African Nationhood

Most of the republican rebel leaders in Lisbon died, and the remaining republicans were captured by South China mercenaries.

The Portuguese troops who surrendered on the battlefield were organized into a security force, responsible for maintaining order in the city.

Huang Youcai spoke to Minister Kusero of Setubal Port in Belém Palace and informed him that Belém Palace had been liberated and asked him to quickly bring people over to take over the capital.

Minister Kusero's excited tone changed, and he smiled and said that he would cross the river tomorrow morning.

Huang Youcai told him that the losses in the city were very heavy and asked him to be mentally prepared.

Minister Kusero didn't care about this. He felt that it was more important to recover the country from the rebels.

……

Huang Youcai hung up the phone and summoned Antonio Oscar de Fragoso Carmona, the leader of the surrendered Portuguese army.

This 42-year-old middle-aged officer had never held a high-level military position before.

Because of his belief in the Republic, he was able to join the "Army Reorganization Committee" last year.

Now because of his surrender on the battlefield, he has gained the attention of Huang Youcai and others.

When Minister Kusero arrives, he should also rely on him, and his career will definitely take off.

However, even without Nan Hua's intervention, this middle-aged officer would have occupied high positions such as Field Marshal of Portugal and President of Portugal in the future.

Huang Youcai didn't know his future, but at this moment, he had an important task assigned to him.

"Mr. Carmona, I have something for you to do. If you can do it, then you can choose the high position in this country from now on."

After hearing Huang Youcai's big cake, the middle-aged officer straightened his body and said, "I will definitely work hard to do it. Thank you for your trust!"

"Well, the coastal defense artillery units at Cape Cascais are still resisting. I hope you can persuade them to surrender and wake them up in time.

If we really attack them, they will die, what do you think? "

The middle-aged officer immediately nodded in agreement, "You are right, I will definitely complete the mission successfully."

After saying this, the middle-aged officer led his men towards Cape Cascais, 40 kilometers away.

When he left, he took most of his men with him. If there were not enough people with him, he was afraid that the die-hards would kill him.

Before Minister Kucero arrived, only the Nanhua mercenaries were left in Lisbon.

Huang Youcai instructed Cai Yi to take over the dock at the mouth of the Tejo River. Although the Portuguese troops had surrendered, it was very important to have the port in his own hands.

Now that everyone has left, the next step is to collect the antiquities and treasures in this palace.

After all, he had told Minister Cuseiro that Lisbon had suffered a lot, and it had been occupied by rebels. It was normal to lose something.

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The treasure house in the palace was found by Huang Youcai. There were not many things left in it, only some artifacts were left, such as gold wine cups inlaid with gems, ancient emperors' swords, and ancient kings' crowns.

There were almost no jewelry, and it was obvious that they had all been embezzled by the previous high-ranking republican rebels.

Although there wasn't much left, there was no need to keep these things, so Huang Youcai packed them up directly.

In addition, there were many oil paintings hanging on the walls of the palace. Huang Youcai couldn't see whether they were of any value, so he ordered his men to pack up half of them.

In addition, there was a lot of red wine in the palace's wine cellar, so half of it was moved away.

After doing this, there were so many things that he couldn't finish them all in one night, so he ordered his men to put down the red wine in the wine cellar and work on the oil paintings and the things in the treasure house first.

When Cai Yi came back, Huang Youcai asked him directly if he had got any ships at the dock.

Cai Yi nodded, "There are several republican rebel ships on the dock, filled with items. Because our fleet has been blocked in the bay, these ships cannot get out, and they have been detained by me.

What do you want a boat for? "

Hearing this, Huang Youcai fell into deep thought and asked, "Have you seen the things on the ship?"

"no, what happened?"

Huang Youcai didn't waste any more time and took Cai Yi directly to the dock behind the palace to check.

When they arrived at the dock, they saw three cruise ships with a displacement of more than a thousand tons. They walked to the cargo warehouse and found that it was filled with boxes.

Huang Youcai took out a crowbar from the corner and pried open a box and found that it contained porcelain or blue and white porcelain.

When he opened other boxes, they all contained valuable items. Cai Yi was shocked, "Is this one?"

“Those good things that the high-ranking republican officials had looted, they saw that they were about to lose the war, so they wanted to put them on ships and transport them away.

Unexpectedly, our battleships have been guarding outside the bay. They did not dare to leave and stayed here. "

"Then what do we do?"

Huang Youcai smiled and said, "Of course I accepted it for them."

Cai Yi was a little surprised, "Can we do this?" "Yes, but what about those people who were caught?"

