My Italian

The Italian navy and army came to the Borneo colony aggressively, and how could the Dutch as their neighbors not know their intentions.

Kisinia glanced at the slightly depressed city outside the window and sighed. Jakarta's thriving state of development, with the arrival of the Italians slammed on the brakes. In fact, it is not only the Dutch who have been affected, Spain and Britain and France have more or less influence in the local colonies, but compared with other countries, the Dutch have suffered more.

Compared with other countries, the Dutch are weaker, so they rely more on Chinese groups to help them search for colonial interests. After all, compared with the locals, the Chinese are also foreigners, which is easier to manage and control.

Of course, while helping the colonists to loot, the Chinese will also gain part of their own benefits.

As a large number of Chinese went to Italian Borneo, they brought a lot of money to Italy and helped Italy develop local resources.

As for Kisinya, who is the governor of Jakarta, he actually doesn't have much to do about it. It is too difficult for him to change the status of the Chinese, because the implementation of the current policy has multiplied to too many stakeholders. It also affects a large number of powerful figures in Amsterdam.

However, now is not the time to consider this aspect. The increase in Italian troops is obviously a bad visitor. As the governor, Kisinia naturally needs to deal with it seriously.

"Everyone, this time the Italian troops are coming in badly. I don't know if you have any way to deal with it."

Facing the question from Governor Kisinia, all the senior colonial officials in the office looked at me, I looked at you, and the room was very quiet for a while.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Kisinia burst into anger. If these people hadn't had their feet, he would have wanted to dismiss them all because of their behavior. What kind of people are they? They are more ruthless when they make money on weekdays.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slap the table. "talk!"

In the face of the angry Governor, no one said anything this time.

But they didn't speak, but they couldn't stop the Governor from calling.

"Your Excellency Creevey, as a senior official of the colonial government, what do you want to say?"

The Krivi named by Kisinia is a very heavyweight figure in the colonial government, both in terms of power and tonnage, he is very heavy.

In the face of the Governor's roll call, the heavyweight Creeve couldn't back down, so he could only bite the bullet and answer. "Since the Italians came with bad intentions, then we need to ask for domestic help..."

Krivi's words made Kisinia's face look bad. Isn't this nonsense? He can't know if he asks for help, and asks someone to teach him. While the Italian fleet was still on its way, he telegraphed home for help.

Looking at the Governor with an expression of wanting to eat people, Creevey could only change the subject. "In addition, we should also seek help from the neighbors. The United Kingdom, France, and Spain must not want to see Italy expand its power in Southeast Asia. We can also think of ways from this aspect. Of course, Amsterdam will do the same, but it is far from the water. Thirsty, we can start here in Southeast Asia.”

This time, Krivi's proposal finally made Kisinya look much better.

"Then I'll leave this to you. I need to see the effect within a month."

It's just obvious that Kisinia didn't want to let him go, since he was given a difficult task.

Don't look at it for a month, but it is still difficult for Krivi. However, it was obviously unwise to disobey the Governor's order at this time, and Krivi agreed with an ugly face.

Then Kisinia named other people in turn. These people arranged their own tasks, some were mobilizing manpower, some were collecting materials, and some were responsible for purchasing materials. Although these tasks were seen as normal, the number was very large. huge. Anyway, no one's task is easy, and it is not that no one is shaking, but they are all defeated in front of His Excellency the Governor.

And there is a reason for them to fear the governor's majesty at this time, because although they have prepared various preparations, everyone knows that the Netherlands is destined to suffer this time, but only by how much. No way, this is determined by size and national strength. Italy is stronger than the Netherlands, which is also known to all.

After the Dutch suffered a loss, someone must take on this responsibility. The adults in Amsterdam could not play the role of the scapegoat, so only the Governor of Jakarta was qualified.

Obviously, the future is cut off, and the governor of Kisinia, who may even become a prisoner in the future, is definitely the most terrifying at present, because he is fearless, and no one thinks of hitting the muzzle of a gun and becoming the target of Li Wei. And Amsterdam will definitely meet Kisinia's requirements, and will do what he wants, which can be regarded as compensation before his resignation.

