Lin Fei didn't come with two warships to watch the excitement, Lin Fei knew that he and the British would have a battle sooner or later, and the Far East Fleet was his biggest opponent, so Lin Fei planned to take a closer look at the strength of the Far East Fleet.

At this time there were three fleets on the sea, at the forefront of which was the Dutch fleet, consisting of four old cruisers, which were arranged in a column, these cruisers were small warships with a displacement of about 4,000 tons, armed with six to eight guns, with a caliber of about 200 mm for the main guns and about 120 mm for the secondary guns.

The Dutch fleet in this era is not very famous, so Lin Fei does not know the model of these four battleships, these days are too hurried, he has not had time to ask, but one thing he knows very well, that is, these four battleships are not the opponent of the British fleet at all, which can be seen from the difference in the mobility of the two warships, the four Dutch battleships are faltering on the sea, like four old women, and the five British battleships are steady, like five strong men.

The British fleet was in the flank and rear of the Dutch fleet, and also formed a column, so that the main guns and broadside guns could be pointed at the Dutch fleet, and at 11 o'clock in the morning, the British fleet was the first to fire at the Dutch fleet, and the first to fire was of course the main guns of the Sovereign-class battleships.

The main gun caliber of the Sovereign-class battleship was 343 mm, the main gun of this caliber was amazingly powerful, the explosion resounded across the sea, and a thick black smoke came out of the gun emplacement.

When Lin Fei heard the sound of cannons, he turned his head to Sun Yong, the gunner, and said, "Remember the firing speed of the enemy's main guns, as well as the Dutch warship that the enemy ship hit with a few shells. ”

Sun Yong wondered: "What are you doing with these things?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "Keep these things in mind, and you can use them when you go to war in the future." Sun Yong nodded, looked at the sea, and silently remembered in his heart.

At 11:20 a.m., the secondary guns of the British fleet also fired, dense gunpowder smoke rose over the British fleet, and columns of water rose around the Dutch warships. ”

Lin Fei picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the flagship, only to see that all the water columns were surrounding the Dutch flagship, and there were few water columns around the other warships, Lin Fei nodded and said, "That's right, the British are indeed concentrating their firepower on the Dutch flagship." ”

"Something is wrong." Liu Daming said thoughtfully, Lin Fei's heart moved, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Daming pointed to the Dutch fleet and said: "Look at the Dutch fleet, bent on escaping, there is no intention of resisting, it is useless to fight this kind of fleet and concentrate firepower to hit the flagship, because the fleet does not need to command, when fighting this kind of fleet, it is the best choice to disperse firepower to hit each battleship, because only then can we cause as much damage to the enemy ships as possible." ”

Lin Fei nodded in agreement, and Liu Daming took the opportunity to ask, "Why do you say the British are fighting like this?" ”

Lin Fei thought for a moment and said, "The British don't want to throw all the Dutch warships into the sea, what they want to do is to deter the Dutch. ”

"Why did the British do this?" Liu Daming asked suspiciously.

Lin Fei sighed and said: "I guess the British are unwilling to beat the Dutch too hard, if they fight too hard, the two countries are likely to fall into a long and bitter war, and now in Europe, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, including Austria-Hungary and Italy, these countries are fighting each other, Britain and the Netherlands are stumbling, consuming national strength, and it will definitely be bad for themselves." ”

Liu Daming nodded, and Lin Fei said softly: "Give the order to turn, let's go back." ”

"Go back?" Liu Daming said in surprise, "Now that the naval battle has just begun, why do we have to go back?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "The British are completely abusing vegetables now, so I don't have anything to look at, and besides, Sun Yong has almost remembered what I want to know." ”

"Abuse of vegetables? What does it mean to abuse vegetables? Liu Daming asked with a blank face, Lin Fei was taken aback, regretted not keeping his mouth shut, and let a word from his own era slip out of his mouth, and hurriedly smiled: "It's nothing, let's go back, there is still a big thing to worry about after we go back." ”

Liu Daming was stunned for a moment and asked, "Britain and the Netherlands have already started a war, what else can be a big deal?" ”

Lin Fei's face sank, and he said worriedly: "The combat effectiveness of the Dutch Army is too far from the British Army, I am worried that in the future ground war, the Dutch Army will collapse at the touch of a button, and then the British will drive straight into Pontianak and occupy the entire Pontianak, then Pontianak will be British, we have been busy for so long, but in the end we made a wedding dress for the British." ”

Liu Daming also looked worried when he heard Lin Fei say this, "The combat effectiveness of the Dutch Army is only weaker than that of the Spanish Army, can we have a way to improve their combat effectiveness?" If we want to improve their combat effectiveness, unless we put on the Dutch army uniforms and help them fight, we can say that we are Chinese organized by the Dutch, and the British are no wonder of us. ”

