After the People's Army captured the merchant ship, under the leadership of Captain Jackson, the crew of the entire ship all required the People's Army to cooperate with each other, not only handed over all the information on the merchant ship, but also opened all the warehouses on the ship.

The merchant ship intercepted by the Hejian was called the Tbilisi, which belongs to the British trade ship, with a displacement of 8,850 tons, a cargo capacity of 4,000 tons, and a crew of 63. It is mainly freight trade between South America and Asia. This time it carried a lot of cargo, with more than 20 kinds.

Under Zhao Ping's order, the Tbilisi followed behind the Hejian. Except for the captain and the crew who operated the pilot, the rest of the crew were closed in several warehouses. Captain Jackson took Zhao Ping to inspect the warehouse on the ship. After checking the goods loaded by the Tbilisi, Zhao Ping ordered one of the cargoes to be thrown into the sea.

It turned out that before the attack, the navy had detailed regulations on the goods loaded in the intercepted merchant ships and made a detailed list of more than 120 items. Everything indicated on the list must be retained, and the others were thrown into the sea. What was left was of course the materials needed by the East China government, such as grain, medicine, wood, cloth, various ores. Nearly half of the goods were eventually thrown into the sea. After dealing with these matters, Zhao Ping brought 20 soldiers back to Hejian.

Captain Jackson remained silent about all the actions of the People's Army and asked to do so. Due to Captain Jackson's cooperation, he was allowed to stay in the cab on the ship and was allowed to visit the detained crew. After all, it would be better to be directed by the Captain himself, and the People's Army was not worried about Jackson's tricks. He could escape there again in this vast sea.

After Zhao Ping left, Captain Jackson comforted the crew and asked them not to act rashly and to save their lives first. Since the other party was a regular government army, as long as the crew was obedient, there would be basically no life-threatening. Other matters could be left to the British Empire, because the British Empire would never wait to see its merchant ships being detained and robbed and still sit idly by. Moreover, the British fleet should have arrived in the Far East. As long as the British fleet could defeat the East China government's fleet, then it would be just around the corner to get compensation when they went home.

After Captain Jackson comforted the crew, he returned to the cab and looked forward. He saw two big and small ships appearing on the sea in the distance. After approaching, Captain Jackson saw clearly that the small one was a warship, and the flag was also a fleet of the East China government, while the big one was a merchant ship. It seemed that it was similar to his ship, and it seemed that it was also hijacked by the East China government.

It seems that these two warships have made more than one vote. Seeing this, Captain Jackson couldn't help but be happy and worried. If the East China government only hijacked its own merchant ship, the British government might not know. Even if it knew, it might not spend too much energy to rescue it. There are thousands of British merchant ships, and it is impossible to consume a lot of government resources for just one merchant ship. But if the East China government attacks British merchant ships on a large scale, the British government will naturally know it in a short time and immediately take rescue and protection measures to drag it down. What is worrying is that the East China government actually saw that it was unscrupulous to hijack British merchant ships at sea. Is it really not afraid of British revenge? Or are they also having solutions? The captain just now said that the British fleet had been defeated by the East China government's fleet, and it would be true.

Thinking of this, Captain Jackson couldn't help but feel panicked, but he immediately corrected his thoughts. How could the British fleet be defeated?

This is the 10th day after the Laiyang sailed. They arrived at the waters they were responsible for patrolling on the third day, and discovered the first target that afternoon, the French merchant ship St. Louis, a 5,000-ton merchant ship, which became the first victory of the Hejian.

The next day, the two warships achieved their second victory, that is, the merchant ship that Captain Jackson had just seen, the Cromwell, a cargo ship with a displacement of 9,550 tons and a load of 4,500 tons. Because the Cromwell had a large tonnage, after capturing the merchant ship, Zhao Ping ordered the crew members and the cargo left behind to be transferred to the Cromwell, and then the St. Louis was sunk.

In this way, the Cromwell became the temporary sea warehouse of the Hejian and Laiyang. The Laiyang was usually responsible for supervising the Cromwell. The Hejian was responsible for intercepting other cargo ships and merchant ships they encountered. Once the new cargo ships and merchant ships were captured, they all transferred the supplies and personnel needed by the East China government to the Cromwell, and then the Hejian was sunk by it.

To this day, the Hejian and Laiyang have intercepted 4 British merchant ships and 2 French merchant ships, with the largest tonnage of only 6,250 tons and the smallest tonnage of 3,500 tons, and captured 289 crew members. However, not all merchant ships will surrender. Some merchant ships resisted fiercely against the People's Army, and of course the People's Army will not be ruthless. With its dense and powerful firepower, a total of 22 people were killed and 31 were injured. However, only 3 soldiers were injured in the People's Army itself.

