Although the fourth active period of U-boat has not yet arrived, the US military has already felt this point that it has stopped transporting British materials in the past two months, ship losses have begun to appear again. In June alone, seven ships were lost in the Caribbean Sea and a submarine has not yet sunk.

The seven ships carried all the military supplies needed by the South American Army, totaling nearly 100,000 tons. This loss not only made the army extremely popular, but also caused great losses to the navy and further dragged down the army's deployment progress. The original promise of sending 6 divisions of the second batch of troops to South America was delayed.

Patton held the strongest combat power of the US Army 1st Division (Dahong 1st Division) and the 1st Cavalry Division (Armored Division), but he suffered from insufficient logistics, poor transportation capacity and incomplete equipment. He could only stay in Venezuela and British Guiana (only these two places have enough fuel troops). He was so angry that he sent telegrams every day to return to his country to curse.

Therefore, when urgently transporting troops, Nimitz drew experience and proposed to use strategic air transport personnel, and hit it off with the senior management of the China Airlines: There was a saying that because there is no need to maintain strategic air transport in the future, the land air funds can be compressed and mostly used for ground troops. Nimitz's suggestion hit Arnold's suggestion that the land air funds cannot be reduced, so they can only be expanded.

Marshall and Eisenhower were also quite helpless about this: the loss of equipment was nothing, just to think it was lost on the British-Canada route. But if more than one ship of army officers and soldiers fell into the sea to feed fish, how could they fight in the future? They agreed to use strategic air transport to the Recife area to increase troops.

In private, Turner expressed disagreement with General Jin: "If we should use strategic air transport dispatch forces in tremblingly in places like the Caribbean and Central America, then the Brazilian battle would be lost without fighting."

This sentence sounds harsh, but Turner puts out the data to refute people speechless. He does not consider the comparison of the combat power of the United States and virtues, but only uses materials to deduce the conclusion:

"A German Will Ship carries 14,000 tons. If all of them are changed to air transport, it will take thousands of aircraft to transport once. It can perform up to three strategic air transport tasks in a week, and it can transport about 12 ships and supplies per month. Will the end of the Eastern Front War and the Germans with all European strength still have no way to send supplies to South America for 12 ships in a month?"

In the face of data, General Jin had no choice but to accept this conclusion, but urged Turner not to make any noise. The relationship between Land and Sea has finally eased, so the tension cannot escalate again.

However, strategic air transport can only solve the transportation of personnel and light equipment. The transportation of general materials cannot solve the transportation of heavy equipment and large-scale materials. Whether the South American war can be won, the Navy is of course the first to bear the brunt of the brunt, and the Army has a heavy responsibility, so how can you win without equipment?

So Nimitz was nervous about this telegram. After pondering for a moment, he asked Lieutenant General William Smith, Chief of Staff: "Suppose this submarine informed the Germans of our coming, what would you do in that position?"

William Smith served as the commander of the cruiser squadron during the Battle of Midway. After Nimitz was transferred to the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, he was also transferred to serve as Lieutenant General Chief of Staff. Since the Atlantic Fleet currently concentrates almost all the main forces of the US Navy, it is more important to use the same position to officers of the Atlantic Fleet.

Smith pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know what the Germans would choose, but if I was in this position, I would definitely send reconnaissance planes to see clearly before talking, and then decide what to do next according to our army's movements. If we land in Recife or El Salvador, the German fleet will worry about our army's advantages in the army's land aviation and military strength, and should wait for the opportunity; if our army tries to land in Rio or Santos (the main port of the State of Sao Paulo), the German army can take the initiative to fight, or use land-based aviation and submarine forces to weaken our army first, and then engage in decisive naval battles."

After hearing these words, Nimitz showed a thoughtful look: it is obviously impossible to land in Rio or Santos, because there are no landing troops except for supplies; but if it is only for the purpose of safe delivery of supplies to the port, it does not meet Nimitz's idea of ​​fighting as soon as possible.

"I'd better consider fighting with the Germans as soon as possible." Nimitz sighed, "The British have handed over the two armored aircraft carriers, and the two sides are very close to signing an armistice agreement. Once the German main fleet is familiar with and masters of the two aircraft carriers, they will soon come to South America. This window period will not be long. I expect the German fleet to launch a large-scale move in August."

"What you mean is that if we don't attack the current German fleet, we will be attacked by the enemy next month?" Smith shrugged, "But now the initiative is not in the hands of our army. Even if I am willing to go to Rio or Santos, the Germans will be fine if they retreat southwards and can completely avoid us."

Nimitz laughed: "The key is that the Germans may not know that we do not have a landing force. I can completely take the initiative to land and lure the other party to take the bait."

