Chapter 1104: The Battle of the South Seas Begins
In the fleet of Scheer, there are not only German officers and seamen, but also more than 15,000 Chinese trainees, who are distributed in all areas of the fleet, familiar with and study everything about the battleship, although it is not as long as the training time of the German navy, but also from an ordinary sailor who does not know anything about battleships, to a qualified sailor.
This is the seed of the future Chinese Navy, 15,000 people, may not be able to fill the battleship fleet as large as the task force, but it is enough to make the battleships move, from the Germans, personal experience and experience, will be passed on to the Chinese fleet.
There is no way to do this, China has no capital ship class warships since 1895, and even before 1895, the three distant eras, it is only a second-class capital ship, and there is still a distance from the mainstream of the world, 20 years of naval development, changing with each passing day, especially the era of dreadnoughts, almost the same development as the speed of light, even with the help of all-in-one machines and some German designs, China with unimaginable strength, produced the fantasy class and Orion change, but the ship is always a weapon, It's always the person who wields the weapon that really makes it work.
During this time, in addition to communicating with the sailors about everything he learned, Cheng Biguang discussed with Scheer that the tactics of the new capital ship, Scheer was almost full of praise for the fantasy class and Orion change, and more than half a year of personal practice made him really appreciate the advantages of this battleship, and the command system in the northwest is the firepower of the battleship. Speed, protection to the extreme. The advantages of the original serving are now gradually magnified. It has become five points and tens, which also proves from one level that the Northwest's shipbuilding ability is terrible, and in the future, Germany and Britain, at the naval level, will have a war, and the outcome of this war is no matter what, there is one thing that must be considered. That is the resilience of the fleet.
Judging from the current situation, with the help of the anti-natural role of the command system, Germany has equaled the gap with Britain at the level of capital ships, and really has the strength to fight with Britain on the frontal battlefield, but can this really make Britain withdraw? I also thought that after the capture of Paris, the French would withdraw, but now it seems. The resilience of the other side is far stronger than previously estimated, and if the British really fight a protracted war in the future, with the support of the Commonwealth countries and the United States. Britain has the ability to do this.
Therefore, can the high seas fleet recover quickly? On the one hand, it depends on the domestic shipbuilding industry in Germany, and on the other. The Northwest is also an important factor, the shipbuilding industry in the Northwest has repeatedly created miracles, and I think that within a year, the same number of task forces will be produced.
Time is in focus, it is always the fastest, after receiving the telegram from China, Scheer began to pull Cheng Biguang and the northwest team to study the new tactics under the command system, the limit of the command system is only 9 capital ships, or not the limit, in the future, there will be a few more capital ships with the same specifications of fire control, maybe it's okay, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, these ships, can not be involved in the battle of the capital ship level, even if it is aside, the previously trained heavy cruisers with the capital ships, now can only give up.
How to make the nine warships more mobile and flexible, how to maximize the command system, this is their concern, one side is more familiar with the command system, the other side is more familiar with the essence of modern naval warfare, the combination of the two, is the best choice, but the fleet cooperation there are dozens of them, the command system makes the battle line outdated, but the battleship's amplifier itself also has an objective law, in line with this objective law, the power of the battleship will be greater. Combining scattered tactics with the command system, and using the power of relatively powerful artillery, when aiming at the opponent, the power of the fleet has been raised to a higher level, and the protection is more solid and in place. Sparks of inspiration followed, and eventually, a basic training and conduct outline was established.
Cheng Biguang and Scher, as well as the high-level personnel of the German task force, all contributed and were in the process of being nervous, and the arrival of a telegram broke the harmonious atmosphere between them, and it turned out that Cheng Biguang was going back.
This made Scheer a little reluctant, and Scheer didn't have time to ask what was going on, whether he could delay it for a few more days, the training syllabus was about to be written, and even to find his loopholes in the training.
Cheng Biguang took the initiative to tell Scheer that the war broke out and he had to go back, and no one would have thought that when the Northwest and Britain were both fighting near Hong Kong, the war would first break out in Southeast Asia.
The reason for going back is very simple, there have been changes in Borneo, Britain and France have no way to intervene in Borneo because they are dragged by the war, but Indonesia is already the last fig leaf for the Netherlands, and the Netherlands, which is a small country and widows, can only rely on the income of the Indonesian colonies to be able to live the life he wants.
