There is a conclusion that everyone agrees first: If Rio Grande, the Sul, really only has this little force, and it is easy to take over, and Rommel doesn't even need to appear at all, and any division commander will settle it. The key question is how to withstand the subsequent counterattack of the Brazilian army and the US army. Because of the limited transportation force, the first wave of attack can only be one division and one brigade. Even if the land brigade that is already in Argentina, that is, one division and two brigades, not counting the strength of the US military in the local and Central America, the US military has three divisions in Brazil alone, and Brazil has more than 200,000 troops, and the power balance is still quite different. For example, Argentina and Uruguay do not directly engage in combat, even if they tend to be the German army and provide some logistics support, the first batch of troops will still be under great pressure.

But after Rommel carefully looked at the map, he thought that some of the battles were fought. The terrain was so good. There were plateau hilly areas on the west and north, and infantry could be passed through. However, it was very troublesome for mechanized troops to operate. The sea was on the east, and only the one bordering Uruguay to the south was a plain. In other words, if Britain and the United States wanted to push it over by relying on their superiority of force, they would either attack from the sea or use Uruguay, which was equivalent to forcing Uruguay and the Argentines to stand on the side of Germany, or they could only use mountain infantry. There was a plain in the south of the state, and going up the mountain infantry was equivalent to delivering vegetables to the German armored division. Not to mention 1-2, even 5-6 mountain divisions could be wiped out by the armored division.

Moreover, Rommel believes that 60% of the German or Italian population have a home aura when fighting in the local area. With the assistance of local Chinese and social forces, he believes that it is not a problem to have 2-3,000-year-old men. After organizing a little concurrent weapon training, he will be a good reserve team and logistics team. In the least, it can guarantee that there will be no annoying security battles.

He even volunteered: "First of the People's Republic of China, if you give me an armored division and a land brigade, I can assure you that even if the enemy pushes all Brazilian forces over (60,000 US troops + 200,000 Brazilian troops), I will persist until the second batch of support troops arrive!"

Hoffman smiled: "Elwin, you don't understand what I mean. There are people fighting in Brazil, so I just need you to show your face and borrow your name; Iceland's fighting still needs you to fight, but you will be named by someone else for the time being."

"This..." Rommel was confused. What was the intention of the head of state? It was a bit unbearable for the Germans who regarded honor as life.

"You are the best amphibious landing commander in the empire, and the enemy knows this well," Hoffman noted. "Do you remember the time I asked you to receive an American?"

"Joseph Kennedy?" Rommel blurted out, then he thought it through and laughed, "First of the People, I understand, I understand."

Everyone present knew about letting the US envoy visit the Seal Army training. At that time, Keitel, Yodel and others privately complained that the head of state should not release the news. Now it seems that it is really a good move. The head of state has played all the tricks of the virtual and real tricks.

"You have to work harder this time: first go to Brazil with the troops to land, meet the local German leaders, boost morale, and support the Germans in Brazil; then go to Argentina and Uruguay to visit the leaders of the two countries, show your face, report to unite your allies, and then come back on the naval warship as fast as possible."

"I understand! I'm happy to serve you."

"Everyone, do you think the action plan of drawing 1 armored division and 1 brigade to Brazil can be implemented?" Hoffman smiled. "Now the enemy only has one aircraft carrier in the South Atlantic. Let the guerrilla fleet cover the fleet to land in Brazil and pick up General Crank and his fleet back to China. Do you still think it is difficult?"

Denitz calculated that there was basically no problem in terms of force: in terms of capacity, more than 100 ships were seized in the last Newfoundland Battle, and this time, Crank brought nearly 40 ships. The number of ships to Brazil is nowhere to be the same. It can be drawn at any time; in terms of force, the naval guerrilla fleet has two aircraft carriers, Jean-Bar, King, and two battleships, Richelieu and Schánhorst, and its strength is also not weak. What's more, in order to carry out the Iceland landing war, the Navy also used 4 Rhine-class escort aircraft carriers to deal with the US South Atlantic squadron with only one aircraft carrier and one battleship, which is more than enough. No one knows that Spruins' fleet is about to set off for India.

The Rhine-class was designed by Hoffmann based on the experience of the US escort aircraft carrier and the increasing demand for axial control of the sea. The main hull is the same as the will wheel, but the power is not the 9500-horsepower diesel engine used by the will wheel, but it is replaced with a steam turbine with a maximum speed of 21 knots and a flight deck length of 142 meters. It can take off and land various types of carrier-based fighters and light-load attack aircraft (no more than 250 kilograms of bombs). If it is equipped with a combination of B-219 and He-218, the overall load capacity is 32 commonly used + 4 spares. If it is equipped with a combination of do-412 and ju-198, the load capacity is 30 commonly used + 4 spares (all folding wings). The maximum range at 18 knots of economic speed is 9,400 nautical miles, and the full load displacement is more than 12,000 tons.

