Yokohama, Japan, September 9, 1919.

The summer heat was still there, and thousands of people crowded the docks, and almost everyone had a plaster flag, mainly women, children, and the elderly, but also soldiers, youth, and even foreigners.

The huge cruise ships "Asahi Maru", "Fuso Maru", "Fuji Maru", "Aso Maru", and "Nachi Maru" are all regular cruise ships that sail from Japan to Europe and the United States, as well as the giant German cruise ships "Motherland" and "Deutschland" between Europe and Asia, which are already full of Japanese soldiers with rifles and bags on their backs. Farther away, there were more than twenty large freighters docked next to the wharf, and the sun flags on the masts were particularly dazzling.

On the dock, the military band played "Jun's Generation" and "March of the Warship" vigorously, and women who said goodbye in tears could be seen everywhere. Against this backdrop, ships laden with troops and supplies sailed out of the harbor one after another to the sound of a whistle. Outside the port of Yokohama, a task force consisting of the main forces of the Japanese No. 2 Fleet -- the battleships "Fuso" and "Yamashiro," the battlecruisers "Kirishima," the armored battleships "Tsukuba" and "Ikoma," and more than a dozen light cruisers and destroyers -- has been formed. It was a full two hours before the huge fleet slowly disappeared at the end of the sea and sky.

Two months ago, Japan's crown prince Hirohito, who had been traveling for more than half a year, finally returned to his own country. However, the warm welcome of the people did not bring him any pleasant mood, because he had just landed on the shore when he received bad news from the Imperial Palace, and Emperor Taisho's condition had deteriorated again.

Although this was expected, Hirohito still felt guilty that he had traveled for most of the year instead of being filial to his illness. On the other hand, he was convinced that he had learned a lot from his trip, and through his visits to Europe and the United States, he began to think about the future development direction of his country.

When Hirohito returned to Tokyo, the throne of the regent awaited him.

By unanimous decision of the Royal Council and the Privy Council. Hirohito took over as regent and replaced the ailing Emperor Taisho at noon, and he also became the first regent of modern Japan. In fact, since then, Hirohito has taken over a country with a population of 56 million that is one of the fastest growing countries in the world, and has the inherent "sacrosanct" power of the emperor.

Hirohito's first military order after becoming regent was to recruit ocean liners and freighters, and to form a task force with the 2nd Sentai of the 1st Japanese Fleet as the backbone to escort Himeji's 10th Division to South America, and the fleet commander was Prince Fushimi Miyahiromiya, who was a vice admiral at the time.

Early September. The Japanese Admiralty requisitioned five transoceanic cruise ships and 26 large cargo ships on the orders of the regent, and the German government also leased two ocean-going cruise ships to Japan free of charge, and they also gathered in Yokohama. In this way, more than 15,000 officers and men of the 10th Division embarked on the road of conquest of the Americas.

At the same time, the tide of the war in South America is quietly changing, just like the local season.

At the end of September, Leto-Folkber and other troops finally returned to Chile. During the nearly three-month ground raid operation, Argentina's internal security situation was in great chaos, the economy and industry also suffered unimaginable losses, and the strategic deployment was completely disrupted. Leto Faucebell, known as the "Loach General", was quickly promoted. He commanded the territory of East Africa, and the colonial division became famous in the first battle. More than 3,000 African soldiers who participated in the campaign were also duly rewarded, in addition to medals and commendations, from January 1, 1920. They will officially receive German citizenship.

In the north, despite the fact that the Brazilian and American coalition forces had entered Peruvian territory, the Peruvian government declared on 20 September an armistice with Chile in the face of the fall of the capital, Lima, the blockade of the coast and the continued shelling of the coast. After being promised to retain most of its territory and sovereignty, the Peruvian government signed a formal armistice with the Chilean coalition on the 27th, and the corner of the anti-intellectual coalition has irretrievably collapsed.

The Brazilian and U.S. teams, which entered Peru, then reluctantly retreated to Brazil, while only Bolivia, which was weak on the northern front, was still struggling to support. Despite the substantial assistance of Pakistani and American-made weapons through the land border between Bolivia and Pakistan, Bolivia has only a population of several million and less than 100,000 regular troops. In the face of the Chilean Army, Army Group and the German Army, which were advancing eastward, Bolivia collapsed from within.

