The Qing and Dutch kingdoms soon reached an agreement in the presence of the British??? The amount of compensation, after the Dutch fought hard, fell again to an acceptable level of £600,000. Unexpectedly, the Qing Emperor reprimanded Tang Shaoyi after receiving the telegram. The Qing Emperor believed that the declaration of war on the Netherlands was a last resort, and that the purpose of the declaration of war was to protect the Chinese in Nanyang and not to demand war reparations. The Qing Emperor believed that as long as the Dutch indemnity could cover the cost of the military operations in the declaration of war and the assistance costs that needed to be paid to the British, the Qing State estimated that the emperor issued a tentative compensation of up to 00,000 pounds, and the specific amount needed to be confirmed after all the fleets returned. However, other provisions of this Agreement that have not yet been formally concluded must be executed immediately. Qing Guo's move was welcomed by all countries in the world at once.

Facts have proved that the Qing State is a country of reasonableness and righteousness. Just when the Qing and Dutch countries had just sat down to negotiate, the Qing Emperor's will had already been transferred to every ship of the British Far East Fleet and the Singapore Squadron, so all British naval forces in the Far East were dispatched. It is indeed not easy to find a few ships on the vast sea, but fortunately, the movements of the Qing fleet are very regular, and they will only move along the coastline and will not run around, which gives a clear direction to the British ships that are looking for the Qing army. But even so, the British search for the ships was still ineffective. A whole week passed, and except for the South Sea Fleet, which was located on the southern shore of Kalimantan, the other fleets did not even see a shadow. The British were also devastated to find that they often rubbed shoulders with the Qing fleet. Obviously, they had just passed through here and did not find the Qing fleet, but after six to eight hours, the Qing fleet visited again. When they hear the news and come back. The Qing fleet has long since disappeared.

The Dutch were very sad, because the Qing and the Netherlands had reached a ceasefire agreement and the Qing had clearly ordered the fleets to return, but the Qing fleet had not been able to receive this order because of the communication. All the Dutch colonial government agencies on the island that could be contacted also received the news that the Qing had ordered the fleet to return. But when they took the telegraph as a ship, they finally ran into the Qing fleet, but they were overturned by the main guns and strafed by machine guns in the sea. From the mouths of only a few survivors, they did not listen to the explanation. But it is also true that one of the belligerents takes the order of the other party and asks the other belligerent to cease its actions, which is indeed a fantasy.

What has to be said is that Britain must be a century-old navy. In view of the current situation, the British ships consciously reported back what they had found as much as possible. Thereupon. Tang Shaoyi, who was inquiring about the news in Singapore, was fortunate to see a detailed briefing on the Nanyang charts in the Singapore branch of the British Navy, and the British Navy informed Tang Shaoyi of a completely new search plan based on its own experience.

At this time, Tang Shaoyi was no longer a simple literati, he had experienced the war, and he had already understood what strategy and tactics were all about. And so. After detailed inquiries, Tang Shaoyi learned about the origin of the formation of the British Navy plan and the details of its implementation, and then deeply remembered it. He believed that although the Qing navy won great victories one after another, there was still a big gap between it and Britain in the estimation and implementation of strategic plans. This required him to tell the admirals and the senior staff of the General Staff Headquarters when he returned home.

Forty days have passed since the Qing declared war on the Netherlands. This means that the Qing fleet also wreaked havoc in Indonesia for a full forty days. Perhaps it was the lack of supplies for the Qing navy. In the second week of the British search operation, three more Qing squadrons were found. The British, however, preferred to believe that the Indonesian coastline was out of grabs, because the Qing fleet was parked outside the rudimentary harbor for repairs, and the warships were barely manned to operate the warships. Other sailors and others rushed inland with the Marines to help the persecuted Chinese. What made the British even more devastating was that when the fleet called back the marines, the British found out. With the Marines returned not only exhausted soldiers and soldiers, but also countless cargo. From jewelry, gold, to jade and spices, it took two days just to load the cargo ships that were following the fleet. At this time, the British naval officials profoundly believed that it was not the Chinese who needed help at this time, but the local natives. The British navy, whose hearts were dripping with blood, finally failed to refuse the invitation of the Qing navy. Wearing the military uniform of the Qing Navy, they conducted several friendly "exercises" together. Until the cargo ship can not be loaded.

