If the conditions of Austrsia seemed to be a bit of a lion''s roar, th the conditions proposed by the Dutch Governmt were simply nonsse.


    It was absolutely impossible for the Austrsian Governmt to mobilize so many people just for apsation of 0,000 pounds and an apology.


    Such conditions were akin to dismissing beggars, and only strgthed the resolve of Kt, who was originally determined to take advantage of the Dutch.


    "If your country doesn''t have much sincerity in the peace talks, th I think it''s better to let the military strgth of both sides decide the oue. The conditions of the peace talks can be decided by the victorious side in the war, regardless of the oue, we will not have any objections." Minister Kt sneered at the Dutch represtative and put forward his own opinions.


    Kt was a graduate of the Military University and had once served as Austrsia''s Minister of Defse.


    Kt, imbued with a military atmosphere, spoke in a straightforward manner, unlike the hypocritical politicians.


    "This..." The Dutchman was dumbfounded, not expecting such an aggressive stance from the represtative of Austrsia, who was considering solving the issue through military action in just a few words.


    "Mr. Kt, since you havee to participate in these peace talks, it is reasonable to assume that Austrsia has an inttion for peace talks.


    Why not give the Dutch governmt more time to discuss, and I believe they wille up with satisfactory conditions." In the d, the Germans couldn''t stand it any longer, looked at Kt with a slight smile, and eased the awkward atmosphere at the conferce table.


    "Governor, you better hurry to telegraph your country ande up with a satisfactory solution." With that, the German represtative looked at the Governor of the Dutch East Indies and said unhappily.


    Although Germany and the Nethends have always had a good rtionship, it doesn''t mean that the Germans are willing to give up a good rtionship with Austrsia to help the Dutch unconditionally.


    Since the Second Moran Crisis made the Germans feel isted and helpless, the German governmt has be ev more proactive in attracting allies, which is why they were willing to ept the invitation of the Dutch governmt and participate in these peace talks as a neutral party.


    However, the problem is that the Nethends is nowpletely iparable to Austrsia in terms ofprehsive strgth or strategic position.


    Austrsia''s unique geographical location allows it to detach itself from the main contradictions in Europe and watch the developmt and changes in the European situation.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The reason why William II wanted to make frids with Austrsia was that he valued Austrsia''s advantageous geographical location and believed that Austrsia could provide unexpected assistance to Germany in the conflict betwe Germany and France.


    Of course, with Britain''s involvemt, the conflict betwe Germany and France has now evolved into a conflict betwe Britain-France-Russia and Germany-Austria-Italy.


    The special rtionship betwe Austrsia and Britain has greatly reduced the chance of Austrsia directly joining Germany in the conflict.


    But don''t forget, Austrsia has a lot of mineral resources that Germany needs domestically. It canpletely reach a trade agreemt with Germany in a neutral way, which is what Germany needs in the war.


    Moreover, Austrsia can now serve as a fallback option for Germany, while German New Guinea is a gift prepared by William II for Arthur.


    Though William II was rash in his actions, as an emperor of a country, he had to have some wisdom.


    Germany directly became emies with Britain and France. Ev though William II was confidt in the German army, he still has some worries at times.


    In terms of the army, William II believed that he could bear the weight of a coalition betwe Britain, France, and Russia. However, in terms of the navy, the alliance betwe Britain and France put immse pressure on William II.


    Britain was already the world''s number one naval power. The previous Two-Power policy imed that the British navy''s tonnage would surpass the total of the second and third-most powerful navies.


    Ev though Germany is now catching up in the navy as much as possible, William II does not think that the High Seas Fleet can surpass the Royal Fleet of the British Empire.


    If France''s fleet was added, although its achievemts in dreadnoughts are far inferior to Germany''s, the numerous pre-dreadnought battleships would still be ough to cause headaches.


    After the German represtative spoke, the British represtative did not say anything further.


    The first day of peace talks ded on an unhappy note, but it was clear that the true positions of Britain and Germany were leaning towards Austrsia, which caused the Dutch governmt to abandon itsst bit oy, negotiating its bottom line ev under the bright lightste at night.


    On the second day, both Austrsia and the Dutch governmt made demands that were much more reasonable than the ones on the first day.


    On the Austrsian side, the requiremts changed to the coastal areas along the Flores Sea, which meant giving up the im to therge ind of Dragon Eye east of Bali, and giving up the joint control of New Guinea.


