~Date: ~November 01~

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By 16 years, Britain was already in the quagmire of war and was unable to open up a new front for the restoration of the Netherlands. **-<  >-* But the British robbers were used to it, and they wanted to obtain the East Indies, but they did not want to open up a new front. So the government used to coercion and inducement against the Dutch royal family, and Queen William Minna dealt with it. After all, the Netherlands was a member of the Allied Powers. As one of the initiators of the Allied Powers, it was impossible for Britain to slap itself in the face and forcibly attack the Dutch colonies.

But the inability to seize does not mean that Britain has no action at all. It is impossible to do anything openly, and there are more tricks in secret than anyone else. They support the local indigenous people of the Dutch East Indies, the Chinese and even other white forces who were massacred and suppressed by the Dutch authorities, and constantly instigate the unrest and impact the rule of the local Dutch colonial government.

The Dutch East Indies originally had no support because of the capture of the Netherlands. In addition, the Netherlands has only 10,000 or 20,000 local troops. In the past two years, with the intervention of the British and various forces, it has become the most chaotic region in Asia.

In this case, it was too simple for the Japanese to find an excuse to trouble the Netherlands. For example, in mid-June last year, several Japanese were killed in the Dutch East India region, and the Japanese government held the Dutch colonies accountable. In August this year, several people were killed, and several manors and plantations run by the Japanese were all affected by local indigenous people as Chinese industries. After many Japanese were injured or killed, this became one of the excuses for the Japanese.

Of course, Japan has another excuse, that is, in July this year, Japan sent a fleet to cooperate with the British to clear the German ship. At that time, a Japanese destroyer accidentally hit a reef and had to dock and enter the port for emergency repairs. However, the Dutch authorities delayed the emergency repair of the ship because of the possibility of Japanese crew members suffering from infectious diseases, which eventually led to the sinking of the Japanese ship. It obviously became an excuse for the Japanese government, and it could still be used at critical moments.

The navigator had just reported the Weidu. Shimamura Suo knew that in half an hour, he would see Batavia, the economic and political center of the Dutch colony located on Java Island.

"Your official, the tail behind our butts has not been shaken off, and the British's speed has increased a little faster. Moreover, the British fleet seems to have lost another express ship."

The person who spoke was Masao Akiyama, now his adjutant!

During the Sino-Japanese conflict in 1914, the fleet commanded by Akiyama Masato was attacked by the Chinese torpedo express ships at night. Two battleships were sunk, and many ships were damaged. Although they wiped out all the Chinese torpedo express fleets that night, it is an indisputable fact that Japan failed to win that Sino-Japanese conflict. After the end of the Sino-Japanese conflict, Masato Akiyama then returned to China and was cruelly suppressed by the army faction. The rank of a major general was deprived of his rank. He himself shamefully became the first senior general of the Japanese Navy to be directly demoted from major general to major since its establishment.

After being hit like this, if it weren't for the family's rescue, he would have committed suicide by committing suicide by death. However, even so, Akiyama Makino also suffered a serious heart disease. In the past two years, his health has been getting worse year by year, and he has been skin and bones. Anyone with discerning eyes can see that he is probably alive for a few years.

Seeing that Masao Akiyama, who was once as famous as him and known as the four Japanese navy masters, became the lifeless Nirvana, Shimamura Suo's eyes flashed with a hint of pain.

In Japan, Yamamoto Honami is called the father of the navy, while Togo Hirahachiro is called the navy's soul. Few people know that behind the two people are the four Japanese navy heroes. The two are himself and Alfred Sayya Mahan's personal disciple, Masayo Akiyama.

Now Shimamura's fleet is not sailing alone. In fact, on the sea surface about ten nautical miles behind the fleet, there is also a small fleet of three old British cruisers and two destroyers following.

In order to avoid the attention of the US Philippine Far East Fleet, Shimamura Suo led the fleet to circle a big circle and avoid the attention of the US on the Philippines. However, they did not expect that they would split a fleet in the Sulawesi Sea area and met a British gunboat that was routinely patrolling. As a result, they were driven here by the British fleet from the Sulawesi Sea to follow Shimamura Suo's butt. At the beginning, the British tracking fleet had only one destroyer and a light cruiser. These two warships were British warships stationed in the Malaya region. The subsequent additional warships should have come from Singapore. After all, the Japanese Navy had such a great momentum and had concentrated more than half of the warships. Such a huge fleet would be impossible for the British to feel at ease.

Although there are some ally relationships between Britain and Japan, the conflict between Britain and Japan has gradually intensified in recent years. The most obvious manifestation is that Japan invaded the former German colonies in the Pacific, and the whole country is very opposed to Japan's expansion into the Pacific. In particular, Japan is also coveting the German New Guinea Island, the largest colony in the Pacific. For this reason, when Australia sent troops to attack the German New Guinea Island, Japan also sent troops to capture one of the German colonies on three islands, and even broke out with the Australian army with more than 100 casualties.

