Santiago, South America. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ,ybdu,

The former capital of the Republic of Chile has now been occupied by Japanese invaders from the Patagonian highlands!

The scenes that often appeared in the anti-Japanese TV series in later generations are now also appearing on the streets of San Diego. Countless residents of San Diego, mostly women, the elderly, and children, were driven to the sides of the streets, holding small sun flags issued by the Japanese, waving them weakly, but their eyes were full of hatred and fear. Their homeland was about to perish, and under the attack and surprise attack of Mexican imperialism and neo-Japanese imperialism, this small and rich country in South America resisted for only a few months before winning the moment of destruction.

As the new Japanese army marches into the city in the form of conquerors, slogans, flags, and streamers flying to the sound of firecrackers are being forced by the Japanese occupation authorities to prepare the inhabitants of San Diego. Wearing the sheepskin hats characteristic of the new Japanese army, the proud soldiers, gun carriages, horse-drawn carriages, 12-pounder Napoleon guns, 6-pound howitzers, Jason-style machine guns, and various models of rifles produced by the Ming Dynasty all seemed to be inexorably surging forward. It was a powerful army that was better equipped, better trained and more demoralized than ever seen in South America, and even marched with an eerie murderous aura. The backbone of them are all in Central Asia, Outer Northeast, Siberia or North America battlefields have fought many tough battles, and they can be regarded as the vanguard of the expansion of the Ming Empire! The Chilean army, which had not fought at all since independence, was vulnerable to them.

Those poor people seem to be still stuck in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, and they actually lined up in a small horizontal line to fight field battles with the new Japanese army. Although they also bought a number of machine guns, they were placed in front of the riflemen and used as cannons. The result, of course, was effortlessly defeated by the New Japanese Army. Defeat after defeat. However, in two or three months, most of the country was lost. And the Mexican army invaded from the sea at this time. Annihilated the Chilean Navy. Landing in the Atacama Desert. Although the British also arrived later in the name of protecting the assets of the British company, they also landed in the Atacama Desert. But that was between Britain and France, and it had nothing to do with New Japan. The new Japanese army continued to triumphantly and finally captured Santiago, the capital of Chile, on March 2, 1864.

Saigo Takamori rode on horseback and walked in the middle of the troops entering the city with his small but strong command column. He was the commander-in-chief of the war with Chile and Argentina, and the entire plan was formulated by him and Sakuma Kozan, the head of the New Japanese Army. In fact, it is very simple, that is, to concentrate forces to break each one.

Before the war. Argentina has actually deployed tens of thousands of troops near the Patagonian plateau. However, Saigo Takamori ignored it at all, the entire plateau door was wide open, no matter how the Argentines attacked, there were no valuable targets on the plateau anyway. The Japanese pastures and settlements were concentrated in the southern part of the Patagonian plateau, near the Andes, where the climate was humid and suitable for the Japanese to survive. Most of the Patagonian plateau is actually the territory of the Indians. Although most of them were conquered by the new Japan, Saigo Takamori would not use his precious forces to protect them.

While ignoring the Argentines, Saigo Takamori concentrated an army of 50,000 and crossed the Andes to raid without much defense (in fact, the Chileans were prepared). However, in the eyes of the Japanese army, it was no different) of the Chilean army. First occupy the Lake Lanchia area, then go all the way north to Santiago. Fight a decisive battle with 55,000 Chilean troops in the Talca area, south of Santiago. The result was, of course, a resounding victory, with the Chileans leaving behind more than 40,000 corpses and retreating in panic. Even the capital, Santiago, did not have the courage to defend it, and directly abandoned the city and fled into the Andes to fight guerrillas. Although it will take some time to put down these guerrillas, the territory of Chile is basically in hand, and it is time to deal with the Argentines next......

