"We can only hope that the Chinese just want to take advantage of the opportunity to blackmail us this time." In this case, their navy will not dispatch the main force, and with the strength of our Far Eastern Fleet, as long as China does not dispatch all the strength, it can still be countered. At the very least, I hope to keep Java and Sumatra......" Cruyff said helplessly.

"Is it just to keep Java and Sumatra? What about Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea?" asked a colonel, reluctantly.

Cruyff shook his head: "Borneo and Sulawesi are definitely not preserved, these places border the territory of the Chinese." The army idiots can't even handle a gang of indigenous mobs, do you think they can hold back the Chinese army, and Sulawesi is too close to these places, and our presence there is too weak, even for the best, most of the power there will be given to Chinese......"

Even if the Dutch Far East Fleet now has the world's top nine and the third largest naval fleet in the Far East, the fleet commander still has little confidence. There is no way, the difference in strength between this ranking is still too big. Even the second, third, and all the others in the Far East combined, are not comparable to the Chinese Navy, which is in the first place.

He couldn't help but think that if only China had to order even warships from the United States, then there would be not much difference in strength between the two sides, and it would be possible to do a game. But who knew that China would be so crazy that it would make dumplings at the speed of two super-dreadnoughts a year, and at most even start construction of five ships a year. A big country like China can play like this, but the Netherlands can't afford to play, just these five super dreadnoughts have almost made Her Majesty the Queen go as a skirt.

He then said with a melancholy expression: "We can keep Java and Sumatra this time, and we are already at the limit." This is a world of the jungle, Spain and Portugal, which were dominant, have declined, and now it is our turn to be the Netherlands, the mainland is too small, the population is too small is our fatal wound. The China in the north is so big that we in the Netherlands are not as big as half of their provinces. Their population is 87 times larger than ours, and their territory is 325 times larger than ours, which is not at all an opponent of a level......"

That's right, territory and population are not equal to national strength, such as India or Indonesia and Africa, and the unorganized population is useless. However, land and population are the foundation of a country, and if a country wants to be strong, it must have enough land and population as the foundation. Although small countries will rise because of certain opportunities, such achievements have no foundation, and once they encounter twists and turns, they will immediately return to their original shape, like a castle made of gravel on the beach, and there will be no more waves when they come. That is to say, "its rise is also vigorous, and its demise is also sudden", and once such a small country is beaten back to its original shape, it will be difficult to get up again.

Especially after mankind enters the era of industrial civilization, a country with sufficient territory and population may not be a first-class power, but a country without sufficient territory and population will definitely not become a first-class power.

The same is true in the Netherlands now, where they have a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of the awakened dragon in the north. But knowing that he can't beat it, he can only bite the bullet, and it's impossible to kneel directly, so it's so faceless.

At this time, the intelligence staff officer suddenly reported: "Report to the commander, a telegram has been sent from the submarine K-2, they have found traces of the Chinese fleet south of the Tammelan Islands, there are four capital ships, probably the Fuxi class, as well as twelve cruisers, four destroyers and one aircraft carrier...... The latitude and longitude is xxx, the course is xxx, and the speed is 20 knots......"

Cruyff immediately stopped the meeting, gathered around the chart, and immediately a staff officer marked it on the chart and began to calculate the position and distance of the two fleets.

After a while, a staff officer raised his head and said: "We are about 700 kilometers away from this Chinese fleet, and the course is opposite, and we are expected to encounter a ...... in the waters off Belitung Island in 12 hours."

"Report to the commander, the Governor's Mansion has called, the Chinese have exchanged fire with us!" another communications non-commissioned officer shouted anxiously, "The Chinese army has entered Borneo and New Guinea and is engaged with our defenders there." Our military facilities and airports in Pontianak, Jayapura, Tarakan, Balikpapan, Manado and other places were subjected to large-scale air strikes. Half an hour earlier, the defenders of the Tarakan front had lost contact with the Governor's Palace, and the defenders of Jayapura were in a hurry......"

"The Chinese have done it!"

"Damn, how dare they do that?"

"What an idiot the Army is!"

