When political and diplomacy cannot be continued, military operations become the last trump card

However, China's political diplomacy was not inexhaustible at this time, but it was just a complex historical problem, which led to China's need to use force at this time.

The Dutch denied the massacre of Chinese people, but the "Hongxi Massacre" was an incident that the Dutch could not even lose. This incident shocked Europe and China, and various countries have records of this incident.

On July 20, the East China United Autonomous Government of China officially declared war on the Netherlands on the grounds that "the Dutch denied the charge of massacre of Chinese people" seriously distorted history and insulted the entire Chinese nation, and even violated the humanitarian spirit.

At this time, other countries have not reacted much to this matter.

Although the Batavia conflict has certainly affected the nerves of countries around the world, the battle between the two major military camps in Europe is just a trivial matter.

No one expected that China would declare war on the Netherlands.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is indeed a great opportunity to declare war on the Netherlands. The Allies were unable to look east at all, and the Netherlands was a neutral country.

At this time, neither the Allies nor the Allies would offend China, a stronger neutral country for the sake of the Netherlands, because it was related to the success or failure of the war.

Eight hours after the Chinese government declared war on the Netherlands, the British issued a statement of condemnation against the Netherlands, believing that the Dutch were seriously violated by the spirit of humanitarianism and against justice.

German diplomat Todman even came to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claiming that he was willing to destroy the Netherlands for China on the condition that China turned toward the allies.

The German proposal was soon accidentally leaked to the Dutch government by the Chinese Military Intelligence Agency, and the Dutch government was immediately in panic.

At the same time, the Chinese South China Sea Fleet launched a raid on the Port of Batavia at 6 a.m. on July 21.

The two aircraft carriers, Shihuang and Gaozu, were responsible for the raid, and hundreds of seagull torpedo aircraft, took off one after another and launched bombing the Dutch Navy in Batavia Port.

Although the Dutch in Batavia Harbour was highly wary of their shore defense artillery and were ready to strike the Chinese Navy that invaded the port at any time, what they did not expect was that the attack actually came from the top of their heads.

This situation left the Dutch in the port unprepared. The sky was almost bright at Batavia Port at 6 o'clock. The Dutch gunners looked at the sea level with caution, and soon a roar came into their ears.

"What's that sound?" a Dutch gunner listened and asked his comrades beside him in confusion.

"It seems to be the sound of an airplane." said a little insightful Dutch soldier.

"A plane? Is it the Chinese? They seem to have defeated the Japanese joint fleet with planes."

Just as the soldiers were speculating, a Dutch officer snorted coldly: "How is it possible that Batavia is so far from China! Their planes cannot be so far away. You are such a bunch of idiots."

The roar in the sky became stronger and stronger. Soon, people in the port of Batavia heard the roar of this engine. Many indigenous people opened the windows and poked their heads out to look around.

In a building in the Batavia Harbour, a young man in his twenties opened the window and took out his telescope to look at the sky far away from the port.

Before he could see, a smile appeared on his face and said to his companions around him: "It must be that our Chinese plane has arrived. It won't take long to Batavia will be the territory of our Chinese."

This young man is Xu Yuan, the leader of the Batavia region.

"Zicheng, how could a plane fly here so far from Hainan?" A young man next to him said to Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan looked at the sky with a telescope and replied: "I don't know either. But if you hear this, it is obvious that there are many planes in Asia, except for China, there are only Japan. It is obviously even more impossible for Japan to send planes over. The only possibility is our Chinese planes."

"What Zicheng said is reasonable."

At this moment, Xu Yuan saw many black spots appearing in the sky in the telescope, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "Many planes must be our Chinese planes dead. Chuan, look, look, there is the sun and moon flag of our navy on the plane. It's the navy, our navy is here."

"Show me, show me, Chuan Chuan."

Several young people around him squeezed to the window and snatched the telescope from Xu Yuan's hand and looked at the sky.

Sure enough, they saw a plane in the telescope that they had never seen before, and the sun and moon flag used by the Chinese Navy could be vaguely seen on the plane.

The Dutch in the port also discovered the Chinese torpedo plane flying from the sky. It was too late when they sounded the alarm. Most of the Dutch were still immersed in their sleep and did not rush to react.

These torpedo planes dived from the sky and targeted the Dutch warships in the port and dropped the torpedo.

The Dutch warship anchored in the port is stationary, and this fixed target is simply a hit for the pilots flying torpedo planes.

One dive, drop bombs, Sichuan.

Sichuan pulls up!

A loud bang immediately came from below. When I looked back, I saw that the Dutch warship was covered by the black smoke produced by the explosion.

The pilot of the torpedo plane flying behind was anxious. There were not many Dutch warships in the port. They were blown up by the torpedo plane in front, and most of them were sank.

"Get them chew the meat!"

