The 292nd chapter accident (1, for the leader flyawayking
ps: I wish my book friend "lyaayking" to become the leader of this book, and I sincerely express my deep gratitude...
"The Head of State is preparing to launch the Amazon plan in advance? Now?" Crank, who was resting in Buenos Aires, was stunned to receive the news and almost jumped out of his chair. "Wasn't he demanding to collect intelligence when he set out to prepare for a detailed and complete plan? I have not reported it yet. What decisions did Berlin make based on?"
"I don't know!" Simon shrugged, and he couldn't understand this. He always thought that Berlin was making trouble. However, after repeatedly confirming it and learning that it was the order issued by the head of state himself, he felt relieved.
"A major change happened in Europe?"
"Indeed, Yuan launched an unprecedented air strike against Great Britain and put on a landing stance. The Americans placed the fleet near Iceland, so the head of state believes that South America is a good gap in the short term. He plans to land in Brazil and support the German national regime." Simon thought for a while and added, "The fleet set off five days ago and is expected to arrive at the end of this month. It will consist of Jean-Bar, King, Schánhorst and Richelieu. Four Rhine-class ships escorted the landing fleet. The Flying Fortress Armored Division and the Navy Ceylon Brigade. Marshal Rommel is also on it and he is the commander."
"Elwin is here too. It's really lively. The head of state is determined to open up a world in South America?" Crank couldn't help laughing, "It seems that the Americans are in big trouble. It seems that our warships must be repaired quickly."
Buenos Aires has relatively complete dock facilities in South America. Although it cannot completely repair the injuries of the Ise and Gneisenau, it can at least drain the accumulated water and patch the damaged hull to restore the two warships to the closest state of combat, which undoubtedly saved Crank a lot of trouble. He was originally worried that the construction period would be too long, but Peron told him not to worry, and he would do it. As expected, the president came forward and the workers enthusiastically started working in three shifts, with great movements. Chile and Argentina were still famous for their high efficiency and strong execution in South America.
"Do we need to negotiate with the Argentinians and Uruguayans?"
"The negotiations are carried out by the ambassador, but we are advised to participate together, especially President Peron must communicate well here. The head of state means that the La Plata Group should not participate this time, and it is enough to maintain a neutral attitude, and even do not have to respond politically at the first time..."
"Okay, when the support force comes and works together, at least we can kill the US aircraft carrier formation that slipped away that day."
In fact, negotiating with the La Plata Group was also a laborious task. Hoffman knew that Peron not only wanted to be the boss of South America, but also had ideas about Brazilian territory. Establishing a German country would provoke Peron's sensitive nerves. Of course, he also believed that Peron would not be unable to recognize this with Peron's eyes. Without the German army personally, they would not be able to fight Brazil with the United States for decades, so they must take this opportunity to convince Peron, at least not cause his disgust.
"You mean that your country's territorial requirements in South America are limited to the four southern Brazilian states?" After hearing the situation of German Ambassador Frank, Peron frowned, "But didn't he say that when our 12 armored brigades are completed, the La Plata Group will start war on Brazil together?"
Frank smiled with apology: "One thing you are wrong. The empire has no territorial requirements for South America. We just don't want to watch Germans and Italians bullied by Brazil and Americans. Therefore, this country to be established is not the direct territory of the Third Reich or a colony. It is temporarily a protective country of the Third Reich similar to French Guiana. When the time is ripe and the conditions are met in the future, it will develop into an independent South American country dominated by German and Italian descendants. Of course, they will also join the La Plata Group headed by you and maintain an alliance with Argentina."
Peron will not continue to ask about the troops, diplomacy, and it will definitely be dominated by Germany. These territories have too few populations, with a total population of less than 2 million, and will not pose a threat to Argentina for many years. The only thing that is worrying is that Germany will intervene too much in South America through this new country in the future. However, if Germany is not allowed to intervene, it will be very troublesome for Argentina to face pressure alone in the future. Peron thought about it and believed that the two harms were less than the right, and for the time being, it should be introduced to compete with the United States first. If Germany is too powerful in the future, it will be too late to find a balance between the Americans. I thought so, but I did not show it on the surface.
Frank seemed to see Peron's doubts and added: "The Head of State believes that this new country needs strong support from Argentina and His Excellency. Considering the historical traditions of South America and the relevant ethnic demarcation lines, the existing border line does not fully reflect the relevant situation, so he will recommend adjustments to some areas."
