bullyxtreme Chapter 295 Either surrender unconditionally or die!
Chapter 295 Either surrender unconditionally or die!
John Empire, the Prime Minister's residence.
Carlson was awakened from his sleep by the Prime Minister's secretary.
When Carlson saw the telegram in front of him, his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
"Has the intelligence department confirmed this with the Straits Settlements?"
After Carlson came to his senses, he was still a little bit incredulous.
The secretary nodded and said, “Yes, it has been confirmed, and the content above was sent by Admiral Barnes himself.
And the photos they took are being sent back to the country by plane.”
Prime Minister Carlson's pupils flickered under the light. After a moment, he said, "Call the cabinet ministers immediately and have them arrive in the conference room within an hour for an emergency meeting."
The matter is of great importance, and even though it is already early in the morning, these ministers must be woken up.
The ministers who were awakened were very reluctant, but since Carlson called them at this time, it meant that there must be an emergency.
Over 40 minutes, cabinet members arrived one after another.
The Ministers of Army and Air Force glanced at the Secretary of the Navy, Edwin Adams, who had a heavy face.
At this time, they also had a premonition that this meeting was most likely related to the navy.
Not only the two of them, but the other ministers also noticed this situation.
"Adams, what exactly happened?"
Fox, Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal, asked with a frown.
Adams shook his head and said, "The Prime Minister will be here soon. He will tell you."
Hearing him say this, the others stopped asking questions and waited quietly.
It took Carlson less than two minutes to walk into the roundtable room.
Carlson, standing in front of everyone, rested his hands on the table and said in a heavy voice, "Something happened in the Far East. The Dutch colony can no longer be saved."
The ministers were immediately in an uproar.
Deputy Prime Minister Fox was stunned and asked, "What's going on? Didn't we dispatch the Far East Fleet?"
Suddenly, he had an idea and thought of the Secretary of the Navy Adams who had a heavy face just now.
"Could it be that the Far East Fleet was forced back by the Ancient Country Navy again?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of all the ministers turned to the Minister of the Navy.
Navy Minister Adams paused for a moment, then nodded with a somewhat grim expression as a response to this.
Fox's face darkened and he shouted, "Is the Empire's invincible navy becoming a coward in your hands?
Adams, I hope to receive your resignation as soon as possible, otherwise I will impeach you in both houses of Congress."
The President of the Privy Council said in a deep voice, "I will also report this matter to the Queen. The Queen has been very dissatisfied with the Navy in recent years."
The Secretary of State for the Dominions looked at the First Lord of the Admiralty, Adams.
"The loss of the Dutch colony will seriously threaten our interests in the Far East, and the Singapore and Malay Peninsula will be attacked from both sides by the ancient countries.
Is this how the navy, as the guardian of the colonies, protects our colonies?"
Seeing a group of ministers besieging the Secretary of the Navy Adams, Prime Minister Carlson came out to save the situation.
“The navy does have responsibilities, but the navy cannot be blamed in this case.
According to the telegram sent from the Far East, the ancient navy dispatched two battleships and an aircraft carrier this time.
One of the battleships has a tonnage of around 100,000 tons, and the aircraft carrier's tonnage is also suspected to be 100,000 tons."
Suddenly, the entire conference room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Except for Carlson and Adams, the other ministers were stunned by the news.
The navy was the foundation of John's country and the maintainer of the British Empire.
They still have some understanding of the navy's situation.
For example, their newly commissioned battleships have a tonnage of only over 40,000 tons and nearly 50,000 tons.
The battleship that was still under design had a designed displacement of only over 60,000 tons.
And now the ancient country actually has a 100,000-ton super battleship and a 100,000-ton super aircraft carrier.
One hundred thousand tons, what a concept.
"How can this be?"
The Minister of Production was incredulous and asked, "How could the ancient people build a 100,000-ton battleship and aircraft carrier?"
As the Minister of Production, he was very clear about his family's situation.
Even a 70,000-ton battleship has not even had its keel laid after more than two years, which shows how difficult it is.
And now the ancient people suddenly have two 100,000-ton warships, and this may not be all they have.
How could he accept this fact?
Adams finally dared to speak out at this time.
“It’s hard to accept, but it’s the truth.
The ancient country's fleet has two 100,000-ton warships. If a war breaks out, the flames of war will probably spread to the entire Far East.
Without control of the sea, the loss of the Far East will be inevitable.
Therefore, we cannot engage in conflict with the ancient navy, at least not until we are able to deal with them."
The other ministers were speechless at this time.
It is indeed not worth it to clash with the ancient fleet for a Dutch colony.
After all, how can the Far East Fleet fight against the 100,000-ton battleships and aircraft carriers?
Abandoning the Dutch colonies has become a consensus among the ministers.
