The sea is calm, and a few unknown sea crows cross the mountains along the coast. Repentance! Fly away. And again swept past a couple of gray steel ships.

At the forefront is the ocean-going assault ship "Green Forest," followed by the sister ship "Chimei" of the same type, and the five ships at the rear are the sea-going fast supply ships specially built for ocean-going assault ships.

Now the fleet was sailing along the coastline at a high speed of fifteen knots, heading southeast.

Fleet Commander Lu Ping was now standing on the bridge of the "Green Forest", holding a telescope and looking at the coastline in the distance.

As a large island across the sea from the British Straits Settlements, Sumatra is also strategically important, so Britain and the Netherlands, who actually control the island, have clashed over control of the island, although the Netherlands eventually kept the colony, but the British also had special rights and interests here.

Now, Rupin's fleet is sailing on the eastern side of the Indian Ocean, and as long as it crosses the narrow strait between Sumatra and Java, the fleet will sail into the Java Sea, and Nabei will leave India

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Just now, the navigators have already reported to Jing Weidu. Lu Ping knew that in half an hour, he would be able to see the narrow strait separating Sumatra from Java, and once in the Java Sea, he would be ordered to direct the fleet to Jakarta, Batavia, the economic and political center of Java, where he would seek supplies.

After leaving the Pacific Cat Land, and going around from the Indian Ocean, the supply of the fleet has been used up almost half, and it is indeed necessary to find the island as a colony under the control of the Netherlands, and the Netherlands is now in the Sino-Japanese War, and the Netherlands has made a wise choice and there is really no need to get involved in these international affairs, which can ensure the current distribution of interests. The Netherlands is already satisfied.

Now Lu Ping's fleet is not sailing alone, in fact, about five nautical miles behind the fleet, there is an old British cruiser following and following, the British ** ship followed Lu Ping's ass all the way to this place from Singapore, and at the very beginning. There were a total of five British ** ships, two of which were armored cruisers, and in the next few days, several other large warships of the British Navy turned around and went to Ceylon, and in the end, only this old cruiser was still insisting on tracking the Chinese Navy's ocean-going attack fleet.

Lu Ping didn't mind being watched, in fact, he wished that the British Navy would send all the warships stationed in Singapore to follow him, in that case, the port of Singapore would become empty in defense, and the Far East Detachment of the German Navy would not turn a blind eye to a British ** harbor with empty defense, once the Far East Detachment of the German Navy successfully attacked the Singapore fortress, then the situation in the whole of Southeast Asia may be fundamentally changed.

It's just a pity. This is just Lu Ping's strategy. The British were not fooled, in fact the British were very cautious, sending only a few capital ships to follow Rupin's fleet, and soon lost interest in Rupin's raiding fleet. Until now, only such an old concubine cruiser is still tracking. This somewhat made Lu Ping a little depressed.

"It's a pity, the British didn't send all the main fleets, otherwise, there would be a good show between the German Far East Fleet and the British Far East Fleet

Lu Ping walked onto the open bridge and looked at the old British Navy cruiser that followed the fleet, and he was speculating how much charcoal was left in the coal tank of the British ** ship, and followed it all the way. The British ** ship had not carried out any replenishment at sea, and perhaps the coal tank was about to bottom out.

"Come on, don't you still have the courage to shoot? To fire a gun is to declare war. ”

Lu Yang walked back to the bridge and began to study the nautical chart drawn by the German Navy.

According to the coordinates on the chart, the fleet is now close to a reef area, Lu Ping had to give the order to lower the course, he does not want to hit the reef here, the Chinese Navy is currently such two large warships, there can be no mistake.

Speaking of which, this time it was an ocean-going attack mission, but now it seems to be more like an ocean-going training mission, and by the way, a tactical deception mission was carried out, although the officers and men performed well. However, as the commander of the fleet, Lu Ping was somewhat disappointed in his heart, and he really preferred to participate in naval battles rather than intimidate merchant ships.

"Commander, our fleet is currently ready to cross the strait, and I ask the commander to decide whether to cross the strait immediately."

The first mate who commanded the pilot walked up to Lu Ping and reported to him.

"This is to travel through the past, and strive to get to Batavia as soon as possible, there are also many Chinese and overseas Chinese on the island of Java, let's fly"! , not only supplies but also artillery can fight the overseas Chinese."

Lu Ping immediately issued an order, but this passage is not the meaning of the center, but he made his own opinion, in fact, since leaving the German islands in the Pacific, this fleet has basically been "free to move", due to the poor long-range wireless communication, the center can indeed not accurately grasp the position and movement of the fleet, and it is impossible to directly issue orders to the fleet, so it can only rely on the commander's decision

Finish.

