Chapter 969 Brazil

The world is not short of war. The war in Europe has just stopped, and the war in South America is in full swing.

Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and other countries declared war on Brazil at the same time and launched an attack.

Brazil in later generations ranked fifth in the world in terms of population and land area, but its military strength was not so impressive. A country with a population of 200 million, the army size is less than 200,000. It has 437 main battle tanks, which seems to be a lot, but these are second-generation main battle tanks such as "Leopard" 1A1, "Leopard" 1A5, M60A3TTS, and there is not even a third-generation main battle tank in the entire army. The army is average, and the navy and air force are not much better.

However, Brazil's armed forces are so weak, in addition to its own economic situation, it also has a lot to do with geography. As the largest country in South America, Brazil's overall strength is not comparable to the other two countries in the "ABC Three (Argentina, Brazil, Chile)". In addition, South America is geographically isolated (North America is at least separated from Asia by the Bering Strait), Brazil can be said to be quite isolated, and the possibility of facing foreign invasion is very low. At the same time, Brazil is unlikely to invade other countries, so there is no need to maintain a large-scale armed force. The main reason is that South America is the backyard of the United States. With the American style of doing things, it will not allow situations that can threaten it in its backyard, whether economically or militarily.

At this time, Brazil's population was less than 50 million, and the weapons equipped by the few armies were quite backward. Many of them were old weapons from the First World War, and only a few dozen fighters were old biplanes. Even the not-so-advanced early models of BF109 equipped by Argentina and other countries could completely defeat them.

In less than half a day, the Brazilian army lost air supremacy on various battlefields.

The jackal tanks on the ground were rampaging on the Brazilian army's defense line as if there was no one in the land. The Brazilian army had no power to fight back and was defeated step by step.

In the presidential palace in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, Brazilian President Getulio Vargas was anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Vargas failed in the presidential election as a candidate of the Liberal Alliance in 1930, so he launched a coup with the support of the "Lieutenant Faction" in the army, overthrew the military autocratic government representing the interests of the big estate owners (Latin American big estates are the main form of land ownership in Latin America since the colonial period. It is characterized by large landowners owning a large amount of land) and the big bourgeoisie, and served as the interim president of the government. From 1930 to 1945, he ruled Brazil for 15 years with an iron fist.

Although he was a dictator, Vargas was a politician full of contradictions. On the one hand, he was strongly anti-communist, banned the Brazilian party, and put its leaders in prison. On the other hand, he also focused on protecting the interests of workers, and the constitution stipulated the minimum wage for workers, an eight-hour work system, recognition of trade unions, paid vacations, prohibition of child labor, and employers were not allowed to dismiss workers without reason.

During his tenure, he actively established the foundation of Brazil's modern industry, such as the famous Vale iron ore, Brazilian National Steel Company, and some large hydropower stations. The policy of giving priority to the development of national industries and diversification of agricultural economy has nearly doubled the number of newly built industrial enterprises in Brazil in the 1930s compared with the previous 10 years. He also paid attention to protecting and developing national resources, put forward the slogan of "marching to the west", promoted educational reforms, and implemented social insurance.

In the early days of World War II in the original time and space, the Vargas government maintained a neutral attitude; later it stood on the side of the Allies and declared war on Germany, Italy, France and Cyprus.

But now, facing the attacks of Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina, he is helpless; he originally planned to ask the United States for help, but the United States is already in a difficult situation, how could it care about him.

"These damn Germans!" President Vargas cursed angrily. Although the ones attacking them openly were Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and other neighboring countries, the Germans were behind the scenes instigating these guys. Just because Brazil refused to submit to Germany, the hateful Germans resorted to such despicable means.

Just as he was cursing, his secretary sent another telegram for help from the front line, and he didn't even know how many letters it was.

Helplessly, President Vargas called the Minister of Defense and others to hold an emergency meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can't we stop the enemy's offensive?"

"..." Everyone's faces were full of helplessness and pessimism.

The Minister of Defense had a bitter face and spoke slowly. "Mr. President, they are equipped with German weapons, and our weapons are no match at all." During the First World War, Brazil joined the Allies and declared war on the Central Powers. At that time, the other members of the Allies, Britain and the United States, supported Brazil with a lot of weapons, which are still used today.

In contrast, most of the German weapons were developed on the eve of World War II, and their advancement was not at the same level. "Even if we can really resist the attacks of these three countries, maybe the Germans will come to the rescue next time." The combat effectiveness of the German army is obvious to the whole world. Even the most arrogant people would not think that they can defeat the German army. "By then, we will be destroyed." Maybe before the Germans come to an end, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina alone can destroy them.

President Vargas is a little desperate. "Then what should we do?"

Is there any need to ask this? Of course, surrender to the Germans. "Only the Germans can stop their attacks." Since these countries are under the instructions of Germany, they can only surrender to Germany.

President Vargas sighed with great melancholy. If he had known this would happen, he would have surrendered obediently. Now that he has surrendered to the Germans, he wonders what kind of excessive conditions the Germans will put forward. Maybe the Germans are attracted by their mineral resources.

Brazil is rich in natural resources. Vale is the world's largest iron ore producer and exporter, and the largest mining company in the Americas. It is known as Brazil's "crown jewel" and "engine of the Amazon region". In addition, the reserves of dozens of minerals such as niobium, manganese, titanium, bauxite, lead, tin, and uranium are among the highest in the world.

"Then contact them." No matter what conditions the Germans put forward, it is better than being destroyed.

Soon they contacted Berlin through the embassy of a neutral country.

Yannick laughed when he received the news. "Are these guys confused? They are fighting in South America and want to negotiate with us? Tell them that it is their own business in South America and we can't interfere. But if they want to buy advanced weapons, we can also sell them to them."