After passing friendly in front of the People's Army fleet, the British fleet continued to advance and sailed toward the Batavian port. It was greeted by Dutch warships about 10 kilometers away from the port. At this time, the Netherlands recruited two more warships from other colonial areas, but the Dutch fleet did not have the courage to leave the port and fight with the People's Army again, so they all hid in the port.

When the British fleet arrived in Batavia, the Dutch colonial authorities also sent all three warships to welcome the arrival of the British warships to show their welcome.

In fact, the Dutch's feelings for the British fleet are quite complex. Although the Netherlands is now under the world order dominated by the United Kingdom and respects the international rules set by the United Kingdom, the relationship between the Netherlands and Britain is average. In fact, looking at Europe, there are not many countries with good relations with the United Kingdom. However, except for the major countries such as France, Germany and Russia, the relationship between other countries and Britain is not bad. Since the Napoleon era, the Netherlands has pursued a neutral policy, so of course there is no special friendship with the United Kingdom.

After knowing that Britain was going to send a fleet to interfere in the Java situation, Batavia was ecstatic. The Governor's Office also began to plan to launch a counterattack on the People's Army immediately after the British fleet arrived. Of course, in the eyes of the Dutch, with the support of Britain, it is certainly no problem to defeat the People's Army with the support of Britain.

After Nazhi came, the Dutch colonial authorities realized that Britain, like the East China government, sent troops in the name of protecting overseas Chinese. This obviously did not want to completely break up with the East China government, and did not really want to help the Netherlands deal with overseas Chinese, so they found such an excuse.

Although the Netherlands has a weak national strength now and has no influence in the world, after all, his ancestors have been rich, and they are in the European environment and have a certain understanding of the intrigue and intrigue between countries. Britain is not a good person. Everything they do is for their own interests, so they cannot completely count on Britain. This is a good proof.

But despite this, the Dutch colonial government decided to warmly receive the British fleet. After all, the People's Army is too strong now. It is difficult to defeat the People's Army with the power of the Dutch colonial government alone. The arrival of the British fleet can provide some help to the Dutch colonial government, and also restrain the People's Army and make them have some concerns. Therefore, the arrival of the British fleet is still of some help to the Dutch colonial government. In addition, warmly receiving the British fleet can also give the People's Army an impression that Britain is here to help the Netherlands, so that they will restrain their actions and at the same time stabilize the Batavian hearts.

To be honest, the Dutch colonial government is under great pressure now. Although the People's Army has not landed for a long time, it has fought three battles in Java. These three times were rescued from the attacked Chinese residential areas or industries, annihilated or captured nearly a thousand indigenous people, and hosted a large number of Chinese. Many indigenous tribes protested to the Dutch colonial government, demanding that the colonial government send troops to eliminate the People's Army. Many European businessmen also asked the colonial government to take effective actions as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in Java. Moreover, the Chinese in Batavia also took the opportunity to make a fuss and demanded that the colonial government protect the rights and interests of the Chinese.

What made the colonial government even more worried was that as the actions of the People's Army spread in Java, the anti-colonial forces in Java seemed to see hope and were about to move. Therefore, the current colonial government urgently needed to make a friendly appearance in the Netherlands and Britain to calm people's hearts.

The British fleet sailed into the Batavian port and moored. Batavian Governor Rosbruci held a grand welcoming ceremony on the shore, dispatching more than 300 soldiers to form a guard of honor, standing on the shore, and a military band was brought in.

At this time, on the old man's asterisk, Hamilton and Adams had already changed into military dresses, hung medals, ribbons, and swords, and prepared to get off the ship to meet with colonial officials.

When the two arrived at the side of the ship, the military band on the shore played a majestic military song as they opened, and the guard of honor also made a formation. Adams laughed and said, "The welcome ceremony was so grand. It seems that the Dutch welcomed us very much."

Hammi snorted and said, "The Dutch people don't have such a good heart. They just want to use us to put pressure on overseas Chinese. What is to deal with overseas Chinese? Colonel, you are an excellent soldier, but you still lack a little political mind and need to learn more."

Adams said: "Captain, I don't plan to go into politics, what do I do when I study politics? These are the affairs of the politicians in the House of Commons. Military members should not interfere in politics."

Hamilton shook his head and said, "Col. You are wrong. The soldiers are sure that they should not interfere in politics, but they must not understand politics. Because it is in our Royal Navy, otherwise your achievements can only be limited to one captain."

Adams smiled bitterly and said, "Captain, I am a man who is born with no understanding of politics."

