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"Stand upright!"

A group of dozens of high-ranking generals and officials of the Han State accompanied Li Mingyuan into the conference room, and the guards in charge of guarding at the door stood up and saluted with guns.

"Director Wang, you will first introduce the production situation of the military factory."

Li Mingyuan pulled up the hem of the black cloak, sat on the main seat, and asked.

"Since the introduction of the two-shift system in January, the average production capacity of weapons and ammunition has increased by one-third, and according to the plan, by the middle of next year, the total reserves of weapons and ammunition in military factories will be able to double."

"In May last year, the Bolivian government tore up the agreement reached with Chile and unilaterally increased the tax ratio of the atacama saltpeter producing area, which caused a strong protest from the Chilean government, and at the beginning of this year, the Bolivian president revealed his willingness to fully recover the interests of the saltpeter producing areas in the south, and was supported by the governments of Peru and Paraguay, according to my speculation, the contradiction between Bolivia and Chile in the distribution of saltpeter interests is difficult to reconcile, and at the latest at the end of next year, a war will break out between Bolivia and Chile."

"Chile has the support of the British behind it, and the Bolivian government is not worried about British armed intervention after provoking a war?"

Liu Yongfu asked cautiously when he attended a core meeting involving the National Defense Force for the first time.

"Probably not, Britain only has interests in saltpeter and iron ore in Chile, and it is too expensive to personally send troops to intervene in the war between the two sides, which is not in Britain's national interests."

Wang Xiaoshan Road.

"It is unlikely that Britain will intervene with troops." Li Mingyuan nodded and said, "The colonies directly occupied by Britain are all over the world, and the vast colonies have also dragged down most of the British people's energy when they bring huge economic benefits and a vast consumer market to Britain, and the German Empire, which was established less than ten years ago, has brought increasing pressure on the European order under the leadership of Britain in Europe. ”

"Your Highness, is the Argentine combat operation scheduled after the outbreak of the war between Chile and Bolivia?"

After listening to Li Mingyuan's words, Liu Yongfu asked after a little thought.

"When to officially launch the Argentine combat operation, it is necessary to make a judgment based on the trend of the wars in Chile and Bolivia and the readiness of our army."

Li Mingyuan explained: "The conflict between Bolivia and Chile involves the interests of the United Kingdom, Peru and Paraguay, and once a war breaks out, it is likely to expand into a full-scale war between Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

Because of the Andean Mountains, Paraguay could not send troops to participate in the Triple War, and could only provide weapons and materials to support Bolivia and Peru, while the British had commercial interests in the Acatama region and were likely to take measures such as an arms embargo on Bolivia and Peru to help Chile resist the armies of Bolivia and Peru.

So we're going to have to wait until all the forces are out of the game before we start the Argentine offensive plan. ”

"The economic situation of Peru and Bolivia has recovered a lot in recent years, and the four-nation alliance has recovered a lot of land in the war against Brazil, and now the morale of the Peruvian and Bolivian armies is high, and if they meet the Chilean army supported by the British, this battle will take a long time."

Yang Xiaoshan said thoughtfully.

"The longer the war between Bolivia, Peru and Chile drags on, the better it will be for us, and when the energy of other countries is drawn to the trilateral war, we will be able to fight a big war."

Li Mingyuan had been planning for the annexation of Argentina for many years, and for the sake of the reliability of the plan, he had endured it for nearly nine years from the time he became king in 1870, and as the outbreak of the guano war approached, Li Mingyuan became more and more concerned about the preparations for the war.

"Liu Pu, how is the preparation and mobilization of the troops?"

"The recruitment of new recruits for the field army was completed half a month ago, and all field units have been restored to a state of reorganization, with the main force of the field army reaching 130,000 and the scale of the Zizhong and logistics units exceeding 30,000."

