African Nationhood

Behind the Nanhua mercenaries, there were also a large number of Portuguese civilians serving as logistics personnel.

Huang Youcai ordered the Portuguese civilians to help put out the fire, and these mercenaries officially began to attack the entire city.

A large number of rioters and defeated troops are still raging in the city. The Nanhua mercenaries will clean them up directly with force. Surrendering will avoid death.

As their large force advanced, the number of prisoners gradually increased.

Huang Youcai had to hand over these prisoners and let them keep them at a fixed location.

They will then attack Liberty Street in the Belem district, where the Belém Palace is now the republican presidential palace and was once the royal palace of the King of Portugal.

It is also the home base of the republicans. All die-hard elements gather there, and what awaits them will be a fierce battle.

……

The carriage drove slowly, and Huang Youcai fell silent as he looked at the smoke and the continuous groans and cries on both sides of the road, as well as the remaining broken walls on both sides of the road.

As Nanhua's national power gradually increases, the self-confidence and self-esteem of Nanhua people also gradually increase.

It was clear that most of the tragedy in this city was caused by them, but they did not feel any discomfort and felt even more at ease.

In history, when white people from various countries trampled on the Qing Dynasty and enslaved the Chinese, these Portuguese took advantage.

Today, the South Chinese people come to the Portuguese land to kill people and plunder property on behalf of their ancestors, and they also do not have to bear any responsibility.

Therefore, Huang Youcai did not blame himself at all for the huge murder caused last night, but instead felt complacent.

This is what the sages said, "The cycle of retribution is not pleasant at all."

……

It must be said that Chairman Shi has spent 30 years building a strong and strong heart for all South China citizens in terms of sports, military and culture.

Today's South Chinese people no longer have the fear and inferiority complex they had before when facing white people. Everyone can face white people with greater confidence and equality.

The South Chinese are no longer the wretched and despicable Qing people who call white people "foreigners" when they see white people. We are South Chinese who are even more powerful than the white people!

Moreover, in South China, the Chinese had a more superior social status than the whites, and the Chinese could take white women as wives and concubines at will.

This is something their ancestors never thought about, but now it has come true for them.

All of this was given by Chairman Shi, and all South China citizens are even more grateful for Chairman Shi’s kindness.

……

"Huangtou, please eat something. You haven't eaten any rice this morning."

Huang Youcai nodded and took the dried meat handed over by his deputy Cai Yi.

"We have to speed up the progress. Although we have recovered a lot of places in the morning, the number of those rebels is very small, only more than 2,000.

According to the old guy from Cuseiro, there are nearly 20,000 rebels in Lisbon. "

Huang Youcai took a bite of the dried meat, chewed it for a while and swallowed it with difficulty. He took another sip of water.

After a while, he spoke: "The rebels in Siben here not only have to defend this side, but also the bay coast artillery defense positions to the west, so there shouldn't be too many rebels left here."

Cai Yi nodded, "But we can't be careless and be careful of capsizing in the ditch."

Huang Youcai nodded, "Well, we should keep advancing steadily and steadily, and try not to let any enemy go."

……

The vanguard sent word that they had arrived at the "Plaza de Pombal", the forward position on Liberty Street.

Huang Youcai and Cai Yi immediately jumped off the carriage and quickly walked to the front of the team to receive the intelligence from the vanguard's detection.

The intelligence was a plane sketch, which marked that heavy machine gun positions and artillery positions had been arranged in the square.

Even though there was a long distance between them, Huang Youcai and Cai Yi didn't feel relaxed.

"Is there any firefight ahead?"

The correspondent replied: "Report, there is no continuous exchange of fire ahead. We just made some tentative attacks and found that the rebel defense positions there are very tight and not easy to break through in a short time."

Huang Youcai nodded, "Yes, I understand."

After saying that, Huang Youcai and Cai Yi quickly walked towards the forward position. When they arrived at the vanguard position, they found that their soldiers were setting up a forward position.

"Hello, corps commander and deputy corps commander."

A corporal squad leader with a dark military uniform and a dark gray face saluted Huang Youcai.

Huang Youcai and Cai Yi responded, "How is it?"

"The opponent's will to fight is not very strong. They did not launch an active attack after we arrived. They are probably afraid of our fierce firepower."

