Chapter 56: The 20,000-Kilometer Expedition (End)

"This flag is a shame for Argentina and an eternal ......pain in the hearts of the Argentine people," Marcal pointed to the British flag at the top of the flagpole and said to Peron, "I deliberately kept him until you lowered it with your own hands, and then raised the Argentine flag!" The island of Malvinas will always be the sacred and inalienable land of Argentina! ”

"Thank you!" Peron was so excited that he had come today to seek German support on the one hand, and on the other hand to negotiate with the Germans on the question of the return of the Falklands -- he was ready for the other side to ask for a price all over the world, but he did not expect that Mashal would come up so unambiguously. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the marching marching "March of the Fatherland" (the Argentine national anthem), Peron's supporters and German officers and soldiers watched as Perón raised the blue and white Argentine flag.

At first, Machar did not understand why the Führer had asked Minister Goebbels to explain why he had done so, but looking at Perón and his supporters, who were weeping at the scene, he understood the Führer's intentions - why the Falklands should be returned to the Argentines on the first day. Of course, politicians should talk about interests, but national feelings are the greatest and most fundamental interests.

"Today, we would like to thank the brave German and Italian soldiers, the German Führer and the Italian leader for the hand of friendship that they have selflessly helped the Argentine people to realize their long-cherished aspirations for the reconquest of their homeland...... I firmly believe that the Argentine people will always be close partners of the two peoples! ”

This is a very peculiar scene in the history of diplomacy: the Axis forces occupying the Falklands surrendered sovereignty over the Falklands to Juan Peron, who was neither the head of state, nor the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Minister of Defence at the time (the Axis was given the right to garrison the islands), but everyone believed that Peron had regained his homeland on behalf of the country, marking the moment when Perón personally raised the Argentine flag on the Falklands.

On 15 September, Peron's supporters landed in Argentina on the main force of the German-Italian naval fleet. In Buenos Aires, Perón has been labeled a "traitor" by his political enemies and has been put on a wanted warrant, but pictures and leaflets about Perón raising the Argentine flag over the Falklands were disseminated, especially when the square showed the movie footage of Perón raising the flag on the Falklands, the whole of Argentina boiled and everyone cheered: "Peron! Peron! Malvinas! Malvinas! ”

When an Argentine politician is associated with Malvinas, he gains an inexhaustible momentum. The poor people took to the streets to support Peron, the army turned against him, and without a single shot from Peron, he collected all his political enemies - some of them fled in disguise, some of them took refuge in the Anglo-American embassies, and some were escorted by his men to surrender to Peron, who became the only leader of Argentina - and on September 17, the Argentine Congress decided by standing ovation that Juan Perón should be the supreme leader of Argentina.

The film, which was a few minutes away from the flag-raising ceremony, was shown nationwide and watched again and again by the Argentine public, just as Hull had just reached an agreement with the reluctant British that the Falkland Islands could be returned to Argentina after the war if Argentina agreed to join the Allies. But it is clear that the Americans simply do not need such conditions, and Donovan has nothing to do.

Now, Perón has climbed to the pinnacle of power. However, he knew that his rights were not yet secure, and that the recovery of the Malvinas Islands was only a temporary shock, and that the pleasure came and went quickly. He wanted to give the Argentine people constant happiness, and since he intended to unite with Germany and confront Britain and the United States, he needed more and greater support. He is ready to follow the path of the Führer, to be the savior of the Argentine people, to use the power in his hands to fulfill the promises he once made, to give favors to the people and to repay their support.

On 18 September, the day after his official inauguration, Perón issued a decree. His approach was straightforward, using political power to redistribute social assets: on the one hand, to force salary increases for the "shirtless" (in general terms, ordinary Argentines at the time), and on the other hand, to "nationalize" foreign industries. Theoretically, Argentina's nationalization policy was global-oriented, and of course it also included German and Italian property, but relatively speaking, the German and Italian property was insignificant, and there was prior communication and understanding, and the German and Italian ambassadors agreed and generously said that they did not need compensation -- in the future, they would have the opportunity to make a fortune in Argentina, as long as Argentina exported agricultural products and metal resources to Europe. The lion's share could only be the Anglo-American industry, especially the capital of the American and Jewish conglomerates, which lost a lot in the nationalization.

In addition, Peron also branded a large number of political opponents as traitors and announced the confiscation of their property on the basis of reports and investigations, including the landlord class, church personnel, capitalists, celebrities, and high-ranking bureaucrats who had extensive connections with Britain and the United States. These elites, alienated by the new government, tried to use the media in their hands to attack Peron, but they were easily defeated by Peron, who was backed by an army, millions of shirtless, and a powerful German-Italian fleet outside, which formed the solid basis of his rule. As time went on, newspapers were seized and taken over, prominent figures were arrested and imprisoned, the landlord class, which controlled the lifeblood of the country, was completely defeated, and the power of the church was temporarily suppressed.

