[Chapter 835] The White Army Navy is definitely going crazy

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Esco's report did not bring Robben any positive information, but there was a lot of negative news. But Robben had to listen to these negative news. Because these negative news are real and closely related to the future of the Dutch. If some of the information is missed, it may have a negative impact on the future battle situation.

When he set out to the Far East, Robben did not expect that the situation in the Far East would be so bad. Before this, the Dutch's judgment on the Far East was only a certain threat to the Dutch's status, not a fatal threat. But now, Robben felt that the threat to the Dutch was very fatal.

It has to be admitted that the Dutch leaders had definitely made fatal mistakes on the Far East issue. The Dutch didn't know when they learned the arrogance and prejudice of the British and did not take the white-clothed navy seriously at all. They would not believe that in the Eastern world, there was such a powerful country with such a powerful navy. In their impression, the Eastern world should be ignorant and backward.

Robben stood in front of the chart, holding a pipe in his arms, and paced back and forth. Since Spain brought tobacco back to Europe from the American continent, many high-level European nobles have learned to smoke. As one of the five Dutch admirals, Robben has also developed a habit of smoking. This time he came to the East, he brought several exquisite pipes and excellent tobacco.

However, tobacco, which used to refresh his mind and refresh his spirit, has completely lost its effect today. Robben smoked several pipes of cigarettes in a row, but still felt that his mind was still a chaotic mucus, and he had no idea at all. This feeling has never been seen in his life experience.

"The White Army Navy...Xu Xingxia..."

Robben was holding a pipe in his mouth and silently muttering a few special terms.

There is no doubt that the battle between the Dutch and the White Navy is inevitable. The White Navy's infringement on the interests of the Dutch has reached an unbearable point. Robben's arrival is to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle. The senior Dutch leaders hope that the emergence of Robben can completely eliminate the threats from the East.

At the beginning, Robben was quite confident in taking on this task. He even felt a little happy. After all, the Atlantic battle was too fierce, with many capable people coming out and many experts. The Spaniards, who were unwilling to leave the field sadly, and the British who wanted to challenge the overlord of the ocean, were all powerful opponents of the Dutch. No matter how powerful Robben's ability was, he could not guarantee that he would win every battle and would never be in danger.

The Atlantic Ocean is a demon cave that devours humans anytime and anywhere. In addition to the threat of human beings themselves, the Atlantic Ocean storm is also the most violent. No matter who it is, once it encounters the Atlantic Ocean storm, it may be doomed. Even if he is a Dutch admiral with a prominent position, he may still lose himself in the cold sea if he is not careful.

However, it is different to come to the Eastern world. With his ability, he is absolutely invincible in the Eastern world. Robben believes that with his own ability and the strength of the Dutch, there is no big problem in controlling the oceans of the Eastern world, not to mention controlling the land of the Eastern world. If possible, he could even establish a kingdom. Just like the Spanish, he had a colony dozens of times his own territory.

However, after learning about the number of warships of the White Army, Robben was not happy. His original plan was broken. All his previous ideas were lost. Now, not only did he not have the opportunity to establish his own kingdom, but even the inherent interests of the Dutch in the Far East were gradually lost. Without particularly powerful measures, the Dutch would eventually completely withdraw from the Eastern world.

According to the latest intelligence information, the White-Clothed Navy has deployed eleven fleets on the Nanyang Sea. From the Second Fleet to the Twelfth Fleet, the number of warships in each fleet is about twenty. The eleven fleet means that the White-Clothed Navy has a total of more than 20 warships. More than 200 warships are also large warships with displacement of more than 500 tons. The numbers alone make Robben feel very troubled.

"Is Xu Xingxia crazy? Does he only know how to build ships?"

Robben was holding a newspaper published by the White Army in his hand and murmured quietly.

As the layout of the White-Clothing Navy in the South China Sea gradually completed, many new things inherent in the White-Clothing Army, such as newspapers, appeared in many ports in the South China Sea Season. The White-Clothing Army built a new newspaper printing factory in Leizhou Prefecture to transport newspapers to the South China Season. The natives in the South China Season, as well as Western powers, and merchants from all over the country, had a deep understanding of the White-Clothing Army through the White-Clothing Army's newspapers.

The newspaper that Robben is holding now is the news that Xu Xingxia inspected the Leizhou Shipyard. According to newspaper reports, Xu Xingxia put forward many high requirements for the shipyard. He required the shipyard to start construction day and night, adopt three shifts and assembly line production methods to build various warships in large quantities. The manager of the Leizhou Shipyard assured Xu Xingxia that all the fifty docks in the Leizhou Shipyard will be at full capacity and will start construction for twelve hours.

