Chapter 315: Waves and Clouds (Part 1)
On May 13, the La Plata Group announced two important decisions, one was to announce the adoption of Peru, which had just couped a few days ago, to join the La Plata Group; the other was to announce that countries recognize the independence of the Republic of America and make the country an observer of the La Plata Group. As for the specific representative of the observer, it is that German Ambassador to Argentina Frank Germany is the Supreme Emperor of the American Republic.
Of course, it is beneficial to sell La Plata Group like this: on the one hand, the German fleet brought a large number of weapons and equipment to various countries. Although these equipment was out of date in Europe, it still purchased goods in South America without fail. Germany also agreed to imitate Argentina's method to send an officer team to train troops for various countries; on the other hand, Germany also stated that it would continue to increase troops in South America to further strengthen its strength to assist countries in fighting the United States, at least there is no need to be afraid of the behemoth in the north.
The demise of the Royal Navy has caused an immeasurable psychological impact on South American countries: Once upon a time, the Royal Navy fleet even had a warship with the Rice-shaped flag, which was an invisible deterrent. A few years ago, Britain and the United States chased the Earl of Speer and had no way to go to the sky and had no way to enter the ground and was forced to sank. Now, Germany has repeatedly defeated Britain and the United States and fled. Does it still matter who the war will win? South America has always been the biggest fist, and it is also a habit of fence-bearing. Now, seeing that Argentina and the Germans are getting farther and farther away, everyone really can't help but want to confiscate the domestic British and American industry.
As for the American Republic, it was even more unbearable. The state was originally a large real estate state and was famous for its vast and sparsely populated farms. After independence, Britain and the United States naturally confiscated directly. The real estate of the fleeing Brazilian residents was naturally confiscated, and then distributed to German residents who had no land or few land in the state. The other part was retained by the government to be granted the German immigrants who settled in the country in the future. The impact of a country or nation's glory is actually subtle. In fact, many of the Germans in the country arrived in Brazil before World War I and even from Prussia and Austria to settle. They had little connection with the Third Reich, and were just a few of them.
With the victory of the Third Reich in Europe, the confidence and sense of honor of the German nation began to expand. Many people are not even good at speaking German now, but they still couldn't stop crying when they saw the German troops advancing. At that moment, they were sublimated into loyal supporters of the Third Reich and the Yuan Dynasty. When it comes to Real Estate One, let alone, the call for "Long Live Yuan" resounded throughout the sky. The men who signed up for the defense army lined up from the streets to the alleys, and their fanaticism was no less than that of the German mainland.
Since he wants to confuse everyone, Rommel will make a high-profile appearance in recent days. He wore a brand new marshal's dress and a medal of honor and frequently talked to leaders of various countries. He even greeted the British ambassador to Uruguay without any hesitation, and even said whispers to the other party with a slight smile: "Tell Churchill, I have a fate with the British Empire, and have fought in Africa and the Middle East. I will come to Great Britain sooner or later and ask him to find me a good place. Dover has too many pitfalls..."
These words scared the British ambassador's face pale and the crowd around him burst into laughter.
Then Rommel went to Buenos Aires to visit and was invited to dance with Mrs. Peron at the dance. His outstanding military achievements and power, and his elegant and handsome face quickly attracted the Argentine socialite community. In the following days, rumors spread that Marshal Rommel and a lady had a good night together. Otherwise, why wouldn't they see people these days? So much so that Peron had to come out to "dispel the rumors": "Martyr Rommel returned to the American Republic to train and settle the troops. Marshal Rommel loved his wife very much. This kind of scandal was unreliable..."
But everyone obviously didn't believe it, and laughed with kindness. Such things in Argentina are easily "understood". In fact, Rommel took a naval carrier-based aircraft to Crank's flagship Ise early in the morning on May 15, and then prepared to return to China. He handed over the work of this stall in the Americas to the commander of the Armored Division of the Flying Fortress and Lieutenant General Dietrich Von Shoken.
After the war on the Eastern Front began, Shaoken served as the commander of the Fourth Armored Division. He was promoted to major general in January 1942. He was seriously injured on the battlefield shortly afterwards. After returning from injury, he served as the principal of the "Quick Force School" in Klapniz. During the "Extraction and Expansion of the Division", a large number of lieutenant generals and generals faced the problem of job rotation. He thought he had no hope of making a name for himself, but he did not expect that Yuan Yi issued a transfer order to make him serve as the commander of the "Flying Fortress" Armored Division. He was said to be a division, and the actual force was more than one brigade. Shaoken successfully completed all tasks with a bold style and meticulous consideration. Not only did he quickly clean up the arrogance of the air force on the "Flying Fortress" division, but he also made the tactical concept of "Quick Resistance Column" that he had thought hard in Africa, and was highly valued by Guderian and Rommel.
