After passing amicably in front of the KPA fleet, the British fleet continued its way to the port of Batavia, where it was greeted by Dutch warships about 10 kilometres from the port. At this time, the Dutch brought back two more warships from other colonies, but the Dutch fleet did not have the courage to go out of port to engage the KPA again, so they all hid in the harbor.

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

In fact, the feelings of the Dutch towards the British fleet are quite complicated, although the Netherlands is now under the world order dominated by the United Kingdom, and respects the international rules formulated by the United Kingdom, but the relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom is average, in fact, looking at Europe, there are few countries that have a good relationship with the United Kingdom, but except for France, Germany and Russia, the relationship between other countries and the United Kingdom is not bad. Since the time of Napoleon, the Netherlands has pursued a policy of neutrality, so of course there is no special friendship with England.

Knowing that Britain was going to send a fleet to intervene in the situation in Java, Batavia was in ecstasy, and the Governor's Office began to plan to launch a counterattack against the People's Army as soon as the British fleet arrived.

After the official telegram came, the Dutch colonial authorities learned that Britain had sent troops in the name of protecting overseas Chinese, just like the East China government, and this obviously did not want to completely tear up its face 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 national strength of the Netherlands is not very good now, and it has no influence in the world, after all, its ancestors have also been broad, and in the European environment, they also have a certain understanding of the intrigue and intrigue between countries. Britain is not a good old man, they do everything for their own benefit, so they can't fully count on Britain, and this is a good proof of this.

But in spite of this, the Dutch colonial government still decided to warmly receive the British fleet, after all, the People's Army is too strong now, and it is difficult to defeat the People's Army only by relying on the strength of the Dutch colonial government, and the arrival of the British fleet can provide some help to the Dutch colonial government, and can also contain the people's army, so that they have some scruples, so the arrival of the British fleet is still of some help to the Dutch colonial government. In addition, the hospitality of the British fleet would also give the People's Army the impression that the British had come to help the Dutch, so that they would be more restrained in their actions, and at the same time could stabilize the hearts of the Batavian people, who were becoming more and more unstable.

To be honest, the Dutch colonial government is also under a lot of pressure, although the People's Army has not landed for a long time, but it has fought three battles in Java, and these three times are to rescue the attacked Chinese settlements or industries, annihilated or captured nearly 1,000 indigenous people, and sheltered a large number of Chinese, many indigenous tribes have protested to the Dutch colonial government, asking the colonial government to send troops to eliminate the people's army, and many European businessmen also asked the colonial government to take effective action as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in Java, and the Chinese in Batavia also took the opportunity to coax, asking the colonial government to protect the rights and interests of the Chinese。

What worries the colonial government even more is that as the KPA's actions spread in Java, the anti-colonial forces in Java seem to see hope again and are ready to move, so the current colonial government urgently needs to make a friendly appearance between the Netherlands and Britain to calm people's hearts.

The British fleet sailed into the port of Batavia and anchored, and the governor of Batavia, Rosbrugh, gave a grand welcome on the shore, and sent more than 300 soldiers to form a guard of honor on the shore, and a military band was also brought in.

By this time, Hamilton and Adams had already changed into military uniforms, hung up their medals, ribbons, and swords, and were ready to disembark to meet the colonial officials.

When the two came to the side of the ship, the military band on the shore played a majestic military song, and the honor guard also lined up. Adams laughed, "The welcome ceremony was so grand, it seems that the Dutch welcome us." ”

Hamilton snorted and said, "The Dutch don't have such a good heart, they just want to use us to put pressure on overseas Chinese, and even deal with overseas Chinese, Colonel, you are an excellent soldier, but your political acumen is still a little lacking, and you still need to learn more." ”

Adams said, "Captain, I'm not going to go into politics, what do I do when I study politics? Military personnel should not interfere in politics. ”

Hamilton shook his head and said, "Colonel, you are wrong, the military is sure that you should not interfere in politics, but you must not be ignorant of politics, let it be in our Royal Navy, otherwise your achievements will only be limited to one captain." ”

Adams smiled bitterly and said, "Captain, I'm a person who doesn't understand politics by nature. ”

Hamilton laughed and said, "Colonel, no one is born with a sense of politics, so we need to learn, you can teach a good lesson today, okay, let's go down." ”

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

Hamilton returned the salute and said, "Thank you for your warm hospitality, Major General, and I hope to be able to meet with His Excellency the Governor at once to convey to him the attitude of our British Government." ”

Helwig nodded, originally the Dutch colonial authorities had also prepared arrangements for a military parade and an invitation to Hamilton to speak, but Hamilton said so, and Herwig also decided to cancel these arrangements and take the British officers directly to the governor's palace to meet with the governor. In fact, from Hellweig's heart, he did not agree with this kind of flattering arrangement, after all, Hellweig was a soldier, and he still had the arrogance and self-esteem of a soldier.