And after Kisinia explained the others, only the military remained. Although Kisinia has absolute power at this time, he also knows that the current army must not be tampered with.

After driving everyone else out to carry out their respective missions, Kisinia spoke to the two colonial generals. "Lieutenant General Javier, Lieutenant General Apia, you need your full support next."

In the face of the Governor's words, the two generals naturally reassured them.

Of course, as the governor, Kisinia is not so easy to fool, I saw him speak. "Lieutenant General Javier, how is your fleet currently preparing?"

That's right, Lieutenant General Havel is the commander of the Dutch East India Fleet and currently holds the fleet in Southeast Asia.

In the face of the Governor's question, Lieutenant General Javier said immediately. "Your Excellency, please rest assured that the fleet will ensure the safety of Jakarta and will not let it be threatened by the Italians."

That's right, Lieutenant-General Javier can only guarantee the safety of Jakarta for now. After all, the strength of the fleet he currently has is the same. Although there are ironclad ships like the Netherlands and the Seven Provinces, in the face of the absolute strength of Italy, they can only guarantee the safety of Jakarta.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, after Jakarta was threatened by Italy last time, the Dutch decided to give Jakarta four new 280mm Krupp coastal defense guns.

Although the 280mm is not as good as the 305mm main gun of the Italian Turin-class, the coastal defense gun is much stronger than the naval gun after all. If nothing else, the defense is simply not the same level. After all, the fort is not like a warship to consider the tonnage, which is why warships rarely directly attack the fort.

In the face of Lieutenant General Javier's fearful words, Kisinya didn't say anything. Because he also knows the strength of his own fleet, it is completely insufficient to fight against the Italian fleet.

In terms of speed, firepower, and defense, the Dutch fleet could not compete with the Italian fleet at all. Except for a few new-built warships in the Dutch fleet, the others have been in service for at least ten years, and they are all old-fashioned warships.

So after Lieutenant General Javier finished speaking, Kisinia continued to ask.

"Lieutenant General Apia, how is the Army's preparations going?"

With the navy clearly unable to compete with the Italian fleet at all, Kisinia clearly placed hope of resistance against Italy on the army.

Facing the governor's expectation, Lieutenant General Apia, the army commander, reported directly. "At present, we have a total army of 53,000 troops, but among them, 44,000 are colonial troops, and only less than 10,000 troops in three regiments are troops formed entirely by our people."

The colonial army that Lieutenant General Appia said was an army with Dutch officers as officers and local natives as soldiers. Although such an army had a good hand in suppressing the mob, it faced the heavily armed and experienced Italian Guardsmen. Totally just not enough.

If nothing else, the army of more than 40,000 colonies, which the 1st Guard Division alone can fight, is looking for teeth all over the place. In addition to the suppression of equipment, the training of the colonial army is simply not enough.

Of course, if you add the three regiments composed of the Dutch themselves, in terms of army strength~www.NovelMTL.com~ at least the Dutch can make a difference.

It is also based on this that Kisinia put hope on the army, even if the Spice Islands need the navy more, but this is no way.

So under the expectations of Kisinia, Lieutenant General Apia continued to speak. "At present, Italy is more interested in Borneo territory, so I put a colonial division and an infantry regiment in Borneo with a strength of 15,000 troops. Although it is not guaranteed to stop the Italians, it can at least delay. His footsteps buy us time. In addition, I put 8,000 troops in Sumatra, and the rest are in Java and the capital."

Yes, even though the situation is so dangerous, the Dutch still focus on Java. As the heart of Dutch rule, Java was simply too important. It has the most fertile land in the entire archipelago, and the largest population.

So even though Italy is eyeing Borneo, the focus of the Dutch defense is still Java.

Just as Kisinia and the military were discussing the plan to deal with Italy, a staff member suddenly broke in, without waiting for his reprimand, only to see the man shouting. "Your Excellency, the Italians have sent a message asking us to reply within three days whether their troops will be allowed to enter our Borneo territory to hunt down the rebels."