There is also a news in the newspaper about Yazhou Shipyard. Yazhou Shipyard is closest to Nanyang. The White-Clothed Navy produces a large number of Taishan-class warships with a displacement of only 500 tons. The construction cycle of this kind of warship only takes six months. Every year, Yazhou Shipyard can build one hundred warships of this type.

Robben felt that the white-clothed navy was definitely going crazy.

It’s so life-that it’s so life-that it’s been built in such a short time!

Eight shipyards, more than 300 docks, construction starts day and night, and continuous construction of ships for twelve hours. What is this concept? With Robben's understanding, it is really unimaginable. There are also many shipyards in the Western powers, and there are probably hundreds of maritime powers in the combined production intensity of these shipyards. However, the production intensity in the docks of these shipyards is definitely not that high. Starting construction day and night is simply burning a lot of money!

Everyone knows that building a warship requires a lot of money. As long as the dock is started and the keel has not been laid, a large amount of money has been consumed. A warship with a displacement of 500 tons will be converted into a cost of less than a few thousand taels of silver. This is calculated based on the shipbuilding cost of the Dutch. In Robben's view, the shipbuilding cost of the Dutch should be the lowest, and the shipbuilding cost of the White Navy should be higher.

The total cost of a hundred warships with a displacement of 500 tons is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. In addition to the construction cost of the shipyard itself, it is a considerable number. Not to mention, the White-Clothed Navy has eight large shipyards with hundreds of large docks. Even the Dutch, known as the sea coachman, made a fortune and was rich, and could not start construction of so many warships at once.

It should be noted that warships and merchant ships are two completely different concepts. Warships only consume no income. After warships are manufactured, they still require a large amount of subsequent maintenance costs. This maintenance cost is also quite high. The more warships there are, the higher the maintenance cost. At present, the maintenance cost of the Dutch Navy's warship maintenance cost is an amazing number. It is precisely because of the amazing maintenance cost that the number of warships in the Dutch Navy cannot increase rapidly.

Could it be that the military expenses of the White-Clothed Army fell from the sky? Does it cost money to build warships? Does their warships do not require maintenance costs? The maintenance costs of more than 200 warships a year are only hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! This White-Clothed Army navy is too rich, right?

Esco said with a wry smile: "Genius, I know you are indeed incredible and incredible, but the fact is that. The White Navy is expanding their navy frantically. They have not considered the cost at all. I am sure that if the number of warships in the White Navy will continue to increase by more than one hundred. Most of them will be Tianshan-class warships with larger displacement."

Robben nodded silently, and his inner depression was imaginable.

The White-Clothed Navy is obviously fighting a war. It is simply too painful to fight such an opponent. How many warships can you destroy them? Kill three thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of them. Perhaps, the White-Clothed Navy has not been eliminated yet, and the Dutch Navy itself has been consumed.

Besides, who knows how many warships will the White Navy build? With the terrible shipbuilding speed of the White Navy, perhaps if you destroy one of their warships, two warships will be produced. The enemy will only fight more and more. In the end, the entire army will be wiped out by the Dutch themselves. Anyway, as long as the war starts, the Dutch will be bad.

Moreover, the Dutch may not be able to destroy the warships of the White-Clothed Navy. The warships of the White-Clothed Navy were very powerful, which was proven long ago. So far, the Dutch still had no effective way to deal with the White-Clothed Navy. If everything goes well, Seidov would not be captured.

What to do? Robben was confused.

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The confusion of the Dutch cannot stop the passage of time.

Soon, Robben arrived at the Nanyang Sea, and it had been four months since.

In the four years of Taichang, time seemed to go very fast, and before they knew it, it was already September. People living in the Nanyang area, looking through the latest newspapers published by the White Army every day, usually do not pay special attention to the date of the newspaper. When they felt it necessary to pay attention to the date of the newspaper, they suddenly realized that in a few months, they had slipped away quietly.

The battle between the Dutch Navy and the White-Clothed Navy never broke out. The Dutch carefully restrained their wings and hid in the waters between Jakarta and Ampona, and rarely came out to move. The number of Dutch merchant ships seemed to have decreased a lot. However, the activity area of ​​the White-Clothed Navy gradually expanded. In September, the White-Clothed Army Daily published news, publicly announcing that the 13th Fleet of the White-Clothed Army Navy officially entered Brunei.

Of course, the local indigenous royals in Brunei dare not say anything. What do they dare to say? A battalion of the White Marine Corps has officially arrived here. The camp of the White Marine Corps is near the palace of the Brunei Indigenous royals. As long as someone gives an order, they can uproot the indigenous royals. Indigenous royals are not fools, so they will not do thankless things.

