The sun never sets in America

Chapter 216 Postwar and Crazy Argentina

(Sell newspapers, sell newspapers...)

(Our army captured the Brazilian capital and signed a peace treaty with Brazil!!)

(Brazil pays 50 million yuan in compensation!!)

(The British minister accused this of unfair bullying)

On the streets of Xijing, news from the front line was sent back to Han through the telegraph line at Longjiang Port.

Those newspapers with a keen sense of smell quickly produced newspapers based on the telegrams, concocted them into news, and finally found the market.

These newspapers have a great time playing with this kind of second-hand news, and the people who read it don't know what it is about.

"Okay, these Brazilian guys are just mean. If you don't beat them, they won't know who is strong and who is weak!!"

"If you ask me, our Han army is still very powerful. It has defeated Mexico, the United States, and now it has defeated Brazil. The largest country in America must be our Han country!!!"

"Yes, that's right..."

Several old teagoers who had ordered newspapers in the teahouse were talking about the news in the newspapers and how powerful the Han Dynasty was.

"If you ask me, these British guys are just annoying. It's obviously our America's matter, but they insist on intervening, and they are bullying the weak. Their British colonies are all over the world. It turns out that they are the ones who enjoy the slave trade the most. Now, You came out to pretend to be compassionate, what did you do earlier??"

In the teahouse, there was a Han veteran wearing a military uniform and smoking a pipe. He became very angry when he read the newspaper's article about Britain accusing Han of bullying Brazil, and repeatedly denounced Britain's hypocrisy.

"Damn it, these British guys, their attitude towards us has changed since we finished fighting the Americans. Not only have tariffs increased, but some places won't let us sell!!"

The businessman who was eating snacks at the tea table opposite heard this and immediately empathized and angrily denounced the hypocrisy of the British.

Since the end of the Anglo-Chinese Alliance, life has become increasingly difficult for companies like his that rely on low tariffs for development.

If he hadn't opened up other markets, he might have gone bankrupt long ago, so he himself became less and less fond of Britain.

In fact, there are many businessmen like him who used to rely on the Anglo-Chinese trade. In recent years, they have complained that after the Sino-American War, their business plummeted. Their biggest dream is to return to the original times, but according to the current situation The international situation and the relationship between Han and Britain will probably be difficult to recover for a long time.

The disadvantage is the losses suffered by those enterprises that have been trading with Britain. The advantage is that it forces Chinese enterprises to get rid of their dependence on Britain and go global.

In the past few years, it has basically achieved initial results. The first thing it opened up was the nearby South American market and increased the development of the Far East market.

Finally, there was Ottoman-American trade.

Because the United States and the United States have signed a trade treaty, and Han's rubber, canned food, and textile industrial products are also necessities for the United States, the trade between China and the United States has actually been growing, especially in the first few years after the treaty was signed. Months can be described as rocket growth.

Although there has been domestic opposition between China and the United States due to the war, trade will not deceive people, and money will not deceive people.

No matter how annoying the enemy is, once there is a conflict of interest between the two parties, it is not that simple to fall out.

Because you have to consider the costs and consequences of falling out directly. If you want to completely fall out without a proper reason, the cost is still very high.

This is also the basis for cooperation between China and the United States after Britain intervened in Argentine affairs.

If there is no interest connection between the two countries, how can Americans believe what you Han people say? Who knows if you are lying to them and just using the United States as a shield to earn profits? ?

Just like Zhao Lekang, the author of the book about the Thirty Years of Longwu in the Han Dynasty, wrote in the dispute between China and the United States: "Interests were the fundamental reason why the two most powerful countries in the Americas at that time did not directly conflict for many years. It is not restraint or forbearance, nor is it a so-called strategy as those big banner factions say. If it is really a strategy, then the people who implement this strategy must be so powerful. They can actually control two countries and fight against each other. While being consistent on certain things…”

"What happened after the Han-Ba war was definitely a model of cooperation between China and the United States at that time!!"

"He forced the situation in the Americas in the next ten years to revolve around the two major powers instead of being interfered by external powers!!"

"This is the exchange between countries. It can be a radical collision, or it can be as soft as water, moisturizing things silently!!"

A book published at the end of the 30th year of Longwu by Zhao Lekang, a professor of the Department of History at Imperial University, narrates what happened in the entire 30th year of Longwu, including those major events that later generations can only see from history. , everything I have experienced personally.

And the incident he talks about in the book is the Argentine invasion of Paraguay that is currently causing a stir in South America.

Less than three days have passed since the war between China and Brazil ended on April 22. Argentina officially declared war on Paraguay and also made territorial claims against Uruguay.

For a while, the heavy rain stopped suddenly, and then the storm started again! !

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The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.

When Spain ruled the entire La Plata Plain, even including Patagonia, the core city was the largest Spanish city in South America except Lima, the capital of Peru.

