The Portuguese maritime general organized a maritime force of only 2,000 people to assist Long Yan.
Portugal did not have the capital to build steam battleships and still used old wooden sailing ships.
But the equipment on the soldiers, de Janeiro has equipped them with the best level in the country.
Although the Sui musket is still used, this extremely ancient weapon.
But it is also the best equipment Portugal can produce now.
Since being controlled by the Spanish dynasty and experiencing the rise of Britain and France, Portugal's imperial position has been precarious.
Being able to assemble such a force cost them a lot.
Although Janeiro believes that their troops are now crossing the ocean to support Long Yan as a way to die.
However, he did not think that Long Yan would be completely defeated by the French team.
They may lose, but they may not be defeated.
Long Yan's power in America is not strong, and it cannot be compared with France at all.
But Long Yan's overall strength is not weak at all. Even if Long Yan loses the war in America, France will not be able to defeat Long Yan.
Sooner or later, the Longyan people will come back.
Qi Longyan's navy is very powerful, and the French navy cannot defeat it.
Janeiro signed an agreement with the entire Long Yan Kingdom, not an agreement signed by Long Yan City.
For de Janeiro, it is enough that he only needs to fulfill his obligations under the agreement.
Now that the first wave of aid from Long Yan is on the way, this is an opportunity that their Portuguese colony must seize.
Each of these countries in America has its own ideas.
France wanted to invade the Mississippi River basin, and even more wanted to occupy Longyan's canal.
Britain and France competed for colonial areas.
The most fundamental reason for the colonial expansion of the two countries is the plunder of resources. The Mississippi River area has a lot of arable land, and this arable land is an important area for the development of plantations.
The water resources here are abundant and very suitable for human migration.
Spain's goal is the Panama Canal dug by Long Yan.
They had known for a long time that Long Yan was digging a waterway in Panama, and now that it was almost completed, they revealed the news to Richard.
That's why.
Only then would they reveal the news to the British.
When the French and British learned that Long Yan was going to build a golden waterway in the Isthmus of Panama, they would never watch Long Yan's power grow in America step by step.
Long Yan already has a waterway that can control the lifeblood of most countries in Europe. If they have a canal that can connect the two oceans.
The maritime supremacy of France and Britain will be completely shaken. Not only the interests in the Americas, but also the interests in Africa will be greatly affected.
The Spanish leader expected that the French would not sit idly by and the result was just as he thought, everything was developing as he expected.
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At this time, Europe.
France.
Although the war on the European continent has stopped, France is not idle at all on the battlefields outside the European continent.
At sea, their troops fought against Xie Fang in Australia.
Trying to annex the entire Australia and obtain the technology laboratory established by Long Yan in Australia.
To this end, France needs to continuously transport warships.
In the plan, France has occupied Tasmania, which has become an outpost for France to attack Australia.
But such long-range operations came at a huge cost to France.
It’s also very expensive.
In Africa, France broke out in a war in the Egyptian colonial area, but the situation on this battlefield was not optimistic.
The alliance of the Arab tribes and the attack of the Longyan Army made France extremely miserable.
Originally, Africa was supposed to be the most stable region in France.
There are conflicts between tribes in Africa, and under the instigation of France, these conflicts are increasing day by day.
They also supported pro-French tribes in Europe, hoping to achieve the effect of Africans managing Africans themselves.
And they are reaping the benefits in Africa.
This is a very clever strategy. The only drawback is that France underestimated the influence of the Longyan people in Africa.
Longyan created heroes in Africa, and Nashadir has now led the Arab tribes in Africa to collectively target the French.
In this way, France temporarily lost its stable resource output.
In the Americas, the French colonial areas were directly at war with Long Yan and Britain, and had no spare time to take care of the European mainland.
War broke out on all three continents, and the cause of all this was France.
At this time, France's military spending has reached unprecedented levels, and its debts are so high that it is terrifying.
But France is a monarchy.
Even with debts as high as this, Louis XV's rule did not collapse.
But the people under his rule were already in dire straits.
Under the joint suppression of the nobility and religion, these high debts could only fall on classes other than them.
That is, civilians and businessmen.
While he was at the Army Academy, he didn't travel much in France, but he could see many homeless people in the city every day.
There are more and more homeless people, which is not a good sign.
Now that winter has passed and it is spring, the weather is gradually getting warmer and the temperature is rising.
In the European continent, it is said that during this short period of peace, what the country needs to stabilize is the lives of civilians.
But recently Bonaparte heard some interesting information.
Recently, King Louis XV of France had a quarrel with his ministers over building a palace for his mistress Madame Pompadour.
In the end, the ministers succumbed to Louis XV's arrogant attitude.
Agree to build this palace, which may cost tens of millions of silver coins.
Such a sum of money is enough for France to launch a large-scale war against Longyan or build dozens of warships.
But Louis XV chose to turn the money into bricks to please his mistress.
Such a high cost will definitely not be borne by the royal family, but will inevitably fall on the people.
It will undoubtedly trigger opposition from countless French civilians.
Every time he thought of this, Bonaparte smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He had a premonition that the time for the collapse of France's imperial edifice was about to come, and the actions of King Louis XV undoubtedly gave the speeding carriage another whip on the way downhill.
But Bonaparte did not have any mood swings about all this. He was a Corsican.
From beginning to end, I never considered myself to be in France.
On the contrary, the accelerated demise of the French Empire is a good thing in his opinion. The construction of another power must be based on the corpse of one power.
