"Is this the follow-up fleet of overseas Chinese?" Through the porthole of the Old Man's Asterisk command room, Adams held up a telescope and looked towards the fleet heading in the other direction. At this time, the two sides were about 11 kilometers apart. With the help of the telescope, the shape and structure of the other party's warship could be seen very clearly.

"It should be. Look at the leading warship, which is a typical warship brought by overseas Chinese themselves. No other country has ever built a warship of this shape." Hamilton put down the telescope in his hand and said, "There is also a warship of the same style among their three warships, which is very easy to argue."

After the Shanghai negotiations, the modern warships of the Time Traveler have become one of the objects of focus of Britain's research. After all, this was the main weapon used by the Time Traveler in the early days, and it has won a series of victories such as the Battle of Dagukou and the Battle of Bohai. Moreover, the shapes of these warships are unique. Judging from the standards of this era, ship-based weapons are almost pitifully rare. Therefore, all countries are very curious about how the Time Traveler won the victory with these warships.

However, the East China government is very strict in protecting these warships. Apart from the crosser, only a very small number of reliable local people can board the ship. Therefore, they can only see the appearance of these warships from a distance from the port, but they know nothing about the performance, characteristics, weapons, etc. of these warships.

Germany, the defeated Naval Battle of Bohai, was basically silent about this naval battle, and the relevant reports were listed as confidential documents. Although British spies bribed some German naval soldiers participating in this battle, they did not get much valuable information from them. Therefore, for this reason, these warships are still a huge secret group for each country, but due to their unique appearance, it is very easy to identify them through appearance.

However, Adams did not put down his telescope and said, "The two behind should be German Brandenburg-class battleships, this one is German Earl Bismarck armored cruiser, and this one is Russian Russian armored cruiser."

Adams was in his prime and had considerable research on the naval business. He basically remembered that Germany was one of the main opponents of Britain in Europe. The naval construction plan adopted in 1899 made Britain feel a great threat, and Russia is currently the number one opponent of Britain. Therefore, he focused on the main warships of these two countries and recognized these warships at a glance.

"That's right, because two years ago, the German Far East Fleet was defeated by overseas Chinese. These warships were probably captured by overseas Chinese at that time and were included in the naval rank of overseas Chinese." Hamilton said: "I have said a long time ago that overseas Chinese will never send only three warships to escort, but they sent two battleships, two large armored cruisers, and the three warships in the early stage, their strength is not worse than our current fleet. It seems that we have all underestimated the determination of overseas Chinese."

Adams shook his head and said, "I don't think so. In terms of the combat effectiveness of a single ship, Brandenburg-class battleships are not as good as our old man's star rating. The two large armored cruisers can only be as good as our two centurion-levels at most. We need two more old man's star ratings. Therefore, I think we can have at least 70% advantage over our strength."

Hamilton said: "You forgot about the two overseas Chinese's own warships."

Adams said: "Although the two warships of the overseas Chinese are large in size, they are too slender and don't look like battleships, but they are more like there are too few main guns on board, only one, and their combat effectiveness will definitely not be strong there. Therefore, I did not calculate these two warships."

Hamilton said: "No, I don't think so. When overseas Chinese first appeared, they wiped out the Eight-Nation Alliance Fleet and the German Far East Fleet with these warships. Therefore, these warships must have something special, or some special weapon, so don't be confused by their appearance."

Adams frowned and said, "Special Weapon? What special weapon would it be? Is it *?"

Hamilton shook his head and said, "What kind of weapon is not important, but overseas Chinese have invested such huge forces for Java. I am worried that their purpose may not be just to protect the expatriates!"

Adams was stunned and said, "So what is their purpose? Are they going to occupy Java?"

Hamilton smiled bitterly and said, "I can't see this clearly, I can only take one step at a time. The Dutch's eyes are too short-sighted. If they chose to negotiate earlier, it would be much simpler. Even if the Netherlands can finally save Java, it would probably have to pay a heavy price. Overseas Chinese dispatched so many warships, and the starting fee would probably be less than a small amount."

Adams nodded, saying, "It seems that the situation in Java is even more complicated."

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After the fleet led by Wang Hailong arrived in Java, it also anchored at the pier of Zhangjia and formed a mixed fleet with three warships that had arrived in Java in the early stage. It had a total of 21 warships, including two crossing warships, two battleships, two large armored cruisers, four large protective cruisers, four destroyers, and seven transport ships.

