[Chapter 824] Start a war! Be sure to start a war!

(0824)

"Don't chase after it."

The Esco Pirates Fleet retreated, and Chen Zhan did not pursue it.

The warships of the Fourth Fleet checked their own equipment and left the battlefield one after another. Their mission was to arrive at Balin as soon as possible and meet with the second and third fleets who were already stationed there. The encounter with the Esco Pirate Fleet on the way was just a small episode for them, and they passed quickly.

Information from all aspects shows that the Dutch Navy's reaction was quite large. The various squadrons under the Dutch Navy's Far East Fleet were quietly gathering. A considerable number of warships from the Dutch Navy were concentrated on the sea near Jakarta. If they assembled all the main forces of the navy and launched an attack on the Ba neighbors, the second and third fleets would be more dangerous.

As for the pirates on the sea, the White-Clothed Navy had no need to pay attention to it. If they had a great life, there would naturally be passers-by Dutch merchant ships to rescue them. If they were unlucky, they had to be buried in the belly of fish. Who made them pirates? If they were under the banner of the Dutch Navy and in accordance with the humanitarian spirit, the White-Clothed Navy did have to rescue them. However, since they were pirates, it would have nothing to do.

Zhang Lei counted the ammunition consumption of each ship. The Fourth Fleet consumed a total of about 200 shells. On average, each gun only fired three times. Such a result is not good or bad. It should be said that it is within the normal combat level of the White-Clothed Navy. Of course, the final result is not great. Only two pirate warships were damaged.

Many officers and soldiers of the White-Clothed Navy were a little unwilling to Chen Zhan’s orders. They felt that if they chased after him immediately and pursued him relentlessly, they should be able to kill all the pirate fleet. No matter how powerful the pirate fleet is, it is not as powerful as the navy, right? This is the first battle after the establishment of the Fourth Fleet, and of course the greater the results, the better.

However, Chen Zhan resolutely refused to allow the fleet to pursue. Of course, completing the task of reinforcement of Ba's neighbors is a key factor. However, worrying about any accidents occurring in the fleet during the pursuit is also a very important factor. As the commander of the fleet, Chen Zhan must be determined to lose without considering the victory. If he wins ahead, unexpected situations occur during the pursuit, causing losses to the warships, which will be a heavy blow to the morale of the fleet.

In fact, Chen Zhan knew very well that the reason why the White-Clothed Navy won was that the equipment. The White-Clothed Navy's artillery, rangefinder, angle meter and other new instruments played a major role in combat. In terms of personnel quality, his Fourth Fleet was actually not as good as Evans's Pirate Fleet.

After all, Xu Xingxia is not omnipotent. He cannot solve everything through cheating. He can mobilize a large amount of funds, a large amount of raw materials, a large amount of labor, and a large number of technicians to create the most warships in the shortest time, forming an absolute advantage in the number of warships on the sea in the east.

However, the training and training of naval personnel cannot be achieved overnight. Xu Xingxia has no way to find a large group of sailors familiar with naval combat in a short period of time. All personnel of the White-Clothed Navy basically need to train themselves. Ten years of army and a hundred years of navy are definitely not a general discussion.

Since the original Ming Navy had almost no talent reserve, the White Army Navy needed to start with a piece of blank paper in personnel training. Many newly recruited naval officers and soldiers could not even swim. It is conceivable how difficult it is to train them into qualified naval officers and soldiers.

This is also the main reason why Xu Xingxia asked the White Army to show his existence in the South China Sea, rather than rushing to start a war against the Western powers. The equipment is advanced, the technology is advanced, but the quality of personnel cannot keep up. If this shortcoming cannot be made up as much as possible, problems will still occur in the future.

According to Xu Xingxia's requirements, the White Navy must use all possible means to build a combat-capable personnel team in three to five years. In Weihaiwei and other places, a large number of naval training classes and crash courses must be opened to provide naval personnel with certain basic knowledge as much as possible.

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"What?"

"Is Esco actually defeated?"

"What the hell is the damn White Navy going to do?"

After receiving the bad news from his subordinates, Earl Aflei, the governor of Jakarta in the Netherlands, could no longer calm down. He kneaded the battle reports sent by his subordinates into a ball and threw them into the corner. Perhaps because he felt that he was not satisfied with this, he walked over and kicked the ball of paper to the other side. Finally, he bent down and picked up the piece of paper, and threw it out directly from the window.

Afel's family also has a considerable influence in the Netherlands. He has always been favored by some senior officials in the Netherlands. With their strong support, Afel was promoted to Count by exception. He had just been promoted to Count, and his future was bright. If there were no surprises, in the next two or three years, he would take over as the president of the Dutch East India Company and become the highest Dutch in the East.

As long as you make a little achievement, it is not completely impossible to be promoted from an earl to a duke and join the highest decision-making level in the entire Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company was originally a huge springboard. Before that, many people had already entered the highest decision-making level in the Netherlands from the position of president of the Dutch East India Company.

