Chapter 125: Anglo-Portuguese Collusion
Although the Portuguese colonial government of Mozambia was tough in words, it knew the pain in its heart. Governor Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro turned even more ugly after being briefed by his own military officials.
At this time, the Portuguese garrison in Mozambia was only a little more than 45,000 men. There was also a Portuguese servant army formed by more than 50,000 blacks. Heavy artillery consisted of only forty howitzers of the old British MK1 type. The caliber of the gun is not small, about 114 mm. But the range is only a meagre 6 km. Not to mention accuracy. Tanks British Great Nomad Tanks 15 units. As for the planes, there are only 22 of them. The warship Nima is even more bizarre. 11 old-fashioned ironclad ships.
The other side heard that it is a standing army of 600,000. There are more than 10,000 heavy artillery pieces of all kinds. Tanks are almost a thousand. Hundreds of aircraft. There are probably a lot of warships. Once the war starts, it is the dish that is properly dished. Thinking of this, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro has almost gray hair.
At this moment, there was no knock on the door of Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Avi's office. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro said, "Please come in." ”
After the man entered the house, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro looked up and saw that it was his entourage and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”
The attendant said, "Report to the Governor, there is a group of Englishmen outside the door who have asked to see you. They say they have a way to help you get through Nanguan. ”
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was thrilled when he heard that the British had come to his door. So at least you don't have to fight against ******** alone. Hurriedly stood up and said, "Hurry up, please." ”
Then an Englishman with a full beard walked into the office of Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro and said to Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro: "Hello Dear Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. On behalf of the British Government, I would like to convey to you the highest level of respect. ”
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro said at this time: "Thank you. My lieutenant just told me that you have a way to help us get through this? ”
"Yes. I don't think your government is in a position to give you aid at the moment, but here we in the British Empire can offer you Portugal 20,000 Lee Enfield rifles. 7。 20 million rounds of 7mm bullets. Lewis machine guns five hundred. 200 Maxim heavy machine guns. 200 mortars. 40 75-mm mountain guns. The bearded Englishman said:
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro stood up excitedly after hearing the bearded Englishman's words and said, "Thank you so much." These weapons solve the problem of our weapons strain. Long live the Franco-British friendship. ”
"Yes, long live the Franco-British friendship. And if you need help in the future. We can send troops over and fight alongside you against that careerist in the north. The bearded Englishman said:
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro scolded in his heart after listening to what the bearded Englishman said: "Nana's, that side has not invaded us yet, and you British have begun to worry about our Portuguese colonies." No wonder Prime Minister Salazar chose Mussolini as an ally, ******** is robbery, and you Britain are theft. But Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro said: "Thank you for your help, I think we still don't need the intervention of your army for the time being, so as not to burn the flames of war on you." ”
After listening to Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, the bearded Englishman shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since your country has repeatedly insisted that we will not force it. and let us know as soon as you need to. We will do our best to help your country, because we are all Caucasian. ”
Later, after the Englishman left, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro scolded wryly: "It's not that you are so incompetent that you can't stand ********, let them be independent." Are we in such trouble now? ”
This was the adjutant who did not speak, and said: "Governor, you are not unaware of the urine nature of the British. They belong to the Lord who takes advantage of it. Give us these weapons are light weapons. We don't have a single artillery tank we need. It's not really helping us at all. It's for us to fight ******** to the death. They are good at reaping the benefits of fishermen. ”
The next day, the weapons aided by the British arrived in Mozambia and were delivered to the Portuguese colonial government. After the Portuguese colonists received these weapons. Plus some French weapons purchased suddenly gained confidence. It was at this time that the British government issued a statement. Declared willing to help Portugal defend against ******** invasion at all costs. Even the Second Anglo-African War was not spared.
With the British statement, the Portuguese colonial government of Mozambia suddenly became much bolder. Frequent military exercises are carried out on the Motan border. At the same time, the Portuguese colonial government in Mozambia issued a circular declaring that it would never bow down to any evil forces. If the invaders dare to invade Mozambia. Then the only way out for them is death. At the same time, those who are delusional are warned to stop as soon as possible, so as not to be ashamed.
Li Junhao knew Mo Sambia's announcement, and the root of his anger itched. Lee Jun-ho directly ordered Durabo to speed up the march. Because Lee Jun-ho himself is very disgusted with Portugal as a country, and nominally remained neutral in World War II. However, in fact, Portugal is inclined towards Germany, Italy and Japan. If it weren't for the fact that Spain would have entered the war long ago. As everyone knows, the Portuguese Prime Minister's Office hung a photo of Mussolini until the Normandy landing.
He was much more ruthless with colonial rule than with the British and French. In World War II, in order to keep Macao, Japan signed a number of disgusting treaties. In terms of harmlessness, it is no less than that of Germany and Japan, what Li Junhao did not expect is. The Mozambian army, which had begun to shrink and did not dare to fight, actually crossed the border and attacked a county in the south of their country. As a result, they were met by the local garrison, leaving a large number of corpses and retreating.
At first, Li Junhao really thought that it was a mouse biting the cat's tail, and his guts were fat. But the Shen Yan investigation turned out to be the Portuguese army that the British pretended to be. Because Li Junhao was going all out to deal with Portugal at this time, he could only detain the basin on Mozambia's head.