Xiao Jianfeng's location was not on Black Dragon Island, after receiving the battle report from Borneo, he knew that it was almost here, and the Dutch warships would set off sooner or later, so he simply led the fleet out and found a place to settle in Borneo, where the islands were dense.

There are many islands in the South Seas, it is not difficult to find these places, Cheng Biguang also knows that when he comes to the Black Dragon Pirates, at most he is a counselor or two, Xiao Jianfeng invited him to join him, and he readily agreed, after knowing the strength of the Dutch, he did not think that in a head-on confrontation, the Dutch had many chances of winning.

After more than a year of study and practice, Xiao Jianfeng is no longer Yang Yuanzhao's escort captain, he has gradually grown from the battle and has become a qualified warship commander, 3 ironclad ships of more than 8,500 tons, which are the main force of the Black Dragon pirates, from a variety of sources, most of which are old ships of other countries' navies, obtained through various channels. There is also a 9,600-ton Black Dragon, the existence of these capital ships that can be called in the past, after the outbreak of the European War, lagged behind the world. If it is not refitted, even a cruiser of less than 5,000 tons like the Haiqi can't beat it, and it can only maneuver one or two, and there is almost no resistance to more than 5,000 tons, which is a battleship that it can't deal with.

Of course, even the Black Dragon in its original state is enough to deal with the Seven Provinces Alliance, the predecessor of the Black Dragon, which was built a little earlier than the Seven Provinces Alliance, but it was made as a capital ship, and the Seven Provinces Alliance was used as a capital ship in the Netherlands, but his purpose was to build an offshore defense ship. Depending on the purpose of manufacturing, the performance of the final battleship is also different. If it's really still the original strength, it's time to fight. It may take hours, if not more, to find out.

The Black Dragon in front of me is a version of the magic change, and under the magic change of the Northwest using the maximum scientific and technological means, the power system has been added, so that the speed can barely reach 18 knots, which is more than most of the former dreadnoughts of this era, which is the most commendable. The capital ship 20 years ago, from the speed of less than 14 knots to 18 knots, not only needs to use a larger power system, but also the power system can not exceed the original space volume, which has extremely high requirements for the power system, that is, the Northwest power system is the best in the world, and I am afraid that this will be stuck if you replace people.

In addition to the difficulty in power, the rest is not difficult, and protection is originally the strength of the Northwest. The armor belt of the capital ship is easy to replace, and on the basis of the original arrangement, it continues to be strengthened, and the new type of protection is even more protective than the original armor. Protection is also the only one that can meet the standards of a dreadnought. In terms of artillery, there is no way to increase it a lot, and it is necessary to change the structure and arrangement of the artillery. I'm afraid that it will be more difficult to have a major operation on the battleship than to rebuild one. It was also ineffective, and it was only possible to modify it on the original artillery.

Advances in materials. Let the artillery still become a more powerful part of the northwest, as far as possible to improve the artillery itself, without changing the size of the case, the increased length, the body tube multiple reached an astonishing 55 times, for a 284 mm artillery, such a body tube multiple, not to mention compared with the ordinary 305 artillery, even if it is more than 12 inches of artillery, in this world, the mainstream is still 45 times, the body tube is more than 10, the initial velocity and power of the artillery have been greatly improved, and the armor-piercing ability is also quite strong. Ordinary early dreadnoughts, once hit head-on by such a main gun, as long as they do not hit the thickest armor part of the front, it can easily penetrate his defenses, which is also the biggest weapon of this ship in a duel with the capital ship.

To tell the truth, the price of such a magic change, it is really more expensive than building a warship of the same specification, the northwest still did it, first, the large slipway is used to build a large capital ship, there is no position to make a cruiser of about 10,000 tons, the northwest to Germany in the fleet is a heavy patrol, but for himself, there is no heavy patrol, Yang Yuanzhao is very clear, the heavy patrol will gradually fall behind, his role, overlapping with the battle patrol, although the price of the battle patrol is high, can do the work of the heavy patrol, By the way, being able to stand on the battle line is the best choice.

The old warship accumulates experience, training seafarers is a good choice, even if it sinks, it is not distressing, the Northwest is now at the income level, and several such ships have been sunk, which can be replaced as capital ships, not to mention the problem of money, the personnel used are big problems, once the large-scale loss of personnel, it is really unfavorable for the naval expansion of the Northwest.

This magic has changed the Black Dragon, plus two greatly strengthened 8,500-ton warships, with the current East Asian navy, in addition to Britain and France, who else can threaten the Black Dragon Pirates, three 8,000-ton ironclad ships, is the main ship of the entire Black Dragon Navy, this force is already much stronger than the former naval power Netherlands, if Britain and France really make a move, they will naturally be dealt with by Germany, they are only a level.

