By Christmas 1712, all the towns and fortresses along the Brazilian coast had been captured by the Inca and French armies.
Although the Inca army was inferior to the French army in terms of individual combat effectiveness, it relied on its strong firepower advantage and the relatively small area responsible for the attack.
The country's land borders Brazil, and its logistical support is very effective under the guidance of the Ming Army's advisory group. The frontline advancement speed is much higher than that of the French army.
Before Christmas, not only Rio, Sao Paulo, Santos and other coastal cities had been occupied, but the area south of Iguazu Falls was also quickly devoured.
It took only one year to complete nearly half of the combat missions, which was very efficient for the Inca army and made Poirot very satisfied.
If all goes well, it will only take about two years at most for the rest of the land south of the 20th parallel to be owned by the Inca Empire.
Louis XIV transported another 30,000 French troops to Marshal Mali and asked him to command 60,000 French troops in combat, which enabled the French Expeditionary Force to launch a second large-scale attack in the autumn.
As a result, coastal cities such as Fortaleza, João Pessoa, Recife, Marseilles, Aracaju, and Salvador were all captured by the French army.
However, Marshal Mali still followed the holy will and asked the captured generals to send a letter of surrender with very reasonable conditions to King Joao V of Portugal.
That is to ask João V to give up resistance and hand over the entire Brazil, and France will ensure that his son Min and the army safely leave Brazil and settle in Portuguese Africa (Congo).
Louis XIV would not embarrass Joao V too much. At least the former did not have any deep hatred for the latter, so he would not kill him to death.
After fighting for nearly a year, 50,000 regular troops and 400,000 minions were attacked by the opponent, leaving less than 150,000 defeated troops, which was equivalent to losing two-thirds of the troops.
It is no longer possible to defeat the enemy in a field battle, and it is no longer possible to repel the invading enemy by defending the city.
It was just that they were unable to repel the French army, known as the "First Army in Europe". The Portuguese army could not even resist the Inca army.
This made King Joao V very angry. The series of news of defeats sent from the front also made the king feel extremely worried and pessimistic about the future of the country.
Some ministers suggested mobilizing an additional 400,000 people to fight in the inland areas, so that the enemy's maritime superiority could not be used, and perhaps a turning point in the war would be ushered in.
Doing so means expanding the age range for conscription to sixteen to forty-six years old, which is equivalent to conscripting all young men into the army.
Once they lose on the battlefield and are captured by the opponent, all these people will be turned into slaves and sent to mine, which means that Portugal is not far from being destroyed.
Even if they were lucky enough to defeat a powerful enemy, the country would be short of men of suitable age after the war. Women alone would not allow Portugal to restore its population as quickly as possible.
If this must be done, men should be brought in from abroad, or white women should be allowed to marry local indigenous people.
For King João V, this is completely unacceptable. Isn’t this the same as occupying a magpie’s nest?
In a hundred years, Portugal will become a country dominated by mixed-race indigenous people...
If the conditions in the surrender letter sent by Marshal Mali are true, King João V would also be willing to consider it.
New Portugal, that is, Brazil, has a very large land area and a strategic depth equal to that of the entire European continent.
King João V was also willing to fight a protracted war with the two invaders like England and France did during the Hundred Years War.
However, the advanced weapons possessed by the opponent made King João V and his subordinates feel very afraid.
Especially the kind of aircraft called "bombers", the damage power is extremely astonishing.
Without air superiority, even cities located in the hinterland of the country will be bombed by such aircraft.
While the Portuguese leaders were enduring the indiscriminate bombardment by the Inca army, they cursed the Ming emperor who sold weapons to the other party.
Including King João V, the Portuguese ministers originally thought that the Inca was the weakest country in the entire South American country.
Unexpectedly, those natives were not what they imagined, and the combat effectiveness of their army was rapidly improved with the help of the Ming army.
After Louis XIV sold French South America to the Ming Empire, Portugal was almost at the bottom of the South American countries in terms of military strength.
The strength of the Dutch navy ranks among the top five in the world. Although the size of the army is not much different from that of Portugal, it is a force that has been baptized by war after all.
For example, the Portuguese Army, which has not fought many serious battles since the Age of Exploration, the only record it can achieve is to get rid of Spanish control.
