But there is no way, the war is still going on, and the response can only be adjusted according to the current situation, and the two of them spoke first: "Political means can no longer change the situation in South America, especially Argentina, is it still too late to use military means?" ”

Roosevelt immediately turned his attention to Admiral King, and he clearly remembered that among the principal officials, Admiral King was the only one who clearly opposed the Azores campaign at that time, and now it seems that Admiral King's judgment was still very prescient. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Admiral Jin pondered for a moment and said, "I have read the information that Director Donovan has turned over, and with the strength of the Axis Fleet, the main fleet must now be dispatched to deal with it. ”

Admiral King's words are very cautious, but the coherence is clear: "The enemy's fleet has at least 4 aircraft carriers, 7 battleships/battle cruisers, 6-7 heavy cruisers, and 30-40 light warships, and now our Atlantic Fleet has only 6 fleet aircraft carriers in total - 2 Essex-class, 1 Unicorn-class, 3 Independence-class, the Brave has just been commissioned two days ago, considering the inferiority of the pilots, the strength of our aircraft carrier formation is almost equal to the enemy, at most it can only be said to have a slight advantage; The battleship formation currently has 6 core warships, 3 Iowa-class, 2 George V and 1 West Virginia, and other warships such as the USS California and the Queen Elizabeth are either too slow or too weak, at most they can escort the transport force, and they will not be of great use......"

Everyone's brows began to wrinkle, listening to Admiral King's meaning, if there was a battle with the German and Italian navy on the Falklands, under the premise of Britain and the United States attacking the German and Italian defenses, it seemed that there was no absolute certainty of victory.

"Of course, Takada will be much more certain than the Azores, and the price to pay will certainly be much smaller."

Roosevelt turned his head to Marshall: "Is the Army sure?" ”

Marshall had a wry smile on his face: "We only have three air bases and two divisions of land forces in Brazil, and Argentina is also a big country in South America, so this little force is simply not enough to deal with them." ”

Arnold added: "Brazil's closest air base is more than 3,500 kilometers away from the Falklands in a straight line, and even the latest B-29 bombers can only carry symbolic bombs to attack, not to mention that there are no B-29s deployed in Brazil at all, so the army aviation is completely powerless to bomb the Falklands, and if you want to re-establish an air base in the south of Brazil or occupy Argentine territory first and then deal with the Falklands, it will take at least half a year, and it is too late, so I hope to be able to think of a way on Argentina's neighbors." ”

The U.S. military has three modern and large air bases in Natal, Recife, and Belém in northeastern Brazil, and its main focus was on West Africa, so it is close to West Africa but relatively far from southern South America.

"There's no such thing as a good way." Stimson shook his head, his face full of frustration, "There are a total of 5 countries bordering Argentina, namely Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay clearly reject our military involvement, Bolivia has an ambiguous attitude, but the terrain there is dominated by plateaus, which is not an ideal place for attacking, only Brazil has clearly expressed its support and instigated us to send more troops and additional supplies, but I think you all know that the situation in Brazil is very complicated, and this may not be what they really mean......"

Brazil is home to a large number of European immigrants, with 1.5 million people of German descent, and nearly 5 million people of the Axis when you add people of Italian and Japanese descent. Moreover, these populations are not evenly distributed, with large numbers of German and Italian immigrants in Santa Catalina and Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, as well as the pro-German national social organization, the United Action for Brazil, with more than 500,000 members.

Brazil's diplomatic system, represented by Foreign Minister Osvaldo Alanya, is pro-American; And the Brazilian army system, represented by the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, General Montero, was pro-Axis, who publicly declared Brigadier General Lehmann W. Miller, chief representative of the US military mission in Brazil, "persona non grata". Brazilian President Vargas, on the other hand, executed a complete dictatorship, coming to power in a coup d'état and outlawing parliamentary and political party activities - including the Brazilian United Action, a caudillo figure who regards interests and power as supreme rules and inherits Latin American traditions.

The reason why Brazil joined the alliance and declared war on the Axis was not because Vargas was politically or ideologically opposed to the Axis, he was entirely speculative - on the one hand, the United States promised to aid Brazil, and on the other hand, he believed that the Axis could not win.

Stimson's so-called "complexity" makes it clear that inviting U.S. troops to settle in and use force against Argentina is not a unanimous opinion in Brazil, but is likely to be the idea of the pro-American diplomatic system itself.

Roosevelt finally asked Admiral King: "What are your ideas for adjusting Argentina's overall strategy?" ”

"My strategy is very simple, stop the Azores battle plan, turn to the Falklands to use forces, and use both land and sea to settle the situation in Argentina as quickly as possible." Admiral King walked to the map and gave a comprehensive picture of the "joint elements" plan he had devized:

The first route is the army, or landing in Venezuela as originally planned, quickly bulldozing French Guiana, and then handing it over to the Free France;

The second way is also the army, landing in Brazil, strengthening Brazil's defenses, even if it does not attack Argentina, it cannot let Argentina or the Germans hit the door;

The third way is the navy, the Atlantic Fleet, with the assistance of the Marine Corps or the Army, with the strength of 3-4 divisions, to launch a landing campaign on Tsushima......

"When will it work?"

"Today is September 23rd, the first and second routes can send troops as originally planned, and the third route is expected to be able to depart from the mainland at the end of October, and it is estimated that war can start on the Falklands on Christmas Eve, after all, the distance from the mainland to the Falklands is long, and the most economical voyage is more than 13,000 kilometers -- of course, compared with Germany coming from Europe, this distance is at least one-third less than that of the enemy."

Hearing that it would take at least three months to work, Roosevelt's brows furrowed: "This is too long." ”

"This is already the most ideal and quick tactic, and it must be built on the basis that the Atlantic Fleet can overwhelm the Axis Navy." Admiral Kim reminded that "we do not have an overwhelming advantage in the fleet, and the enemy can fight us first." ”

"I think we can make the most of this base in Brazil, and the Germans will only be able to use Madagascar at most, which is much farther away than we are......" Secretary of State Hull thought, "why can't we skip the Falklands and go straight to Madagascar?" ”

"Yes! How can't you? Admiral Kim said in a mocking tone, "Are you sure that you can take it down?" In case it could not be defeated, the Germans would cut off the transport lines of the attacking forces from the Falklands, and the Atlantic Fleet would surrender directly in Madagascar......" (To be continued. )