However, the British had long been eyeing the German New Guinea Island and would never allow Japan to expand in the Pacific. They immediately sent their main fleet to force Japan to evacuate the German colony immediately. At that time, Japan had already had a conflict with China over the rights and interests of Qingdao. In order to force the Japanese to give up their expansion in the Pacific, the British shamelessly betrayed China. Britain and Japan had some contact, and the politicians of the British Empire made a compromise. If Japan withdrew from German New Guinea Island, the UK would support Japan to take over Germany's rights in Shandong.

Historically, Britain's step was a brilliant step. It not only hit Japan's ambition to expand to the Pacific, but also used Japan's hand to eradicate Germany's influence in China, which shocked Yuan Shikai's Beiyang government and the revolutionaries in China. However, this time and space have gradually moved towards different development directions due to the arrival of Li Han.

In 1914, after Japan fell in Qingdao, facing the threat from the Chinese defense army on land, unless Japan makes up its mind to dispatch the army to fight a national destiny with China, the plan to expand to mainland China will be temporarily declared bankrupt. After the expansion to land was temporarily curbed, Japan was forced to use its fourth-largest navy in the world to focus on its attention again. In this case, both Britain and the United States were the first to be expanded to the Pacific Ocean or the South Ocean.

Who made them have too many interests in the South China Sea, and their fleet in the Far East is far from being a rival to Japan.

Shimamura Suo didn't mind being followed. He just wanted to mind and couldn't help it. On April 1, 1867, Singapore officially became a British colony, and was directly under the jurisdiction of the colonial office in London. The British fleet had never disappeared from the South China Sea. It was discovered by Britain when he arrived at the Sulawesi Sea. Shimamura Suo was already very satisfied. Because he had divided a fleet of hiding in the Sulawesi Sea area. After his offensive order was issued, the Japanese troops of the three regiments could launch an attack on the Dutch New Guinea and Sulawesi Island at the same time.

"Qiushan, don't pay attention to the tail behind us. No obstruction can stop the rise of the empire. If China is not a big land and a wealthy country, once the empire cannot defeat the Chinese army in a short time, it will fall into a lasting quagmire of war and lose the opportunity to ride on the European war. How can they still make them rampant? Let the Chinese be rampant for a while now. When the empire annexes and digests the Dutch East India colony, it will only take three or five years. Our empire will surely become the strongest country in Asia. It will not be too late to turn back and deal with China at that time!"

As the maker of the Japanese Navy's preemptive strategy, Shimamura Suo's most advocated sneak attacks. He did not have the opposition from the British at all, but now the European war has restrained most of the energy. What did Britain use to oppose the empire? In the Sino-Russian conflict, China threatened that if the Allies declared war on China, they would send troops to the Indochina Peninsula and attack the British and French colonies. What was the attitude of Britain and France, who were once arrogant and arrogant, and they have not yet included pro-German China into the camp of the allies.

It can be seen that Britain and France have been exhausted from their national strength and energy in the past European wars, so that even second-rate military powers, third-rate industrial countries like Asia and China, are unwilling to include them into the hostile camp. Not to mention offending Japan, which has the fourth navy in the world and is now known as the sixth industrial country in the world.

Akiyama Mano didn't say anything. Shimamura Soo looked at him and shook his head in his heart. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to bring him out of China this time, but from the moment, this former four-time naval hero was really degenerate.

Akiyama's Matsuno's soon became a reality. After the British discovered that their strength was not enough to deal with Japan, they had sent a crane to rush to Batavia one step ahead and reported to the Dutch colonists the bad intention of the Japanese fleet.

"Reported, four warships were found three nautical miles southwest. Judging from the suspended temperament, they should be Dutch warships!"

An officer came to report to him. When Toumura Suo heard this, he hurriedly walked up the open-air bridge, raised his telescope and looked southwest. After sailing for a while, he saw several warships exposed to the sea level.

"Report, the Dutch warship opposite me will stop immediately and warn us that we have entered the Dutch colonial borders!"

"Never mind their warnings, and give instructions to the Dutch warships, saying that our naval fleet will be replenished in Batavia due to the long-distance voyage of coal and freshwater!"

Looking at the Dutch warships in the telescope, Toumura Suo did not lose his command ability because he was "retired" for many years after the Russo-Japanese War. He quickly issued orders, "ordering each ship to remove his cannon suits and ordering the escort fleet to protect the lucky troop ships and material supply ships."

"But, the Dutch warships blocked our way!"

"If the Dutch want to act, let them block it. Order the ships in the front line without adjusting their speed. Warn the Dutch warships to make way out immediately! Do they still have the courage to fire at us? Fire a gun is equivalent to declaring war. If you don't fire a gun, huh, do you want to make a way out? Will the imperial warships crash into a way out!"

"yes!"

The messenger quickly conveyed his orders,

Toumura Suo walked back to the bridge and began to study the domestic intelligence personnel who completed the map of Nanyang Hangzhou a few years ago, among which the Java Island area was listed.