And then……
Then no more!
Back then, Turenne led 100,000 French troops and bulldozed the Portuguese mainland!
Now, Turena has not come, Mali has landed in New Portugal with tens of thousands of people, and his own troops are still unable to withstand the attack of this old opponent.
Fortunately, when he came to Brazil, Pedro II learned his lesson and did not place New Lisbon in Rio or other coastal cities.
Otherwise, at the beginning of the war, within a month at most, the new capital city would have been razed to the ground by the fleets of the French Navy or the Inca Navy.
This is not a joke, the other party definitely has the strength!
After several discussions, King João V mobilized another 200,000 minions at the beginning of the new year to see if he could reverse the defeat.
The city of Ribeirão Preto, which was defended by 5,000 regular troops and 50,000 minions, was bombarded by the Inca Air Force.
There were air raids for twenty-two days a month, and it rained the other eight days.
^0^It is really impossible to take off.
In addition, the defenders reported that the average number of artillery shells dropped every day was as high as more than 3,000, and there were nearly a hundred flying rockets.
The Portuguese army stationed in the city of Ribeirão Preto only held on for fifty days, and they could no longer bear this level of attack. Anyone who could still breathe supported immediate surrender.
Everyone believed that being able to persist for more than one and a half months was considered worthy of His Majesty the King, and this was also the limit of their endurance.
Even if they don't surrender now, the garrison soldiers who are almost mentally broken will run away on their own at night, no longer wanting to stay in this ghost place and be bombed.
For King João V, this disastrous defeat meant that he had spent three months thinking about it, and then everything returned to the situation three months ago...
On April 1, 1713, with no foreign aid and no hope of victory, Joao V made a not-so-stupid decision, which was to surrender to the French army.
After all, Louis XIV has become the Emperor of Europe, and out of consideration for protecting his own reputation, he will treat himself and his subordinate Zimin well.
Marshal Mali has ordered that as long as the Portuguese army surrenders all weapons, all Portuguese in the surrender area can receive the most basic humane treatment.
For João V, there was no point in continuing to resist.
Because the Portuguese who came to Brazil, plus those who were born locally, totaled more than two million, less than three million.
Four hundred thousand men were lost a year, and within three years all Portuguese men capable of fighting would be captured or killed.
It goes without saying what a weak Portuguese woman can do in the face of the vicious invaders...
As for leading the remaining people to retreat to the deep mountains and forests to fight guerrillas with the opponent, King João V had not not considered it.
If only France or the Inca invaded Portugal, they could still deal with the enemy by using the strategic depth of the homeland.
But if these two invaders join forces, the country's strategic depth will lose its due role, because the Inca borders the mainland.
Not only can it continuously send follow-up troops, but it can also provide logistical supplies for the French army, which is an even more fatal blow to our own side.
There are more and more enemies, and every one of our own soldiers dies becomes one less.
Even if we can persist in the guerrilla war for ten years, we will definitely be the losers in the end because we will not be able to reproduce normally.
It can be said that the longer the war lasts, the greater the harm will be to the entire country, oneself and each Zimin.
After the war lasted for nearly sixteen months, King João V resolutely chose to surrender.
It was a good result to be able to save most of Zimin and get a more decent surrender treatment.
After meeting King Joao V, Marshal Mali also saluted him first to show his respect for the king.
Afterwards, the French side indeed complied with the surrender treatment promised before and would use its own fleet to transport the Portuguese to Portuguese Africa to settle as soon as possible.
For the fast territory of Congo, at least His Majesty the European Emperor is not very interested yet, so João V can stay there for a while first...
After João V announced his surrender, the Inca army's fighting south of the 20th parallel came to an end.
Without spending too much time and too much cost, Poirot got the land he wanted.
On New Year's Day of 1714, Gao Rui, the Ming Dynasty Governor-General of South America, and Marshal Mali formally signed a delivery agreement for the region.
Afterwards, the Ming army could move into the former Portuguese Brazil north of the 20th parallel south, making the area part of the Ming Empire.
This also meant that Louis XIV received a full loan forgiveness of principal and interest, plus four seventh-level ironclads and construction technology, and two eighth-level ironclads.
