The light of the sutra pavilion appeared in the midnight of the day, dispelling the darkness. After dawn, the residents of the city couldn't wait to leave their homes and rushed to the coast, wanting to see what happened on the sea last night. From late last night to early morning today, the sound of cannons there kept ringing, and explosions were also coming one after another.

This is Palembang City, the political and economic center of Suma Daraben Island. Now, the city is controlled by the local Chinese Autonomous Bureau. Only a few sporadic strongholds outside the city still occupy a small number of Dutch colonial troops.

Citizens were eager to know what the sound of gunfire was late last night. Some people speculated that the Chinese fleet had a war with the Dutch fleet. But before it was confirmed, everything was just a rumor.

Like the citizens, Yang Wangpeng also wanted to figure out what the fireworks were like late at night last night. Therefore, as soon as the sky was dawn, he left the hotel and rushed to the Chinese Autonomous Bureau to inquire about the news.

When Yang Wangpeng rushed to the Chinese Autonomous Bureau, he realized that this place had been crowded with Chinese and overseas Chinese who came to inquire about the news. And it seemed that there were still many people who were as concerned about current affairs as he did.

Two days ago, Yang Wangpeng had been paying attention to the "Java Incident". According to experience, Yang Wangpeng felt that there might be conflicts between China and the Netherlands. Therefore, when he was awakened by the sound of cannons from the sea late last night, he never fell asleep again. When the curfew was lifted, he hurried over and thought of sitting in the Chinese Autonomous Bureau.

Fortunately, he had the identity of a "central consultant". Yang Wangpeng did not wander outside the Autonomous Bureau for long, and passed several members of the Autonomous Bureau whom he met. Yang Wangpeng quickly sat in a reception room of the Autonomous Bureau. Those who were also sitting here waiting for news were all local figures from Palembang. Zhu Zhongzhe was old, rich businessmen, and these people were also concerned about the current situation in Nanyang, and compared with the outsider Yang Wangpeng. These local Chinese were more anxious.

"The war has begun! The war has begun! China has officially declared war on the Netherlands! China has officially declared war on the Netherlands."

Just as Yang Wangpeng was talking with a Guangdong businessman with a pen, a member of the autonomous bureau suddenly ran over, stood outside the door of the reception room, shouted a few times, and then ran over quickly. He went to the other wing rooms to shout.

"The war begins?"

"Just start a war like this? For a steamer?"

"Isn't it just a war? The Dutch locked up Huasu on the ship and let him die. If you were replaced by you, would you swallow this?"

"That's right. Back then, Yihequan just killed some foreigners, but the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing. Now, we in China also learn from foreigners and protect overseas expatriates.

"This is a war with the Dutch. No matter how bad the Dutch is, he is also a European. Will the European powers interfere?"

"Europe is a mess now, how can we care about the situation here?"

Everyone in the reception room began to talk. Yang Wangpeng sat down and listened to a few words, then stood up, walked out of the reception room, looked in the corridor, saw an acquaintance, and rushed over.

The man was Zhou Haishan, and was caught by Yang Wangpeng. He couldn't get out of it, so he had to reveal the inside story.

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"Mr. Yang Wang, it's really not to be hiding from our Autonomous Bureau. I'm confused now and can't figure it out. Why don't you sit here first? Or just send someone to the Telegram Office and ask about it?"

Yang Wangpeng couldn't ask any more inside information from Zhou Haishan, so he had to leave the Autonomous Bureau in disappointment and followed everyone to the port.

When we arrived at the port, we looked around and saw a lot of people. A fleet was sailing into the port through the breakwater, but it was the Chinese Navy Nanyang Squadron Destroyer stationed in Palembang. However, yesterday the fleet had six destroyers, but now there were only four of them rushing back to the port. Moreover, the hulls and superstructures of all warships were covered with bullet marks. Two of them were seriously rolled and slow sailing, which showed the fierce battle at sea last night.

Relying on his special identity, Yang Wangpeng was able to rush to the dock through the cordon set up by the militia and wait for the warships to dock.

The four Chinese destroyers with bullet marks docked at the dock, and the springboard was on the dock, and the sailors quickly carried the wounded on the warship off the warship. Military doctors and nurses were waiting on the dock. After the wounded were carried to the dock, they immediately treated the wounded on the spot. They classified the injuries according to the severity of the injuries. The seriously injured first went to the nearest clinic, and the minor injured were treated outside the clinic.

Yang Wangpeng and several members of the Autonomous Bureau helped lift the wounded on the dock. Soon, he recognized an acquaintance among the wounded, who was none other than Shen Honglie, the commander of the destroyer fleet.

At that time, Yang Wangpeng accompanied the president to inspect the navy as a senior adviser of the Presidential Office. He had met with Shen Honglie. He also knew that Shen Honglie led a destroyer fleet to attack the Japanese merchant fleet during the Sino-Japanese Northeast Asian War. He had rich practical experience and has been the commander of the destroyer fleet since then. This time he followed Lu Ping to Suma Dala. Shen Honglie also attended the welcome banquet of the Autonomous Bureau. At the banquet, Yang Wangpeng said a few more words to this person.

Shen Honglie was injured on the head, but his injury was not serious. He was also very clear. After the doctor urgently treated the wound, Yang Wangpeng and the sailors moved Shen Honglie to the port clinic and sat in the clinic. Yang Wangpeng and Shen Honglie had a brief conversation, and they knew about the battle last night.

The battle last night was initiated by the destroyer fleet. Before the battle began, Shen Honglie commanded the fleet to quietly leave the port and use night cover to search for targets in the waters patrolled by the Dutch warships. They planned to launch a torpedo attack on the Dutch fleet according to the combat plan formulated by the Nanyang Squadron Staff Office. Everything went smoothly before the battle began, but when the battle started, Shen Honglie suddenly found that there were several torpedo speedboats in the Dutch fleet, and during the daytime reconnaissance, no Dutch Navy torpedo speedboats were found. Obviously, the opponent took advantage of the night to protect the Dutch fleet from Java to reinforce the Dutch fleet in the Paleontane waters.

Although the situation changed, Shen Honglie still attacked on time according to the combat plan. Under his command, six "Mingtiao" class destroyers first launched a torpedo attack on a Dutch Navy "Gerdland Class cruiser. In order to increase the torpedo hit rate, the Chinese fleet tried to reduce the attack distance as much as possible. However, the moonlight last night was very good, and the Dutch fleet was also very vigilant. Therefore, a Chinese destroyer fleet was unfolding in an attack formation far away. So, before Shen Honglie commanded the destroyer to approach the Dutch fleet, the Dutch warship fired artillery, and then the battle started.

The most powerful attack weapon for destroyers is torpedoes, but the conditions for torpedo attack are far higher than those for naval guns, so the high performance of destroyers must be emphasized. In order to ensure the high aviation of destroyers, the protection performance of the destroyers can only be reduced. Therefore, the destroyer fleet commanded by Shen Honglie was subjected to fierce artillery attacks from the beginning of the battle.

Chen Honglie glanced at the content of the telegram, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Commander Lu won a great victory. He sunk four Dutch warships and shelled the Dutch naval facilities in Beliyang Port. He is now on his way to Palembang. He is expected to meet with the destroyer fleet soon. At that time, the next round of attack will be launched!"
Chapter completed!