According to the coordinates of Hangzhou, the fleet is now approaching a reef area. Toumura Suo had to issue an order to reduce the speed. He did not want to hit the reef here. If the naval fleet still suffered damage to the Dutch broken ships, then he would be too sorry for the decades of cultivation of the empire.

Speaking of this trip to the south to seize the Dutch colony, in fact, it seems that it is no different from construction in his opinion. The only ones in the South China Sea that can pose a threat to his fleet are the US Far East Fleet and the British Fleet. On the US fleet, there is another fleet sent by the country to restrain it. Britain, huh, they don’t even dare to offend the Chinese now. Do they dare to attack the Imperial Fleet?

In his opinion, the most difficult task this time is to the army. Whether the three divisions heading south can control the Dutch East Indies in the shortest time, so as not to leave time for Britain, the United States and other countries to intervene is the key. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, they also brought a lot of heavy weapons with ships. I think they can control the entire Dutch East Indies in one month!

Toumura Suo was optimistic that he knew how complex the terrain of Southeast Asia was. However, the Dutch were able to control the entire East India region, relying entirely on several cities. Once they were destroyed, this was equivalent to five fertile lands of Japan, and it would become something of Japan!

"When the Dutch warned us again that we must stop sailing, otherwise it will be regarded as Japan declaring war on the Netherlands. When we warned us that due to the limited cargo capacity of Batavia Port, except for a small number of cargo ships that can go to Batavia Port to replenish supplies, the other ships need to wait outside the sea. Commander, please ask if we continue to sail."

Captain King Kong came to Toumura Suo and reported to him.

"If the order continues, the speed will remain the same. If the Dutch fires, they will immediately fight back and sink the Dutch warships. N several warships will be released to warn the British that they will not interfere in the Japanese-Dutch war. Humph, a small Netherlands dares to be so rampant. It seems that my yellow race has been declining for too long that the white people even forgot the power of the empire!"

Toumura Suo immediately issued an order, but this passage was not meant by Japan, but by his own initiative. Japan advocated first using the conflict between Japan and the Netherlands, then offered conditions that the Netherlands could not accept, and finally sent troops to attack.

He was very disdainful of the opinions of the politicians in China. He was the maker of the Japanese Navy's "preemptive strategy". His undeclared war against the Netherlands and sneak attack on Jakarta was his previous proposal. In his opinion, it is likely that he would leave time for Britain or other countries to deal with it. After all, near the South China Sea, Britain has two colonies, India and Australia. If the British really made up their minds to interfere in Japan's strategy, they could completely mobilize troops from two places to obstruct them.

It is a matter of delaying time, and it is a matter of delaying the empire's big deal.

As for the possible accountability of him at home, there is a Chinese saying that military orders will be avoided from being accepted in foreign countries!

In his opinion, the most difficult task this time is to the army. Whether the three divisions heading south can control the Dutch East Indies in the shortest time, so as not to leave time for Britain, the United States and other countries to intervene is the key. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, they also brought a lot of heavy weapons with ships. I think they can control the entire Dutch East Indies in one month!

Toumura Suo was optimistic that he knew how complex the terrain of Southeast Asia was. However, the Dutch were able to control the entire East India region, relying entirely on several cities. Once they were destroyed, this was equivalent to five fertile lands of Japan, and it would become something of Japan!

"When the Dutch warned us again that we must stop sailing, otherwise it will be regarded as Japan declaring war on the Netherlands. When we warned us that due to the limited cargo capacity of Batavia Port, except for a small number of cargo ships that can go to Batavia Port to replenish supplies, the other ships need to wait outside the sea. Commander, please ask if we continue to sail."

Captain King Kong came to Toumura Suo and reported to him.

"If the order continues, the speed will remain the same. If the Dutch fires, they will immediately fight back and sink the Dutch warships. N several warships will be released to warn the British that they will not interfere in the Japanese-Dutch war. Humph, a small Netherlands dares to be so rampant. It seems that my yellow race has been declining for too long that the white people even forgot the power of the empire!"

Toumura Suo immediately issued an order, but this passage was not meant by Japan, but by his own initiative. Japan advocated first using the conflict between Japan and the Netherlands, then offered conditions that the Netherlands could not accept, and finally sent troops to attack.

He was very disdainful of the opinions of the politicians in China. He was the maker of the Japanese Navy's "preemptive strategy". His undeclared war against the Netherlands and sneak attack on Jakarta was his previous proposal. In his opinion, it is likely that he would leave time for Britain or other countries to deal with it. After all, near the South China Sea, Britain has two colonies, India and Australia. If the British really made up their minds to interfere in Japan's strategy, they could completely mobilize troops from two places to obstruct them.

It is a matter of delaying time, and it is a matter of delaying the empire's big deal.

As for the possible accountability of him at home, there is a Chinese saying that military orders will be avoided from being accepted in foreign countries!

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Chapter completed!