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Chapter 416 Everything will be fine

The news of the complete annihilation of the Dutch and Indian troops on Borneo quickly spread to the Batavia Governor's Mansion. Tevez, the governor of Batavia who was informed of the news at the first time, seemed to have suffered a bolt from the blue.

Tevez froze on the spot, his face was full of astonishment, he thought it was his hearing problem.

There are more than 4000 people, the strength of a brigade, in such a short period of time, will it be gone?
After he regained his composure, Tevez's expression gradually became serious.

The Dutch-Indian Army's defeat in West Borneo was so ugly, taking the blame and resigning was already the best result for him.

For a moment, Tevez was out of control.

Liang Yao was able to eat more than 4000 new Dutch and Indian troops on Borneo Island in one bite, which showed that Tevez had to send at least tens of thousands of Dutch and Indian soldiers to West Borneo to turn the tide of the war.

The total strength of the Dutch-Indian Army in the entire East Indies region of the Dutch-Indian authorities is only more than 9000.

Excluding the more than 5000 people who were lost in the West Borneo area, the total strength of the Dutch-Indian Army is more than 5000 at full strength. Of the more than [-] Dutch-Indian Army, more than two-thirds of them have low combat literacy native soldiers.

Of course, it does not mean that Tevez can mobilize 5000 troops to fight in West Borneo because the Dutch and Indian Army has 5000 troops.

The colonies of the Dutch and Indian authorities in the East Indies needed the Dutch and Indian troops to maintain order, and it was impossible to deploy all their troops.

Tevez can only squeeze out five or six thousand mobile troops even if he breaks the sky.

In the past, the Dutch-Indian army of five or six thousand was quite a terrifying armed force in the East Indies region, and even in the whole of Southeast Asia.

It's just that according to the information from the front line, the five or six thousand Dutch and Indian troops seem to have no advantage against Liang Yao's western brigade.

"Krewson, when will our fleet be assembled?"

Tevez questioned the commander of the East Indies Fleet, Krewson, in a very stern tone, and he seemed very impatient now.

The navy, the sea power of the Dutch and Indian authorities in the East Indies region, now became Tevez's only hope.

Ever since Liang Yao intervened in the Hehua War on the island of Borneo.

The East Indies Fleet led by Krewson is one of the few armed forces that can inflict heavy damage on Liang Yao.

Although Liang Yao blindly publicized that they had won the Java Sea Battle, the Batavia side always scoffed at this matter.It is not considered that the East Indies Fleet, which was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, is the defeated party. The East Indies Fleet is just making tactical adjustments.

Even Tevez himself believed in this statement. He believed that it was not that the East Indies Fleet did not have the ability to wipe out Liang Yao's patchwork sea force, but that the East Indies Fleet had not completed its mobilization.

However, Krewson, who experienced this naval battle, did not think so. The mobilization ability was originally part of the fleet's strength.

To this day, Krewson still remembers the big steam guys with iron skins and strange layout of naval guns that he saw in the Java Sea naval battle.

These steamships with thick protection and sharp artillery, not to mention the East Indies Fleet, even if the Royal Netherlands Navy came, they might not be able to take them easily.

Of course, this is just a thought.

Kreutzen was well aware that the Royal Netherlands Navy would not be directly involved in the war, if it were.

Naturally, the U.S. Navy also has reasons to intervene, which is a situation that the Dutch and Indian authorities do not want to see.

Although the United States is not a first-class power, the size of the United States is still scary enough compared to the Netherlands.

It stands to reason that the battlefield is in Borneo Island and the Java Sea area, and the Dutch and Indian authorities have the advantage of fighting at home.

It’s just that during the 200 years since the Dutch authorities colonized the East Indies, they have been keen to plunder the raw materials of the East Indies and squeeze the commercial value of the East Indies, and their construction of the East Indies has been very limited.

Even in Batavia, the most developed country in the East Indies, even the handicraft industry is not well developed, let alone the industries that are lacking even in the Netherlands.

The weak industrial base means that the war potential of the East Indies is very limited. Not only are the East Indies unable to produce warships, but even guns rely on local supplies.

And the voyage from San Francisco to Borneo is obviously shorter than the voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia.

"If there is no cost, our fleet can be assembled within three weeks. But as a naval commander, I don't recommend you to do this. The East India Fleet is our last barrier. If there is any mistake in the East India Fleet, It will take us four to five months at the earliest to get local support."

Krewson said after pondering for a moment.

"Four to five months?" Tevez shook his head, "If Batavia continues to be blocked like this, let alone four to five months, I'm afraid it may not be able to last for a month. Batavia's business Flights must resume as soon as possible."

Four to five months Tevez can not wait.

Batavia continued to be blocked like this for four to five months. Even if Liang Yao didn't call, there would be chaos inside.

He Tevez suffered from the shortage of supplies. The gilded sons who came to Batavia from the mainland could not bear this suffering, and the shopkeepers and citizens of Batavia could not bear the lack of goods flowing into Batavia for a long time. .

"But your Excellency." Krewson wanted to dissuade Tevez, hoping that Tevez would not rashly use the last card in their hands.

After the setbacks of Hailu and Hailu, it is difficult for them to bear another big defeat.

If Tevez did this, how would it be different from Andersen, who underestimated the enemy and became a prisoner?
"As long as our navy is assembled, everything will be fine, General Krewson, I will give you four weeks, and after four weeks, you must regain the command of the sea.

A warship sailing on the ocean is far more deterrent than a warship lying in a dock. Now even pirates dare to play wild in the waters near Batavia. As the highest naval commander in the East Indies, can you remain indifferent? ? "

Tevez interrupted Krewson, who waved his hand at Krewson and said.

"Follow orders, General Krewson."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor!" Krewson could only agree helplessly.

The only thing he can do now is to hurry up and repair the damaged warships, and let more armed merchant ships gather in Batavia, so that he can have a considerable sea force in his hands four weeks later.

"Your Excellency, Governor of Hong Kong, Bonham, please see me."

While the two were discussing, Tevez's assistant knocked lightly on the door and asked cautiously.

"Governor? See you."

Tevez didn't know the purpose of Bonham's visit to Batavia at this time, but the British governor still wanted to see it.

The relationship with Britain is the foreign relationship that the governor of Batavia needs to deal with first. However, Tevez and the British governor of the Straits, that is, the governor of Malacca, have more intersections.The intersection with the Governor of Hong Kong is not deep.

Tevez's attitude towards the British is complicated.

Britain and the Netherlands were both European partners and rivals who colonized Southeast Asia together.

Prior to this, Tevez was wary and dissatisfied with the British's inclusion of the Sarawak region of Borneo into the sphere of influence of the British Empire.

(End of this chapter)