The "Fufu" was forced to stop for inspection, and more than a dozen Portuguese sailors rowed over in small boats to board the "Fufu".

The training of these sailors is worrying, and when climbing the rope ladder, one of the sailors actually fell off the rope ladder, and the crew of the "Fufu" who crowded on the side of the ship to watch the excitement immediately burst into laughter.

The officer who consciously showed his ugliness did not feel much ashamed, and after boarding the ship, he broke into the bridge directly with the sailors, and gathered all the crew except Stilwell on the deck.

"Sir, the 'Rich' is a ship of the Cape Town Ocean Trading Company, and we are on our way to Paris, France, and it is loaded with goods ordered by the Capetian family of France—" Stilwell knew that he would be spared a fortune, and as he spoke, a roll of pounds was quietly handed over, not much, only a dozen or twenty.

Although the status of the rand is getting stronger and stronger, it still cannot replace the position of the pound in the world, especially ordinary people, who still recognize the pound.

Ten or twenty pounds is not a lot, and the salary of the Portuguese Navy cannot catch up with that of the British Navy, and the salary of the second lieutenant who leads the team is only ten or twenty pounds a month.

"You are trying to bribe an upright naval officer, and I now seriously suspect that you have violated the law, and you must sail the ship to São Tomé and Príncipe for inspection." When the second lieutenant got the money, he immediately changed his face.

Stilwell roared wildly in his heart, pretending to be a big-tailed wolf, and if he was too little, he would say it clearly, and Lao Tzu should have fed the dog.

"No, the 'Fufu' is loaded with beef and fruit, and if it can't be shipped to Paris in time, you will be held responsible!" With his backing on the British Empire and Southern Africa, Stilwell was not to be trifled with.

"That's your business—" The lieutenant put the money in his pocket, took the money and didn't let it go, and sure enough, he really fed the dogs.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the deck, and the second lieutenant and Stilwell stepped out of the bridge to find several Portuguese sailors punching and kicking around a crew member.

The rest of the crew tried to stop them, but they were stopped by the other sailors, and the crew members were so excited that they began to curse.

Really scolded, the kind that directly greets the eight generations of ancestors.

In other words, the Portuguese navy really has no deterrent effect on the British, and Britain at the beginning of the century was like the United States at the end of the century, no matter where you are, the British government and army are your strong backing.

"What's going on?" The second lieutenant's expression was arrogant, what happened to the British, on Lao Tzu's territory, it was the dragon that coiled for me, and the tiger for me to lie down.

"Sir, there's a radio on board, and this guy was just making an announcement—" A sailor shouted a loud report, and the second lieutenant and Stilwell changed their faces at the same time.

The ocean-going steamers in southern Africa are now equipped with radios, otherwise Southern Africa would not have known so much about the movements of the Portuguese Navy.

For southern Africa, although the status of the Atlantic Ocean is not as important as the Indian Ocean, the trade between southern Africa and Europe is mainly through the Atlantic route, so I don't know how many southern African ships go to and from the Atlantic route every day, these ships are the "sentinels" of southern Africa, and the navy of southern Africa does not need to leave the port, and the situation of the entire Atlantic Ocean is well understood.

"What did you post?" The second lieutenant shouted as he approached the crew huddled up on the deck with bloody faces.

Stilwell went to the telegraph room and found that it had been destroyed and smashed into a mess.

The crew on the ground remained motionless, as if they had passed out.

The first mate Lu Qi rushed directly to the rescue, but it was too late, those sailors were too ruthless, the crew's faces were black and purple, blood was spilling from their nostrils, and their pupils were dilated, and with the medical conditions on the ship, they could not be rescued at all.

"Captain, Plitt was killed by them—" Lucci's expression was grief-and-aware, and he looked at the ensign with full rage.

The second lieutenant suddenly felt tricky, it was normal to detain the ship to find some fault, and it would be very troublesome if someone died-

But it's not much trouble, it's just an African, fortunately not white.

Oh, now we have to add the Chinese, if it is the Chinese who die, it will be terrible, the British government will not say it, southern Africa will definitely retaliate.

"Mr. Second Lieutenant, no matter what the outcome of this matter is today, I will report it to the Federal Government of Southern Africa as it is." Stilwell was furious to the extreme, but instead calmed down.

At this time, in the event of a conflict, it must be the crew who suffers, even if all the Portuguese sailors on board are killed, the Portuguese warships that are cruising around the "Fufu" can easily sink the "Fufu".

"It's your business to do that, now you must get the ship to Sao Tome and Principe to be inspected—" said the second lieutenant, who was sending a telegram before the crew was killed, and if nothing else, the Federal Government of Southern Africa should have known.

"Yes, as you wish—" Stilwell cooperated unconditionally, the second lieutenant probably didn't know yet, let alone a crew member from southern Africa, even if it was Stilwell's pet, it was also the property of southern Africa, not just anyone who wanted to kill it.