The Zhangjia Wharf is not large in size, so it suddenly squeezed into so many warships, which immediately filled the entire wharf. However, the staff at the wharf were very excited and had never seen so many warships before, so they were much more confident.

The People's Army, who came with the fleet, disembarked and assembled one after another, Wang Hailong and the army commander Luo Yue, came to the Kunming ship to report to Commander-in-Chief Shang Jinfeng. In the reception room of the Kunming ship, Shang Jinfeng, Zhang Wei and Li Lixin were already waiting for them.

After everyone met, they greeted each other and Wang Hailong said, "Old Zhang, you made a profit this time. You actually fought a naval battle with a new warship and killed several heads. If you knew it, you would have changed it with you. Let's talk about what it feels like to fight a naval battle in this era."

It turned out that Wang Hailong and Zhang Wei were of the same rank. They are now major generals. Before crossing, they were both captains of the main frigate. However, Wang Hailong's qualifications were higher than Zhang Wei. After crossing, Wang Hailong fired the first shot of the naval battle and had the most prominent record. After the establishment of the People's Army Navy, he served as the commander of the battleship detachment, commanding the four strongest warships in the navy, and Zhang Wei led the four old-fashioned ironclad ships.

However, because of this, after the East China government decided to build a new ship, four old ironclad ships led by Zhang Wei were included in the reserve service, and the four newly built warships will also form a new formation and be led by him, and they also received a US job of going to Germany to receive new warships.

But at this time, the East China government launched an operation to protect overseas Chinese, so Zhang Wei led two warships that had just been received from Germany to Java, and fought a battle with the Dutch Navy, achieving a complete victory. This was the first time that the time travelers used warships of this era and fought a naval battle with the tactics of this era.

In fact, after Wang Hailong became the commander of the battleship team, he hoped to fight a naval battle of this era. Although Wang Hailong was a modern naval officer, he still had a romantic fantasy of heavy ships and giant cannons. He originally thought that his dream could be realized in this era, but he did not expect that Zhang Wei would steal the first move, so Wang Hailong was also very depressed.

Zhang Wei laughed and said, "I have recorded the process of the naval battle. I will watch it slowly for you later."

Shang Jinfeng said: "Okay, let's say less gossip. Now hurry up and we want to discuss the next action in Java."

Li Lixin said: "According to the information provided by Zhang Zhijun, Batavia is urgently mobilizing its troops. Now the army in Batavia is about 4,000 people and about 20 artillery pieces. It seems that they want to fight with us. If the large army comes two days late, maybe the Dutch will attack the farm."

Luo Yue said: "What is the current situation of the farm?"

Li Lixin said: "Now there are more than 5,000 Chinese people in the farm, and there are more than 200 foreigners. Now there are about 700 people recruited to form an army to train, and 300 people have begun to learn shooting."

Wang Hailong said: "We are here to protect Chinese people, why are we hosting foreigners?"

Shang Jinfeng said: "Anyway, it's a good thing. If you can accommodate some, you should accommodate some. Moreover, it is also beneficial to us to accommodate some foreigners in the publicity."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "With our current strength, we should be able to directly attack Batavia. If we have the cooperation of the navy, we will be even more sure. It's just that the British fleet is an unstable factor."

Zhang Wei said: "If we attack Batavia, the British fleet will definitely participate in the war. Otherwise, what will the British fleet do when they come to Java? And the British fleet is anchored in Batavia Harbour, which is very telling."

Wang Hailong said: "What are you afraid of? Just destroy the British fleet. I still want to fight with them."

Shang Jinfeng said: "That's not possible. It's better not to have conflicts with Britain until it's absolutely possible. In addition, our goal is not to occupy Java, so there is no need to attack Batavia."

Luo Yue said: "That would be a little trouble. If the Dutch hides in Batavia and doesn't come out, we can't afford it with them."

Shang Jinfeng said: "Of course we cannot spend a long time with the Dutch. We can force the Dutch out of the city to fight us by attacking the indigenous tribes. Now that we have more troops, we can attack other tribes more calmly. Java is the territory of the Dutch, and the Dutch must not sit idly by, and it is more beneficial to us to lead the Dutch army out of Batavia to fight. Only by defeating the Dutch on the battlefield can we force the Dutch to sit down and negotiate."

Li Lixin said: "If you still want to attack the indigenous tribes, then you must have a reasonable explanation for the soldiers, otherwise it will affect the morale and determination of the entire army."
Chapter completed!