"Are all the Russian and Dutch crew members asleep?" A bearded junior officer on board the Snow Leopard said dissatisfiedly, spitting at the Java Sea. Since entering the Java Sea, the Snow Leopard seemed to have entered

In the Dead Sea, the busy shipping routes in the past seemed to have evaporated out of thin air. There was really not a ship in sight for a whole day. It stands to reason that fighting has already started on land, and Russia on Java Island

The people and the Dutch should take some action, but all three light cruiser formations found nothing in the first three days after entering the Java Sea! Maybe if they go deeper, they can find something, but in order to take care of sailing at an economic speed in the back

The main force of the advance fleet, the light cruiser formation, must be at a restricted speed. Therefore, for three days, the light cruiser formation has been wandering in the eastern section of the Java Sea.

This kind of life was obviously not what the Chinese navy, who was eager to make achievements, thought about. After weighing it, Lin Yingqi took one of the detachments to the coast of Kalimantan to see if they could find some valuable targets! And they chose

The first target is near Banchan. This is the mouth of a river and one of the important passages from the waterway to Kalimantan Island. There should be some valuable targets!

Lin Yingqi thinks so, and the Dutch think so too! To the west of Maden is the Barito River, which is more than ten kilometers below its mouth. And near the mouth, there are two small alluvial islands, because

The existence of this small island makes the Barito River unsuitable for large warships to enter, so the Dutch

A heavy oil oil depot was built near a small island. They thought very well that the Chinese navy ships could not enter. When the Dutch warships in need of supplies arrived, special oil ships would transport oil from the oil depot to provide supplies for the warships. But tragically

What's strange is that this time the Chinese Navy came not with a big ship, but with two light cruisers!

"How much Harris have we loaded?" a Dutch navy lieutenant walked to the oil tanker and asked. "About 500 tons. It would take at least 8 ships to transport all the 4,500 tons of heavy oil here, and we only have

3 ships!" Harris said. Because heavy oil is very viscous, it must be pressurized when transported through oil pipelines. The tragedy is that a pressure pump in the oil depot broke. As a result, the Flying Fish, which could have set off yesterday,

Postponed until today.

"It doesn't matter, the navy will continue to send ships over. We can only go this time at most. Look, our ship is here. It looks like it should be a big ship." The lieutenant looked at the two blurry figures that appeared near the mouth of the river.

Shadow said. As a naval lieutenant, he can accurately judge the approximate tonnage of a ship. Judging from the size and distance of the blurry figures in the distance, the tonnage of the two ships should be around 4,000 tons, and they can transport 800 to

1,000 tons of fuel is not a big problem.

When you are observing others, others will also observe you. What is the saying? When you are looking at the scenery on the window sill, the people in the scenery are also looking at you. At this time, Lin Yingqi also passed 8 times

The telescope looked at the busy Dutch people in the distance. As a robber, Lin Yingqi was very

Have the consciousness of a robber! All light cruisers did not use the Victoria painting commonly used in the Chinese navy, but the ordinary merchant ship painting. And before setting sail, Lin Yingqi also prepared many national flags of various countries! As for Beiyang himself

The battle flag. Just hang it up before firing the cannon.

Lin Yingqi was shocked by the sight that appeared in front of him. The dense pipelines on the shore, the machine rooms next to the pipelines, and the huge jars slightly inside. These things were so familiar. In the major military ports of the Chinese Navy,

, there are still many such things, Lin Yingqi is 90% sure that this should be an oil depot! An oil depot that has not been recorded by the Chinese Navy!

Looking at the crowd who were busy near the oil depot, Lin Yingqi couldn't help but sneered twice. Neither the Dutch nor the Russians had a good impression of Lin Yingqi, especially after the Yunchang incident. "Get ready, let's get ready."

This time we are shooting fixed targets!" Lin Yingqi ordered. The location of this oil depot is very isolated, maybe for concealment, maybe for the convenience of being closer to the seaport. There are no other civilian buildings near this oil depot. In this case,

He is a military target, so hit him!

As the Snow Leopard and Sea Lion gradually approached, the Dutch Navy Lieutenant also discovered that something was wrong! The reason was simple. The length-to-width ratio of the ship was too large. Because it was facing away from the sun, the Dutch Navy Lieutenant saw

It was not clear, but from an intuitive point of view, he concluded that this was a high-speed ship, and it was most likely a battleship! (Because it used a single-mounted 6-inch gun gallery

, it is very small, so it is normal to see clearly in poor light conditions.) What is even more frightening is that in the lieutenant’s memory, he really can’t recall a single battleship in the entire Russian-Dutch fleet that looks like this!

The light cruiser of the Dutch fleet is obviously one size smaller than this one, and the battleship is much larger than the other one! In addition, the two ships are not flying the Dutch flag, so a terrible guess is about to come out!

