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Chapter 59 The Belgian conflict finally escalates

There are 86 spiral-rived artillery, second-class battleships, each with 750 people. There are 13 ships in the Netherlands, each with 2,000 tons, accounting for 26,000 tons, and a total of 9,750 people.

The third-level battleship has 1,300 tons, 68 pylorique rifled guns, and 500 people. We have equipped the main battleships. Europe is generally the battleship of this level. The most is France, with 29 ships, and we have equipped 20 ships. 26,000 tons and 10,000 crew members.

The fourth-class battleship is used as a flagship, so the Netherlands only has 3 ships, 50 spiral rifled guns, 350 people, and 1,000 tons of water displacement, with a total of 1,050 soldiers and 3,000 tons.

The fifth-level battleship has 44 pyramid rifled guns, drainage of 800 tons, 250 people per ship, mainly inspecting and patrolling the coast, etc., which is relatively practical. Therefore, the Netherlands is very convenient here, with a total of 30 ships, a total of 24,000 tons and 7,500 people.

There are 10 Class 6 battleships, mainly used to transport mail and emergency supplies. The battleship has 450 tons and equipped with 180 people. In order to increase the speed, there are only 20 pyloritic rifled guns. There are 4,500 tons and 1,800 people in total.

This is the size of the local navy, with a total tonnage of 94,000 tons and a fleet crew of 32,800 people.

Ranked 8th in Europe and the world.

In East India, our naval base there has long become a large-scale existence, and now it has reached a simultaneous level with the local government.

However, East India has successfully built a steam iron armored ship, a total of 5 ships.”

Except for Hesbetv and Tolbek, the Privy Council, except for other members of the cabinet, did not know the size of the East India Navy in the Far East. At this time, it was directly equal to the local area, and most importantly, it actually built a steam iron armored ship, and more than one, but five.

Oh my God, this is worth it!

You know, Europe is now owned by Britain and France.

In 1849, France built the world's first battleship Napoleon, which used steam as an auxiliary device to increase power, becoming a pioneer of naval steam power.

From 1853 to 1856, the Crimean War in the Black Sea was in full swing, and the fleet of sails and battleships sailing in the wind was running around and suffered heavy losses.

It shocked the entire Europe in one fell swoop, and Britain was even more panicked and almost gave up participating in the Crimean War to return to the mainland. Fortunately, it finally realized that France had only one ship.

However, the Steam Iron Armored Battleship began to become a dominant position in Europe.

In 1859, France launched the Glory Steam Armored Battleship again with a displacement of 5,630 tons, which made the British jump up and down.

Fortunately, in 1860, the Warrior battleship with a speed-up of rushing to build a warship with a displacement far exceeding that of the French Glory. This was the first steam armored battleship in Britain, and it was not annoying to take action. At first, it was 9137 tons, nearly 10,000 tons, good guy.

At the same time, like France's Glory, it is covered with iron armor on the outside of the warship, and is regarded as the earliest group of steam armored ships in the world. Napoleon is just a semi-steam armored ship.

In the past two years, the two countries have added 2 steam armored battleships, which means that there are only 4 ships in Europe now.

Five ships emerged in East India at once. Is this arrogance?

No wonder they didn't believe it. William IV did not expect that the Dutch shipbuilding technology did not belong to the overlord of this era. After he traveled through time in 1857, he began to persuade William III to launch a secret operation. He also called the Navy Project B. It used a lot of manpower and material resources. Even the Dutch royal family privately paid 500,000 pounds, which was the reason why East India was so fast and efficient.

The results were not confirmed until it was confirmed again from Linden and Simscock, the governor of East India.

That period of time made him so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

"Tell me the current population of East India," William IV answered the question that was not right.

"Yes, the population of East India is now 1 million, Sumatra is 50,000, and the army is 3,000. The naval base is in Palembang. There are warships, 1 second-class sail battleship and 4 fifth-class sail battleships...

The population of the Netherlands Kalimantan Island is 3 million, with 150,000 Dutch people and 5,000 troops stationed in the army. The naval bases are in Port Machen in Southern Kalimantan Province and Balibaban Port, mainly based on small fleets. A fourth-class battleship brings 4 fifth-class battleships and 4 sixth-class battleships. This is the respective naval scale of the two ports.

Java Island has a population of 5 million, with 250,000 Dutch people. The port has Jakarta port, 1 first-class sailing battleship, and 4 third-class battleships, and 10 fifth-class battleships, 15 six-class battleships. It is the largest naval port in the Netherlands. The Jakarta Army stationed 10,000 people.

Not far away, Sisai Port, the eastern port on Java Island, is also stationed in the same size of fleet, which echoes the east and west. The Susai Port Army deployed 5,000 people.

There are 1 million people in Sulawesi Island, plus 1.5 million people in the Moluca Islands. On Sulawesi Island, the military ports are in Makassar in the south and Manado Port in the north, but the scale is similar to that on Kalimantan. The army is mainly stationed with 3,000 people from the Second Commitment Corps.

On the Moluca Islands, we deployed three first-class battleships and more than 20 numerous fifth-class battleships, on Anwen Island and Missour Island, in order to protect the entrance of Zhongshui Bay in the Bliss Peninsula. Its scale is second only to Java Island, and it forms the two largest naval strongholds east-west to the Netherlands with Java Island.

This fleet not only protects this place, but also takes over the recent dispatch to occupy the islands in the South Pacific and participates throughout the journey.

One-third of the fleet was even divided into a temporary fleet and captured Hawaii. According to His Majesty's instructions, this fleet consisting of one first-class sailing battleship, two second-class battleships, one third-class battleship, and four fifth-class battleships have begun to prepare for a long-term station in Hawaii to settle down.

The original territory of the Dutch East India had a total of about 10.55 million people, and the Dutch were not counted as 550,000 troops. Your Majesty, I."

"Bang bang bang..."

Simskok immediately stopped and looked at the door curiously. Not only him, but everyone was stunned, since his face changed slightly.

This is the meeting of the highest power in the Netherlands. This conference room is also the meeting room of the Privy Council, which is exclusively chaired by the king of the Dutch Palace.

No one would think that people outside don't know this.

Since that's the case, it's still bold to choose to knock on the door loudly. How can things be simple?

"What's the matter?" William IV was also shocked, and then it became even more intense. Something big happened?

Then a military communication officer walked in quickly, his face covered with horror.

The military, from Chief of Staff Mark Lude to the Navy and the Army, had bad premonitions.

After he did not forget to perform the etiquette of aristocrats, he said: "Your Majesty, the riots in Belgium escalate. At 17 pm this afternoon, the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking areas were carried out simultaneously. All walks of life were speculating that there was a suspicion of linkage behind this, but now there have been bloodshed, especially the Dutch. Now on the streets of Brussels, there are people everywhere protesting against the rule of King Leopold I, and some provinces declared their independence and no longer respected Leopold I as king.

At the same time, France's Piron III regime also announced that it was dissatisfied with Brussels' rough actions. In order to safeguard the safety of the French, France could do anything for this. He also swore that this oath was valid."

It seems that everyone doesn’t like to change the Qing Dynasty. In this way, they can only change back to the original track. Alas, I hope everyone will continue to support it!
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