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March 1st, 1938, 1:00
Command Tent somewhere in the Port Velho amazon along the river border with Bolivia
In a musky olive-green command tent a handful of officers sit in rows on folding wood chairs, briefed by General Lott, referencing a blackboard, a meter stick pointer in hand. Stapled to the border of the board is a map of the theater...
"The plan is simple gentlemen, cross into Bolivia with one spearhead of force before they can mobilize reinforcements from La Paz and stop us at the river. Once we have crossed, we threaten the capitol itself, which we will attack with overwhelming force. Once La Paz falls, the Bolivians will surrender. As of right now we have no forces in reserve, but if war drags on we may expect several divisions in reinforcement from Rio in the months to come. We are currently unaware of the enemy force level, but it is expected that we will outnumber them at least two to one, as the enemy does not expect our attack and lacks the capacity to field many divisions. We must seize the river before the Bolivians, make haste. Any questions?"
The general, out of his formal dress kit and now donning the Integralist greens, looked around and nodded, the division commanders before him content with the plan of action.
"God-speed then!"
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By March 8th the Brazilian forces were nearly over the river when they were engaged by forward elements of the Bolivian army, a cavalry division under General Rojas. The inferior force was quickly beat back and the Integralist spearhead continued across, some recon detachments finally reaching the other side and engaging local defense forces.
General Beccera arrived on March 14th, reaching the crossing with two divisions of militia and police and providing a stiff resistance up and down the river bed, a stubborn defense which cost the fording attackers thousands and filled the water with blood. Finally, the Brazilian army broke through.
By March 17th the first Brazilian division had reached Riberalta but was immediately assaulted by four divisions moving from La Paz and was forced to retreat back into the Amazon.
General Lott's fears were soon realized: as he expected, the Brazilian army was not ready for offensive operations, and the next divisions created from production, originally scheduled to be deployed for beach garrison, would have have to be redirected to the jungle to aid in the offensive. Secretly the Chief of Staff doubted that the crossing would be successful by the other divisions, as they were already exhausted by Beccera's stiff holding action.
A mere two days before the whole of the Brazilian army was to have fully transported itself over the river the main army of Bolivia, four regular divisions under General Castillo arrived in force, and it was soon made obvious to Gaspar Dutras, field commander of the attack, that the crossing would not be possible.
General Lott received a phone call from the front while sleeping in his field tent: "This is Dutras, I have ceased the crossing and called back our forces, we met resistance which made it impossible to succeed, 8 divisions in total, four arrived this day. Heavy casualties, your orders?"
Lott's face went white, he knew the words before Dutras even finished his sentence, and he immediately visualized the map of the Amazon, with the exposed flanks, and imagined the newly built industrial centers burning as Bolivian soldiers streamed through them. Lott regained his composure and coughed into the phone, speaking quickly:
"Dutras, hold your position, I am going to redeploy our coastal defense forces, a second army will meet you from the south east and assist in your crossing the river. I understand now why Salgado sacked you..." The Chief of Staff hung up and ran out of his tent and called for the signals officer.
By April 15th 8 divisions massed at Matto Grasso, redeployed from the beach, now defenseless, to the interior of the country in order to support the invasion. If the US invaded now, thought Lott, the country would fall nearly immediately, and in secret he cursed the name of Salgado, constantly plagued by images of burning and death. Lott tasked General Sezefredo Passos with leading the southern army. Sezefredo reported that the force would need at least three weeks to properly constitute itself, many of the units scattered and still in coastal kit, without offensive supplies and logisitical cohesiveness - he was given two weeks, another rushed order from the infuriated top. A single division led by General De Castros would hold the center in the case of an unlikely Bolivian counter-attack into Brazil proper.
On May 1st the new offensive started, South Army pushed into Santa Cruz, toward Sucre, and immediately were met by forward elements of General Castillo's national army, who fought stubbornly but were beaten back in a matter of hours.
Within a month South Army had captured Santa Cruz and was threatening Sucre. General Lott phoned the army commanders to order them to commence the second part of the new offensive, crossing of the river of group North, reinforced by a division freshly recruited Rio, to link up the whole of the army, followed by a two pronged attack from the north and south toward La Paz. South Army would support the river crossing from Santa Cruz, and when both armies are constituted, spearhead toward the Bolivian capitol. General Castillo, surprised by the quick advance of the southern force, was easily outmaneuvered at his flanks and was forced to give up the river after a few hours of intense tug-of-war melee.
