Chapter 238: Intervention of the major powers.

After listening quietly to Minister Kent's report, Arthur nodded with a smile and said, "General Fritz has done well this time. I believe that after this support force has been wiped out, the Portuguese should reconsider whether to continue opposing Australasia."

Previously, the combined regular Portuguese forces in the three colonies amounted to only three thousand troops, which was not enough to make the Portuguese government realize the strength of Australasia.

But now things were different. Although the exact size of this support force was unknown, it definitely numbered over ten thousand.

Even if we exclude the African natives who were used as cannon fodder, the number of Portuguese soldiers would still be around ten thousand.

It's important to note that Portugal is not a populous country. Even up to the present, Portugal's population has only just surpassed six million.