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As the Japanese cabinet meeting continued, Masaki Terauchi looked at the Minister of the Navy, Yuzaburo Kato, and asked, "Do you have any opinions from the navy?" "After all, in this war, the navy is the main body of the battle, and Terauchi Masaki must understand whether the navy is ready.

Kato Yuzaburo cocked his mustache, to be honest, he was not completely sure about the naval battle with Guo Yu's Huafu fleet, because in the last naval battle, the Imperial Admiralty had not yet touched the true combat effectiveness of the Huafu fleet, and the unknown was the most terrifying.

But when the prime minister asked, he couldn't help but answer, and at this time he must not say no, just because he didn't know the enemy's combat strength, he didn't go to war, wouldn't that be a coward's face. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the First Fleet and the Third Fleet of the Imperial Navy are in good condition and can go to war at any time, and the Southern Fleet is also on the way home, when the Imperial Fleet can form a huge naval fleet formation and kill Borneo in the South Seas, I want to take Guo Yu with complete certainty. If you can join forces with the Dutch navy, the chances of victory are even greater. ”

"As long as the fleet is dispatched, plus tens of thousands of imperial troops, it will not be difficult to sweep away Borneo, since Guo Yu withdrew from China and lost the protection of the country, then he will become a rootless wanderer, a tree without roots, and he will not be able to withstand the blow of the empire, please Kato Kaixiang is fully responsible for this matter, and the War Department will cooperate with the dispatch of troops."

"Hayi, Your Excellency the Prime Minister." "Yes, Your Excellency."

Yuzaburo Kato and Kenichi Oshima quickly agreed.

Terauchi Masaki turned his head to Foreign Minister Ichiro Honno and said, "Contact the Netherlands, be sure to urge them to send troops to Borneo, we don't have to use such cheap allies in vain." ”

Listening to Terauchi Masatsu's words, everyone in the room chuckled, and Ichiro Honno nodded and agreed to the errand.

"Alright. Now let's talk about the affairs of the Republic of China, the empire has declared war on the Republic of China, but so far, the government of the Republic of China has not responded to the war, I can only say that the government of the Republic of China is weak. It is our opportunity, although the empire does not yet have the ability to fully occupy China, but our basic national policy has been formulated, and it is the mission of our generation to occupy this anointed land of China, and we must lay a piece of land for our children and grandchildren, so that the Yamato nation will not succumb to the small island of Japan, our noble Yamato nation. More land needs to be occupied. Masaki Terauchi said that he was a little excited to digress.

"Okay, let's get down to business, we can't miss the opportunity, I think we can revoke the declaration of war on the Republic of China, but they have to pay a certain price, otherwise the empire's declaration of war will not become a child's play, and now the empire's finances are tight, and the treasury is empty. It is a time when money is scarce, and it is necessary to seize any opportunity. Abundant Imperial Coffers. ”

"Guo Yu's territory and industry in the Republic of China, we can't do it for the time being, because where he still has an army of more than 100,000 people, and the empire's army can't completely defeat them for the time being, let them keep it for a while, and we'll make plans later. But the government of the Republic of China must come up with something tangible, and now let's discuss what specific requirements we put forward to the Republic of China. ”

A group of wolves in the room discussed how to divide the meat of a sheep and see which piece was more delicious. And when you can eat it in your mouth, you will show your fangs and bite it down.

The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government.

Dutch Prime Minister Pierre. Colt. Van Der Linden is holding a cabinet meeting on Guo Yu's encroachment on the Dutch land in South Sea Borneo and the establishment of the country privately.

The Dutch government still attaches great importance to Guo Yu's behavior, after all, the Netherlands is too small, only more than 40,000 square kilometers, only the area of a county in the Republic of China, but the Netherlands is a great maritime power, but also a colonial power, of course, that is the historical Netherlands, the current Netherlands has declined, in the current Europe, its military power is not ranked at all, and later World War II, the Netherlands developed into the world's top ten navy, it is not the same day.

The former sea coachmen have been declining, and their sea power is far from being comparable with that of Britain and Germany, and the area of overseas colonies is relatively small, leaving only the most important colony of the Dutch East Indies.

The Dutch East Indies consisted of Sumatra and its adjacent islands, Java and Madura, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Sangih and Talau Islands, Malacca and the Lesser Sunda Islands east of Java, and the main area was present-day Indonesia.

Since the defeat in the war with Britain for colonies, the Dutch colonies have been greatly reduced, and the Dutch East Indies are the only testimony of their former glory and the largest source of funding for the Netherlands.

