Two days later, the ship arrived at Coconut City.

Cai Yimu went to the dock in person to welcome his second brother home. The brothers were naturally delighted to see each other again, but in public, Deputy Director Cai still had to try his best to appear mature and dignified so as not to bring down his status as a senior official.

In fact, it was somewhat inappropriate for the second-in-command of the administrative district to go to the dock to greet his younger brother during working hours.

However, at the level of Deputy Director Cai, there is no need to worry about these details, as his subordinates will naturally take care of everything for him.

Deputy Director Ma of the General Office held a moderately sized welcoming ceremony at the dock and arranged for primary school students to give flowers to the combat heroes. In this way, Deputy Director Cai's visit became an official duty to respond to the group's call to "support and love the police" and demonstrate the "unity of police and the public."

Deputy Director Ma also wanted to ask reporter Cai Yisen to write a report on the "close relationship between police and the public", but Cai Yisen only rolled his eyes in response.

How to write? Yimu welcomes Cai Yilin, reporter Yisen reports?

Is this to make oneself a disgrace to the press?

It took a while for Cai Yilin to complete the entire ceremony like a puppet and get into his elder brother's carriage.

After the four-wheeled official carriage with the license plate number 'Claw-00002' drove away from the crowded dock, Cai Yilin took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with relief: "In this situation, I dare not trouble Deputy Director Cai to come to greet me again."

"Haha, there's nothing I can do." Cai Yimu patted his brother's arm and said with a wry smile: "Everything I say and do every day is arranged by others. Besides, as a heroic captain, you should also be aware of promoting the image of the Coast Guard at all times."

"Look..." Cai Yisen at the side said with a smile: "The director is different."

"Go away. Have you finished writing the manuscript?" Cai Yimu rolled his eyes at him, and the little brother immediately wilted.

"I'm writing now, don't rush me..."

"Hurry up, don't leave until you finish writing." Cai Yimu threatened his younger brother, and then he took out a bottle of lemon-flavored Yilan soda from the ice bucket that was emitting a slight cool breeze, pulled out the cork and handed it to his second brother.

"How long can you stay this time?" Cai Yimu gave his younger brother another bottle, and then opened one for himself. He has loved this for many years, and this is the taste of his success.

"I won't be going back for a while." Cai Yilin raised his head and took a sip. The cool and stimulating soda refreshed him and his restless feeling disappeared.

"After the vacation, I will report directly to the Luzon Coast Guard School and study for a year first."

"Wow, senior police officer class?" Cai Yisen became excited when he heard it and said, "Second brother is going to get a gold star?"

"Sure!" Cai Yimu patted his second brother's shoulder happily and said, "This promotion speed is like riding a rocket!"

"I still can't compare to you, big brother." Cai Yilin said with a smile: "When I was your age, you were already at the sixth administrative level."

"It's different. I was just lucky because I got there early." Cai Yimu waved his hand and asked with a smile, "But how could your commander be willing to let you go back to school? It's been more than two years. Is the war with Spain over?"

"Brother, let me say that." Cai Yilin nodded and said, "This spring, the King of Spain has sent envoys to Lisbon to request a comprehensive ceasefire."

"Really? That's great!" Cai Yimu was overjoyed when he heard this. Yisen was even more ecstatic when he heard the news the day before yesterday.

This war with Spain, which began in the second year of the Wanli reign, has lasted for thirteen years.

The first half of the war took place from the second year of the Wanli reign to the eighth year of the Wanli reign. Through a series of fierce battles, the Coast Guard Fleet and its soldiers annihilated all the troops of the Governor-General of the Philippines, destroyed the invincible fleet, and completely drove the Spaniards out of the South Seas.

The second half of the war began after the eighth year of the Wanli reign. Philip II, who had suffered heavy losses in the Far East, was facing bankruptcy again. In order to save his reputation, he sent someone to poison King Henry of Portugal and brazenly sent troops to Portugal, determined to unify the Iberian Peninsula and take over Portugal's powerful navy and vast overseas colonies to restore his empire!

However, Mr. Zhao's stroke of genius - saving the Portuguese King Sebastian - once again shattered his dream.

Sebastian, who became the savior of Portugal, was followed by the Portuguese wherever he went! He headed west from Malacca and recovered all the colonies in Asia and Africa without a single drop of blood... and then handed them over to the Ming people. He led all the Portuguese and 20,000 Ming volunteers back to Europe in a mighty force!

Portugal had reached its final moment. The entire homeland was lost, and the nobles and upper class had surrendered to Philip II. Those patriots in western Portugal who refused to surrender could only retreat to the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean to continue their resistance.

The Azores were located on the route that the Spanish treasure fleet had to take on its way home, so Spain decided to send a large army to destroy them.

At this time, the illegitimate son Antonio, leading the French fleet he exchanged for Brazil, as well as volunteers from England and the Netherlands, a total of more than 60 warships, also rushed to Azores.

Although the Spanish Navy suffered heavy losses in the Far East, Philip II had a large family and wealth, and he received more than a dozen well-equipped sailing ships built by the Portuguese royal family in Lisbon, so his naval strength increased instead of decreasing, and his tonnage and artillery were superior to his opponents.

