The remaining cruisers of the Rio Grande do Sul (another Bahia-class) saw such a cruel fate for their companions, and completely lost their fighting spirit when they could not fight and escape, and raised the white flag to announce their surrender. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The rest of the Brazilian light warships that rushed out of the harbor saw that the general situation was gone, and they also hoisted the white flags and surrendered, only 2 brave Brazilian destroyers launched a decisive charge, trying to teach the Germans a lesson with the bald torpedoes they were equipped with, but unfortunately they were torn to pieces by the Axis light cruiser and battleship formations with 6-inch guns before they could reach the effective range.

In less than an hour, the Axis fleet had destroyed 80 per cent of the Brazilian Navy's surface ship force, and Vice Admiral Bey left some of the light cruisers and destroyers behind to gather the surrendered warships and salvage the overboard officers and men, and then swooped down on the harbor with great vigour, he remembered.

At 7:27 a.m., Brazilian President Vargas stared out the window and nearly fainted to the deafening sound of an explosion. Early in the morning, he lost his own navy, and now, he is losing his capital.

The remaining Brazilian air forces and the U.S. Army Air Force that came to support them tried to attack, but they were shot down over the port one by one by a larger, more experienced, and more skilled Axis pilot, and after 8 o'clock, only planes painted with the Axis logo were left over the entire Rio de Janeiro, and not a single Brazilian or American plane was ever seen again. And the ports, docks, shipyards and other facilities that he painstakingly managed were being cultivated by the Axis warships with naval guns with impunity. He couldn't do anything but hide from a distance and watch it all. Those coastal batteries proved to be completely useless, and quickly fell silent under the combined attack of naval guns and dive bombers.

As for the US garrison, on which he had high hopes, it was now simply impossible to protect itself, and the barracks, airfields, reservoir areas, and defensive positions were all ravaged by shells and bombs. If he didn't understand the destruction of the Japanese army's raid on Australia and New Zealand before, then he completely understands it now.

The artillery formation not only destroyed the city of Rio de Janeiro, but also the merchant ships in the harbor, which were either destroyed by bombs or shells. That's not all, I heard that Vice Admiral Bei finally captured a large number of Brazilian light warships and some freighters, including the Bahia class, etc., the expression on his face was very rich, and in the end he couldn't help laughing, as if he saw a lot of marks flying in front of him.

Eventually, the booty (with a total tonnage of more than 30,000 tons) was packaged and disposed of at a low price of 30 million marks to the Perón government, and the news was unanimously supported by the Argentine people, who were not only intoxicated with the naval power to destroy their old enemies - although they borrowed the hand of the Axis, but also glad that they had picked up the bargain, and more importantly, these marks were all used to purchase beef and mutton products, wheat, leather, wool and other products without the Argentines paying a big penny - Many of these goods have been rejected by the United States and are unsalable in Argentina.

As soon as this exchange of interests came out, even the capitalists and farmers, who had previously been suspicious of the Peron authorities, changed their positions to become supporters of the Peron authorities. Far from frightening Argentines by announcing the freezing of all Argentine assets and bank accounts in the United States, whether individual or state-owned, (mainly in retaliation for Argentina's nationalization policy), the U.S. announced a freeze on all Argentine assets and bank accounts (not discriminating between individuals and state-owned) in retaliation, but rather provoked more anti-American sentiment among the population.

On 28 September, the Axis fleet did the same and attacked the city of Salvador, the third largest city in eastern Brazil;

On the 29th, a military coup d'état took place in Bolivia, and the new leader was inextricably linked to the Perón authorities and German diplomats.

On the 30th, the Axis fleet continued its attack, targeting Recife, the easternmost city in Brazil and the ninth largest city in the country. There are 3 U.S. air bases stationed in this area, but this is useless, the mobile fleet first destroys American military facilities with bombs and incendiary bombs, and then defeats the U.S. Army rookies in the air engagement, the new BF-219C fighter performs better than in the Panama Campaign, and the U.S. Army Airlines, which was devastated in the Panama Campaign, lost nearly 200 planes this time, and they achieved very little: the Veneto was hit by a 1000-pound bomb, It's ugly, but it doesn't affect the follow-up battle; The Lützov received 1 500-pound bomb, and the No. 2 turret was blown away, but the rest was able to hold up; Strasbourg suffered 2 near-misses, 4 anti-aircraft guns were cut, and the rest of the ships were unscathed.

On October 3, a military coup also took place in Paraguay, which borders Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil, and War Minister Kaplan became the head of state. At the same time, the situation in Uruguay is also unstable, the president has issued four orders in a row, on the one hand, prohibiting gatherings and demonstrations, and on the other hand, tightening the control of the army, but everyone knows that the Uruguayan authorities are already sitting on the crater of the volcano, and the eruption is a matter of time.

At the same time that the earth-shaking changes are taking place in South America, all countries are staring at the response and countermeasures of the United States, although the United States keeps saying that it wants to drive out the European forces, but to this day, the United States is not only powerless to interfere in the endless coups d'état of South American countries, but also has no chance to deal with the challenge of the Axis Fleet.

On 7 October, just as the U.S. fleet had just sailed past the base at Guantánamo, the Axis fleet had landed in French Guiana, and the fleet and the landing force met no resistance, for the first to enter was the French Volunteer Company, which followed the pace of the Marseillaise - no matter how much De Gaulle and Free France blew the sky, Paris would always be orthodox in the minds of the French overseas colonies, and this atmosphere reached its climax when the French-flagged Strasbourg docked at the docks.

Although there was no longer a single French soldier on board the Strasbourg, the French still regarded him as their own ship, because Hoffmann had privately promised to return all the warships he had received from the French in exchange for the French's cooperation in other areas once the war was over.

After seeing the crowds on the docks, all that greeted him were flowers and buntings, Machar realized the Führer's good intentions -- to fly the French flag and keep the French name of these warships, not to cause trouble for himself, but to better facilitate the Pearl of Peace project. This effort paid off, and all the supplies that French Guiana possessed, especially the most valuable fuel oil, were open to the Axis Fleet. (To be continued.) )