Chapter 43: The capture alive of the Dutch governor

Li Zhaoshui approached Zhang Wei and whispered, "Young master, I don't know if this Dutch governor is here with the fleet." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What's so much for? We use such advanced weapons, I really feel a bit invincible, this is too bullying. ”

"Young master, don't have the kindness of a woman, these people are ready to kill us, either we die, or they die, this is fate, no one can change it. If we don't kill them, they will kill us, young master, this is a troubled time. ”

"I know, it's just a little emotional." Zhang Wei thought to himself, no wonder Germany was able to kill so many British, French, and American ships in history, this submarine is really powerful, quietly launched an attack, killing with one blow, which is unguardable.

"What's so emotional, this is called cool, this is crushing, we must completely crush all enemies on the way forward."

Zhang Wei suddenly remembered Li Zhaoshui's question just now, so he said: "Staff Officer Li, immediately send a telegram to the intelligence officers in Batavia, asking if Governor Van Gogh is in Batavia or has he come to Pontianak with the fleet?" “

"Yes, young master"

Zhang Wei thought to himself, no matter whether Van Gogh was in Batavia or in the fleet, this time he was in a catastrophe. If he had followed the fleet, he would probably have to feed the fish by now, and if he was still in Batavia, it would have taught him a heavy lesson. Now that a brilliant victory has been achieved, the Dutch fleet has been completely annihilated, and it is estimated that few of the 2 divisions that came out will be able to go back, and now there is no fleet in Batavia, and there will be more than 1 division in the army, and now is the best time to occupy the island of Java. What's next? Zhang Wei pondered this question.

Half an hour later, Li Zhaoshui came back with a telegram, "Young master, the telegram said that the Dutch governor was acting with the fleet, and now it's troublesome, the Dutch governor is now missing." ”

"It doesn't matter, if you die, you die, and if you die, you can become a point, but a living governor is also valuable." Zhang Wei said: "What I want to know now is whether you, the deputy chief of the general staff, have any plans for the next step?" ”

"Plans? Haven't we already completed our plans? Li Zhaoshui was puzzled.

"Don't you want to do something next?"

"Young master, let's talk about it directly."

"Well, arrange a boat to search and rescue the people who have fallen into the water, find the whereabouts of Governor Van Gogh, live to see people, dead to see corpses; Second, while Van Gogh has not yet been found, we will immediately occupy Batavia, or even the entire Java Islands; Now that the island of Java is leaderless, with a thin army and no navy, it is our best chance to occupy the island of Java. ”

Li Zhaoshui thought for a while and said: "Young master, otherwise, you will make a 1935 torpedo boat to Batavia, quietly go ashore, and then suddenly occupy Batavia; We will deal with these prisoners of war first, search for the Dutch governor Van Gogh, and this evening I will set out with 2 battle cruisers and several torpedo boats and destroyers, and arrive in Batavia tomorrow afternoon, and then launch a general occupation of the whole island of Java. “

"Okay, that's it, recall a torpedo boat right away."

"Yes, young master."

Li Zhaoshui sent a telegram to the torpedo boats and destroyers, asking them to search for the drowning people and search for the whereabouts of the Dutch governor Van Gogh Hamst; and asked the 1935 ship No. 1 to return to the battlecruiser to be on standby; Motor-torpedo boats continued to search for and sink the Dutch ships that had slipped through the net.

Now that all the 6 main battleships in the Dutch fleet have been sunk, only a few fast mine-striking boats have escaped and escaped from the pursuit of the Lanfang navy. Some merchant ships were transporting baggage and surrendered directly, while some transports were carrying Dutch officers and soldiers, and those who were slow to surrender anyway were directly sunk and did not give them time to think at all.

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui set off for Batavia in torpedo boat No. 1. The rest of the things will be arranged by Li Yunhai and Yang Yili. It's 3:20 p.m., 500 kilometers away from the island of Dajava, and there is still plenty of time to reach your destination by 5 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Now that the war is coming to an end, the commanders of the torpedo boats and destroyers, after receiving the telegram, began to arrange for the surrendered Dutch ships to participate in the rescue operation, and quickly rescue the Dutch who fell into the water, which is also a demonstration of humanitarian action, just now it was fighting, there was no way to rescue, and now that the war is over, so the rescue began, and no one can say anything else.

It had now been almost an hour since they had fallen into the water, and there were not many people left on the water, most of the people who were not strong-willed and physically weak had been killed by the icy waters, and the rest were supported by the courage to survive. Seeing the rescue operation of the Lanfang Navy and the Dutch merchant ship gave these people hope for life.

Li Jiang, the captain of the river fleet, when he was directing the fleet to rescue the Dutch, found that there was a group of people who were carrying lifebuoys, surrounding a relatively fat middle-aged man in the middle. So Li Jiang ordered the torpedo boat to go to the rescue of this group of people first.

After rescuing the group of people into torpedo boats, Li Jiang ordered them to be detained separately, and then began a brief interrogation, and finally learned that the middle-aged fat man was Van Gogh Hamst, the Dutch governor in Batavia. This made Li Jiang very happy, he finally made a great achievement, capturing the Dutch governor alive, and his reputation alone was intoxicating.

Immediately send a telegram to report to Li Yunhai and Yang Yili that the Dutch governor has been captured alive, please instruct.

Li Yunhai and Yang Yili were also very happy to receive Li Jiang's telegram, not only completing the task arranged by the young master, seeing people alive and corpses dead, but also indicating that they would seize the initiative in the process of negotiating with the Dutch in the future.

Now that the Dutch governor had been captured alive, Li Yunhai felt that his main task had been completed, so he ordered Li Jiang to lead the No. 2 torpedo boat and 4 destroyers, as well as all the S6 and G5 fast torpedo boats, to escort the captured Dutch merchant ships back to Pontianak after the search and rescue was completed.

Li Yunhai led two battle cruisers and seven 1935 torpedo boats in the direction of Batavia, and according to the normal speed, they could reach Batavia tomorrow afternoon. Li Yunhai, commander of Lanfang's fleet, and Yang Yili, chief of staff, followed suit.

At this time, the Dutch governor had lost his former arrogance, and his face was bowed, like a defeated rooster. He still doesn't want to admit that he was defeated, and the defeat was a mess, all the main battleships were sunk, and the 2 divisions he brought out were either captured or killed. I used to underestimate the Chinese too much, underestimated the endurance of the Chinese, and hid their strength for so many years, but once it broke out, they blew themselves to pieces. I don't know how the Chinese got so many battleships, torpedo boats, and destroyers, and their performance was far superior to their own battleships, and they were not unjustly defeated. I pity that I have always thought that it was done by domestic political enemies, and I don't know the enemy, which led to a complete defeat. It's ridiculous that I have always thought that the Chinese are soft persimmons, and I only think about how to get benefits from the Chinese, but now all the benefits have become outside the body, and I have done so many things that harm the Chinese before, and the Chinese will definitely not let go of themselves easily this time.

What's more, without the navy and 2 divisions of the army, Lan Fang's army will definitely easily take Batavia, or even the entire island of Java, and he is the sinner of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, even if Lan Fang Chinese let him go, his political enemies in the country will not let him go.