The news of the mobilization of the fleet and troops by the Dutch governor had been reported by radio to the Pontianak intelligence department by the intelligence point in Batavia. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ministry of Intelligence asked the intelligence points in Batavia to continue to pay attention to the news of the Dutch fleet and army, and it is best to find out whether the target of their attack was Pontianak or Majin, as well as the exact time of their dispatch and the number of troops and equipment they sent.

Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui of the General Staff were discussing and perfecting the operational plan for annihilating the Dutch navy and army.

Zhang Wei was also thinking about how to defeat the Dutch fleet at the lowest cost? You can't expose your strength too much, so that you are besieged by several other powers. For the Dutch Army, Zhang Wei really didn't pay attention to it.

Suddenly, Zhang Wei remembered Germany's wolf pack tactics in World War II, using submarines to besiege Dutch warships, anyway, the Netherlands has only a few warships, and a few submarines can still be defeated by besieging him?

So Zhang Wei summoned Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui and introduced his idea to them, that is, to benefit the submarines, adopt wolf pack tactics, completely destroy the Dutch fleet, and send his troop transport ships to the bottom of the sea, and feed all those Dutch officers and soldiers to fish.

Li Zhaoshui said: "Young master, won't such words leak our submarine?" I'm still thinking about using submarines to teach little Japan a lesson, and if the submarine is exposed this time, how can I teach the Japanese a lesson, and they will definitely guess that we did it. ”

Zhang Wei said: "Then we will not only send submarines this time, but also send torpedo boats and motorized torpedo boats, so that the Dutch will not be able to guess how they were defeated." They also think that it was a torpedo fired by a torpedo boat, anyway, the submarine of this era is not so perverted strength, and no one would have thought that it was a submarine. Anyway, the other side stationed 8 warships in the entire East Indies, 2 of which have been sunk in Machen, and all the rest are only 6 old-fashioned warships. “

Li Zhaoshui said: "This is not safe, I feel that we still have to buy battleships or battlecruisers, if we do not win in a state of disparity in strength, others will still be suspicious, and it is easy to increase the battle damage on our side." ”

"Then what type of battleship should you think about buying? Anyway, you can only buy it before World War I. ”

"Okay, I'll think about it."

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For Van Gogh Hamst, the Dutch governor in Batavia, it's been a long time lately. Originally, I wanted to go to Pontianak to eliminate these indigenous bandits as soon as the fleet was assembled, but news came back one after another, not only Pontianak was occupied, but also Yamaguchiyang, Machen and Sammarinda and other places were occupied, and now the entire Kalimantan Island is occupied by bandits. Later, a businessman brought information that it was not the indigenous bandits who occupied these places, but the Lanfang People's Army who had returned to them. This made the governor very incomprehensible, how could these Chinese have the courage to resist? Have they forgotten the Red Creek tragedy? Do they still want to follow in the footsteps of the past?

The Governor ordered the preparations to be quickened, and the troops and fleet were to board and depart on 27 December. Being able to stagger Christmas is also something that several officers strive for, otherwise the soldiers will be too dissatisfied, and it will not be conducive to fighting on the battlefield. The governor also gritted his teeth and agreed, and now he was eager to fly to Pontianak immediately to fight with these Chinese, completely wipe out these Chinese, and vent his anger.

After discussing with Yang Yili, Li Zhaoshui decided to purchase 2 Moltke-class battlecruisers with a displacement of 23,000 tons, 10 280mm/50 times warp main guns, 4 torpedo tubes, a maximum speed of 25.2 knots, and a range of 4,120 nautical miles/14 knots.

Zhang Wei was very satisfied with the parameters of this battlecruiser, and now it is basically invincible in naval battles, even many battleships can easily defeat. However, Zhang Wei is still very complaining about this price, 1,035,000 points per ship, and 530,000 points are needed after the discount, which is not counting the crew, and I can't afford to raise it if I imagine it, it's really a money-burning machine. However, in order to make the countries more stable in the future and not find trouble for themselves, I still reluctantly bought 2 ships, taught the Netherlands a lesson first, and deterred those who wanted to fight their own ideas. Synthesize the crew first, make all the preparations, and wait for the Dutch to come to the door, and then we will fight back, and the others will have nothing to say.

Li Zhaoshui was very surprised that Zhang Weineng agreed to buy 2 battlecruisers, because he used to buy a torpedo boat and a motorcycle torpedo boat, and he only bought 2 cheap submarines at a time, and he wanted to apply for 2 and batch 1, but he really didn't expect Zhang Wei to be able to buy 2 ships.

Now with 2 battlecruisers, plus all the submarines, torpedo boats and motor-torpedo boats, even twice as many Dutch battleships would be dead.

Because of the two battle cruisers, Li Zhaoshui's confidence immediately came up, and he named the submarine to the sea to prepare for the work of ambushing the Dutch fleet, from Batavia to Belitung Island, one submarine every 50 kilometers, closely monitoring the movements of the Dutch fleet, and the rest of the submarines were on standby in the sea east of Belitung Island.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of December 27, in the port of Batavia, 6 warships, as well as some small torpedo boats, more than 60 cargo ships, carrying 2 divisions of army soldiers and some baggage supplies, began to set sail for Kalimantan Island to exterminate the Lanfang rebels.

As soon as the fleet left the port, the intelligence officers stationed in Batavia reported the situation to the Pontianak Intelligence Department.

After receiving the telegram, Li Minmin immediately reported to the General Staff Headquarters and Zhang Wei. Li Zhaoshui immediately sent a telegram to inform the submarines and the direction of the Dutch fleet, and asked to pay close attention to whether the Dutch submarines had changed direction.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, after repeated reports from the submarine, Li Zhaoshui determined that the Dutch fleet was coming towards Pontianak, and after discussing with Zhang Wei, he decided to ambush the Dutch fleet in the sea northeast of Belitung Island, and according to the speed of the fleet's voyage of 9 knots, it would reach the sea at about 2 p.m. on the 28th.

Li Zhaoshui and Yang Yili began to arrange the approximate attack position of each submarine according to the predetermined plan, and the six submarines that monitored the return of the Dutch fleet from Batavia could hunt down the Dutch troop transports and baggage ships that had escaped from the net, as well as other ships that had escaped; 9 Type 1935 torpedo boats and 4 Novik-class destroyers specialized in attacking Dutch torpedo boats, troop carriers and baggage boats; The G5 and S6 fast torpedo boats were to launch lightning tactics against Dutch battleships; Two battle cruisers temporarily ambushed the north of Patong Island, and after the submarine attacked, the battle cruisers fought to seize the T-shaped head and block the Dutch fleet's direction.

After the order was issued, Zhang Wei, Li Zhaoshui, Yang Yili, Li Yunhai and others rushed to the ambush site in a torpedo boat to prepare. Lu Weimin sat in Pontianak and was responsible for commanding the army and doing a good job in defense.

At about 7 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Wei and others arrived at the waters of Padang Island, where two battle cruisers were released, and everyone arrived on the battle cruisers to participate in the battle, the torpedo boats also went to carry out their own tasks, and the other battleships also arrived at the designated place at the specified time. And the Dutch fleet did not know that it had been under the surveillance of the Lanfang navy, and now it was about to enter the pocket arranged by the Lanfang navy.