The Rise of the Third Reich

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 call: 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 army 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 is today - February 18, 1944. This is 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 great 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 a merger between Argentina and Spain to restore 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? It seems that all Mussolini's boasts came 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 will not last that long," Admiral Cavignari smiled and said, "Maybe in a few weeks, the Brazilians will surrender to Argentina... because of the transportation facilities in South America. and terrain determine the decisive role of the navy in the war. If the Brazilian Navy fails, Brazil will also fail.”

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

The main ships of the Argentine High Seas Fleet include the battleship Rivadavia, the battleship Moreno, the heavy cruiser May 25, the heavy cruiser Admiral Brown, the cruiser Argentina, and 7 Buenos Aires -class destroyers, 2 Jujuy-class destroyers, 2 La Plata-class destroyers, 2 Cervantes-class destroyers and 5 Mendoza-class destroyers, as well as the "Kesselring" class operated entirely by German crews Aircraft carrier General Belgrano.

There are a total of 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 18 destroyers and 1 aircraft carrier. Its strength far exceeds the Brazilian Navy and Chilean Navy, ranking first among the South American countries.

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

If the Brazilian navy avoids fighting, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo will be blocked. Any point along the coast of Brazil could be a landing site for Argentine troops.

If the Brazilian Navy chooses to attack, it will inevitably be destroyed by the Argentine Navy, which is more powerful than them!

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“Has the Brazilian Navy launched an attack?”

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

Whether the Brazilian Navy launches an attack is of indicative significance - a naval attack means that Brazil will fight a quick decisive battle with Argentina. If the Brazilian fleet does not attack, but huddles in Rio de Janeiro.

Then the battle in Brazil will probably be a protracted battle!

"There is no attack." Hersman's adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Pipe, handed over a briefing with both hands. "Your Excellency, today's briefing said that the Argentine fleet has blockaded Rio de Janeiro."

"Then the Brazilians are going to defend Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo." As soon as Hessman heard that the Brazilian navy had shrunk to form a presence fleet, he immediately made a judgment.

This judgment is not difficult to make, because if the Brazilians do not plan to fight the invading enemies in the capital, they will definitely let the fleet break out to the mouth of the Amazon River 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 Combined 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 moves north, the European Task Force 10 will launch an attack!

By the way, in order to adapt to changes in the battlefield. Now the combat command model of the European Combined 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 fleet, responsible for commanding the surface fleet, underwater fleet, amphibious assault force/fleet, shore-based aviation force, base garrison and other forces on the shore.

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

The 1st - 9th fleets are also "headquarters fleets", and the headquarters are also located ashore. However, the fleet commander can also serve as the commander of the subordinate "task force" and therefore can directly command the fleet to go into battle.

The "task force" is the force that actually fights on the front line. Their numbers are the numbers of the 1st to 9th fleets multiplied by 10, and then the ordering begins. One fleet has a maximum of 10 task forces.

For example, the 10th Task Force currently commanded by Admiral Haye is the No. 1 task force under the 1st Fleet (the 10th to 19th Task Forces all belong to the 1st Fleet). As for the formation of task forces, it is quite free and can be decided by each fleet headquarters.

Under the task force, there are the aircraft carrier group, battleship group, heavy cruiser group, patrol group, amphibious assault group, submarine group and other groups. Unlike the U.S. military's usual practice of organizing a single ship into a brigade, the brigade of the European Combined Fleet is usually mixed and is actually a battle group.

The 10th Task Force, which was brought to the coast of Brazil by Admiral Haye, consisted of 2 aircraft carrier groups, 1 battleship group, 1 heavy cruiser group, 1 amphibious landing group, 1 seaplane carrier group, 1 It consists of a patrol brigade, a submarine brigade and a logistics formation.