"This Nima is really damn aware! It will be overshadowed by the broken submarine of the Netherlands......" Li Ang cursed with a green face, and after a few curses, he asked, "How is the situation of the Daxingan?"

The chief of staff also said with a gloomy face: "The Daxing'an said that the port side of the mine protection compartment was damaged, and there was some water ingress on the port side, and now the water ingress has been controlled." The top speed drops to about 3 knots......"

Just now, the Third Patrol was attacked by two Dutch submarines, and the Daxingan was unfortunately hit. Well, it's not so much an assault as a dying throe. Those were two O-2 class submarines, only 130-ton mini-submarines, and because they were too small to have the ability to go far, they were not even incorporated into the Far Eastern Fleet, but were only used as local coastal defense.

Although Vice Admiral Cruyff's summoning order did not include them, the commanders of the two submarines were quite active, and they led their own troops to sea after learning that the Sino-Dutch naval battle was breaking out right under their noses.

Such submarines have only two 450-mm torpedo tubes and can carry 4 torpedoes. The two submarines were ready to sneak up on the warring Chinese ships to help their main fleet. But unfortunately, they were discovered by an unmanned exploration vehicle in the sky as soon as they sailed out of Tanjung Pandan Port, and the plug-in of "full map brightness" was so easy to fool. When they were still 50 kilometers away, the cursors representing the two submarines had already appeared on the intelligence computer display of the Leon fleet.

The Chinese Navy, which has been using submarines for a long time, still attaches great importance to anti-submarine warfare. However, at that time, Leon's fleet was busy flying "Dutch kites" and had no time to take care of these two "small points". It wasn't until later, when he came in circles less than ten kilometers near the two submarines, that Leon was worried about an accident and ordered two destroyers to go over and get rid of the two rats.

In the face of two cutting-edge destroyers, these two Dutch mini-submarines are naturally a dead end. However, they saw that they could not escape, and they were desperate, and after being discovered, it was like an incoming destroyer firing a torpedo. The torpedoes they used were nothing more than old torpedoes, with obvious wakes and low speeds, all of which were dodged by the Chinese destroyers and did not hit a single shot. The submarines, which had a speed of only 11 knots, could not escape on their own, and soon they sank under the fire of the destroyer.

But before they were sunk, the two submarines did one more thing, which was to throw out all the mines they were loading. As a result, the Daxing'an Heavy Patrol was very unlucky to be shot.

"Damn it, are you sure it's caused by a mine?" Li Ang didn't know what to say, if he was overshadowed by a submarine with a torpedo, but Nima was still overshadowed by a mine. But this is also normal, if it is really a torpedo, whether it can be avoided is not said for the time being, but the sonar on the warship will not be undetectable. Only this kind of silent mine will trap them. Because these things are so small and have no momentum, they don't even notice the whole map plug-in.

The chief of staff said: "Yes, it was investigated just now. It is a chain-linked floating mine, and the bulbous nose of the Daxing'an hooks the chain connecting two mines, causing the mines on both sides to detonate after hitting the hull of the ship. Luckily, only the port one detonated, and the starboard one seemed to have a problem with the fuse......"

Li Ang suddenly shouted: "Okay, it's actually a conjoined mine! The Hague International Convention clearly stipulates that the use of chain mines on the high seas is prohibited. The Dutch dare to play like this, they really don't want to live. By the way, let them take out the fuse of this mine and keep it, this is the evidence!"

At this time, the radar non-commissioned officer suddenly reported: "Detachment commander, a group of enemy planes has been discovered in the southeast, numbering about 270 planes, and it is approaching our fleet, and it is expected to arrive in 30 minutes......

"When will our fleet arrive?" said Leon immediately put the mine matter aside.

"It's about 45 minutes ......"

Li Ang hurriedly ordered: "Hmph, discharge the air defense formation, retreat to the north, and release all seaplanes at the same time ......"

Of course, the main fleet, which was rushing at full speed, did not just rush and did not say anything at all, and after the weather improved, the four regular aircraft carriers accompanying the fleet released their own carrier-based aircraft to reinforce the Li Ang fleet. However, there is still a time lag in between.

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Dutch Monarch.