"You are so unkind...n

There were many complaints coming from the radio communication. The torpedo pilot in front of him was unmoved and quickly threw the torpedo, then returned with a snicker.

The Dutch people in the port were stunned. They didn't know how to deal with the sudden air strike. The Dutch artillery in the port fired several symbolic shots, but they simply shot mosquitoes with cannons and could not hit them.

In addition to using cannons, some Dutch infantrymen used their rifles to slant into the sky, but they also had no effect at all. Apart from this, the Dutch had no other air defense means. Those shore defense cannons not only waste shells, but also exposed the location of the turret.

The pilots of these torpedo planes were not very familiar with the situation in the Batavia port. They did not know the location of the shore defense guns. Those torpedo planes that took off from behind were overjoyed when they saw the shore defense guns that opened fire.

The Dutch warships in the port have been sunk. Although there are many other ships, there may be Chinese merchant ships. Due to the hasty declaration of war, several merchant ships of East China Ocean Shipping Company docked in the port of Batavia, so they cannot be bombed randomly.

There are many Chinese living in Batavia Port, so they cannot bomb land targets, but there is no restrictions on these shore defense artillery.

These shore defense artillery belong to the enemy's fortifications and are within the scope of allowable strikes.

So dozens of torpedo planes roared towards the shore defense cannons that had been exposed, using the torpedo as bombs, and threw them directly from the sky.

Some torpedoes exploded, while others did not.

After the explosion, the Dutch soldiers who were operating shore defense guns below were blown up by torpedoes and suffered heavy casualties.

Moreover, the Dutch made a fatal mistake. They put all the shells on the fuses. After the torpedo exploded, they immediately ignited the fuses, and the shells exploded one after another.

These shells cannot be placed in fuses when they are not used, but even the German army often does not comply with such regulations. Germany was detonated an ammunition depot during the Battle of Verdun, and the reason for the detonation was that the shells were placed in fuses.

But when the torpedo planes roared away, the port of Batavia was already in chaos, with thick smoke emitting everywhere bombed, and more than 20 Dutch warships in the port sank into the seabed.

These Dutch warships are relatively backward, but their total tonnage has reached nearly 60,000 tons.

But these 60,000 tons of naval units were all sunk in a wave of air strikes.

In dealing with this kind of attack of a fixed target, the aircraft once again showed unparalleled combat superiority, further highlighting the combat capability of the aircraft carrier.

This is the first time that two aircraft carriers of the East China Navy have undergone real combat inspections.

During the long-distance nose warfare that raided Japan on the Pacific islands, the two aircraft carriers did not play any role at all because all Japanese warships were drawn away.

The Governor of New Batavia, the former Deputy Governor of Batavia, was stunned after receiving the report. When he came to the port, he saw that the Dutch Far East fleet in the port had been completed, leaving only a few small warships parked there and became one of the few fish that had escaped.

When asked about the battle, the Dutch soldiers at the port stammered and reported it. Claude was very calm. Anyway, even if the Netherlands failed, it was not his business.

What he is thinking the most about at the moment is to surrender.

If it is too easy to surrender, it will seem unscrupulous and may be questioned after returning to China, but if the resistance is too strong, the Chinese may not let him go.

Since China has launched an attack on the Port of Batavia, it means that China has declared war on the Netherlands.

There is always a little problem with information transmission in this era, and the Batavian authorities still have not received any news that China declared war on them.

After all, the Chinese government declared war at night and launched an attack in the early morning.

Claude felt it was necessary to conduct secret discussions with China, so as to avoid related issues.

"Governor General, no, the Chinese began to shell the Port of Maugh, maybe they were going to log in at Port of Maugh." Not long after, a phone call suddenly reached Claude's Governor's Mansion.

"What, so fast!" Claude couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. Although he was so panicked that he was not in trouble, Claude quickly found the East China Merchants Hall.

China declared war on the Netherlands, and its personnel and commercial arrangements were not withdrawn, because Xia Jun was confident that the war would be ended soon, and the Netherlands did not dare to use force against the Chinese again, so he was so calm.

Claude soon joined the Chinese Military Intelligence Agency, and the two sides began to raise the conditions for Batavia's surrender. Claude hoped to win more interests so that he could make an explanation after returning to China, but he did not want to use force with China.

But the Military Intelligence Bureau of the East China Government seems not interested in the conditions proposed by Claude.

Because at this time it was not Claude who panicked, but the Dutch government far away in Europe was panicked.

The intelligence department of the Dutch government received news that the German government was intending to use the elimination of the Netherlands as a bargaining chip in exchange for the Chinese East China government to join the allies.

The Netherlands is a lowland country, facing the threat of the sea to the west and the threat of Germany to the east.

If we cannot reconcile with China, the result will be very serious.

The second update is here!
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