Chapter 1158: Project Fort Gauchi - Perón's Crisis
“Boom!”
A ball of fire rose up from the May Square in front of the pink Rose Palace again. A large column of smoke, carrying gravel, soil or other things, was thrown into the sky, and then fell heavily on the ground, completely covering a nearby 88mm anti-aircraft gun. The gunners were all covered in dust and smelled of gunpowder. If the American bomb had not fallen a little far away, they might have died heroically.
The New Azbanian gunners who almost died were not frightened. They did not even wipe off the smoke and dust on their bodies, and once again went all out to fight.
One by one, the 88mm fixed-height fuse shells purchased from Germany were stuffed into the barrel, and then the fuse was pulled. Under the thrust of the explosive combustion of gunpowder, the shells burst out and rushed to an altitude of five or six thousand meters, exploding among the seemingly dense group of American bombers, exploding a dense group of "fireworks" in the air. But few American planes were hit and crashed!
However, the fire and aircraft that seemed very dense from the ground became scattered and sparse at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters. The sky was so vast that the artillery fire and aircraft were all scattered at once. American planes passed through the sparse artillery fire, and only a small part of the 128mm radio proximity fuze shells (fired by the German Air Force's anti-aircraft artillery units) posed some threats. However, because there was no fire control radar to help aim, the power of these German anti-aircraft guns could not be fully utilized.
However, the extremely fast surface-to-air missiles that rose from the ground from time to time could often shoot down the sturdy and huge B-17 and B-24 bombers. Now it is daytime with very good visibility, whether it is the visual remote-controlled "Rhine Daughter" missile or the "Waterfall" missile using multiple guidance methods, good results can be achieved.
The German Air Force and Navy now have a total of 5 surface-to-air missile companies deployed in Buenos Aires, with a total of 20 launchers, which can launch at least 60 missiles per hour. According to the 20%-30% hit rate, more than a dozen or twenty American bombers can be killed.
However, this loss is nothing for the American bomber group that almost covered the sky.
The bombing is still going on! Hundreds of tons of bombs and solidified *** were dropped, swaying and falling to the ground with a scream. The low explosion of bombs resounded throughout the city, and the gray-white flames mixed with gunpowder and suffocating heat waves flew away in the sun.
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"Mr. President, I just received a report from the air defense command in the southern region that the Americans dropped a large amount of solidified ***..."
A New Asbanian Army officer wearing a colonel's uniform hurriedly broke into the temporary presidential office in the basement of the Rose Palace and saw that the Federal President Juan Peron was still talking to Evita Du******, who had amazing beauty but was annoying (the high-ranking New Asbanian Army colonel hated it).
The latter was the secretary of the Ministry of Labor of the Federal Government of New Asbania. It seems that she is not a big official, but she holds great power. Because the Minister of Labor of the New Asbanian Federation is Juan Perón himself, and this ministry is also the key department to realize the so-called "social justice of the New Asbanian Federation", and it is also the most powerful department in the New Asbanian Federal Government!
Unlike the American imagination, Juan Perón, the military leader, relies on soldiers with guns to maintain his dictatorship. Although Perón came to power through a military coup, his current foundation is not the army, but the working people of New Asbania. It turned out that under the influence of his mistress Evita Du******, Juan Perón did some things that were unbelievable in the politics of South American countries after he came to power - he was gradually fulfilling the promises he made to the people when he seized power!
For example, land reform with the goal of "land to the tiller", truly raising the wages of the working class, using state funds to build housing for workers, and nationalizing foreign (American) investments in New Asbania, etc. Under this series of measures to win people's hearts, not only did the lower-class people in Argentina have a better impression of Perón, but even the lower-class people in the other two main bodies of the federation, Chile and Uruguay, began to regard Perón as their founding father.
So the American night air raids on Buenos Aires and the attack on Chile did not shake Juan Perón's rule in New Asbania. However, the scale of the air raids in Buenos Aires today seems to be a bit large!
Although hiding in the basement of the presidential palace, Juan Perón can still feel how amazing the scale of the American air raids is from the dust that keeps falling from the ceiling and the dull roars that are getting closer and closer.