On November 3, with the instigation and cooperation of the Chilean Union, the Bolivian military launched a military coup d'état, most of the members of the original government were arrested, Bolivia entered the period of military administration, the new pro-Chilean government immediately announced an armistice with the Chilean Union, and the two sides signed a peace treaty soon after, and Bolivia's withdrawal made the anti-intellectual alliance only one step away from falling apart.

November 10th. After a two-month journey, the Japanese task force arrived in Chile, and together with the armored cruisers "Nisshin" and "Kasuga" that had previously arrived from the Tahiti fleet, Japan's military strength in South America was not inferior to that of the United States and Germany. At the same time, the main force of the Chilean 1st Army returned to northern Chile to recuperate, while actively preparing for the attack on Argentina, at this time the total number of German troops sent to South America had reached 78,000, of which two-thirds were African colonial soldiers.

This work 1 6k exclusive text version debuted,May not be reproduced without consent,Excerpts,More of the latest and fastest chapters,! On 28 November, the Second Battle of the Pekka Triangle began amid the rumbling of artillery. More than 400 artillery pieces quickly suppressed the firepower of the Argentine Army Group North, and more than 100 fighters firmly grasped air supremacy and carried out fierce bombardment of Argentine ground targets. After a morning of shelling, 120,000 Chilean coalition troops began to advance into Argentine territory at 1 p.m., and the 12,000 Japanese troops became the first Asian troops to appear on the South American battlefield.

Despite the support of two Brazilian divisions, the Argentines were unable to hold their positions in numbers, equipment and morale, and under the command of the veteran commander Aleandro, Army Group North quickly abandoned the northern border and retreated inland. Unfortunately, their second line of defense only lasted two days before it collapsed, and the Argentine army began a frenzied retreat, leaving the two northern provinces of Jujuisen and Salta to the Chilean coalition.

Fortunately for the Argentinians, the Andes Mountains had severely affected the logistical supply of the Chilean coalition forces, and after more than half a year of continuous fighting, the Chilean coalition forces had finally slowed down their advance after advancing to the north-central Argentine province of Cumen, even though the fertile pampas were already close at hand for them. However, the Chilean coalition eventually chose to stop and recuperate and wait for supplies, and throughout December, the South American land war entered a short truce.

On the sea, however, the navies of both sides are brewing the largest naval battle.

Since its initial defeat at sea, the Brazilian Navy has been urgently replenished with the support of the U.S. government. During the Great War, the British colonies changed fleets again, and the Brazilians used large gold reserves to buy military supplies from the U.S. government, and urgently ordered a batch of cruisers and submarines in installments, and by December. The Brazilian Navy has regained a ground fleet of 3 battleships, 5 cruisers and more than 20 light combat ships, of which the "Grice" and "São Paulo", which were ordered from Britain in 1908 and damaged by German submarines at the beginning of the war, have "returned from injury", and the "Santarém" was previously the American South Carolina-class battleship "Lewisiana", according to the Washington Naval Treaty, this battleship was converted into a training ship after the American Arizona was commissioned, and after 3 months of refit, It was quietly sold to Brazilians.

Not to be outdone, the Argentines were not to be outdone by ordering three new battleships and a dozen light ships from the Americans at great expense, and three offshore submarines from the British government in exile at a high price. And hired the British to operate submarines directly for them.

Large orders have boosted business at Navy shipyards on the East Coast of the United States. The shipyard owners counted the windfalls of the war and hoped that the war in South America would last as long as possible, and that it would be better for the warring countries to come to the United States to order ships. It's a pity that the South American naval battle that broke out at the end of December put an end to their dreams. For the Chilean coalition, the time has come for the end of World War I.

On the evening of December 26, the German alert submarine U-402, lurking in the waters north of Brazil, discovered a fleet from north to south. Since there were still nearly 30 light ships in the opposing fleet, the U-402 guard did not attack, but transmitted the news back to the German special command in Chile.

After verifying the information, the admirals of Chile, Germany and Japan got together for a short meeting. After reaching an agreement, the coalition fleet of 7 battleships, 2 battlecruisers, 2 aircraft carriers, 7 cruisers, 22 destroyers and 15 large minesweepers set sail from Valparaíso, the first military port in Chile!

