The sea breeze is terrifying and the chill is extremely cold. The Red Sea in December is quite cold. At this time, the Ming army base at the entrance of the Eurasian Canal is already tight. The bastions on both sides are already covered with Ming army soldiers, and the river in the middle is also lined with Ming army warships. The war clouds are shrouded, and the merchant ships passing by seem to be trembling.

In a bastion on the north bank of the canal, Wuwei Army Commander Li Mingfu was huddling in a small telegraph room with Portugal's Prime Minister Schvira and Spanish Admiral Okundo, waiting anxiously.

Schvira's face had long lost his spirit when he was the prime minister of the cabinet, and Okundo had no expression of being so full of spirit when he led the Invincible Armada to pull up the Nordic chain. They were full of panic at this time, obviously they had not yet recovered from the raid against the anti-Habsburg Alliance.

This sudden attack really shocked both countries. At first they received news of the attack on the colony. As mentioned earlier, the French and Dutch coalition forces were attacking the Gold Coast of Portugal, while the British, Denmark and Swedish coalition forces were attacking the Brazilian Governor of Portugal, the Peruvian Governor of Spain and the New Spain Governor of New Spain.

The five countries used not many warships and troops. France and the Netherlands only used thirty or forty super battleships, and Britain, Denmark, and Sweden only used more than 100 super battleships. Spain and Portugal felt that they could fight this strength, so they did not notify the Ming Empire, but instead greeted each other and sent troops directly.

After receiving machine tools from the Ming Empire, Spain and Portugal were basically self-sufficient, but the super battleships were not exploded. Although they had a certain foundation for shipbuilding and had the Ming Dynasty's super battleships as samples, it was not that easy to build super battleships.

First of all, they must build special docks and ships, and super battleships can only be produced in a place. It is definitely not possible to use the original docks and ships, and they cannot keep up with the size, height or supporting facilities;

Then, they had to make steam boilers, piston transmissions and impellers. These things are not as simple as they can be made. Of course, they could also choose to buy them from the Ming Dynasty. However, both countries chose to make their own products. This is the basis for dominating the sea in the future, and they all wanted to master them.

Finally, they must have a considerable number of skilled technicians, and they are even more anxious and can only be trained slowly.

In short, it is time-consuming to produce super battleships from scratch. Although Portugal and Spain have been working hard in recent years, there are not many battleships produced. Before the war started, there were only more than fifty new and old super battleships in Portugal. Spain can have more, but the total number is less than two hundred, which is not as many as the Ming Dynasty's fleet.

Although their strength is not worth mentioning compared to the Ming Dynasty, the strength shown by the anti-Habsburg alliance at the beginning is even less worth mentioning, so they sent troops rashly.

As you can imagine, they were all ambushed halfway and suffered heavy losses.

More than 50 super battleships in Portugal were surrounded by 200 super battleships in France and the Netherlands, and in the end more than ten super battleships were left to escape.

More than 100 Spanish super battleships were surrounded by more than 300 super battleships in the three countries of Britain, Denmark and Sweden, and in the end less than 50 super battleships were left to escape.

Fortunately, they were all surrounded on the vast sea. If they were surrounded in that harbor, they would all be wiped out!

This battle almost destroyed the Portuguese and Spanish navy. Their remaining super battleships were not enough to be anti-Habsburg, and of course, they still had many ordinary warships. However, since the appearance of the ships, super battleships have become the mainstream, and sailing warships are a dish in front of the flexible super battleships.

At this time, they finally knew that they had been fooled and who could rely on it now? They could only ask for help from the Ming Empire. King Joao IV of Portugal directly sent an old friend of the Ming Empire, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Schvira, and the Spanish king thought for a long time before sending Admiral Okundo, who had dealt with the Ming Empire. Therefore, although Schvira went around half of the whole thing, he rushed to the Eurasian Canal first, while Avira was one step late.

They were also lucky. Although the Ming Empire had not built the Eurasian Railway to the Eurasian Canal, the telegram line happened to be brought here. Otherwise, they would have to travel to South Asia to spread the news to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Li Mingfu had sent all the helping messages from Portugal and Spain to the imperial palace in the capital. It depends on what the emperor said. Schvira and Okundo looked at the telegraph machine as if they were looking at a life-saving straw. If His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was unwilling to send troops to support them, they would be done.

Although His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is famously good to the allies, this involves a war of dozens or even millions of people, and the casualties are definitely small, and the amount of silver consumed cannot be calculated. The Ming Empire has no obligation to help them regain their colonies. Will His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire agree to such a thankless thing?

Zhu Cijiu actually replied without thinking for a long time, but Schvira and Okundo were in a state of high tension, and it felt like they were living like a year.

Finally, the ringtone of the telegraph machine rang again, and the Beijing city called back. The two correspondents immediately focused on holding the brush and remembering the telegraph code.

Although Schvira was a great master, he still hadn't figured out why the little bell rang by itself? How did this ringing represent so many words? He was puzzled!

Although the principle of telegram is not very complicated, if no one explains it carefully and thinks about it yourself, it is difficult to figure it out. These correspondents don’t understand it very well. They only know how to send and collect the newspaper. As for the meaning of the binary code, most of them have memorized it. If you can’t remember it, just translate the decoding book.

They were all specially trained and their movements were very quick. As soon as the ringtone ended, they began to translate the code into words. There were not many words they could not remember. After just a few translations of the decoding book, they quickly translated the message.

The two checked it and quickly handed over a good-written picture to Li Mingfu on the side. Li Mingfu read it carefully and handed the message to Schweila, who was waiting for him.

This telegram is exactly what Zhu Cijing said last:

Please inform the Spanish and Portuguese countries of the naval war damage and find ways to find out the specific situation of the enemy. In addition, the emperor's imperial edict: The reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty will soon arrive at the Eurasian Canal.

When Schvira saw the last sentence, she couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "I knew that the emperor would not leave the empress."

When Li Mingfu heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. What's the matter with this!
Chapter completed!