The warships of the Dutch Far East Fleet, which had not yet sunk to the sea, resolutely hoisted the white flag, thus avoiding the fate of a fleet larger than their home fleet being wiped out outside their colonial ports.

The unequal treaty drawn up by the Provisional Executive Committee was accepted by the Dutch Governor of the East Indies without any discount, and the few ironclads of the Far East Fleet did not know whether they could survive tonight, and he could not hesitate any longer.

According to the agreement, which became known as the Treaty of Batavia, the Dutch had to withdraw all armed forces that had ties to Borneo and the Dutch East Indies within two months, noting that the area mentioned in the agreement was Borneo and not West Borneo, where the Chinese regimes such as the former Republic of Lanfang were entrenched, and the Dutch had listened to John Bull's deception and even took advantage of their own colony in Borneo for nearly a century.

Of course, the popular war indemnity in this era can not be left behind, the crossing of the public for the reason of asking for military expenses, let the Dutch pay it an indemnity of two million taels of silver, the treaty stipulates that the Dutch can use rubber and coal and other resources to offset this indemnity, as for the price, it must be determined by the crossing.

Although Yang Guang, Guo Wei and others insisted that two million taels of silver could not offset the value of the shells and torpedoes consumed by Task Force 38 in this conflict, the Provisional Executive Committee did not accept their demand to continue blackmailing the Dutch, considering that two million taels of silver was already the limit that the Dutch East India authorities could afford.

It was also necessary to have a Chinese concession in Batavia, in short, the rough embryos were to copy the set that the British and French had tossed on the Manchurians in those years, and the crossing was generally regarded as allowing the Dutch to retain all the colonies except Borneo, but they also demanded privileges in the colonies kept by the Dutch.

As soon as the Dutch Far East Fleet was finished, the crossing received news about the Russian Pacific Fleet. After months of wandering like a tourist, Maozi finally reached the Red Sea through the Suez Canal under the control of the British.

Unlike John Bull, which was subject to supply during the Russo-Japanese War in the original time and space history, in order to let Maozi's fleet go to the Far East to counterbalance the expanding Great Song people, this time the British gave the green light to this Maozi's fleet all the way, and the Tsarist Pacific Fleet not only received sufficient fuel supplies along the way, but even did not follow the international law of this era, even the warships of the belligerent countries entered the ports of neutral countries.

Yes, except for Hans, who had a good relationship with the Crossing People, and the Ottoman Empire, Maozi's sworn enemy, other neutral countries did not pay attention to the diplomatic protests of the Great Song Empire at all, and still let Maozi's fleet dock at the port.

However, obtaining better supply conditions than the original time and space did not speed up the arrival of this fleet in the Far East, if during the Russo-Japanese War in the original time and space, the Maozi fleet could only refuel coal at sea because it could not dock in a neutral country, and as much as possible when there was a chance, so that all open spaces such as decks, engine rooms, baths, and officers' bedrooms were piled up with coal, resulting in overweight and slowing down the fleet's speed, then this slowing down the fleet was like a pleasure for the officers and men of the Maozi fleet every time they went.

"Maozi's fleet has appeared in the waters near the Red Sea, will they go north directly through Malacca or will they detour through Australia and Papua New Guinea?" Tian Buzi said, looking at the telegram sent by the Jews.

"Maozi probably doesn't know the news of the appearance of our 38th Task Force in the South Pacific, and most of them will go directly north through the Strait of Malacca, which is controlled by John Bull." Luo Can said.

"Hmph, I'm afraid it won't be long before John Bull will tell Maozi the news of the 38th Fleet near Batavia, Yang Guang and they are very likely to go head-to-head with this Maozi's Pacific Fleet in the South Pacific waters." Hao Dajian said.

"This is troublesome, we originally thought that Maozi had already crossed Malacca and entered the South China Sea, but it took a few months to enter the Red Sea, and now the 38th Task Force is stuck there in a dilemma." Lu Xiangyang said.

This Maozi's Pacific Fleet, like the one during the Russo-Japanese War, consisted of 12 warships. Of course, the number of warships in the fleet is the same, but the quality is very different, and at this time, many of Maozi's warships in the Russo-Japanese War have not yet finished laying keels.

Even so, Task Force 38 would have had a hard time fighting the twelve Maozi warships just after the Dutch, unless they were going to use anti-ship missiles.

The BB63's southward support for Task Force 38 was not an ideal outcome for the traversers, because the BB63's standard displacement of 45,000 tons would only have a range of 20,000 nautical miles even if it was walked at a speed of 14 knots. Waiting for Maozi to enter the Yellow Sea or even the Bohai Sea and then fight them is the best choice for BB63.

But once Maozi received the news that the 38th Task Force was cruising in the waters near Batavia, it would be impossible for them to go north regardless of it, so they might put themselves in a situation where they were caught between the front and back, and even if Maozi's fleet commander drank too much flower wine, he would not be so stupid.

"BB63 really can't go south, John Bull has gathered most of the warships of their Far East Fleet and has entered the South China Sea. It seems to me that it is very abnormal for them to carry out such military maneuvers at this sensitive time. Once our Task Force 38 and Maozi are dry, and John Bull finds another excuse to pick peaches and attack us, then we're really going to be on wax. Zhao Yi said.

"Yes, the current ammunition reserves of the 38th Task Force are just enough for the Pacific Fleet of Mao Zi, and this is still counting the use of anti-ship missiles. Once John Bull wants to pick peaches, then we are passive! Lu Xiangyang said.

"But BB63 goes south, what if Maozi bypasses another fleet from the Bering Strait?" Luo Can said.

"Are you crazy!? Will this be possible without large icebreakers on the Arctic route? It's the nineteenth century, big brother! Hao Dajian said.

Between 1903 and 1906, the Norwegian explorer Amundsen traveled from east to west on a 47-ton dhow fishing boat to open the Northwest Passage for the first time.

The shipping lanes of the Arctic Ocean are covered with thick ice for most of the year, making them suitable for large ships to pass through. At the end of the twentieth century, two German cargo ships successfully passed through the adjacent waters of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean in Russia, creating a route that greatly shortened the voyage between Eurasia and the Arctic Ocean due to global warming and the thawing of the Arctic glaciers.

And now the Arctic Ocean is still frozen for thousands of miles all the year round, and it is impossible for Maozi's fleet to enter the Yellow Sea from the Bering Strait.

"Then I'll take BB63 to the South Pacific, if John Bull does something, I'll even clean up and solve the problem once and for all!" Luo Can said.