In addition to the three capital ships, there are two light cruisers of 3,500-4,000 tons, and the remaining nearly 10 destroyers, which together form the naval power of Southeast Asia. It doesn't seem like much, but it depends on who you compare it with, compared with the Netherlands, back then, swept the world, known as the richest region in the whole of Europe, the Netherlands, the name of the sea coachman, to a certain extent, with the famous Spain, Portugal wrestled wrists, its strength has declined, the Dutch Navy is all the family, the strongest is just a 7000-ton ordinary protective cruiser, and there are some light training and destroyers, lightning ships and the like.

The fleet with the flagship of the Seven Provinces Alliance as the core has left Jakarta and is heading towards Borneo, thinking that these warships will be with the troop carriers, but after leaving Jakarta for 50 nautical miles, they separated from the troop carriers, not along the coastline, but into the open sea, which can be accelerated, and the battleships are at least 5 knots faster than the cargo ships.

It's a pity that no matter how fast it is, it can't escape the surveillance of the northwest, the whole process of monitoring, so that his every move, can't escape, the radio waves passed through the vast ocean, transmitted to Xiao Jianfeng here, Xiao Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, the time of the war, will be pushed back a few hours, at that time it was predicted that the Dutch fleet would be with the troop carriers, escorting the troop carriers, the Dutch fleet did not play cards according to common sense, without the escort of warships, troop carriers were almost undefended, they were not afraid of Borneo attacking troop carriers, Not to mention capital ships, large ships such as cruisers, even if they are ordinary mine-striking boats of several hundred tons, are enough to pose a huge threat to the troop transport fleet.

In the midst of doubt, Cheng Biguang said the idea of the commander of the Dutch fleet, if they had known that they would encounter a fleet like the Black Dragon Pirates, I am afraid that he would not have left Jakarta, where at least there would be land-based artillery to rely on, since he left, then he must think that it is impossible for the Chinese to have ships, this situation is, of course, the warships will do the most correct thing, leave the fleet, raid Borneo, and strive to let the Chinese heavy artillery units stay in Pontianak. The reason why the Chinese are stronger than the natives is that the Chinese have mastered artillery, and once these cannons are missing, the natives should be able to win.

According to the news sent by the submarine force in front, combined with the maximum speed of the Seven Provinces Alliance, about 15 knots, it is expected that there will be 3 hours, and the new power system does not have to be like the coal-fired ships like the Seven Provinces Alliance, it will take a few hours to start, but the necessary preparations are still necessary.

The red alarm light sounded, all the seamen on standby, sat up one after another, no matter what they were doing before, they all entered their posts, the kerosene mixed boiler began to start, nearly 10,000 tons of ships, slowly opened, and slow to fast, when the ship was opened, the staff began to change the plan, from the chart, to find a suitable place to fight, as the battlefield of this naval battle.

Xiao Jianfeng regarded this as a rare training opportunity, the submarine force was originally the best choice, it was concealed enough, and the power was enough, close to 10 ocean-going submarines, and it could send out 120 torpedoes at the same time, which was enough to send all the old, slow evasion speed of the Dutch fleet to the bottom of the sea.

War is always better than long-term training, more able to train people, Xiao Jianfeng according to the naval training code, but always almost something, the family foundation accumulated in the northwest is not easy, the seeds and training of the navy, it takes a lot of time, just like this, it is still with the help of Scheer's fleet that there can be so many mature seamen.

It is necessary to ensure safety, but also not without training, and it is easy to look forward to the Dutch ships, 284 mm guns, unless it is 55 times the same as the northwest, the frontal armor, or even the side armor can not penetrate.

The surrounding nautical charts seem to be imprinted in the hearts of every staff officer, Xiao Jianfeng does not have high requirements for the environment, only requires the sea surface to be wide, there are no reefs and the existence of blocking the line of sight, to prevent the other party from escaping, and the rest of the attacks are advantageous and so on, which is completely unnecessary.

In the surrounding charts, there are many similar places, and then the only way to gather the Dutch warships, which has been screened out a lot, fortunately, the staff officers successfully found three alternatives, handed over to Xiao Jianfeng, Xiao Jianfeng and Cheng Biguang communicated with each other, and chose the west side, even if the Dutch warship jumped to the open sea, it was also a necessary place, the ship slowly drove out, about 30 minutes or so, it had already reached the middle position, Xiao Jianfeng was very satisfied with this place, and the next thing was to wait for the arrival of the Dutch warship, A naval battle with a small scale and a very uneven balance of power between them is about to begin. (To be continued.) )