It is difficult to say how much strength the Portuguese in Macao have, but judging from historical records, the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty borrowed troops like the Portuguese in Macau, and from this point of view, their strength should not be weak. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It is absolutely possible to be able to recruit at least a thousand or so soldiers, and of course it is not ruled out that they will be able to recruit more soldiers, but judging from Zhou Yang's investigation, Portugal has at least five or more warships in Macao, and these five are basically stationed here for a long time.

However, they only sent two to Japan, which made Zhou Yang a little worried, after all, how powerful the two sailed warships were, he still knew, even if he had Australian cannons, but Zhou Yang was also more worried, which did not take into account the Zheng family factor.

As the overlord of the East China Sea, the strength of the Zheng family is definitely there, if the two warships are simply against the Zheng family, it is simply looking for death, after all, the Zheng family has hundreds of large and small warships, and it may be difficult for the Portuguese to get benefits from them, unless they have a giant warship like the Perfect.

It's just that the situation of the Zheng family makes Zhou Yang a little uncertain, since they have not expressed strong opposition or other opinions, what does this mean, it shows that they are either afraid of the Australian warship or have already made plans.

As the biggest beneficiary of Japanese trade, it can be said that the Zheng family has always regarded this place as their own territory, and absolutely cannot tolerate others entering, and the Portuguese want to open the door to Japan and ask them to agree to trade, which is not in line with their rules.

It's just that they didn't show any movement, the more this is the case, the more difficult it is for people to know what they are thinking in their hearts, although the Portuguese have little to do with Australia, but their actions in a certain sense determine what the bottom line of Australia knows about the Zheng family.

After all, if you touch the bottom line of the Zheng family too much, then it may backfire and force the Zheng family to completely break with Australia, which is definitely not what Australia wants, and it is not conducive to falling out with the Zheng family at this time, after all, Australia's local strength is limited, and it may be a little difficult to face several forces at the same time.

The Australian people do not have much agreement with the behavior of the grape people, but they do not express any objection, which can be said to be consistent with the Zheng family's early attitude, that is, it expresses a tacit attitude.

Although the Zheng family acquiesced to the actions of the Portuguese, it did not mean that they would let the Grape people open the door to Japan so easily.

Zheng Zhilong had sent someone to the Tokugawa shogunate to inform them that the Portuguese were preparing to counterattack into Japan, after all, the Portuguese were forced to withdraw from the Japanese market in 1639, which was a great shame for them, and they decided to return to the Japanese market, firstly, to give the Australians a vote, and secondly, to wash away the shame for their own interests.

"General Angus, don't you think about sending a few more warships into Japan together, this is definitely good for you, after all, if the two warships want to completely force the shogunate to open up trade, I think it will be difficult."

Yang Yuzhou asked the Portuguese general who was about to sail to Japan, in his and Zhou Yang's opinion, this difficulty was a bit big, and the Portuguese did this completely to put themselves in a desperate situation.

It's too risky, once it fails to attack and is counterattacked by the other side, it will be a very big problem, so he thinks that it is not possible to let the other party consider sending a few more warships, at least five, after all, two warships want to open the door to Japan, which is simply a difficult action.

"Yang, you should believe in our strength, Portugal definitely has this strength, we know Japan, these dwarfs are not very high in combat effectiveness, as long as they completely destroy their warships, they will sign a treaty with us."

Angus looked confident in himself, after all, this was his first appearance against Japan, and he felt that Yang Yuzhou's reminder was completely superfluous.

"Well, well, then we are waiting for your good news, I hope you can use Australian artillery to open the door of Japan."

Yang Yuzhou raised his glass and toasted to Angus, although this blessing was a bit involuntary, but it was better than saying something to hit the other party, after all, the Portuguese were privately seeking benefits for Australia, and it would be a little chilling if Australia's big brother didn't support him.

In any case, as long as they can open the door to Japan, then it is also good for Australia, and even Wang Tiehammer said that if they fail, he would not mind waging a trade war against Japan with his fleet.

The formation of ten fleets has not yet been carried out in actual combat, so it is just right to take Japan to the test, which is also a good thing for naval fighters.

It's just a war with the outside world, this requires the consent of the local people, it's not Wang Tiehammer who can start a war if he wants to, after all, it involves the outside world, this is a very big thing, whether it will cause some chain reactions, these are all things that need to be considered.

The reason why the Portuguese dared to send two warships was that the Australians had a fleet here, and this fleet could be directly related to their success or failure.

Once they are defeated, the Australians, as allies, will definitely not ignore them, and that's what they think, in fact, this is a bit of a drag on the Australians.

Provoke the Japanese first, then expand the war, and finally let the Australians join in, so that they can definitely defeat each other.

The idea is good, but they don't know that Australia has quite strict requirements for foreign troops, and it is not something that can be done casually, even Wang Tiehammer, a very influential naval commander, may not be able to decide easily, how dare others take such a big responsibility.

So their idea is a bit wrong, but Wang Tiehammer is really like the executive committee has already applied, in case Portugal is defeated, then Australia will act in time, which is very necessary for the Far East Military Alliance and Australia, Portugal is a member of the alliance, he has been attacked, as an ally should help them, of course, the alliance treaty also stipulates, it depends on the situation, after all, not everything helps.

When it comes to the specific situation, it still depends on how the other party judges, and if the members of the alliance feel that this should be helped, then they will take action.

(To be continued.) )