Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 59 The conflict in Belgium finally escalated
86 screw-bore guns, second-class battleships, each with 750 people. The Netherlands has 13 ships, each with 2000 tons, occupying 26000 tons, with a total of 9750 people.

The third-level battleship is 1300 tons, 68 spiral rifled guns, and has 500 men. We are equipped with main battleships. Battleships of this level are generally used in Europe. The most is France, which is equipped with 29 ships. We are equipped with 20 ships. 26000 tons, with a crew of 10000.

The fourth-class battleships are used as flagships and are rarely used. Therefore, the Netherlands only equips 3 ships with 50 spiral rifled guns, 350 people, and a displacement of 1000 tons. There are a total of 1050 soldiers and 3000 tons.

The fifth-level battleship has 44 spiral rifled guns, a displacement of 800 tons, and a crew of 250. It is mainly used for patrolling and patrolling the coast. It is more practical, so the Netherlands is particularly convenient here. There are 30 ships in total, with a total tonnage of 24000 tons and a crew of 7500.

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

This is the size of the local navy, with a total tonnage of 94000 tons and a fleet of 32800 crew members.

Ranked 8th in Europe and the world.

Over in East India, our naval base there has already become a large-scale presence, and now it has reached the point of keeping pace with the mainland.

However, East India has now successfully built five steam ironclads."

Except for Hesbert von and Tolbeck, the Privy Council members and other cabinet members and military personnel did not know the size of the East India Navy in the Far East. At this time, they heard that it was directly equal to the mainland, and most importantly, They actually built steam ironclads, not just one, but five.

Oh my gosh, that's okay!
You know, Europe is now only owned by Britain and France.

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

During the Crimean War on the Black Sea from 1853 to 1856, its appearance caused the Tsarist Empire's fleet of sailing battleships to sail in the direction of the wind to run wild and suffer heavy losses.

This move shocked the whole of Europe, and the United Kingdom was even more panicked because of it. It almost gave up participating in the Crimean War and returned to defend its homeland. Fortunately, it was finally discovered that there was only such a ship in France.

However, as a result, steam ironclad battleships began to become the dominant force in Europe.

In 1859, France once again launched the steam-iron armored battleship Glorious with a displacement of 5630 tons, which made the British jump up and down anxiously.

Fortunately, in 1860, work was accelerated to build the battleship Warrior, which had a displacement far exceeding that of the French Glorious. This was Britain's first steam-armored battleship. It was 9137 tons, nearly [-] tons, what a guy.

At the same time, like the French Glorious, the warship was covered with iron armor. It is regarded as the earliest group steam armored ship in the world. The Napoleon is only a semi-steam armored ship.

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

The Netherlands suddenly showed up with 5 ships in East India. Is this going against the grain?

No wonder they didn't believe it. William IV didn't expect that the Dutch shipbuilding technology did not belong to Britain, the overlord of this era. After he traveled through time in 1857, he began to persuade William III to launch a secret operation, which he also called Navy B. The plan used a lot of manpower and material resources, and even the Dutch royal family directly paid 50 pounds directly into their own pockets. This was also the reason why East India was so efficient.

The outcome was not confirmed until confirmation again from Lyndon and from Simscock, the Governor-General of East India.

During that time, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. "Tell me the current population of East India in detail," William IV replied.

"Yes, today the population of East India is 100 million, the population of Sumatra is 5, the Dutch are 3000, the army is stationed at 1 people, the naval base is in Palembang, there are 4 second-class sailing battleship and [-] fifth-class sailing battleships.

The Dutch island of Kalimantan has a population of 300 million, 15 Dutch people, and 5000 army troops.The naval bases are in the Port of Banyan in South Kalimantan Province and the Port of Balikpapan. They are mainly based on small fleets. One fourth-level battleship leads four fifth-level battleships and four sixth-level battleships. This is the respective naval base of the two ports. size of the navy.

Java Island has a population of 500 million and a Dutch population of 25. It has Jakarta Port, a first-class sailing battleship, 1 third-class battleships, 4 fifth-class battleships and 10 sixth-class battleships. It is the largest naval port in the Netherlands. , Jakarta Army stationed 15 people
Not far away, Surabaya Port, the eastern port of Java Island, is also stationed with a fleet of the same size, echoing from east to west, and the Surabaya Port Army has deployed 5000 people.

There are 100 million people in Sulawesi, and a total of 150 million people in the Moluccas. On Sulawesi, the military ports are in Makassar in the south and Manado in the north, but their scale is the same as that on Kalimantan. About the same size.The Army is mainly stationed with 3000 men from the Second Volunteer Corps.

We have deployed 3 first-class battleships and more than 20 numerous fifth- and sixth-class battleships on the Molucca Islands on Anwen Island and Missul Island to guard the entrance of Shrike Bay in the Bird of Paradise Peninsula. Second only to Java Island, it and Java Island form the two largest naval strongholds in the east-west direction of the Netherlands.

This fleet not only protects this place, but also recently deployed to occupy various islands in the South Pacific, participating in the entire process.

One-third of the fleet was even divided into a temporary fleet to capture Hawaii. According to His Majesty's instructions, this fleet consisted of 1 first-class sailing battleship, 2 second-class battleships, 1 third-class battleship, and 4 fifth-class battleships. A fleet of ships has begun preparing to station in Hawaii for a long time and settle down.

The original territory of the Dutch East Indies had a total population of about 1055 million people, not including the Dutch army of 55 people.Your Majesty, I”

"bang bang bang"

Simscock suddenly stopped talking and looked at the door curiously. Not only him, but everyone was stunned, since their expressions changed slightly.

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

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

In this case, if you still boldly choose to knock on the door loudly, how can things be simple?

"What's going on?" William IV was also shocked, and then tensed up. Something big happened?

Then a military communications officer walked in quickly, with a look of horror on his face.

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

I saw that his communications officer did not forget to follow the etiquette of a quick noble and said: "Your Majesty, the civil unrest in Belgium has escalated. At 17:[-] this afternoon, the Dutch-speaking area and the French-speaking area were in sync. People from all walks of life are speculating that there is a linkage behind this. Suspicion, but now there has been bloodshed, especially among the Dutch. Now on the streets of Brussels, people everywhere 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 French Napieron III regime also announced that it was dissatisfied with Brussels's brutal actions. In order to maintain the safety of French people, France can do anything for this. He also swore that this oath is valid."

It seems that no one likes to change the Qing Dynasty, so we can only change it back to the original track. Alas, I hope everyone will continue to support it!

(End of this chapter)