Portugal is a very small country, and in the last world war, it was occupied by the Pacific Empire with very shameless means, and the Portuguese people really dare not speak out, there is no way, those who dare to make trouble are killed, and you can watch the rest.

In the face of absolute force, the Portuguese people chose to kneel...... Everyone understands this truth, and the truth is within the range of artillery, so this incident can only be regarded as ......

The Pacific Empire is adept at convincing people with truth.

And it is the truth that the Portuguese people have yielded, yes, not the Pacific Empire, it is the truth, it is the truth, that's all, everyone is happy!

As a result, Portugal ushered in a wave of great development after the war, and the Portuguese people felt ...... The truth is so good, it's so good.

ALL-HAIL-LEE！

The slogan was shouted so loudly that the Portuguese people were united and no longer scolded the Pacific Empire and His Majesty the Emperor.

And now, the situation in Europe, the situation in the world, is turned upside down, the whole of Europe is tending to be united, and Portugal is ......

"We are resolutely on the side of the Pacific Empire!"

"We yearn for freedom! Germany stands for ****! ”

"The Pacific Empire of democracy and freedom is our homeland! The evil forces of Europe do not want to deprive us of our freedom! ”

Well, these are all Portuguese, a lot of writers, writers, journalists, they shout out, they write, these things...... It really made Li Mengyang very emotional after seeing it.

It seems that sometimes you have to beat them hard. Let them know it hurts. And then it works......

All right. In any case, the Portuguese people are still very loyal to Li Mengyang.

So in that case, plus Arthur MacArthur is the governor of this place, then let's do it!

Just fight those evil Europeans!

In fact, in the case of Portugal, this country is particularly interesting, it is a small country, but they can not be annexed by Spain. Of course, in fact, Portuguese is like a dialect of Spanish, basically there is no big difference, and it can even be said that the two sides are actually a family, and even say ah, if you really talk about who has purer blood, then the Portuguese are much stronger than the Spaniards.

Back then, the Ottoman Turks conquered Spain, and it was simply a fight that was not wanted. To put it bluntly, just those Spaniards. Don't you have the blood of the Ottoman Turks on you? Who believes!

That's right, what about MSL, a man can marry several wives......

Portugal didn't, and even with the MSL coming to attack, the Portuguese eventually maintained their independence, and that's why they were able to do that......

In fact, the reason is very simple, not how well the Portuguese can fight, but the terrain of Portugal!

The eastern part of Portugal, on the border with Spain, is full of mountains!

It should be said that this country is not big, and most of the areas are actually mountains, and there are few plains, and because of this, there are few plains, so no matter how developed agriculture is, they can only engage in commerce, so the Portuguese have dominated the sea for a while.

So, such a place, don't look small, but let's talk about defense!

Hehe, at least I'm not worried about the European continent, we can definitely defend the attack from the Spanish side!

So, the question arises, that is, the interior is easy to do and can be defended by the terrain, but what about the western side of Portugal? What about the coastline?

Most of the plains of Portugal are over there, that is to say, if the forces coming from the sea are too strong, then Portugal really can't stand it!

So, what to do?

It's not that Arthur MacArthur can't fight, but he must have the cooperation of the navy, and the navy must build a supply line of life and death for him!

By the way, Portugal's agriculture is very poor, and there are too few plains, so it needs sufficient support from the imperial side, but ......

Is this supply line that easy?

Across the Atlantic!

So, if you want to keep Portugal, then now, you have to have such a supply line, and if you can't build this thing, then MacArthur will have to take his own soldiers and go home in ashes, and Portugal will be gone!

From a strategic point of view, it is better not to lose this place in Portugal, because it is a very good point to try to attack the European continent!

Originally, this place was your own, if you lose it now, then in the future, you have to take it back with a strategic counterattack, isn't it a toss?

So, this Portugal cannot be lost until it is absolutely necessary, and now ......

