Chapter 216: Battle of the Java Sea (I)
"According to the report of ——, eyeliner we have laid out along the coast of West Kalimantan Province, the Dutch navy has now crossed the Kendawang shore, and they have already headed for our East Manlaw!"
As early as when Wang Guorui entered Lanfang, he immediately sent reconnaissance teams one after another, and then continued to reconnoiter along the coast of the Java Sea in West Kalimantan, and if he found the Dutch fleet, he would come back and report it immediately. And now that they have learned that the Dutch have reached Kendawangan, it means that it will not take long for them to reach the coast of Dongwanlu, then they will definitely confront the Taiwanese navy, and then they will definitely go to war. And then the two navies will fight to decide the sea supremacy this time.
"What did the scouts see, and were there any troop carriers in their naval fleet?" Chen Liyan asked.
"Yes, there are a lot of ordinary passenger ships, they should be Dutch soldiers on them, and our scouts are estimated to be able to carry more than 100,000 soldiers!"
Chen Liyan immediately began to check the map, then looked along the Java Sea in Indonesia, and then said: "What are the Dutch doing, don't they know that our navy is already ready for it?" Their troop carriers and the fleet acted together, why didn't they land yet? ”
Chen Liyan couldn't figure out what the Dutch wanted to do, and they didn't even let the army land, so they still let the army and navy operate by boat together. You must know that the army is still unable to exert its combat effectiveness on the ships, and once the army reaches the sea, it is simply weak, and no matter how powerful they are on land, they will not be able to exert themselves. And the Dutch actually took the army with the navy to act, isn't this brainless? Could it be that there is some conspiracy in this?
"Lord Chen, I wonder if the Dutch left too hastily and didn't know that we had already occupied our strength? You know, we declared war on the Dutch very suddenly. We declared war on them almost when we arrived in Nanyang, and they prepared in a hurry, so the intelligence was not well prepared for a while, so naturally they did not know our strength. And knowing that wireless telegraphy has just been invented, they may not be able to receive it while the navy is on the march. The Dutch, on the other hand, were poorer and did not necessarily use wireless telegraph for the colonies' fleets. They may be able to know that we have declared war and then make preparations. However, their few wireless telegraphs were all in the Governor's Palace, which served as a telegraph between the whole of Indonesia and the Netherlands, and did not equip the navy with wireless telegraphs. In this way, the troops they went out did not know that we had those front-line soldiers, and they did not know our combat effectiveness. They may think that as long as they can land in the East Manyu generation, then they can defeat our army? We didn't find a wireless telegraph machine in West Kalimantan, so they probably didn't know what was going on in real time, so it's not impossible to make the wrong decision! Another deputy chief of staff, Colonel Lin Muqing, said.
And Li He immediately said: "That's so good, if that's the case, the army and navy of the Dutch act together." Then I'm afraid that when we can annihilate their navy, we can annihilate their army together. In this way, the Dutch troops in Indonesia have been cleaned up, and then Indonesia is like fat in our mouths, ready to be eaten at any time. And the Dutch want to transfer troops from the country, but it is too late to transfer troops, and by the time they send troops over, we have already eaten Indonesia. ”
Lee and nature are also dreaming of this, because if the Dutch army is to act with the navy. Then I'm afraid they will be very happy. After all, the army has no combat effectiveness at sea, and when the time comes, Taiwan's navy will annihilate the Dutch navy in Indonesia. Then it is completely possible to annihilate them at sea and take a ship to the army. At that time, the Taiwan Navy could be said to have single-handedly annihilated almost all of the Dutch forces in Indonesia, and this battle achievement was great enough. These Dutchmen are also here to give away heads, why didn't Li He accept it?
Chen Liyan looked at the map, then thought for a while, and said, "It's really possible, the Dutch got too little information." We are calculating them, and they simply don't have time to prepare. Coupled with their poor communication capabilities, I am afraid that they have no way to know the current intelligence in West Kalimantan in time, so they made a wrong judgment. They didn't know that we had captured East Manlot, so they moved closer to the north of West Kalimantan. We want to be able to defend our attack in Kalimantan as soon as possible. ”
"Lord Chen, in this case, our navy should hurry up! As long as we can annihilate their navy, then I'm afraid we can also take advantage of the situation to annihilate their army, so that we can complete the battle and then completely occupy Indonesia! When the time comes, we can quickly end this war of Indonesia's development! Li He said.