In fact, the reports of the White Army Daily are watery, or intentionally, deliberately hide the news of the White Army Marine Corps. To be precise, the 13th Fleet of the White Army Navy is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the White Army Marine Corps quietly enters. This is the real killer weapon.

As long as you are not a fool, you can see that since the White Army has arrived in Nanyang, it will not leave easily. The entry of the Marine Corps marks the beginning of ground control. Western powers actually have weaknesses in the Nanyang area. Their warships are actually quite large, and their naval power is relatively strong. However, their ground forces are relatively weak.

For example, the Dutch East India Company has a very strong naval force, but the army's strength is very small. The Dutch mainly relies on armed sailors to fight ashore. They do not have a professional army. The Spanish have some professional army, but the number is only 5,000. Compared with the White Army, their army can be ignored.

Xu Xingxia grasped this point correctly and while vigorously developing the navy, he also put the development of the Marine Corps on the agenda. The Marine Corps formed in the early days was a battalion with a total of 10,000 people. Choosing the Marine Corps' camp in Brunei was naturally to better control the various islands in the Nanyang region.

The Marine Corps of the White Army was formed based on the Dragon Cavalry led by Xia Kewu. Xia Kewu served as the first deputy commander of the Marine Corps. As for the commander, Xu Xingxia himself was naturally the one who served as the person. The transformation of the Dragon Cavalry Army was really huge. They were fighting in the Western Regions a year ago, but after a year, they all went into the sea.

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The 13th Fleet of the White Army Navy is somewhat different from other fleets. They have six Tianshan-class warships with a displacement of 1,500 tons. This large warship has sixteen 75mm howitzers, and each side has eight gates.

Of course, the number of such cannons is nothing. Any warship of any Western power has dozens of cannons. However, the Dutch are already frightened by the White Navy and dare not make any inappropriate moves.

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The 13th Fleet of the White-Clothed Navy officially entered Brunei, which was also a great excitement for the Spaniards. Because the Spaniards suddenly discovered that their maritime trade routes seemed to have been cut off by the White-Clothed Navy. Before, Balin was surrounded by warships, and they secretly gloated. Now that Brunei is occupied, they are gloat no matter how they are.

The Spanish sailing ships from Manila to the Atlantic Ocean must have to pass through Brunei. If they take the Ambona and Jakarta route, they will not only have to pay more time and cost more, but also face difficulties and attacks from the Dutch. However, Brunei is now controlled by the White Navy.

"What's going on in Brunei?"

Alonsoden asked Herbert depressedly.

"Governor General, I think we may have backfired."

Herbert responded with a wry smile. No one who can be the commander of the Spanish Far East Fleet is a fool. Herbert naturally knew the consequences of Brunei's occupation. However, all of this was force majeure. The Spanish had no way to stop the actions of the White Army Navy. In other words, they could only let the actions of the White Army Navy.

The Spaniards had adopted a policy of appeasement before, and the most fundamental reason was that the White Navy was aimed at the Dutch. At that time, the White Navy's harm to the Spaniards was not very great. But now, the existence of the White Navy has seriously threatened the interests of the Spaniards.

However, if the Spanish and the Dutch join forces, the Spanish will definitely not be willing. The grudges between the two countries cannot be easily erased. Besides, the current situation is already very serious. Even if the Spanish and the Dutch join forces, they may not be able to get it from the White Navy. Why should Spain be thankless?

Alonsoden frowned and said, "How do you solve it for the sake of the present?"

Herbert said without hesitation: "It is absolutely impossible for us to attack the White Army first. That is the Dutch. We'd better act according to the opportunity."

Alonsoden said with some concern: "What if the White Army defeated the Dutch and attacked us again... we are no match for us at all! Do you think there is hope?"

Herbert said bluntly: "If so, I suggest that the Governor prepare early."

Alonsoden didn't react for a moment and said in confusion: "Apply for mobilizing reinforcement fleets from China? We also apply for a Robben to come?"

Herbert shook his head and said, "No, we'd better leave the place of right and wrong."

Alonsoden was slightly stunned and finally understood. It turned out that it was thirty-six strategies, and it was the best one. Escape at the last minute was obviously not a glorious thing. However, in reality, this is indeed a good choice. Anyway, he doesn't care about the mess of the Far East. Whoever loves to take care of him. No matter who is responsible, he can only keep worrying.

It just happened to take advantage of the dangers in Spain and the Far East that they had not yet realized the dangers of the Far East. Many people still coveted his and Herbert's position. They just bargained and applied to be transferred back to the country and got a good position.

Alonsoden raised the wine bar and said with a smile: "Come on, let's have a drink."

Herbert raised his wine glass with a deep understanding and said with a smile: "Cheers! I wish the Governor a successful return to the country and seek another goal."

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