On June 12th a Bolivian cavalry division captured the Amazonian region of Tefe, threatening to advance on the western flank of Army North. Trott puzzled at this tactical move, suspecting it as a feint intended to force the general to hold Army North's advance. Lott ordered Dutras to continue the river crossing and to follow the original operational plan of action.
In a desperate attempt to stall the advance Castillo, perhaps inspired by his recent routing of a Army North forward cavalry division, threw his two outnumbered divisions once more against the Brazilian onslaught and was within hours routed, the final elements of the north force finally secure across the river. With Dutras' army across, Army South commenced its assault on Sucre, repelling the mountain defenders and advancing toward La Paz.
On August 7th, two days before the capture of Sucre, the Bolivian government cent via telegram a peace plea to the tent of General Lott. The general ignored the proposal, bound by Salgado to only accept terms of complete and unconditional surrender.
On August 12th at 12:00 hours the final stage of the offensive was given the go order, the two pronged encirclement attack on the Bolivian capitol city of La Paz. The outnumbered forces of Castillo offered a stubborn and deathless defense, fighting for days without relief from the other Bolivian divisions to the north. The mountains of La Paz proved to be a difficult challenge, the Bolivians raining fire with abandon onto the attackers in the valleys below. Out of ammunition, and scattered, Castillo finally fled the city, retreating his forces to a hopeless position north into the Amazon.
August 29th, La Paz is captured by Army South, completely deserted, a ghost town, its people huddle indoors as the Integralist stormtroopers march violently through the streets. The center of government is immediately captured and the cabinet ministers summarily executed in the city centre as Integralist and Brazilian banners replace torn Bolivian ones.
General Joao Neves de Fontoura arrives at La Paz airport in a recce plane attached to Army North headquarters and quickly heads to the La Paz steelworks, followed by several bodyguards with automatic weapons. Pushing open the refinery doors, massive blocks of rusted ironwork, the general uncovers a huge cache of refined metal, piled to the ceiling in industrial pallets, blinding the conquerors with reflection as their flashlights sweep the building. Commandeering a local car, Joao arrives at Army South HQ and commands the signal officer to open a line with the President: "Mr. President, we no longer have a metal problem."
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Command Tent somewhere in the Port Velho amazon along the river border with Bolivia
In a musky olive-green command tent a handful of officers sit in rows on folding wood chairs, briefed by General Lott, referencing a blackboard, a meter stick pointer in hand. Stapled to the border of the board is a map of the theater...
"The plan is simple gentlemen, cross into Bolivia with one spearhead of force before they can mobilize reinforcements from La Paz and stop us at the river. Once we have crossed, we threaten the capitol itself, which we will attack with overwhelming force. Once La Paz falls, the Bolivians will surrender. As of right now we have no forces in reserve, but if war drags on we may expect several divisions in reinforcement from Rio in the months to come. We are currently unaware of the enemy force level, but it is expected that we will outnumber them at least two to one, as the enemy does not expect our attack and lacks the capacity to field many divisions. We must seize the river before the Bolivians, make haste. Any questions?"
The general, out of his formal dress kit and now donning the Integralist greens, looked around and nodded, the division commanders before him content with the plan of action.
"God-speed then!"
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By March 8th the Brazilian forces were nearly over the river when they were engaged by forward elements of the Bolivian army, a cavalry division under General Rojas. The inferior force was quickly beat back and the Integralist spearhead continued across, some recon detachments finally reaching the other side and engaging local defense forces.
General Beccera arrived on March 14th, reaching the crossing with two divisions of militia and police and providing a stiff resistance up and down the river bed, a stubborn defense which cost the fording attackers thousands and filled the water with blood. Finally, the Brazilian army broke through.
By March 17th the first Brazilian division had reached Riberalta but was immediately assaulted by four divisions moving from La Paz and was forced to retreat back into the Amazon.
General Lott's fears were soon realized: as he expected, the Brazilian army was not ready for offensive operations, and the next divisions created from production, originally scheduled to be deployed for beach garrison, would have have to be redirected to the jungle to aid in the offensive. Secretly the Chief of Staff doubted that the crossing would be successful by the other divisions, as they were already exhausted by Beccera's stiff holding action.
A mere two days before the whole of the Brazilian army was to have fully transported itself over the river the main army of Bolivia, four regular divisions under General Castillo arrived in force, and it was soon made obvious to Gaspar Dutras, field commander of the attack, that the crossing would not be possible.
General Lott received a phone call from the front while sleeping in his field tent: "This is Dutras, I have ceased the crossing and called back our forces, we met resistance which made it impossible to succeed, 8 divisions in total, four arrived this day. Heavy casualties, your orders?"
