Chapter 321 The peace talks are successful and the war is over
On September 6, 1879, more than twenty ships of the British Expeditionary Fleet sailed to the northern coastal areas controlled by the royalists. Coastal towns such as Cordoba, Recife, and Maceio were all threatened by British warships. On September 8,
On September 9, 30,000 Brazilian Republican troops landed on a British warship at Port Segurro, a port in southern Bahia. On September 9, more than 3,500 royalist defenders were defeated by the Republican attack and evacuated Port Segurro to the northern interior.
On September 12, the Republican Army marched northward and successively recovered Illeus and Itacare, which were controlled by the royalist troops. On September 14, the Republican Army occupied Tinare Island and fought with the troops stationed in Valenca.
Royalist troops faced off across the sea.
On September 17, the British Minister to Brazil, Alston, mediated the dispute between the Republican and Royalist factions. The two parties agreed to use the line of Tignare Island, Valenca, and Serra Grande as the ceasefire line, and the Brazilian territory north of the ceasefire line.
A total of eight semi-states, including the northern region of Oia, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, and Pernambuco, are under the control of the royalist army, south of the ceasefire line and in northern Brazil
The states of Amapá, Pará, and Tocantins in the region are all under the rule of the Republican government. Both armies have returned to the designated control areas and are not allowed to cross the line to provoke.
The day before the British Expeditionary Fleet supported the Brazilian Republican Army to launch a coastal offensive, that is, September 5, the armistice negotiations between China and the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Chile were launched again. With the first negotiation paving the way, the second negotiation had just begun.
Let's get straight to the point at the beginning. After excluding some conditions that were simply higher asking prices and impossible for the other party to accept, the representatives of the two parties each proposed relatively sincere peace negotiation conditions. Then the representatives of the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Chile respectively discussed the conditions proposed by their respective countries.
Han State unilaterally negotiated. On September 14, the first round of negotiations ended. Han State, the United Kingdom, and Brazil reached a preliminary consensus on the Argentine issue. The United Kingdom and the Brazilian Republican Government recognized Han State's annexation and occupation of Argentina and Uruguay, while Chile
The government opposed the Han Dynasty's intention to incorporate the land on the Pacific side of the Patagonian wilderness into its rule.
On September 15, King López Jr. of Paraguay was blocked from marching into the state of Sao Paulo. Under pressure from the British, he also joined the armistice negotiations. At noon that day, the Brazilian Republican government withdrew from the peace talks with Han on the grounds of reaching reconciliation with Han.
On September 16, Han made concessions on the issue of overseas colonial strongholds and was willing to hand over the Kismayo and Mtwara strongholds to the jurisdiction of the British government. At the same time, the Han government promised to demilitarize the Natuna Islands.
Stop building new fortifications on the Natuna Islands and evacuate excess troops. The number of troops stationed on the islands is limited to 400. However, because Songkhla nominally belongs to the territory of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Chinese government refused to agree to hand Songkhla to the British.
Under the jurisdiction of the Malay colonial government, the Malay Peninsula was the throat of Asia that tightly choked the Malacca waterway. In South American affairs, the British did not care how much more land the Han people occupied. However, in the face of foreign armed forces that might threaten the Strait of Malacca, the British did not care at all.
In order to reach peace talks as soon as possible, Hu Yaji asked Li Mingyuan for instructions and expressed his willingness to make concessions. The Han government promised to withdraw all troops stationed in Songkhla before 1880 and no longer interfere.
Songkhla's internal affairs, and in exchange, the British government should respect Songkhla's sovereignty and not annex Songkhla's territory without reason.
An armistice agreement was reached with the British, who had the power to decide, and Chile was left. Even though it was seriously dissatisfied, in the end, under Hu Yaqi's promise not to interfere in the Pacific War process, he had to make concessions and acquiesced to Han's control of the Patagonian wilderness.
The ownership of the Pacific side area, the Han government and Chile used Valdivia as the dividing line, thus the Han government obtained the seaport including Valdivia and Puerto Montt.
