So early the next morning, Zhang Wei took the destroyer Jiang Li, and met a British destroyer at sea, and the British negotiator was Rear Admiral Hamilton.

Zhang Wei reiterated that the East China Government had no intention of occupying Java and interfering in the internal affairs of the Dutch colonial government, but only to protect the Chinese in Java, investigate the responsibility for persecuting the Chinese, compensate for the losses, and ensure that the power and interests of the Chinese were protected within the sovereignty of the Dutch colonial government; Britain also said that it did not hold a position between the East China government and the Dutch colonial government, and that the goal of the British fleet was also to protect the British nationals, safeguard British interests in Java, and the safety and self-improvement of navigation in the Java area, and was willing to mediate the contradictions between the two sides。

After testing each other in this way, Hamilton also directly expressed Britain's bottom line, now the Netherlands is gathering forces and preparing for a decisive battle with the People's Army, but Britain can remain neutral in this battle, once the People's Army defeats the Dutch army in the battle, Britain is willing to come forward to urge the Netherlands to accept the conditions of the East China government and negotiate. But the KPA cannot attack Batavia, either by land or sea.

Of course, if the KPA loses the war, the UK can also ensure that the KPA can leave Java Island safely. This is not to say how good Britain is, but that the fleet sent by the People's Army is too large, and even the British fleet is not completely sure of victory, and if the People's Army is forced to rush and force the British fleet to fight a decisive battle, it is not the result that Britain wants to see.

On the whole, the British demand did not exceed the expectations of the KPA, so Zhang Wei also agreed, and at the same time put forward the KPA's demand, except for attacking Batavia, the British fleet could not interfere with other operations of the KPA on the island of Java, nor could it provide assistance to the Dutch colonial government or the local natives; Britain wanted to ensure the safety and property of the Chinese in Batavia, and once the KPA knew that the Chinese in Batavia were being persecuted, they would not respect any of the agreements reached; and finally, once the KPA defeated the Dutch army, and the Dutch colonial government refused to negotiate, or stayed in Batavia and did not fight, the KPA would not respect the agreement。

These demands were not excessive, so Hamilton agreed to them all, and determined that within 3 0 days, he would urge the Dutch army to fight, and if the Dutch army was defeated and refused to negotiate, Britain would be fully responsible for it.

Zhang Wei was also very satisfied with the attitude of the British, but he still had objections to the time limit for the Dutch to fight, believing that 30 days was too long, and the KPA did not want to spend too long in Java, so he asked that the time limit be shortened to 1 0 days.

Hamilton, on the other hand, thinks that 1 0 days is too hasty, because after the arrival of the follow-up troops of the People's Army, the Dutch colonial government must gather more troops, but now the colonial government in Java has a limited regular army, and it is impossible to have more, so it can only mobilize the indigenous tribes to participate in the war, which requires time and consultation with the indigenous tribes, negotiation of conditions, bargaining, etc., and 1 0 days is obviously not enough.

In the end, the two sides agreed on a time of 15 days, and if the Dutch colonial government did not take the initiative to fight within 15 days, Britain would be fully responsible for this. However, since this negotiation is not a formal negotiation, the two parties only signed the agreement in the form of a record, but this has no legal effect. To a certain extent, both parties can violate the agreements reached at any time.

Hamilton returned to the port of Batavia on a warship and handed the signed memorandum to Owen for his attention. And after reading it, Owen was also very satisfied, anyway, as long as the overseas Chinese are not ready to annex Java, the interests of Britain can be guaranteed, and the situation in Java has been temporarily controlled, and it has returned to the control of the British.

After the follow-up fleet of the People's Army arrived in Java, it also caused considerable pressure on the Dutch colonial government, the scale of the fleet was too large, if it were not for the main British fleet also arrived in Java, then the consequences are probably unimaginable, but I don't know what the attitude of the British fleet is, so in the past two days, the whole Batavia has been shrouded in a nervous mood, and now the British fleet actually offered to hold talks with the colonial government, Rossblue was naturally very happy, so he immediately began to arrange in the governor's palace, and at the same time warned Helwig not to speak disrespectfully this time。

After the meeting between the two sides, Owen said that the situation in Java had seriously affected Britain's commercial interests, and that if the Dutch colonial government was unwilling to negotiate with the East China government, then it could only be resolved by war, and Britain hoped that the Dutch colonial government would go to war as soon as possible and solve it as soon as possible. The British fleet would not directly participate in the war, but it could ensure the safety of Batavia and ensure that Batavia would not be attacked by the People's Army in battle, and Owen also suggested to Rosburu that he could send a part of the army ashore to help the Dutch colonial government defend the city of Batavia.

