The Azores, this place is considered by many Europeans to be the legendary Atlantis, but it was discovered in the 15th century, when the Age of Discovery was still brewing, and the people who discovered it were the Portuguese.

That is to say, originally this archipelago belonged to the Portuguese, and it was indeed an administrative region of the people, and the entire sovereignty relationship was very clear in the original, but ......

Later, didn't the Pacific Empire colonize Portugal, then this archipelago is interesting, who is this place?

The people on the island say that they are still Portuguese!

You're loyal......

Then in that case, Li Mengyang, the emperor of the Pacific Empire, doesn't have much to say, since you are Portuguese, and you are too, that is Portugal. That is, the country of Portugal was not destroyed, their territory became the Azores, and that's it.

Of course, there are still some colonies, so things seem to be good, but when the situation in the world has developed to this stage, this is interesting......

You know, the location of this Azores archipelago is very interesting, this archipelago, if you look at it from a big point of view, it is very good, in the middle of the North Atlantic, that is, from Portugal to the United States, then it can be used here as a transit.

Of course, there is no problem if you don't transfer, the current technology is enough to support the ship to sail to the station, nothing.

But...... Isn't this just a natural transit point, that is, a supply point?

It seems to be true, but on the European side, that is, the United Fleet led by the British, this place is ...... Chicken!

Say that the Azores are in the middle, but actually. This place is still closer to Portugal, to put it bluntly, for Europe, this is not a good supply point, it is still too far away, and it is still out of reach for a war.

And the most critical thing is. Compared to Canada, this place is still not as good as Canada, the top of the European coalition are elite, not fools, and from the map, Canada is definitely the best choice.

Perhaps the average person would think that setting up a supply point directly in Canada would seem risky, as it would be too close to the Pacific Empire. But in fact, if you look at it a little bigger, then you can use the southern corner of Greenland as a support, and from there you can go to Canada.

How nice is that?!

This is tantamount to the establishment of a very beautiful front, and from Britain's own point of view, the combined European fleet departs from Britain. The distance between Greenland and the Azores is almost the same. Or colder, and ah, some of Greenland's future sovereignty...... By the way, the British still have this idea.

So, obviously, Canada is the best option. And it's like a step-by-step process, very good, very good, but I didn't expect that the Canadians were playing all the Europeans!

Well, after Canada. It's time to consider the Azores, because there seems to be little alternative.

Of course, the base camp of the United Navy is thinking about this issue, but this is still to be considered, the Portuguese on the island said that they will remain neutral, neutral, if the Pacific Empire comes to fight themselves, then they will definitely ask Europe for help.

Look at what they say, how good are they?

But in fact...... The Pacific Empire has been fighting the idea of this archipelago for a long time!

The reason is very simple, that is, the geographical location, this island is far away from our Pacific Empire, but close to Europe, so it would be great if we could make this place a supply point.

However, it cannot be done blatantly......

In all the previous military operations of the Pacific Imperial Navy, they did not approach this archipelago, by the way, the warships all walked around this archipelago, and the destination of the warships was Portugal, sending supplies.

Even, even the merchant ships of the Pacific Empire did not come up to this archipelago, this archipelago was not Portugal's before, and then Portugal was like that, so we Portuguese and the Pacific Empire swore that they would not be at odds!

It's a loud slogan, but ......

The Azores is an archipelago, the place is not small, but it is only an archipelago, resources are limited after all, if there are no merchant ships to anchor in this place, then what to eat? What to drink? Do you eat the buds and sticks that come out of the field all day long?

The island is not small, there are fields, but the days are really average, so ...... It didn't take long to hold on.

You know, there are a lot of merchant ships in the Pacific Empire, and the economy is strong, if they don't come, how much will the Azores lose? Moreover, the current navigation technology does not necessarily have to anchor in your archipelago, and it is not very far from Portugal anyway.

So...... This is a secret song.

The Portuguese were still smart, and with their own belly as the criterion, they agreed to many conditions of the Pacific Empire, such as ......

We couldn't send our own ship there in the first place......

That's right, to hide the strategic intentions.

What kind of ship did you pass in the beginning?

They are all South American countries, as well as Canadian-flagged merchant ships.

Nominally, it is to do some business, and secretly, it is to transport war supplies, such as oil.

There is still a level of oil transportation, that is, there is no large-scale oil storage equipment in the Azores, and the development of this place is actually quite backward, so what should I do?

Li Mengyang thought of a particularly simple way...... Just keep the boat in the harbor right away!

By the way, ships are oil storage tanks.

Just this action, it took more than half a year, basically, many places in this archipelago are stuffed with boats, anyway, these boats, these money, Li Mengyang doesn't care anymore.

So, this is to get the Azores done, our Pacific Empire has an outpost supply depot, and the next thing is ......

It's to shoot a fleet, not big or small, go and fight the opponent!

The purpose is actually to make a kind of us, we want to use the ocean voyage to fight a big battle with the combined fleet in the waters near the European continent!

Yes, to put it simply, it is to push this battlefield forward, to the vicinity of Europe, this is the best way to fight, the battlefield is not in my home, in your home. Moreover, this is also to further build the Azores, you know, you can't always use ships as oil storage tanks, right?

Anyway, you have to build this archipelago a little bit, even if you only use it once, right?

As a result, a large number of soldiers came, and they were not prepared to hide the affairs of this island......

It should be said that the whole plan was carried out very well, and the British were not without suspicion, they also sent people to see it, and they also came to discuss with the Portuguese about the use of this archipelago many times, but they did not find out...... I just think that there seem to be more boats in this archipelago, but people are archipelagos, islands, what can you say?

Originally, everything was going according to plan, but now......

David Betty soon set off on another journey with his five ships, but this time their goal was the Azores!

I went to this archipelago to see and scout, so this guy was quite smart, he made a detour from the north, and then came back, but he really didn't run into any ships of the Pacific Empire...... After all, no one would sail like that.

So this result......

"My God!"

When David Beatty stood on his Prince, looking out through a telescope at the Azores, he was terrified!

Because of that archipelago, there are a lot of warships now, obviously all of them are warships of the Pacific Empire, these guys...... It looks like there are at least a hundred warships!

What can I do?

"Quick! Hurry back! Let's hurry back! ”

David Betty made the right decision, but he made it a little late, because the warships of the Pacific Empire had already discovered him, and about ten warships had already been spoiled!

Retreat, retreat, hurry!

Betty had only this idea, and now his destination was Greenland, where there was a telegraph line that could send direct telegrams to London.

The current radio communication distance is still too short, and there is no problem for warships to communicate with each other, but to say that it is wishful thinking to send a message to London over such a long distance......

But can this escape to Greenland?

Betty said that it was up to God's favor and that the opponent's ship seemed to be faster, but what he didn't expect was that all of a sudden......

Bang!

With a bang, it seemed that the warships of the Pacific Empire had suffered a blow......

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