Chapter 160: Panic

"Director, are you still worried about your actions in three days?" Baruch asked softly as he looked at the middle-aged man who was sitting on a rough chair made of rattan and was a little worried.

Listening to him, Rudolf Tiar looked at the senior intelligence agent sent from China to cooperate with his operation, and nodded faintly!

"Baruch believes that after so many days of our investigation, you also understand how powerful the Chinese army is here, their weapons and equipment are too advanced, I doubt that Sukarno's subordinates who don't even know how to hold guns, even if we give them weapons, I'm afraid they will not pose any big threat to the Chinese army on the island!" If we really think that is what we are guessing now, then our landing force, even with the help of warships, will probably suffer very large losses, and then pose a major threat to our Dutch operation to retake the whole island of Java!"

"Director, will you be a little too worried! Now there are at least more than 10 million natives on the island, as long as we can provoke them, even if there are more Chinese troops on the island, I am afraid that we will not be able to stop this torrent! Moreover, the terrain of Java Island is narrow and long, coupled with our naval superiority, we can attack the weak point on any island, and I believe that the Chinese who take care of one or the other will suffer heavy losses under our attack and eventually lose the entire East Indies, including Java Island!" Baruch said confidently.

Looking at the expression on his face, a hint of mockery flashed in Rudolf Tiar's eyes, he really didn't pay much attention to these guys from China, who had been stubbornly made by white supremacy ideology, and who looked down on yellow people from the bottom of their bones! Even now, his mind would still come to mind from time to time, the appearance of those Chinese soldiers with rifles, under the cover of artillery and even shè guns! The powerful firepower, the torn bodies of the Dutch soldiers, and the frightened expressions on their faces when they were dying, made him, the head of the Dutch East India Intelligence Bureau with blood on his hands, shudder every time he thought about it! If it weren't for the blood of the Chinese on this island on his hands, and the fear that those Chinese people's troops would settle accounts with him, I am afraid that he would have surrendered a long time ago!

"Let's go! Sukarno should be coming soon! Let's go to him to discuss the details of the operation in three days' time, and we must ensure that more indigenous people are mobilized to participate in this uprising!" With that, Rudolf Tiar stood up and walked out of this small house built deep in the rainforest!

Looking at his back, Baruch's eyes flashed with strong jealousy, in his mind, this time the combined forces of the Netherlands and Portugal dispatched so many troops and warships will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese People's Army entrenched on the island of Java, when the time comes, Rudolf Tiar, who planned this riot and made great contributions to the military operation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to recover the island, will definitely rise all the way because of this merit, maybe this time he can sit on the throne of the director of the intelligence department! And this undoubtedly made Baruch, who was also peeping at this position, jealous! Otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to apply for a transfer to the dangerous island of Java to carry out the mission!

"The credit for the recovery of the East Indies by the Kingdom of the Netherlands this time must be mine," Baruch said in a low voice that could only be heard by himself, as he watched Rudolf Tiar walk farther and farther away.

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"Captain, no surprises have been found in the surrounding waters!"

"Hmm! Order the lookouts on each battleship to keep an eye on all the surrounding sea conditions, and if there is any accident, ring the bell immediately, and report the information to me immediately!

"Understood, Commander!"

"Alright, let's go down!"

Looking at the back of the fleet staff officer who disappeared outside the bridge door, Welbeck, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but come over and ask softly: "Commander! Do you suspect that the Chinese fleet has set a trap in front of us?" No wonder he would ask this question, counting the staff officer who had just left, in the past less than two hours, he had asked the same question at least five times, as long as he knew something about the navy, he would have such a question in his heart!

Hearing his words, Blake shook his head worriedly, and said slowly: "I don't know, but I don't know why, as we get closer and closer to Java Island, I always feel a little unsteady in my heart, like something bad is about to happen!"

Seeing that he kept shaking his head and looked a little confused in his eyes, Welbeck couldn't help but speak: "Maybe it's because we lost five warships, and the eight warships that followed our fleet caused us too much pressure!"

"Perhaps! Well, let's not talk about that! What is the attitude of the Portuguese? Did they agree to our proposal to change the course of the fleet?"

"No, they said that if we had followed their advice and not rashly sent a fleet to expel those Chinese warships, it would not have led to serious consequences of the loss of five ironclad ships! Moreover, they did not believe that our fleet would be ambushed at sea where information could not be transmitted! In addition, they also said that with our current scale of more than fifty warships, we could not find an opponent in the Far East at all, and as long as the Chinese were not stupid, they would not attack our obviously superior escort fleet with eight warships!"

"These hateful Portuguese bastards! Can't they see that the Chinese are likely to have warships in ambush in the shadows and never show up? Are their commanders stupid?" Hearing his words, Blake's anger that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time finally broke out!

Looking at the furious Blake, Welbeck was also a little dumbfounded for a while, he didn't expect that his short words would cause such a big reaction from Blake! This was really a great surprise to him!

"General, please stop your anger! From the Age of Discovery to the present, hundreds of years have passed, and the Portuguese navy has long since declined! It is not surprising that they have such short-sighted behavior! But you are now the commander of the expeditionary force, if even you lose the most important calm as a commander! Then we have no hope of successfully reaching Java Island and defeating the Chinese people's army that occupies there!"

After listening to his words, looking at the members of the fleet command around him who were a little overwhelmed by his sudden anger, Blake couldn't help but take a hard breath and suppressed the anger in his heart! The look on his face also became a little calmer! At this time, he also knew that no matter how great his anger was, it could not change the stupid thoughts in the Portuguese mind!

"General, after all, we were all speculating before, there is no actual basis, and it is not strange that the Portuguese do not believe it! Moreover, maybe it is really as they say, the Chinese only have these eight warships!" Seeing that the god on his face became calm again, Verbeck hurriedly comforted beside him!

However, Blake, who had already fallen into his own thoughts, looked at the sea in the distance with his eyes blankly as if he had not listened to him! He secretly thought in his heart: "Is this war really doomed to failure? The Kingdom of Holland is doomed to lose its colony in the East Indies? God, what should I do now?" At this moment, after suffering many blows, Blake's heart seemed extremely hesitant!

"Bell ......!" Just as Welbeck was about to say something, a hurried bell suddenly sounded outside!

Just like contagion, in less than ten seconds, a rapid jǐng bell rang out in the really huge escort fleet of the two countries!

"Twenty-five nautical miles to the south! There is a fleet ......!"

Listening to the panicked sound of the lookout on the railpole, Welbeck grabbed the monocular that was put aside, held it high in front of him, and looked into the distance!

Then he was stunned, and his eyes were horrified and he said slowly, "My God!"