Chapter 962: Greater Argentina

The Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, was already a sea of ​​people on February 18, 1944. The May Sun flag (the flag of Argentina), composed of blue and white colors plus a "golden sun", was flying around the square, and some were waved vigorously.

High-pitched and resonant Spanish songs were also sung: "People of the earth! Hear the sacred cry: freedom, freedom, freedom! The shackles of slaves are broken, broken; freedom ascends to the throne. The throne full of honor has been Completed, victory goes to the Union of Southern Provinces! Free people all over the world cheer: Bless the great country Argentina! Bless the great country Argentina!

Today is certainly not Argentina’s Independence Day, and the Argentinian national football team has not won the World Cup – the tournament has been discontinued since 1938.

But today is still an extremely exciting day for 16 million Argentine people, because Argentina will finally be strong from now on! The dream of the Argentine people to enrich the country and strengthen the military is about to come true! Argentina will soon replace Brazil as the leader of South America, and in the near future, there will be a powerful southern South American federal state with Argentina as its core. The country was later named the New Asbanian Federation.

And a powerful "Greater Argentina" that can keep pace with the world's major powers will be born out of an iron and blood struggle like other powers in the world. The day this struggle began was today—February 18, 1944. This was the day when the Republic of Argentina and the Republic of Chile jointly declared war on the Federal Republic of Brazil.

As long as it defeats Brazil, Argentina will be able to unify the white-inhabited areas in southern South America without any suspense and become a large country with a population of 70 million and millions of square kilometers of fertile land.

This big white country in South America will have a large enough population, rich enough resources, a vast enough territory and a large enough internal market. Moreover, it is still far enough away from major powers such as the European Community, the United States, and Japan.

All these conditions will give birth to an emerging South American power in the next few decades.

Therefore, defeating Brazil by the Argentina-Chile alliance (Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia have not yet joined) is a prerequisite for the emergence of great powers in South America!

And this war is certain to be won, and all Argentines now firmly believe in this... because Europe now supports Argentina, and both the European Community and the Roman Empire are on the side of Argentina - there are "De Dad" and " "Italian Dad" helps, how can Argentina fail to beat Brazil?

Although Brazil also has a "beautiful father" behind it, the "beautiful father" is now inextricably entangled with Japan, and all its efforts are spent on the Hawaiian Islands - if the Hawaiian Islands are not recovered, the mainland of the United States will be attacked by bacterial bombs every day, who can bear it? Come on?

So now the fleet flying under the Swastika flag and the Roman Eagle flag is anchored in the port of Buenos Aires, but the fleet under the Stars and Stripes cannot enter the ports of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

That’s why Argentines today will cheer the arrival of war with the most joyful holiday mood!

At 11 a.m., Argentine President Farrell (Peron's ally in the "United Officer Corps"), wearing a military uniform, and Peron, who was also wearing a military uniform, appeared side by side on the balcony of the rose-red Rose Palace, the Argentine presidential palace. .

"Farrell! Peron! Farrell! Peron..."

People cheered, shouting the names of President Ramirez and Vice President Peron. Although Peron was the vice president, because he established a "Secretariat of Labor and Social Security" with the support of Evita, And it always regards itself as the protector of Argentine workers and farmers. Therefore, his popularity among the people is much higher than that of President Farrell. Now he will lead the war against Brazil in the name of Minister of Army.

As long as this war can be won, Peron can use the prestige gained on the battlefield to advance to become president, and then carry out land reform, spread some welfare, and win over the hearts and minds of Argentina's middle and lower classes, thus turning himself into a new Aspen. The founding father of the Bania Federation - the ideological trend that actually unified the three white Spanish-speaking countries in South America, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, emerged as early as the 1930s, and both Spain and the Holy See were involved. There have even been suggestions for merging Argentina and Spain to regain the former glory of the Spanish Empire.

"It seems that the Argentine people are very supportive of the war!"

At this time, behind a window on the second floor of the Rose Palace facing the Plaza de Mayo, General Nicholas von Falkenhorst, the European Community’s military general adviser to Argentina, and Cavignari, the Roman Empire’s military general adviser to Argentina The marshal was conversing in English.

"This reminds me of the scene when Italy entered the war, and people cheered like this at that time." Marshal Cavignari also remembered the scene when Italy was led into the world war by Mussolini - the people were cheering, but the upper-level officials were cheering. Everyone was worried, but Mussolini was immersed in unreasonable optimism.

But now it seems that optimism also has a positive effect... Hasn't Italy become the Roman Empire now? Everything Mussolini boasted seems to have come true. Although the process was a bit tortuous, the results were still good.