The ship's overall combat power is stronger than that of the American Borg class, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The Rhein class has high cost (the Will wheel itself is higher than the Victory wheel), it has faster speed, more aircraft carrying, slightly stronger defense, and the length and width of the flight deck exceed the benchmark; the Casablanca class has a long range, low cost, and slightly less aircraft carrying capacity (28 aircraft).

However, if the construction speed is compared (on average one ship is completed in 15 weeks), the construction speed of the Rhine-class will be much slower. It takes 6 months to transform the basic hull, and it takes about 220 days to start from scratch. The German army did not build the first ship until September 1943, and only 4 ships were completed in total at the end of that year. However, the goal of 12 ships promised by Sperer was basically smoothly promoted (the Casablanca class in the United States required 40 ships to be completed a year, and more than 50 ships are actually expected to be completed).

Second-rate European maritime countries (referring to Western, Portugal, Greece, Belgium) and others first accumulate experience through the construction of the Rhine level and then learn to build the axial level. As for Italy, France and the Netherlands, they have now started to build the axial level directly.

Of course, the army's forces are also ready-made. The seal army, which has professional amphibious landing combat training, has accumulated troops in Italian ports to prepare for boarding. Now, the order is issued and you can start boarding in ten minutes.

Everyone talked about it and found that although the strategy of Brazil was not clear and complete, there were no unforeseen major risks. Keitel changed his position and came out to agree with Hoffman's proposition: "The head of state is very considerate. The battle situation is changing rapidly. When there is an opportunity, you must seize it immediately. How can you waste time if you have no complete plan? It is not that you don't have time to draw up more detailed plans. Besides, I believe that if Marshal Rommel takes action personally, he will definitely succeed!"

The others did not give any comments, and finally expressed their agreement one by one. Rommel ordered the Armored Division of the Flying Fortress and the Navy Ceylon Brigade, and was preparing to take them to carry out the mission to guide Brazil. General Yeshunnek, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, promised to draw a wing to cooperate with the mission. The combat order was issued at 4 o'clock on time, and the army began to board the ship. In order to keep it confidential, they only knew that they were going to land, but they didn't know where they were. I guess no one would guess that it was a long way to Brazil.

Hoffman concluded with a smile: "Actually, when I see the current position of the US fleet, I remembered that the situation in the Fergana Basin seems very safe. In fact, the enemy can't get out without any effort. It's just that the Central Asia is Scherner blocked inside, and the North Atlantic is just that we block Americans. If you think about it carefully, isn't this a fleet of existence? We played this trick 30 years ago..."

Everyone laughed, thinking that this metaphor was too vivid.

After the meeting, Hoffmann returned to the Prime Minister's Office to handle other official duties. In addition to Rommel hurried to Italy to meet with the staff team to explain, it would take several days for others to continue to implement the meeting arrangements and combat plans to complete the boarding. There was still some time to formulate an emergency strategy. Several generals whispered to each other: A seemingly incredible plan was passed under the analysis of the head of state. It seems that the three books must be read again, and there is a big reason in the book. Several 50 and 60-year-old naval generals were "rampant" while the head of state was not "rampant" and laughed so hard that they were in the fleet! This name was satisfying, and the British Empire actually had today!

Although we have been determined to launch a South American strategy, in order to confuse the enemy, the air strikes against Britain will naturally continue, but the pace has slowed down a little. The first British Air Battle lasted for half a year, and the attack intensity of the first week alone exceeded the last three months. I have to give Fatty Qiu a breath, right?

Starting from April 11, although the German army still maintained a high frequency of dispatch, the pace slowed down significantly compared to the storm in the first stage. At least thousands of aircraft bombings were gone. The high-rise jet lightning bombing also reduced the life of aircraft engines to be renovated.

The British clearly felt the pace eased and adapted to this rhythm very quickly, believing that the German air raid was far more violent than the first Battle of Britain, but it was not unbearable. Especially the powerful and breathtaking rockets only appeared on the first day but never appeared. It seemed that Prime Minister Churchill said it very well, and there was not much advanced weapon in Germany. It was just used to scare people. If you persist, there would be hope. Nimitz led the fleet to arrive quickly and gave the cabinet a reassurance. It seemed that the Americans were sincere in helping us. With this strong backing, everyone felt much more at ease.

The public opinion that was originally clamoring began to settle down again, and the army also seized the opportunity to rest and repair the airports in the south of the facility. The damage to aircraft manufacturing companies and air defense facilities was too serious and needed to be rectified urgently.

Time flies very quickly, and a few days have passed in the blink of an eye...
Chapter completed!