"Okay, raise the battle flag and let's fire!" Less than 6km away from the target, the Snow Leopard and Sea Lion took off their gun jackets, and the seven 150mm rapid-fire cannons on the sides began to rotate rapidly. And the measurement on the top of the ship

The rangefinder also rotated, and the optical lens was firmly locked.

The oil depot in the distance! At this time, the other party may have realized what they were encountering! They began to panic and escape from the oil depot and the ship! In the telescope, people the size of ants were evacuating quickly, but they could not run

No matter how fast you are, how can you be faster than a cannonball?

"Free fire!" Facing the defenseless opponent, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Navy were a little bored, but this did not delay their work. A total of 14 6-inch artillery fired at the exposed oil depot! In the first wave of shelling

Medium, 14 rounds of 45kg, with a total weight of more than 600kg of steel

The rain flew towards the target, and a few seconds later, bright yellow flames rose on the shore! Facing the ferocious artillery fire, the pipelines everywhere, the towering oil storage tanks, and the ships loading oil all turned into

With each gunpowder barrel, just one cannonball can turn the entire oil depot into a sea of ​​flames!

And this terrible thing became a reality in the first wave of shelling! A 6-inch high-explosive bomb hit a fuel delivery pipeline. The yellow flames and shrapnel produced by the explosion of picric acid explosives easily tore apart the fragile

The pipe wall, and ignited the heavy oil! The fierce flames in the oxygen in the air

And with the help of fuel oil, it quickly expanded to the surrounding areas. Thanks to this heavy oil that has not been deeply processed, both purity and volatility are not as good as light fuel oil. Although a fire was ignited, it did not explode. The fire spread rapidly along the oil pipeline.

Spread, setting the surrounding oil depots and oil ships on fire!

Faced with the constant incoming shells and the rapidly out-of-control fire, no one dared to stay, let alone put out the fire. The horror of war fell on the Dutch for the first time. Under the constant blows of naval guns, 3 people in the Kurdistan area

Oil storage tanks were hit one after another, and the cylindrical oil storage tanks tens of meters high turned into tall torches! Black smoke mixed with bright yellow flames

It could be seen dozens of kilometers away, and even under the sea breeze, a choking smell wafted over. The entire bombardment did not last too long, because after the fifth round of bombardment, Lin Ying

Qi found that the target had turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the burning heavy oil could destroy everything else. There was no need for him to continue to waste precious shells.

"Well, not bad, this is my first victory, 3 oil storage tanks and 3 oil transport ships!" Lin Yingqi wrote in his logbook with a smile, and drew 3 tanks and 3 oil ships next to it.

A small boat. The distance has turned into a sea of ​​fire. If nothing else happens, the Dutch in Marchen should already know this.

What happened inside, and the Russian-Dutch fleet will be informed of the situation via wired telegram within half an hour. So what will the opponent do next? When thinking of this, Lin Yingqi had an impulse in her heart, the Russians

And the Dutch won't sit idly by? Then a new battle will begin soon!

As Lin Yingqi expected, the Russians and the Dutch got the news within a day. It was easy for the Dutch to know about it, but why did the Russians also know about it? The reason is simple. There is also a certain amount of information in Machen

The Russian garrison, the fire set off was enough to make the Russians

We know what happened. But when Russia and the Netherlands got the news, the top leaders of both countries blocked the information from below. Moreover, during the meeting between Markanov and Harvey, Markanov never mentioned the secret hiding of fuel.

, both parties discussed what to do next in a friendly atmosphere!

How is it, very harmonious? It’s not that Makanov really doesn’t care about the Dutch hiding supplies, but that before the war, it was irrational to argue over thousands of tons of fuel. The Russian-Dutch fleet is not in short supply now.

oil. So there is no need to cause unnecessary conflicts. More importantly, Russia

The Chinese also hid a lot of things secretly, such as weapon accessories and steel plates on the Kamchatka transport ship! Everyone is buying the same thing, long live understanding! So, both sides chose to ignore the materials lost in this attack.

, just replace it with strategic resources. Then start discussing the battle plan.

"The Chinese Navy has already moved, but the attack is not that powerful, just a few light cruisers." Makanov said with some disappointment.

"They must have other warships in this sea area. The Java Sea is not very big. If you simply use light cruisers to break the relationship, it will be easily destroyed by the opponent's large warships. Since the Chinese Navy came all the way here, it is definitely not just for a few fights.

As simple as a merchant ship, they are willing to

There must be a big plan." Admiral Harvey said with certainty. "Maybe there will be a few big fish among them. If we can send one or two of the opponent's battleships to the bottom of the sea, then our situation will be worse in the decisive battle.

That would be great!" Admiral Harvey added after thinking for a while.
Chapter completed!