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Chapter 90 The Corrupt and Chaotic Dutch and Indian Army
To the west of Kalimantan Island and south of Riau Islands, at 11°33' north latitude and 107°12' east longitude, on the blue sea, a submarine is slowly sailing south.

The Mi Zi flag hanging high on the command tower was fluttering in the wind, and two sailors were observing the surroundings with binoculars.

This is the No. [-] Lixia Class A ship of the Second Submarine Brigade of the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Navy. They received an order four days ago to suspend their routine cruise missions and go to the sea off Serang, Java Island to stand by as soon as possible.

In order to travel, they had to sail quickly on the water during the day, so they hung the Union Jack instead to confuse the Dutch, pretending to be a submarine of the Royal Navy, which can be described as swaggering.

The history of modern naval submarines originated from a series of submarines designed and manufactured by American Holland, who is known as the father of submarines.

All countries in the world are very interested, ordering the Holland submarine one after another, and then developing their own submarines based on it.The proud British Empire is relatively grumpy in this regard. They sneered at this "sneaky" weapon and they did not order five Holland submarines until the beginning of the [-]th century.

At that time, the Daming Navy had just changed its name to the Navy, and the regularization construction had not yet entered the right track. Someone had already spied that submarines were indeed a good weapon for coastal defense, and suggested introducing them.

However, considering that my own industrial construction has just started, it seems a bit like "I want to learn to run before I can walk" when I first come up to think about this thing?
Therefore, it was not until four years before the European War that the Ming Navy ordered four submarines from the British Vickers Company and the French Schneider Company, and requested that the latter two be built in Guangzhou Shipyard and Shanghai Shipyard respectively. Send someone to guide.

After the European War, Ming ordered two [-]-ton Diana-class medium submarines and a [-]-ton Lagrange-class large submarine from France for the last time.So far, after crossing the river by feeling Britain and France, the Ming Navy has embarked on the road of submarine design with its own style.

Today's Lixia-class submarine is a cutting-edge large ocean-going submarine that entered service only last year. Except for the passive sonar and power system, all of them have reached the first-class level.

其动力系统原计划采用两台7200匹马力柴油机，然而实际测试中发现噪音过大，于是改为四台4000匹马力柴油机；水下航行时由两台950匹马力电动机驱动。水上最大速度21节、水下则为9节。

The oil tank reserves 360 tons of diesel oil and 10 tons of lubricating oil, with a maximum endurance of more than 12000 nautical miles. There is still a lot of surplus after driving from Guangzhou to Los Angeles and back; the battery system is 180 lead-acid batteries, each weighing 600 kg, which can support the entire The boat submerged approximately 4 nautical miles at a speed of 90 knots.

武器系统则为艏四艉二共6具鱼雷发射管，一共携带20枚十六寸、即512㎜三十式蒸汽瓦斯鱼雷；甲板上有一门112㎜舰炮、指挥塔上有两挺12.8㎜高射机枪。

Special equipment included a short-wave communication device, long-wave communication device, and a "lightning element calculator", which is the torpedo data computer.

"Grass, enemy plane, four o'clock direction!"

"What are you running around, bring that tricolor flag."

A P2Y seaplane belonging to the Netherlands East Indo-Indus Air Force (ML-KNIL) spotted a submarine heading south while on the surface during a routine patrol mission.

The two pilots in the cabin were a little curious, so they descended to take a closer look.

Seeing the Mi Zi flag fluttering on the command tower, the navigator pointed his binoculars and said, "What are these British people doing?"

The pilot said casually: "Maybe it's for flight training? Have you looked at the logbook and memo?"

"No need, trouble."

"You're too lazy."

At this time, the two saw the sailors on the submarine conning tower raising a Dutch flag.

The two sailors tried to hide their faces from the tricolor flag and followed the direction of the plane, keeping the flag facing the plane.

After circling at a low altitude, the P2Y seaplane waved its wings three times to express its respect, and then continued to fly northeast.

"Report, the plane circled around and left." A sailor turned and said to the deputy captain.

"That's good, add one night to half a day today, change to submerged sailing tomorrow morning, and then float to sail in the evening, and you can arrive that night."

"Yes."

The Ming Navy’s naming of submarines is grade plus model plus number, and the grade is 24 solar terms. For example, the No. [-] Lixia-class boat is the second of the Lixia-class A-type boat.

This is the second sea cruising of the No. [-] Lixiajia boat after it entered service. However, it encountered an unexpected situation just seven days after its departure—the captain of the major suddenly had acute appendicitis. After emergency surgery on the boat, he was sent by the base. The seaplane was picked up.

But the mission had to continue, and the whole boat was transferred to the command of Lieutenant Ling Su, the deputy of the boat.But a few days later, they received this strange order.

What is the purpose of going deep into the territory of the Dutch?

"A new telegram has arrived." After receiving the telegram, the operator translated it and then submitted it to Ling Su.

The mechanical officer who was idle at the side came over, "What's the situation? Have you given the task?"

"Well, let's pick up a group of lost people and go home." Ling Su said calmly.

In the evening of this day, in the Katalin Hotel...

Zhao Rong and Guo Shenggen, who is outstanding in marksmanship, also came to room 0907. They had just completed their reconnaissance of the Tadio barracks.

"Sir, these Dutch people don't know how to train soldiers, I..." Zhao Rong didn't know what words to use to describe what he saw today.

The security was extremely lax, and there were rows of hawkers at the entrance of the barracks. The guards drank cigarettes and drank iced juice, and hid in the shade of big trees or sentry towers to enjoy the cool.

Some well-known vendors can even go in directly after saying hello. What surprised Zhao Rong the most was that some scantily clad prostitutes actually came in and out of their own house?
After asking people nearby, I found out that Javanese soldiers often use military supplies to pay for prostitution?

This is a common situation, and the Dutch are very distressed by it. If the management is stricter, it will lead to complaints and booing!
In fact, after the colonial authorities decided to reorganize the Dutch-Indian army, some officers did make up their minds to rectify this bad situation, but to no avail.For example, last year, a major was jointly "complained" after just over a month of strict clean-up.

Because the Javanese soldiers complained about it and treated it negatively in training. At the same time, even some lazy and indulgent Dutch non-commissioned officers were not used to it.

Wang Mingfa, a corporal of engineering soldiers, showed a look of "you are teasing me" when he heard the words, "Mr. Zhao, are you kidding me? This is also an army? Since ancient times, only extremely corrupt soldiers and horses dare to indulge like this?"

Zhao Rong shook his head helplessly, "It's absolutely true!"

The colonial army, they go to suppress the rebellion of the people in Java Island and Sumudara every now and then, so it's a ghost if the military appearance and discipline are good!
"But there is nothing to laugh at. How long has it been since our military discipline has improved? It's no fun to laugh at 150 steps." Zhou Changfeng waved his hand, and then said: "Let's improve the action plan."

(End of this chapter)