It really couldn't be loaded, and the precious timber that had been loaded on the ship had been unloaded, brushed with tung oil, bundled, and thrown into the sea to be pulled forward by the cargo ship. Even the British ** ship was stuffed with cargo as much as possible. The British were not satisfied with the temptation to let the Qing warships be loaded together, but the Qing naval officers ruthlessly refused, because the naval regulations clearly stipulated that the warships could not be loaded with anything unrelated to the marching battle. On the one hand, the British Navy highly praised the strict military discipline of the Qing Navy, but on the other hand, it ridiculed the inflexible Qing people behind their backs, and on the other hand, they also gave the surplus materials on the warships such as coal and were handed over to the Qing army to vacate the space and load a lot of things. So much so that it was a week after the British announced that they had found the Qing fleet.

Li Liang was a little excited to direct the sailors to transport coal and other supplies from the British ** ship, and he was already holding back the fire in his heart. Seeing that valuable things were loaded onto the British ** ship and the worthless coal was unloaded, I had to pretend to be happy, who was the fire.

"That's all our money." Li Liang said viciously after returning to the bridge of the Longxiao. Because of the sinking of the British ** ship, the entire Qing Dynasty will be over, and the navy can still understand.

"Forget it, just pay the protection money." Feng Qi, who was on another route, reluctantly gave up the idea after repeatedly assessing the feasibility of sinking the British ** ship and salvaging the treasure. In order to calm down the situation in the South Seas as soon as possible, in order to win over the British Navy, forget it this time.

The Dutch watched the Qing fleet march towards Pontianak to assemble, but they were helpless. Because according to the agreement, the entire fleet would not return until the entire fleet arrived, even if the Dutch were willing to pay half of the compensation in advance, it was useless. And there was no news from the last fleet from beginning to end.

The North Java Route Squadron, led by the commander of the Qing Navy, Wu Deren, was as if it had disappeared in the sea, no matter how the British fleet searched. The entire north shore of Java has not been heard from for more than ten days. Guangxu was also in a hurry, because he also had no news of this fleet, and he sent radio no matter what. None of them replied. When the news of this detachment was received, it was found that it was from Sulawesi, but before the British fleet could arrive in Sulawesi, the Portuguese received new news: a fleet flying the flag of the Qing Navy had attacked East Timor.

Guangxu asked the Admiralty why this happened in the presence of the Portuguese minister who came to question him and the British minister who inquired about the news. Deng Shichang, Minister of the Qing Navy, explained: "We only have the cargo route map of Pu Neng, but we do not have the detailed sea chart of the area, so I am afraid that we are going the wrong way." ”

This is a very good reason, and it is difficult to refute it. But the heart actually attacked Portugal. So Guangxu immediately apologized to the Portuguese minister and said that he could make compensation, and the Portuguese minister left satisfied. But the Qing detachment has since lost news. Until a week later.

"Oh no, no......"

The adjutant's panicked voice almost choked Ogener, who was eating breakfast, and after coughing violently, Ogna said angrily: "You are also a diplomatic envoy, why can't you be more steady." ”

The adjutant said anxiously: "I have found the last Qing State fleet......"

Ogna angrily put down the cutlery in his hand. interrupted the adjutant's words: "Even if the Qing fleet killed the Portuguese governor of East Timor." There is no need to be so alarmed. We are gentlemen, and we should pay attention to the image. ”

"It's not...... It has nothing to do with the Portuguese. However, the Qing detachment almost shelled the city of Darwin. The adjutant's voice was visibly distorted.

"As long as it's not the territory of the British Empire, you don't care if the Qing people shell it......" Ogna suddenly stopped: "Where did you Qing people shell?" ”

"The city of Darwin, the city of Darwin, Australia." Seeing that Ogener had calmed down, the adjutant said, "Yesterday at noon, the Qing fleet suddenly appeared off the coast of Darwin City, Australia, and fired a cannonball at Darwin City. The shells fell offshore and did not cause damage, but caused panic in the patrol fleet of the city of Darwin. After the Qing people found out that something was wrong. After inquiry, it was found out that they had arrived in Australia. The explanation of the Qing fleet that their compass was all damaged, and they lost their voyage. They already didn't have enough fuel themselves, so they forced their way into the city of Darwin and docked. Officials from the city of Darwin after boarding the ship for inspection. These laws of the Qing people are confirmed. At present, in addition to the personnel on duty, other personnel on the Qing ** ship, including Wu Deren, commander-in-chief of the Qing Navy, have all disembarked to accept the supervision of local officials. ”

"Damn, there's such a thing?" Guangxu scolded angrily: "As a navy, why can't you sail north by relying on the sun's positioning but go south?" ”

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. Judging by the news from Darwin, the fleet is almost running out of fuel. If they were to go north from East Timor, they would not have been able to find a supply ground until they ran out of fuel. Ogna motioned to Guangxu to stop slapping the table.

