Chapter 287: The Rio de Janeiro Landing Campaign

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The first target plane, the United States of Brazil, South America.

Brazil was inhabited by Indians in ancient times, and in April 1500, the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil and named the land "Holy Cross", proclaiming it to the Portuguese. However, after the occupation, because the plundering of the Portuguese colonizers began with the felling of Brazilian mahogany, the word "brasil" (transliterated as "Brazil") gradually replaced the "Holy Cross" and became the name of Brazil, which has been used until later generations.

From April 1500 onwards, the Portuguese ruled the colony of Brazil, which was largely in their own hands, despite stumbling and being interfered with by other European countries. It was not until 1820 that Prince Pedro of Portugal became the regent of Brazil, and two years later, he was crowned emperor in September 1822, called Pedro I, declaring complete independence from Portugal and establishing the Brazilian Empire.

The period from 1822 to 1889 was the period of the existence of the Brazilian Empire, which was largely unchanged from the dynastic system and the power of the Portuguese aristocracy, following the hacienda system and slavery, and was mainly economically and politically dependent on the British. In November 1889, General Fonseca d'état overthrew the Pedro monarchy and established the United States of Brazil (effectively ruled by a military junta).

At this stage, Brazil mainly relied on coffee cultivation and export trade to sustain its economic development and growth, but the global economic crisis that broke out in the thirties of the 20th century dealt a heavy blow to Brazil's economic system, which mainly depended on dependence. In addition, Brazilian President Getulio Vargas, who had been in power since 1930, implemented a grand dictatorship (it was overthrown in 1945 on the main plane), so on the first target plane, the internal crisis of Brazilian society in 1944 was huge, and the state power was on the eve of being overthrown.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro is located in the south of Brazil, close to the sea, is the most prosperous city and region in Brazil, and is also the best representative of Brazil's history of rich in the south and poor in the north, and extremely unbalanced economic development.

Ichiro Kamemoto is a laborer of Japanese descent from the lower classes of Brazil, who makes a living by selling his physical strength and craft. In recent years, due to the blessing of World War II, the demand for coffee, wood and other materials in the Stars and Stripes Republic has soared, which has led to rapid growth in Brazil's domestic economy, and relatively increased job opportunities and salaries.

However, with the passage of time of the war and the gradual increase of social wealth, the traditional upper echelons of Brazil, the merchant groups and the gatekeeper class of President Retulio Vargas and his faction, in order to maximize the exploitation and exploitation of private wealth, instinctively monopolized hoarding and seeking huge profits, and a large number of basic necessities of life such as grain, black beans, sugarcane wine, sugar, pigs, chickens, cattle and horses were speculated and restricted. Many small and medium-sized animal husbandry and slaughtering merchants have also taken advantage of the danger of others to blatantly and immotively move according to the "meat", and they have put a large amount of materials on the black market and traded them in the dark market, so as to raise prices and make huge profits.

"Eight grid tooth road, eight grid tooth road." Kamemoto Ichiro looked at the butcher shop with no meat to sell and the grain store with no grain to sell, and scolded in a low voice.

"Get out! It has already been said that there is nothing to sell. Seeing the price of grain rising three times a day, the owner of the shop, who was afraid that he would lose money, scolded. Kamemoto Ichiro, who had no social status, didn't dare to resist at all, so he had to walk away.

A low-slung bungalow in a ghetto on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, which is also home to Ichiro Kamemoto.

"I'm back, Kamemoto-kun, did you have a harvest today?" Koji Sawada, who was in the house, asked.

"何でも残っていない (nothing)!Do they want to starve us to death?" Ichiro Kamemoto sat dejectedly on a simple wooden bed, scratching the red rash on his leg with his left hand caused by the infestation of Brazilian fleas.

"They want to make the last coin on us, they want us to be slaves who have nothing but to work." Koji Sawada said very calmly.

"So what are we going to do? I haven't had anything to eat for two days. Ichiro Kamemoto, who was hungry, felt the sourness and squirming coming from his stomach, and it was difficult to control himself.

"Don't worry, soon, we can change all of this completely. The vast farms owned by the greedy manors and farmers, as well as the thousands of fat cattle and horses, beautiful houses, and delicate women with white skin and blue eyes, will become the private property of our Japanese diaspora. Koji Sawada, who was also thin but his eyes were eye-catching, said in a seductive and affirmative tone.

"Really?"

"Of course, now is only the last suffering, the empire will not abandon its people, and soon the glory of the empire will shine on the whole of Brazil."

At the same time, the waters off the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.

"How long do you have to get to your destination?" The commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the Japanese in the command cabin of the aircraft carrier, General Yamamoto asked.

"Hey! Your Excellency Yamamoto, there is still about a day and a half to go, and our fleet will be able to reach the waters off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In order to avoid premature detection by ships of other countries, the combined fleet circled a large U-shaped bay, so it took an extra 3 days. The Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Fuliufan, replied.

"How's the Stars and Stripes moving in the Pacific Fleet?" Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded and continued to ask.

