Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, the Netherlands with a constitutional monarchy, as the queen at this time, Wilhelmina couldn't sit still after receiving the news from the UK.

Wilhelmina succeeded to the throne twelve years ago, when she was only ten years old, and four years ago, the Queen Regent officially handed over the kingship to Wilhelmina when Wilhelmina was eighteen years old.

However, as a constitutional monarchy in the Netherlands, there are not many actual royal rights, but more as a symbol, and the royal family has no right to meddle in many things.

The Dutch government is really run by the two houses of the First House and the Second House, as well as by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and his cabinet members.

Wilhelmina would not have been required to attend such a meeting, but she could not sit still when it came to the main Dutch colony.

The current Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Nicholas Pearson, urgently convened a cabinet meeting.

Prior to this, Pearson had had contacted the Dutch East Indies colonies several times, but the news was all mud cows into the sea, and it was confirmed that something had happened to the Dutch colonies, and it was very likely that it was more serious than expected.

However, half an hour has passed since the Imperial Council was held, and a clear plan has not yet been discussed.

Who is the enemy? I don't know.

What kind of weapons and equipment does the enemy have? I don't know.

What are the number of enemies? I don't know.

What is the current situation in the Dutch East Indies? I don't know.

The four main questions, the Dutch government, thousands of miles away, have no idea what to do, how to make an effective decision?

The only thing that was determined was to find a way to figure out the situation in the Dutch East Indies at the moment, and then to determine what to do next.

Wilhelmina listened for half an hour and found that it was all useless nonsense, which made her feel powerless, so she could only hold her head and listen to the various meaningless discussions that continued below.

Colonization is an extremely dishonorable thing, and for those who stand on the plundering side, this disgrace is not considered as much as possible, anyway, until now, the rise of all great powers is based on colonial rule.

Especially for countries like the Netherlands and Portugal, which were already in decline, the colonies were the last holy places, the only major source of wealth for the country.

Losing a colony, it is definitely cutting flesh with a knife, this pain is not something that can be forgotten in a short time.

Everyone was reluctant to lose the colony, as was Pearson, and so was Wilhelmina.

While the crowd was still debating, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and the man handed a thick telegram to Prime Minister Pearson, who immediately withdrew and closed the door again.

At this moment, the conference room was silent, and all eyes were on Pearson.

Pearson picked up the telegram and looked at it carefully, the expression on his face became more and more ugly, and the hands holding the telegram were trembling slightly. Shake.

This scene made everyone nervous, and Wilhelmina was no exception, after all, she was just a girl in her early twenties, and it was still early to talk about maturity.

As the minutes ticked by, Pearson put down the telegram in his hand, took a deep breath and said, "This is a telegram from the Dutch East Indies, the latest telegram to come back through our cable telegraph line. ”

"Did Governor Autrell send it? What is the content? Hearing this, William Mina seemed relieved, and in her opinion, this should be the report of Governor Autrell to report this matter to the kingdom.

However, Pearson shook his head and said, "That bastard of Autrell has long been a prisoner, and our navy and our army are all finished. ”

After Pearson finished speaking, he sat down in his chair in a decadent manner, he only became the prime minister of the Netherlands this year, and it was only a few months now, and he encountered this kind of thing, which made him really not know what to do.

"How is this possible, we have 60,000 standing armies and a strong navy, how can it be finished." A member of parliament on the side shouted in disbelief: "This must be a conspiracy of the aggressors, this is definitely a conspiracy." ”

"Whether it was a conspiracy or not is it the same for us, the telegram was sent through our cable telegram, isn't that enough to tell the story?" Pearson said with a sigh.

None of them are fools, Pearson's words silenced everyone present.

Regardless of this provocation, it is enough to illustrate one thing from this incident, that is, neither the Dutch army nor the navy nor the Chamber of Commerce in the Dutch East Indies are capable of sending telegrams.

On this point, the problem has been thoroughly explained.

"It's an elaborate conspiracy, it's definitely French, it's definitely French." Someone else couldn't help but shout.

However, no one took up the subject, Wilhelmina and Pearson, and what they considered was what the outcome of the matter would be.

There was no standing military force in the Netherlands, only officers, and then there was the conscription of nationals, and the whole process could not be completed in a short time.

Moreover, the current Netherlands does not have enough naval escort troops to the Far East, after all, even the main forces of the Far Eastern Navy have not received any news back, and it is really impossible to take such a risk.

If it was just a war of independence in the colonies, it would never have come to such a point, and it would have been impossible for the navy to be uninformed.

Prior to this, the British spoke in the message about the wreckage of the Dutch warship, but everyone did not want to believe it.

They are more willing to believe that this is just a relatively big trouble, but as long as the kingdom acts, it can suppress everything.

As long as the Dutch garrison on the Dutch East Indies side can hold the defensive line, the Dutch navy can have the advantage, and there will be the strength to fight in the poor, so that the Dutch side can send more troops to Southeast Asia to help the colonial garrison and solve this trouble.

Hope is abundant. Full, but the reality is too cruel.

Wilhelmina couldn't stay any longer, and after sitting quietly for more than half an hour, she spoke: "Further confirm the news, do what you have to do." ”

Leaving behind an ambiguous word, Wilhelmina got up and walked towards the door of the conference room, where Pearson tried to hold back, but could not find any reason but to watch the queen leave with heavy steps.

The conference room was as quiet as death again, and Pearson couldn't stay any longer, took a deep breath, tried to cheer himself up, and gave the prime minister's order: "Do everything you can to find out what is going on in the colony." ”

"Then do you want to conscript soldiers and prepare ships?"

When Pearson heard this, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Put this aside in advance." ”