"What if this is not the bait?" Smith spread his hands, "Although Montero turned to the Germans, the Germans did not necessarily have to defend Rio or Santos."

"Then I will attack Florianopolis. The Germans can ignore the lives of the Brazilians, and they may not even ignore the Germans of the American Republic?"

"This..." Smith pondered, "It is feasible in theory, but can we discuss with the Army and draw a division for us, even if we pretend, we have to take the initiative to land."

Nimitz just nodded in recognition of this judgment, but suddenly received a second telegram.

The second one was sent by Clark, informing the southern region of Mato Grosso that declared independence and applied to join the American Republic. The conflicts between the north and south of Mato Grosso that have been quite large. The southern region has been trying to establish an independent state for many years. This time, it is better. It directly declared independence and joined the American Republic. Then the telegram also mentioned it: the Bolivian government demanded the recovery of lost territory on the grounds of being deceived and coerced with the Brazilian government about the settlement of the Akure area. Not only did it send troops to invade the Akure area, but it also intercepted the territory of Mato Grosso.

Nimitz and Smith couldn't help but sigh: After the Brazilian Expeditionary Division was eliminated by the German army, Brazil entered a dangerous state. After the Montero coup occurred and the division and turmoil of the north and south Brazilian regimes, the entire situation in South America was facing collapse, and Bolivia's actions were just the tip of the iceberg.

Before this, Argentina signed a treaty for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the American Republic and obtained more than 10,000 square kilometers of land originally belonging to Brazil, and then reached an agreement with Bolivia and Paraguay respectively to take more than 20,000 square kilometers of land from each other. After this adjustment, Argentina's territory will be expanded by nearly 60,000 square kilometers. However, in the future, Argentina will no longer border Brazil, and the American Republic will become a country blocking Brazil and Arab countries.

The reason why Paraguay was willing to ced the land of more than 20,000 square kilometers to Argentina is because it can obtain nearly 60,000 square kilometers from Bolivia and the southern Mato Grosso region. The reason why Bolivia was willing to surrender nearly 40,000 square kilometers to neighboring countries is because Argentina, Germany, Paraguay and the American Republic support it to recover the Akure region with an area of ​​more than 100,000 square kilometers and "operation freely" in the northern Mato Grosso region.

In other words, all countries bordering Brazil have gained cheaper in territorial changes, and the only payer is Brazil.

Brazil first lost more than 800,000 square kilometers of land in the four southern states, and will be thrown to Bolivia next. Paraguay at least 200,000 square kilometers of land, but Brazil currently has no time to care about both factions.

After this continues, all South American countries will benefit from Brazil. No matter how strong the United States is, it will not be able to fight against all South American countries. It will only be able to deal with the American Republic and German forces. In Nimitz's eyes, in the foreseeable future, even if Brazil can restore unification with the support of the United States, it will not be as large as before.

Smith asked in a low voice: "Do you think the Army can drive the Germans into the sea after this batch of equipment and supplies arrive ashore?"

The investigation situation sent by Recife Airport yesterday was very clear: no German fleet was found near Rio, but German troops had basically landed in the rebellious states. At present, intelligence from multiple parties showed that the number of German soldiers was around 70,000 to 80,000 (actually 60,000).

Logically speaking, there were three American divisions near Recife, and four new divisions were added this time, and there were four additional divisions along the northern coast. The combined U.S. troops exceeded 200,000, which was completely overwhelming. Nimitz should have been full of confidence. But somehow, his performance was very unexpected and he only whispered: "To be honest, I have no confidence. If Patton or Liqiwei were here, he could mobilize the main forces and push them over, I think the chance of winning would be more than 65%, but with only 7 divisions at present, I really dare not say who would win. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to wait for the army to dispatch troops calmly, and I can only hope that they can rely on their existing strength to fight, so I am confused and uneasy inside, which is the root cause of my failure to consider launching an amphibious landing campaign."

Smithton was stunned.

"Although I know that saying this is very mean to the army, the Cape Verde battle is enough to change all beliefs about the army. Two divisions have nearly 40,000 people who cannot defeat Cape Verde, which is only 5,000 people. After that, all the comparison of troops and the calculation of victory have become unreliable. Similarly, the navy has not fought well, and everyone has suffered repeated setbacks and has been defeated, so no one can laugh at each other."

After thinking about it, I felt that this was too pessimistic and desperate. Nimitz added: "But if you can't beat it, don't you fight? If you can't beat it, you have to learn from the enemy, try to improve it, and grit your teeth to withstand it. During the War of Independence, we fought very poorly at first, but in the end we turned it around little by little. I believe there will be a chance. The Germans are not monsters that are invincible."
Chapter completed!