Lott's face went white, he knew the words before Dutras even finished his sentence, and he immediately visualized the map of the Amazon, with the exposed flanks, and imagined the newly built industrial centers burning as Bolivian soldiers streamed through them. Lott regained his composure and coughed into the phone, speaking quickly:
"Dutras, hold your position, I am going to redeploy our coastal defense forces, a second army will meet you from the south east and assist in your crossing the river. I understand now why Salgado sacked you..." The Chief of Staff hung up and ran out of his tent and called for the signals officer.
By April 15th 8 divisions massed at Matto Grasso, redeployed from the beach, now defenseless, to the interior of the country in order to support the invasion. If the US invaded now, thought Lott, the country would fall nearly immediately, and in secret he cursed the name of Salgado, constantly plagued by images of burning and death. Lott tasked General Sezefredo Passos with leading the southern army. Sezefredo reported that the force would need at least three weeks to properly constitute itself, many of the units scattered and still in coastal kit, without offensive supplies and logisitical cohesiveness - he was given two weeks, another rushed order from the infuriated top. A single division led by General De Castros would hold the center in the case of an unlikely Bolivian counter-attack into Brazil proper.
On May 1st the new offensive started, South Army pushed into Santa Cruz, toward Sucre, and immediately were met by forward elements of General Castillo's national army, who fought stubbornly but were beaten back in a matter of hours.
Within a month South Army had captured Santa Cruz and was threatening Sucre. General Lott phoned the army commanders to order them to commence the second part of the new offensive, crossing of the river of group North, reinforced by a division freshly recruited Rio, to link up the whole of the army, followed by a two pronged attack from the north and south toward La Paz. South Army would support the river crossing from Santa Cruz, and when both armies are constituted, spearhead toward the Bolivian capitol. General Castillo, surprised by the quick advance of the southern force, was easily outmaneuvered at his flanks and was forced to give up the river after a few hours of intense tug-of-war melee.
On June 12th a Bolivian cavalry division captured the Amazonian region of Tefe, threatening to advance on the western flank of Army North. Trott puzzled at this tactical move, suspecting it as a feint intended to force the general to hold Army North's advance. Lott ordered Dutras to continue the river crossing and to follow the original operational plan of action.
In a desperate attempt to stall the advance Castillo, perhaps inspired by his recent routing of a Army North forward cavalry division, threw his two outnumbered divisions once more against the Brazilian onslaught and was within hours routed, the final elements of the north force finally secure across the river. With Dutras' army across, Army South commenced its assault on Sucre, repelling the mountain defenders and advancing toward La Paz.
On August 7th, two days before the capture of Sucre, the Bolivian government cent via telegram a peace plea to the tent of General Lott. The general ignored the proposal, bound by Salgado to only accept terms of complete and unconditional surrender.
On August 12th at 12:00 hours the final stage of the offensive was given the go order, the two pronged encirclement attack on the Bolivian capitol city of La Paz. The outnumbered forces of Castillo offered a stubborn and deathless defense, fighting for days without relief from the other Bolivian divisions to the north. The mountains of La Paz proved to be a difficult challenge, the Bolivians raining fire with abandon onto the attackers in the valleys below. Out of ammunition, and scattered, Castillo finally fled the city, retreating his forces to a hopeless position north into the Amazon.
August 29th, La Paz is captured by Army South, completely deserted, a ghost town, its people huddle indoors as the Integralist stormtroopers march violently through the streets. The center of government is immediately captured and the cabinet ministers summarily executed in the city centre as Integralist and Brazilian banners replace torn Bolivian ones.
General Joao Neves de Fontoura arrives at La Paz airport in a recce plane attached to Army North headquarters and quickly heads to the La Paz steelworks, followed by several bodyguards with automatic weapons. Pushing open the refinery doors, massive blocks of rusted ironwork, the general uncovers a huge cache of refined metal, piled to the ceiling in industrial pallets, blinding the conquerors with reflection as their flashlights sweep the building. Commandeering a local car, Joao arrives at Army South HQ and commands the signal officer to open a line with the President: "Mr. President, we no longer have a metal problem."
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It's always a pain in the *** to have a leader without any military skills. Salgado better listens more carefully to the advice of his chief of staff next time or war against Paraguay will cost even more lives.
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Is this AAR style interesting? It is my first AAR and i'm not sure if this is worth reading. Obviously, not much has happened in the AAR yet, but is the style fundamentally worthwhile?
