The complete victory of the Don Army in the Battle of Tsaritsyn, and the Russian side, in a not very dignified way, once again confirmed to the Europeans that it would not take much effort for the Don Army to clean them up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Don Army will need to further consolidate Ukraine and South Russia, and then continue to advance into the central part of Russia after the reinforcement of troops.

At a time when the Europeans were worried that Russia would not have the slightest way to stop the Tang, a new chaos caught the Europeans off guard. Portugal, a small second-rate country on the edge of the Iberian Peninsula, actually had a coup d'état at this time.

After Brazil's independence, Portugal declined from the ranks of the first-tier countries in Europe, although it still has some scattered colonies in Africa, but it is mainly a small trading point, basically there is not much profit, and the Asian colonies have also been "acquired" by the Tang Dynasty early.

However, relatively speaking, compared with the six major European powers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Western Russia, Portugal's attitude towards Datang is not so radical and extreme. The striking manifestation is that the anti-Tang propaganda in this country is not particularly strong, and it is not as widespread as in Britain or Germany.

Portugal, which follows the EU's line, naturally has to obey the orders of the EU Parliament and the Military Council, and after the outbreak of war, Portugal should send 500,000 troops to the EU, and undertake a large number of transportation tasks, as well as produce enough EU-made weapons. The European Union paid a part of the deposit to Portugal, and Portugal produced a batch of war materials. This consignment was supposed to be delivered to France to support the French army in the battle against the Belgian Don Army. However, the sea route was largely completely cut off, so the supplies were transported by train to France. As a result, in Spain, the railway was bombed by the Tang Air Force and was completely destroyed. Workers attempting to repair were again injured by unexploded ordnance. The Spanish side simply did not build the railway.

France, for its part, refused to make subsequent payments to Portugal on the pretext that it had not received supplies from Portugal. Because most of the Portuguese companies are engaged in business, their own industrial scale is limited, and there are not many enterprises, this EU industrial production task is almost all of Portugal. The French did not pay, and then the Don army bombed Portugal, which put Portugal in a total embarrassment.

The Portuguese people's standard of living fell sharply due to the disruption of trade, they were starved of food and clothing, and they had to be apportioned new tasks from the European Union, even if they were clearly useless.

At this time, Queen Maria I of Portugal died of illness and was succeeded by her son João VI. João VI had actually been regent for many years and had some control over Portugal. His political style is on the hard-line side, and he is a big European element, although not extremely anti-Tang, but he also does not have much favorability.

Portugal, like many European countries, implements an enlightened absolute monarchy, and the country has a certain parliamentary democracy, but the role of the monarch is still huge. And if the monarch doesn't like any political party, it's basically impossible for that party to come out. For example, the Portuguese National Revolution, a political party that has been established for many years, has always been an underground organization in Portugal, and if it is discovered, it will definitely be banned, and even the arrested party members will be thrown into prison or even tortured to death.

However, after a long period of underground activities, the Portuguese National Revolution was also transformed into an organization that mainly organized the workers' movement and defended workers' rights. Almost ninety percent of the trade unions and guilds in Portugal are linked to the Portuguese Revolution. Because of the general environment of the European Union, trade unions are legal within the European Union, which is also a practical requirement to take care of Germany and other countries, so this also gives Portugal room for national revolution activities.

At the time of the bombing campaign in Datang, the Portuguese National Revolution had already organized workers to launch a strike, and when the industrial area was bombed, there were no workers inside. This was seen by King João VI of Portugal, who immediately believed that the Portuguese trade unions and workers had secret dealings with the Tang people, that they had betrayed the country and were absolutely dangerous. So João VI mobilized his army to search for the workers everywhere, and for a time everyone was in danger.

However, at this time, the middle- and lower-level officers of Portugal suddenly revolted, united with the Portuguese National Revolution and trade union organizations, took control of government agencies such as the Ministry of Defence, and occupied the media radio and newspaper offices. The officers who took up the incident spoke out to the outside world, accusing João VI of his indolence and brutality, and arguing that his association with the European Union was a real traitor. Only a handful of Portuguese aristocrats and big businessmen would profit from this, while the majority of Portuguese would have to trade their blood and lives for their benefit.

Most of the Portuguese recruits who had been temporarily conscripted into the army were also against the war, as there was no doubt that if they did go to war, the chances of surviving against the Tang were extremely low. To stop the war is to save one's own life. Therefore, most of the recruits chose to follow the middle and lower rank officers, rebelled against the royal government, and opposed the war. Little did João VI know that his newly recruited army would instead become his gravedigger.

The revolt Portuguese army breached the royal palace in Lisbon, and João VI tried to escape in disguise, but was still confessed by the people in the palace. However, instead of killing him, the rebels put him under house arrest.

In the midst of the changes, the Portuguese rebels called the Tang president, expressing the hope that a ceasefire with the Tang army could be achieved, and Portugal would withdraw from the European Union and not want to continue the war.

This is naturally good news for Datang, but Hu Fakui still has no intention of letting go. He still followed the example of replying to the British, saying that the Portuguese would be understood, and the Tang Dynasty could assure the Portuguese that the war would be stopped, but Portugal must open its borders, and the Tang army would enter and maintain order, and the Tang Dynasty would also use Portugal's territory to continue the offensive against the European Union troops, and the Portuguese army could choose whether to intervene or not. In addition, with the formation of the new Portuguese government, Datang hopes to send advisers to give advice and guidance to prevent Portugal from going down the wrong path again.

Although the conditions were harsh, the Portuguese officers knew that they had few choices, and the National Revolution and labor forces also supported the Tang Dynasty, and finally the insurgents decided to accept the Tang Dynasty's conditions. Two weeks after the coup d'état in Lisbon, the Tang Marines came ashore in the southern Portuguese city of Quartera, and although the Portuguese army did not completely lay down its arms, the command was transferred to the Iberian Front Command of the Don Army.

The Kingdom of Portugal officially ended and the Portuguese Republic was established.

And the Tang Army continued to increase its troops in Portugal, and its goal was also directed at the throat of the Mediterranean, Gibraltar. (To be continued.) )