Britain threw itself into Germany, which was originally very dilapidated in terms of navy, but in this way, the whole situation was reversed, so ......

In fact, the Battle of the Atlantic began a long time ago, but everyone was trying to fight a small battle with a small number of warships......

Why?

I can't afford it!

The Pacific Empire can't defeat Britain in one fell swoop, and now it's close to Europe, and the problem of this supply line itself is very long.

To put it bluntly, the Pacific Empire has not established such a supply system, it has not yet, so, if you want to fight, this ...... If you don't say anything else, oil, then you have to supply it, right?

Obviously, there was no such ability now, and so, like this, skirmishes continued for a long time, right here off the coast of Portugal, the fleets of Britain and the Pacific Empire...... Well, now it's mainly Britain, and the level of warships of other countries is not enough...... We have fought many times, and everyone has won and lost each other.

However, after Churchill announced the establishment of a government-in-exile, it was September 1912.

On this day, a large number of warships of the Pacific Empire gathered in the open sea of Portugal, more than 15 of which were in front of and behind, including the main warships of the Empire, the USS New York and USS Brooklyn.

As far as the Imperial fleet is concerned, if you look at the names of the warships, you can almost know its tonnage, the New York, a big city, that is also large, and the Brooklyn, a small one, but it is also a big guy with more than 10,000 tons.

In short, this fleet is very strong, and at this time......

"Fack! What's going on? ”

At this time, David Betty, who led his battleship Prince, was completely taken aback!

David Beatty, the genius British naval commander, at this time he was not yet 31 years old, he was already a colonel, so to speak, very powerful, basically, the British Empire knew the name of this man.

At this time, his ship was the Prince, the Prince was just a name, and this battleship belonged to the New Dreadnought-class battleship!

The so-called, the new dreadnought-class battleship, of course, is different from the dreadnought-class battleship that Li Mengyang knows, this battleship is now with a displacement of up to 30,000 tons, and then, the main gun is six 460mm naval guns with two layers of triple installation!

This naval gun is newly refitted, because there was an agreement before, and now, 460 mm, easy, it used to be 380 mm.

The 460 mm main gun, the weight of a shell is more than 1 ton, basically, as long as one shot, then the enemy ship will inevitably be destroyed, this is simply a sea monster.

However, the British warships at this time ...... Few!

There are only 5 in total, only the Prince is very good, the rest of the warships are less than 10,000 tons, and one is a torpedo ship, a small boat.

To say that the reason why such a fleet was sent was entirely the selfishness of the British.

First things first, that's ...... Fighting Portugal, then this is a land problem, you France and Germany should come by themselves, aren't we Britain mainly responsible for naval warfare?

Secondly, there are warships of the Pacific Empire, which appear in many places in the Atlantic Ocean, such as the north, near Iceland, where there are also ah.

You know, the current situation is that the European side can't build a supply point in Canada or South America, so what if the Pacific Empire has a supply point in Iceland?

You know, Icelanders hate the British!

If they are complicit, then Iceland is a very good supply point, and if it does, it will be colder, and it will directly threaten the British island.

Therefore, British warships had to be defended in many places.

Moreover, the submarines of the Pacific Empire are also elusive...... That's okay, there is a new technology in the UK now, which is sonar.

However, just because you can find out doesn't mean you can take out your opponent......

It should be said that Britain at this time was more troublesome, and the navy attacked everywhere and defended in many places, but to be honest, that is, the British navy, if it was Germany and France...... That can't even do that.

The Pacific Empire is very strong.

And now...... It doesn't seem to be able to fight!

Bang! Bang!

David Betty has seen the situation on the battlefield clearly, he already wants to run, but the opponent has already fired!

"Send a message to Mr. Fisher! Hurry up and send reinforcements to meet ......" David Betty made such arrangements at this time, he could only ask for help.

Of course, you still have to run, and occasionally shoot back a few shots, after all, the caliber of your cannon is large......

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