080 The rise of Portugal (1)
After the mysterious army completely destroyed the American camp with gunfire, there was only blood splattered there.
After firing for about a minute, the fleet monitored the enemy’s movements.
“What is the current situation in the enemy camp?”
“Half of the enemy’s forces are dead or wounded, and the rest are now wearing white flags.”
The U.S. military of the future will truly rule the world as the strongest military force, but for now, it is only doomed to be trampled by an unknown fleet.
The American Confederate Army, thinking that the main force could be annihilated by shelling for just over a minute, immediately put up a white flag and surrendered.
He told them to send a lieutenant and demand that the enemy captain be directly on board.
“Bring the enemy chief. Tell them to talk to me face-to-face.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The lieutenants rode their horses to the enemy camp.
The American soldiers were shocked by the recent shelling and all flinched.
The lieutenant, riding on horseback, leaving the remnants behind, headed for the flagship with the enemy commander General James Winters.
He had a white handkerchief tied around his forearm, and his face was so dirty with dirt and dust that he couldn’t even imagine what his original face was.
“… … It is surrender.”
“You are bombarding the fleet all at once. Do you admit that they are more responsible for this?”
“Who the hell are you here in Florida?”
The captain was a man in his forties and spoke fluent English.
However, his hair was black and his tone was a bit stiff.
“We are the 2nd Fleet of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force.”
“… … Portugal!”
“Now we are going to set sail to Florida as planned and fulfill the purpose of being here. Any complaints?”
“But what is the purpose of coming here from Portugal?”
He presented the ‘Florida Waiver Memorandum’ in front of James Winters, stamped with the seal of the Spanish royal family.
He claimed official Florida sovereignty to James Winters.
“We are here to officially annex Florida in the south of North America.”
“… … what? This place is like our home. Portugal has never created a basis for claiming sovereignty here. But can you do this with just one old-fashioned waiver memorandum from the Spanish royal family?!”
“It’s a field. Here, the Spanish army landed first, and developed an outpost and cleared the land around it. But what kind of American home do you mean?”
“We Americans run farms and fish here. If not our home, whose home is it?!”
“Isn’t that also possible because the US pressured Spain with force?”
In fact, no one can claim sovereignty over Florida.
It is precisely how long the inhabitants have actually lived here that Western logic can claim effective dominion over the frontier.
If so, who can claim sovereignty over Florida except for the Native Americans who originally lived here?
With ridiculous and absurd effective dominance, the United States and Spain even created a bloodshed.
The commander of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force said with a smile.
“Spain first began to take effective control of Florida, and the neighboring countries recognized it. If that is the case, then it should be regarded as having effect under international law.”
“Isn’t that absurd?”
“It’s nonsense. If so, how many people live like you?
In fact, the same is true for American and Spanish robbers.
But Portugal didn’t care who lost.
They gave America a choice.
“We have come here with our rightful rights. Thousands of our Portuguese troops would land here and start a war with the United States if they continued claiming sovereignty over Florida. Are you still okay?”
“… … It is a contradiction!”
“We paid a fair price and came in. If you are dissatisfied with this, why not complain to the UK first?”
“uk?”
“The British Ministry of Defense has provided a great institutional support for us to come here on an expedition, and also provides great institutional support to claim legitimacy. Do you mean to break the British will and wage war with our Allied Forces?”
The center of the present is the Western country, and the power that controls the military power there is the UK.
Even the United States, an emerging industrial nation, would not be able to handle a siege of New York by British and Portuguese fleets.
Even their cannons don’t have the tremendous power that can fly 2km with ease.
With current technology, it would be impossible for the United States to hit the Portuguese artillery itself.
In the end, James Winters gave his tail to Portugal.
“… … i get it. We will not cross the Florida border in the future.”
“I don’t speak very well. Now we will set up our base camp where the Spanish used to be garrisoned and fortify Florida here. In addition, various kinds of agriculture will be established here, so if the United States has an idea, you can apply for trade with us. There will never be any loss.”
James Winters thought that just bowing his head to Lee Hwan was a huge humiliation.
But will we be able to see them face-to-face in the future and live by occupying other people’s land?
In an instant, James Winters pulled out a dagger from his chest.
Sreung!
“… … These motherf*ckers!”
“What, what?!”
“die!”
He rushed towards the Portuguese command in an instant.
The wind pierced the commander’s neck.
Whoops!
“Cool… … !”
“Have you seen such a madman?!”
Eventually, James Winters began to be beaten by Portuguese soldiers.
The Portuguese soldiers, who went out on deck with the body of James Winters, almost shattered with a butt, threw him on the beach.
with a splash!
