When Fu Quansheng just proposed to pay a little rent to the mayor of Fortaleza, Chu Meng looked at him as if he were a monster, and when he mentioned that leasing the port permanently was like the British renting Hong Kong. Likewise, Chu Meng couldn't help but feel his heart beat. Because of the weak performance of the British army in the war against Japan, Hong Kong had already been taken back. However, because Hong Kong and Macao were good materials for patriotic education, Hong Kong and Macao had been The history of forced leases between Britain and Portugal is still active in textbooks and newspapers. Chu Meng has no overall view and does not care that "the country needs a military base in South America." However, he values honor very much. Once he thinks of Fordre Sa's future noun explanations would include his own name. Chu Meng narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment before deciding: "Okay, I'll do as you say." Then he ordered: "Fu Quansheng."
"have."
"Now I order you to take a few people to the city. Your task is to find the mayor of Fortaleza and get him to agree to lease the port to us for a period of ninety-nine years."
"yes."
While Chu Meng was thinking about the future of Fortaleza, Costa had already contacted President Vassis with the help of a telegraph machine. In order to avoid the accusation of poor command, Costa tried his best to exaggerate the special warfare. The brigade described it as an almost omnipotent army that can go up to the sky and into the earth. Finally, it gave advice, saying that if Brazil does not want to become a victim between the two superpowers, China and the United States, the wisest thing to do is to remain neutral: "... Mr. President, I am not belittling myself, but the fact is that although our soldiers performed very bravely, we could not hold on for even an hour. According to my observation, the Chinese army should be stronger than the US military. …The difficulty for us in Brazil is that we are too close to the United States, so we have to be constrained by the United States in many aspects. But Your Excellency, please forgive me, if we really choose to fight China to the end, let alone whether we can win. Win, so what if we win? Do we still have the strength to go to Asia and attack China's homeland? So, since we won't get any practical benefits if we win, then why don't we sell the Chinese a favor... …”
Costa's long message had a great impact on Vassis. In addition, Stedinius was unable to give a specific time for the arrival of reinforcements. After thinking twice, Vassis first ordered to suspend the attack. China declared war and then directly requested to contact Truman by telegram.
In the telegram, Vassis bluntly declared: "If your country cannot provide de facto military support within 24 hours, the Brazilian government will have no choice but to accept the Chinese government's lease request in order to avoid suffering greater personnel losses..."
Less than an hour after the Battle of Fortaleza, Truman received the relevant report. The report came from an intelligence officer named Ellison of the Office of Strategic Services. This intelligence officer witnessed the defeat of the Brazilian army. Because the Brazilian army was defeated too quickly, he wrote in a report to his superiors: "...the Chinese army defeated the Brazilian army with lightning speed, in less than twenty minutes... "
After learning about the Battle of Fortaleza, Truman was very worried about the strong combat power of the Chinese army. After thinking seriously for a long time, he called MacArthur to come and inquire in detail about the combat power of the Chinese army.
After becoming a Japanese prisoner of war for the second time, MacArthur had the consciousness to retire from active service. After returning to Washington and undergoing such a critical meeting, he completely gave up and looked away from everything.
"The Brazilians are certainly no match for the Chinese. Mr. President, you should know that China has been at war since 1931, no, to be more precise, it should be since 1911. As for Brazil, one is trained in a perennial war environment. The tigers that come out are dogs that guard their own yards all year round. Let alone 20,000 vs. 3,000, even 50,000 may not be the match of the Chinese...
"Although I think accepting the Japanese proposal is more in line with the interests of the United States, I have to remind you that at this stage, the United States is definitely not China's opponent...
"No, on the contrary, precisely because we are no longer a rival to the Chinese, we need allies like Brazil even more, and we need them to help us contain certain Chinese forces...
"Factual support, Mr. President, is the government really ready for a full-scale war with China? If so, it would be very unwise for the U.S. military to stand on the front line of confrontation with China prematurely, Mr. President. , In some aspects, I think we can actually learn from China's experience, such as organizing a volunteer army to provide de facto support to Brazil in the name of civilians. We can also rope in other North American countries such as Canada and Mexico to contain their role. It is also a containment. After all, China’s Middle East Expeditionary Force only has so many people, and Chu Tiange dares to abandon the Middle East, so they cannot stay in South America all year round, and as long as they withdraw from South America, it will be our victory, right?”
It is no secret that there is a Chinese volunteer army active in Europe. Although this Chinese mercenary army employed by Free France has only a little more than 300 people, its role can be compared to that of a brigade or even a division.
After Hitler's death, the European continent once again fell into conflict due to the civil war in Germany. France was not immune, because the Vichy government in France chose to side with the German SS, while Ambrosian Free France chose independence. The result of the restoration of the country was that the Vichy government, with the support of the German SS, was able to set up obstacles for the French Restoration Army starting from Gibraltar, while the Free French had to fight alone, starting from Gibraltar and fighting all the way across.
The obstacles the Vichy government set up for the Nationalist Army were by no means limited to military matters. At the same time, they also sent a large number of agents in an attempt to assassinate the senior leaders of the Nationalist Army and even Free France. After the Greek government adopted this asymmetric tactic, two generals of the Nationalist Army were assassinated and seriously injured within a month. Angbos was forced to ask for help from the Chinese government, and the Chinese government adhered to its previous commitment and transferred the original Hu Tong and Lang Ya, who supported European countries in guerrilla warfare against the Nazis, regrouped and formed a mercenary company called "Snow Leopards", specifically responsible for providing security for the top brass of Free France and the French Zionist Army.
Not long after the formation of the "Snow Leopards", they became famous in Europe for foiling an assassination attempt against Ambos. It was also because of this incident that MacArthur came into contact with intelligence about Chinese mercenaries.