The Italian navy and army came to the colony of Borneo in a rage, and the Dutch, as its neighbors, could not know its intentions.

Kissinia glanced out the window at the slightly depressed city and sighed. Jakarta is in a thriving state of development, with the arrival of the Italians hitting the brakes. In fact, it was not only the Dutch who were affected, but also the Spanish and British and French colonies in the region, but the Dutch were more affected than other countries.

The Dutch were weaker than other countries, so they relied more on Chinese groups to help them loot for colonial interests. After all, compared with the locals, the Chinese are also outsiders, which is easier to manage and control.

Of course, while helping the colonists to loot, the Chinese will also get some of the benefits themselves.

With the arrival of a large number of Chinese in Italian Borneo, it brought a lot of money to Italy and helped Italy develop local resources.

As for Kissina, who is the governor of Jakarta, he actually doesn't have much to do about it, and it is too difficult for him to change the status of the Chinese, because the implementation of the current policy has multiplied too many stakeholders, and it also affects a large number of powerful people in Amsterdam.

However, now is not the time to think about this, the Italian military reinforcement is obviously a bad come, and Kissinia, as the governor, naturally needs to deal with it seriously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the Italian reinforcement is not good, I don't know if you have any ways to deal with it."

Faced with the questioning of the governor Kissinia, the office officials of the colony looked at me, I looked at you, and the room was very quiet for a while.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Kissinia was furious, if it weren't for the fact that these people had heels, he would have wanted to remove them all from his post for their performance. What kind of people are they, one is more ruthless than the other in making money on weekdays, and you can't let out a fart if you really have something.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slap the table. "Say!"

In the face of the angry governor, no one spoke now.

But if they don't speak, they can't stop the governor from calling names.

"Your Excellency Creevey, as a high-ranking official of the colonial government, what do you have to say?"

This Creevey, named by Kissinia, is a very heavyweight figure in the colonial government, both in terms of power and tonnage.

In the face of the governor's roll call, the heavyweight Creevey had no choice but to reply. "Since the Italians don't have the right intentions, then we need to ask for help from home......"

Creevey's words made Kissinia's face turn unkind, isn't this nonsense, he still doesn't know if he asks for help, and he wants someone else to teach. While the Italian fleet was still halfway through, he sent a telegram asking for help.

Looking at the Governor with a cannibalistic expression, Creevey could only change the subject. "In addition, we should also ask for help from the neighbors, and Britain, France, and Spain must not want to see Italy expand its influence in Southeast Asia. We can also think of ways from this aspect. Of course, Amsterdam will do the same, but the water is far away to quench the thirst, and we can start with Southeast Asia. ”

This time, Creevey's proposal finally made Kissinia's face much better.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, I need to see the results in a month."

It's just that it's clear that Kissinia didn't let him go, since he was given a difficult task.

Don't look at it for a month, but it's still difficult for Creevey. However, it was obviously unwise to disobey the governor's order at this time, and I saw Creevey agree with an ugly face.

Kissinia then named the others, each of whom assigned their own tasks, some to mobilize manpower, some to collect supplies, and some to be responsible for purchasing supplies, although these tasks seemed to be ordinary, but the number was very large. Anyway, no one's task is easy, and it's not that no one is clever, but they are all defeated in front of His Excellency the Governor.

And there was a reason why they were afraid of the majesty of the governor at this time, because although they were preparing all kinds of preparations, everyone knew that this time the Netherlands was destined to suffer, but how much they would lose. No way, this is determined by size and national strength, Italy is stronger than the Netherlands, this is also a well-known thing.

And after the Dutch suffered, someone must have to take on this responsibility, and the adults of Amsterdam could not take on this scapegoat role, then only the governor of Jakarta was qualified.

It is clear that the future is cut off, and the Governor of Kissinia, who may even become a prisoner in the future, is definitely the most terrible at the moment, because he has nothing to fear, and no one wants to hit the muzzle of the gun and become the object of Liwei. And Amsterdam will definitely meet Kissina's demands, and will do what he wants, which can be regarded as compensation before he leaves office.

