Now the situation in the Chinese Navy is very dangerous, if you wait until Makanov takes over 2 new dreadnoughts, then the Russian-Dutch fleet will have an advantage over the Chinese fleet, the number of dreadnoughts is 8 to 4, and the number of battleships of the main fleet is 10 to 7. With the addition of the fast fleet, the Russian-Dutch fleet has 14 dreadnoughts and ex-dreadnoughts, while the Chinese Navy has only 12. If you count the armored cruisers, the remaining 4 cruisers of the Russian and Dutch fleets are not the 5 old cruisers of the Huaxia fleet that can deal with! In addition, the Huaxia Army has landed on Kalimantan Island, and the Navy must not be evacuated easily, and the Navy is gone, and the tens of thousands of Army forces fighting on Kalimantan Island will not be all over? And if you fight hard, in the decisive battle on the opponent's home field, Xu Jie really has no bottom in his heart!

There are not many options left to Huaxia now, Xu Jie must not withdraw the army at this time, tens of thousands of troops have been scattered on Kalimantan Island, it is definitely a trouble to withdraw so many troops with personnel and equipment within 2 months, and more importantly, if the Huaxia Army retreats at this time, then by the end of the war, Huaxia will not be able to enter Kalimantan again, Britain and France want to let this war end quickly, so once there is an irretrievable decline on either side of the war, They will intervene immediately, Britain and France at this time are not Britain and France after the end of World War 1, the French simply sold 2 battleships to make the Chinese Navy so uncomfortable, if Britain and France want to insist on intervening, Xu Jie really has no good way.

Entering Kalimantan is not just for occupation, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity strategically. As long as it can gain a foothold in Kalimantan, it will be equivalent to gaining a solid forward base for the whole of Southeast Asia. It was possible to take Sulawesi or even half of Java during the war. So you can't go back even if you die! What's more, there are still more than 100,000 Nanyang Chinese fighting side by side with the Chinese Army. Even if the Huaxia Army can go, what about the hundreds of thousands of Nanyang Chinese? Facing his own compatriots, especially the Nanyang compatriots who gave great help as early as the Beiyang period. Xu Jie couldn't give the order for the army to retreat, otherwise he would be waiting for these Chinese soldiers, Russians and Dutch bloody bayonets!

At this time, the main generals of the Huaxia Navy were in the south, and Xu Jie could only understand all the situation through telegrams, but first of all, in the face of a complex war situation, it may not be appropriate to be in Beijing. Moreover, after learning through special channels that the French had played a game on the Russian army, there would not be much problem with the land battle in the north. So is it time to go to Taipei and seriously consider the situation in Southeast Asia?

To be honest, for the first Java naval battle, Xu Jie was not very satisfied with this result. The fleet was too scattered, which led to the heavy damage of Lin Yongsheng's fleet. Although the Russians suffered greater losses, Xu Jie knew that the enemies in China were not only Russia and the Netherlands, and Xu Jie had to ensure that after the end of the war, he would have a relatively intact fleet to resist the expansion of the United States. Although the era of expansion of the US Navy was delayed by the crushing defeat in the Spanish-American War. But now that the United States, which is powerful in national strength, has finally embarked on the road of expansion, the Chinese Navy must be prepared.

"How long will it take for Lin Yongsheng's fleet to complete the rearmament now?" Xu Jie asked. "Judging from General Lin's intelligence, it can be completed in a week at most." Su Jing on the side replied that as the designer of the new cipher machine, after this cryptographic system was fully adopted by the Chinese government, Su Jing also became the person in charge of information exchange and security, especially in wartime, and it was more necessary to unify the management of telegrams and letters.

"Telegraph Yang Yonglin. Let all the main forces of the Huaxia Fleet must complete the supply and maintenance within 1 week, and enter the best combat readiness. The fleet shrank to the Taiwan forward base. I only gave him 1 week. Xu Jie emphasized later. At the same time, tell the relevant departments. With the ship ready in two days, I will go to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for a meeting with the senior Chinese naval officers. ”

Soon this telegram was transmitted to the Longxing, the general flagship of the Huaxia Navy, through repeated forwardings, and after receiving the telegram, Yang Yonglin's first reaction was that the battle situation was about to undergo major changes, and he was thinking that it was not conducive to the development of the Huaxia Navy! First of all, Xu Jie's decision to personally intervene in the command of the Huaxia Navy this time shows the seriousness of this matter. If we talk about naval attainments, although Yang Yonglin is definitely stronger than Xu Jie in terms of actual command, but in terms of strategic layout, not only Yang Yonglin, but also other high-level Chinese naval officials also believe that Xu Jie is undoubtedly the most shrewd in terms of grand strategy, and it can be said that there is no last resort in the construction and use of the fleet.