The Dutch immediately started to gossip. Although everyone has already mentally prepared for the attack of the Chinese, it is still difficult to accept it when they really know that the other party has made a move.

Cruyff said in a deep voice: "Okay, don't worry about the army. We also have to face our own enemies, and fortunately this time the Chinese Navy did not send the main force. If it's just four Fuxi-class, we still have hope of winning......"

Just then, he received another report.

"Report to the commander, the K-8 submarine called, they found the Chinese fleet in the waters of the Riau Islands, the size of four capital ships, possibly Qingcheng-class or Taihang-class, plus eight cruisers and four destroyers and an aircraft carrier. Latitude and longitude xxx, course xxx, speed 20 knots, the fleet is heading in the direction of Palembang......"

"What? another fleet!" Cruyff broke out in a cold sweat.

After being stunned for a while, he said: "Leave this fleet alone for the time being, we will deal with the ...... in front first" He then ordered: "Now, you all return to your posts." Whether the Kingdom of the Netherlands can survive this crisis is up to gentlemen......"

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November 22, 2758 (1917), 10:30 p.m.

Heavy cruiser Huangshan, armored conning tower.

"Report to the detachment commander and discover the main forces of the Dutch Far Eastern Fleet. It is possible to confirm five battleships, six coastal defense ships, 14 light cruisers, 14 destroyers, coordinates xxx, xxx, course xxx, speed 10 knots, about 703 kilometers from us......" The intelligence staff officer looked at what was displayed on the screen and said loudly.

At present, all the computers on China's warships have been replaced with the latest integrated circuit central processing unit Hetu 5 computer, and the transistor computers used in the past have been retired to second-tier units. Although this is only an eight-bit computer with a performance between 8008 and 8080, because the motherboard, memory, graphics card, hard disk and other ancillary equipment have been developed, and the software writing technology from later generations is also quite powerful, so its comprehensive performance far exceeds that of the original time and space Apple-1. The most important thing is that the operating system is fully windowed and graphical, which not only lowers the threshold for use, but also is much easier to use than the operating system with a text interface.

For example, now the Huangshan has used computers in many aspects, not to mention radar, fire control and shooting command, but also established a relatively primitive central control and monitoring system, and now sitting next to the computer and clicking the mouse, you can monitor the situation of various subsystems such as power system, ventilation system, air conditioning system, etc., and can also monitor the main cabins. Moreover, there are camera cameras everywhere on the warship, and even if you sit in the sealed armored conning tower, you can see the scene outside, which is also the confidence of the Chinese captains who do not have to run to the navigation bridge to command.

One of the most important is the C4I system (C4i system refers to the integration of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence), which has also been greatly improved. The entire fleet has established a preliminary digital chain, and the vast majority of ships can achieve intelligence sharing, and can get intelligence support from spy satellites and early warning airships at any time, making it more convenient to command. Moreover, the computer is also equipped with decipherment software, which can decipher the signals of the enemy that have been monitored.

Of course, although the current Hetu five-type computer has one of the elements of the personal computer of later generations, its volume is still relatively large, for example, its hard disk is the size of a shoebox, and the whole chassis is about the size of half a desk, which is certainly very good for the use of the government, military and scientific research units, but it is still not suitable as a personal computer for home use.

At present, on the display screen of the intelligence computer in front of the intelligence staff officer, there is an interface of intelligence management software, which clearly displays a map of the nearby sea area, with blue squares representing enemy troops and red squares of our army. This is based on the information obtained from satellites, airships or other channels, which is summarized and analyzed by the intelligence analysis center of the Navy Headquarters, and then marked on the software, and then sent to each ship through a chain.

Li Ang hurriedly leaned over to take a look, only to see that a bunch of blue squares had appeared on the 48*36 cm display, and these squares represented different ships and troops with different symbols.

"Well, five battleships in the middle, six coastal defense ships behind, cruisers and destroyers around......" Leon moved his mouse and clicked on the nearest square representing the battleship. Suddenly, a dialog box popped up, listing numbers such as coordinates, speed, course, etc., and a line of text: "It is estimated to be a Dutch monarch-class battleship, and the situation is being further verified......"