It’s not their place anyway, so just throw it away.
Of course, if the ancient country dared to take action against the Singapore and Malaysia Peninsula and the White Elephant Colony.
Then they will fight at all costs.
If he lost these two colonies, John would be seriously injured, so he might as well give it a try.
This is also their bottom line.
At the meeting, the Minister of the Navy no longer mentioned that they also wanted to build 100,000-ton battleships.
He knew very well that they couldn't make it.
Even if it could be built, the House of Lords would not pass such an expensive budget.
The current situation at sea has begun to become unbalanced.
Faced with the unbalanced situation, they have no effective measures to deal with it.
The decline of this once-powerful country has already become apparent.
In the Jakarta Gulf, a fleet consisting of two battleships, a cruiser, three destroyers and a dock landing ship broke in.
At this time, there were no Dutch warships in the Jakarta Gulf.
A total of seven of their warships were sunk here, and they no longer dared to send any warships here.
"Take the port!"
After taking the port of Jakarta, subsequent troops can land through the port.
The Thomaston-class dock landing ship moved forward for a distance and began to release the landing troops.
One after another, PT-76 amphibious tanks and multi-functional amphibious infantry fighting vehicles drove into the ocean from the rear of the dock landing ship.
Soon, a large number of amphibious tanks and infantry fighting vehicles appeared on the sea.
The Dutch also had a garrison at the port.
When they discovered the fleet coming, they all ran away.
There are two battleships alone, and if they don't run away, they will be bombed.
"It's over, it's over!"
James Lowden slumped in his chair.
When the ancient country's fleet appeared in the port of Jakarta, everything was explained.
John's Far East Fleet ran away again.
Otherwise, the ancient country's warships would not appear in the port.
This also means that they have been abandoned by the John people.
"No, we can't give up yet! Connect me to the Straits Settlements Governor's Office."
There is a cable connecting Jakarta and Temasek, so calls are possible.
“I know what you want to say.
Sorry, I'm afraid we can't help you this time!"
Sir Fulton, upon hearing James Loudon's voice, went straight to the point.
"Why? Didn't the ancient country's fleet only send two battleships this time?"
Sir Fulton was stunned for a moment. It seemed that they didn't know the situation yet.
“Yes, this time the ancient country’s fleet only sent two battleships and one aircraft carrier.
But one of their battleships and their aircraft carriers are both 100,000 tons."
“Bang!!!”
The phone slipped from James Lowden's hand and fell onto the table.
A 100,000-ton battleship!
He didn't think John was lying because there was no need to.
He also understood why the Far East Fleet could not come.
How could the Far East Fleet possibly survive a 100,000-ton battleship and a 100,000-ton super aircraft carrier?
The Dutch colonies may soon become history.
Now there are two paths before him.
The first is to fight to the end and be loyal to the queen.
The second is to surrender and completely withdraw from the colony.
This way they can at least save their lives.
It is very obvious which of these two paths to choose.
"Governor, their tanks can travel on the sea. The port has been occupied."
James Lowden knew he couldn't wait any longer.
If we wait any longer, there won't even be a chance to surrender.
"Immediately try every possible way to contact the ancient people and tell them that I am willing to negotiate with them and that I want peace."
Not only Governor James Loudon was panicked, but the colonial army was also panicked.
Zheng Guangyun laughed after receiving the news.
"Isn't it too late to negotiate now?"
From the moment the fleet appeared in Jakarta, there was no possibility of peace talks.
Besides, the Dutch are not qualified to negotiate.
"Tell them to either lay down their arms and accept unconditional surrender, or die!
I only give him one hour, no more time!"
After saying that, he snorted coldly.
One-hour ultimatum!
When James Louden received the reply, his face darkened.
"Boom boom boom..."
Suddenly, a roar was heard above the Governor's Mansion.
James Lowden hurried to the window and looked out.
Then two F-4 Phantom carrier-based fighter jets were seen roaring past.
Looking at the two jet fighters, James Lowden sighed deeply.
"Tell the ancient people that we are willing to surrender!"
Although the Dutch colonial army still had more than 50,000 troops, he knew that they were no match for the ancient people.
So now the only way to save your life is to surrender unconditionally.
"Notify Sumatra Island and let their troops come over!"
This time, the ancient country dispatched three Marine battalions with more than 5,000 people, and did not bring more troops.
Therefore, the task of occupying the entire Dutch colony this time was given to the Republican Army on Sumatra Island and the Huang family's Golden Eagle Guard.
These two forces together have tens of thousands of people, so it should be no problem for them to occupy Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Soon, a large number of ships from multiple ports on Sumatra Island flocked to Jakarta Port.
The war in the Dutch colonies came to an end, and the plan entered the next stage.