To tell the truth, after the Dutch occupied the Lanfang General Republic, they still had apprehension about the Qing Dynasty in their hearts, and when Lin Daxin bought the Philippines from Spain and wiped out the US Navy and the Italian Navy that interfered in the deal, the apprehension in the hearts of the Dutch immediately turned into panic.

In the whole Indonesia occupied by the Dutch, the total population is 45 million, of which there are nearly 10 million people of Chinese descent, which is definitely not an exaggeration, if the Far East military strongman Lin Daxin invades Indonesia under the pretext of Lanfang, it will definitely be a disaster for the Dutch.

From the late 16th century to the second half of the 17th century, with the rapid rise of Dutch naval power, the Netherlands plundered a large number of colonies around the world, and this period became the golden age of the Dutch sea, and the Netherlands was also known as the coachman of the sea. However, after the Dutch lost the war against Britain and France, the Dutch overseas colonies began to shrink, and the Dutch East Indies, also known as Indonesia, became the most important Dutch colony at present.

In addition to Indonesia, the Netherlands has some small colonies in South America, such as Dutch Guiana, the Netherlands Antilles, etc., but the importance is not as important as Indonesia, the Netherlands can obtain a large number of taxes and various raw materials from Indonesia every year, nearly one-third of the Dutch government's financial revenue comes from Indonesia, relatively speaking, those colonies in South America are absolutely synonymous with barrenness.

In order to keep the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch have invested heavily in the past few years, and even the Dutch royal family has donated a lot of real money and silver, in their own country and several European countries, a number of warships have been customized, and most of the previous warships of the Dutch Navy, as well as newly built warships, have been arranged in the Dutch East Indies, and all the wooden warships that were originally deployed in the Dutch East Indies have been decommissioned, and because the Dutch have built new warships on a large scale in recent years, As a result, the total displacement of the Dutch Navy surpassed that of Austria-Hungary and ranked ninth in the world.

At present, the Dutch Navy has 3 Wiecchersbach-class all-steel battleships Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague customized in German shipyards in the entire Dutch East Indies with a full load displacement of 12,790 tons, 3 old armored cruisers DeWitt with a displacement of 5,800 tons, 3 old armored cruisers DeWitt with a displacement of 5,800 tons. 1 old armored cruiser USS Harlem with a displacement of 5200 tons.

In addition, the Dutch Navy in the Dutch East Indies has four Dutch-class fast protection cruisers with a displacement of 2,090 tons, six old protection cruisers with a displacement of 1,550 tons to 4,013 tons, four destroyers with a displacement of 1,300 tons purchased from the British, 15 torpedo boats and six shallow gunboats.

On the Dutch mainland, however, the navy did not have a few warships, and most of them were sent to the Dutch East Indies.

The current strength of the Dutch navy in the Dutch East Indies is definitely an important maritime force in Asia, but compared to Lin Daxin's Northeast Navy, the comparison of strength is still a world apart, but the Dutch want Lin Daxin to see that their resolute attitude towards the Dutch East Indies also allows the British who are close at hand to see that their Dutch determination to defend the Dutch East Indies, if Lin Daxin's fleet and army invade the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch hope that the British can lend a helping hand.

In addition to the navy, the Dutch army in the Dutch East Indies has also expanded a lot, with a regular Dutch army of 30,000 people, and a servant army of nearly 100,000 local natives organized by the Dutch.

On February 24, 1902, a fleet consisting of 12 warships, 2 transport ships with a displacement of 3,000 tons and 1 luxury cruise ship came to the sea near Pontianak City in the west of Kalimantan Island, about 20 nautical miles away from Pontianak, a Dutch Navy patrol displacement of 1,550 tons of old protective cruisers found this fleet, and saw the yellow dragon flag and golden anchor flag of this fleet, which immediately made the Dutch naval officers and men of the Haai jump in horror. As soon as you look at the flag, you know that it is the crazy Northeast Navy, yes, now the Northeast Navy is mentioned by foreigners, and the word crazy is always added.

Looking at the history of the Northeast Navy, this navy, which was established less than 10 years ago, told the world what a crazy fleet they are, one after another powerful enemies in the hands of the Northeast Navy, the Japanese Navy, the Italian Navy, the United States Navy, the Russian Navy, the French Navy, the British Navy, is it now the turn of our Dutch Navy? The Dutch naval officers and sailors on the Haai thought with some trepidation when they saw the yellow dragon flag and the golden anchor flag for the first time.

Although this area already belonged to the waters of the Dutch East Indies, the old protective cruiser Haai did not step forward to expel the combined fleet of the Northeast Navy and the Beiyang Naval Division from the waters of the Dutch East Indies, but immediately turned around and accelerated towards the port of Pontianak, preparing to inform the Dutch fleet of the news of the arrival of the Northeast Navy in the waters of the Dutch East Indies to the Dutch fleet in the port of Pontianak, and to quickly inform the main fleet of the Dutch Navy in the port of Jakarta.