In fact, just as Stilwell had suspected, when the "Fufu" was re-ignited and sailed for Sao Tome and Principe, Luanda had indeed received the intercepted telegram of the "Fufu".

However, at this time Luanda did not know that the telegraph operator had been killed, and that the "Fu" had been seized by the Portuguese Navy.

"We tried to get in touch with Fufu, but so far, Fufu has not replied - the situation may be bad, we have only received half of the telegrams, presumably because of an accident in the process of sending it." Patton's aide-de-camp, Major Pansy, grim his face, said that few ships in southern Africa were seized overseas, but the navy of southern Africa often seized ships from other countries.

At present, with the establishment of the Naval Academy, the number of officers and men of Chinese descent is increasing, and the proportion is increasing, and more than half of the officers and men on the heavy cruiser "Johannesburg" are of Chinese descent.

"Report to the Ministry of Defense, Level 2 Operational Readiness." Patton could not act on his own without receiving an order, but he could give an order to prepare for war.

Soon after, the Federal Government of Southern Africa sent a note to the Portuguese government, demanding that the Portuguese Navy immediately release the "Fufu" and at the same time severely punish those responsible.

The Portuguese government did not reply in time, human lives are at stake, and the second lieutenant of the navy can do whatever he wants, but the Portuguese politicians are very sensible.

An African is indeed insignificant, but God knows if the Federal Government of Southern Africa will take advantage of the topic, in case the Federal Government of Southern Africa does not forgive-

The consequences are unimaginable.

Don't look at Portugal's posture of not hesitating to fight with southern Africa, and really dare not fight the Portuguese government, not to mention the Southern African Army, which became the mainstay of the Allied forces during the world war, even if the relatively weak navy and the nascent air force, Portugal can't bear it.

In fact, the day after Sao Tome and Principe seized the "Fufu," a reconnaissance plane from southern Africa from Cabinda flew over Sao Tome and Príncipe to conduct reconnaissance.

At this time, all countries have a general awareness of their airspace, and the behavior of the southern African reconnaissance plane has actually violated the airspace of Portugal, and the pilot of the southern African reconnaissance plane is a little deliberately provocative, not to mention the flight speed is very slow, and the flight altitude is still very low, which is clearly to provoke the Portuguese: Come on, come and hit me-

Unfortunately, it can't be beaten.

Sao Tome and Principe had no planes, no anti-aircraft weapons, and the colonial servant army was not equipped with many machine guns, and could not dare to fight.

If the ship is arrested, it can also attack the southern African reconnaissance plane under the pretext of "violating the law," which is tantamount to declaring war on southern Africa.

This result is something that the Portuguese government cannot afford.

"So, we can only endure provocations from southern Africa?" Leading the fleet to São Tomé and Príncipe was the Portuguese admiral Philip Valentine.

"What else can I do? It's easy to shoot down planes, and if we do that, the next time we come to Sao Tome and Principe will not be a reconnaissance plane from southern Africa, but a bomber with bombs, what will happen then? "The Governor of Sao Tome and Principe, Harrison Benedict, is 65 years old this year and he is well aware of the consequences of provoking southern Africa.

"Lisbon has sent another telegram asking us to let it go immediately and to take care of the aftermath—" Sao Tome and Principe's Minister of the Interior, Frank Byrne, was sad that the Navy had not reported the situation truthfully, and that Lisbon was not aware of any deaths.

It's amazing!

"How do you put it? Now Southern Africa should not know that anyone has died, so it is just urging, otherwise, Southern Africa should give Lisbon an ultimatum-" Harrison looked at Valentine with a helpless gaze, this gang of sub-navies can't fight, but they are experts at bullying ordinary people.

Now it's a mess, right? Dumbfounded, right? Regret it, right?

It's late!

Anyway, Lao Tzu is old and about to retire, Harrison decided to turn around and resign, what do you like, Lao Tzu is no longer doing it-

"Don't worry, the Southern African Navy has just been established for two or three years and has never participated in a war, and if a war breaks out, we may not be without the strength to fight." Valentine's words sounded like he was cheering himself up.

"No, although the Southern African Navy has just been established, in fact, the Southern African Navy has been in existence for many years, and during the World War, the Southern African Navy participated in the Battle of the Dardanelles and the Battle of Jutland, and performed very well." Harrison was in utter despair, and the dignified Vice Admiral, who did not know as well as he, a civilian governor, of the Southern African Navy, was even ashamed to say that "it may not be that there is no strength in a war."

Who gave you faith, God?

"Southern Africa is doing well because it is working in concert with the British Empire, so what's there to worry about, if we were fighting in conjunction with the British Empire, we would have done well." Valentine was dismissive, didn't he just hug his thighs, and so would I!