Although I like your timeline, it's really completely opposite of OTL.
Although the Netherlands were economically/industrially comparable to Czechoslovakia, much of the public opinion was against the military, with much spread pacifism.
An effect of that IRL was that one of the cruisers (Java IIRC?) was equipped with a lighter armament then designed due to public opinion.
A literal example of this is here:
Only then did Fokker make the D XXI with a fixed landing gear.
The idea behind the G-I, which was a beautiful heavy fighter/bomber with a very heavy armament for it's time, was that because the Netherlands lacked a modern airdefence/control system they needed aircraft to patrol their borders on top of using interceptors on call.
In the Far East a G-I with a navigator would do very nicely with long range oversea navigation and all.
I don't know if you eventually could modify the G-I to carry a torpedo, but when the continental Netherlands fall, it's over for the G-I regarding parts and all.
Unless you ofcourse make the French order the G-I too and have them build a factory for it which they move to Algeria?
Although the Netherlands were economically/industrially comparable to Czechoslovakia, much of the public opinion was against the military, with much spread pacifism.
An effect of that IRL was that one of the cruisers (Java IIRC?) was equipped with a lighter armament then designed due to public opinion.
A literal example of this is here:
The D. XXI was designed with a fixed landing gear by Fokker because the Dutch government had stated they found a retractable landing gear too expensive.The Fokker monoplane fighter D21, original developted for the East Indian airforce department. was rejected it because of a fixed landing gear and mixed wood cloth and metal constuction, while a retrectable undercariage and all metal was demanded in the specifications. Despite this short commings the LVA ( airforce department of the Dutch army) orders 36 for 3 fighter groups and later a 2nd order for another 36 D21 for 3 other fighter groups. The armamnent was 4x7,9mm MG’s
Only then did Fokker make the D XXI with a fixed landing gear.
The idea behind the G-I, which was a beautiful heavy fighter/bomber with a very heavy armament for it's time, was that because the Netherlands lacked a modern airdefence/control system they needed aircraft to patrol their borders on top of using interceptors on call.
In the Far East a G-I with a navigator would do very nicely with long range oversea navigation and all.
I don't know if you eventually could modify the G-I to carry a torpedo, but when the continental Netherlands fall, it's over for the G-I regarding parts and all.
Unless you ofcourse make the French order the G-I too and have them build a factory for it which they move to Algeria?