"Jishi, there's new news from the Dutch." Yang Yonglin was a little anxious and sent a document to Xu Jie. "The Dutch seem to be planning to turn against us. The Dutch Admiralty sent tender documents to France and the United States at the same time to order a new type of warship, in which the French had already responded to the request of the Dutch, supposedly a battlecruiser with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons. And the Americans intend to participate in the bidding. ”

"Expected, it makes sense." Xu Jie said without hesitation. "In that case, shouldn't we be ready too? Your navy is the first to bear the brunt, and the direction of China's development in the next 15 years is in the South China Sea and Southeast Asia, so you have to be prepared. ”

"Prepare what? Going and blowing Batavia to the ground now? Yang Yonglin asked rhetorically. It's okay, boss, you hurry up and contact the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, find an excuse for war, and I'll immediately prepare to assemble a fleet and go around the South China Sea. Yang Yonglin said jokingly.

"Okay, you first let my three King-class armored cruisers in China reach the South China Sea smoothly, and then stay there for 2 months, the last time we went to Batavia, it was a lot of twists and turns, fortunately, the Netherlands at that time was a soft-legged shrimp, and we could fight as much as we wanted, and when the Russian fleet entered Batavia, what awaited us was a vicious battle." Xu Jie said. "Did you just talk about the idea of preemptive strike, or do you really want to do it?"

"There is a plan, before this is the best solution to subdue the Netherlands, the current Dutch Navy is very weak, a matter of one hand." Yang Yonglin said without hesitation.

"It's a good idea. But the reality is harsh. The Netherlands is not something that can be moved now, nor is it something that can solve problems if it moves now. Xu Jie sighed and continued: "From an international point of view, the British and French are absolutely opposed to our country's entry into Southeast Asia. And Britain is one of our main financiers, and we have to consider the British reaction. From our point of view, even if you could sweep all the ports in the Netherlands, what would that be? Can you control the tens of thousands of islands? We want occupation and control, not just destruction. Our army is now in the process of expanding, and it seems that it is not enough to fight against Russia in the north, how can we afford to go to Southeast Asia? ”

"Even if it's over. What about supplies and ammunition? A distance of several thousand kilometers is not a decimal, and it is better not to fight without dying. And if we were to fight the Dutch in a hurry, it would lead directly to an immediate alliance between the Netherlands and Russia. If the Russian fleet were to be stationed in the South China Sea immediately, we would now be fighting away from home, which would be very unfavorable to us, and even more unfavorable to our maritime communications. We must not use any reckless war within four years. These 4 years are just accumulating strength, that's all. If it had to be moved, it would be on the eve of the war, when the Russian fleet was heading for the Far East, and at this time, the British could not say anything, and at this time they would beat the Netherlands, even if the Russian fleet was stationed. The role of support for the Russian fleet will also become small. Xu Jie said solemnly.

"But now we need to prepare, even if we can't touch the Dutch. Combat readiness must also be carried out. One of the most important is the ability to fight in the ocean, which depends not only on our equipment, but also on personnel. Spending dozens of days at sea is not an easy task. The problem of the Russians is now on us. "Feng Shui takes turns, and the problems encountered by the Russians are finally in front of Huaxia.

"Jishi, I wonder if we can think differently and reconsider this war? China's war with Russia and the Netherlands is absolutely not something that can be solved by simply improving its ocean-going combat capability, and if it is a regular fleet war, we have too many problems to solve. Yang Yonglin said with some concern.

"For example, the consumption and replenishment of a dozen or nearly twenty large warships plus a large number of frigates is a problem, we refuel coal at sea, and we can replenish food at sea, but what about artillery shells? After fighting a war, at most after two wars, you have to go back to resupply, relying on munitions ships to supply with the army, not to mention how to send thousands of heavy shells to each warship at sea, even if you can, it is absolutely not operable in actual combat, and once those fragile ships are targeted by the opposing fast ships, it is a matter of several rounds of shelling. Yang Yonglin said.

"And if we can't solve the problem in a war, then the whole fleet will have to go back to Guangdong or Taiwan to make corrections, which may take up to several months, and at this time the Russians can completely cut off our southern lines of communication, and this loss is absolutely huge." Yang Yonglin continued.

"So what do you mean? All in one battle? The main fleet will either not be dispatched, or all problems will be solved in a war? But now there is a question, what are we going to do if the Russians just hold on to the port and don't get out? In the event of a strong attack, it is difficult to determine the outcome of the defense against a sufficient number of fleet batteries and mine arrays. And we can't lock it down for a long time. Makanov's choice must be to avoid the edge, and in the Dutch East Indies, the other side has an intelligence advantage, and our tactics of luring the snake out of the hole will not be very successful. Xu Jie was also a little difficult.

"Now we can already imagine Makanov's tactics, after Makanov led the fleet to the Dutch East Indies, he would not continue to go north at all, he would prepare his fleet while sending a sufficient number of fast warships to carry out the task of breaking diplomatic relations, and the Russian fleet would definitely be stationed in Batavia, which was the best and only place in the Dutch colonies that could accommodate a large fleet, and could control the Strait of Malacca and the surrounding waterways at the same time, directly cutting off our ties with Europe." Yang Yonglin said.

"The rest is simple, they just have to wait until we arrive. Then relying on the port defenses to force us back, after many encounters, I feel that the Russians will no longer want to defeat us in a decisive battle at sea, and all they want is to contain us and cut off our foreign aid. Then their purpose has been achieved. After Yang Yonglin finished speaking, he looked at Xu Jie, who was frowning, and stopped speaking, he knew that Xu Jie needed to be quiet for a while.

"This will be a systematic project, not only with warships and artillery, we need to destroy the entire Dutch East Indies from all sides, whether it is the economy, material supplies or infrastructure, we have to start." Xu Jie said with a calm face.

"This matter is urgent, go and contact Peng Yi and Peng Haifeng, we want to attack the Dutch from many aspects, not just on the battlefield, don't the Russians want to use the resources and supplies of the Netherlands? We're going to destroy them all so they can't use them!" Xu Jie sneered.

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