"They're still on the West Coast, and they're not moving. In addition, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic, because of the Normandy landing campaign, was all thrown into the European theater, and at this time the whole of South America could almost be said to be undefended. Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Furufan, said excitedly.

"Your Excellency Yamamoto," Koga Mineichi, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke.

"Huh?"

"I know very well that the Stars and Stripes will not tolerate the existence of any hostile forces in South America, but the environment here in Brazil is really excellent, with a population of more than 40 million, our expatriates account for more than 3 million, which is far better than the Yanhuang continent in terms of population proportion. As long as we succeed in the landing campaign, coupled with the right propaganda and material inducements, I think it will be possible to quickly acquire the power and territory of the whole of Brazil from top to bottom. Is Brazil, which is over 8 million square kilometers, really going to give up in the end? Koga asked in a low voice.

"It's too far away for logistical resupply." Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head expressionlessly.

"But didn't that puppet Meiji Emperor already promise to provide a large number of supplies at regular and fixed points?" Koga said unrelentingly.

"Do you want to put the future of the empire in the hands of an unknown person?"

"But"

"Your Excellency Koga, you don't have to worry too much," Furushi suddenly interjected: "According to my calculations, if the first batch of landing troops successfully landed, they would be responsible for organizing and arming 3 million expatriates, which would basically ensure the occupation and continuation of the entire key cities in Brazil. According to the existing army and naval strength of the Star-Spangled Banner, even it will be difficult to support the three theaters of the Pacific, Europe, and Brazil at the same time, especially the two million participating troops of the Star-Spangled Banner when it landed in Normandy. So the necessary trade-offs are necessary, if they counterattack Brazil, we can send another 50,000 ~ 100,000 army troops before that, so that 100,000 ~ 150,000 imperial troops plus 3 million expatriates, with enough weapons and equipment, is enough to make the Stars and Stripes fall into a huge quagmire, take this opportunity, we can capture India, we can open up a land for the revival of the empire, can also destroy the war potential of Britain, so as to join forces with Germany to dominate Europe, Asia and Africa. ”

"What if the Stars and Stripes ignore Brazil?" Yamamoto asked.

"If the Stars and Stripes do not send troops to Brazil, we can still take advantage of the time difference to raid India, and then the combined fleet will turn around and block the Stars and Stripes Pacific Fleet, which will attack again, and at the same time, take this opportunity for India and Brazil to develop and build fortifications at the same time, which may be a major turning point for the final defeat of the Stars and Stripes and the final victory of the Empire."

"Your Excellency Yamamoto" Koga Mine looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six after listening to Fukurushige's speech.

"I have no objection to the Army guys if they are willing to transport more ground troops when the Combined Fleet occupies the ports of Brazil. But as the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, I would never agree to put the entire fleet in danger for the sake of more tactics against the ground forces, so when it was time for the end of the plan, we had to evacuate on time, understand? ”

"Hey!" Seeing that his "boss" was unhappy, Koga Fengichi and Fukuru Shige were very interested and did not persuade again.

The next morning.

Koji Sawada took Ichiro Kamemoto and dozens of other people to a warehouse on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro in the name of helping with transportation. After opening it, I saw that it was full of easy-to-learn weapons and equipment such as the 38 big cover, the 92-type machine gun, and the melon grenade of the Japanese army's standard equipment. Under the demonstration of Koji Sawada, everyone understood the basic method of use, and as for the test firing here, it was impossible to wait until the bombing started, and then practice shooting while rioting.

On a big tree not far from them, Wang Fan was hiding there.

"These chess pieces you have laid out are actually useless, they are purely a rabble." Yadi said in Wang Fan's head.

"Hehe, yes, they are indeed a rabble. However, once the Brazilian junta's troops are in chaos and panic after the bombing begins, these rabble can still cause them a lot of trouble. Wang Fan nodded.

"But the capture of Brazil still requires a real landing force, and these people are troublesome at best." Yadi reminded.

"Anyway, it's not the Yanhuang people who died, it's all Japanese expatriates, what's so bad? And let me think about what happens when the anger that has been pent up for a long time is suddenly vented? Massacres, **, abuse, killing of prisoners, in short, all ethnic hatred and hostility of people of color will plunge the whole of Brazil into civil strife completely, and what will happen when the time comes to look at the Stars and Stripes? ”

"What about your estimate?"

"It's hard to say, but Roosevelt is not a good stubble, maybe he will recruit troops again on the basis of 10 million troops (including logistics, transportation, and clerical personnel), so as to open up a third battlefield."

"Ruthless?"

"I don't know if it counts. But at least this way, it can be regarded as really starting to overdraw the power of the Star-Spangled Banner. As far as I am concerned, as long as I can delay the duration of World War II and slow down the defeat of the little devils and the Germans, the newly established Yanhuang Democratic Republic will need time to consume and absorb all kinds of knowledge that I have brought with me, and to improve the level of civilian education and the quality of people per capita. Until then, it's better to mess up the world. Wang Fan looked at the black dots in the sky in the distance and the rumbling sound of aircraft engines, and said with a smile.