"Quiet! Everyone is quiet! I know I want to teach each other a lesson, but the problem is, don't you know that there are two more cannons in the mouth of the Ames River recently and 100 artillery deployed?" Manuel I was also in a big way when he looked at the clamoring nobles below.
The Portuguese nobles below suddenly stopped saying a word, and they also remembered that the power of 100 cannons could indeed sink many ships.
But at this time, Portuguese Navy General Bebeto Delio suddenly stood up and suggested:
"Your Majesty, the two turrets at the mouth of the Ames River in the North Sea Kingdom are indeed very powerful, but there is no way to deal with it!"
Manuel I was happy and asked:
"Do you have a way to destroy the other party's turret?"
Bebeto Delio shook his head and said:
"I have no way to destroy the turret, but I have a way to prevent the main warship from being hurt by their turrets."
"In detail..." Manuel I and the Portuguese ministers were both focused on what he said.
Bebeto Delio gestured on the table with his hands:
"Your Majesty, all the experts, we all know that the Beihai Kingdom's artillery has many cannons. However, their cannons have one characteristic, which is to directly bombard warships! Moreover, no matter how bad the ship is, as long as it is large enough, it will not be sunk with one cannon."
"In this way, when we break through the enemy blockade line, we can use a large number of ordinary merchant ships on both sides as targets to attract fire. Let those merchant ships attract enemy shells, and the main warships are sandwiched in the middle and take the opportunity to break in... and then, burn down all the North Sea warships and merchant ships in Port Emden..."
Manuel I and the Portuguese ministers nodded, but Manuel I asked:
"This is a solution, but the problem is that even merchant ships are expensive. If we lose too much merchant ships, we cannot afford it."
Bebeto Delio nodded and said:
"This is the reason, so I didn't say that Portuguese merchant ships are the target of attracting firepower. Your Majesty and all the lords should know that there are many merchant ships entering and leaving the Port of Emden. We can send a fleet to capture those merchant ships belonging to the North Sea Kingdom outside the range of the Ames Estuary Fort. Then, let them serve as targets to attract the firepower of the North Sea Kingdom's cannons..."
"Hiss... This is a good idea... But, in this way, the Beihai Kingdom will be offended to death, and the two countries will basically not die..." Some Portuguese ministers were unwilling to break up with the Beihai Kingdom.
"Hmph, who made him dare to touch our spice boat? He was taking it upon himself!" The radical Portuguese minister made such a statement.
Foreign Minister Ricardo was worried:
"Your Majesty, my sirs, I don't know if you have ever thought about it. What if he calls from the land if he completely angers that guy Marin?"
"Land...it's unlikely... the French would not allow the North Sea army to pass..." Manuel I said with some uncertainty.
Ricardo shook his head and said:
"I'm not talking about going to France, but the Mediterranean... It's easy for the North Sea army to head south to Italy to take a boat. Then, we can take a boat along the coast of Italy to Spain. Although our navy is strong, there are no fleets in the Mediterranean and cannot be stopped."
"Once the North Sea fleet lands in Spain, it can directly pounce on Lisbon..."
Suddenly, the faces of many people present changed. Lisbon is the core of Portugal. If Lisbon is taken over, then any advantage Portugal has gained at sea will be meaningless.
"Spain should not let the Beihai Army land on the shore easily. You know, our queen is a Spanish princess..." said a Portuguese nobleman weakly, but his tone seemed unconfident.
Ricardo shook his head and said:
"It's hard to say that although Queen Maria is a Spanish princess, everyone should know that Spain has always had the ambition to annex Portugal. If it weren't for France, God knows whether Spain would conquer Clisbon like they threatened."
"Let's go back, even if Spain finally refuses to land the North Sea Army, I'm afraid we, Portugal, will have to pay an extremely high price. For example, the share of Indian spice trade..."
Speaking of this, the faces of all the great nobles present changed. The spice trade is their ban and they are not allowed to be interfered with. However, if the dispute with Beihai Kingdom is too fierce, Spain will threaten to allow the Beihai Kingdom's army to use Spain as a threat. Because, in terms of land war, Portugal has no confidence in whether it can defeat the tens of thousands of troops of Beihai Kingdom...
The current situation in Europe is clear. Spain, Portugal, Venice, England and the Hanseatic League, including the North Sea, are all naval powers. And the top two powers on land must be Spain and France. Well, Türkiye is not included in the European rankings...
Next, the army power might be the Holy Roman Empire. However, the internal division of Shinra was broken and could not reflect its powerful total combat power. Otherwise, France and Spain would have to be inferior.
In Shenluo, the most powerful vassal state in the vassal state might be the Beihai State. If there was no alliance of vassal states not dealing with it, which restricted the development of the Beihai State, God knows what kind of development this powerful vassal state will have.
From the previous battles of the Beihai Kingdom, the Portuguese also clearly saw that the Beihai Kingdom's army had the strength to defeat 50,000 or 60,000 troops. Moreover, it was a 50,000 or 60,000 troops in the German region, not 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Portugal. After all, the Portuguese knew very well that their army really could not come up with, and it was probably comparable to the combat power of Italian mercenaries, and the total number would not exceed 30,000. After all, the total population of Portugal was only 3 million, and hundreds of thousands of people were engaged in large-scale voyages, which could make up 30,000 troops to reach the top. When Sebastian I led his troops to participate in the "Battle of the Three Kings" in 1578, the total force was only 25,000.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Therefore, if the Beihai Kingdom can attack Portugal from land, the Portuguese have no confidence to defeat the other side, even if they fight locally.
The Spanish obviously could see this. In this way, once Portugal and the North Sea completely broke up, if Portugal broke into the Port of Emden and destroyed all the warships and merchant ships of the North Sea, Marin, who was completely angry, would definitely ask Spain to lend him a lent to attack Lisbon.
By then, the fate of Portugal will be purely dependent on the expression of the Spanish. If the city of Lisbon is broken, once the Portuguese aristocracy can escape to the sea, the national prestige will be destroyed into the abyss and will no longer be called a powerful country. After all, a country whose capital is broken will be despised by all countries. In the future, the development of the Portuguese will be hard to say. Moreover, the Spanish can take this opportunity to occupy the Portuguese land. After all, the North Sea is so far away from Portugal and cannot control it, so they can only afford Spain. If the Spanish are more vicious, they can completely destroy Portugal with the hands of Marin.
In addition, even if Spain does not allow the North Sea army to use Spain in the end, it may take the opportunity to blackmail Portugal. For example, it will seize Portugal's share of Indian spice trade. In the face of the crisis of destruction, Portugal has to accept...
In other words, even if the Portuguese fleet can break through the fort at the mouth of the Ames River and destroy all warships and merchant ships of the North Sea Kingdom, it may be difficult to get any benefits. Because if Marin insists on attacking Portugal from land, then Portugal's fate will be in the hands of the Spanish...
However, this is just an internal debate among the great Portuguese nobles. Many great Portuguese nobles insisted that the German landslide Marin might not have thought of a way to attack Lisbon through Spain... Therefore, some people insisted on using Bebeto Delio's tactics to attack Emden Port and took the opportunity to destroy some warships and merchant ships of the North Sea Kingdom...
Chapter completed!