The actions of the United States are also expected by other countries.

What's more, the north and south of the United States are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they still have the energy to deal with the conflicts between the Netherlands, Portugal and Brazil.

Portugal naturally does not want Brazil to back down.

So a move by Portugal completely dumbfounded all countries.

It turned out that the Portuguese army in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in western Mozambique, went directly north, launched an attack from the Portuguese colony Harare to the Dutch-occupied Chinoi, and was finally stopped, and even Portugal lost more than 500 soldiers. .

It turned out that the Dutch soldiers here were the South African Transvaal soldiers who had been in battle for many years. They had fought the war with Britain in South Africa for many years.

In the face of the Portuguese army that is used to bullying the indigenous people, they are naturally no problem.

Although it successfully blocked the other party, the Dutch government did not intend to let the other party go.

Hence the strongest statement ever made to Portugal.

On January 30, 1864, all the staff of the Dutch embassy in Portugal were evacuated, and the staff of the Portuguese embassy were asked to leave the Netherlands immediately and return to their respective countries.

Then on February 1, the Netherlands announced that it had severed diplomatic relations with Portugal.

After that, the Netherlands stated that it would impose economic sanctions on Brazil, and all Dutch people were not allowed to make new investments in Brazil until the Dutch government allowed it.

A series of actions by the Netherlands made countries realize that the situation is getting more and more serious.

However, the territories of the Netherlands and Portugal are not connected, but they cannot fight on the mainland.

This is the reason why European countries have not stopped so far.

In fact, the Netherlands and Portugal weaken each other's respective strengths in Africa. For each country, this is also a matter of self-interest.

Especially for Tsarist Russia, Austria, etc., they have great power status in Europe, but in Africa, because of their late start, they are not as big as the colonies of the Netherlands and Portugal, which makes them dissatisfied for a long time.

In the current disputes between the two countries, it is best to lose both, so that countries can take advantage of the opportunity to expand their power in Africa.

Therefore, despite calling for peace on the surface, in reality, they sometimes watch the fire from the other side, adding fuel to the fire.

A standoff has formed in Cabinda as the two countries have increased their troops in Angola and Congo.

It was originally thought that this pattern would calm the two countries for a period of time, but a scene that shocked European countries appeared.

On February 10, 1864, a Dutch army of more than 40,000 people landed in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique.

And in just one week, it completely occupied the entire territory north of the Zambezi River in Mozambique.

This completely shocked everyone. At the same time, many people have questions, how did the Dutch army come from?

It turned out that as early as last month when Portugal attacked the Congo, the Netherlands began to recruit troops in the Dutch East Indies.

After the completion, more than 30,000 indigenous troops and 10,000 Dutch troops were secretly transported from the Dutch East Indies. Has stopped at Mahajanga (also called Mahajanga).

With the severing of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Portugal, the order from Amsterdam came, so the army finally chose to land directly on the northern part of Mozambique on February 10.

The first place to make landfall in Mozambique on 10 February was Mekoufi, south of Pemba in the north.

The Netherlands has landed 10,000 people here, but the Portuguese garrison here also has 5,000 people, and the defending city is not much weaker than the 10,000 people who attacked the city.

10,000 Dutch troops attacked the Portuguese 5,000 troops inside Pemba, which was not an easy task for the Netherlands.

Of course, the Netherlands will not have only this deployment. Just when the Portuguese defenders were puzzled, the Dutch Ju army appeared in the north and went south.

It turned out that the Dutch army from Tanzania had already assembled. At the appointed time, long before the Netherlands landed in Mozambique, the Dutch Tanzanian army had already started to descend southwards, forming a combined attack on the city of Pemba.

In the end, the 5,000 Portuguese troops in Pemba finally surrendered after killing and wounding more than 3,000 people on the north and south land and the Dutch warships at sea.

As soon as the gate of northern Mozambique was opened, the Dutch army, together with the indigenous army composed of the gradually African Tutsi, Hutu and East Indian ethnic groups, began to sweep the south all the way.

Mapra fell quickly.

When the time came to February 15, Quelimane was attacked by 30,000 troops who landed, and soon fell into the hands of the Netherlands.

Due to Portugal's failure to guard against it, before February 20, in just over a week, the entire Zambezi River Basin was occupied, and the troops of the two countries even stopped at the bottom of Gorongosa Mountain.

At that time, in the direction of Angola, Portugal also launched an attack, because Louis I felt that East India was closer to East Africa, which gave the Netherlands an advantage, so Portugal opened up the second battlefield and chose Angola in the south of the Atlantic Ocean to attack Congo,

Brazil also announced that it was dissatisfied with the Dutch attack on Portugal, so it mobilized its troops to prepare for Portugal.

What is even more surprising is that Argentina, a South American powerhouse, chose to support the Netherlands and sent warships to stop the Brazilian warships.

Portugal saw that when the Netherlands supported Africa in Europe, it needed to pass through the English Channel, and it needed the sea of ​​Brazil to go south, so it was a smart move to attack the mouth of the Congo River and unite with Brazil.

All countries were surprised by the strict deployment made by Louis I, and they also paid unprecedented attention to the king of Portugal.