At the same time, Owen also asked the colonial government not to retaliate against the Chinese in Batavia, of course, the reason was not to cause chaos in Batavia at this time, and the agreement between the British fleet and the People's Army was signed behind the back of the Dutch colonial government, and the Dutch colonial government could not be informed.

When Rosburu heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, this was much better than he expected, because Roseblue also knew that it was impossible to expect Britain to fight for the Netherlands, as long as Britain could help the Netherlands contain the People's Army Navy, and now the British fleet can not only contain the People's Army Navy, but also be willing to help the Netherlands help defend Batavia City, which can be regarded as helping the Dutch colonial government solve its worries, and it is really impossible to defeat the People's Army, so just retreat back to Batavia City. Even Hervig was so confident that he said on the spot that with only 1 0 days of preparation, the colonial government could launch an attack on the farms and completely defeat the People's Army. At the same time, Rossburu also assured Owen that he would ensure the stability of Batavia and would not oppress the Chinese too much.

After the two sides reached an agreement, the next day, 5,000 British troops who had come with the fleet landed and stationed in Batavia to assist in the defense. And the colonial government also seized the time to gather troops and prepare to attack the farms.

With more than 4,000 troops gathered in the city of Batavia, the limit of the army has been reached, after all, a part of the army is needed to guard the rest of Java. But it is clear that these armies cannot attack the farms where the large KPA forces are stationed, and more troops are needed, which requires the mobilization of the indigenous tribes of Java to participate in the war, and now that two indigenous tribes have agreed to participate in the war, but more indigenous tribes need to be mobilized, but this is also a goal that is not difficult to achieve in the situation where the People's Army is putting great pressure on the indigenous Javanese people.

Although an agreement was reached with the British, the People's Army could not pin all its hopes on the British, so it was to try its best to force the Netherlands to go to war as soon as possible, and it was naturally the best way to attack the Javanese natives, and to attack the Javanese natives could also force the natives to fall to the side of the Dutch colonial government, so that the colonial government could gather enough troops in a short period of time, which was also a way to prompt the colonial government to go to war as soon as possible.

Of course, the People's Army was not worried about the colonial government amassing a large number of troops, because through previous wars, it was clear that the indigenous armies were very poor in combat effectiveness, and since they knew almost nothing about modern warfare, they were therefore only a rabble. Moreover, the KPA is not only the army, but also the navy can give considerable support to the army, and the farm is about 25 kilometers away from the wharf, which has exceeded the range of naval guns in this era, which is also the reason why Britain happily promised that "except for attacking Batavia, Britain will not interfere with other operations of the KPA on Java Island", knowing that the navy is useless.

However, the range of the main guns of the Kunming ship can reach 30 kilometers, and this is still without the use of bottom-row extended-range shells, and the farm can fully receive fire support from the sea in the war. In addition, there are helicopters and *, so even if the Netherlands can recruit 10 troops, the KPA can be said to have absolute certainty that it will win, depending on how it wins.

Although it has been more than 10 days since the People's Army landed in Java, the anti-Chinese behavior in Java has not stopped, on the one hand, the scope of influence of the People's Army is still limited; on the other hand, the main energy of the Dutch colonial government is now put on the People's Army, and the control over other places will naturally be much looser, and now the situation in Java is also somewhat out of control, some indigenous tribes have taken the opportunity to rob the property of the Chinese on a large scale, and some European businessmen have also been affected by the pond fish, because most of the Javanese people do not have a good impression of the Europeans, taking advantage of the current chaotic situation, the colonial government has no time to take care of itself, so it is not taking the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief。

In the course of seven or eight days, the KPA made five sorties, rescuing two Chinese areas that had been plundered by the natives, and also attacked three indigenous tribes. Since the KPA now has sufficient troops, each sortie is at least two companies in size, and when attacking the indigenous tribes, it is even more battalion-level strength. Instead, there is plenty of time to retreat after the tribe has been defeated, and there is plenty of time to check the tribe's personnel, arrest the elites, and take away the tribe's property, materials, livestock, etc., and then set fire to the tribe's main villages or parts, as well as everything that cannot be taken away.

In fact, these tribes are not very wealthy, there are not many decent property at all, the most useful material is food, and the number of livestock is not much, because it is a large livestock, and a tribe basically does not exceed 10 heads. But the blow to these tribes is quite large.

At this time, the farm has reached nearly 10,000 Chinese, and foreigners, mainly Europeans, there are nearly 500 people, fortunately, the Zhang family is indeed a big business, although Zhang Zhijun is trapped in the city of Batavia, but still remote command, a large amount of food, materials transported to the farm, in order to maintain the farm's consumption, so the farm is not lacking in living materials.