Spruance had reason to be outraged by Wallace's actions, as he missed the opportunity to intercept the German fleet at the first opportunity, allowing the Germans to reach the Falklands safely and almost without damage (only 1 freighter was lost). The www.biquge.info sent nearly 100,000 tons of urgently needed fuel to the island, a whole wing of aircraft (about 300 aircraft of all types), a complete panzergrenadier division and a nearly complete marine brigade, in addition to a large number of ammunition, accessories, equipment and auxiliary personnel, and a full 12 twin-mounted electric 128mm anti-aircraft guns needed to build the air defense tower.

What shocked the Argentine side even more was that two of the ships were loaded with American goods that had been exchanged as fakes -- all Sherman tanks, Dodge trucks, and long-legged Tom howitzers, and even the manufacturing information, factory certificates, and US military logos on them were very complete.

"This was brought from the United States?"

"The ones we got from Newfoundland were all given to Churchill by Roosevelt, but let us rob them, the Americans are still generous enough."

The Argentines then remembered the thrilling battle in Newfoundland, and it seemed that the Germans were not lying -- if it weren't for the German naval flag, the Americans would have almost thought that the Americans had pounced on them.

Admiral Mandolfer, who was guarding the Falklands, had already arranged the use of these Sherman tanks: the sappers would first disassemble the tank hull from the turret, which would be used as a carrier of various construction machinery, and the turret would be mounted on the permanent fortifications to serve as anti-tank firepower, which was not wasted at all, and this luxurious use made the Argentines drool. Fortunately, Hoffman was not stingy, and learned that Peron wanted to form 12 armored brigades (in essence, panzergrenadier brigades), so he sent a large number of German arms of all kinds, and did not want the Argentines to show money, and carried some Argentine specialties (such as beef, wool, agricultural products, and mineral materials) back to Germany on the return trip.

As a result, it will take time for cargo to be loaded and unloaded on the Falklands, and it will take time to load at Argentine ports, and the Falklands detachment will spend more time in the South Atlantic.

While everyone was busy with the transportation and dispatch of materials, Cranke himself did not care about relaxation and rest, and took several staff officers of the Supreme Command, pulling the supreme commander of the island, Admiral Mandolfel, and the Supreme Commander of the Air Force, Major General Worrall, to have a secret meeting.

"Before leaving, the Führer conveyed to me a secret directive." "There are a large number of German-Italian descendants in the four southern states of Brazil, who have secretly linked up and sent us a request for independence through diplomatic channels, hoping to receive our assistance; At the same time, some figures in the Brazilian Defence Forces have secretly contacted us and are considering the possibility and conditions of changing the court. The Führer was quite moved by this and wanted to ask what kind of forces we would need to solve or partially solve the Brazilian problem. ”

Everyone couldn't help but gasp, it wasn't enough for the Führer to turn Argentina upside down, and now he was ready to extend his hand to Brazil? However, after thinking about it, I felt relieved that the situation in the four southern states of Brazil was indeed relatively good, especially after the US ground troops were stationed in Brazil, which further intensified the anti-American sentiment of the local residents, and it was a pity that this kind of public opinion was not taken advantage of. At present, although Argentina has formed the La Plata Group (temporarily including Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia, and Peru also has signs of wanting to join), in terms of territory and strength, if Brazil is not removed, it is equivalent to more than half of South America's strength being left outside.

"What is the attitude of the Argentines?"

"Argentina is neutral for now, but Mr. Perón is obviously not satisfied with this, and he intends to wait for the time to come, for example, when the 12 armored brigades he is intent on forming a showdown with the Brazilians, of course, if he wants to move, it will not be Argentina, the countries of the La Plata group will participate, this attitude is undoubtedly very clear." Cranke smiled, "It's not a political problem now, the key is military, can you make an accurate judgment and estimate?" After returning to China, I will report to the Supreme Command, and the time will not be very urgent, I personally expect that it will be at least between October and November this year, and September at the earliest, and we still have more than half a year to prepare. In addition, it has been suggested that the Americans may be preparing a similar plan to fully arm Brazil and try to push Argentina into the sea, so Mr. Perón has some concerns. ”

"It's a real possibility." Mandol walked to the map and began to explain, "At present, Brazil's national defense strength is about 250,000 after being armed by the United States, and after the establishment of these 12 armored brigades in Argentina, it can reach about 220,000 people. Generally speaking, there is a view in South America that, in terms of war, it is undoubtedly true that the white Argentines with the same number and equipment, with European blood as the main ethnic group, are stronger than the Brazilians of Indian and Latin descent, even if Brazil can continue to expand its army in the coming period, considering the variables of the four southern states, let's just think that Brazil and Argentina are equal in strength.

