On May 13, the La Plata Group announced two important decisions, one was to announce the admission of Peru, which had just coup d'état a few days earlier, to join the La Plata Group; The second is the declaration of the recognition of the independence of the American republics and the making of the country an observer of the La Plata Group. As for www.biquge.info specific representative of the observer, it was the German ambassador to Argentina, Frank, who was the Emperor of the American Republics.

On the one hand, the German fleet brought in a large number of weapons and equipment to prepare for various countries, although these equipment were outdated in Europe, but in South America it was still an out-and-out advanced goods, and Germany also promised to follow the example of Argentina and send officer corps to train troops for various countries; On the other hand, Germany also said that it will continue to increase its troops in the direction of South America, and further strengthen its strength to assist countries in confronting the United States, at least everyone does not have to be afraid of the behemoth in the north.

The collapse of the Royal Navy has caused an immeasurable psychological impact on the countries of South America: once upon a time, the Royal Navy fleet even flew the warships with the flag of rice was an invisible deterrent, a few years ago Britain and the United States chased the Earl of Spade to the sky and had no way to sink into the ground, and now it is in turn that Germany has repeatedly defeated Britain and the United States and fled, and the prospect of victory in the war belongs to whom is not clear? South America has always been the one who has the big fist and who is reasonable, and they are used to being grassy on the wall, and now seeing Argentina and the Germans going farther and farther away, everyone really can't bear it -- everyone wants to confiscate the British and American industries in the country.

As for the American Republics, it is even more unbearable, the state was originally a large real estate state, famous for its vast and sparsely populated farms, and after independence, the Anglo-American nature was directly confiscated, and the immovable property of the fleeing Brazilian residents was naturally confiscated, and then distributed to the German residents who had no land or little land in the state, and then the rest was retained by the government to be granted to German immigrants who settled in the country in the future. The impact of a country's or nation's glory is actually subtle, and many of the Germans in the country actually arrived in Brazil before World War I or even from the years when Prussia and Austria were vying for power, and had little to do with the Third Reich.

With the successive victories of the Third Reich in Europe, the confidence and sense of honor of the German nation began to swell, and many people even don't speak German very well now, but they still can't stop their tears when they see the German troops marching in, and at that moment they are sublimated to loyal supporters of the Third Reich and the Führer, and when the real estate is launched, not to mention, the cry of "Long live the Führer" resounded in the sky, and the men who signed up for the Wehrmacht lined up from the streets to the alleys, and the fanaticism was no less than that of Germany itself.

Since he wants to confuse everyone, Rommel has to make a high-profile appearance in the past few days, he wears a brand-new marshal dress, wears a medal of honor and frequently talks with the leaders of various countries, and even greets the British ambassador to Uruguay without being shy about it, and even says witty things to the other party without smiling: "Tell Churchill that I have a relationship with the British Empire, and I have fought in Africa and the Middle East, and I will come to Britain sooner or later to land, and let him find me a good place, there are too many holes in Dover......"

These words frightened 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 Madame Perón at the ball, and the outstanding military exploits and power, elegant and handsome face quickly fell into the Argentine celebrity circle, and in the next few days, there was gossip that Marshal Rommel spent a good night with a certain lady, otherwise why can't I see anyone these days? So much so that Peron had to come forward in person to "refute the rumors": "Marshal Rommel returned to the American Republic to train and settle the troops, and Marshal Rommel loved his wife very much, this kind of scandal is not credible......"

But everyone obviously didn't believe it, and responded with good-natured laughter, which is easy to be "understood" in Argentina. In fact, Rommel flew non-stop to Crank's flagship Ise early in the morning of May 15 on a Navy carrier-based aircraft, and then prepared to return home. He handed over the work of the Americas to Lieutenant General Dietrich von Schauken, commander of the Flying Fortress Panzer Division.

Sauken served as the commander of the Fourth Armored Division after the start of the war on the Eastern Front, was promoted to major general in January 42, was seriously wounded on the battlefield soon after, and served as the principal of the "Fast Troop School" in Krapnitz after returning from injury. Schoken successfully completed all tasks, worked in a bold style, and considered meticulously, not only quickly purging the air force arrogance that existed on the "Flying Fortress" division, but also making a great name in Africa for the tactical concept of "quick counter-column" that he had painstakingly pondered, and won the respect of both Guderian and Rommel.