The Netherlands itself has no king. The king of the Netherlands itself is the British king. However, because the relationship between the Netherlands and Britain is very bad, they basically do not recognize the British king's rule over the Netherlands. Therefore, in the Netherlands, the dukes are already at the highest level. The clerk composed of dukes is the highest decision-making level in the Netherlands.

There are only fifteen dukes in the Netherlands at present. They are fifteen giants in the Netherlands. All the high-level affairs in the Netherlands will be decided by them. If Afelle can enter the group, his life journey will reach its peak, reaching the pinnacle and becoming the highest minister. The family behind him will also usher in the most glorious period.

However, all of this became precarious because of the arrival of the White Navy. Sorum died in battle, Esco was defeated, and Balin was seized. All of this will eventually affect his future. No one is going to vote to allow an incompetent person to reach the peak of power. The appearance of the White Navy instantly killed Afele's future.

"No! Absolutely no!" Afeley waved his hands angrily and roared wildly in the room. He seemed to be a lion who had lost his mind and felt that all the items around him were disliked. He waved his hands fiercely and pushed all the things he didn't like to him on the ground. Fortunately, the ground of his room was covered with a thick wool carpet, and even if the precious blue and white porcelain fell on the wool carpet, it would not be broken.

However, without hearing the sound of blue and white porcelain breaking, Afele's anger in his heart was unable to vent. His anger became stronger and stronger, and he felt like his chest was burning. So he walked over, raised his feet, trampled hard on the blue and white porcelain vases, and even danced on it. There was no doubt that the crisp breaking sound came, and all the blue and white porcelain were shattered.

"Get war!"

"The war must start!"

Afelle finally yelled in a furious voice.

He was so excited that he wanted to immediately order to declare war on the White-Clothed Navy.

The Sorum Pirate Fleet was wiped out, and even Sorum was dead. The Esco Pirate Fleet was defeated again and lost two warships. All of this caused great material losses to the Dutch Navy. However, none of these were the most important. Most importantly, the morale of the Dutch Navy was hit and the dignity of the Dutch was severely provoked.

In the Nanyang region, the Dutch were originally the strongest beings, and even the former kingly Spaniards had to act according to the Dutch's eyes. In the Nanyang region, the Dutch were used to being bosses and looking down on others in a condescending way. Now, they were suddenly provoked by the White Army Navy, and they felt that their face was cut off in an instant.

The battle for hegemony on the ocean is like dominoes. As long as the first domino falls, more dominoes will fall behind. Once this happens, external forces cannot stop it. Therefore, to avoid the most tragic situation, that is, no matter what, you must keep the first domino and never let it fall easily.

The original king of sea Spain started with the defeat of the Invincible Armada under the British and fell down the first domino. As a result, it was out of control. Through this naval battle, outsiders saw the Spaniards' strongness and the name was not worthy of their reputation. They were afraid of the Spaniards and regained their determination to compete for hegemony with Spain.

In the past few decades, the British and Dutch people have been catching up and constantly attacking Spain. Their navy has been constantly challenging the Spanish navy. Their pirates have been constantly plundering the Spanish merchant ships. The walls have fallen and everyone has pushed them. The Portuguese, French, and even Italians have also put aside the Spanish.

As a result, under the siege of other great powers, the Spaniards were exhausted and were defeated everywhere. Their sphere of influence became smaller and smaller, and they no longer had the glory of the past. If it weren't for the failure of the Invincible Armada, how could the Spaniards fall to this point today? They were actually overtaken by the Dutch?

Today's Netherlands is the former Spain. If the Dutch were defeated by the White Navy, then the first domino of the Dutch would fall ruthlessly. The next thing would definitely be very bad. There is no doubt that the Spanish would take advantage of the situation to rob. The British would become even worse. Other countries would also come to the fore and get a share of the pie.

This is a result that Afelle definitely doesn't want to see, and it is also a result that all the Dutch senior executives don't want to see. No one is willing to fall from the peak of glory. Therefore, a decisive battle with the White Navy is inevitable. The only thing you need to consider now is when, where, and how many naval fleets are used to fight the decisive battle. In Afelle's view, of course, the earlier the day of the decisive battle, the better. The first move is the best, and then the move is the disaster!

Afel felt that the White-Clothed Navy must be cut off as soon as possible. Otherwise, as time goes by, the foundation of the White-Clothed Navy in the South China Sea will become more and more stable. At that time, the price paid by the Dutch will expand infinitely. If the Dutch continue to tolerate and retreat to the White-Clothed Navy, the White-Clothed Navy will definitely be more and more aggressive. God knows, which port will they continue to occupy after occupying the port next to Ba?