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But they never imagined that the Netherlands would start from the Far East, which is why Louis I underestimated the strength of the Netherlands in the Far East.

It wasn't just Louis I who underestimated the strength of the Netherlands in the Far East.

Who else in the world understands the strength of the Netherlands in the Far East?

In this deployment of the African war between the Netherlands and Portugal, countries finally discovered that the war potential of the Dutch Far East is so great.

They even realized how terrible the Netherlands is after owning Australia and the East Indies.

The Dutch-Portugal war has already reached this point, and it is almost the same as a declaration of war.

The Netherlands announced a national mobilization, requiring everyone to have one month of military training a year.

Portugal also tracked all the southward warships of the Netherlands and prepared for it at any time.

Tonghua City and the two countries also announced to speed up the construction of naval warships to deal with the crisis.

Portugal announced that it will build a 30,000-ton navy in the next five years, and placed an order with the United Kingdom to purchase an additional 20,000 tons of warships. The most remarkable thing is that Portugal will buy a steam-class battleship from the United Kingdom.

The Netherlands did not give up much, announcing that it will build more than 50,000 tons of warships in the next five years.

But surprisingly, the Netherlands also placed orders with the United Kingdom and France at the same time, asking the two countries to build an additional steam-class battleship for the Netherlands with a total of more than 10,000 tons.

In total, the Netherlands added 60,000 tons of tonnage.

The move of the Netherlands and Portugal to buy the navy from the United Kingdom made the United Kingdom very embarrassed, and it was not a question of who to build it for.

It's a matter of accepting or not placing an order.

The navies of Portugal and the Netherlands are not weak among the navies of European countries, and they are in the top ten positions in the world.

At present, the Netherlands is about 90,000 tons, ranking eighth in the world, tied with the United States, and Portugal has 120,000 tons, which is tied for fourth with Tsarist Russia.

Portugal increased by 50,000 tons to 170,000 tons, while the Netherlands also reached 150,000 tons.

This is a position that makes Britain hesitate.

Because the current tonnage of the United Kingdom is 230,000 tons, although it is only on the surface, but so are other countries.

France ranked second with 190,000 tons, while Spain was third with 170,000 tons.

In other words, if the tonnage of other countries remains the same, Portugal will be tied with Spain for the third largest navy in the world, and the Netherlands has also changed from eighth to fifth.

If this is the case, the ratio of British naval tonnage in the world will shrink, and it will be easier for the navies of these countries to challenge Britain's maritime position.

It's okay, a France and Spain have already made Britain feel threatened, plus Portugal and the Netherlands, the United Kingdom will be restless.

Britain can't sit still in the wild, but they haven't waited for them to come forward and express their opinions.

What other countries did next surprised everyone in the UK, including Queen Victoria and the Viscount Palmerston.

They did not expect that all European countries took this as an opportunity to publicly increase the size of the navy.

On March 1, 1864, the Kingdom of Prussia first stated that due to the actions of some countries to increase the naval tonnage, which threatened the maritime security of the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, in order to safeguard its interests from the sea, enhanced its ability to protect its own maritime security and eliminated potential threats.

Prussia will build a navy of the same size as its own land power, based on the tonnage of today's only 50,000 tons of warships.

When all countries are full of doubts about how to equalize with land power,

On March 3, 1864, the Chief of the General Staff of the Prussian Moltke Army stated in this public event that the Prussian Army is currently the top five in Europe, so the Prussian Navy can use this as a staff.

Top five?

If Prussia really takes this as a reference, it will enter the ranks of the top five navies, then at least to the point of reaching the level of the Dutch Navy~lightnovelpub.net~ That is, it will reach 150,000 tons in 5 years.

That is to say, in just five years, twice the size of the current Prussian navy will be built!

This really frightened the country.

Especially the Austrian Empire, which was at odds with Prussia.

As a result, news came from Vienna, announcing that it would at least double the size from 70,000 tons, in order to increase the deployment of more warships in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Guinea.

Although the relationship between Austria and Italy has eased because of the reconciliation of the United Kingdom, and because of the Ethiopian issue, both countries have been provoked by Prussia. However, in terms of threats in the Mediterranean, the biggest threat to Italy still comes from Austria, because of the Austrian Naval Headquarters. , just east of the Adriatic Gulf next to Italy.

Therefore, Italy also announced that the scale of construction should not be less than 30,000 tons, reaching 150,000 tons.

The Tsarist Empire is even more powerful in the sea because of North Kalimantan and Ghana. Therefore, it is also said that on the scale of 120,000 tons, it will at least reach the scale of the top three navies, so it also means that in the next 5 years An increase of 50,000 tons.

Naturally, France was not far behind, and announced an increase of no less than 40,000 tons, reaching the current level of the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom was stunned to see that this was because of Portugal and the Netherlands, which caused various countries to announce the trend of building warships at sea. In desperation, they also joined the trend and announced that they would build more than 70,000 tons of warships in the next five years, reaching 300,000 tons.

At the same time, Britain was afraid that other countries would continue to increase the number of navies, so it united with France and demanded that the Netherlands and Portugal stop the war and conduct peace talks in London. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!