Compared with the capitals of other South American countries, this city has a particularly conspicuous symbol, and that is white, too white.

You must know that South America is a continent where many races gather. Many people have Indian and Indian ancestry. Brazil, the largest country in South America, is a typical example of racial mixing.

But Argentina is an alternative. Even in the World Cup, they could be accused of discrimination because their players were too white.

Although this is a joke, this is the current situation in Argentina, which is an all-white country.

This is inseparable from the geography of Argentina. Argentina is a country formed by the Great Plains. Although Argentina during this period was only about half the size of later Argentina, the core of Argentina has been determined, which is based on Buenos Aires. Ellis is the core of the dominant base.

Argentina is located in the Great Plains of La Plata. The entire La Plata including the Patagonian Plateau covers a total area of ​​1.5 million square kilometers.

This area is the most valuable land in South America except for the Brazilian Plateau. From the perspective of living environment, even in the world, it is the core of the core. Excluding industrial resources, it is simply another Western Europe.

The entire La Plata is divided into the Pampas and Chaco plains, as well as the Patagonian plateau, which was not fully developed until later generations. (It is said to be a plateau, but actually it is at the level of South America. It is considered a high-quality plate in the whole world)

Among them, the Pampas grassland is the most valuable. One of the only four black soils in the world is the Pampas grassland.

The reason why it is called grassland is because Argentines use this vast black land for grazing. I am afraid that only Argentina can do this. In Argentina as a whole, and until later generations, the number of cattle is much higher than the population.

The territory of Argentina in later generations was as high as 2.74 million square kilometers. From the perspective of farming and climate, it was a good place. Therefore, even Argentina, which currently only occupies half of the country, has a national economy dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry.

Since its independence, Argentina has generally had two directions. One is to go south to control Patagonia and compete with the indigenous Indians for living space.

The other is to go north and annex Paraguay and Uruguay, becoming a South American territorial power on an equal footing with Brazil.

Originally, due to the mutual checks and balances between Brazil and neighboring countries, Argentina would at best compete with the indigenous Indians and mixed-race people for living space.

Even in later generations, although the territories of Paraguay and Uruguay have been reduced, the two countries have always existed and become a buffer zone between Argentina and Brazil.

But now, such a buffer space is gone. As Brazil ends the war with the Han Dynasty in such a humiliating way as reparations and concessions, it also represents the decline of the Brazilian Empire.

Some countries no longer even call Brazil the Empire, but the Kingdom of Brazil.

They all seem to be monarchies, but with one king and one emperor, the difference can be imagined.

In the Han-Ba Treaty, the document in the hands of the Han State directly replaced the empire with kingdom and the emperor with king.

The meaning is self-evident! !

The demise of Brazil also gave Argentina a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It turned out that Argentina wanted to annex Paraguay and Uruguay, but they took Brazil's existence into consideration and regarded these two as buffer zones with Brazil. annexation.

Argentine President Juan, after Brazil’s defeat, issued the so-called South American Declaration:         “All of us in South America should understand that two giant beasts from North America have eaten the fattest steaks in this fertile land... "It is implied that Brazil is the fat in Han's mouth, and the United States is also implied.

"They concocted the so-called four-nation treaty in an attempt to isolate European countries from other countries in the Americas. This is an insult and shameless bullying to all countries in the Americas!!"

"Now they have brought the war to South America, a land favored by God, and there are still two traitors among us. They are making peace with the bandits and trying to betray us all in exchange for temporary peace!!" denounced Paraguay and Uruguay. They are puppets of both China and the United States.

(The relationship between the United States and Uruguay has been ambiguous in recent years, and the United States has invested in a large number of local industries)

"For South America, for our descendants to be able to live in a South America with only South Americans."

"We will never give in. Argentina will fight those puppet countries to the end until the day of victory!!"

“God bless Argentina, God bless South America!!”

Argentine President Juan Published before the war against Uruguay and Paraguay.

This so-called declaration of war shocked the entire America. All countries could not believe that Argentina could challenge China and the United States so openly.

And behind all of this, there is a country behind the scenes, and that is the British Empire.

Since the last time China and the United States issued simultaneous statements, the British have been furious.

In the eyes of the British, this is a serious challenge to the global authority of the British Empire. The British only supported Argentina. If they withdraw from Argentina in despair under the deterrence of China and the United States, what is the difference between that and abandoning Argentina? , which would pose a serious challenge and threat to the British Empire’s global prestige.

So London really supported Argentina, and the initial loan was increased from three million pounds to five million pounds.

Due to the weakness of Argentina's own industry, these loans were exchanged for British weapons.

And most of them are weapons prepared by the British army for active service. The meaning is self-explanatory! !

In view of this, after many consultations, China and the United States finally reached an agreement to support Paraguay and Uruguay and jointly deal with the Argentine threat.

