The expedition to West Borneo was far more difficult than the Provisional Executive Committee had estimated, and the Dutch had already taken the path of John Bull and were desperately trying to cause trouble for them in the South Pacific.

The Dutch East India Company fighters who had withdrawn from the Republic of Lanfang had been regrouped and reorganized by the Dutch, and after receiving effective supplies, they began to resist the expansion of Liang Luyi's and Luo Yibo's forces. Judging by the recent intensification of the fighting with the Dutch, the Dutch must have mixed up with a number of regular military personnel among these East India Company mercenaries.

The supply and personnel support of the mercenaries in the East Indies was only the beginning of the Dutch re-intervention in the affairs of the Republic of Lanfang, and then the Dutch colonial authorities in Batavia refused the request of the "Zhenyuan" to dock for coal, citing insufficient coal reserves. Gone are the days when the Travelers relied on the coal of the Dutch to suppress their East India Company's armed forces in West Borneo.

Referring to the fact that the Dutch did not dare to announce the occupation and colonization of the area for fear of angering the Manchu government after destroying the Lanfang Kingdom, it is not difficult to judge that the Dutch's recent series of actions are supported by John Bull, otherwise they would not have fought against the Great Song Dynasty so blatantly with the courage of the declining sea coachman who even the Manchu adults did not dare to provoke.

"The opium cow is playing this trick again, and always likes to find a fool to be the gunman, but the Dutch are going to do it again, and they are messing with us." Zhao Yi said after listening to Lu Xiaobei's latest report.

"The opium cow has calculated that Maozi's fleet is coming to the Far East BB63 is not easy to move, and it is difficult to move the nest at this time to let the Dutch come out and make a fuss, this hand is indeed enough for us to bear. Now we are in a dilemma, even if we want to temporarily give up the Lanfang Republic, it will not be enough to return to Liaodong's coal. Lu Xiangyang said.

"The living materials are purchased by the Jews, and it is estimated that they can hold on for a while, but the fighting is getting more and more intense, and I am worried that Lu Xiaobei's ammunition will not be able to support them for long." Zhao Yi said.

"I don't think that's the worst, burning coal makes the Jews think of a way, and they always make up a little bit. Now two Centurion-class battleships, one Brutive-class armored cruiser, and a number of smaller warships of the John Bull Far East Fleet are heading to the South Pacific. Although the area of responsibility of the Far East Fleet extends from the Bering Strait in the north to the Strait of Malacca in the south, and it is reasonable for their warships to go to the South Pacific, John Bull even pulled up the 'Brute' class armored cruisers that originally docked in Hong Kong this time, and I don't think they will go to see the scenery. Wang He raised a piece of information in his hand and said.

"I'll rub it, if the opium cow is going to stir up trouble, then they will have to bear it in Xiaobei, and their fleet is even larger than the tonnage of the 'Brute' class than the 'Zhenyuan', not to mention the two 'Centurion' class battleships." Hao Dajian said after flipping through the data on the Far East Fleet of John Bull on the data.

"John Niu has not withdrawn the technical personnel who are working with us on the Liaodong Peninsula, and he should not attack the 'Zhenyuan' ship, after all, it is a warship flying the unicorn flag. But I'm worried that the Opium Cow will be buffed to the Dutch, and then Lu Xiaobei's actions on land will be even more troublesome. Zhao Yi said.

"If you can't figure it out, then withdraw it first, grit your teeth and buy more crude oil with the Yankees, anyway, BB63 is not a picky eater, and when we finish beating Maozi, this oil will be almost enough, and then I will see if the 'centurion' of the opium cow in front of BB63 dares to say that he is a battleship." Luo Can said.

The steam turbines on the Iowa-class battleships were really not picky eaters, and in principle, crude oil could be burned. The Provisional Executive Committee does have a contingency plan to buy crude oil with the Yankees, but considering that there are no large oil tankers in this era, it is really difficult to say whether this plan is reliable or not.

"You are stupid, we are taking our little brother to West Borneo to do something, if we don't catch anything and come back in disgrace, I'm afraid that this newly acquired little brother will have a different heart." Tian Buzi has also been a diplomat for a while, and he can see farther than Luo Can.

"Let Huang Xiaolei say hello to Hans, let Hans come forward to talk to their restless neighbor, two adults and a child don't be caught in the middle and make a fool of themselves, if you don't eat the candy, you will have to be slapped." Zhao Yi said.

"I'm afraid that Hans will not be able to speak well on the Dutch side, and the down-and-out sea coachmen are so colony, I guess they want to take advantage of the opportunity of our enmity with John Bull to take back the Republic of Lanfang." Lu Xiangyang said.

"Let's try it first, in the history of the original time and space, the Dutch were even afraid of the Manchu adults, and they didn't dare to announce the occupation of Lanfang until the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed, do they dare not take us seriously?" Zhao Yi said.

"It's hard to say, the John Bull you thought of also thought of it, otherwise why would they take the main force of the Far Eastern Fleet south at this time? Originally, these warships were to protect against Maozi, and all of them went south to give the Dutch courage. Wang He said.

In line with the attitude of being a live horse doctor, Zhao Yi still asked Huang Xiaolei to negotiate with the German minister in China. The traversal people already knew that John Bull was planning to achieve the goal of getting the Great Song to acquiesce to them in Tibet this time, and this time it would be difficult for the traversal and John Bull to end well.

India has long been regarded by John Bull as the jewel in its crown, as an ATM-like existence – dumping industrial goods, providing cheap labor, producing raw materials, and so on. In the history of the original time and space, in order to ensure the safety of this ATM, John Bull wanted to use Afghanistan and Tibet as a buffer zone between China and India (note: India under British control includes Pakistan), so John Bull never stopped doing things in Tibet.

After landing in Liaodong and claiming to be the only legitimate power in China, John Niu was indeed worried that the Great Song Dynasty would take control of more land in Huaxia in the near future, thus threatening the safety of their ATMs.

Therefore, John Bull urgently needed to obtain a buffer space with the future colonial authorities of the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Baomei's disclosure in the newspaper that the reformers intended to sell Tibet made John Bull's eyes shine. As long as this plateau region is separated from the territory of China, then they can get a strategic buffer zone between the territory of the future Great Song Empire, well, there is no more suitable buffer zone than this plateau area with high altitude and poor transportation.

But it's not stupid to cross the crowd, you have paranoia of victimization and want a buffer zone to maintain a sense of security, which is understandable, but why don't you cut a piece of land from India to make a buffer zone, why do you want to get a large piece of land from our territory to make a buffer zone, you can cut it as you like with our big place, right? We're not full of adults and let you bully, if you want to cut the ground, let's start beating first!