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Chapter 394 The Ambitious Brazilian (Second Update, please subscribe)
It's just after New Years in 1870, and Argentina... no, Argentina is literally dead, whether the Argentines want to face it or not.

Argentina, as a country, no longer exists, and even in a legal sense, it never existed.

From the day of their independence, the conflict between the provinces and Buenos Aires has never ceased, and the so-called Argentine Confederation has been divided most of the time.

Almost after completing the attack on the province of Buenos Aires, the attack on the provinces was also launched at the same time. Compared with the stubborn resistance of Buenos Aires, the resistance of the provinces is almost not worth mentioning. Almost at the same time that the Nanhua army and navy were going upstream along the Paraná River, Marchisa Jr. in Entrerio Province announced its surrender. Treachery at the time of the evacuation of Buenos Aires, several provinces successively expressed their surrender.

January and February have passed one after another, and everywhere in the Argentine provinces is full of bleak wind and rain, dark fog and gloomy clouds. The demise of the country makes people's hearts gloomy,
Unlike anywhere else, in Posadas, in the Argentine-occupied land, people here have been beaming when they talk about Argentina's fiasco for the past two months.

This land once belonged to Paraguay, and the people here fought desperately. After Argentina occupied this land, almost all the women here wore mourning clothes. In the cemetery outside the city, the rows of soldier graves were buried. Women's fathers, husbands, brothers and sons.Of course they don't cry or mourn the death of the Argentines!
Whenever they saw the "invaders" occupying a certain city from the newspaper, they were always looking forward to the arrival of the "Avengers".

"Thank God, let Nan Hua punish the damned Argentine!"

In the market, in the church, those hostile women will always curse the Argentines like this.

In a city full of hostility, Major General Pedro's mind must be said to be heavy. As the occupier of this land, he never thought that Argentina would perish. lands - lands taken from the failed Paraguayans.

"General, once the Nanhua occupy this area, you will lose everything!"

Sitting in front of Pedro, Colonel Massos said in a relaxed tone.

As General Inácio da Fonseca's special envoy, he knew exactly what Pedro and the officers in his unit were worried about—the land.

"General, where did you get your land? From those dead Paraguayans, we occupied this place, we got the land here, this is war!"

What is war?
It's plundering, it's robbing wealth!
In war everything is fruitless, the resisters are killed on the battlefield, and the lands that belonged to the officers become the wealth of the invaders.

Pedro did not deny what Colonel Massos said, how could he not know?A few years ago, he only owned a small piece of land, but in this war, he not only became a senior official, but also became the largest landlord in the province, and his subordinates also became landlords. Where did the land come from? , is plundered through war.

"The victor has it all, General."

Mathos' words made Pedro think for a moment, and then said.

"If I surrender, I believe they will allow me to keep my property. Little Marchisa and they surrendered, but kept all the property."

"That's only temporary, General!"

Massos sneered.

"Maybe, they will temporarily let you keep those lands, but you have to know that the people in Nanhua come from China, they speak a completely different language from ours, and their appearance is also completely different. After they occupy this place, how can they Allow us to continue to have it all? They will do whatever it takes to take away our wealth, just as we have taken away the wealth that belongs to the Aboriginal people."

As a colonist, or a descendant of a colonist, Pedro certainly knew what had happened on this land, and because of this, he seemed a little uncertain, but he never thought about fighting against Nan Hua, After all, he has less than 2000 soldiers under his command.

"We have no strength at all to stop them, Colonel, as is well known."

"General, this land used to belong to Paraguay, and even now legally, it still belongs to Paraguay, including the Chaco region. This is not Argentine land, but Paraguay's. We can completely deny them access to this land! "

Massos said with a smile.

"Even if Nanhua is the winner, what qualifications do they have to enter this land that we also sacrificed and seized?"

我们!

Mathos repeatedly emphasized "we" when speaking, what are we?

Isn't that Brazilian?
They must have taken a fancy to this land too!

Pedro's heart is like a mirror. They absolutely don't want Nanhua to occupy this land, so General Inacio da Fonseca sent him here.

"Is that what Admiral Inacio da Fonseca meant?"

Pedro asked.

"This is the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor. Brazil will never allow the land occupied by the bloodshed of Brazilian soldiers to be occupied by the South China. We believe that with the demise of Argentina, only Brazil can hold peace talks with Paraguay in the future. As for Nanhua...he You have never participated in this war, so what qualifications do you have to negotiate peace and obtain these lands?"

The emperor Mathos said was the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II. Facing the demise of Argentina, after several discussions among the Brazilian high-level officials, they still made a decision that was most beneficial to Brazil-rejecting Nanhua to accept Argentina. Occupy the territories and exclude them from the peace talks.

In other words, Brazil's purpose is very simple, that is, they want to monopolize the fruits of victory. In the past, the existence of Argentina hindered their possibility of monopolizing, but now it is different.

"And what about us?"

After knowing what the emperor meant, Pedro finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the backing of Brazil, the problem naturally became much simpler.

"General, you and your subordinates will still be stationed on this land, and you will continue to own everything here. In the future, this place will become part of Brazil, and you will become an officer of the Brazilian Army, General,"

It is very simple to persuade these Argentine military officers to cooperate, nothing more than to give them benefits, and now Argentina as a country has perished.These Argentines had no choice at all.Either they surrendered to Nanhua, or they surrendered to Brazil.

For these Argentine officers, surrendering to Nanhua was full of too many uncertainties.But returning to Brazil is different.They can continue to be stationed here as officers of Brazil, leading their troops.They and their families can enjoy the splendor and wealth in this land as in the past, and eventually they will become the rulers of this land.

"Colonel, you should know that if those people want to come, we have no power to stop them at all."

Pedro knew he had no better choice, but he would never be cannon fodder for the Brazilians.Maybe he can submit to the Brazilians, but he will definitely not die in vain to defend this land.

Pedro's reminder made Massos smile.

"You don't need to come forward to stop them. After all, this is Paraguayan land."

"The land of Paraguay? Let the Paraguayans stop Nanhua? This is simply impossible. Those people wish that Nanhua's army will rush in and kill us all now."

Facing Pedro's rebuttal, Massos said.

"Don't forget, we are now the protectors of the Paraguayans! Of course we must fulfill our responsibilities—we must prevent Nanhua from invading Paraguay."

(End of this chapter)