"The Portuguese are scared! These cowards actually want to use words to disagree with the two countries in Germany that are as close as brothers! Unfortunately, this time, we will not forgive them no matter what, do you think? Ruprecht?" William II said with a smile after throwing the newspaper in his hand aside.

"That's right, your Majesty, the Portuguese gave us a great excuse." The prince said withdrew.

"So, my respected Admiral, when will our fleet launch an attack on Portugal? I can't wait now." A fighting light flashed in William II's eyes!

"It's not possible yet. The fundamental reason why the Portuguese dared to challenge the dignity of the empire was that there was support from other countries. The Russians had no reason to do so. The British did not have the skill, so the only possibility was the French! Their fleet in Africa was the biggest support for the Portuguese! And before our other two warships arrived in Africa, we should not take extreme actions!" the prince shook his head and said.

"Damn Frenchmen, they have never stopped fighting against Germany. Are our fleets in Africa enough? Do you need to send out some warships?" William II said angrily.

"No need, even if the worst happens, Earl Spee and Colonel Hippel have a 70% chance to kill the French! And our fleet that we stayed in the local area can directly shock the French, or drive to the shore of Portugal and aim at Lisbon with naval guns!" The prince said calmly.

"But before that, we need to defeat the Portuguese in public opinion! They said that this dispute was just an economic issue, a company targeting the Bavarian royal family. So, we need to change this direction! For domestic propaganda, change it to a provocation against the German Empire!"

"In terms of external propaganda, we need to continue to describe the Portuguese colonial authorities as slave traders in a new era! Of course, it would be even better if some uprisings broke out in these two colonies at this time!" the prince thought for a while and said.

"Let's leave these things to others. We need to formulate a complete military plan now. The German Empire is not obtained through negotiations and verbal tricks! We will eventually end all this with a thunder blow, right?" The German emperor felt a little boring to the prince and interrupted directly.

"We have done everything we should do in the military. In fact, we can use this incident to test the reliability of German allies!" Although the prince was dissatisfied, he still gave up on the news and diplomacy issues and changed to another topic that the German emperor was more interested in.

"The reliability of allies? Haha, Fritz is your father-in-law. I think the Austro-Hungarian Empire will support us. Italy should also comply with this agreement, right?" the German Emperor said with a smile. "But to be honest, Italy is too weak and too timid. They probably won't do anything."

"It would be great if Italy had no action. I was even more worried that Italy would stand on the side of France. In fact, I had long doubted the value of alliance with Italy. They were not a reliable and powerful ally." The prince sneered.

"They have no reason to help the French, right?" William II said with a frown.

"This is not accurate. The Italians are actually not very brave. They pursue a thinking called extreme egoism. Diplomatic agreements cannot restrain them at all. If the Italians choose to help the French this time, then I think we should reconsider our foreign policy." The prince said.

"What I said makes sense. I despise this country that relies on being able to be independent by relying on everything and being able to do everything. If they don't want to be friends with Germany, then throw them aside." William II said without hesitation.

At this moment, the verbal war between Portugal and Germany not only did not stop, but instead developed in an increasingly fierce direction. Portugal characterized it as an economic dispute and expressed its willingness to resolve it through negotiations, while Germany believed that this was a provocation because the Yaro incident seriously affected Germany's free trade.

"If any small country interferes with the freedom of trade in the German Empire by violent means, and we must use negotiation to exchange for the other party's consent, then what is the use of our army? The other party uses violent means to curb us and requires us to only solve the problem through negotiation? This is the ridiculous joke I have heard this year!"

"The German Empire will reserve the right to take all actions, and we will pay attention to the development of the situation. If Portugal wants to negotiate with us, it is better to replace the damn slavery colonial government first and then talk! This Portuguese government, which continues to engage in the black slave trade since the 15th century, and prevents others from free trade, is the cancer of the entire European civilization!"

When the German Frankfurt Daily published this very spicy article, some politicians with a keen sense of smell had already smelled the blood in it! After nearly a month of quarrel, this matter not only did not resolve it, but continued to ferment!

Shortly after the publication of this article, the United States, far across the ocean, also expressed condemnation of the Portuguese's practice of restricting free economy and expressed understanding of Germany's possible actions. "We believe that in order to ensure basic human rights and a country's sovereign dignity, any action taken by the German government can be understood, and no country can tolerate its ships being detained innocently when engaging in normal trade!"

After US Secretary of State Day made this speech at a press conference, the conflict between Portugal and Germany finally began to spread around the world. Subsequently, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also expressed its support for Germany, while Russia cautiously expressed its understanding of Germany, which basically belonged to the side that was more inclined to Germany. The British did not make any statement for a long time.

"The situation is wrong!" The French also smelled dangerous signals! The situation they expected to calm down and then resolve the problem through negotiation did not happen, and there was a tendency to intensify. What's even more terrifying is that this time the Germans attracted many allies, which was clearly a form of momentum! The French who were proficient in this art finally realized that Germany might have to take action this time!

In fact, all this happened faster than the French expected. Five days after the Frankfurt Daily published this article, the German fleet under the command of Colonel Hippel entered the waters near Angola and headed towards their first target!
Chapter completed!