Beiyang reactionaries

If China does not respond to the troubles of the Netherlands, everything China has done before will be useless.When others see that the Netherlands can bully China so easily, they must look down on China.What's the use of publishing those industrial data?They are at the negotiating table, and they definitely don't take you seriously.Unless China wants to use force, how can they retreat.But Yan Huiqing didn't want China to use force so soon, and fall out with the European powers. Why use force if the problem can be resolved at the negotiating table.

But the Netherlands broke all of Yan Huiqing's plans, how could Yan Huiqing be happy.

"Prime Minister, if we fool the past this time, the subsequent negotiations will be much more difficult. Especially the UK and France, without substantial deterrence, it is impossible for them to back down. Even for the sake of face, they will not back down. At that time, if we want to abolish those unequal treaties, we can only use the army, which is very uneconomical. Therefore, we must solve the Dutch issue."

"But……"

Liang Huankui said with some hesitation: "The Dutch East Indies are far away from us, and they are mainly islands on the sea. If we want to take any action, we must mobilize the navy. If it is the army, we are not afraid. But the navy? What can our navy do?" Can it handle Holland? Can it go that far?"

In the current prime minister's office meeting, only Liang Huankui and Yan Huiqing have never fought.Duan Xun, Dai Kan, Jiang Hongyu, and You Min all led troops to fight in battle, and even Duan Xun, Jiang Hongyu, and You Min were classmates of Baoding Military Academy.Wang Yongjiang was born as a literati, but he not only fought with Duan Xun, but also the founder of the police system in Duan Xun's camp.

Although Yan Huiqing has never fought a war, he has also seen the "reign of blood" on the negotiating table in the field of diplomacy for many years, and he has confronted those great powers before.And when he was the mayor of Shanghai, he cleaned up the gang forces in Shanghai.Although I didn't do it myself, I have experienced it.When Shanghai was cleaning up the gangs, an unknown number of people were shot and executed for various crimes such as smuggling, robbery, and gambling. According to the statistics released by the government alone, there were more than 200 people.The actual situation is far more serious than what the government announced.At that time, Shanghai was absolutely full of blood.

If it weren't for the blood flowing into rivers, how could the gang in Shanghai be honest so quickly.

There is a difference between fighting and not fighting.

Liang Huankui has been in charge of China's industrial construction, and has been in the industrial field since he joined Duan Xun.Now that I hear about the incident in Indonesia, although I am very angry, I am still hesitant.

Indonesia, that is far away from China.From Qiongya (Hainan) in China to the nearest place in Indonesia, it takes more than 1000 kilometers by sea.This matter is not easy to manage.

"Premier Liang's worry is justified. Call Shen Honglie and say that we want to know the specific situation of the Dutch fleet in Nanyang and ask him to come over."

"Yes."

Hear from professionals.

The Military Ministry building is not very far from the cabinet.About half an hour later, Shen Honglie hurried to the prime minister's office meeting.At present, the navy does not have a commander. Shen Honglie, as the deputy commander, is responsible for the daily affairs of the navy headquarters.

After entering the conference room, Shen Honglie immediately saluted.

As a representative of the navy, Shen Honglie had attended a cabinet committee meeting, but this was the first time he had attended a prime minister's office meeting, so his expression was very serious.Duan Xun looked at Shen Honglie and said, "Director Shen, tell us about the Dutch fleet in Nanyang."

"Yes."

Shen Honglie didn't know why these cabinet ministers and vice premiers wanted the situation of the Dutch fleet.But this is not what he considered, so he immediately said: "The Dutch Far East Fleet in the Dutch East Indies has three cruisers, six destroyers, and one submarine. Three of the cruisers are old-fashioned light cruisers at the level of World War I. "

“这三艘巡洋舰分别是瓜哇号、苏门答腊号、特罗姆普号。这里面特罗姆普号是排水量是3800吨左右，炮备是三座双联150mm炮塔。是专门为了殖民地制造的轻巡洋舰。舰龄已经有20年时间。虽然最高航速可以达到30节，但按照我们的分析，最高能够达到25节左右的速度已经不错了。平常的航行速度应该在18节到20节左右。”

"As for the Java and Sumatra, both are warships of the Guava-class light cruiser series. These two light cruisers have a displacement of 6670 tons and are equipped with ten 10mm main guns. The construction of these two light cruisers started in 150, but because The reason for the European War and the limited military expenditure of the Netherlands took a full ten years, and it was not completed until 1916. However, their design was based on the technical situation in 1926, so when it came out in 1916, it was already technically It is a lot behind. Especially their main gun design is 1926 10mm main guns, but the layout of some main gun ships makes it possible for the two light cruisers to concentrate the maximum firepower of seven 150mm main guns on a single side when the main gun salvo is fired. .”