It is good. Keep going. You need paraguay, they have a really good land doc researcher for the grand battle plan tree. This will allow you the infiltration assault path. That is the best infantry path in the game. You only have to abandon 1 land doc tech to take it, so it is worth while. I always hit Uraguay, then Paraguay, then I puppet Venezuela. Venezuela's oil gives you the economic muscle to trade resources for all your needs, you can keep your supplies.
Two weeks have passed since the annexation of of Bolivia, following President Salgado's orders the invasion of Paraguay is soon planned, the victorious troops in occupied La Paz immediately redeployed to a new front.
September 12th, 1938, 13:00
Grand reception hall, Hotel, Santa Cruz
A ten meter wide, two meter broad table of dark oak is situated in the center of a great hall, converted for purposes of military planning, Bolivian hotel employees scurry back and forth bringing a few dozen seated Brazilian army officers refreshments. At the head of the table Chief of Staff Lott is standing, referencing his trusty blackboard with meter stick in hand, chalk in the other. As the collected officers discuss the previous campaign and share war stories over tea the Chief of Staff calls for order and signals an orderly to bring forth a map of the new operation, pinning it to his board.
"Gentlemen, a toast to the President and the brave fighting men who just two weeks ago captured La Paz after fighting through the mountains of that rugged country! Anaue!"
"Joined by our brothers from Army South we now plan for the invasion of Paraguay..."
"Our forces are currently disorganized and depleted from the war in Bolivia. Accordingly, we will provide a two week period of organization, drill and relaxation. Our plan of attack is simple, involving a main assualt onto the capitol of Asunción from Santa Cruz, supported by Army North in Mato Grosso; a two pronged assault of superior force which will dislodge the defenders before they can respond."
"Paraguay High Command has been aware of our operations in Bolivia and has planned accordingly. While the country is less than a third the size of Bolivia, we can expect similar resistance, so we must not yet throw caution to the wind. We can expect to engage a minimum of 6 divisions."
"You are to sketch up plans for action and have them on my desk by 8:30 this Friday. Any questions?"
The conference of generals was silent and continued to look at the Chief. "Very well then, you are dismissed."
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On October 11th at 3:00 war was declared, several hours later a massive two pronged assault was ordered on Asunción. After five hours of fighting the defenses were penetrated and the forces of Paraguay fled toward Ciudad del Esta, being cut down in their retreat, many fighting men outflanked by Army North arriving from Mato Grosso.
A mere 15 days later Paraguay was absorbed into the new Brazilian empire, Asunción occupied, civil government dissolved and slaughtered by the invading Integralists, replaced by martial law.
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2nd November, 10:00
War Room, Presidential Villa, Rio De Janeiro
In the wake of the Paraguay campaign Chief of Staff Lott has been recalled to Rio for debriefing, where he finds the other cabinet ministers already waiting for him. Excusing himself for lateness and short of breath from his hasty return the general takes a seat at the end of the table across from President Salgado.
"General Lott..." began Salgado, his face icy and tortured, "You have served your president and the people of Brazil well, in your absence the ministers of the nation have reported of the resource caches finally acquired from the rebel provinces and of our triumphant return to our plans for military and economic expansion. The sacrifices of war were well worth it..."
General Lott at once pictured young men with perforated backs floating in the river to Bolivia, sacrificed on the altar of Salgado's delusional and forced orders. One young man, who had his jaw blown off by a hand grenade and who floated upwards looking at the observer with lifeless black eyes, would not leave his thoughts.
Salgado grew restless, expecting sycophantic praise from his Chief of Staff, and continued to speak.
"Now to begin our normal proceedings, I must know of the state of the armed forces..."
General Lott, shaking himself from the visions of gore, and after a long pause spoke somberly: "Since the time our party took power two years ago, the Brazilian army has increased in size six fold, equipped with modern equipment and trained in modern tactics. Our armies are prepared for any operation, against any nation, although, as the Chief of the Air Force will relate, our air presence is still sorely lacking. We have one of the largest armies in the world, excluding the major world powers, but currently half of our combat divisions are deployed to coastal defense. A main concern of mine is still the threat of foreign intervention, we must ensure that our beaches are well defended, even a temporary beach head established by a foreign force will spell ruin for the country - if we allow a place for bombers to rebase by giving up airports, we will be pummeled to submission."