Then he spit in the sea.
“Hey! Dirty Yankee cub! All right, if you want war, let me do it!”
***
Subjugation Captain Lucas Lockwood, who was entrusted with the subjugation of the bandits, was a mercenary from an experienced African hunter who played a pivotal role in Yi Hwan’s mercenary group.
Lucas Lockwood has a fairly well-established tactical concept, and his agility to decide how to operate tactics in practice was also quite good.
He organized one sub-division into an independent company and dispatched sub-divisions to all directions.
It was Lucas Lockwood’s plan to form an extensive subjugation line through the attack base composed mainly of the division command.
“Through each company of 120 men, each bandit is annihilated. Each company owns various heavy weapons including mortars, so that supplies and tow guns can be connected to the retractor to operate.”
“How do you know where the bandits are?”
“Send a reconnaissance team to check the enemy’s location and dynamics, and depending on the size, form a contact network so that two or three companies can be combined to strike. Also, through this, we will begin the trade route expansion work that the Baron ordered.”
Building the road was easier than expected, thanks to the road that was drilled to receive ammunition from the United States and Mexico.
In addition, as the subjugation group passed, it was perfect for erecting telephone poles and constructing communication facilities.
Lucas Lockwood devised a plan so that as each company set off to defeat the bandits, road and rail engineers could follow them.
“After completing the subjugation at the first base, leave some security forces behind and move to the second base to subdue the bandits in the same way.”
Lee Hwan’s plan was to dry out the thieves’ seeds.
He had no plans to spare the bandit’s life, so he didn’t really have any second-best remedies other than annihilation.
If done wrong, it could be a blind massacre, but since the bandits are of no use in the world, Yi Hwan did not care much about it.
Inheriting that will, the subjugation force led by Lucas Lockwood began to seize the base from southern California.
Unlike the existing infantry, the Black Hammer mercenary corps had cars and diesel tows, so there was no burden on personal equipment.
For that reason, it took just over a week for Eaststellar’s subjugation group to arrive at each target area and occupy the surrounding area.
Until now, the successive failures of subjugating thieves were due to the fatigue of the manpower and the limitation of time.
Attempts to subdue bandits have been going on for quite some time, but have rarely been successful, because the bandits are too sporadically scattered.
To subdue the bandits in the form of large and small point organizations, it was only a matter of visiting them and establishing an attack base for a year.
However, in the case of East Stellar, the story was completely different.
If it is a rather flat road, there are cars that can run steadily at over 40 km/h, and they are equipped with a tow truck to pull the load.
Thanks to this, the time it takes for the company’s troops to move was saved several times compared to other infantry units.
Lucas Lockwood himself led his own troops to find the enemy so that the initial subjugation could be established.
The main route for the subjugation team was the advance route prepared by the search squad, which had started as a starting point, and the calculation of the retreat route and the prediction of the attack point had all been completed.
Lucas Lockwood has set the small mountainous town of Iverona in Southern California as the first mission of the command subjugation operation.
“It is said that 250 bandits live in the village of Iberona. Usually, they disguise themselves as leather merchants selling furs, but they are said to enjoy surprise attacks when there is a movement of gold or cash.”
“They are wretched bastards. They are trying to intercept gold, which has been soaked in the blood and sweat of the merchants.”
“However, according to the resident information we received from East Stellar, they are people who have been officially registered. What should I do?”
“First, grab the evidence and fire bombs.”
The news that East Stellar had formed a subjugation division and set up an attack base would not have spread far.
This is because Lucas Lockwood was concerned that the bandits would have to move after hearing the news, so he planned an operation to set up an attack base and attack in unison.
Once, Lucas conveyed this fact to the lower ranks.
It was much simpler than expected to share information and issue orders since a front line was erected at every path the company marched and telegrams could be sent from anywhere.
Thanks to the telegram, it took less than an hour to communicate what to do in case of a special case such as Ibero or a village.
After three hours of sending and receiving telegrams, Lucas Lockwood decided to dispatch a scout to see what was going on in the village.
He sent two sergeants disguised as telegraph businessmen.
They had excellent telegram knowledge and extensive search and reconnaissance experience, making them ideal for this mission.
“I go into the enemy camp and find things that can serve as evidence. It may take any time, but it will be difficult if you are killed. Do you understand?”
“Yes, sir. What should I do if I get the evidence?”
“First of all, as soon as we get the evidence, we should put up a black flag in the town hall. We will see it and prepare to open fire immediately.”
“all right.”
Lucas Lockwood was watching the village of Iverona and decided to wait until evidence was captured.