The city will become two new immigration transportation ports that will emerge in the next twenty years.
After signing the "Contract of Rio de Janeiro", the Han State officially obtained Argentina, Uruguay, and the Pacific side of the Patagonia wilderness. More than 80% of the La Plata Plain area fell under the control of the Han State.
It gained the foundation of becoming a rising power, and the British solved the crisis of the Brazilian republican government through negotiations, and got rid of the embarrassing situation of being mired in the South American war. Of course, the most important thing for the British was to destroy Han Dynasty, Paraguay
, the offensive and defensive alliance between the four countries of Bolivia and Peru, without the support of the powerful force of the Han Dynasty, the Kingdom of Paraguay, which is resorting to militarism and whose domestic economy is deteriorating, cannot unify Peru and Bolivia. Faced with the situation where the three governments of Paraguay, Peru, and Bolivia are fighting independently, Buckingham Palace
Politicians are convinced that the prestige of the British Empire and the deterrence of the expeditionary fleet alone are enough to restore British capital's control over Peru and Bolivia. However, Lopez, who has lost the support of his alliance, faces the situation of being blocked in the direction of external expansion.
After struggling for three to five years at most, he will be overthrown due to intensified internal conflicts.
The four-nation alliance of Han, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru came to an end due to the signing of the "Rio de Janeiro Treaty". In fact, during the second Argentine War, the four-nation alliance existed in name only. First, Lopez Jr. stood still and watched the Han army on three sides.
Later, Lopez Jr. raised troops to attack the Brazilian Republican government, but the Han Dynasty did not send troops to help.
Ten years have passed, and the balance of power between the four countries has undergone subversive changes. Peru and Bolivia have many internal warlords. The presidents of the countries who came to power through coups have changed several times in the past ten years. The military and economic strength of the two countries still linger.
However, in Paraguay, even though the territory expanded to 1.2 million square kilometers, Lopez Jr. successively incorporated parts of Brazil's Magroso do Sul, northern Goiás, and Mato Grosso into his rule.
, but in terms of population, Paraguay’s population has only increased to 600,000. Compared with Han’s population of 8 million, the gap is too wide.
The population, economy, and military strength all exceed those of the other three countries. Continuing to maintain the Four-Nation Alliance not only consumes financial resources and arouses the concerns of the other three countries, but also arouses unreasonable fear in the British.
The Four-Nation Alliance lost its role ten years ago. The Han Dynasty, which had annexed and integrated Argentina, Uruguay and other newly occupied areas, no longer needed to win over Peru and Bolivia. Therefore, it complied with the wishes of the British and sacrificed the interests of Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.
Interests, in exchange for a precious period of peaceful development, is a relatively cost-effective deal for the Han State.
The fighting on the Atlantic coast of South America ceased. On the other side of the Pacific coast, without the Han army to contain it, the Chilean navy, holding back its anger, headed north along the coastline to find trouble with Bolivia and Peru. September 20, Iquique
It fell. On September 22, the Chilean navy surrounded Lima, the capital of Peru. The Peruvian army in the city failed to break the siege of the Chilean army twice when they went out to fight. On September 26, two large ironclad ships of the Chilean navy took advantage of the high tide to sail.
Marched into the port and bombarded the city of Lima. On September 28, 20,000 Chilean Army troops, with the cooperation of naval artillery, invaded the city of Lima. Unfortunately, the President of Peru was captured and was forced to sign a humiliating armistice treaty and transfer the province of Moquegua to
, Tacna Province, Tarapaca Province, Arica City, and Iquique City were ceded to Chile.
On October 2, the Bolivian government was helpless and had to admit the fact that Chile occupied Antofagasta. At this point, the guano war that lasted for four years in history ended prematurely, and Chile lost ownership of the southern Patagonia wilderness area.
Later, important saltpeter producing areas were seized from Peru and Bolivia, and compared with history, Chile additionally obtained the two provinces of Moquegua and Tacna from Peru. Overall, they were not worth mentioning.