"Hehe, well done!" Li Ang said happily: "Just now the headquarters called, the army and air force have already started to work this afternoon, and we want to attack the Dutch warships when we find them, so there is no need to ask for instructions!"

Chief of Staff Qin said: "There is no problem in fighting, but the opponent's strength is stronger than ours, so we have to have a plan for how to fight......

"Well, of course, what the other side says is also five super dreadnoughts, and we only have four heavy cruisers, so we can't fight hard......"

Li Ang didn't have the brains to resist the five super dreadnoughts, although the four heavy cruisers under his command were all over-standard cargo and were out-of-specification products, but no matter how much they exceeded the standard, no matter how out-of-spec, they were not genuine battleships.

"The Zidian is an escort aircraft carrier, and the carrier-based aircraft carried are mainly fighters, and there are very few torpedo planes and bombers, so it will not be of much use against the five super dreadnoughts...... "Moreover, today's wind and waves are really strong, and the carrier-based aircraft cannot take off......

Since 5 p.m. today, the weather in this area has started to deteriorate. By seven o'clock in the evening, the wind had reached level six, and the "First Task Force" led by Li Ang was passing through the wind and waves, and the entire fleet also reduced its speed to 15 knots.

"What does the weather forecast say?" asked Leon to the meteorological non-commissioned officer.

The meteorological non-commissioned officer hurriedly checked it on the computer and replied: "Report to the detachment leader, it is expected that there will be heavy to heavy rain in the early hours of tomorrow morning, with a southeast wind of six to seven levels, which may last until noon tomorrow......"

The corners of Li Ang's mouth twitched, and he complained dissatisfiedly: "It's really unlucky now." Why is it that every time we have a decisive battle, the weather is not very good, last time in the Diaoyu Islands, this is still the case!"

Political commissar Lu Yishan also came over. He looked at the cloudy sea on the display screen of the weather computer, and said with some concern: "If the weather does not improve by tomorrow morning, our reconnaissance force will be greatly limited." And in such weather conditions, it is also difficult for our submarines to attack. ”

Li Ang thought for a moment and said, "Report to the High Commander of the Task Force and ask him to send capital ships to support." We will move on, entangle the Dutch fleet, and create opportunities for the main force to annihilate the enemy ships. ”

After thinking about it again, he still felt that it was prudent, the other party's strength was too strong, and he would definitely not be able to eat five super dreadnoughts with only his own four super-standard heavy cruisers, so it was better to summon his own capital ships to solve the problem.

The communications non-commissioned officer quickly got in touch with the team, and after a while, the team's reply came.

Li Ang looked at the reply sent and smiled at everyone: "Commander Gao agreed with our opinion, he has sent the second, third, and fourth battleship detachments, and the first and second aircraft carrier detachments over, and our task is to entangle the Dutch fleet......"

At this time, the intelligence non-commissioned officer who managed the computer next to him said: "Detachment leader, the radar room reported that an abnormal echo was found in the direction of four points on the port side of our side, which may be the bridge of the submarine...... The distance is 22 km, the speed of the opponent is 15 knots, and it is moving with our fleet......"

"Is there a submarine of ours around here?"

The intelligence non-commissioned officer quickly inquired, and after a while he raised his head and said, "...... According to the information of the headquarters, at this time, our submarines were closest to us at a distance of 28 kilometers in the direction of 151 degrees, followed by 34 kilometers in our 119-degree direction, and in addition, the submarines at a distance of more than 50 kilometers from our side were all at a distance of more than 50 kilometers. The target orientation does not correspond to our submarine. ”

Li Ang also walked over and saw the location of the Chinese submarines displayed on the screen, none of them were in that position, and the target that had just been discovered was marked with a gray question mark and was located in the rear right of the fleet.

"Detachment leader, just now we issued an identification password to the other party, but the other party did not respond...... "The communications staff officer also said. In order to make it easier to distinguish friend from foe, Chinese ships are equipped with transceiver devices that recognize passwords, which are a set of radio passwords, and without such equipment, they would not know what this set of radio waves is, and naturally it would be impossible to respond.

"Hehehe, so it's probably a Dutch submarine. A smile appeared on Li Ang's face, and he said, "Let the Qingdao go over and have a look......