General Nero Moura, Chief of the Air Force, interjected: "This latter point I wish to embellish for the President. If we wish to contend with the great powers we must soon develop a proper air force. If we cannot divert significant resources to produce the planes themselves, we must at least begin to expand our system of air strips and bases, which at the current time would only allow large scale air operations on the eastern coast. We must especially build airbases on the north coast, as this will become a focal point if we are to war with the US. Our current technology allows for up-to-date planes, I urge the President to consider diverting a significant amount of industrial resources to the production of air wings. I propose that with 800 modern fighter craft and 1200 tactical bombers we would would achieve regional air and ground support superiority over the US, as well as have the capability to properly patrol our coasts for enemy ships. My office estimates that it would take approximately two years to muster such a force. The orders have already been drafted, all that is needed is your signature."
Salgado sat in deep thought for several minutes and responded "Nero, I understand your concerns... really I do, but we must continue to expand the army for now. I do now, as per your suggestions, authorize the creation of air bases, but cannot yet authorize our greater industry to the air force. Know that I also am aware of the navy's plight, but that venture must come after the air force, they are not needed now."
Salgado cleared his throat and spoke now as if telling a lie: "I wish the army to be reorganized into three 9 division formations. Army South and North will be reinforced to 9 division size, and a third army, Army Fatherland, will be mustered at Montevideo."
General Lott instantly became worried "Mr. President, we have yet to fully garrison our beaches, I plead for you to allow us to finish the defense plan before expanding our offensive field army."
Salgado immediately snapped back into a scream "NO! General Lott, you will muster a third army at Montevideo and join with it Army South. Army North will camp itself along the Argentine border."
As Salgado began to fly into a rage Mr. De Almieda spoke: "Mr. President, before we enact your plans I must notify you of our manpower reserve situation. We currently have about 150,000 men available for service, less than half of what we started with two years. Within 6 months, at the current levels of production, we will run out of manpower, peaking at about 55 divisions total. We have already researched agricultural industries which have increased our population, but one more field has yet to be researched and after being implemented on the national scale would be capable of increasing our yearly manpower by approximately 5%. Other than this research, we have few options."
Salgado nodded as if doing equations in his mind and spoke clearly "This shall be a blessing in disguise, an opportunity rather than a limitation! After we have exhausted our manpower pool we shall THEN turn to the production of the navy and air force, which formations require less men. For now, continue the production of infantry divisions, then commence production of the air force, as Nero Moura's instructions. As the Fatherland regains its lost provinces we will resume production of combat divisions, our pool glorified by foreign recruits."
"Now, Americo, how has our research progressed?"
"Mr. President we have steadily advanced in all sectors of research and as per the wishes of the Chiefs of Staff are currently focusing on new unit tactics. Stand Off Doctrine should turn our theoretical ability to combine air and land forces into that of reality while also paving the way for future integration of our most basic fighting formation, the infantry division, with that of tank support. Might I also mention that we are approaching the ability to support another industrial sector of research - I recommend the construction of six or seven more factory systems to realize this possibility."
"Good, good..." remarked Salgado, "The factories shall be built, assuming no other operation diverts our resources."
"The rest of you are dismissed."
As the officers began to shuffle out of the room Salgado quickly grabbed Costa Neto by the sleeve and motioned for him to sit, "Please Mr. Neto, a moment."
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September 12th, 1938, 13:00
Grand reception hall, Hotel, Santa Cruz
A ten meter wide, two meter broad table of dark oak is situated in the center of a great hall, converted for purposes of military planning, Bolivian hotel employees scurry back and forth bringing a few dozen seated Brazilian army officers refreshments. At the head of the table Chief of Staff Lott is standing, referencing his trusty blackboard with meter stick in hand, chalk in the other. As the collected officers discuss the previous campaign and share war stories over tea the Chief of Staff calls for order and signals an orderly to bring forth a map of the new operation, pinning it to his board.
"Gentlemen, a toast to the President and the brave fighting men who just two weeks ago captured La Paz after fighting through the mountains of that rugged country! Anaue!"
"Joined by our brothers from Army South we now plan for the invasion of Paraguay..."
"Our forces are currently disorganized and depleted from the war in Bolivia. Accordingly, we will provide a two week period of organization, drill and relaxation. Our plan of attack is simple, involving a main assualt onto the capitol of Asunción from Santa Cruz, supported by Army North in Mato Grosso; a two pronged assault of superior force which will dislodge the defenders before they can respond."
"Paraguay High Command has been aware of our operations in Bolivia and has planned accordingly. While the country is less than a third the size of Bolivia, we can expect similar resistance, so we must not yet throw caution to the wind. We can expect to engage a minimum of 6 divisions."