Liu Pu did not look at the troops' preparation plan, but directly replied: "The 130,000 field troops and the 30,000 logistics support units are carrying out a coordinated training project under simulated field combat conditions, and it is expected that the training and assessment subjects will be completed in eight months, so as to reach the level of familiarity and cooperation of all units." ”

"How is the recruitment of the garrison and militia units going?"

"On 12 January, the 20 garrison regiments of the National Defense Force were expanded into 10 garrison brigades in accordance with the order to prepare for war, each of which has three regiments under its jurisdiction and an establishment of 10,000 people.

"The field army has been restored to full strength, and a large number of veterans have been transferred from the garrison brigade, and the combat effectiveness of the garrison has been greatly affected in a short period of time.

Liu Pu, the quality of the soldiers of the garrison force and the professionalism of the officers are not as good as those of the field army, so you must seize the time to train and ensure that the combat strength of the garrison force will be restored to the level before the expansion before the outbreak of war. ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, after the outbreak of war, your subordinates will definitely train 100,000 brave garrison soldiers, and they will never delay Your Highness's major affairs."

"The annexation of two predominantly Caucasian countries in World War I is likely to cause shocks in the Western world, and before the outbreak of war, we must prepare for the worst, do everything we can to prepare all kinds of war materiel, and be prepared to face the British blockade sanctions."

Li Mingyuan reminded him of the importance of preparing for war and the difficulties that the country may face after the war, and then continued: "The troops used in the field of the Argentine combat action plan are 160,000 field troops and subordinate units, 60,000 garrison troops are put into the battlefield as strategic reserves and occupation zone maintenance forces in the second phase of the battle plan, and the tasks of domestic security and defense of the Brazilian army are entrusted to 40,000 garrison troops and militia units.

When the main force of the field army and most of the garrison force are carrying out combat missions, even if the country is attacked by the Brazilian army, it is necessary to ensure that the main force fully occupies Argentina and Paraguay.

Liu Pu, the burden on your body is not light, and you must do a good job in all domestic war preparedness. ”

"Defending the country is the duty! When His Highness is fighting on the front line, his subordinates will definitely defend the rear territory! ”

The annexation of Argentina is a life-and-death event related to the future development of the country for the Chinese in South America, and when planning the battle plan, Li Mingyuan made the decision to personally lead the troops into battle, and Liu Pu, who understood the importance of the Argentine battle, did not oppose Li Mingyuan's decision, but wholeheartedly planned to do a good job in the defense of the rear territory and not to drag down the combat operations of the main force on the front line.

After knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, Li Mingyuan turned his attention to Shen Fushan, who was in charge of South American intelligence work.

"Your Highness, through the intelligence of spies and some Argentine businessmen, the Military Intelligence Department has drawn more than 60 maps of Corenste, Salto, Rosario, Buenos Aires and other places, and the topography, topography, and water sources of important areas have been clearly marked."

Seeing Li Mingyuan's inquiring gaze, Shen Fushan took the initiative to answer.

"What is the distribution of Argentine troops? How many Argentine garrison camps were there on the march of our army? How powerful are they? What does the Military Intelligence Division of these intelligence have? ”

"The northern part of Argentina is dominated by local troops led by Urquiza, numbering about 30,000 people, and Buenos Aires and its southern part are controlled by former Argentine President Mitre, after the death of Argentine President Sarmiento, Mitre returned to the forefront, taking charge of the Argentine federal government, and his troops numbered more than 40,000."

After Shen Fushan introduced the basic information of Argentina, he added: "Four days ago, according to the report of the secret agents lurking in the Indian area of southern Argentina, the Argentine federal government relaxed the suppression of the Indians in southern Patagonia and reduced the garrison in the southern region. ”

"The Argentine presidency has been vacant for several years, and it seems that there is interest in that position again."

Because of the external pressure of the Han State, the melee between the various factions in Argentina stopped for a few years after a while, and now it seems that many forces in Argentina, which cannot understand the future situation like Li Mingyuan, have shown signs of civil war again.