    Austrsia''s demand th changed to the Nusa Dungara Inds, the Southwest Inds, the Southeastern Inds, the Aru Archipgo, the Cay Inds, and other inds in the northern part of Austrsia and the southern part of the Dutch East Indies.


    This ind group includes East Timor Ind, as well as Flores Ind and Alo Archipgo, where the Lakntu Kingdom is located.


    With these inds, Austrsia would be able to establish aplete defsive ind chain in the northern region, along with New Guinea and New Zend, forming a fully-fledged defse ind chain in both the north and east.


    This would greatly strgth the defse capabilities of Austrsia''s nativend,bined with the increasingly powerful Austrsian navy, capable of repelling emies while avoiding war risks to their homnd.


    This also means that, at least before World War II, the homnd of Austrsia would basically be secure.


    As for the World War II period, by th, Austrsia''s various weapons would undoubtedly have blossomed. The concern for homnd security would not be Austrsia, but rather other countries with a directpetitive rtionship with Austrsia.


    On the Dutch side, they were willing to offer the tire East Timor Ind, as well as Rhode Ind to the west of East Timor Ind and the Leti Inds to the east as territorialpsation.


    As for economicpsation, the Dutch finally became more gerous, willing topsate 500,000 indigous people and one million pounds.


    However, the appetite of Austrsia was evidtly not limited to this, and the negotiations once again reached a deadlock – the Dutch governmt frantically bargained, while the represtatives of Austrsia tried to secure as many befits for their country as possible.


    Austrsia did not have many opportunities to expand its territories, considering its few neighboring countries.


    At prest, except for the Dutch East Indies, most of the neighboring regions are colonies of powerful countries.


    This made it difficult for Austrsia to expand its territories, and considering Arthur''s goal had always be to develop the homnd, Austrsia had only used war and conflict to expand its territories twice since its establishmt.


    On August 9, 9, after more than t days of tse negotiations, Austrsia and the Dutch governmt finally reached an agreemt called the Austrsia-Dutch Batavia Agreemt.


    The Batavia Agreemt stipted that both sides would cease hostilities in the Dutch East Indies region from the date of the agreemt''s signing and resume good diplomatic rtions prior to the conflict.


    To express their apologies to Austrsia, the Kingdom of the Nethends ceded all inds and archipgos east of Bali Ind, south of Flores Sea and Banda Sea, and west of New Guinea.


    At the same time, the Kingdom of the Nethends offered ￡0,000 inpsation to the attacked Austrsian merchants and ￡ million to the Austrsian governmt, which represted all Austrsian citizs.


    In the d, the Austrsian side gave up its demand for the western part of New Guinea Ind, considering it constituted nearly a quarter of the tire Dutch East Indies with an area of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.


    After the treaty was signed, both Austrsia and the Dutch breathed a sigh of relief.


    For Austrsia, it had gained ts of thousands of square kilometers ofnd and millions of indigous people without losing a single soldier or ev just a deration by the governmt, along with ￡ million inpsation from the Dutch side; it was surely a win-win.


    After all, Arthur''s original inttion in sding Charles Wynne to the Dutch East Indies was merely to integrate rubberpanies and manor houses in Southeast Asia and control the rubber industry there.


    Who could have imagined that some shortsighted individuals in the Dutch East Indies would bring such huge losses to their country by provoking them?


    As for the Dutch governmt, although they had ceded many inds and archipgos, the main inds of the Dutch East Indies were not affected.


    The good news was that the most important ind, Java, still had arge ind called Bali to the east, which prevted the Austrsians from directly reaching Batavia and Java Ind.


    After all, it was just some inds in the south of the Dutch East Indies, right? With a poption of just over a million indigous people, the damage to the wealthy Dutch East Indies wasn''t that big anyway.


    It''s much better than losing New Guinea Ind or ev jeopardizing Java Ind! Such a loss would have truly overturned Dutch rule in the East Indies and ignited public outrage in the Nethends.


    As for the archipgo that was ceded now, the Dutch governmt guided domestic public opinion to pretd that the governmt had resisted in many ways, only to change the colossal demand of the Austrsians into a few small archipgos.


    After all, the public could see the huge military disparity betwe the two sides, and with some guidance of public opinion, the Dutch would only vt their anger on the Austrsians without paying too much atttion to their governmt''s powerless performance in this incidt.


    With a rtively peaceful conclusion, the conflict in Southeast Asia also came to an d. It was undoubtedly one of the most peaceful and fridly resolutions of any conflict in rect years.


    However, for Austrsia, epting these inds ceded by the Dutch would take some effort and might ev require the use of military force.