Chen Liyan looked at the situation, and then said: "Okay, let the navy set off immediately to intercept the naval fleet of the Dutch, and then if you can take advantage of the situation to annihilate their army, then it will naturally be better!" In this way, we can say that our war is already half over. ”
And now everyone hopes to take this opportunity to finish the battle and then defeat the Dutch navy and army, which will be of great help to Taiwan to conquer the whole of Indonesia. At that time, once these Dutch naval and army forces have been annihilated, then the Dutch will not have any troops that can be mobilized to fight against Taiwan in the Indonesian generation, which will be very fatal to them in the future. So everyone hoped that this would be the case, and that they would be able to take this opportunity to annihilate all the living forces of the Dutch.
Li He returned to the cruiser detachment, and then immediately gathered all the officers of the warship, and then discussed the matter of conducting a battle with the Dutch in the Java Sea. And then, everyone was also very excited, because if the naval cruiser detachment could take the opportunity to destroy not only the Dutch navy, but also the Dutch army, it would be a great achievement. Hundreds of thousands of heads, if such a great achievement falls on his head, I am afraid it will really make a lot of money. At that time, I'm afraid that everyone in the entire cruiser detachment may be able to get a promotion by one rank, isn't this great? So everyone is very hopeful that they can annihilate these Dutch armies, as long as they can do so, then they will not be able to rise to the rank and make a fortune?
"Report, the Dutch's Indonesian Governor's Office issued a telegram announcing that the Dutch's Indonesian colonial army will land on the coast next to East Manlu in five days, and then occupy East Manlu and eliminate the so-called rebellious Republic of Lanfang!" A telecommunications staff officer said.
Li He looked at this telegram and immediately said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's go!" ”
Soon, the naval cruiser detachment immediately replenished the coal and began to set off to the south. And they will go to find the Dutch fleet, then annihilate the Dutch fleet, and finally annihilate their land together. And everyone did not have any doubts about defeating the Dutch fleet, because the Dutch army in Southeast Asia was also some so-called iron-ribbed ships, which could not withstand the cannon of the cruisers. As long as one shot is hit by a cruiser, I am afraid that it will be half-crippled. Therefore, no one thinks that the Dutch can play any conspiracy and tricks, even if they play some conspiracy, then the Taiwan side is not afraid of them. When the time comes, they can be annihilated at any time, because Taiwan occupies absolute strength, and the strength of the Dutch is much smaller than Taiwan, so they are definitely not opponents.
Two days later, the cruiser detachment began to go next to the island of Padang in the Java Sea.
"We are already on Patong Island, and I am afraid that it will not be long before we will meet the Dutch fleet. When the time comes, we will fight and decide our sea dominance in the Java Sea. At that time, our five cruisers will meet dozens or even hundreds of battleships of the Dutch, are you afraid? Li He asked.
"Captain Li, what are we afraid of, the Dutch are also the iron-ribbed battleship, our artillery can give them one shot!" Immediately, a staff officer said unceremoniously.
"Yes, General Li, these Dutch warships are already very outdated, I heard that their naval guns are still the kind of front-loading rifled guns of the past, if we can't defeat this kind of enemy, then we are really going to jump into the sea en masse!" A staff officer said politely.
But Li He also said: "Well, everyone still has to pay attention, after all, the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, and we naturally can't ignore these problems too lightly." So I hope you can prepare well and continue to face the enemy. ”
"Understood!" Everyone said together.
Although everyone said so, there was not much contempt in their eyes, because the naval strength of the Dutch was too weak, and if it was the Dutch's home fleet, they might still be afraid, but if it was only a colonial fleet in the South Seas, then they would not be afraid of anything at all. Anyway, as many of them come, they will kill as many as they want, and when the time comes, even the enemy's navy and army will be annihilated together, and then everyone will be promoted and rich together.
"Report ——, found a large number of warships in front of them, with red, white and blue flags on them, which are the flags of the Dutch!" The lookout shouted.
"Okay, now that they've been sent to the door, let's go ahead and give a good fight! Everyone, let's get ready for me! Li He shouted.
Soon, the officers and soldiers of the navy also began to grab the food around them and hurry up to eat. (To be continued......)