The Cromwell was also filled with new supplies, even exceeding nearly 200 tons. It happened to meet the Tbilisi today, which was the second largest tonnage cargo ship encountered by the Hejian and Laiyang. Therefore, the Tbilisi avoided the fate of being sunk and replaced the Cromwell as a new temporary warehouse at sea.

Subsequently, the Hejian and Laiyang patrolled within their own waters for 5 days, and successfully intercepted four merchant ships, and filled all the Tbilisi. Only then did Zhao Ping order his return and return to Shanghai.

This time, the Hejian and Laiyang sailed for 18 days, and a total of 11 merchant ships were intercepted, including 7 by the United Kingdom and 4 by France, sinking 9 by the 9 by the United Kingdom and 2 by France, with a total tonnage of 51,200 tons, arresting 578 personnel, and bringing back 9,200 tons of various materials, which can be considered a great harvest. After resting in Shanghai for 3 days, Zhao Ping commanded the warship and sailed again.

In addition to the Hejian and Laiyang, the other three teams also had their own achievements, and the fleet attacking Java was also taking action.

Although the East China government and the Netherlands have not officially signed a treaty, the general content has been completed, and the details, formats, words and sentences are needed to be determined. Therefore, the two sides have also reached a temporary agreement. The Javanese colonial government allows the fleet to dock and allows landing troops to go ashore. The East China government has given up its plan to occupy Java by force. The fleet will leave three days after docking, and the army troops will stay on Java Island, waiting for the two governments to officially sign the contract and fulfill their respective obligations stipulated in the treaty.

When the temporary agreement was transmitted to the colonial governor's office of Java, the Java governor Rosberg almost prepared to take a boat, because he had just received the report that the People's Army's fleet was only more than 120 kilometers away from Java, which was about 4 hours. The temporary agreement finally made Rosberg feel relieved. At least the People's Army's fleet would not attack Java. So Rosberg hurriedly ordered the port not to prevent the People's Army's fleet from entering the port, and arranged the fleet to be parked in the port, and prepared the army to land. It was also a long time of busyness.

After the fleet arrived at the port, it was welcomed by overseas Chinese. Although the main body of the Zhang family evacuated from Java, some of the tribesmen remained in Java. After the East China government evacuated the people, Rosberg imprisoned the left-behind members of the Zhang family, which was actually to provide protection. After receiving the results of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, he immediately released the people because he knew that the East China government would soon return to Java. The news was also passed on to the entire Java Island through the left-behind members of the Zhang family, which made the overseas Chinese on the island happy, and many people cried with joy.

In fact, it has only been 2 or 3 months since the evacuation of the overseas Chinese. Moreover, the East China government also issued a warning to Rosberg when evacuating the overseas Chinese. Therefore, after the evacuation of the East China government, Rosberg also ordered that the overseas Chinese in Java should not be harmed before the battle between the East China government and the Expeditionary Force was concluded. Colonial troops were also sent to deploy defenses at the main Chinese gathering points in Java in case of accidents, and left-behind members of the Zhang family were imprisoned and protected.

However, Rosberg's approach is mainly to protect the personal safety of the overseas Chinese in Java, and his property is not included. After all, he is just to leave a way out for himself. Anyway, if the East China government really comes back, the stolen property can be brought back. Therefore, the property of the overseas Chinese in Java was robbed by colonists and local indigenous peoples. In addition, in a few areas, a small number of scattered overseas Chinese in Java were still attacked by some indigenous people, killing a total of about 4,500 people.

Of course, a considerable number of colonists and local natives were very dissatisfied with Rosberg's practices. After all, although they could seize the industries, manors, and workshops of Java overseas Chinese, they could not rob their property. After all, they were protected by colonial troops, and although industries, manors, and workshops were also valuable, they needed to invest a lot of energy and money to manage them. If they were not done well, they would lose money. However, real estate and private property were ready-made wealth, so everyone was jealous of them, so they put pressure on Rosberg, accusing him of protecting the interests of overseas Chinese too much, demanding that he withdraw his army and not protecting overseas Chinese again.

Rosberg did not really want to protect the interests of overseas Chinese, but he knew very well that once the protection of overseas Chinese was relaxed, these colonists and local indigenous people would not just rob property. Real estate would probably start killing, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, Rosberg repeatedly persuaded him, hoping that they could wait and see for a while, waiting for the expeditionary force to achieve a decisive result before taking action. However, these colonists and local indigenous people were very enthusiastic and were blinded. They did not listen to Rosberg's advice at all, but they just wanted to rob the overseas Chinese's property.
Chapter completed!