage in a small naval battle with the Dutch fleet, but on the other hand, he also thought that now was not a good time to start fighting, because the two battleships had not yet formed combat effectiveness, and if the war started now, even if the South Sea Fleet had enough strength, it might not be able to completely annihilate the Dutch East India Fleet.

In addition to this concern, Tang Xiangming was also a little worried, if the war started now, he would not be able to lead the battlefleet to the thief field in time, then. The supreme battlefield commander of this naval battle was Lu Ping, the commander of the Nanyang Detachment, and this would only further strengthen Lu Ping's prestige in the navy and make the threat to Tang Xiangming more direct. But then again, in the end, there will be no war or not. And when to go to war, it is not for the Admiralty to decide, nor for the Dutch government or the British government, but for the central government, and to make it more clear, this decision is in the hands of the president, who says when to go to war against the Netherlands. Then when will the artillery of the Chinese fleet aim at the Dutch fleet and open fire. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!