"Your Excellency, the fleet of the Chinese seems to have suddenly stopped! I just saw a column of water suddenly burst out from the port side of a warship, and some of it looked like it had been hit by a torpedo......," a staff officer said.

Cruyff frowned and said, "I saw it, it's weird. We don't have submarines over there, do we?"

At this time, the communications staff officer came to report: "Your Excellency Commander, just now there was a call from Tanjung Pandan Port, and the two O-class submarines of their garrison have left the port for battle. They also took away the chain mines in the warehouse......"

"Oh, did they do it?" Cruyff suddenly realized, and said happily, "Well, with submarines in front, they can't speed up." Will you be able to contact those two submarines?"

"We've tried, but we can't get in touch, maybe they've dived......," the communications staff officer said.

Cruyff laughed: "They are really smart, it seems that they used that kind of chain of mines to make those Chinese warships have to slow down." ”

The chief of staff said worriedly: "Your Excellency Commander, the international convention clearly stipulates that the use of chain mines on the high seas is prohibited, and if we do this, won't we give the Chinese an excuse?"

Cruyff smiled proudly: "Hehe, our Great Netherlands is a civilized country, and of course we will not do anything that violates international conventions." There is a gap in the mine restriction treaty, and that is to allow the use of conjoined mines with a timed time of less than one hour. The interlocking mine we use now is different from the previous one, its mine shell has an opening to the medicine room, and there is also an opening in the floating shell, and there is a sealing bolt made of sugar on it. After the mine is placed in the sea, the seawater will gradually dissolve the sugar, the sealing bolt will gradually fail, and after an hour, the seawater will flow into the charge chamber, causing the charge to be wet and unable to detonate. At the same time, if the floating body enters the water, it will sink to the bottom of the sea, so that there will be no sequelae at all......"

"Ah, we still have this kind of thing, why haven't we heard of it before?" said a new staff officer, a little surprised.

The chief of staff said: "We didn't do it ourselves, this was introduced from Japan not long ago, and it's not been a few months, so it's normal that you don't know." Then he smiled and said, "Although those Japanese dwarfs are not very good, they still have some skills in these crooked ways, such as this kind of thing is not bad." The bow of almost all of China's capital ships has an angle of attack, and the bow of this shape is the easiest to hang on to the mine chain. ”

The chief of staff made a mistake, the bow of the Chinese capital ship was not an angle bow but a bulbous bow, although the two looked somewhat similar, but the structure and purpose were completely different. Of course, China will not say this kind of thing casually, and the countries that bought the drawings of Chinese warships also know what to do, and only know what to do, but do not understand the real purpose of this thing. Of course, it is not excluded that there are smart people who understand the role of the bulbous bow themselves, but even then they will not casually tell the Dutch who can't hit the eight poles.

"Well, catch up now, follow them, but keep a distance of more than 10 kilometers...... "Cruyff ordered.

Although the Dutch ship did not have a bulbous bow, it was not a specially designed spoon-shaped bow like the Japanese, and there was still a danger of catching mines. Cruyff didn't want to fool people, but he cheated himself. Fortunately, this kind of mine is time-sensitive, and it will be useless in an hour, and according to the current distance between the two sides, it will be almost the same when the Dutch fleet catches up with the position.

To be honest, the Dutch don't trust this kind of thing too much, they are very worried that they will pit themselves, or that they are not as good as the Japanese, so the number of equipment for this kind of mine is not too much, but some are reserved in various ports, and even the regular fleet is not equipped.

At this time, another staff officer shouted in surprise: "Commander, our plane has arrived, and they are now in the sky above us......"

"Great! Let them attack the Chinese fleet immediately, be sure to delay the ships, and create a chance for the capital ships. Cruyff was overjoyed, the death of the two small submarines was just a surprise, and these land-based planes from Jakarta were his real cards.

But there is also bad news.

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander, the second column asked us for help, and they were attacked by a joint attack of four 10,000-ton cruisers and submarines, and Yan zhòng was lost. At present, the Seven Provinces Soyuz and the Jacob Van Hermskok have lost any chance of salvage, and the Harpertsson Tromp and Duke Hendrik have been severely damaged and flooded. Four protective cruisers, the Zeeland, the Geldland, the North Brabant and the Utrecht, have now been hors de combat, and the Holland and Friesland have also been wounded......"