Secondly, on the telegram, Xu Jie emphasized that all the main ships of the Huaxia Navy should return to Taiwan for rearmament, and it should be completed within one week, and all of them should be maintained in the dock, which is not necessary to think about it, it is too late at all, at most it is to replenish fuel and ammunition, and by the way, carry out simple maintenance of machinery. Ye Zusi's fleet entered the dock for maintenance and maintenance after the naval battle on Java Island, and it has been nearly a month now, so there should be no problem, and the 4 dreadnought capital ships are not a big problem, the reason is very simple, if the ground support, 3 Ninghai-type front dreadnoughts are enough, and the 4 dreadnought-class capital ships are generally resting. Therefore, it is not a big problem to prepare it, but it is more troublesome for the 3 Ninghai type dreadnoughts, one is to fight often, and the other is that these battleships are somewhat old. After all, it was in service before the First Sino-Russian War.

In addition, Yang Yonglin also felt Xu Jie's dissatisfaction with the last Java naval battle, if the performance of Ye Zusi and others can satisfy Xu Jie, I am afraid that even if the situation changes, Xu Jie, who has become the prime minister, will not be allowed to come to Taiwan to deal with the war situation in Southeast Asia, right? However, these things are not something that Yang Yonglin can consider now, the first thing he has to do is to immediately implement Xu Jie's orders. With Xu Jie's arrival, the Huaxia Navy will inevitably make big moves, and Yang Yonglin must be prepared.

At the same time, on the southbound ship, Xu Jie was also constantly integrating the information he received, and as the information in his hand became more and more detailed, Xu Jie had a general understanding of the situation of the two Dandong-class battleships. In terms of performance, the Danton-class dreadnoughts are similar to the Borodino-class battleships, but the secondary guns are weaker and the speed is a little faster, but these are not very useful on the battle line, according to the current situation, the Russians hope to reach the Far East within 2 months, but it is clear that there are many difficulties.

The first of these is to be familiar with the warship, and after the warship is in hand, a warship needs to be operated by nearly 1,000 officers and men. I am afraid that it will be difficult to run in without a few months, especially since the Russian first-line elite naval officers and sailors have already arrived in the Far East, so this run-in will take longer. However, it cannot be ruled out that there may be French officers above to help the Russians, after all, in Xu Jie's opinion, since the French want to organize Huaxia to intervene in the Far East, then they should do their best to help the navy. It is not impossible to arrange for some officers and men to come to the Far East with the ship, and even to participate in the war.

The second is the supply and sailing along the way. Supply and maintenance for the voyage was unavoidable, especially when it came to the Far East. Although the Dutch built large and small docks on the island of Java, there were very few docks that could be used by dreadnoughts, and except for the two docks in the port of Batavia, the others were not so safe, and I don't know when the road would be killed by the Chinese navy. Therefore, the Russians will inevitably undergo a thorough maintenance of these two warships before entering the Far East. This delayed the arrival of the fleet a lot.

"The situation may not be as grim as I thought at the beginning, we have at least 2 months to weaken the Russian-Dutch combined fleet, even if we wait until the two Dandong-class battleships are in place, the Huaxia Navy can still guarantee a certain advantage." Xu Jie said slowly in his heart. Judging from the current situation, the Huaxia Navy has basically returned to the pre-war level. The two damaged Longxu-class battlecruisers have been repaired and are ready to attack. The current situation of the Russian fleet is not very good, several warships are seriously damaged, and because Cai Tinggan and others did a ticket at the door of the Russians, a large number of 10-inch naval guns and accessories and engineering personnel sank to the bottom of the sea, and the Russians' rearmament speed will definitely lag behind the Chinese Navy.

This should be good news, but it is not very good for the Chinese navy at this time, and the weakening of the fleet has caused the Russians to use their fleet more cautiously, and it is possible for the entire fleet to retreat into the port of Batavia. If the other party does not move in a group, the Huaxia Navy will have no chance. The other side only needs to wait until the two capital ships are in place, and then they can go to a decisive battle with the Huaxia Navy with superior forces. The Chinese navy on an expedition can either fight the other side on a battlefield that is not favorable to itself, or can only withdraw to the mainland, and the army on Kalimantan Island is probably coming to an end.

There are only two ways to make the other party take action, one is to let the other party see their weakness and lure the other party to do it. The second is to oppress the opponent with absolute superiority in troops, so that the opponent has to fight with him. There is no need to think about the first way, the Russian navy under the command of Makanov will definitely wait for reinforcements from Europe in the consciousness of sitting in prison, and even give up a few key ports for this purpose. As for the second point, it is better to try, what will the Russians think if the Chinese fleet establishes an anchorage in the south of Kalimantan? If there is a consolidated anchorage, I am afraid that the disadvantages of the Chinese navy in ocean-going operations will be greatly compensated, and in this case, will the Russians be indifferent?

If a forward position can be opened, the Huaxia Navy's control over the Java Sea will be greatly enhanced, and with the reconnaissance of submarines, camouflage reconnaissance ships, and even spies, it is very likely that the Huaxia Navy will learn of the arrival of the Dandong-class battleships, and it is also a plan that can be considered if it directly sends a fleet to intercept and kill. Faced with this situation, Xu Jie didn't believe that Makanov could still sit still!

Thanks to the book friend wenyuzhuangku and the book friend athlon9527 for the tip~~~. Yesterday's subscription was even more tragic than the day before yesterday——! The author is in tears~~. (To be continued......)