"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Your Minister of Foreign Affairs, and you, I am increasingly feeling that we tried every means to win over those small countries and let them join the North Atlantic Military Alliance. Is this right or wrong? The three countries of the Netherlands, the Portuguese and the Greek Kingdom are too weak, and the help they can provide us is very limited. △In the war, they can't resist the attacks of other countries at all. In order to rescue these countries, we must invest a lot of troops." said Marquis Anglesey.

Suddenly, the face of the Foreign Minister Earl Granville became very ugly. At the beginning, he advocated that more countries would join the North Atlantic Military Alliance. To a certain extent, this indeed strengthened the strength of the North Atlantic Military Alliance. However, the questions raised by Marquis Anglesey did exist.

"Okay, Marquis, it's useless to say this now. We have encountered difficulties in the war on the Belgian border. The demise of the Netherlands and the Greek Kingdom are about to perish, which has caused a heavy blow to the confidence of the people in the country. Therefore, we urgently need to change the current situation. In any case, the Kingdom of Portugal cannot be destroyed!" said the Prime Minister Earl Stanley.

"Okay, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Marquis Angelsey had no choice but to keep silent.

"Everyone, how can we rescue the Kingdom of Portugal? Do you have any plans?" asked Count Stanley.

"Prince, if we want to rescue the Kingdom of Portugal, we can only send reinforcements to the Kingdom of Portugal. The Portuguese army blew up the bridge on the Tejo River, which could buy about a week. If this action is rapid, we can probably arrive in Portugal before Portugal is destroyed and rescue them from the Spanish's iron hooves." Earl of Granville said.

Earl Stanley nodded and looked at Marquis Angelsey, the Secretary of the Army.

"Your Excellency, send reinforcements to Portugal. I do not object. However, the combat effectiveness of the Portuguese Army is too trash. They have 300,000 troops, and the Spanish invested only 350,000 troops to attack Portugal. However, the Portuguese are no match for the Spanish Army at all. In this way, we have to invest a large number of troops. According to the Army's estimates, we must invest at least 200,000 people to stabilize the situation in Portugal. If we want to launch a counterattack, we need to invest another 100,000 to 200,000 people." said the Marquis of Anglesey. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Spanish Army during the Spanish-Portugal War also made the British side admire him.

"I want so many troops?" Earl Stanley couldn't help but frown. France had just proposed to expand the scale of the British and French coalition forces. France hoped that Britain could send 200,000 troops to join the British and French coalition forces again, and France would also invest 300,000 troops to further expand the scale of the British and French coalition forces so that it could rely on its huge military advantage. In one fell swoop, the defense line on the border of the Kingdom of Belgium and change the current situation. After discussion, the British cabinet had agreed to send 200,000 troops to France again. With the troops sent before, Britain had already invested 400,000 troops into the British and French coalition forces. The French army had invested 700,000 troops. In this way, the Belgian army might not be able to withstand their attack at all.

However, now it is necessary to send another 200,000 to 400,000 people to the Kingdom of Portugal, which is a huge burden for Britain.

"Marquis Marquis, what about your suggestion?" asked Count Stanley.

"Prime Minister. I suggest sending 200,000 people first to stabilize the battle situation in the Portuguese Kingdom. Then find opportunities to send more troops. After all, it takes a lot of time to train new recruits in China!" said Marquis Anglesey.

Earl Stanley nodded: "Okay, then do it like this!"

"Gentlemen, we need to preserve the Kingdom of Portugal, which is also to let the people of various member states of the North Atlantic Military Alliance see hope for victory!" Earl Stanley continued.

"However, Prime Minister, if we want to send reinforcements to Portugal, we still have to face a problem. That is the sea control of the seas around the Kingdom of Portugal. After the demise of the Mediterranean fleet, the entire Strait of Gibraltar had fallen under the control of the Chinese Navy. The Chinese Navy's warships had even advanced to the Portuguese waters. Once the Chinese learned that we would send reinforcements to Portugal, would they take the opportunity to send fleets to the Portuguese waters and fight a decisive battle with the Royal Navy? If a decisive battle broke out, will the Royal Navy be able to defeat the Chinese Navy and protect the army?" asked Marquis Anglesey.