"I'm locked in a room at the dock. What happened?"

"It's okay. These people cannot be kept alive and must be silenced. Of course, we can't kill them here and then attack them when they reach the open sea."

Cai Yi was even more surprised by Huang Youcai's treatment, "You..."

"I don't want you to worry about this matter. My people will take over this matter later."

Huang Youcai ordered his men to quickly move the previously hidden items and try to move them all in one night.

Because there are so many things, the decks of these cruise ships are full of things.

But Huang Youcai didn't care at all. These cruise ships would not go far across the ocean. They could just go out of the river bend and go to Faro Port in the south.

There is a large cruise ship from Nanhua over there, and you can transfer it when you get there.

In the middle of the night, news came that the Portuguese troops at Cape Cascais had surrendered.

After receiving the news, Ou Haiwa ordered the three ships "Zhang Fei", "Sea Patrol Shrimp Soldier" and "Sea Patrol Crab General" to sail into the Teru River bend. They happened to meet Huang Youcai who was organizing the shipment.

After the meeting, several leading officers gathered together and decided to drive the three cruise ships out of the river port at night, and then sail directly to the Madeira Islands controlled by the South China Navy instead of going to Faro Port.

So Huang Youcai asked the crews of three cruise ships to be called, and 100 Nanhua soldiers were stationed on each ship to press the ship.

As for the family members of the Republican rebels, they were all brought to the "Zhang Fei", and the "Zhang Fei" and two submarines followed and escorted the three cruise ships.

After escorting these three Portuguese cruise ships to Madeira Islands, these items will be transferred to the cruise ship in Nanhua.

Then these three Portuguese cruise ships will be directly sunk at sea, and these family members will sink into the sea with these Portuguese cruise ships.

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After dealing with these things, the sky was already getting bright, and Huang Youcai was finally able to have a peaceful sleep.

As the person in charge of Lisbon, Cai Yi received Minister Cuseiro into the city. The minister could not help but shed tears when he saw the tragic situation of Belém Palace and the city after the fire.

The minister then gave a speech in a square in the center of the city, calming the people and soothing their hearts.

He then organized people to clean up the ruins of the city and distribute relief supplies, while not forgetting to work with the people.

Minister Kusero's actions won him a lot of praise, and people's hearts gradually recovered.

Cai Yi doesn't care how Minister Kusero puts on a show, he just acts as a spectator.

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After Lisbon was almost cleaned up, Minister Cuseiro publicly stated in the media that he was also a republican, but he hoped to carry out republican restructuring under the leadership of His Majesty the King.

Portugal should implement a "constitutional monarchy" as a republic instead of overthrowing the monarch and using the country as a tool for some careerists.

The farce of the past few months has caused great harm to the country, and those careerists cannot escape justice because of their own culpability.

After publishing this public article, a group of republicans from all over Portugal soon gathered in Lisbon.

They gathered together to discuss every day how to establish a new government.

Ou Haiwa, Huang Youcai and others were leisurely acting as the emperors in Portugal.

In July 1911, the Portuguese Provisional Council of Autonomy was formally established, with Minister Cuseiro serving as the chairman of the Provisional Council.

Because Antonio Oscar de Fragoso Carmona surrendered on the battlefield and persuaded the Cascais garrison to surrender, he was appointed as the temporary commander-in-chief of the Portuguese military, responsible for commanding all military forces in Portugal.

The Interim Committee passed a resolution and decided that Portugal would implement restructuring following the British "constitutional monarchy" model.

The Interim Committee delivered the resolution to King Manuel II in London, who reluctantly signed the agreement.

So far, Portugal's restructuring has been successful.

Ou Haiwa and others were also able to set off for Nanhua in August when King Manuel II returned.

In September 1911, the new military headquarters building in Hanking was completed.

Shi Jintang held an enlarged meeting of the National Defense Committee of the South China Autonomous Territory in the new military headquarters building, and personally awarded medals to officers such as Ou Haiwa, Huang Youcai, Cai Yi, and Sha Wenzai who went on the expedition.

In addition, Shi Jintang also proposed at the meeting that because Major Huang Youcai had made great contributions in the mercenary process, he would be directly promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and became the second deputy commander of the South China Navy.

This improvement made Huang Youcai say that his risk was worth it.

And just as happy as him were the more than a thousand officers and soldiers who participated in this secret operation.

Not only did each of their military ranks rise by one level, they also received a secret bankbook, and the amount in it made them rich.

But these people also received a confidentiality agreement, and if they violate it, they will pay the price with their lives. (End of chapter)