And after Kissinia confessed to the others, only the military remained. Although Kissinia had absolute power at this time, he also knew that the army was absolutely not allowed to move at present.

After driving everyone else out of their respective missions, Kissinia spoke to the two colonial generals. "Lieutenant General Javier, Lieutenant General Appiah, I need your full support next."

In the face of the governor's words, the two generals naturally reassured one after another.

Of course, as a governor, Kissinia was not so easy to fool, only to see him speak. "Vice Admiral Javier, how is your fleet currently prepared?"

True, Vice Admiral Havel was the commander of the Dutch East India Fleet, which currently held the fleet of Southeast Asia at his disposal.

Lieutenant General Havel spoke immediately to the Governor's questioning. "Your Excellency the Governor, rest assured that the fleet will ensure the safety of Jakarta and will not expose it to the threat of the Italians."

That's right, Lieutenant General Javier can only guarantee the security of Jakarta for now. After all, the strength of the fleet he currently has is just like that, although there are ironclad ships such as the Netherlands and the Seven Provinces, but in the face of Italy's absolute strength, it can only ensure the safety of Jakarta.

Of course, there is another reason, and that is that after Jakarta was last threatened by Italy, the Dutch learned from the pain and equipped Jakarta with four new 280mm Krupp coastal defense guns.

Although the 280 mm is not as good as the 305 mm main gun of the Italian Turin class, the shore defense gun is much stronger than the naval gun after all, not to mention that the defense is simply not a level. After all, the tonnage of the battery is not like that of a warship, which is why warships rarely attack the battery directly.

In the face of Lieutenant General Javier's somewhat fearful words, Kissinia did not say anything. Because he also knows the strength of his own fleet, and it is completely insufficient to resist the Italian fleet head-on.

In terms of speed, firepower, and defense, the Dutch fleet simply could not compete with the Italian fleet. Except for a few newly-built warships, the Dutch fleet has been in service for at least a dozen years, and they are all old warships.

So after Lieutenant General Javier had finished speaking, Kissinia continued to ask.

"Lieutenant General Appiah, how is the Army's preparations at the moment?"

With the Navy clearly unable to compete with the Italian fleet at all, Kissinia clearly placed the hope of resisting Italy on the Army.

Faced with the Governor's expectant eyes, Lieutenant General Appiah, who was the commander of the army, reported directly. "At present, we have a total of 530,000 troops in the army, but of these 440,000 are colonial troops, and less than 10,000 and the strength of the three regiments is a force formed entirely by our people."

The colonial army mentioned by Lieutenant General Appia was an army of Dutch officers and natives as soldiers, and although such an army had a hand in suppressing the mob, it was completely inadequate in the face of the heavily armed and experienced Italian Guards.

Not to mention anything else, the army of more than 40,000 colonies that the Guards Division alone can fight is full of teeth. Except for the suppression of equipment, the kind of training of the colonial army is not enough at all.

Of course, if you add the strength of the three regiments composed of the Dutch themselves, in terms of land strength, at least the Dutch can still make a difference.

It is precisely because of this that Kissinia puts its hopes on the army, even if the Spice Islands need more of a navy, but this is no longer the way.

So under the expectation of Kissinia, Lieutenant Apia continued. "At the moment, Italy is more interested in the territory of Borneo, so I put a colonial division and an infantry regiment in Borneo, with a force of 15,000 troops. It's not guaranteed to stop the Italians, but at least it can hold them back and buy us time. In addition, I placed 8,000 troops on the island of Sumatra, and the rest in Java and the capital. ”

Yes, despite the dangerous situation, the Dutch still focused on the island of Java. As the core of Dutch rule, the island of Java was too important. It has the most fertile land in the entire archipelago and the largest population.

So even if Italy is eyeing Borneo, the focus of the Dutch defense is still on the island of Java.

Just as Kissinia was discussing with the military a plan to deal with Italy, suddenly a staff member burst in, and without waiting for his reprimand, he shouted. "Your Excellency the Governor, the Italians have sent a telegram asking us to reply within three days whether or not their troops should be allowed to enter our Borneo territory and pursue the rebels."