Chapter 926 Raiding Java

When leaving Guangzhou, Wu Changqing also received a piece of good news that Dahua took Jakarta down.

The process is also quite dramatic.

Because of Wu Changqing's appearance, the history of Western Europe has been greatly deviated, and even the Netherlands was wiped out by France.

Of course, their annexation is completely different from the Great Qing destroying the Ming Dynasty and the Great Hua destroying the Qing Dynasty.

On the Central Plains side, if the opponent is killed, only a handful of the opponent's ruling class will be spared, and most people will suffer.

It was different when France defeated the Netherlands. They just beat the Netherlands, and then the Netherlands surrendered and admitted France's rule over the Netherlands.

The whole process was not very bloody, and not many people died.

Then, France sent some officials to the Netherlands symbolically, even if it had completed its rule over the Netherlands.

At the same time, France also declared that all the colonies overseas of the Netherlands belonged to France.

Some overseas colonies received orders from France and the former king of the Netherlands, and they all chose to obey and declared that they belonged to France.

However, the Dutch Governor Emes in Jakarta refused to admit it, and he wanted to take the opportunity to establish himself as king.

He felt that the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, so it would be fine for him to be king. After becoming king, there is no need to pay taxes to the native land.

This made Louis XIV so angry that he immediately dispatched the few warships in the country to form a large fleet to Jakarta to teach Ems a lesson and occupy the entire Java by the way.

After receiving the news, Ames immediately panicked. In desperation, he had no choice but to send people to the mouth of the river, find the Dahua people, and then request to be incorporated into Dahua.

Eames knew that he had offended Louis XIV, and there was no way to make peace with Louis XIV.

If you want to survive, you can only rely on a stronger person.

There are actually only two options for him to choose from, one is England and the other is Dahua.

England's strength and influence in Nanyang are very small, and the fleet may not be able to come here in time, and it may not be able to protect him.

Therefore, Ames finally chose Dahua.

If someone asks to join such a good cause, Dahua naturally does not refuse.

Dahua wanted to capture Jakarta before, but at that time, it didn't want to scare the Western European countries and let them unite.

Now, there is an excellent reason.

Ames announced to join Dahua, so this place is Dahua's territory, and it is reasonable to intervene.

As for the French fleet, it's a matter of seconds.

Afterwards, the Fourth Fleet stationed in Saigon set off to the Java Sea area, preparing for a decisive battle with the French fleet.

At present, Dahua has a total of five main fleets, which are stationed in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon, Bangladesh, and Edo.

Among them, the fleets of Shanghai, Saigon, and Bangladesh are slightly stronger, while those of Hong Kong and Edo are slightly weaker.

Saigon’s Fourth Fleet consists of one battleship of 5,000 tons, five cruisers of 2,000 tons, ten frigates of about 1,000 tons, 30 other auxiliary ships, and 20 transport ships.

Among them, the capital ships are all ironclad ships, and among the auxiliary ships and transport ships, there are also some wooden ships, but they are all equipped with steam power.

This scale is about the same as the Beiyang Fleet of later generations, and it is only slightly worse than the Beiyang Fleet in terms of number and tonnage.

However, in the current period, this fleet has only two opponents, namely Dahua's first and second fleets.

As for the navies of other countries, this Dahua has never been taken seriously.

Even the third and fifth fleets are not the opponents of the fourth fleet.

In the Third Fleet, there are no battleships, only two cruisers, five frigates, plus some gunboats and some wooden boats.

In places like Fusang, this kind of configuration is actually a bit wasteful.

People in the Third Fleet can only think about some imaginary enemies for exercises all day long, and they can't meet real enemies at all, so they feel lonely.

If it weren't for the sake of ensuring the combat effectiveness of the fleet, they would have used warships as fishing boats to catch some fish to earn extra money.

The number of battleships in the Fourth Fleet is far less than that of the French expeditionary fleet. The French expeditionary fleet has nearly 50 battleships alone, and more than 60 transport ships and auxiliary ships.

This is equivalent to taking out almost one-third of the navy's wealth.

Of course, Dahua almost took out a quarter of the navy.

The battle of the navy is very different from that of the army. When two countries with similar strength fight on land, it is often protracted.

You come and go, and occasionally lose a few games, it's not a big deal at all. Occasionally win a few games, and you can't be complacent.

The frequency of battles is high, but decisive battles are rare.

The navy is the exact opposite. They may have built an army for several years, and they have not encountered a battle in more than ten years.

But as long as the fight is started, it is basically a battle to determine the outcome.

More than ten years, decades of hard work in construction may be gone in one battle.

Every large-scale naval battle is almost equivalent to gambling on the fate of the country.

Win and get rich, lose and sell pants.

Every naval battle needs to be cautious and cautious.

This is for other countries, and Dahua does not need to be too cautious, anyway, they have fought.

The disparity in the number of warships was ignored by the captain Lin Wancheng, and he went straight to the Java Sea.

Two days later, the two sides met thirty nautical miles northwest of Jakarta.

Seeing Dahua's navy, France shuddered.

Sean the captain of the fleet immediately panicked, not knowing why the Dahua Navy appeared here.

Although the Dahua Navy did not declare war on them, it is really unsettling to encounter this thing that can pose a huge danger to oneself at sea.

France immediately sent a small boat to meet Dahua's navy, wanting to negotiate and inquire.

As for their main force, they immediately changed their course, instead of going to Jakarta, they moved east.

Attacking Jakarta can be done at any time, not just this moment.

The most important thing at present is to stay away from Dahua's navy.

However, when they started to turn, Xiao En found that Dahua's navy also started to turn, and chased him directly.

At this moment, Sean's heart was chilled.

He doesn't believe that Dahua's navy is chasing him to say hello or something else. If he is chased by another country's navy on the sea, it will definitely go to war.

Sean couldn't figure out why the Hua army wanted to attack him. France had no conflicts with Dahua before.

If there is a conflict with Dahua, even if they are killed, they would not dare to send a fleet to Nanyang, to Dahua's territory, this is courting death.

At this moment, Sean could only pray in his heart, and there was some misunderstanding in the prayer.

Then he expected the people he sent to clear up the misunderstanding. He really didn't want to fight against Dahua's navy.