Then Li Ningyu gave the order with a serious face: "Every ship enters the first level of combat preparation, and all artillery is aimed at the Dutch warships inside and outside Belawan!".
"Toot! Toot! Toot!"
Just after Li Ningyu's order, more than thirteen warships of the Far East Fleet outside Belawan sounded the alarm at the same time, and the Dutch Asia Fleet did the same at the same time, and the artillery fire from both sides was aimed at the opponent at the same time.
However, they did not fire first. After ordering the naval fleet, Li Ningyu said to Li Xihua: "Call the South China Sea Fleet immediately and ask them to arrive within an hour, otherwise military law will be imposed!".
"yes!"
"In addition, we contacted the Marine Corps and the Guard Division and asked Jubi to control the Belawan Coastal Fort within an hour. Even if we cannot capture all of it, at least 80% must be in our hands!"
"yes!"
The tense situation between the Far East and the Netherlands in Belawan has formed, so both sides have begun to be on high alert at this time. As long as any unexpected situation arises, a naval battle between the two sides cannot be avoided. However, at this time, the Dutch authorities also appeared huge
change, because the order issued to the Dutch Asian Fleet did not go through the Big Three, but was directly ordered by the Dutch Naval Staff. Among them was a special figure, but he had left the staff at this time. He was the Chief of Staff.
Vice Admiral Niru.
However, as time went by, this matter was finally exposed. But at that time, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning, and the battle for the coastal forts had begun to come to an end. The Far East Army was worthy of being the king of the world's armies. With the strength of both sides
With equal advantages, 90% of the coastal forts in Belawan were controlled in just two hours.
At the same time, it was not only Li Ningyu who received such a situation report, but also the commander of the Dutch Asia Fleet, Mousny. The complete loss of the coastal fort, the battle-hardened commander Mousny, naturally knew what it meant, so he
Decided not to sit still and wait for death. Even if the Far East does not attack first, but
There were only two options before him. The first was to declare war on his own initiative. After all, the Far East launched an attack on the Dutch harbor first, but according to the order, he could not, so Musny chose the second option and led the Dutch Asian Fleet to the first place.
All the battleships of the squadron left Belawan and went to join the Second Squadron.
It can be said that Musny once again made a wise choice, because if there is a naval battle with the Far East at this time, the Dutch fleet will definitely suffer. After all, if the coastal forts and the Far East Fleet attack at the same time, the Dutch fleet will definitely be attacked from both sides, so Musny
Ni decided to go to meet up with the Second Squadron first and at the same time send a notification to the Dutch authorities.
But at 6:06 in the morning on December 31, 1901, that is, the morning of the last day of the first year of the 20th century, the first small-scale conflict occurred in the Strait of Malacca region of Asia, the Far East and the Netherlands. The losses on both sides were the same, because both sides suffered the same losses.
They did not take the lead in firing, but when the First Squadron of the Dutch Asiatic Fleet was preparing to sail out of Belawan, the way out was blocked by the Far East Fleet, and then the warships of both sides began to collide with each other.
After more than thirty minutes of fighting for the waterway, the warships of the Dutch Asian Fleet were all old-fashioned armored and had thicker protection. The Far East Fleet suffered a lot. In the collision, eight main warships of the Far East were damaged. However, due to the similar tactics adopted by the Far East Fleet,
The suicide collision caused chaos in the Dutch Asiatic Fleet formation. When the Dutch Asiatic Fleet sailed out of the harbor, three warships ran aground and one sank.
After seeing the Far East resorting to such a move, Dutch Fleet Commander Mousny couldn't help but feel horrified, because he really didn't expect that the Far East Fleet would be so desperate without caring about his own warships. However, regarding this matter, during the war,
After it was over, Musny returned to the Netherlands and found out that the warships in the Far East were all warships that had been salvaged and repaired from the ships of the French High Seas Fleet, so the Far East didn't care at all. Instead, the Netherlands lost several main warships because of this.
However, Musni should be secretly glad, because in the end Li Ningyu did not order the firing first, because he felt that there were many doubts about this matter, and it seemed that he was being calculated, so Li Ningyu finally changed his plan slightly.
However, in the naval battle without artillery fire on the battlefield, the Far East once again won.
At the meeting to summarize why this naval battle was victorious, Li Ningyu objectively analyzed why it was victorious. According to his analysis, there are several key points. One of them is the capture of the coastal fort. If the victory of the fort is not captured,
, there will be no subsequent victory; second:
That is to adopt a trick of Tian Ji's horse racing, using two to three Far East repaired warships to ram a main warship of the Dutch Asian Fleet; third: the destroyers of the South China Sea Fleet arrived in time, and added the Sea Wolf submarine formation, causing the Dutch
The Asian fleet was in chaos, so three warships were stranded.
This naval war did not last too long, because at noon on December 31, 1901, German King Wilhelm II invited Li Ningyu to visit the Netherlands on behalf of Queen Helena of the Netherlands. At the same time, the Dutch authorities also issued a letter to the Far East Diplomatic Department.
An apology announcement was issued, mainly regarding the loss of a supply ship by the Far East in Belawan.
According to the cost of the supply ship, it was about 600,000 Asian dollars. However, after the first negotiation between Far East diplomat Huang Song and the Dutch authorities’ diplomatic department, the Dutch offered to compensate the Far East for 6 million Asian dollars.
Such a move by the Dutch was actually to block the mouth of the Far East, so that the Far East could not find a reason to continue the war. However, Li Ningyu was not a fuel-efficient lamp. During the First Opium War and the Second Opium War, the Dutch
People secretly helped the British a lot.
The goods transported by the Dutch cargo ships were opium, and during the war, they helped the British transport soldiers to fight in the country. So this time Li Ningyu was not so simple, so Li Ningyu also opened his mouth and asked for compensation of 60 million Asian dollars.
Otherwise both sides declare war.
All countries in the world know clearly what the situation in the Far East is like. If the Netherlands really wants to declare war with the Far East in the Asian waters, the Netherlands will definitely lose. But except for one situation, which side is the world's great powers on?
Britain and Germany both have close relations with the Netherlands, so they do not want the Far East to declare war on the Netherlands.
Especially the United Kingdom, because after the Far East formed a strategic alliance with Germany, the United Kingdom found that it had no strong allies in Europe. Both France and Tsarist Russia were defeated by the Far East in the coalition invasion and suffered heavy losses. It will still take time.
to recover, so Britain cared more about the Netherlands, so Britain quickly stepped forward to put pressure on the Far East.
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