Hoffman knew Peron's ambitions for Brazilian territory. If the four southern Brazilian states were completely taken down together, it would block Argentina's path to dividing Brazilian territory. Therefore, he had to leave a gap for the Argentines. Let Argentina and Brazil continue to border in the future, which would also help stabilize the Third Reich's position in this new country. If the country wants to gain stable development space, it must rely on the support of its European mother country.
Frank walked to the map and drew a light line, shrinking the border line west of the four southern states backwards for a section, freeing up a path for Argentina to continue to expand towards Brazil, and then laughed and said, "If your country reaches a territorial exchange agreement with Paraguay and other countries, we will be happy to see it."
Looking at this line, Peron narrowed his eyes and thoughtfully. He actually wanted to swallow the territory of the four southern states, but Argentina has always been insufficient, and the German descendants above were quite troublesome to deal with. If they were not done well, they would be a time bomb, so he did not plan politically for the time being, and wanted to see how the Germans were doing first. This time the head of state was careful to move a state first to test the bottom line and reaction of the US military.
So he waved his hand: "Since Argentina is neutral, we will take a friendly wait-and-see attitude in this incident. There is no need to hurry to change territory or something, but..."
Frank secretly cursed in his heart, "Old Fox". Although Peron is not old, his political skills are still very rich. It is better not to be able to suppress South America, a powerful country. The so-called "friendly wait and see" means that Argentina intends to observe the United States' reaction. After all, the island of the Horse Island is originally the territory of Argentina. If Germany is unwilling to give up, the Americans can only hold their noses to endure it. Now the Germans are going to cut their losses from Brazil. Brazil is strictly a member of the alliance camp. Whether the Americans can save it or not is a big problem. So Peron's attitude of "waiting, don't be in a hurry" is very speculative, and can be said to be able to attack and defend when retreating.
"The Head of State knows that you have done everything to develop Argentina's strong national defense. He admires this courage. From you, he seems to see himself 10 years ago. He decided to give Argentina a batch of arms. In addition, we will trade a batch of arms with Uruguay, and the list will be available for your country to see."
Peron nodded to express his satisfaction, and did not ask how many things the head of state was not stingy in this regard. Aircraft and tanks were all given a hundred yuan, and the overall value was over 100 million (the factory price was 50 million marks). As for the Uruguay weapon transaction, Peron knew that it was the Germans' intention to incite the Uruguayans to compete with Argentina, which also made him feel relieved. As the leader of the La Plata Group, Argentina hoped that his younger brother would be more capable and not let him threaten him. This was a very delicate balance. Hoffmann experienced and grasped this.
Since Peron has recognized the Amazon plan in principle, the political obstacles to Germany's actions in South America no longer exist. Frank briefly introduced the action plan: "We expect to send an armored division and two brigades to carry out the mission, one division and one brigade to assist in the defense of the new countries, and another brigade was deployed in the country at the invitation of the Uruguayan authorities. In addition, we have also sent military and technical consultants you requested, including 100 military observers and more than 20 technical experts of various types. They will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the industrial system in Argentina and seek a path suitable for your country's development. In addition, we will also find ways to transfer rifles, No. 3 assault guns, stalker tank destroyers, b-109219 and other aircraft production lines to your country, and build a new batch of new industrial enterprises."
Now the Italians are no longer satisfied with playing the No. 3 assault gun. They want the No. 4, Tiger, He-218, Ju-188 production lines, and even the me-262 jet technology. Except for Tiger, they really can't play, the others Hoffman verbally agreed to output. After all, Mussolini worked hard to make the navy fight with him, and there was no benefit to appease the other party.
This time I heard that I was going to cause trouble in South America. According to Mussolini's personality in the past, I must have mixed up. But I don't know if it was Serbia's guerrilla warfare that involved him too much energy or the Italian and African territory were too busy. He actually said nothing for the first time, only requiring the descendants of South America to enjoy the same rights as those of Germans, and Italy also had to enjoy relevant economic privileges. Hoffman said of course that in addition to the luxury field, it would be strange that Italy could compete with Germany in the future.
Peron all agreed with this, but added one, hoping that Germany would export some submarine technology and help Argentina establish a submarine force. Frank expressed his approval in principle and initially agreed to resell 8 submarines to Argentina and strive to get it to Argentina next time.
"By the way..." Peron finally said in an understatement, "Peru may join the La Plata Group in the near future, and hopes that your country can also provide strong assistance."
"Peru?" Frank laughed meaningfully, "Of course, we welcome all friends."
Chapter completed!