12After dinner, everyone gathered in Zhang Wei's study to discuss what to do next, and to get the greatest benefit before the Dutch reacted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Weimin said, "Young Master, we can start the second step of the plan. “

"So soon, Pontianak will stabilize and then carry out the second step plan."

Lu Weimin said: "Young master, we can't sit at home and wait for the Dutch to call, we still have to take the initiative to attack, wait for the Dutch to receive the news here, and then send warships and troops, even if we don't need to ask for instructions from home, it will take at least 20 days, we can do a lot of things in these 20 days, it is in our best interest when they don't know what is happening, we can't miss such a good time."

"Do you have any specific proposals or operational plans for the General Staff? What you said is so general, how can I carry it out. ”

"Young master, let me introduce it to you, it is very difficult to send troops from the land to occupy Ma Chen and Sanma Linda, and it is more convenient to go only by sea, but we have not purchased battleships to escort us now, and troop carriers are still very dangerous, so my plan is to need the young master to go out, as long as the young master goes out, it will be very convenient." From here to Machen is also 600 kilometers away, equivalent to 320 nautical miles, if you take a destroyer, according to the speed of 20 knots, it will be 16 hours to arrive, depart at noon, and arrive at more than 4 o'clock in the morning of the second day, and then you buy a few submarines, let the submarines attack the 2 warships of the Netherlands stationed in Machen, and then the young master will release 1 division from the system, so that we can easily occupy Machen, only 1 regiment was stationed in Machen, and it is not easy to clean up this regiment. Li Zhaoshui said.

"Why didn't you take the Dutch ships prisoner?"

Li Zhaoshui explained: "If they resist, we will still have losses, and besides, we can't look down on his warships at all, and it's useless to capture them, so it's better to sink them directly." ”

"Also, Staff Officer Li, let me ask you, apart from Batavia, Semarang and Surabaya, is there no place in the entire East Indies that you fancy to build a military port?"

"Young master, it's not that it can't be built, but it can be built, or the safety and protection are not good, for example, our Pontianak can build a military port, but how can we protect it? This place is very similar to Shanghai, that is, you can build a large port, but it is a commercial port, not a military port, as a military port like Lushun, Weihai, Qingdao, Yalong Bay, etc., these are excellent military ports, I don't know if you have studied the topography of these ports. Li Zhaoshui said.

Lu Weimin said: "Young master, are our warships particularly advanced?" ”

"Of course, our warships are the most advanced warships in the world."

"Young master, do you think this will work?"

"You say!"

"Young master, buy a batch of advanced warships first, let's go directly to occupy Batavia, won't there be a military port? There is no need for you and Staff Officer Li to be so embarrassed. ”

"I've also thought about this, it's not difficult for us to take Batavia, the difficulty is that I'm afraid of the interference of Britain, France, Japan and the United States, and then we will face a second-line battle, and we haven't fully occupied Kalimantan, and the place we occupy is still unstable, if the area around Pontianak is occupied by the intervention army, I don't know what changes will happen to the system, if it doesn't change, I'm not afraid, if it changes, it will definitely change to the worst, then we'll be in trouble, which is why I want to stabilize Kalimantan first."

Lu Weimin didn't understand, and then asked: "Then young master, I will also get involved in this problem in the future, so how to solve it?" And what are the possible troubles? “

Zhang Wei said: "It will be easy to do when the time comes, let me tell you in numbers, upgrading to the provincial level requires the occupation of 10 square kilometers, and it is more than one month of occupation recognized by the system; If we occupy the Dutch part of Kalimantan, there will be 500,000 square kilometers, and after a month, these places will be recognized by the system, and then I will not be afraid, that is, the surrounding area of Pontianak will be occupied, as long as there are more than 100,000 square kilometers of land left in the south and not occupied, there will be no problem. That's how I think about it. The possible trouble is that the system will be downgraded, and I don't know the consequences of the system downgrade, so I don't dare to try it. “

Lu Weimin continued to ask: "What about after that?" When was the campaign launched for the full-scale occupation of the East Indies? “

Zhang Wei replied: "We can only decide after we occupy Kalimantan Island for more than 1 month, before that, we have to be cautious and keep a low profile, on the surface, it is just to establish the Lanfang Republic, there is no big ambition, I hope that Britain, France, the United States and Japan will not interfere, if they really interfere, after we survive this time, we will not die with them; If they don't interfere, we'll attack Batavia in a month's time, and we'll get the Dutch pigs down first. Now let's execute the second step of the plan. “

At 10 a.m. on December 13, Zhang Wei set off from Pontianak on a 1935 torpedo boat and headed for Mazen. It was still too easy for the torpedo boat to maintain a speed of more than 20 knots, and because it was daytime, it did not want to raise the speed too high to attract the attention of passing ships. This time he was accompanied by Li Zhaoshui, a staff officer who could help Zhang Wei with advice; Han Xin and Zhang Cheng were included in the system, and Han Xin was prepared to lead the troops to exercise and exercise, so that he could serve as the chief of staff of the East Kalimantan Provincial Military District; Zhang Cheng served as Chief of Staff of the South Kalimantan Provincial Military District; As for West Kalimantan, for the time being, it will be directly under the jurisdiction of the General Staff.

At 1 o'clock in the morning of December 14, the torpedo boat was about to reach the sea off the coast of Mazen.

Li Zhaoshuiwen: "Young Master, what type of submarine should we choose this time?" “

"In order to ensure the success of the operation, this time I am ready to invest in the blood, directly buy the U-XXI type, and buy 2 ships first."

"That's great, with these 2 submarines, then let's dominate in the South Seas, and we will repair whoever doesn't like it."

"It's a pity that it's too expensive, 73,000 cents each, it's expensive." As Zhang Wei spoke, he notified Xiao Yuer to produce 2 U-XXI submarines and synthesize relevant naval personnel.

About 40 minutes, Xiao Yu'er reminded: "Young master, the submarine has been purchased and the crew has been synthesized, please instruct." “

Zhang Wei felt that he was about to reach the sea off Machen, so he ordered the torpedo boat to slow down and slow down. When the speed of the torpedo boat was reduced to 1 knot, Zhang Wei asked Xiao Yuer to release the submarine, and after a wave wave, slowly rose 2 submarines from the sea.

Li Zhaoshui handed them the map of Machen Harbor and ordered them to sneak attack the two Dutch warships in Machen Harbor this evening, and after sinking the two Dutch warships, they returned to the sea off Machen to be on guard, and if any Dutch warship came, they would resolutely sink them.

After receiving the task, the two captains said that there was no problem at all, and it would definitely be easy to get it.

Li Zhaoshui directly ordered them to set off. The runabout sent the two captains back.

After everything was arranged, Zhang Wei asked, "What should we do next?" “

"It's best to wait for 2 hours and then go to Ma Chen's side, let the speedboat take the two of us ashore, and let the torpedo boat go back to Pontianak." After we go ashore, we will find a suitable place to release the 3rd Division, and when the submarine is successful, we can attack Machen on our side. “

"Okay, let's do it."