Hamilton and his entourage, accompanied by Helwig, arrived at the Doge's Palace, where they immediately began talks with Rossburu and the colonial officials.

Rosburu began by saying: "On behalf of all the people of the Dutch territory of Java, I would like to thank the British fleet for the arrival of the British fleet, thank the British for their support for the Netherlands, and hope that we can work together to deal with the expansion of Asia*, to maintain the civilized order of Europe, to protect the religious beliefs of Europe, and to safeguard our common interests." ”

After Rosburu finished speaking, Hamilton said: "I'm sorry, I think Your Excellency the Governor has misunderstood, we have come to Java to protect our diaspora in Java, and at the same time hope that order will be restored in Java as soon as possible, because the current situation in Java has affected the interests of our British Empire." ”

Roseburu said: "It is the overseas Chinese who are destroying the situation in Java now, they are the destroyers of the civilized order established by Europe, and only by defeating the overseas Chinese can the situation in Java be restored, so our interests are completely identical, and we should work together to deal with the overseas Chinese." ”

Hamilton was quite disapproving, of course he could hear that Rossblue actually wanted to pull the British fleet onto the Dutch chariots, so that Britain could deal with overseas Chinese for the Netherlands. What containment *, the preservation of European civilization, is nothing more than a big hat to press the British fleet. Because of the backward communication technology of this era, the fleets operating overseas were very independent, and even could go to war at their own discretion when necessary. Although Rossburu generally judged that the British government did not want to go to war with the KPA, if Hamilton could still be said to tie Britain to the Dutch chariot, it would be good to have Hamilton say a few tough words against the KPA.

But this little trick could not fool Hamilton, because Britain was founded on a naval base and had vast colonies overseas, and in the process of conquering these colonies, although force was the most important method, political means were also a role that should not be underestimated. Therefore, the officers of the British Navy, who served in the colonies, not only had to be excellent in military quality, but also had considerable political ability. Rossburu's tricks were of no use to Hamilton.

In fact, when Hamilton set off from Singapore, the British Far East Fleet received a clear order from home, this time to go to Java is not to have a war with the overseas Chinese, but to contain the overseas Chinese army, to promote the East China government and the Netherlands to negotiate to solve the Java problem, the most ideal result is of course the overseas Chinese to withdraw from Java, regardless of the affairs of Java, but the British government is also very clear that this ideal result is impossible, unless the British help the Netherlands to completely defeat the People's Army, but in this way the British and the East China government may completely break up, which is also unacceptable to the British government。 Therefore, the bottom line of the British government is that all the troops of the East China government must withdraw from Java, and they cannot garrison troops in Java, or a small number of troops, as for the Dutch indemnity, it is acceptable in the eyes of the British government to improve the political status of the Chinese in Java. As for how much the Netherlands suffered, it was none of Britain's business, but on the contrary, setting up an enemy for the Netherlands would force the Netherlands to fall completely to the British.

Hamilton said: "Mr. Governor, and all of you, I don't think it makes any practical sense to hold anyone responsible, or who is disrupting order, and our fleet has come to Java only to protect the British diaspora, not to go to war with anyone, so to restore the situation in Java, I hope you will come up with some practical proposals." ”

At this time, Herwig let out a burst of laughter and said: "It turns out that Britain is also afraid of overseas Chinese, it seems that the prestige of the British Empire has not fallen, and the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets can only exist in history." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Adams first lost his breath, slapped the table, and said loudly: "We, the British Empire, will not fear anyone, the glory of the British Empire will never fall, and I ask Mr. Major General to apologize for your speech, and apologize immediately." ”

Herveg snorted and said, "It's okay for me to apologize, but please prove it to me, please show me that the glory of the British Empire is still there, otherwise why should I apologize?"