"It was the same in Germany," Falkenhorst said, "but at that time no one believed that the war would last until 1944...well, except Reichsmarschall Hersmann."

"But the war in South America won't last that long," Admiral Cavnari smiled and said, "Maybe in a few weeks, the Brazilians will surrender to Argentina... Because the transportation facilities and terrain of South America determine the decisive role of the navy in the war. If the Brazilian navy fails, Brazil will also fail."

It turned out that before Argentina and Chile declared war on Brazil, the Argentine Navy's High Seas Fleet, under the order of Perón, led by Commander Lieutenant General Olivieri, went to the Atlantic Ocean near Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to perform a blockade mission.

The main ships of the Argentine High Seas Fleet include the battleships Rivadavia, Moreno, May 25, Admiral Brown, Argentina, 7 Buenos Aires-class destroyers, 2 Jujuy-class destroyers, 2 La Plata-class destroyers, 2 Cervantes-class destroyers, 5 Mendoza-class destroyers, and the "Kesselring"-class aircraft carrier General Belgrano, which is completely operated by German crews.

There are 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 18 destroyers and 1 aircraft carrier in total, which far exceeds the Brazilian Navy and the Chilean Navy, and ranks first among the countries in South America.

So Peron couldn't wait for the Chilean Admiral Latorre battleship (in fact, this is the first ship in South America) to arrive, so he ordered his navy to challenge the Brazilian Navy.

If the Brazilian Navy avoids fighting, then Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo will be blockaded. Any point along the coast of Brazil could become a landing site for the Argentine army.

And if the Brazilian Navy chooses to attack, it will inevitably be destroyed by the Argentine Navy, which is stronger than them!

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"Did the Brazilian Navy attack?"

When Hessman arrived at the office of the General Staff in Zossen early in the morning of February 19, Berlin time, he first asked about the situation in the South American battlefield.

Whether the Brazilian Navy attacks is indicative - the naval attack means that Brazil will fight a quick battle with Argentina. If the Brazilian fleet does not attack, but shrinks in Rio de Janeiro.

Then the battle in Brazil may be a protracted war!

"No attack," Hessman's adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Piper handed over a briefing with both hands, "Sir, today's briefing said that the Argentine fleet blocked Rio de Janeiro."

"So the Brazilians have to defend Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo." Hessman made a judgment immediately when he heard that the Brazilian Navy shrank to be a fleet of existence.

This judgment is not difficult to make, because if the Brazilians do not intend to fight the invading enemy in the capital, they will definitely let the fleet break through to the Amazon River estuary in the north.

However, if the Brazilian Navy really does that, the end will definitely not be better than shrinking in Rio de Janeiro. Because the European Joint Task Force 10 commanded by Admiral Helmut Heyer is now wandering in the waters near the mouth of the Amazon River. If the Brazilian Navy goes north, the European Task Force 10 will launch an attack!

By the way, in order to adapt to the changes in the battlefield. Now the combat command mode of the European Joint Fleet has also changed. Like the Americans, they have adopted the organizational model of "headquarters fleet" + "task force" (called "task force" in Europe).

The so-called headquarters fleet is actually a headquarters with the name of a fleet, responsible for commanding surface fleets, underwater fleets, amphibious assault forces/fleet, shore-based aviation, base garrison and other forces on the shore.

The top level is the European Joint Fleet, the fleet headquarters is located in the Brest base, and the commander no longer directly commands the fleet. Under the European Combined Fleet are the 1st to 9th Fleets.

The 1st to 9th Fleets are also "headquarters fleets" and their headquarters are also located on the shore. However, the fleet commander can concurrently serve as the commander of the subordinate "task force", so he can directly command the fleet to fight.

The "task force" is the real force fighting on the front line. Their numbers are the numbers of the 1st to 9th fleets multiplied by 10, and then they start to be ranked. One fleet has a maximum of 10 task forces.

For example, the 10th Task Force currently commanded by Admiral Haye is the first task force under the 1st Fleet (the 10th to 19th Task Forces all belong to the 1st Fleet). As for the composition of the task force, it is quite free and can be decided by the headquarters of each fleet.

Under the task force, there are aircraft carrier squadrons, battleship squadrons, heavy cruiser squadrons, destroyer squadrons, amphibious assault squadrons, submarine squadrons and other squadrons. Unlike the US military, which usually organizes a single ship into a brigade, the European Combined Fleet's brigade is usually mixed, and is actually a battle group.

The 10th Task Force brought to the coast of Brazil by Admiral Haye is composed of 2 aircraft carrier brigade, 1 battleship brigade, 1 heavy cruiser brigade, 1 amphibious landing brigade, 1 seaplane carrier brigade, 1 patrol brigade, 1 submarine brigade and 1 logistics formation.