"The Dutch Far East Fleet ordered another cruiser, the De Ruyter, with good technical parameters. However, the design of this cruiser began in 1930, and the order was officially placed in 1932. However, the economic crisis hit the Netherlands severely, resulting in The Netherlands has no military expenditures to continue to pay. So this cruiser is still in the shipyard, and no one knows when it will be built."

"As for their destroyers, they basically have a displacement of about 20 tons and are very old. The technical parameters of the warships are all from 127 years ago. According to their situation, the destroyers currently owned by our country are actually all Similar to light cruisers. The destroyers we bought from Japan, and the destroyers we built in the Dalian shipyard, are superior to the Dutch light cruisers in terms of sailing speed, warship agility, naval gun firing speed, and torpedoes. It’s just that our main guns are [-]mm, which is not as powerful as the Dutch light cruisers. But our naval guns fire faster, and the torpedoes carried by our destroyers are far more advanced than the Dutch light cruisers.”

Shen Honglie immediately gave you a detailed introduction to the naval strength of the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies.

The sea coachman fell behind.

The countries are too small and have too little money, so their navies are getting weaker and weaker.The Netherlands now has only a little naval power in Indonesia.

Not bad for those smuggling ships that deal with the colonies.

"That is to say, if our navy meets them, it will not be afraid of them?"

"Yes."

Shen Honglie said confidently: "Prime Minister, in terms of detection capabilities, the Dutch navy lags far behind us. Once our aircraft carrier goes out to sea, we will be able to carry out detection within [-] kilometers around the aircraft carrier. Even if it is close, We can control it within [-] kilometers. But the Dutch navy has no such capability. Even in a head-on collision, our warships are not behind them. Our naval guns are not as good as theirs, but our warships are faster and faster. Flexible, and our torpedoes are perfectly capable of sinking their light cruisers."

"Okay, we know. You go first."

"Yes."

After Shen Honglie left, Duan Xuncai said, "What do you all think?"

"How do you feel?"

"Prime Minister, although I support a tough response, I do not mean that we should go to war with the Netherlands. Nanyang is the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. Although they and the Netherlands are not military allies, their colonies have been considered safe in recent years It’s okay, their interests are well distributed. Compared with the Netherlands, which is an equivalent white country, Britain, France and the United States will not agree to our country’s intervention in Nanyang. If we rashly start a war with the Netherlands, even if we can really defeat the Dutch fleet in Nanyang, It will also be interfered by Britain, France, and the United States. At that time, we will have the strength to defeat the Dutch fleet, but in the face of the intervention of Britain, France, and the United States, we will have no possibility of victory."

Yan Huiqing immediately turned off Duan Xun's anger.

Yan Huiqing is asking China to respond, even a tough one.But that doesn't mean war with Holland.Southeast Asia is the territory of Britain, France, the United States and the Netherlands. They have not had any conflicts in these years and have maintained the stability of Southeast Asia.These countries are all white countries.For hundreds of years, white people have led the development of the world, and they look down on Asian nations from the bottom of their hearts.

Powerful countries such as Britain, France and the United States can allow the Netherlands to occupy Indonesia, but they will never allow Asian countries like China to control Indonesia.

Moreover, the number of Chinese and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia has increased rapidly in recent years, which has broken the original peace of Southeast Asia.There are too many Chinese and overseas Chinese, and they like to get together.

Chinese and overseas Chinese are now rich and powerful, and China is behind them, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger, which seriously affects the stability of Southeast Asia.In the past, Chinese and overseas Chinese liked to be distributed according to regions, and their own people liked to fight among themselves.

However, with the Overseas Chinese Federation, although there are still many factions according to the region, the unity is much better.This is especially true after the Nanyang branch of the People's Party was established in Nanyang.The People's Party has contacted organizations with regional characteristics in Nanyang, so that everyone can unite.Because the leaders of those regionally-colored organizations were all absorbed into the Chinese Federation of Overseas Chinese by the People's Party.Everyone has something to discuss in the Chinese Federation of Overseas Chinese. After a decision is made, all organizations will follow.This situation has brought the strength of the Nanyang Chinese to a higher level.