Hearing the corporal's answer, Huang Youcai had a smile on his face. "These guys are still afraid of death. They don't dare to fight us head-on. This is our advantage.

Since the other party doesn't want to fight, let's rest first until we have enough rest, and then have sex with them in the evening! "

The corporal squad leader smiled when he heard this, showing his big white teeth, "Yes."

Since the founding of the army, the Nanhua Army has always emphasized night fighting capabilities, so they are most powerful at night.

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When the Republican rebels in the Marquis of Pombal Square saw the Nanhua mercenaries arriving, they did not attack immediately, which made them very curious.

However, they also knew that the Nanhua Army's firepower was relatively fierce and could not be defeated by a charge. If they defended according to a solid position, they would last longer.

The entire Liberty Street position has no fewer than 100 heavy machine gun positions and a small number of artillery positions.

The Republican rebels intended to defend the presidential palace with dense heavy machine gun positions.

President Braga of the Republican government was notified that the South China mercenaries were approaching, and he was extremely nervous.

Although most other government officials fled, he, the president, could not escape.

Once he escapes, the Republicans are finished.

People will no longer believe in the Republic. Once the idea of ​​the Republic dies, Portugal will be finished.

He was willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of the Republic to remind the people to remember the ideals of the Republic.

Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he was still full of fear in the face of impending death.

……

As night fell, a large amount of weapons, equipment and food were transported from the rear. Huang Youcai told his men: Our people have a good rest tonight, and the general offensive is scheduled for early morning.

The Nanhua mercenaries obeyed the order and hurriedly ate and rested in order to have enough energy for the general attack in the early morning.

The two sides of the confrontation fell into an eerie calm. The Nanhua mercenaries were not happy eating and drinking, while the Republican rebels were so scared that they could not even eat without peace of mind.

They were afraid that Nan Hua would launch a sudden attack and lose their lives if they failed to respond in time.

While Huang Youcai was eating, he suddenly remembered an allusion, so he whispered to Cai Yi beside him: "How about we use a strategy to exhaust the army?"

Cai Yi's face was full of doubts, "What's the plan to weaken the troops?"

Huang Youcai told Cai Yi a storytelling story he heard: "It is said that in ancient times, a general wanted to attack across the Yangtze River, but there were many defenders on the south bank. He could not rush across the river, so he arranged for his soldiers to go to the Yangtze River every day. Playful.

At first, the defenders on the south bank were on guard, but as time passed, they gradually relaxed their vigilance.

Who knew that one day this general would lead his army across the Yangtze River and defeat the defenders on the south bank.

I think that our current situation is the stage of confrontation between the enemy and ourselves.

If we keep wearing down the enemy's troops, won't we be able to achieve the same effect when we launch a general offensive tomorrow morning? "

After hearing this, Cai Yi immediately smiled and agreed.

So Huang Youcai arranged for the soldiers to get ready, and then ordered the mortar crew at the forward position to fire a shell at the enemy position.

"Bang~Boom"

The explosion of the artillery shell directly made the Republican rebels across the square extremely nervous. They thought that the Nanhua mercenaries were about to attack.

So they didn't care about anything and simply pulled the trigger of the machine gun into the dark open space.

"Da da~~~"

The Republican rebels, who had fired wildly, looked at the empty square and found no signs of attack by the Nanhua mercenaries.

Although they were full of doubts, they did not dare to let down their guard.

It was dark at night, and the Republican rebels did not dare to attack the Nanhua mercenaries. They could only force themselves to continue to defend.

Huang Youcai, Cai Yi and others looked at the enemy on the opposite side looking dumbfounded, with proud smiles on their faces.

Huang Youcai told the gunners at the forward position to fire a cannon every hour, so that the Republican rebels on the opposite side were exhausted and did not dare to rest.

The Nanhua mercenaries will rest directly and wait for the general attack tomorrow morning.

……

In this way, the poor republican rebels had to fire wildly in the dark night sky every hour to prevent the Nanhua mercenaries from actually launching a general attack.

When Huang Youcai was woken up, he immediately understood that the time for a general attack had arrived, so he reached out and wiped his face, and then began to mobilize before the war. (End of chapter)