The news that Portugal declared war on Spain quickly spread throughout the world via telegraph on November 11.
Although many people could predict that Portugal and Spain, the two countries on the Iberian Peninsula, would go to war, they did not expect that the war would come so quickly.
Both Portugal and Spain were obviously underprepared, but Portugal struck preemptively, which greatly exceeded people's expectations.
On the Portuguese side, although His Majesty the Emperor, Tangning Pedro, has already prepared a war plan in advance, most of the preparations are in arms, and other strategic material preparations are not sufficient.
Portugal's local human resources are not as good as Spain's. Even after one year of development, except for the military industry, other industries and agriculture as a whole are not as good as Spain's.
Portugal was not sufficiently prepared, and Spain was even less prepared. Tangning dared to launch a war because of his military strength and the control of the separatist forces in Spain.
Even though Brazil is too far away from Portugal and the Portuguese mainland cannot compare with Spain, Tang Ning is confident that he will win this war and win it quickly.
The moment Portugal declared war on Spain, Portugal's chess pieces in Spain began to move.
At 17:35, the sun had already set and it was starting to get dark.
Spain, Real Madrid Arsenal.
At this time, the workers were eating in the canteen, but the Portuguese spies took action at this moment.
Three trucks covered with military steel honked several times at the gate to signal the guards to let them through.
"Hey! Brother Les, it's dinner time now, let us in quickly, we are almost starving." Henry poked his head out of the car and said to the leading bearded guard impatiently.
"Don't worry, my brother Henry, let the brothers check it out a little, it won't waste much time."
As a spy, Henry, although he had not been active in Madrid for a long time, relied on the operation of the Golden Gun Bureau and his excellent personal spy qualities to quickly integrate into Spanish society.
Although espionage organizations in this era exist, but are their levels high? Obviously they are not at the level of later generations.
Tang Ning invested a lot in the Portuguese spy organization, far more than any other country in this era, so the quality of the spies is also quite strong.
"We are so familiar and why do you do this to me?" Henry said in a dissatisfied tone.
Les said: "I also act according to the regulations. Don't worry, we will move quickly."
Because they were all acquaintances, and it was lunchtime, Les's guards did not check closely.
The guards climbed onto the car and got off quickly after seeing that it was indeed steel.
"Okay, brother Henry, you can go in!"
"Thanks, bro!"
After Henry and Les exchanged polite greetings, they drove into the factory.
The Royal Arsenal of Madrid is very large. Without a special investigation, it would be difficult to attack the vitality of this factory.
However, in this era, Spain is not very aware of the country's security. The Golden Gun Bureau has already explored all the key places in Spain, either by calculation or not.
The two most important places in the arsenal are the weapons processing and production place and the warehouse.
Among the weapons processing and production areas, the two most important places are weapon assembly and material processing. The Golden Gun Bureau agents led by Henry want to destroy these two places, and finally there are weapons storage warehouses.
The three trucks were covered with a layer of military steel, and underneath were twenty-shot Mauser pistols, grenades, and the largest number of explosives.
As Portugal declared war on Spain, on that day, the Golden Gun Bureau and various ethnic separatist forces in Spain launched various actions under the black curtain of night.
Catalonia, Barcelona.
Barcelona, located in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, is the second largest city in Spain. Barcelona became the capital of the Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon in 1137, and in the early 15th century Barcelona and the areas under its jurisdiction were incorporated into Spain.
country.
Since the union of Aragon and Castile, the people here, especially those in Barcelona, have been the most rebellious against Spanish independence because they were dissatisfied with the weakening of their status.
In order to get rid of Spanish rule, Catalonia would rather merge with France.
During the Napoleonic Wars, when various parts of Spain resisted French aggression, Catalonia joined the French side and became a French province.
In the Iberian League, Catalonia's independent organization is full of vitality. It is more active than the Galicians and the Basques, and it has developed the largest local power.
Barcelona, Brunson Shipyard.
"Sisi", Russell Stacy, who was wearing only a pair of trousers, a bare brown upper body, and a towel hanging around his neck, took advantage of his shift to find Sisi sitting on a huge anchor drinking water.
Golundi.
The loud noise in the anchor yard and the shouting of workers made it impossible for anyone except the two of them to hear clearly the content of their chat.
"Everything is ready, do you want to start?"
Russell's voice was not loud, and coupled with the noisy background sound, it was difficult to hear clearly.
But Ceci Golundi heard it clearly.
"Of course", Ceci Golundi picked up the towel around his neck and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "rather than being beaten to death by the Castilians and their lackeys, as well as our national traitor capitalists, it would be better to
Die standing for Aragon’s independence, right?”
"That's right, we will succeed this time." Russell nodded with confidence, but he also expressed some difficulties.
"However, our stronghold has only 108 brothers that can be mobilized. There are only 12 rifles, more than 21 pistols, not many bullets, and I only have 20 grenades. In this case, we may
The operation will not go smoothly."
"The gun is not important," Ceci Golundi waved his hand nonchalantly, "As long as the plan goes well, we will have guns, grenades, and even cannons soon.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As long as the plan goes well, Portugal will give us follow-up reinforcements, and as long as Catalonia is controlled, we will have more things."
"Understood, regarding the specific plan..."
As one of the backbone members of the Barcelona armed uprising, Russell still has many things to confirm with Cesi Golondi.
As a native of Barcelona, Russell had seen this cadre when Cesi Golondi came to Barcelona from Switzerland three years ago following the leader Andrew and founded the Barcelona branch of the Iberian League Party.
Withdrawn money from the bank.
At that time, Russell was a bank clerk and was living a good life. He did not care about the Aragonism, Iberian Confederacy, and Nationalism that were emerging at that time.
A lot has happened in the past three years, including an economic crisis in Spain.
During the economic crisis, the bank laid off Russell, who had outstanding work ability, but retained a Castilian with average skills.
This shocked Russell greatly, and some of his consciousness awakened.
Russell had a hard time after losing his job. In the end, he had to go to the shipyard and do manual labor in order to make a living.
Over the years, Russell has become more and more sympathetic to the Catalan independence movement.
A year and a half ago, Russell joined the independent organization and met Sisi, and later gradually became his subordinate.
In the cold air as winter approaches, most people won't pay attention to the seemingly casual chat between two shirtless workers after hard work.
However, as the factory supervisor, Oaks Haier didn't think much of it. His firm mission was that workers should not take a break until the end of the day, and they should not delay their work no matter how tired they were.
While inspecting the factory, he soon discovered two people chatting. He quickly ran to the two of them, whipped each of them, and issued an order.
"You guys, don't be lazy and work hard!"
Ceci Golundy and Russell Stacy, who were chatting, stopped. They apologized respectfully and said they would go back to work immediately.
But the supervisor Oaks was obviously not satisfied with this. He was already very unhappy standing under the bright sun supervising the work of these lazy people. How could he let these two people get away with it so easily?
He was very angry, and after angrily scolding the two of them, he whipped each of them two more times with the small whip in his hand. He looked with satisfaction at the addition of new wounds on top of the numerous old whip wounds on their backs, and then he used his feet to lash each of them.
The two men kicked back to work.
To deal with these uneducated workers who only want to eat well, drink well and be lazy, Oakes feels that his own management style is the best.
Oaks has always been very sure of his abilities, because Brunson, the shipyard's boss, has given him two salary increases, and he obviously recognizes his abilities.
After a simple dinner and a long evening, in the early hours of the morning, Russell and Ceci Golondi, the workers who launched the uprising, gathered, and their target was the Catalan Police Headquarters.
This chapter has been completed!