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He caught up with Wilhelm II and asked, "Your Highness, it seems that the Portuguese have reached an agreement with Li Zhi." In this way, Portugal will become stronger and stronger, and our strategy of annexing Brazil may not be realized. ”

Wilhelm II jerked around and stared into Narsinger's eyes.

"Pass on my orders to withdraw all the warships and soldiers from Africa to Europe, to Africa with Indian warships and soldiers, and from the Far East to India. We will concentrate our greatest strength and be sure to defeat the Portuguese before Li Zhi's equipment arrives in Portugal. ”

Narsingh asked: "Then the Far East is not defensible?" ”

Wilhelm II frowned and said: "We were chased and beaten by Li Zhi in the Far East, and we no longer have access to the source of raw silk, and there are very few benefits there!" I can't take care of it for the time being. ”

"The key now is to take Brazil from the Portuguese! The richest Brazil. ”

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On the tenth day of June, King João IV of Portugal looked at the battle outside Porto and happily touched the beard on his lips.

Behind him, a military band played a melodious tune, keeping João IV's feet on the beat.

Thanks to Li Zhi's help, the Portuguese withstood the Anglo-Dutch land attack.

Although the Portuguese army still used outdated smoothbore guns, the Portuguese who defended the country were able to hold their ground because of the guidance of Li Zhi's booklet "Trench Tactics".

Today, when the Anglo-Dutch army has widely used front-loading rifled guns, if Portugal uses the old Spanish phalanx, it will inevitably be defeated by the Anglo-Dutch army with advanced weapons. The pamphlet that Lee Sik sent as a gift for the meeting completely changed the outcome of this land war.

Trench warfare is not only for rifled gun defense. In fact, it was also far safer for a smoothbore gunman to hide in a trench than to stand in the field and shoot diffusely. Queue diffuse is only suitable for the smoothbore gun era, as long as either side of the war is equipped with rifled guns, trench warfare is a more appropriate form of warfare.

The Portuguese 40,000 arquebusiers loaded their charges in the trench and, when they had finished reloading, stood on small benches, stuck their heads out of the trench, and shot the enemy who tried to charge in this direction.

In such a form of warfare, the range advantage of the attacking side is of little significance. Even if the new rifles of the Dutch could hit four hundred meters, they could not shoot the Portuguese hiding in the trenches from four hundred meters away. And when the Dutch came into range of the Portuguese army, the Dutch stood in front of the smoothbore guns exposed in the trenches, and the target was huge.

In comparison, the soldier hiding in the trench showed only a small head. The Dutch wanted to shoot any Portuguese soldier at great cost.

Trench tactics were simpler and more effective than the bastions of this era. The fortress was also afraid of the bombardment of superior artillery, but no such thing as a trench could be dismantled by any artillery.

Although the Anglo-Dutch army had 100,000 men, more than the 80,000-strong Portuguese army, the Anglo-Dutch army was unable to advance in the face of trench tactics that were ahead of the times.

João IV held up his binoculars and looked at the battle on the front line, his eyebrows fluttering with joy.

João IV was the first king of Portugal to gain independence from Spain. Portugal's restoration of independence from Spain was not peaceful, and in 1644, six years earlier, the Portuguese army had fought the Spanish in Montijo. Portugal won the war, but Spain was still very unwilling.

João IV put down his binoculars, shook his head and sighed: "I can't imagine that in addition to the Spaniards, we Portugal have been invaded by Britain and the Netherlands. We, the Portuguese, all our overseas colonies, are at their most dangerous. ”

Raphael, the Dutch interpreter who sent Li Zhi, bowed down and said, "The Lord will be with you, my great king." ”

Joao IV happily patted Raphael on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Raphael, you have made a great achievement!" It was you who persuaded Li Zhi to send us the first batch of weapons. The 100 front-loading rifled guns and 2,000 rounds of flowering shells made a great contribution to Lisbon and helped our navy lift the blockade of Lisbon. ”

João IV smiled and said, "If Lisbon is blockaded by the Anglo-Dutch forces, we Portuguese will really have to surrender!" Li Zhi, the king of Tianjin in the Ming Kingdom, is very sincere, and now the only thing that can save our Portugal is the alliance with Li Zhi. ”

"Raphael, I appoint you as Portugal's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, specifically responsible for communicating with Ming Guo Li Zhi! You go to Daming again as soon as possible, and tell Li Zhi that I completely agree with his conditions. We have money, we need weapons, we need more advanced weapons. ”

Raphael humbly bowed to the king and said, "I will do my best to fulfill my mission, my king!" ”

João IV smiled and nodded, and then used his monoculars to observe the scene on the battlefield.

On the battlefield, the Dutch organized a charge of two thousand men.

But as soon as the Dutch came within range of the Portuguese arquebus, the loaded Portuguese stuck their heads out of the trench one by one and fired fiercely at the Dutch. The Dutch suddenly fell in large pieces, and I don't know how many people died.

The Dutchman, who was still alive, fled back in disarray, not daring to make a death charge.

João IV burst out laughing and exclaimed: "Good! Li Zhi's tactics are really exquisite. Raphael, we Portugal have a strong ally from now on! ”

Raphael looked at the excited king, pondered for a moment, and said, "My king, it's a pity that we signed an unequal treaty with Li Zhi. Li Zhi can ask us to attack the enemy country at any time, but when our country is in trouble, Li Zhi can selectively support. ”

João IV smiled and said: "Raphael, nothing in this world is absolutely fair. When our Portuguese were in great trouble, Li Zhi was willing to sell us 100 rifled guns at a price of 5,000 taels of silver each, which was the greatest fairness. ”

"This silver is only the cost of two fourth-class battleships, but it can help us drive out the Anglo-Dutch army of more than forty battleships, which is the best deal in the world. Raphael, we have to learn to be grateful! ”

Raphael bowed and said, "My king, but I think Li Zhi is using Portugal and us to drag England, Holland and Spain into the mire. Li Zhi is manipulating our white civil war to make us have no time to look east and stop expanding in the Far East. ”

"In this way, Li Zhi can expand freely in the Far East and control everything."

João IV touched the mustache on his lips and smiled.

"Raphael, we are Caucasian, and Li Zhi is yellow. The transaction between us and Li Zhi is inevitably to take advantage of each other. But what does it matter? We need Li Zhi, and Li Zhi also needs us, this is the covenant, this is the best covenant! ”

Raphael thought for a long time, and finally stopped talking, and he said, "You are right, my king. Lord bless you! ”

Joao waved his hand happily, and the military band behind him changed tunes and began to play loud music.

The military music was heard, and the morale of the Portuguese soldiers in the trenches was boosted.

João IV, while enjoying his favorite music, exclaimed: "The Lord will bless you, my Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs!" ”