After a dangerous artillery battle and boarding battle, the Spanish destroyed the joint fleet and captured most of the Azores. Only Terceira Island was still resisting under the joint garrison of Portugal, France and Britain.

The Habsburgs were accustomed to playing the lion to hunt the rabbit. They took a temporary break, assembled a force of more than 15,000 men and nearly 100 warships, and captured the island in a clean and efficient joint sea and land operation.

Then the Spanish commander, the Duke of Alva, ordered without hesitation that all adult males on the island be executed for piracy.

At the critical moment, Sebastian finally led the joint fleet of Ming and Portugal to appear in front of his most loyal subjects! After defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet, the Duke of Alva had no choice but to give up the massacre and flee...

The news of King Sebastian's return and the rescue of Assyria soon spread back to his homeland. The Portuguese people were instantly given a shot of adrenaline and launched a vigorous war to restore their country.

Seeing that Portugal had joined forces with the Ming people, Philip II's eyes turned red. It felt like he was being raped by his husband...

Moreover, he had already moved the capital to Lisbon, and he could not move back to Madrid in disgrace! So Philip II began to export troops crazily, desperately mobilizing the Atlantic Fleet, the Bay of Biscay Fleet, the Castilian Fleet, the Andalusian Fleet, the Levante Fleet... and even the Mediterranean Fleet, attempting to destroy the Ming-Portuguese coalition with an absolute advantage in force.

However, the Portuguese navy of the Ming Dynasty had a clear advantage in combat effectiveness, which completely made up for the disadvantage in numbers. Especially the ironclad warships of the Ming Dynasty, the Spanish shells bounced off them directly!

Moreover, the Ming fleet, in line with the principle of caution, kept its distance and used accurate long-range shooting to deal with Spanish warships, destroying a few today and a few tomorrow. So no matter how many Spanish warships there were, it was useless and they could only watch helplessly as they were beaten...

The two fleets fought each other at sea for more than a year. During this period, ships from Britain, France, and the Netherlands continued to transport supplies to the Assyrian Islands to support the Ming-Portuguese coalition against the Spanish Empire.

In the eyes of these European countries, this is the last chance to dethrone Philip II from the throne of the King of Europe...

Philip II was furious and ordered the assassination of William the Silent, the leader of the Dutch revolution, as a warning. However, the Dutch vowed to take revenge and launched a new round of independence war!

At this time, the Ottoman Empire also took the opportunity to intervene and began to frequently attack Central Europe, making the Holy Roman Empire cry for help, once again proving that Roman orthodoxy was a weak force.

Philip II, who was overwhelmed, completely lost his patience and ordered his naval commanders to annihilate the Ming-Portuguese joint fleet at all costs. The Duke of Alva racked his brains and finally formulated a plan to use the treasure fleet as bait to lure the Ming-Portuguese fleet into the Strait of Gibraltar, and then close the door to fight the dog!

As a result, in the "Battle of Gibraltar", the Portuguese fleet, which had a clear view of Spain's actions, did not fall for it at all. Instead, they took advantage of the golden opportunity when the main Spanish fleet was ambushing in the strait and directly blocked the Strait of Gibraltar!

Ceuta and Tangier in Morocco on the south bank of the Strait are strongholds that the Portuguese have operated for a hundred years. They want to block the Strait with this key place one day, so that no ship in the Mediterranean can leave...

However, due to their lack of strength, they never took action. Unexpectedly, the Ming people helped them realize it.

The Duke of Alva was defeated. He also organized the fleet to break out several times, but was pushed back by the Portuguese fleet. He has not yet broken out of the strait... Spain has enjoyed the depression of being stuck in the Mediterranean for more than a hundred years in advance.

The Ming-Portuguese fleet, which had seized control of the sea, was not polite. At the end of the 13th year of the Wanli reign, they organized a joint landing and sent Sebastian and his army of restorationists to Sines, a Portuguese port city 80 kilometers away from Lisbon!

The whole of Portugal was in an uproar. Volunteers organized by the people flocked to Sines from all directions, and the nobles also rebelled.

Philip II was in a bad situation. If he didn't leave, he would be caught by the Portuguese. He had to evacuate Lisbon overnight under the protection of the Guards. Of course, he didn't forget to burn Lisbon to ashes before leaving.

Three days later, Sebastian returned to the burned-down Lisbon and swore to the weeping people that he would give them a bigger and more prosperous capital!

Then, amid the roar of the mountains and the sea, he ascended the throne again! With the Portuguese army that shared the same hatred for the enemy, he recovered the entire territory in just one month...

In the 14th year of the Wanli reign, the war entered a stalemate phase. The Portuguese and Spanish armies frequently fought on the border, but neither had the courage to penetrate deep into enemy territory.

Everyone knew that there was no point in continuing the war, but no one was willing to ask for peace first, so they just kept wasting time.

Unexpectedly, after only one year, the proud king of the world could no longer afford to waste time...