Thinking of this, Saigo Takamori sighed silently, and suddenly turned his head and asked Sakuma Zoyama beside him: "Mr. Zoyama, what do you think of Argentina?" Sakuma Xiangshan shook his head with a wry smile: "Saigo-kun, the general trend in the world is not something that New Japan can confront against, and we can defeat Chile now, which is completely the result of the competition between the three major powers of Britain, France and Ming." And the land in Argentina is too big and fertile for us to covet. ”

"So...... What about the Atacama Desert? Saigo asked thoughtfully.

Sakuma Xiangshan still shook his head, "The Mexicans are not something we can provoke, but behind the Mexicans is France!" And the relationship between the Great Son and Empress Mathilde is also special...... Besides, if we had driven out the Mexicans, the British would not have allowed us to occupy them. ”

The Atacama Desert was the main source of natural saltpeter from this era, and it was also the area with the lowest cost and largest production of extraction. Especially for Britain and France, which do not produce saltpeter in their own country, the strategic value of this desert is extremely high. While Britain could get saltpeter from India, France could get saltpeter from North Africa. However, the production there could hardly meet the current demand for saltpeter in the military industry, so the Atacama Desert became an area where both Britain and France had to touch. The occupation of Chile by the new Japan is also related to this general trend. Britain needed a relatively neutral force that could withstand the French invasion and control the southern part of the Atacama Desert. And France needs the new Japan to fight with Chile to attract their main force to facilitate the invasion of Mexico, and of course, the new Japan is also convenient for the French to penetrate in South America. However, the premise is that the appetite of the new Japan is not too great, otherwise Napoleon III will turn his face.

The two of them moved forward in silence for a while, and Saigo Takamori smiled and said, "Okay, since the general trend is that Britain, France, and Ming are competing for hegemony, then whose side should our new Japan stand on?" Do you want to continue to follow the Ming Dynasty like the old Japan? ”

Sakuma Xiangshan shook his head and said in a low voice: "Daming is very powerful, but it is too far from New Japan. As for Britain and France, one controls the land of South America and the other controls the sea around New Japan, and as for the Ming Dynasty, it controls Old Japan, and without the immigrants of Old Japan, our New Japan will not be able to develop for 100 years. All three countries are countries that we cannot offend...... The future of the new Japan can only be tossed and turned between Britain, France and Ming, unless the navy of the Ming Empire can control the Pacific Ocean! ”

Saigo Takamori was silent for a moment, he could understand Sakuma Zozan's words - unless the navy of the Ming Empire could control the Pacific Ocean, which meant that the new Japan would not be able to rise in South America until then...... In other words, it was only an expedient measure for the new Japan to move between the great powers, and it would still have to stand with the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"But now there is a proposal for a new Japan to join the European Union...... It is necessary to implement the system of Europeans in New Japan, make friends with Europeans, and gradually alienate the Ming Dynasty. Saigo Takamori's voice was lowered low.

This set of ideas was none other than Yoshida Shoin, a disciple of Sakuma Zozan, and Ryoma Sakamoto, the former of which was pursued by the New Japan Education Council, and the latter by the New Japan Diplomatic Council. They believed that the new Japan was surrounded by white powers, and that if it wanted to survive and develop, it could only enter Europe. Either follow France or follow England, in short, you must choose one of the two white powers to attach. This is also determined by the current strength of the new Japan.

Saigo said: "Although the new Japan has a population of only a few hundred thousand, it has 100,000 strong soldiers, and on the South American continent, whether it is Argentina or Brazil, it is not my opponent. Is it possible that the armed forces of the new Japan will determine the victory or defeat of the world war? ”

It can influence the victory or defeat of a world war, and naturally it is the object of all sides' efforts to win over, and its interests go without saying. Saigo didn't wait for Sakuma Kozan to answer, and continued: "So I think that the new Japan should follow the example of Prussia and make the army the foundation of the country. At all times, we must maintain a strong army sufficient to dominate South America, so that the Ming Dynasty, Britain, and France do not want to be our enemies! (To be continued.) )