"Report the captain and found that the Qingzhou ship and Yizhou ship are located at 106.67 east longitude and 2.34 south latitude; about 12.48 nautical miles away from us."

Shangpufeng sat on the captain's podium and said, "Drive now and meet with them, generate power for the Qingdao command center, and report that we have discovered the Qingzhou ship and the Yizhou ship."

This is the 7th day after the Kunming ship left Qingdao. Although it has been recuperating for nearly two years, due to its good maintenance, the Kunming ship is still in good condition. It is the power system. The Kunming ship uses diesel hybrid power, uses diesel engines at low speeds, and uses gas turbines at high speeds. This turned out to be a compromise method used by China's gas turbine technology in the old time and space. Later, the 10,000-ton large-wheel drive 055 model directly took 4 gas turbines.

But in this era, it became the advantage of Kunming ships, because gas turbines need to use special aviation fuel, while in this era there is only diesel. Although the quality of diesel is not high, it can still be used. Therefore, after coming to this era, Kunming ships are driven by diesel engines most of the time. Although the maximum speed of diesel engines is only 24 knots, far lower than the 32 knots driven by gas turbines, it is completely enough in this era. This time, Kunming ships sailed at a speed of 20 knots, with an average speed of 22.1 knots. Of course, the maximum range of Kunming ships is 15 knots and 6,000 nautical miles, and if they rely solely on diesel, they can only drive to Java without forcing them. However, Zhang Zhenxun guarantees that diesel can be supplied during the voyage.

On the second day after leaving Qingdao, the Kunming ship met with Zhang Zhenxun's nephew Zhang Zizhang in the waters of Guangzhou. On the 6th day, the soldiers arrived in Pontianak in Poyizhou (Kalimantan Island). The Zhang family had a dock here and had prepared diesel. So the Kunming ship docked in Pontianak. On the one hand, it replenished diesel and drinking water, and on the other hand, it also rested in Pontianak for a night. Because it was less than 1,000 kilometers from Pontianak to Java Island, it could reach it in one day with the speed of the Kunming ship. However, the soldiers were still very tired after 5 or 6 days of hull on the sea. Although the Kunming ship's hull was huge, it still seemed very crowded after being stuffed into 7,800 soldiers. After all, the Kunming ship's organization was only about 280 people.

Moreover, after leaving the Guangzhou sea area, the temperature gradually rose. Although the Kunming ship has a fully enclosed structure and has air conditioning and ventilation system, it is large in number, so it still looks very stuffy. In addition, more than 50 soldiers along the way fell ill, most of which were seasick or heatstroke, and more than 20 soldiers were in serious condition.

Resting in Pontianak for a night will help the soldiers recover from their state. At the same time, the seriously ill soldiers will be left in Pontianak to recuperate, and then gather in Java after the mixed fleet arrives.

When the mooring in Pontianak, Captain Shang Jinfeng and Qingdao Command had a long conversation. Only then did he know that on the morning of the same day, the British Consul in Qingdao, Jin Zhang, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and expressed concern about the East China government's armed protection of overseas Chinese, believing that the protection of overseas Chinese will affect the interests of the UK in Java. He hoped that the East China government can reconsider this protection of overseas Chinese, and tried to maintain a restrained attitude in the protection of overseas Chinese, and did not use force, nor did he have an armed conflict with the Dutch colonial authorities. At the same time, he also expressed that the British government was willing to come forward to mediate the anti-Chinese incident on Java.

However, the British consul's negotiations were strongly pushed back by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointing out that the East China government was to protect the Chinese expatriates and expressed strong dissatisfaction with the attitude and practices of the Dutch colonial authorities, believing that under such circumstances, the East China government could only take action to protect overseas Chinese and demanded that the British government handle this matter with a notarization position.

The British consul said that the British government would take further words and said goodbye and left, but the Qingdao command believed that the UK was likely to send warships to interfere with the East China government's overseas Chinese protection actions. In this case, Xia Bohai believed that the East China government should show a stronger and firm attitude. Only in this way can it be able to capture the UK and prevent the UK from easily politeing the mixed fleet of the East China government. Xia Bohai proposed that the hybrid fleet should be granted the Dutch colonial authorities the power to fire first, and that it could attack Batavia.

This suggestion was also supported by Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun. Of course, Xiao Jianjun considered it from a purely military perspective. The greater the autonomy of the front line commander, the better. Qin Zheng considered it a deeper, because the overseas Chinese protection operation itself is actually equivalent to a war act. Moreover, judging from the diplomatic negotiations between the East China government and the Netherlands, the Dutch government obviously has not treated the East China government as a formal political body. Therefore, when the overseas Chinese protection fleet arrives in Java, it may be strongly resisted by the Dutch colonial authorities. Since this is the case, it is better to let yourself open fire and attack the Netherlands first. On the other hand, it is also a warning to the United Kingdom that the East China government has never fought before.