He was later promoted to Lieutenant General for his military achievements and presided over the expansion of the Flying Fortress Division, and directly began to change into the latest Leopard tanks and other equipment. This time he went to Brazil to fight, Hoffman made a clear explanation and awarded the rank of General Shoken. He formed the Shoken cluster with the troops of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, and promoted the South American strategy with the Mandofir cluster near the Cavalier Island, one south and one north.
In his opinion, places like South America are not suitable for large-scale corps combat, but are more similar to those in Africa. They must follow the "fast, ruthless and accurate" style to achieve victory. This is exactly the best way for Shaoken to command operations. This is also the reason why Eisenhower and Patton heard that they were going to fight with the Flying Fortress Division. In Shaoken's view, American soldiers have no technical content or aesthetics at all in battle, and they only know how to use their superior forces and air power to push sideways. Of course, the American tyrants knew that they would play strategic air transport in Africa. There would definitely be more unimaginable ways to wait for him in South America, but he was not worried about it.
Some families are happy and some are sad. In the process of making great efforts and opening up in South American countries, Brazilians only appreciate bitterness.
Lieutenant General Emmons, Chief of Staff of the US Air 6, was assigned by the Joint Conference to Brazil to assist in the war. At that time, he organized all the aviation bases in Brazil, so he knew very well about the country's situation, but what he saw and learned was a low morale situation. He couldn't help but feel strange. After asking the reason, he learned the news that surprised him.
"Sir, I heard that the Brazilians are hooking up with several countries and trying to make peace with the Germans." Major General Richmond, commander of the 6th Airways in Brazil, complained, "They are not determined to stick to the end."
"How could it be? The Germans occupied a whole state of them..."
"The problem is that they don't think so. Only one state is needed to make peace. If they don't make peace, four or more places may be lost."
"What do their heads think?" Emmons said angrily, "Ten thousand people, a little plane and fleet can force such a large country as big as Western Europe to surrender?"
"Aircraft reconnaissance has revealed that Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay are all conducting secret mobilization to send troops to the Brazilian border, not to mention the rebellious states, there are fully armed German troops, and the Brazilian troops near the states have collapsed. Now the Brazilian navy has only a few small warships, and now the German fleet has almost blocked the entire eastern waters of Brazil, and our support has not come for a long time..."
"Aren't you letting you bomb?"
Speaking of bombing, Richmond frowned even more: "The bombing is hard to sustain..."
There are five aviation bases in Brazil, one in the north, three in the easternmost part, and one in the southernmost part of Rio Neigelo. These aviation bases were built when Emmons was in charge of work. At the beginning, the 6th Army asked Pan American Airlines to implement an airport opening plan in Brazil. First, it opened two routes from New York to Rio de Janeiro, and later expanded in Natal and Beren. But even the aviation base in Rio Neigelo has a voyage of 11 kilometers from the southernmost Republic of America.
Ritchmond complained: "Although our P-51 fighter can provide escort, it can only stay for about 5 minutes after installing the maximum sub-fuel tank. The German fighter jets are very powerful, and the losses are huge for both escort fighter jets and bombers. To be honest, the German camps are very scattered. In addition to farms and farms, the rebel states have no concentrated industry and nothing to blow up. I think the losses caused are not even valuable as bombs."
Emmons glared: "What do you think you should do?"
"First, dispatch the navy as soon as possible to block the German transportation line. Every shell and every bullet of the Germans must be transported from Europe. As long as the supply line is stuck, they will be finished; second, dispatch ground troops as soon as possible to launch an attack, and consume the lives of the Germans."
Now it's Emmons' turn to sigh: The Navy was beaten up by the Germans just now, how could he dare to come out to fight? As for the 6th Army, it was not enough to be deployed without the naval force.
"At least the airborne troops can be used?"
"You are crazy... to throw airborne troops into the rebellious state?" Emmons thought to himself that Li Qiwei's troops were specially approved by Boss Marshall. Not to mention himself, even General Arnold was not qualified to mobilize them. Besides, if there were airborne troops to fight rebellious states, no matter how many troops there were, the United States would not be enough.
"Or what if you want to draw the Brazilian Expeditionary Force? They seem to have a relatively strong combat power."
The so-called Brazilian Expeditionary Force refers to the ground forces that Brazil has prepared to enter the European battlefield at the request of the United States after joining the Allied camp, which is referred to as Feb. According to the initial plan, it will be composed of three divisions, but it will be reduced to one division. As a preliminary operation, a Brazilian officer regiment of about 1 ooo was first sent to various American bases for training. Now this group of officers has basically completed the training, and the weapons and equipment promised by the United States have also obtained.
Chapter completed!