For the European war, the Netherlands did not participate, but maintained neutrality, for many reasons and complex, but the main thing is that the military strength of the Netherlands is really weak, the territory is small, and the strength of the army and navy is now simply not on the table.

"Gentlemen, just yesterday, our last pearl of the Netherlands, the colony of East Indian Borneo, a Chinese man actually announced the establishment of a Chinese state there." Prime Minister Van der Linden briefed his cabinet members on what had happened.

"A year ago, a Chinese businessman bought a large piece of land in the port of Mazen in Borneo and established his own plantation, you must know that it is too big, and the colonial officials we sent can't take care of such a large area of land, so they can only let it develop on their own."

"This Chinese businessman's name is Guo Yu, after buying the land of Machen Port, he returned to Huaguo and became an official of Huaguo, a general who led the army, Huaguo is too chaotic, this businessman named Guo Yu only took a year to develop more than 100,000 soldiers, as well as his own naval fleet, I really can't believe that such a government, how can it manage their country well, and allow private individuals to own so many troops."

"Some time ago, Guo Yu clashed with the Japanese, and then defeated a Japanese fleet, about thirteen cruisers, which is really unimaginable."

"And just yesterday, this rich Chinese businessman named Guo Yu returned to Borneo, announced the establishment of the country there, and directly announced the national war to Japan, what a crazy guy, Guo Yu sent guò telegrams, spread the news of his founding all over the world, I think now everyone knows, if we don't take action, we in the Netherlands will be ridiculed by the whole world."

"Everyone will say, look at the former sea overlord, now he is dying, and he is not in line with the bravery of the year, and he was bullied by a Chinese."

"Our meeting today is to discuss how to solve this matter, this matter is very important, the East Indies is our last colony, there must be no loss, gentlemen should express their opinions."

Chancellor van der Linden recounted the incident with a strong personal inclination, and the Dutch have not yet come out of their former glory, they are unwilling to admit that they have fallen, and everyone is still lying on the merits of the past, showing off the past.

Many people have this mentality, not to mention the prime minister of a country, and now Europeans look down on the Orientals very much, look down on the yellow-skinned race, those natives in the East Indies are the slaves of the Dutch, and now an inferior person, a Chinese dares to declare a sovereign state on his own territory, how can this be acceptable to the former Great Dutch.

"It's just absolutely intolerable, we should send warships and bomb them all to death, those damn yellow people have never seen the power of cruisers at all, I think as long as a round of shelling comes down, they will surrender obediently." Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Family Affairs Lofert said.

"About the businessman named Guo Yu, how did you get the information about these details?" Defense Secretary Van Miedgoup asked.

Prime Minister Van Der Linden replied: "It was the British who informed us that the British had many business dealings with the merchant named Guo Yu. ”

"Then what is the attitude of the British, they also have many interests in the East Indies, can they allow such an unstable factor to exist?"

"I inquired about some details through my private relationship, although it is not very detailed, but it can be analyzed that Britain knew about this matter before, and Britain and the businessman named Guo Yu have reached some agreement, and Britain should not send troops to interfere with Guo Yu's founding of the country." Prime Minister Van Der Linden said with some displeasure.

"When I heard the briefing of His Excellency the Prime Minister just now, there was a detail, I don't know if it's right, that is, this rich businessman named Guo Yu declared war with Japan, and there had been a battle before, and he was not defeated, isn't that so?" Foreign Secretary Furhechen asked.

"That's true, and the Japanese have declared war on the Republic of China, but a few months have passed, and Japan has not sent troops again, that is, it is mobilizing troops, in the Republic of China, Japan has an army of thirty or forty thousand people, and they dare not act rashly, so now it seems that the rich businessman named Guo Yu does have some strength, and he can actually stop the footsteps of the Japanese." Prime Minister Van der Linden said.

"If that's the case, I think if you want to send troops to attack Borneo, you really need to study it carefully, it seems that this person is not an indigenous person we believe to be, but a very powerful opponent." Foreign Secretary Furhechen said.

Defense Minister Van Midgoup said, "If Guo Yu has a strong military force, as the intelligence says, then how we send troops, we have to think carefully." We have to admit that the military strength of the Netherlands is now inferior to that of Japan, and our army has 130,000 men, and our navy has only one naval fleet, three shore defense ships, and six cruisers. ”

These warships that Van Miedgupp is talking about are now capable of steam boiler power and battleships equipped with modern cannons, not those wooden sailing ships, and the current Netherlands, the control of the South Seas, mainly relies on wooden sailing warships, I have to say that the current Netherlands is really in decline, even outsiders can see it at a glance. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! (To be continued......)