There are many empty ports near Jakarta, which can be anchored with large warships of more than 3,000 tons. These ports are actually within the Dutch's sphere of influence. However, the Dutch did not need to and did not have the strength to build all ports, and it is even more impossible to equip each port with defenders and garrisons to defend the fleet. Therefore, as long as the white army is willing, they can still find suitable ports.

Originally, after occupying the neighbors of Ba, the White Navy had already seriously threatened the lifeline of the Dutch's maritime trade. If the White Navy was allowed to occupy other ports, the Dutch's life would be even more sad. It was like a person's jaw was suddenly pressed against several sharp knife tips, which would be strange if he could feel comfortable.

However, if this is used as an excuse to declare war on the White-Clothed Navy, Afel seems to be a little worried. What he is worried about is still the true background of the White-Clothed Navy. Wars are related to the life and death of the country, and must not be careless or act hasty. Even if his opponents are not clear, they just demand the war rashly, but they are afraid that those dukes will definitely not agree. No matter how brave Afel is, he will never do such a stupid thing.

At present, the Nanyang area has concentrated three fleets of the White-Clothed Navy, with a total of forty-eight large warships. In terms of the number of warships, the Dutch Navy's Far East Fleet still has a great advantage. The Dutch Navy's Far East Fleet has nearly one hundred large warships. However, the White-Clothed Navy's artillery fire is very powerful and the destructive power of the artillery shells is extremely strong. This advantage has been ruthlessly leveled.

More importantly, the Dutch did not know whether the White-Clothed Navy had other naval fleets behind these three naval fleets. Afel had never figured out how many fleets there were in the White-Clothed Navy. This wave from the north was covered with too many mysterious veils, and outsiders could not see clearly for a while.

If the Dutch decisively choose to start a war, the warships of the White-Clothed Navy over there seemed to be a tide, swarming southwards, with several or even dozens of fleets coming in a row, the Dutch Navy would be absolutely tragic. Even if the Dutch Navy had great abilities, it would not be able to withstand the siege of more than a dozen white-Clothed Navy fleets!

But this possibility is still very high. After all, this is fighting at the doorstep of the White-Clothed Navy! The right time, place, people and others are on the side of the White-Clothed Navy. If the Nanyang area is needed, other fleets of the White-Clothed Navy will soon be reinforced.

The warships heading south from the north only take half a month to reach the South Ocean. The warships dispatched from the Atlantic Ocean will take at least half a year to reach the South Ocean. The gap here is conceivable.

What's even more terrible is that the White-Clothed Navy can dispatch all its warships to the South China Sea to participate in the war. The White-Clothed Navy can use as many warships as the White-Clothed Navy has. However, the Dutch Navy cannot. After a moment of calculation, Afelle could only sigh helplessly and slowly extinguish the idea of ​​declaring war.

After all, the foundation of the Dutch was in the Atlantic region. While plundering wealth in the Far East, they could only maintain a certain advantage in military strength. It was absolutely impossible to mobilize most of the troops to the east. Therefore, the naval power that Afelle could use was absolutely limited. It was absolutely impossible to exceed one-third of the total Dutch navy's strength.

In fact, all the Western powers, their roots are in the Atlantic region. They came to the East to absorb wealth. Between wealth and hegemony, they are more willing to choose wealth. If the battle with the White Navy caused huge losses, no matter how they calculated the account, it would not be worth it.

Even though they knew that things were not done, the Dutch could still retreat most of their warships to the waters near their country to avoid wasting them in vain in the South China Sea. However, if they set off full war with the White Navy, no one could make an accurate estimate of how many warships the Dutch Far East Fleet could save in the end.

Afelle was really troubled this time.

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The news that the Esco Pirates Fleet was hit was soon sent to Manila and to the desk of Alonsoden, the Spanish Governor to Manila. After reading the information, Alonsoden smiled knowingly and slowly curled up his body in the backrest chair. However, after a knowing smile, Alonsoden began to worry slowly again.

The main point of the damn White-Clothed Navy is indeed the Dutch Navy. Sorum and Esco, who collided with the White-Clothed Navy, can only be described in terms of two words. The combat effectiveness of the White-Clothed Navy is indeed strong and easily defeated the two geniuses of the Dutch Navy. It seems that the White-Clothed Navy is indeed of some strength.

The Dutch were defeated by the White Navy, and the Spaniards were of course happy. However, while they were happy, they were also worried. God knows that after defeating the Dutch, will the White Navy attack Spain? If the White Navy's strength is too strong, it will not be a good thing for the Spaniards.

However, if the Spaniards and the Dutch were asked to join hands to deal with the white army, the Spaniards said they were not willing to do anything. The Dutch were aggressive and constantly devouring the Spaniards' share of maritime trade, which made the Spaniards feel very annoyed. What the Spaniards most like to see was that all the Dutch drowned in the sea water.

Suddenly, Alonsoden's adjutant came in quietly and whispered: "Dear Governor, the special envoy of the Ming Empire has arrived."

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