Chapter 292 Europe and the United States are double standard dogs
In August 1869, a special envoy sent by Marshal Lopez of Paraguay came to South China.
The special envoy came to ask Nanhua for help, but his request for help was destined to be fruitless. In fact, a year ago, in August last year, after the fall of Uruguay's Humaita Fortress, it marked that the Paraguayan War had officially come to an end.
stage. It is well known that Paraguay's defeat is only a matter of time.
But the arrival of the special envoy also made Zhu Xianhai realize that time was becoming increasingly urgent.
"After the fall of Humaita Fortress last year, the fall of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, was a matter of time. On January 1 this year, the coalition troops entered Asunción..."
When Qian Zizhuang mentioned the fall of Asunción, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips. This was probably the most dramatic scene on New Year's Day - at that time, tens of thousands of Brazilian and Argentine soldiers immediately filled the place.
A small town, then robbery, rape and massacre filled the entire city, even churches and foreign consulates were not immune.
What is the most dramatic scene?
The U.S. Embassy was robbed, the ambassador and staff were beaten, the embassy maid was raped, and even the ambassador's wife was not spared.
It’s you, the American Emperor, who is being robbed!
When has American imperialism ever been so embarrassed?
I'm afraid it's just this once.
The only people who are pitiable are the Paraguayans who remain in the city. After suffering the pain of bereavement, they are still being ravaged by the war.
"After the allied forces of Brazil and Argentina entered Asunción, the two countries fought for control of Paraguay, causing the alliance between the two countries to break down. However, the war did not end. Lopez moved to the forest in eastern Asunción to continue fighting with
The two allies launched a guerrilla war, and he is still fighting, but his failure is no longer inevitable..."
Qian Zizhuang paused and then said.
"On August 12, that is, 10 days ago, under the leadership of the new commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Prince Gaston, son-in-law of the Emperor of Brazil, 20,000 coalition forces set off again. They called it the "March in the Mountains."
The coalition forces then approached Lopez's temporary capital, Pirihuevi, located east of Asuncion. After Lopez received the news, he adopted an avoidance strategy, leaving behind a garrison of 1,600 people, filled with teenagers and children.
The coalition asked the defenders to surrender twice, but they were firmly rejected by the defenders. However, the defenders responded heroically - "We are left to defend the city. We must either defend or die in battle. We will never be traitors."
, then the coalition forces began to bombard the city, and it took only a few hours to completely destroy the entire city. Because the commander of the Brazilian army, Yoan Barreto, was killed by the defenders during the attack, Prince Gaston ordered
The entire city was razed. Then the Brazilian army massacred almost all the citizens. Finally, they ravaged all the nurses, and even sent doctors, nurses and nearly a thousand wounded people into the hospital and burned them to death. According to surviving witnesses, Piri
The blood on the streets of Vevey flows as if it had just rained heavily!”
What a bunch of beasts!
Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he couldn't help but "envy" the Brazilians. They could solve problems in extremely barbaric ways, but he couldn't.
If the Brazilians take action, that is the white people's own business. If South China does the same thing in Chile or other places, it will become a "genocide against the white people."
Heartbroken!
Of course, Brazil's massacre in Paraguay also aroused condemnation from the entire world and Spanish-speaking countries in South America, but it was just condemnation.
"So, Argentina withdrew from the war?"
Zhu Xianhai said sarcastically.
"At least that's the reason on the surface. After witnessing the atrocities committed by the Brazilian army, the Argentine government decided to completely disengage from the war. They first condemned the atrocities committed by the Brazilian army, and then announced that they would withdraw. Of course, we have intelligence that they
The withdrawal is in response to the threat we have on the steppe."
Qian Zizhuang, who had many spies in Buenos Aires, was certainly aware of the Argentinian's plans.
"It's just a matter of finding a high-sounding reason to leave this war."
Zhu Xianhai smiled and said,
"Before this, they were riding a tiger. In the past few years, we took advantage of Argentina's fall into the Paraguay War and continued to expand to the northern part of the grassland. Now they can finally withdraw from Paraguay, which means we don't have much time!
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In fact, now that I think about it, Nanhua's surrounding environment is quite good. When Zhu Xianhai came to Nanhua, the civil war in Argentina first made them unable to take care of themselves. They could only watch helplessly as Nanhua gained a foothold. When Nanhua rose, they fell into another trap.
During the Paraguayan War.
After nine years of development, Nanhua has long passed the time of insignificant development. Although it has already shown its claws in Chile, it is almost time to show its claws again.
But, is the time now ripe?
With this thought in his mind, Zhu Xianhai stood up. He first flipped through the information on the folder in front of him, then was silent for a while, then walked to the window and stared at the bustling city outside the window.
Is now the time to make up your mind?
Just like this, he stared at the city outside the window for a long time. He turned around, walked to the desk, nodded to the desk, and then said.
"Do you think now is the right time?"
"Well, this is not a judgment I can make..."
Qian Zizhuang said directly,
"I think we also need a suitable reason. My basis is Argentina or Brazil. No matter what they do, it seems to be acceptable to Europeans, just like after the atrocities in Asuncion,
European countries only expressed protest. Even when their ambassadors were tortured by Europe, their embassies were robbed, and their wives were ravaged, they simply expressed their protest in an understatement. Such treatment is obviously not what we can get...
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People are so irritating!
What we did in Chile was so civilized. We never massacred anyone. If we wanted to kill people, it was just the indigenous people taking revenge. In order to save those people and prevent them from being massacred by the Indians, I not only showed special mercy to a group of resistance elements.
They were sent to the Congo and even found local maids for them to serve them. It is said that many people have now started families with the local maids, given birth to children, and lived peacefully in the rubber plantations.
A new happy life.
But here, the British, Americans, and even the Italians and Prussians have repeatedly protested against their own atrocities. It is simply ridiculous!
Those people don’t even look at what the Brazilians have done?
It’s not that they don’t look, they simply turn a blind eye!