The upheaval of change was dazzling, but for the accompanying Machar, it was a familiar scene that had all happened alive in Germany. Perón was nothing more than a reproduction of the Führer's policy in Germany: nationalist sentiments were exaggerated, the interests of the majority were safeguarded, and the people saw a credible goal to strive for.

Martial said to Crank: "I'm still sluggish, I should have expected all this......"

"The Führer can see it accurately, but no one is more experienced than him in this kind of thing!"

Perón followed the Führer's example everywhere, and of course he has done so in history, with the only significant difference being the compensation in the process of nationalization. In real history, Peron finally gave Britain and the United States a high amount of compensation, so much so that it caused a heavy burden on Argentina. Now that he had the backing of the Axis, he certainly did not want to spend the unjust money, but he could not confiscate the property of another country for nothing, so Peron made a hefty claim against Britain for the occupation of the Falklands, and at the same time used the cost in advance as a nationalization compensation fund, which amounted to exactly $100 million more than the nationalization compensation. The new Argentine Government stated that all compensation would be disbursed as soon as the compensation fund was in place - or that creditor countries could file subrogation claims directly with the United Kingdom.

All Argentines applauded it – and populism certainly did.

On September 21, the second step of the three fires of Peron's new official also began to act: Argentina signed the "Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance" with Germany and Italy, stipulating that the two sides would help each other, coordinate with each other, and jointly develop a comprehensive partnership, and invited German and Italian troops to be stationed on the island of Malvinas, but did not mention anything about joining the Axis, let alone the idea of declaring war on Britain and the United States, which quickly relaxed the mood of the Argentine people. This was also in line with Hoffman's requirement that Argentina maintain relatively close relations with Germany and play a "non-belligerent" role similar to that of Spain.

In return for the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance, Germany donated to Argentina a batch of army and air force equipment -- including a battalion of No. 4 tanks and three battalions of German combat aircraft in active service, and Italy donated a batch of naval equipment to Argentina -- in fact, old British cruisers, frigates, and merchant ships captured by the two countries; Argentina, for its part, began to export agricultural products to Germany and Italy, just as the return ship was sent to Madagascar. The United States is a big agricultural country, so the prices of corn, wheat, soybeans, grains, beef and mutton, which constitute the main export force of Argentina, have been depressed very low, while the prices of industrial products exported to Argentina have been raised very high, but Germany is different, the prices of agricultural products for Argentina are relatively high, and the prices of exported products (mainly surplus arms at this stage) are much cheaper than those of the United States.

After nationalization, the Argentine government had a large amount of money to directly encourage the poor people, and on the other hand, it made large purchases to benefit farmers, yeoman farmers, and small and medium-sized capitalists, so that they could feel the benefits of the new government.

On the afternoon of the next day, Argentina also held a grand ceremony for sending troops to national defense, and two brigades and pilots selected by Perón announced that they would land on Malvinas Island and accept defense duties, and at the same time allocate a large number of construction personnel, cement, and steel for infrastructure construction on the island -- in fact, it is a euphemism for the expansion of military facilities, and this part of the Argentine troops will be trained and trained by the German army on the island, including the newly donated military equipment from the German side -- and their important mission is to assist in the defense of the Falklands.

In addition to the public provisions, Germany and Argentina signed a secret treaty: it was agreed that Germany would send more military instructors, technicians and engineers to help Argentina build a modern industrial and defense system and support Argentina's partial territorial claims to Brazil; Argentina, for its part, has pledged to import all Argentine agricultural products into the axis at preferential market prices, and has essentially adopted a foreign policy and economic policy that is more oriented to the axis. The two sides even agreed that they could follow Argentina's example and launch similar revolutions in South American countries to form a national socialist International, and Machar bluntly hinted that Argentina could take the lead and assume the role of the leading big brother, and Peron should be their spiritual leader.

At present, Argentina is almost equivalent to a "quasi-ally" that does not declare war on Britain and the United States, and not only has the same interests and axis, but is also highly similar in ideology, form, and political organization, and is also ready to promote it to neighboring countries -- Hoffman is ready to spread the wilderness in South America, the backyard of the Americans, and sabotage Roosevelt's global strategy.

Now, with the Marine Brigade and Naval Aviation in place for the defense of the Falklands, the large Axis Fleet is free for other tasks...... (To be continued.) )