At the same time, the U.S. government also did something that Liu Fu regretted very much. On May 7, the U.S. Navy blew up three locks on the east side of the Panama Canal and sank two scrapped oil tankers in the canal.
Completely blocking the Panama Canal.
When federal intelligence officers passed the news back to the federal Department of Defense, Liu Fu was discussing a plan to raid the Panama Canal with senior officials of the Navy. Suddenly hearing the news, Liu Fu slapped his head in regret, having lost the canal.
The Federal Navy would not be able to take advantage of the aircraft carrier and could only rely on land to advance towards the eastern United States.
In the original plan to attack the United States, after occupying Vancouver, the Panama Canal should be attacked or stormed by force. However, Vancouver's shipping and supplies occupied most of the federal navy's transportation capacity. For the sake of safety, the federal navy postponed the use of airborne troops to raid the canal zone.
The plan was to make the Vancouver stronghold safe first, and then mobilize shipping capacity to attack the Panama Canal.
Who knew that the Americans were beaten impatiently, and they were also beaten wisely. They knew that they would not be able to rebuild a U.S. Pacific Fleet within at least half a year. The pressure on the U.S. Navy on the west coast was already very great. If the federal navy captured it again,
By entering the Panama Canal and entering the southern and eastern waters of the United States, it is equivalent to exposing all major cities and industrial bases in the United States to the attack range of federal aircraft.
The United States can lose the west coast or even the entire western states without affecting the industrial and military strength of the United States. But once the south and east are attacked, the United States can become crippled in an instant. Because where are the important economic, technological, and industrial areas of the United States?
Its safety must be ensured.
In order to prevent its important areas from being attacked by the federal navy, the U.S. government gritted its teeth and simply blocked the Panama Canal. Anyway, it would not be able to use it in the short term. It would wait until the U.S. Navy was able to counterattack.
It took several months of work to repair and dig it out.
The United States' strongman's arm-breaking move really hit the weak point of the South China Sea Federation. Now the federal army can only fight with the US military on land. Although the federal air force and army also have an advantage. But all the federal equipment and ammunition
All the goods and materials have to be transported from China to the West Coast of the United States. The logistical pressure is very great.
But he had no regrets anymore. Liu Fu could only scrap the navy's offensive plan and instead reconsider how to harass the central and eastern United States on land as soon as possible. In addition, Liu Fu also thought of another possibility.
That is to carry out some actions on the South American continent. It is best to disrupt the backyard of the United States so that materials there cannot flow smoothly into the United States.
Liu Fu does not intend to let the federal army carry out this task, because most of the federal army needs to fight on the United States, and it really cannot spare the power to attack South American countries. But Liu Fu has a way. Because in South America, there are
A little brother from the South China Sea Federation saw his elder brother beating the Americans to pieces. This little brother has expressed his willingness to send troops more than once to help the South China Sea Federation attack the United States.
This little brother is Chile. Through decades of military cooperation with the South China Sea Federation, it has become an important naval force in South America. Although it does not have a large surface warship, its submarine force and torpedo boat force have already
It is so powerful that it once defeated a battleship and cruiser of the Argentine Navy and fled.
In addition, since accepting the federal military's recommendations, the Chilean Army has focused on the development of mountain light mechanized troops, and by introducing federal production technology, it has established a complete military-industrial enterprise in the country, becoming the first in South America that can guarantee
A country that is self-sufficient in arms.
Although Chile has become one of the top powers in South America in terms of military strength, because its land area is too narrow and there is no strategic depth, the Chilean government and military have always wanted to expand externally. When the European War began, the South China Sea Federation and the United States again
Entered
After the war, the Chilean government felt that its opportunity had come. Almost all major powers in the world were involved in the war, and no one could spare their hands to interfere in South American affairs. Chile could just use this golden opportunity to realize its goals.
The dream of a great South American country.
The Chilean government had made this idea clear to the South China Sea federal government. However, Liu Fu considered that the time was not yet ripe and was unwilling to prematurely drag this important source of resources for the federation into the war, so he rejected the idea.
request for assistance.
Now Liu Fu feels that the time has come. Since the Chileans plan to compete for their own interests, the Federation will go along with the trend and let it fight in South America, disrupting the United States' backyard and making South American countries afraid to support the United States. Although it cannot directly
Attacking the United States can be regarded as weakening the strength of the United States in one aspect.
However, allowing the Chilean army to attack which country is an issue that requires careful consideration. Chile has conflicts with the three neighboring countries. It has had wars with Peru and Bolivia over the ownership of saltpeter mining areas.
However, the Chileans won in the end and took the main saltpeter-producing area into their own hands. It also had a dispute with Argentina over the southern border demarcation, so there was a small quarrel for many years.
Currently, among the 12 countries in South America, they are roughly divided into three camps. Chile and Argentina are supporters of the South China Sea Federation and Germany respectively. Brazil also had a close relationship with Germany before the war, but was later instigated by the Americans.
, turned to support Britain and the United States, and boycotted Germany. Most of the remaining small countries adopted a wait-and-see attitude. In the words of the leader of Uruguay: This war should be resolved by the yellow-haired people and the yellow people themselves. This is a conflict between the lion and the yellow race.
Fighting between lions for prey.
Therefore, Liu Fu felt that the best way to disrupt the situation in South America was to attack Brazil. However, Chile and Brazil are not bordering each other, and are separated by Bolivia and Peru. However, this is not a problem. The South China Sea Federation decided to transfer two escort aircraft carriers for free.
After one heavy cruiser and five destroyers formed a task force for the Chilean Navy, and all fleet personnel served in the Chilean army as volunteers, the Chilean government simply chose to go to war with Bolivia.
On May 19, 1941, the Chilean government requested the Bolivian government to open the border on the grounds that the Bolivian defenders fired at the Chilean border and injured two Chilean soldiers, so that the Chilean army could enter the Bolivian border to arrest the criminals on their own. This
Of course the request was met with
When Bolivia refused, four hours later, the Chilean government officially declared war on Bolivia. At the same time, two Chilean mountain mechanized divisions used 80 light tanks and 100 off-road armored vehicles to clear the way and rushed into Bolivia. The situation in South America suddenly became chaotic.
In order to cooperate with Chile's military operations, the federal government of the South China Sea contacted the German government and jointly warned the Argentine government not to cause any trouble on the border issues between Chile and Bolivia during the war. The two governments of South China Sea guaranteed this war.
It will not spread to Argentina. The Argentine government naturally understands its situation and stays aside to watch the excitement.
Although the remaining South American countries have condemned the Chilean government for provoking the war for no reason and have also tried to mediate the conflicts between the two sides, if you catch up with Chile, a country that wants to fight, even if you admit defeat immediately, it will have to destroy Bolivia.
Because its target is not Bolivia, this is just a springboard for it, and it will eventually attack Brazil through Bolivia.
Poor Bolivia saw that war was unavoidable, so it bit the bullet and mobilized all its limited tens of thousands of troops to the central part of the country, intending to use the local mountains and jungles for defense. In addition, it also sent the Minister of Defense to personally go to Brazil to ask for help, and reminded Brazil by the way.
Man, if Chile occupies Bolivia, then Brazil will become Chile's neighbor.
Whether it is mental calculation or not, the quantity and quality of the armies of both sides are incomparable. More than 50 years ago, Chile defeated Bolivia and even occupied the capital. Chile’s military strength is now even more rapid than it was then, while the Bolivian army and the
There was little progress over 50 years ago. At most, the front-loading gun was changed to a breech-loading gun. (To be continued...)