According to the information provided by Zhang Zhenxun, the Netherlands did not have many troops in Java, with about 7 or 8 warships, of which there were about 4 or 5 larger warships. Because Zhang Zhenxun did not understand the navy, he could only distinguish them by the size of the warships. However, considering that the strength of the Dutch navy in this era and the industrial capacity of the Netherlands basically had no sense of existence in the old time and space, it was probably not strong there. The Batavian army had about three battalions, about 1,800 people, only one battalion was European, and the other two were composed of locals. However, Zhang Zhenxun didn't know much about their weapons performance, and he could only determine that there were not many movable cannons on wheels.

However, it is enough to have this information. The strength of the Netherlands alone will obviously not be the opponent of the overseas Chinese protection fleet. Since considering the interference of the British, the Qingdao Command asked Shang Jinfeng to establish a stable station on land as soon as possible after arriving in Java, so it was too late to make the British fleet arrive. It would take at least three days for Britain to dispatch a fleet from Singapore, so Shang Jinfeng must complete this goal within three days. Then this requires the right to fire first and control the initiative in his own hands.

Shang Jinfeng was naturally happy to get the first fire, and also reported his plan to the command center. During the voyage, Shang Jinfeng was not idle either. After he met with Zhang Zizhang, Shang Jinfeng learned about the situation in Java from Zhang Zizhang, and the focus was on the landing location and the location where the station was established.

Although Zhang Zizhang has mainly followed Zhang Zhenxun in China in recent years, he grew up in Java after all. He is very familiar with Java and the Batavia area. Therefore, he first suggested to Shang Jinfeng that he could be parked at a wharf run by the Zhang family to allow soldiers to land. This wharf is about 50 kilometers away from Batavia City, and can be parked with about 6,000 tons of sea boats. On the land garrison, Zhang Zizhang suggested to be located in a farm run by the Zhang family. This farm is only 12 or 3 kilometers away from the wharf, and is connected on very flat roads. It is about 60 kilometers away from Batavia City, with an area of ​​more than 3,000 acres. It mainly planted sugarcane, tea, coconuts, and grains. It has about 800 employees, built a large number of houses, and accumulated a lot of grain and medicinal materials. It also drew a simple drawing for Shang Jinfeng.

After consideration, Shang Jinfeng believed that it was OK to use the farm as a garrison. Not only were there a large number of ready-made facilities available, but the Zhang family's employees could assist. The farm was within the protection range of Kunming ships and guns, which was indeed a very suitable place. However, when landing at the Zhang family's wharf, Shang Jinfeng denied this suggestion because it was too dangerous. After all, it was not Pontianak, but the territory of the Netherlands. Of course, Pontianak is also a Dutch colony. However, the Netherlands has weak national strength and limited control over the colony. Java is the core area of ​​the Dutch colony and has the strongest control. Once a raid occurs in the Netherlands, such as a shore gun, or even a frogman, it can cause huge damage to the Kunming ship. Therefore, it is best to anchor at sea at least 15 kilometers away from the wharf and use a small boat to send the army personnel and weapons to the wharf. Zhang Zizhang had no objection, anyway, there were small boats in the wharf.

After listening to Shang Jinfeng's suggestion, the Qingdao Command basically agreed, but it had to contact Zhang Zhenxun and solicit Zhang Zhenxun's opinions, so it was necessary to understand the current situation of the wharf and farm mentioned by Zhang Zizhang, whether it had been robbed or occupied by the natives. Therefore, it was agreed to reply to Shang Jinfeng in 24 hours.

However, Zhang Zizhang also provided Shang Jinfeng with an alternative, which is about 70 kilometers away from Batavia City, with a very flat beach, which is very suitable for army landings, but it is more than 20 kilometers away from the farm. But there is also a Chinese residential area nearby.

The next morning, the Kunming ship set out from Pontianak and headed towards Java Island. At about 4 pm, it joined the Qingzhou and Yizhou on the sea east of Bangka Island to form a front fleet.

The Qingzhou and Yizhou were ordered by Qingdao during the Andaman Sea, and accepted a new mission. They joined the Kunming ship to form a front fleet of overseas Chinese protection fleets and rushed to Java Island to protect Chinese expatriates.

After learning the news, the soldiers on both warships were very excited because the soldiers were influenced by the time travelers and were very energetic. They had just received new warships and wanted to test the power of the warships on the battlefield. In addition, the time travelers have always instilled patriotism and nationalism education in the soldiers. Therefore, the soldiers have a deeper understanding of the country, nation, and people. When they heard that their compatriots were bullied overseas, they all developed a sense of hatred for the enemy. The German engineers who accompanied the ship had no objection to this. It is normal for European countries to arm the protection of overseas Chinese.

However, at this time, the two warships left Germany and had sailed at sea for more than 20 days. The soldiers were very tired, and the coal, food and drinking water on the two warships were not enough. Therefore, Zhang Wei decided to park in Medan Lane on Sumadala Island to replenish coal, food and drinking water. He also rested for two days. The soldiers were indeed completely renewed, so the two warships set sail again, crossed the Strait of Malacca, and met with the Kunming ship.
Chapter completed!