Later, he was promoted to lieutenant general for his military exploits, and presided over the expansion of the Flying Fortress Division, and directly began to replace it with the latest Leopard tanks and other equipment. This time he went to Brazil to fight, Hoffman gave a clear explanation and awarded the rank of general to Sauken, and formed the Sauken cluster with the troops of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, and promoted the South American strategy with the Mandol Cluster near the Falklands.

In his opinion, a place like South America was not suitable for large corps, but it was more similar to the situation in Africa, and it was necessary to follow the "fast, ruthless, and accurate" style in order to achieve victory, and this was what Sauken was good at commanding, which was why Eisenhower and Patton felt tricky when they heard that they were going to fight against the Flying Fortress Division. In Sauken's view, the American soldiers have no technical content and aesthetic sense at all in fighting a war, and they only know how to use superior forces and air power to push flat, of course, the American imperialists and tyrants know that they will play strategic airlift in Africa, and there will definitely be more unimaginable tricks waiting for them in South America, but he is not worried about this.

A few joys and a few sorrows, in the process of South American countries showing their strengths and opening and closing, Brazilians only taste bitterness.

Lieutenant General Emmons, chief of staff of the US Army Aviation, was assigned by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to assist in the war in Brazil, and he had organized and established all the aviation bases in Brazil at the beginning, so he knew the situation in the country very well, but what he saw and learned was a situation of low morale. He couldn't help but wonder why, and only after asking the reason did he learn 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 Army in Brazil, complained, "They don't have the determination to stay the course." ”

"How so? The Germans have taken up an entire state of them......"

"The problem is that they don't see it that way, they only need to lose one state for peace, and if they don't make peace, they may lose four or more places."

"What the hell do their heads think?" Emmons said in annoyance, "Tens of thousands, a small number of planes and fleets to force such a large country -- almost the whole of Western Europe -- to surrender?" ”

"Aircraft reconnaissance found that Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay were secretly mobilizing to send troops to the Brazilian border, not to mention the rebel states, where heavily armed German troops had been dispersed. Now the Brazilian Navy has only a few small warships, and now the German fleet has almost blocked the entire sea east of Brazil, and our support has been delayed......"

"Didn't I let you bomb it?"

Speaking of the bombing, Richmond's brows furrowed even tighter: "The bombing is unsustainable......"

There are five U.S. air bases in Brazil, one in the north, three in the easternmost area, and one in the south in the Rio Negero area, which were built during Emmons' presiding position. The War Department asked Pan Am to step in and implement an airport development plan in Brazil, first opening two routes from New York to Rio de Janeiro, and later expanding in Natal and Belém. But even the air base in Rio Negero has a distance of more than 1,100 kilometers from the southernmost republic of the Americas.

Richmond complained: "Although our P-51 fighters can provide escort, they can only stay for about five minutes after attaching the maximum number of auxiliary fuel tanks, and the German fighters are very powerful, and the losses of both escort fighters and bombers are very large." And to be honest, the German garrisons were very scattered, and the rebel states had no concentrated industry except for farms and farms, and there was nothing to bomb at all, and the losses caused I think were not even worth the bombs. ”

Emmons glared: "Then what do you say?" ”

"First, send out the navy as soon as possible to block the Germans' transport lines, and the Germans will have to bring every shell and bullet from Europe, and as long as the supply lines are jammed, they will be finished; Second, to send ground forces on the offensive as soon as possible, costing the lives of the Germans. ”

Now it was Emmons' turn to sigh: the navy had just been beaten by the Germans, where would it dare to come out and fight? As for the army, it is simply not in place without naval forces.

"At least the Airborne Forces can use it, right?"

"You're crazy...... Throwing in airborne troops for a rebel state? Emmons thought to himself, Ridgway's use of troops had to be approved by Boss Marshall, not to mention himself, even General Arnold was not qualified to mobilize it. Besides, if airborne troops are needed to fight the rebel states, then no matter how many troops the United States has, it will not be enough.

"Why don't you draw the Brazilian Expeditionary Force over? They seem to be relatively strong in combat. ”

The so-called Brazilian Expeditionary Force refers to the ground forces that Brazil is preparing to enter the European theater at the request of the United States after joining the Allied camp, referred to as FEB. Originally planned to consist of three divisions, but later reduced to one, a corps of about 1,000 Brazilian officers was first sent to various U.S. bases for training, and now that the officers have largely completed their training and the weapons and equipment promised by the United States have arrived.

Emmons thought for a moment: "Well, tomorrow I will meet with General Montero, the chief of the General Staff of the Brazilian Army, and I will communicate with him." ”