Moreover, the influence of overseas Chinese is not only reflected in the economy.

After having money, Chinese and overseas Chinese began to run schools in Nanyang, and a large number of primary and secondary schools appeared.Most of the aborigines in Nanyang are illiterate and do not pay much attention to education.However, Chinese and overseas Chinese attach great importance to education. Even if they are illiterate, they do not want their children to be illiterate, so there are the most Chinese schools in Nanyang.In order to show that they are from China, the textbooks used in primary and secondary schools in Nanyang are all domestic textbooks.

And they started to run newspapers, and a large number of Chinese newspapers appeared in Nanyang.Moreover, in order to develop, especially to fight against European and American financial institutions, overseas Chinese began to develop their own financial institutions in Nanyang.With OCBC Bank as the core, many banks have emerged and began to exert influence in the financial field.

This is absolutely not allowed by colonial countries.Because Chinese and overseas Chinese have to exert their influence in economy, culture, public opinion, and even politics. Is this still their colony?So to put it bluntly, this time the Netherlands suddenly issued a "land policy". Although it was not supported by Britain, France and the United States, it was also acquiesced by them.

In fact, Britain, France and the United States also want to do it, but they are not as naked as the Netherlands.In particular, China's sudden high-profile recently made them want to know China's attitude.Britain, France and the United States have many interests in China and do not want to completely turn against China.

But once China really starts to fight the Netherlands, Britain, France and the United States will definitely intervene in the name of mediation.

"Prime Minister Dai, what do you think?"

"I also agree with Premier Yan's opinion. Britain, the United States, France and the Netherlands have been in Nanyang for many years. They will not allow us to go to war with the Netherlands. Or they will not allow us to defeat the Netherlands, because it will easily break the stability of Nanyang. Britain and France come Said that Nanyang is their traditional sphere of influence, and it is impossible for them to watch my country intervene in it. As far as the United States is concerned, once we really defeat the Netherlands and Sumatra is affected by us, it will directly affect the Malacca region. This is not the United States. It may be tolerated. Besides, our country and Nanyang can be said to be close at hand, once our country starts to intervene in Nanyang affairs, the influence of Britain, France and the United States will inevitably decrease."

"kindness."

Duan Xun looked at the map of Southeast Asia and nodded repeatedly.

Agree with Dai Kan and Yan Huiqing's analysis.In fact, Yang Wei and Yang Yongtai have the most methods for this kind of thing.Both of these people belong to the kind of resourceful, with various methods emerging one after another.It's just that Yang Wei is now the speaker of the National Assembly, helping Duan Xun to stabilize the National Assembly and build the People's Party.Yang Yongtai, on the other hand, lost his enthusiasm for work and muddled through during the second five-year plan, which angered Duan Xun and sent him to the presidential palace as vice president.

"Prime Minister, we shouldn't be the ones at this time."

Jiang Hongyu spoke.

Duan Xun looked at Jiang Hongyu, and Jiang Hongyu said: "Prime Minister, Nanyang is the territory of Britain, the United States, France and the Netherlands. It is not easy for our family to do anything. But those who are interested in Nanyang and dare to make a move in Nanyang are not only It's our family."

"Japan?"

"Correct."

Jiang Hongyu nodded, and said: "The three countries of Britain, France and the United States definitely don't like to see us defeat the Netherlands, and they will definitely intervene at that time. If it is our family facing them, of course we will be powerless. Especially now that we and European and American countries There are still a lot of cooperation situations, and it is not appropriate to fight with them to the point of fighting. But if we join hands with Japan, Britain, France and the United States must carefully consider the consequences of their actions. Japan is not an ordinary country. Japan's navy It is extremely powerful and can be ranked among the best in the world. All the naval forces of Britain, France, the United States and the Netherlands in the Far East combined may not necessarily be Japan's opponent. Besides, Germany has just announced a new "National Defense Law", and its troops will expand by 50. If Germany expands its military by 50 troops, the pressure on Britain and France will instantly increase. Britain and France are already dizzy to deal with the German issue, and how can they have the ability to intervene in the affairs of the Far East. Especially in the case of us taking action with Japan. "

"That's the truth."

Duan Xun nodded slightly.