The Brazilian Navy has been destroyed by our army, and the Argentine Navy is currently the largest navy in South America, so I think there should be no problem in ensuring that the shipping lanes between the Argentine mainland and the Falklands are open in the event of a war.

The key point that needs to be paid attention to is the strength of the United States in the Americas, we preliminarily estimate that the United States has 6 divisions in South America, about one in each of the three directions of Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana, and three in Brazil, it is reported that there are no armored divisions, but the degree of mechanization of the infantry divisions of the United States is relatively high, and the armored strength is not weak, let's take these 6 infantry divisions as the panzergrenadier divisions of our army, at present, China has a total of 3 army divisions and 2 marine brigades in Argentina, and the total strength is roughly 4 divisions, of which three divisions are armored divisions, One Panzergrenadier Division and one Infantry Division, according to my understanding, without taking into account other factors, these 4 divisions are enough to compete with 6 divisions of the US Army.

Therefore, to sum up, the two sides are equal in ground forces, and the navy and our side have a slight advantage, but the US side has a clear advantage in the field of air force, and it is an overwhelming advantage. ”

According to Worrall, after receiving new air reinforcements, the total number of German planes in Argentina is about 500, plus some modern planes in the hands of the Argentines, the total number is about 600. The U.S. military has more than 600 aircraft at the three easternmost bases in Brazil alone, and with air power in Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana and the rest of Brazil, it is certain that it has more than 1,200 aircraft.

"In addition, it cannot be ignored that after the combined fleet made a big fuss in Panama, the United States increased the deployment of armed forces in the Caribbean region, which has at least 1,500 aircraft and 4-6 American divisions, and this part of the troops is relatively easy to put into the South American battlefield after scheduling." "If the Führer were to go to war in South America, I thought it would be necessary to stock up on two or three more divisions, two air wings, and enough supplies before the war -- at least enough to sustain supplies from Europe." If this can be done, and if the Three Kingdoms Axis Fleet can suppress the British and American navies, I think the victory rate of our side is as high as 7% or more. Not to mention the four southern states of Brazil, it is possible to transform Brazil. ”

"Of course, this is based on our army's initiative to attack, if it is purely defensive, I think the existing forces are sufficient, as long as we ensure that the material input is constantly cut off and the sea power is not lost, the Americans will not be able to defeat Argentina." Mandolfil smiled slightly, "In order to prevent a sneak attack by the Americans or a counterattack by other Argentine forces, I have deployed a brigade in Buenos Aires under the pretext of cooperating with the Argentine Defense Forces to train troops. ”

Cranke nodded, deeply satisfied with Mandolfel's cautious attitude, and several staff officers of the High Command also nodded in unison, the situation in South America was more optimistic than they thought, and it seemed that the Führer's "Amazon" plan to subvert Brazil was an unrealistic dream, but now it seems that it is not certain.

"In that case, I'll go to Brazil after a few days of rest, test the reality of the Brazilians, and if there is a fleet, then by the way, hahaha......"

Everyone laughed, breaking friendship is the housekeeping skill of Crake and others.

On March 22, the same day that the Red Army's Central Asian Army Group occupied all of Georgia and occupied three passes of the Caucasus Mountains, Spruance received information that shocked him: "We have been intercepted by the German fleet ......"

"Damn, this is a fleet of ships carrying supplies and supplies to South Africa." He asked with a grim face, "What about the damage?" ”

"2 escort aircraft carriers were sunk, 5 freighters were sunk, another 7 were intercepted by the Germans, and the remaining 6 freighters/tankers were forced to return to Brazil." Roddick checked the position, "The approximate location is 1,400 nautical miles southeast of Rio de Janeiro, and the Germans are going back?" Don't take the Madagascar line? ”

"We have a cunning and greedy opponent!" Spruance studied the map and concluded, "With so many freighters, he couldn't have unloaded and turned back, and from the fact that he arrived in the waters of southeastern Brazil so quickly, I deduced that he didn't have a freighter with him at all!" He is completely using this gap to get a vote. ”

"Shall we catch up with it, or shall we continue to wait here?"

"This ......" Spruance is also in trouble, and it is very likely that he will miss the German fleet when he catches up, but it will not be a small trouble if he waits here - what if the Germans return home via the Atlantic-Mediterranean route this time?

"Am I done with my rest and replenishment?"

"It's all done, ready to go."

"Catch up and block his way back to Argentina, this fleet will at least go back to Argentina to meet his own transport fleet, he can't run!" He viciously ordered, "Tell the lads, keep your eyes open, and don't let go of a single valuable clue." At least we know that the enemy has appeared, and they don't know anything about our fleet. ”

In the evening, the huge TF44 task force set off from Cape Town to copy the back of the Cranker fleet......

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