Lin Fei smiled and shook his head, "I won't pay that kind of senseless sacrifice on this battlefield, my method, wait until I see Governor Sumanville." ”

Lin Fei led the fleet back to Pontianak Port, Lin Fei got off the ship, and went straight to the Governor's Palace of Governor Sumanville under the escort of the sniper team, all the way were full of high-morale Dutch soldiers, stimulated by the Resolve Ship incident, the patriotic feelings of these Dutch soldiers were completely aroused, but Lin Fei did not have much hope for their combat effectiveness, these people usually neglected to train, and when they arrived on the battlefield, it was useless to rely on blood alone.

When Governor Sumanville heard that Lin Fei had come to ask for a meeting, a big fire grew in his stomach, because a few days ago, Governor Sumanville sent a special envoy to hope that Lin Fei would mediate between Britain and the Netherlands, but Lin Fei refused.

Governor Sumanville said angrily to his subordinates: "Lin Fei is nothing, just a yellow-skinned pig, he dares to be so rude to our Kingdom of the Netherlands, and now he has come to see me, but he is gone." ”

Governor Sumanville's attendant ran out of the Governor's Mansion and respectfully told Lin Fei: "Our Governor has important matters and has no time to see you. ”

Lin Fei smiled and said, "He will soon be captured by the British, I am kind enough to remind him, since he doesn't have time, forget it." ”

When the attendant heard Lin Fei say this, he hurriedly persuaded him, ran into the house, and told Governor Sumanville what Lin Fei had said, and Governor Sumanville's heart suddenly hung up, and he frowned and said, "This Lin Fei shouldn't be talking nonsense, right?" ”

The attendant said cautiously: "Your Excellency Governor, although this Lin Fei is a yellow-skinned pig, it is said that he has some military talents, and when he was in Taiwan, he used his military talents to clean up the Japanese very badly, or meet him." ”

Governor Sumanville pondered for a moment and said, "Invite Lin Fei in." The attendant hurriedly went out and invited Lin Fei in, Lin Fei didn't greet him, and said directly: "Your Excellency, I have just returned from the battlefield of the naval battle, and my country's fleet is afraid that the whole army will be destroyed." ”

Governor Sumanville's face changed drastically, "I have already let the fleet withdraw, how can I still meet the British?" ”

Lin Fei shrugged his shoulders, "The British have an eyeliner in the port, and as soon as your fleet is dispatched, the British fleet will follow." ”

Governor Sumanville sighed gloomily, "There is a big gap between us and the British in warships, and it is not surprising that we lost. ”

Lin Fei smiled mysteriously and said, "The gap on the warship is difficult to make up for with tactics, but the gap on land is not so difficult to make up, but unfortunately, you haven't done anything to make up for it." Lin Fei said with a long sigh, "If I want to see you again in the future, I'm afraid I will have to go to the British prisoner of war camp." ”

Governor Sumanville's face turned angry, "Mr. Lin Fei, why do you say that we will definitely lose on land?" ”

Lin Fei laughed loudly: "Mr. Governor Sumanville, you know the training level of your Dutch Army, I won't say more, what is the training level of the British, I don't want to say more, compared with the two, do you think the Dutch Army is an opponent?" ”

What Lin Fei said was true, and Governor Sumanville couldn't refute it, and he asked, "Then what flaws do you say our tactics have?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I didn't see you digging trenches and strengthening the city defenses on the way here, do you want to fight a field battle with the British army?" ”

Governor Sumanville frowned, "Is there anything wrong with us fighting a field war with the British?" ”

Lin Fei said helplessly: "I have just said, your training level is far from the British army, and the field battle is precisely the most test of an army's quality. ”

Governor Sumanville's face became solemn, and Lin Fei said with a smile: "Your only winning strategy now is to dig trenches, strengthen the city defenses, and drag the British army to death, the British have more than 400 kilometers of logistics supply lines, and every grain and ammunition must be transported by ship, and they can't afford to drag it out in this war." ”

Governor Sumanville nodded, but his solemn expression did not ease in the slightest, and he hesitated and said, "But now that the British are close at hand, I am afraid it will be too late for us to dig trenches." ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "Aren't there hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in the local area? Let them defend the city together, aren't they very powerful when they fight the Chinese? ”

Governor Sumanville nodded in agreement, Lin Fei put away his smile and said, "Mr. Governor Sumanville, I also want to advise you, don't let the Chinese help you defend the city, it's not because I'm Chinese, so I speak to the Chinese, but for your good." ”

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