Using Brazil in exchange for a free grand prize worth 3.35 billion silver coins was finally an extremely valuable deal for Louis XIV.
Three years later, the French Navy would obtain two Class VII ironclads (King) built in the 13th batch (1709-1717).
Since each batch of ships took more than five years to build, Zhu Cixiang also agreed to directly deliver two seventh-level ironclad ships to France in each batch.
The total delivery time of the four seventh-level ironclad ships will not exceed ten years, which can be considered as no violation of previous promises.
The two eighth-level ironclads (Scharnhorst) will be delivered in 1725 and 1732 respectively, which is still more than ten years from now.
Apart from Louis XIV, the most delighted person is Tourville, who has been promoted to commander-in-chief of the French Navy.
Ten years later, the French navy will once again rank second in the world.
Whether it is controlling West Africa or French India, the French navy will play a decisive role.
Now, there are only three countries left in the entire South America.
The largest area was the Inca Empire, and the second largest was Ming South America.
At the bottom is Dutch South America, which is located in the northern region of South America and is located in the corner.
As a result, the Ming Empire also launched a wave of large-scale migration to South America.
The number of Ming people who had settled in Colombia before was less than 200,000, and Zhu Cixiang was very dissatisfied with this amount.
However, since most of North America is still open space, we can only prioritize moving to North America and put aside matters in South America for the time being.
One thing that is better about South America than North America is that there are no remnants of the British and Spanish, that is, the guerrillas are harming the people of the Ming Dynasty.
^0^.
When the Portuguese army surrendered and evacuated Brazil, the local indigenous people posed no serious threat to the armed Ming people.
In order to make Yimin and the people who wanted to settle in America feel more at ease, the imperial court announced that the small weapons eliminated by Wang Shi would be sold to Yimin at low prices.
First of all, you must have settled in the Americas or have applied for and been approved to be eligible to purchase.
Secondly, it can only be used for self-defense and participation in military operations organized by the local government or approved by the garrison.
Finally, it can only be purchased locally in the Americas, and weapons are not allowed to be returned to the homeland.
Armed emigration is one of the necessary ways to consolidate Ming Dynasty's America. This was a decision made by Zhu Cixi in light of the deteriorating security situation in the Americas.
It is not difficult for the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force, which has tanks and fighter planes, to deal with the British and Spanish guerrillas, but it is too difficult for Yimin to deal with those stragglers.
It is common for immigrant families and even entire settlements to be looted.
This was something Zhu Cixi couldn't tolerate, and he had to let the other party know how powerful he was.
Therefore, the obsolete revolvers and short guns can be sold to American immigrants.
If the quantity of second-hand goods is insufficient, Zhu Cixiang is also allowed to sell new guns to Yimin.
Each gun has a number on it, and you need to register it when buying a gun, so it can be easily traced if lost.
Theoretically, anyone over the age of fifteen is eligible to purchase one, but each person is limited to one.
If lost, it will be ineligible to purchase for at least five years.
If the gun is damaged, the old gun can be used as part of the purchase price of a new gun.
The vast North America can accommodate at least one billion people, and the volume of South America is not much different.
In the future, most of America will be the place with the greatest development potential among the overseas territories of the Ming Empire.
Therefore, this transaction is a gain for three parties, and only the Portuguese family suffers a loss.
As the world's hegemon, the Ming Empire did not need to care about Portugal's feelings.
Although Portugal's current land area is still quite large, its national strength is not even as good as Sweden's.
In a few decades, I'm afraid it will become a fifth-rate country...
Damou believed in the basic principles of natural selection & survival of the fittest, and the Ming Empire had a thorough understanding of this principle.
As for humans being transformed from monkeys...
Zhu Cixiang has reservations!
To a certain emperor, this conjecture was as good as the fact that the pyramids were built with mummies!
It makes sense that the mummy built the pyramid first and then lay inside it, right?
Of course, in a few hundred years, maybe the mummy can become the Bandage Man...
Since monkeys can turn into humans, why can't mummies turn into Bandage Man?
Zhu Cixi hadn't been to Egypt for so long, and it was now owned by the Ottoman Empire.
In this case, for the sake of our allies, the tickets should be free of charge, right?
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