Therefore, the Netherlands didn't even care about the European war that was now in full swing, and risked sending a large number of people to Indonesia, as the largest island in Indonesia, Borneo, Britain can ignore it, and the Netherlands can't ignore it, and it will take a lot of effort to manage.
With the transportation capacity of the former sea coachman, the Netherlands almost transported all the troops in the country, and even recruited some new soldiers, officially This, gave the Netherlands courage.
Speaking of which, the First World War broke out earlier than in history, and there was not even the Sarajevo incident, the reason is that several British intelligence officers came to Borneo and discovered the truth about Borneo, but after all, he did not go deeper, coupled with the interruption of the war, the Dutch knew from Britain that there were millions of Chinese in Borneo, with the necessary armament, and in their hearts, they still regarded the Chinese as before, to keep this only colony, at all costs, here became one of the lifeblood of the future Netherlands, The Netherlands could not afford to lose it, which was even more important for the Dutch than the defense of the homeland.
The actions of the Dutch could not be concealed from Britain and France, and even Britain and France also supported part of the transport capacity, and the Dutch purchased a batch of weapons from the hands of Britain and France, but now Britain and France lack enough weapons in their hands, and it is necessary to draw out a small part to support the Netherlands.
There are more than 100,000 rifles, and a considerable amount of ammunition, they are all relatively old-fashioned, but the number is enough to overwhelm everything, and there is a batch of artillery, the oldest of which can be manufactured can even be traced back to 30 years ago, after all, it is artillery. In their opinion, the hundreds of thousands of people on the other side may not be professional soldiers, and the imagination of the Dutch cannot imagine when ignorant China will emerge as professional soldiers.
The actions of the Dutch in Europe, because of the cover of the European war, did not attract the attention of the Northwest, but after crossing the Suez Canal, they began to be noticed by the Northwest, after all, such a large number of transport ships, although they could not get closer, always suspicious, the intelligence department reported layer by layer, and finally summarized to the Northwest, under close attention, the actions of the Dutch surfaced, even the staff of the Northwest was amazed at the destruction of the Dutch, the Dutch, with a total population of several million, actually mobilized 200,000 troops, I am afraid that this is the sum of the regular army and the new army, it seems that the Dutch are preparing to throw off Britain and France and start in Southeast Asia independently.
Southeast Asia is an island country, Borneo is just one of the largest islands, to fight with the Dutch here, in addition to the strong army cultivated by Borneo before, the navy is also indispensable, so Cheng Biguang must be called back, by the way, also brought 3,000 navy.
Although it is said that the Netherlands only has an old, 20-year-old ironclad ship, it is not a cause for concern, but for the time being, the new ships in the northwest cannot be involved in the war, and must rely on the cruisers of the previously modified Black Dragon Pirates as the capital ships, plus some destroyers and submarines, it is enough to deal with the Netherlands, but Britain and France.
Cheng Biguang explained clearly to Scheer, on the one hand, it is easy to ask for people and ships from Scheer, but 3,000 people can not fit one of his destroyers, and several cruisers must be used for a trip, by the way, agree with Scheer on the radio frequency band, because the war is in Southeast Asia, once Britain and France intervene, they must ask Germany for help, the reason is very simple, do not use new warships, not in the name of Northwest and China, after defeating the Dutch intervention, the Chinese in Borneo will establish the Nanyang State and declare independence, By the way, it joined the Central Powers earlier than the Northwest, and participated in the war against the Entente Powers, and some things that were inconvenient for the Northwest to show could be used in the name of the Nanyang States.
I already knew that this time, their task force fleet would definitely make an appearance in Southeast Asia, and there was no difference between appearing in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and even the suddenness was stronger here, and it saved so many legs.
After getting Scheer's affirmative reply, and agreeing on the frequency band of mutual contact, Cheng Biguang took 3,000 carefully selected people, took a few cruisers, and left in a hurry, he would not stay away, but he went to the place of the Black Dragon Pirates, just in this part of the South Seas, the northwest got the news late, and even when the first batch of Dutch regular troops arrived in the South Seas, it was considered to have gotten the news, and there was no time for Cheng Biguang to return to the mainland, and then the people who came over arrived first, with the help of the Black Dragon Pirates' ships, submarine forces and a group of destroyers, will arrive later, and if war breaks out suddenly, you can only rely on those ships of the Black Dragon Pirates. (To be continued.) )
PS: The first chapter is delivered, and the other chapter is before 9:30, sorry!