Suddenly, everyone's face changed drastically. They seemed to have not thought of this problem before. Now, as soon as the Marquis of Anglesey proposed, everyone suddenly felt that it was a little tricky. If the sea control power could not be guaranteed, what if the Chinese Navy attacked the fleet of the transport army? The army would have to be slaughtered by others. In that case, the British Army might have paid a heavy price before landing in the Kingdom of Portugal. At that time, Britain would suffer heavy losses, not only could it not save the Kingdom of Portugal, but it would even lose the war.

Count Stanley looked at Sir Charles Adam, the Secretary of the Navy: "Sir, can the Royal Navy ensure the safety of the sea route from the mainland to Portugal?"

The Navy Minister Sir Charles Adam looked bad, and he wanted to give a positive answer. However, he had to be in charge of what he said. Now, there are only eight battleships left in the local fleet, and he can only maintain the security of the English Channel in front of him. If the 1st Fleet of the Chinese Navy wants to fight against the local fleet, the local fleet will most likely be defeated.

"His Excellency Prime Minister, I have to tell you that if the Chinese Navy intends to intercept us, the Royal Navy may not be able to send the army to Portugal safely!" Sir Charles Adam said with a gloomy face.

All the cabinet ministers were at a loss. They had reached a consensus before that they would send reinforcements to the Kingdom of Portugal to rescue Portugal. However, if the navy cannot guarantee the safety of the route, wouldn't this let the army die?

"His Excellency, the Navy needs to wait until the new level of the 'Admiral-class' battleship and the 'Nile-class' battleships are put into service before it can have the ability to fight the Chinese Navy. Before that, we can only find ways to protect the British mainland. Of course, the Chinese Navy is unable to carry out long-term activities on the Atlantic Ocean due to logistical supplies. Therefore, we still have a chance. What we need now is time!" said Sir Charles Adam. If this war could break out two years later, then the British Navy might have been fully prepared. Unfortunately, the Chinese Empire did not give them time at all.

"Just, let the major shipyards speed up as much as possible! We need more warships as soon as possible!" Earl Stanley said. The current situation is also very unfavorable to the British Empire. If the army is unable to open up the situation for a long time, it will have to rely on the navy.

Sir Charles Adam nodded.

"Marquis Marquis, do you have any other way?" asked Count Stanley.

"Prime Minister, maybe we can take an alternative approach, if it succeeds, perhaps we can save the Kingdom of Portugal!" said Marquis Anglesey.

"What's the solution?" asked Marquis Stanley.

"Prime Minister, we give up logging directly in the Kingdom of Portugal and logging directly here!" Marquis Anglesey walked to the map hanging on the wall and pointed to a point on the map.

"A Coruna?" The Marquis of Anglesey pointed at the city of La Coruna, in the northwest of the Kingdom of Spain.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I have been studying the Chinese military tactics recently. What makes people feel incredible is that it was the military tactics written by the Chinese more than two thousand years ago. It is really hard to believe that the Chinese had studied so much in war command more than two thousand years ago." Marquis Anglesey sighed. You should know that in Europe, more than two thousand years ago, their ancestors might still be living a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood.

"After more than two thousand years ago, China, a country called Wei, attacked another country called Zhao. Zhao was defeated, and thus asked for help from another country called Qi. The method chosen by Qi was not to directly send troops to Zhao to resist Wei's attack, but to directly launch an attack on Wei, forcing Wei to withdraw troops from Zhao. It is hard to imagine that more than two thousand years ago, the Chinese had already had such a tactic.

On the battlefield of the Iberian Peninsula now, we can also adopt this method. The Spanish army was mainly used to defend France and attack the Kingdom of Portugal, and the troops in other places were empty. If we landed in the northwest of the Kingdom of Spain, the Spaniards had no choice but to withdraw their troops from the Kingdom of Portugal. At that time, the crisis of the Kingdom of Portugal will be lifted!" said the Marquis of Anglesi.

"Bao!" Earl Stanley took the lead in applause, and other ministers followed closely behind. The entire conference room was filled with applause.

"Marquis Marquis, this is indeed a very clever strategy. The Navy still holds the sea control power of the English Channel and escorts the army to land in the Kingdom of Portugal. This should be no problem!" said Count Stanley.

"Perhaps we can also bring the French in!" Earl of Granville added. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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