Of course, these are superficial remarks, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are aimed at Britain.

To be more precise, with the intervention of China and the United States, this Three Kingdoms War has become more and more like a proxy war.

And this war was fought first not on the battlefield, but on the diplomatic level.

China and the United States simultaneously announced sanctions against Argentina, including economic and military sanctions.

Even at the diplomatic level, Han and the United States met with other American countries at the same time and reaffirmed the so-called Four-Power Treaty and the principle that America is the America of Americans.

In addition, there is support for Paraguay and Uruguay.

At the beginning of the war, the United States announced that it would provide three million U.S. dollars in military aid to Uruguay.

Han also proposed to arm at least one Chinese weapon division to Paraguay to deal with the threat from Argentina.

It can be seen from this that the two sides have begun to divide and support each other's forces.

Weapons and ammunition are mainly transported from Brazil and by sea to the two countries.

In response, The Times directly published the title of the so-called evil alliance, implying that China and the United States are working together to disrupt the situation in the entire Americas.

The first proxy war in American history was fought for the first time in La Plata, a vast land.

The three countries used different weapons to fight each other. This was extremely rare in the entire history of America, and could even be said to be unheard of.

Just like what was written later in the book about the thirty years of Long Wu, the eight years of Long Wu were, after all, an extraordinary year.

The French Chaos, the Han-Ba War, the Chinese Switch, and the Proxy War.

Every single one of them is a great historical event, but they are all concentrated in the eighth year of Longwu, the year of 1848 in the Western calendar, giving people a feeling that the world is out of control.

Only Liu Peng, who was in the palace, could see through the fog of history and see the truth behind it.

That is interest. It is an interest for Britain to support Argentina. It is also an interest for China and the United States to support Paraguay and Uruguay. The war between China and Pakistan is also an interest. There is nothing noble at all.

Being noble is just a fig leaf after getting the benefits, it is by no means the truth of the matter! !

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"I think we should send troops into Paraguay. The current situation in Paraguay is not optimistic. Their population is too small compared to Argentina."

At the cabinet meeting, the new Finance Minister Lu Zhongtai expressed his views on the current chaos in South America.

After hearing this, other people in the cabinet also fell into deep thought. They all understood that Paraguay's population would be difficult to support such a huge war. Although in the eyes of the Han Dynasty, this war was just a fight between children, without any The level is palpable.

But for Paraguay, a small country with a population of only a few hundred thousand, it was simply a nightmare. The war lasted for four days and less than 3,000 people died. This has reduced the Paraguayan Army by one-fifth. If it were not for the reserves, Most countries would probably have surrendered long ago.

If it weren't for the rapid delivery of large-caliber artillery from Han, I am afraid that the defense line near the capital would have been broken through by Argentina.

This is also the main reason why more and more people are currently proposing that Han State directly intervene.

"I don't agree. I think if we directly intervene personally, it is likely to destroy the rules of the game in this war!!" Logistics Minister Zhou Yasheng refuted what Finance Minister Lu Zhongtai just said.

The rules of the game that Zhou Yasheng mentioned are the rules of conduct of the three countries of China, the United States and Britain in this proxy war, or the rules that everyone defaults to.

That is not to end, and to participate in this war. In proxy wars, whoever ends first will lose first. Even if he wins in the end, he will be constantly aided and disturbed by the other party, and will be trapped in the quagmire of war. The United States in later generations will and Tsarist Russia have fully proved this point.

Another point is that not long after the Han-Ba war ended, the war started again in South America, which was very harmful to the credibility of Han in America. Therefore, sensible people like Zhou Yasheng have always been opposed to direct intervention.

"But they have no way to sustain it!!" Zhang Yunxiao from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce stood up and said to Zhou Yasheng, "Judging from the current situation, although Argentina's offensive has been stopped, there is still a risk of breaking through the defense line. We cannot sit idly by completely. ." Zhang Yunxiao is very worried about the current situation in South America. In his opinion, if there is no intervention, Paraguay is likely to be at risk of national subjugation.

After some arguing, no one could convince anyone.

"I think it's better to borrow troops from Brazil."

At this time, Yan Jun suddenly proposed a bold idea, which attracted everyone's attention.

"Anyway, the people in South American countries are about the same. It's better to sneak behind Brazil to supplement Paraguay's strength, and then let us send military advisers to command." Yan Jun proposed a method he had been imagining yesterday.

Moreover, if Brazil sends people to join the Paraguayan army, even if the British know about it, there will be nothing they can do. By then they will be a South American country, and it will be difficult for the British to attack.

After all, Britain now claims to be the protector of peace in South America, and this title cannot be taken off easily.

Subsequently, Yan Jun's suggestion was submitted and received Liu Pengdu's approval and approval.

The second round of South American turmoil has become even more fierce! !

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