Chapter 62

86 rifled guns, second class battleships, 750 men each, 13 Dutch ships, 2,000 tons each, occupying 26,000 tons, a total of 9,750 men.

The third-tier battleships are 1,300 tons, 68 spiral rifled guns, and 500 people. We are equipped with main battleships, which are generally battleships of this level in Europe. The most is France, which is equipped with 29 ships. 26,000 tons and a crew of 10,000.

The fourth-tier battleships are used as flagships and are used less, so the Netherlands is only equipped with 3 ships, 50 spiral rifled guns, 350 people, and a displacement of 1,000 tons. There are a total of 1,050 soldiers and 3,000 tons.

The fifth-tier battleship has 44 spiral rifled guns, with a displacement of 800 tons and a crew of 250. It is mainly used for inspections and patrols on the coast. It is more practical. Therefore, the Netherlands has a lot of convenience here.

There are 10 six-tier battleships, mainly used to transport mail and emergency supplies. The battleship is 450 tons and is equipped with 180 people. In order to increase the speed, there are only 20 spiral rifled guns. A total of 4500 tons, 1800 people.

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

Ranked 8th in Europe and the world.

On the East India side, our naval base there has already become a large-scale presence, and now it has reached the point where it is synchronized with the mainland.

However, in East India, now they have successfully built steam ironclad ships, a total of 5 ships."

Except for Haysbert Von and Thorbeck, the members of the Privy Council, except for the military members of the cabinet, do not know the size of the East Indian Navy in the Far East. At this time, it is directly equal to the mainland, and most importantly, It turned out that steam ironclad ships were built, and there were not only one, but five.

God, this is worth it!

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

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

From 1853 to 1856, the Crimean War in the Black Sea was in progress, and its appearance hit the Tsarist Empire's fleet of sailing battleships that were sailing in the direction of the wind, and suffered heavy losses.

It shocked the whole of Europe in one fell swoop, and the United Kingdom panicked because of it. It almost gave up its participation in the Crimean War and returned to the mainland. Fortunately, it was finally known that France had only such a ship.

However, because of this, steam ironclad battleships began to become the dominant status in Europe.

In 1859, France once again launched the steam-iron armored battleship Glorious with a displacement of 5,630 tons, which made the British jump up and down in a hurry.

Fortunately, in 1860, the construction of the battleship HMS Valiant, whose displacement far exceeded that of the French Glory, was accelerated. This British first steam iron armored battleship was not troublesome. It was 9,137 tons, nearly 10,000 tons.

At the same time, like the Glory of France, 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 only a semi-steam armored ship.

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

Five Dutch ships popped up in the East Indies at once. Is this against the sky?

It's no wonder they didn't believe it. William IV didn't think that the Dutch shipbuilding technology did not belong to the hegemon of this era, the United Kingdom. After he crossed in 1857, he began to persuade William III to launch a secret operation, also known as the Navy b. The plan, the use of a lot of manpower and material resources, and even the Dutch royal family paid 500,000 pounds directly from their own pockets, which is also the reason why the East India is so fast and efficient.

The outcome was not confirmed until confirmation from Lyndon and East India Governor Simscock.

It made him so excited that he couldn't sleep at night.

"Tell me about the current population of East India," William IV replied.

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

The Dutch Kalimantan has a population of 3 million, 150,000 Dutch, and 5,000 troops in the army. The naval bases are located in Machen Port, South Kalimantan Province, and Balikpapan Port. They are mainly small fleets. One Tier IV battleship brings 4 Tier V battleships and 4 Tier VI battleships. size of the navy.

Java Island has a population of 5 million, the Dutch are 250,000, the harbor has Jakarta port, there are warships 1 first-class sail battleship, and 4 third-class battleships, and 10 fifth-class battleships and 15 sixth-class battleships, which is the largest naval port in the Netherlands. , Jakarta Army stationed 10,000 people

Not far away, Surabaya Port, the eastern port of Java Island, is also stationed with a fleet of the same size, echoing east and west, and the Surabaya Port Army has deployed 5,000 people.

There are 1 million people in Sulawesi, and 1.5 million people in the Moluccas. On Sulawesi, the military ports are in Makassar in the south and Manado in the north, but the scale is the same as that of Kalimantan. about the same size. The Army was mainly stationed with 3,000 men from the Second Obligation Corps.

On the Moluccas we deployed 3 first-class battleships and more than 20 numerous fifth- and sixth-class battleships, on Unwin Island and Missour Island, in order to guard the entrance of Shrike Bay in the Paradise Bird Peninsula. Second only to the island of Java, and the island of Java to form the two largest naval strongholds of the Netherlands from east to west.

This fleet not only guarded here, but also participated in the recent dispatch to occupy the islands in the South Pacific, and participated in the whole process.

It even divided one-third of the composition into the temporary fleet and won Hawaii. According to His Majesty's instructions, this only consists of 1 first-class sail battleship, 2 second-class battleships, 1 third-class battleship, and 4 fifth-class battleships. The fleet composed of ships has begun to prepare to be stationed in Hawaii for a long time to settle down~www.mtlnovel.com~ the original territory of the Dutch East Indies, with a total of about 10.55 million people, and the Dutch do not count the army of 550,000 people. Your Majesty, I"

"Bang bang bang..."

Simscock stopped for a moment, and looked at the door curiously. Not only him, but everyone was stunned, since their faces changed slightly.

This is the highest power meeting in the Netherlands. This meeting room is also the Privy Council meeting room exclusively chaired by the king inside the Royal Palace of the Netherlands.

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

That being the case, how can things be simple if you dare to knock on the door loudly.

"What's the matter?" William IV was also shocked, and then became nervous, something big happened?

Immediately, a military communications officer walked in quickly, with a look of panic covering his face.

The military had a bad premonition from the Chief of Staff Mark Rudd to the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of War.

I saw his communications officer, after not forgetting the etiquette of a fast nobleman, said: "Your Majesty, the riots in Belgium have escalated. At 17:00 this afternoon, the Dutch-speaking area and the French-speaking area are going on simultaneously. but now there have been bloodshed accidents, especially the Dutch, and now in the streets of Brussels, people are protesting against the rule of King Leopold I, and some provinces have declared independence and no longer respect Leopold I. for the king.

At the same time, the regime of Napiron III in France also announced that it was dissatisfied with the brutal actions of Brussels. In order to maintain the safety of the French, France can do anything for this, and he also swore that this oath was valid."

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