Hammi laughed and said, "Col. No one is born to understand politics, so we need to learn. Today you can take a good lesson. Okay, let's go down."

At this time, the side door of the ship's side opened and the gangway was lowered. Hamilton took the lead in walking down the gangway. Major General Helveig, commander-in-chief of Batavia of the Dutch colonial government, greeted them under the gangway, saluted Hamilton, and said, "Major General, welcome your fleet to Batavia."

Hamilton also gave a greeting and said, "Thank you for your warm reception, Major General, I hope to meet with His Excellency the Governor immediately and convey to him the attitude of our British government."

Hulveg nodded. The Dutch colonial authorities had prepared a military parade and arranged to invite Hamilton to speak, but after Hamilton said this, Hulveg also decided to cancel these arrangements and directly take the British officers to the Governor's Office to meet the Governor's Office. In fact, from the heart of Helveg, he did not agree with this almost flattering arrangement. After all, Hulveg is a soldier, and he still has the arrogance and self-esteem of a soldier.

Hamilton and his party accompanied by Helvig, came to the Governor's House and immediately held talks with Rosblu and the officials of the colony.

Rosblu first said: "On behalf of the Netherlands, I only lead all the people of Java, thank the British fleet for the arrival of the United Kingdom, thank the United Kingdom for its support for the Netherlands, and hope that we can work together to cope with the expansion of Asia*, maintain the civilized order of Europe, safeguard Europe's religious beliefs, and safeguard our common interests."

After Rosblu finished speaking, Hamilton said: "I'm sorry, I think the Governor misunderstood. We came to Java to maintain our expatriates in Java, and at the same time we hope that Java will restore order as soon as possible, because the current situation in Java has affected the interests of our British Empire."

Rosbru said: "The people who destroy the situation in Java now are overseas Chinese. They are the destroyers of the civilized order established in Europe. Only by defeating overseas Chinese can the situation in Java be restored. Therefore, our interests are completely consistent, and we should work together to deal with overseas Chinese."

Hamilton was quite dissatisfied. Of course he could hear that Rossblu actually wanted to pull the British fleet onto the Dutch chariots and let Britain deal with overseas Chinese for the Netherlands. What is curbing* and maintaining European civilization is just to suppress the British fleet with a big hat. Because of the backward communication technology of this era, the fleets operating overseas have strong independence and can decide to start a war when necessary. Although Rossblu generally judged that the purpose of the British government was not to go to war with the People's Army, if Hamilton could be told, it would still be possible to tie Britain to the Netherlands' chariots, even if Hamilton made a few tough speeches against the People's Army.

But this trick cannot fool Hamilton, because Britain was founded by the navy and had vast colonies overseas. In the process of conquering these colonies, although force was the most important method, political means should not be underestimated. Therefore, the officers of the British Navy, who were officers serving in the colonies, not only had strong military qualities, but also needed considerable political abilities. These tricks by Roseblu were useless to Hamilton.

In fact, when Hamilton set out from Singapore, the British Far East Fleet received clear domestic instructions. This time, he went to Java not to fight with overseas Chinese, but to restrain the overseas Chinese army and facilitate the negotiations between the East China government and the Netherlands to resolve the Java issue. The ideal result is of course that overseas Chinese withdraw from Java. No matter what Java is, the British government is also very clear that this ideal result is absolutely impossible, unless the United Kingdom helps the Netherlands completely defeat the People's Army. But in this way, the British and East China governments may break completely, which is also unacceptable to the British government. Therefore, the bottom line of the British government is that the East China government's troops must all evacuate from Java, and cannot garrison troops in Java, or have a small number of troops. As for the reparations from the Netherlands and the improvement of the political status of the Chinese in Java, it is acceptable to the British government. As for how much losses the Netherlands suffers, it is not about the British business. On the contrary, establishing an enemy for the Netherlands can also force the Netherlands to completely turn to Britain.

Hamilton said: "Mr. Governor, and everyone, I do not think it is practical to hold who is responsible or who is destroying order now. Moreover, our fleet came to Java just to protect the British diaspora, not to go to war with. Therefore, to restore the situation in Java, I hope you can come up with some practical solutions."

At this time, Hulvig laughed and said, "It turns out that Britain is also afraid of overseas Chinese. It seems that the reputation of the British Empire has not yet disappeared. The glory of the Empire can only exist in history."

As soon as he finished speaking, Adams couldn't hold back his anger, slapped the table and shouted: "Our British Empire will not be afraid of anyone. The glory of the British Empire will never fade away. I ask the Major General to apologize for your speech and apologize immediately."
Chapter completed!