"Then you can't go to Australia to shoot, what does Wu Deren want to do? What if this provokes a conflict between Qingying and Britain? ”

"No, no, no, Your Majesty. Your fleet was just lost, but it was good that they arrived in Darwin before they ran out of coal, otherwise your country would have lost a brave naval fleet. Ogner did his best to appease the enraged Qing Emperor.

"Hmph, for the sake of Mr. Minister's face, I will spare Wu Deren's capital crime first. Fortunately, there were no losses to the British Empire, and fortunately, the British Empire was pot-bellied enough. Otherwise, I will kill him with one sword to thank the British. I wonder what the British side wants on this matter? Minister, please rest assured that the Qing Kingdom will definitely give a satisfactory explanation to the British Empire. ”

There is no requirement, but the cost of coal and supplies sold to the Qing fleet will be relatively high, because the city of Darwin needs to compensate. Ogener was very entangled, why did he originally want to question the Qing Kingdom but in the end he turned into persuading the Qing Kingdom? But thinking that Guangxu was only twenty-six years old, he was relieved, how could a young man have no temper. In Chinese, he doesn't have to be like a young man.

No problem, Guangxu readily agreed. None of the problems that money can solve are problems, they will be counted on the Dutch anyway. So the Dutch received a final notice from the Qing state, which demanded a total indemnity of 1.9 million pounds.

The Dutch were glad that the Qing fleet had stopped at Pontianak and had not gone anywhere, quietly waiting for the last fleet to return. As long as the Qing people do not occupy the land of Indonesia, everything is not a problem. Therefore, after receiving the Qing agreement, and witnessed by the British, the "Qing-Dutch Singapore Treaty" was signed. The day after the treaty was signed, the Dutch paid the reparations. The only thing the Dutch, like the British, did not understand was that the agreement would no longer use the words Qing and other words, but would always use the Chinese words to represent the country. But that's also the business of the Qing people.

On the third day after the Qing detachment arrived in Darwin, Darwin received an order from the British government to resupply the Qing fleet. But the whole supply took a whole week, in fact, Darwin City had hoped to supply for a few more days, because the Qing navy was too rich. During the ten days that the Qing army was in Darwin, the whole Darwin was as lively as a festival. The generous Qing officers and soldiers made the city of Darwin out of stock in just ten days. As a city government, it naturally has a large amount of tax revenue, and the tax revenue in these ten days has greatly exceeded the tax revenue in the month before the Qing army came. And Darwin's top officials received additional income from Qing generals. In this case, both city officials and ordinary people actually hope that the Qing people will stay for a few more days.

However, the military order was difficult, and the officials of Darwin City could only regretfully hold a simple farewell reception for the Qing army on the dock, and reluctantly took Wu Deren's hand: I will often come back to see it when I have time in the future.

At this point, as soon as the last fleet of the Qing returned to Pontianak, all Qing troops would be withdrawn from Indonesia within three days according to the agreement, and the war between the Qing and the Netherlands would be over.

Indonesia, which had been divided into wars, has calmed down again, and ministers from various countries have had a lot of time for afternoon tea. The Four Seas Hotel, once empty due to the war in Indonesia, is once again full. Every day, different music resounded, and the gossip of beautiful maids became a hot topic of discussion again. But this calm did not last long, and it was broken by cargo ships returning from the South Seas. The goods on the docks in Guangzhou have been the focus of public opinion in the whole world this time.

"First the Qing-Russian War, then the Qing coup. Then there is the wind and rain in the South China Sea, which has been going on and on to this day, and this year has been really a lively year. When the envoys to China met, they all sighed to each other.

In the palace of the Great Qing Kingdom, Guangxu looked up at the bright moon in the sky, but he arrived: "At the beginning of autumn, the war on the Netherlands was declared, but it was an attack on Malacca to test Britain, and then there was Darwin's change." It's not yet the end of autumn, and now it's the turn of Guangzhou to have an accident. I wish this eventful autumn was over. (To be continued......)