When the communications non-commissioned officer released the news, all the Dutchmen on the bridge changed color.

The chief of staff hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, commander, what should we do? If we don't go back to the rescue, the second column will be completely finished!"

"......" Cruyff pondered for a moment, and said resolutely: "It is important to annihilate the main forces of the enemy fleet, and as for the second column, please hold on......"

"Your Excellency, even if we destroy the fleet in front of us. But what if they send the main fleet again?" a staff officer asked dissatisfied. It was clear that Cruyff's sacrifice of the second column was unpleasant to him.

"Only by eliminating the fleet in front of them will the Chinese know that we in the Netherlands are not so easy to deal with." The Chinese's greed for land is only comparable to the Russians, and they must be hurt before there can be negotiations. Otherwise, we won't be able to keep the East Indies......" Cruyff said with a sigh.

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"Da Da Da ......"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Four light cruisers, including the Obie of the Seventh Cruise, were spitting frantically into the sky. Each cruiser was equipped with 14 100-mm 55x-diameter high-altitude guns (7 twin turrets), 24 40-mm 60x-diameter anti-aircraft guns (6 quadruple turrets), 20 20-mm (10 twin turrets), and 30 12-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, all desperately firing at the planes in the air. And their targets weren't just planes in the sky, with 60 155-mm guns still attacking the few remaining Dutch warships.

That's the real firepower!

The four Huaihe-class light cruisers with full firepower fully released what is a real rain of bullets!

Fifty-six 100-mm guns and 96 40-mm guns continued to shoot a rain of dead bullets, and the dense shells exploded around the air, staining the entire sky red. The 80 20-mm anti-aircraft guns and 120 anti-aircraft machine guns, which had a faster rate of fire, weaved a web of death in the air with a dense rain of bullets.

As the number one aviation power, China naturally attaches great importance to air defense. At present, all warships above the frigate level are equipped with anti-aircraft fire control radars, shooting command computers, and central control systems, which can solve air targets in real time, and at the same time use the central control system to distribute firepower, and then the shooting command computer operates each antiaircraft gun to adjust the elevation angle and angle in real time.

Of course, considering the complexity and weight, the current automatic turret with radar aiming and computer control can only achieve 40 mm and above caliber guns, and those below 40 mm still need to rely on human flesh aiming, but the supporting gun mount also realizes electro-hydraulic steering or pitching, unlike other countries that still rely on manual rotation (foot pedal or hand crank).

In addition, last year, the company developed a radio proximity fuze (VT fuze), an anti-aircraft mass killing device. However, the current manufacturing process of electronic components is still insufficient, and the volume of this radio proximity fuse is still relatively large, and it can only be used in artillery shells of more than 100 mm.

If such an air defense system is compared with those perverted things decades after the original time and space, it will definitely be far inferior, but in the current era, it is very terrifying.

For example, now, the ambitious Dutch fighter plane has touched the steel plate headlong, and more than 30 planes have been drawn down as soon as the two sides make contact. The most successful results were the 100-mm high-level guns, which accurately tracked every target under the guidance of radar and computer control, and the high-explosive bombs equipped with radio proximity fuses became a nightmare for Dutch aircraft.

The efficiency of those 40mm anti-aircraft guns is not low, although their shells cannot be loaded with VT fuses, but timing and triggering dual fuses are still possible, and their rate of fire can be much higher than that of 100mm guns, and the rate of fire of 180 rounds per minute makes their shells form a chain of fire that hooks the soul, and the shrapnel that explodes is all over the airspace. The 20mm anti-aircraft guns and 12mm anti-aircraft machine guns served to fill in the gaps, and the bullets filled the sky like a storm, and it seemed that bullets and shrapnel were everywhere.

These shells were like a rain of fire from hell, giving the Dutch pilots unforgettable memories. Such ferocious firepower would not survive even on the supersonic all-metal jets of later generations, let alone these biplanes with a top speed of less than 300 kilometers per hour, mainly made of wood and canvas.

I saw that in the dense rain of bullets, the incoming Dutch fighters continued to turn into burning fireballs in the air, or they were directly blown to pieces, or dragged black smoke into the sea.