1850 American Gold Tycoon.

After this defeat, the Dutch and Indian authorities would no longer have the possibility of competing with Liang Yao for the command of the Java Sea.

At this time, the Umbrella fleet, flying the umbrella flag and the Stars and Stripes, was no longer satisfied with only cruising in the waters near Batavia.

These ships even sailed to the sea less than 1 nautical mile away from the Batavia port, and from time to time approached and bombarded the Batavia port.

The officers of the Dutch Indian Army guarding the port could even use binoculars to clearly see the faces of the opposing crew members.

The entire city of Batavia was forced to enter a state of combat readiness. Before that, no one in the Dutch and Indian authorities would have thought that Batavia, as their base camp in the East Indies, would one day become the front line. .

The Chinese army will land in Batavia, attack Batavia, and confiscate the property of the Dutch in Batavia just like the property of the Dutch expats in Pontianak.

The news spread like wildfire in the city of Batavia.

This made the Dutch expats in Batavia even more anxious.

Previously, in order to exaggerate Liang Yao's cruelty, the Dutch and Indian authorities publicized Liang Yao's cruel act of hanging prisoners of war in Pontianak. At this time, it had a very good effect in Batavia.

It's a pity that this is not the desired effect of the Dutch and Indian authorities headed by Carlos Tevez.

Tevez and others hoped that by exaggerating Liang Yao's brutality, the Dutch expats in Batavia would unite as one and join the army to fight against Liang Yao.

Obviously, Tevez overestimated the martial arts of the Batavian expats.

The Dutch expats in Batavia firmly believed in Liang Yao's brutality, but the more they believed in the rumored cruelty of Liang Yao, the less they dared to join the Dutch-Indian Army and Liang Yao's western brigade to fight.

The Dutch expats in Batavia are not the Boers with abundant martial arts in South Africa. They care more about their own gains and losses in the business field than joining the army on the battlefield.

Since the Dutch and Indian authorities lost their control of the sea, the Dutch expats in Batavia have suffered losses, and their losses have continued to expand.

The Batavian Dutch expatriates have reached the limit of their patience with Carlos Tevez.

Many well-connected Dutch expats have written to Amsterdam to put pressure on them, demanding to replace Tevez, the incompetent governor of Batavia.

Ever since the East Indies Fleet was almost wiped out, Tevez spent almost every day in fear.

The sound of shelling by the sea was also heard from time to time to the Governor's Palace, which made Tevez even more disturbed.

To be honest, the bombardment of Batavia by the Umbrella fleet did not cause substantial damage to the city of Batavia.

The effect achieved by the shelling was more on the psychological level.

The shelling is gradually destroying the confidence of the Dutch expats in the city and the morale of the Dutch and Indian troops.

As for the Java people living in Batavia City, they don't have much emotion, they are the most careless group in Batavia City.

Whether the Dutch or the Chinese run Batavia makes no difference to them.

The frustration of the citizens of Batavia and the low morale of the Dutch-Indian Army made Tevez realize that it was unrealistic to continue the Holland War and gain a bargaining chip that was more beneficial to the Dutch-Indian authorities.

He should seriously consider the issue of peace talks now.

As the winning side, Liang Yao, who was still sitting in Pontianak at this time, was not happy either.

As soon as the cannon is fired, the golden ten thousand taels is an eternal truth.

In order to obtain the overseas territory of Borneo Island, he also paid a high price.

In less than half a year of war, he has already consumed only 480 million US dollars in military expenditure.

If you count the lost ships, the losses will be even greater.

As for this, it is still the expenditure in the case of a favorable situation.

Before the war, Liang Yao prepared a gold reserve of 1000 million US dollars to cope with this war. The remaining gold reserve can only support Liang Yao's western brigade's moderate-intensity combat in the East Indies for about 9 months at most.

"We have obtained the command of the sea, and now we can take down Batavia in one go!" Elvis looked confident and confident.

As a relatively pure soldier, he obviously doesn't care much about politics and economics.

"Beating Batavia is just for Tevez to hear, do you still take it seriously?" Liang Yao gave Elvis a bad look.

After eating most of Borneo Island, Liang Yao's strategic goal of this expedition has been completed.

He had little interest in the expensive regions of South Borneo, let alone Batavia, which the Dutch had run for more than 200 years.

Liang Yao currently has no foundation in Batavia, taking Batavia will only increase the burden.

Liang Yao intervened in the Holland War on Borneo Island, Britain, France and other countries did not react too violently, which does not mean that they would not react if they further extended their hands to the wealthy Java Island.

The British don't want the Dutch to dominate in Southeast Asia, and they don't want Liang Yao, a Chinese American, to dominate in Southeast Asia.

Furthermore, the Dutch mainland has not directly intervened in the War of Holland for half a year. Many and part of the reason is that Liang Yao intervened in the War of Holland, and the main battlefield is still on the island of Borneo.

Liang Yao has not touched the core interests of the Dutch.

If he really gets involved in Batavia or Java Island, the Dutch will definitely fight him desperately.

At that time, he will not only face the colonial government of the Dutch and Indian authorities, but also the pressure from the entire Netherlands and even other European powers.

Liang Yao's attitude towards Batavia was also very simple. He could pretend to fight, or even conduct tentative attacks to put pressure on the Dutch and Indian authorities, but he just couldn't really fight.

What Liang Yao is more concerned about now is how much war deposits can be collected from the Dutch and Indian authorities to make up for the military expenditure in the past six months.

"Kruger has sent a telegram that Governor Tevez of Batavia has arrived at the mouth of the Kapuas River and wants to meet with you."

Fremont said while pinching the telegram he had just received from the telegraph room.

In the past six months, apart from fighting, Liang Yao was not idle.

The entire West Borneo region has initially built a telegraph network centered on Pontianak.

In Pontianak, Liang Yao was able to immediately receive news from Dongwanlu, Luyi (Montoladu), Kapuas River Estuary positions, and even the newly occupied Kentawang area.

"Tevez came to Pontianak in person, which shows that they want peace talks now." Liang Yao laughed.

"Send a message to Kruger to send the Batavian governor to Pontianak."

Tevez did not contact Liang Yao through letters and envoys, but chose to come to Pontianak in person, which shows that Tevez is now seriously considering the peace talks, which is a very good signal.

The next thing Liang Yao has to think about is how to get the biggest victory for himself at the negotiating table.

After fighting for half a year, in the final analysis, it was for this negotiation.