After dark. The fleet from the north was lost for the time being, but the commander of the coalition fleet was well aware that the fleet that appeared in Brazilian waters must be from the enemy, and if nothing else, the main force of the fleet was Brazilians and Americans.

While the allied fleet was sailing toward the east coast of South America, the commanders of the German and Japanese fleets were also urgently contacting their own countries, because they were likely to encounter a fleet containing American ships. Even give Brazilians a chance.

In the evening, the heads of state of Germany and Japan held emergency meetings and exchanged views with each other through their respective ambassadors. It was not until 6 a.m. the next morning that the heated argument came to an end, and the two countries decided to jointly issue a foreign communication agreement to the United States, demanding that the American ships withdraw from the fleet, or face the consequences.

Soon, Germany and Japan received a reply from the US government, that there were indeed American ** ships in that fleet, but they would not leave the fleet until the end of the battle, and in order not to hurt the German and Japanese ships on the Chilean side, they instead demanded that Germany and Japan withdraw their own ships from the allied fleet.

"This means that the US government is determined to help the anti-intellectual coalition regain sea supremacy, and at the same time, it is also the biggest bet they have made in the South American war, which will be the war that will determine the situation in the world!"

Berlin and Tokyo, Tatsuten and Hirohito, on the same morning expressed a similar sentiment, for a long time, the conflict between the Allies and the United States has been deliberately avoided by the three major powers, but paper cannot contain the fire, and the conflict of interests between countries will sooner or later. With an unprecedented unanimity, Germany and Japan telegraphed their fleets to forget the non-aggression pact in the South American theater and to do everything in their power to send the fleet of the anti-intellectual coalition to the bottom of the sea.

At 8 a.m. on the 27th, a Chilean cruiser fleet encountered a Brazilian and American combined fleet in the waters of the Gulf of San Mattías in Argentina, and in just 15 minutes of battle, a Chilean cruiser and two destroyers were sunk, and only one fast cruiser escaped from the battlefield with wounds. At the same time, the coalition fleet has sailed through the Strait of Magellan into the waters of eastern South America.

At about 9 o'clock, the German submarine U-405, patrolling near the Bay of San Matthias, spotted that the anti-intellectual coalition fleet continued to sail south, this time with several more Argentine-flagged warships in the fleet.

Two hours later, another Chilean fleet responsible for blockading the Argentine coast was confronted by a powerful anti-intellectual coalition fleet, this time the Chileans slipped away quickly, and the coalition fleet only strengthened its prestige with large-caliber naval guns.

After sailing into the waters of Rio Grande, the German aircraft carriers "Zeppelin" and "Lisa" both sent reconnaissance planes to search for the enemy's fleet, and the first batch of six "Albatross" carrier-based reconnaissance planes formed a 30-nautical-mile-wide fan to search and advance northward.

A quarter of an hour later, the second batch of six "Sea Hummingbirds" carrier-based combat reconnaissance planes swooped down on the sea northeast of the fleet with an equally wide fan.

Grand Bay is less than 200 nautical miles from San Matthias, where the Union fleet was previously spotted.

Before the reconnaissance aircraft discovered the coalition fleet, the coalition fleet made the final adjustments:

The Chilean battleships "Cochran" and "Santiago", the German battleships "King Alberchi" and "Kai 2", and the Japanese battleships "Fuso" and "Yamashiro" formed a battlefleet and went out 20 nautical miles in front of the air formation and prepared for battle; The Chilean battleship "Caldera", the German cruisers "Bayreuth" and "François", the British King-class cruisers "Scotland", "London" and the 1st and 2nd destroyers of the fleet guarded around the two German aircraft carriers; The German battle cruiser "De Fllinger", the Japanese battle cruiser "Kirishima", the armored battleships "Tsukuba" and "Ikoma", and the Chilean cruisers "Cordillera" and "Jono Islands" formed a fast guerrilla fleet, which stood by the northeast of the aircraft carrier formation and southeast of the battlefleet.

At 2:25 p.m., the No. 3 reconnaissance plane, which took off from the "Zeppelin," discovered the coalition fleet coming from the north, and the other side included 7 battleships, 12 cruisers, 19 old destroyers, and several submarines.