What makes Juan Perón even more worried is that these American bombers drop not only ordinary bombs, but also solidification that can cause fires! These solidifications may not pose too much threat to the rich areas where the buildings are very empty, but they are deadly dangers to the slums where shanty towns are densely populated. As long as a few of them fall, they may be able to ignite the entire block! The southern part of Buenos Aires, which had just been hit by the solidification bomb, was full of shanty towns where poor people gathered.
Obviously, the Americans had done their homework before the bombing. They knew exactly where to drop the terrible solidification bombs to cause the greatest harm to the residents of Buenos Aires.
"What? The Americans dropped solidification on the Flores area?" Evita Du stood up abruptly, with a pair of beautiful eyes spurting out anger and a few crystal tears, and her pink fists tightened He pinched it, his voice trembling, "How could they treat those innocent people like this? I lived there, and there were many children and old people there..."
"How is the situation there?" Juan Peron frowned tightly.
"Mr. President, it's very bad...the fire is very big and cannot be controlled at all. I am afraid that large slum areas will be burned down."
"Is it that serious?" Peron took a breath. Although the poor people in Buenos Aires now support him very much, making the pro-American elites afraid to use street politics to deal with him, I don't know how many poor people there are now. Losing lives and homes in air raids...it's hard to predict whether people's hearts will change as a result!
"Juan," Evita reminded from the side, "we must rush to the Flores area immediately after the bombing to express condolences to the people there. The Ministry of Labor has already prepared relief materials and organized doctors to be on hand at any time. Rescue can be carried out.”
Peron nodded, satisfied with the work efficiency of his secretary. "Evita, you go first." Peron frowned and said, "I'm going to meet with General Falkenhorst and General Canaris later... Now we must urge them to send more fighter jets. Come and defend Buenos Aires, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!”
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Along the Atlantic coast, near the port of Buenos Aires, smoke filled the air, and artillery fire was fired into the sky more and more violently than in other parts of the city. After the bombing of the Buenos Aires military port, the German anti-aircraft artillery force took over the air defense of this area, deploying a large number of 128mm anti-aircraft guns that can fire radio proximity fuzes, and also set up several missile launching positions. There are even more anti-aircraft balloons than other places.
The Buenos Aires slums that were being attacked by the solidified gunpowder were near the port area. Fires were spreading everywhere, and many New Asbanians (Argentines) fled crying. Most of them were elderly people, women and children. They ran to the heavily guarded port area, and some people were arranged into sturdy basements. There were many sturdy buildings in the port area with basements. It was also the original home port of the Argentine Navy. There are many naval fortresses and anti-aircraft facilities that can be used as anti-aircraft bunkers - but there are still some people who refuse to enter the bunkers and just look at their homes that have turned into a sea of flames and cry. Because their families are still there, and the situation is in danger!
Generals Falkenhorst and Canaris did not drill into air raid shelters. Their headquarters were located in an original Argentine Navy coastal defense battery. This fort is a product of the South American naval competition in the early 20th century. It is very strong and can withstand the bombardment of the 356mm main gun of the Chilean Navy Admiral Latorre-class battleship. Now the high-explosive bombs dropped by the Americans are naturally unable to do anything to it.
Two German generals stood at an observation port facing the city and looked out, looking at the city flooded by fire in a daze.
"God, how did these Argentines offend the Americans?" Falkenhorst said, "The Americans actually sent so many bombers."
Although he had been warned by the intelligence agency, Falkenhorst still did not believe that hundreds to a thousand planes would bomb Buenos Aires.
"This is a sign of weakness!" Canaris shook his head and said, "The Americans do not dare to do anything to Europe, nor do they dare to attack Santiago (Canaris does not know that the Americans are preparing to attack there), they only dare Taking advantage of the defenseless Argentine poor...when Kennedy and Hess met for negotiations. This shows that the Americans are eager to seek peace, but are unwilling to come up with sincere conditions, and can only use this kind of massacre against civilians to intimidate. us."
"Will it be effective?" Falkenhorst asked. "Will Argentina delay Peron?"
Canaris snorted: "Maybe, maybe not. But we definitely have a way to maintain Peron's regime. Now the whole of Europe is behind Peron, and the pro-American faction in Argentina has nothing to do."