It was Rupin's own decision to go to Batavia, and the other day the old British cruiser that was tracking him received a clear telegram. Tell Lu Ping that China and Japan have announced an armistice, and peace talks have been held in Manila, the Philippines, and the war is over, so I hope that Lu Ping will transfer this "full of danger" fleet back to Chinese ports as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

The soldiers are not tired of deceit, and Lupin is going to Batavia. One of the purposes was to confirm the news that China and Japan had agreed to an armistice.

Batavia is located on the northwest corner of the island of Java, facing the Java Sea, is a natural harbor, the Dutch have been operating here for hundreds of years, during which in order to solve the labor problem, also sold a large number of "piglets" from China, so now Java Island is inhabited by many Chinese and overseas Chinese, similar to the situation in the British Straits Settlements, on the island of Java, the Chinese and overseas Chinese have a higher economic status than many local indigenous people, but there is almost no political status.

The next day, Lupin led the fleet off the coast of Batavia and was intercepted by a Dutch gunboat not far from the territorial sea line. After figuring out the intentions of the Chinese naval fleet, the Dutch only allowed the five supply ships to enter the harbor and anchored, and refused to allow the "Green Forest" and "Red Eyebrow" ocean-going attack ships to sail into the port for replenishment.

Without the instructions of the center, Lupin had no intention of clashing with the Dutch, so he did not force his way, but ordered the five supply ships to sail into the port of Batavia with the pilot ship, and at the same time sent two lieutenants to land with the ships, to get in touch with the Chinese consulate in Batavia, and to send a telegram to the Admiralty informing them of the current position of the fleet.

As for Lupin himself, he commanded the "Green Forest" and the "Red Eyebrow" to swim slowly off the coast of Batavia, and watched the old British Navy cruiser, which had been tracking all the way from the Indian Ocean, sail into the port of Batavia, accompanied by Dutch gunboats, for replenishment.

"England, the Netherlands. Sure enough, I wore a pair of pants. The Netherlands is inevitably dog-eyed. Xu Ying**'s ship entered the port for replenishment, but our warships were not allowed to enter, and the International Convention on the Maritime Convention did not stipulate so. ”

An adjutant stood beside Lu Ping and muttered a few words in a strange way.

Lu Ping smiled faintly. He did not extend this topic further, because he knew very well that the so-called maritime convention was only formulated by the strong, and the weak must abide by it, while the strong may not take it seriously, and the world is very realistic, and if this topic is really raised, it is not something that can be discussed clearly in a few words. Two hours later, the two lieutenants, who had been ordered to go ashore to the Chinese consulate in Batavia, returned to the "Green Forest". Moreover, Mr. Consul also brought over, and through Mr. Consul, Lu Ping finally confirmed the news that China and Japan had negotiated an armistice.

In addition to the news of the armistice negotiations between China and Japan. The two lieutenants also brought back a coded telegram to Lupin, which was photographed by the Admiralty, but it was not the intention of the Admiralty, but an order to the Commander's Hall, which was given by the President himself.

"I hereby order your ship to stay in Batavia. and seek opportunities to create incidents and test the bottom line of the Dutch government. ”

This order used a special code, and Lu Ping personally interpreted the contents of the telegram, and after reading it, he immediately destroyed the telegram, then walked up to the bridge and gave an order to the junior officer.

"Order," Red Eyebrows. The rudder was turned, and the officers and men entered the battle position, but did not move the muzzle.

After receiving Lu Ping's order, the captain, helmsman, and officer on duty of the "Red Eyebrow" were very surprised, and the captain couldn't help but use wireless telegraphy to remind them.

"Commander, if you go like this, it won't take long. We'll sail into Batavia's territorial waters. It may cause diplomatic disputes between China and the Netherlands. ”

"Ordered," the red eyebrows, the trumpet turned the rudder, and sailed five knots. Officers and men enter battle positions, but do not move the muzzles. Execute the command! ”

Lu Ping repeated the command expressionlessly. At this time, he didn't need to explain much, the soldier should just obey the order as his duty, even if the superior ordered to crash into the reef, the junior officer must follow the order.

So, the officer on duty immediately obeyed the order and repeated the commander's order, thus. Fifteen minutes later, in full view of everyone, the ocean-going assault ship "Red Eyebrow" sailed into Batavia's territorial waters and appeared within the sight of the guns of the fortress on the Batavian coast. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the muscle chapter for more, and support the different body clams of the book and the concave said