Uruguay, Montevideo!
Standing in front of the window of the palace, Emperor Zhu felt that he could even see the city across the river.
On the east bank, Montevideo is on the east bank of the Xin'an River, just over a hundred kilometers away...
"Your Majesty, the Third Army is currently marching towards Uruguay in three groups. It is expected that the leading troops will arrive in Montevideo in two days."
When Sun Hu reported the military situation on the front line, Emperor Zhu Da did not speak, but just stared at Xin'an River quietly.
"Currently, the Brazilians have about 20,000 garrison troops in Montevideo. As long as Montevideo is captured, all the Uruguay region will be under our control."
Emperor Zhu Da nodded and said.
"This is indeed true, in fact, it is also true in Brazil. 60% of Brazil's population is in the area from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo. In total, almost 90% of their population is concentrated in the southeastern coastal areas including Rio and Sao Paulo. As for the vast
The interior is either desolate plateau or dense rainforest.”
Brazil...Brazil in this era is indeed very big, but it is also very empty. The population is only tens of millions, and there are four million black slaves in the plantations. Not to mention now, in history, Brazil moved its capital to Brazil
At the time of Brazil, the population of the vast inland area was only more than three to four million. At that time, what was the population of Brazil?
Seventy or eighty million!
As for now... During the life when Emperor Zhu Da simulated a guerrilla, the interior of Brazil was really desolate and sparsely populated. The so-called "city" was actually a small town with a few hundred people.
"Speaking of it, Brazil seems very big, but in fact it is just a long snake formation."
"What your Majesty said is true!"
His Majesty's description made Sun Hu smile.
"The most critical points in this long snake formation are two points. One is Rio de Janeiro, which is the capital of Brazil, and the other is Sao Paulo. The population of the two places reaches 1.3 million. If you exclude the black slaves,
15% of the white people in the country live in these two places. As long as these two cities are captured, Brazil's resistance will basically collapse. Therefore, the minister's suggestion is still the same as before, after capturing Montevideo and solving the threat on the eastern border.
, immediately march to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with both army and navy..."
In fact, in the eyes of the Ming Army Staff, Brazil has never been a difficult target. The so-called strategic depth, trading space for time, is compared to a large country with a large population. For a country with a sparse population like Brazil, the territory is
For a vast country, the so-called strategic depth is a bit interesting, especially since 90% of its population is still concentrated in the southeastern coastal area with a depth of no more than 100 kilometers. As for the inland... there is depth, but there is a problem.
There is no one.
nobody!
Not to mention the supply of weapons, even the supply of food is problematic.
Withdrawing to the vast inland and trading space for time, the question is: what do the troops eat? What do they use?
When Napoleon invaded Russia, Russia had evacuated Moscow and still had tens of millions of people in the rear. When Santoku invaded Russia, Russia still had almost 100 million people in the rear.
As for China, even if some provinces along the coast and central China fall, there will still be more than 200 million people in the rear. Only with people can we have various other possibilities.
The problem in Brazil is precisely...no one!
Therefore, from the beginning, the military has blocked Brazil's vitality - Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
As long as these two places are conquered, Brazil will basically be subjugated. After all, the land that seems to be millions of square kilometers is only a few hundred thousand square kilometers in actual development.
Of course the emperor knew this very well. After all, in one of his life simulations, he fought thousands of miles away from Brazil. Why did he fail in the end?
They were not defeated by the Brazilian army, but by the desolate Brazil. Without people, there would be nothing. It was impossible to recruit troops and obtain food.
"really,"
Emperor Zhu Da nodded. He turned around and walked to the map. He looked at the map of Brazil hanging on the wall and said.
"But we don't just want to defeat Brazil. It's easy. We can use airships to bomb, or we can send fleets to bombard them. We have many ways to deal with them, but our goal is to completely occupy that land.
To a certain extent, the smaller the local population, the more beneficial it is to us and our rule. Of course, some behaviors are definitely not applicable in this era, so what? We have to give them
Some chance, a chance to resist..."
Emperor Zhu Da was also helpless. If he had a choice, he would definitely want to solve Brazil's problem quickly, but at the moment, delaying the process of the war appropriately is also an option.
"I understand. Therefore, the current attack speed of our army is controlled within a controllable range. The Brazilians should have time to mobilize!"
As His Majesty's confidant, Sun Hu certainly knows what His Majesty means. His Majesty's idea is very simple, which is to kill as much of Brazil's effective forces as possible through several beautiful annihilation battles. Seizing land is the second most important thing, and the most important thing is to kill the enemy...
...Just like Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao prisoners and brought Zhao to a standstill, Ming Dynasty also needed to kill hundreds of thousands or millions of Brazilian troops at one time or several times, and then annex that country.
…
War breaks out!
Faced with the sudden war, Brazil was stunned.
The warships that depleted the treasury were destroyed and the borders were breached. Faced with this situation, the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II did not compromise. In fact, they would not compromise because they knew very well that Ming Dynasty was a completely different country.
opponent.
"Your Majesty, although the Ming Empire is located in South America, it has never been a South American country in the traditional sense. In the past, the wars between South American countries were mostly territorial differences. Even the war between us and Paraguay was just an attempt to overthrow it.
It’s just the government, but what about the Ming Dynasty?”
Standing in front of the emperor, Marshal Caxias, who was nearly seventy years old, said with some excitement.
"What they want is destruction! What they want is conquest, the conquest of this land and all the people here!"
As soon as the marshal finished speaking, His Royal Highness Prince Gaston, who earned the name "The Butcher" during the Paraguay War, agreed.
"Yes, Your Majesty, for the Ming Empire, the countries in South America are like the Indians back then. They want to conquer us and occupy our land just like we conquered the Indians. According to the information we have received so far, the Ming Empire
More than 700,000 troops have been mobilized. Their goal is definitely to occupy Brazil, not just to force us to negotiate through military victory. Now we must mobilize our troops first before they can complete their mobilization!"
Faced with the warnings from the marshal and the prince, Pedro II thought for a while and then said.
"Yes, we need to mobilize the army, but do we have that many weapons?"
"You can purchase from the United States and the United Kingdom. Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is attacking Uruguay with all their strength. They will end the war in Uruguay as soon as next year. We still have time to mobilize."
Marshal Caxias said.
"We can order the mobilization of all forces there, just like Lopez, using Uruguay to contain the Ming Dynasty's army and buy us time! In the end, time will allow us to win this war!"
This chapter has been completed!