After approaching the port of Pontianak, the old protective cruiser Haai notified the Dutch warships in the port with a flag, and immediately after a burst of chickens and dogs, the coastal defense battleships Provisin and Ruytel, as well as 2 old protective cruisers, 2 torpedo boats, and 2 shallow water gunboats, all put pressure on the boiler fire, no matter what the intention of the Northeast Navy was, the courage of the coachman at sea still existed.

However, when the combined fleet of the Northeast Navy and the Beiyang Naval Division came to the sea area about 10 kilometers away from Pontianak, they did not continue to move forward, but turned to the side to cruise.

In the bridge of the luxury yacht Xuetang, Li Hongzhang took a high-powered telescope to observe the situation of the Dutch warships in Pontianak Port for a while, and then put down the telescope and said to Wang Yan and Ding Ruchang beside him: "This is Pontianak Port?" Didn't you say that the Dutch had sent a lot of warships to the Dutch East Indies in recent years? There's not much here, huh? ”

Wang Yan, who was also holding a telescope next to him, said: "Zhongtang, the Dutch have indeed increased their naval investment in recent years, and sent most of their warships to the Dutch East Indies, but the main force of the Dutch Navy in the Dutch East Indies is stationed in the Jakarta port on Java Island, and the Pontianak port is only a detachment of the Dutch. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said with a smile: "The Dutch are also frightened by the Northeast Navy, they are afraid that the kid from Daxin will stretch out his hand to their Dutch East Indies, by the way, after a while the Dutch warship came up, told them, the old man Li Hongzhang, the governor of the Qing Dynasty and the minister of Beiyang Commerce, came to inspect Lanfang, a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, and asked the Dutch Navy to get out of the way, and the old man wanted to enter Pontianak, the capital of Lanfang. ”

Wang Yan said excitedly: "Yes, Lord Zhongtang, I will inform our fleet immediately." ”

The reason why Wang Yan was so excited was because Li Hongzhang said that for the sake of Lin Daxin's kid being more respectful to him, Li Hongzhang decided to take Lan Fang and give it to Lin Daxin, and then teach Lin Daxin what it means to suppress people with power, don't want to use war to solve problems at every turn, sometimes as long as the strength is on the surface, you can get the desired effect by other means.

Li Hongzhang is ready to make a fuss about the fact that Lan Fang is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, isn't Lan Fang's wish to claim vassal status to the Qing Dynasty not realized? However, Lan Fang created a false impression to the outside world, claiming that Lan Fang was already a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and now Li Hongzhang was ready to find the Dutch's account.

When Wang Yan heard Li Hongzhang say this, he immediately sent a telegram to Lin Daxin, reporting to Lin Daxin that Li Hongzhang wanted to take Lanfang, and this telegram was transmitted to Shenyang City through Manila and Weihaiwei in Luzon Province.

Lin Daxin received Wang Yan's telegram and scratched his head, he didn't expect that Comrade Lao Li suddenly had a whim and wanted to attack Lanfang, which was occupied by the Dutch, which was really a bit of a bad learning, but Lin Daxin raised his hands and feet in favor, you must know that the Dutch East Indies covers an area of nearly 2 million square kilometers, and nearly 10 million people have Chinese blood in a population of 45 million, which is still because after Lin Daxin occupied Luzon Province, many Chinese moved from the Dutch East Indies to Luzon Province, otherwise there would be more Chinese in the Dutch East Indies.

Land and population represent strength, Lin Daxin has been fighting in the east and west over the years, and he has not hesitated to immigrate from the provinces in Guannai, isn't it just to have more population and land!

If there is no ambition for the Dutch East Indies, it is definitely Lin Daxin who is deceiving himself, but if Lin Daxin does something to the Netherlands, the British, French, and Germans will jump out to stop him, and some of the rules set by Europe must also be followed by Lin Daxin, otherwise what awaits him is definitely a group attack, although Lin Daxin is not afraid, but it is also a relatively bad situation.

And Lin Daxin has not been very idle, fighting with this and that, and he has not yet poured out the space, considering the fat of Indonesia.

However, now that Comrade Lao Li is ready to use his power to suppress others, not to start a war, and to help himself get Lan Fang, Lin Daxin immediately sent a telegram back to Wang Yan to fully cooperate with Comrade Lao Li, and Lin Daxin thought that this "momentum" was somewhat insufficient, and ordered the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, stationed at the Manila Naval Base in Luzon Province, to dispatch a group of warships to the Dutch East Indies to support Lao Li. R1152