"You are to sketch up plans for action and have them on my desk by 8:30 this Friday. Any questions?"
The conference of generals was silent and continued to look at the Chief. "Very well then, you are dismissed."
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On October 11th at 3:00 war was declared, several hours later a massive two pronged assault was ordered on Asunción. After five hours of fighting the defenses were penetrated and the forces of Paraguay fled toward Ciudad del Esta, being cut down in their retreat, many fighting men outflanked by Army North arriving from Mato Grosso.
A mere 15 days later Paraguay was absorbed into the new Brazilian empire, Asunción occupied, civil government dissolved and slaughtered by the invading Integralists, replaced by martial law.
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2nd November, 10:00
War Room, Presidential Villa, Rio De Janeiro
In the wake of the Paraguay campaign Chief of Staff Lott has been recalled to Rio for debriefing, where he finds the other cabinet ministers already waiting for him. Excusing himself for lateness and short of breath from his hasty return the general takes a seat at the end of the table across from President Salgado.
"General Lott..." began Salgado, his face icy and tortured, "You have served your president and the people of Brazil well, in your absence the ministers of the nation have reported of the resource caches finally acquired from the rebel provinces and of our triumphant return to our plans for military and economic expansion. The sacrifices of war were well worth it..."
General Lott at once pictured young men with perforated backs floating in the river to Bolivia, sacrificed on the altar of Salgado's delusional and forced orders. One young man, who had his jaw blown off by a hand grenade and who floated upwards looking at the observer with lifeless black eyes, would not leave his thoughts.
Salgado grew restless, expecting sycophantic praise from his Chief of Staff, and continued to speak.
"Now to begin our normal proceedings, I must know of the state of the armed forces..."
General Lott, shaking himself from the visions of gore, and after a long pause spoke somberly: "Since the time our party took power two years ago, the Brazilian army has increased in size six fold, equipped with modern equipment and trained in modern tactics. Our armies are prepared for any operation, against any nation, although, as the Chief of the Air Force will relate, our air presence is still sorely lacking. We have one of the largest armies in the world, excluding the major world powers, but currently half of our combat divisions are deployed to coastal defense. A main concern of mine is still the threat of foreign intervention, we must ensure that our beaches are well defended, even a temporary beach head established by a foreign force will spell ruin for the country - if we allow a place for bombers to rebase by giving up airports, we will be pummeled to submission."
General Nero Moura, Chief of the Air Force, interjected: "This latter point I wish to embellish for the President. If we wish to contend with the great powers we must soon develop a proper air force. If we cannot divert significant resources to produce the planes themselves, we must at least begin to expand our system of air strips and bases, which at the current time would only allow large scale air operations on the eastern coast. We must especially build airbases on the north coast, as this will become a focal point if we are to war with the US. Our current technology allows for up-to-date planes, I urge the President to consider diverting a significant amount of industrial resources to the production of air wings. I propose that with 800 modern fighter craft and 1200 tactical bombers we would would achieve regional air and ground support superiority over the US, as well as have the capability to properly patrol our coasts for enemy ships. My office estimates that it would take approximately two years to muster such a force. The orders have already been drafted, all that is needed is your signature."
Salgado sat in deep thought for several minutes and responded "Nero, I understand your concerns... really I do, but we must continue to expand the army for now. I do now, as per your suggestions, authorize the creation of air bases, but cannot yet authorize our greater industry to the air force. Know that I also am aware of the navy's plight, but that venture must come after the air force, they are not needed now."
Salgado cleared his throat and spoke now as if telling a lie: "I wish the army to be reorganized into three 9 division formations. Army South and North will be reinforced to 9 division size, and a third army, Army Fatherland, will be mustered at Montevideo."
General Lott instantly became worried "Mr. President, we have yet to fully garrison our beaches, I plead for you to allow us to finish the defense plan before expanding our offensive field army."
Salgado immediately snapped back into a scream "NO! General Lott, you will muster a third army at Montevideo and join with it Army South. Army North will camp itself along the Argentine border."
As Salgado began to fly into a rage Mr. De Almieda spoke: "Mr. President, before we enact your plans I must notify you of our manpower reserve situation. We currently have about 150,000 men available for service, less than half of what we started with two years. Within 6 months, at the current levels of production, we will run out of manpower, peaking at about 55 divisions total. We have already researched agricultural industries which have increased our population, but one more field has yet to be researched and after being implemented on the national scale would be capable of increasing our yearly manpower by approximately 5%. Other than this research, we have few options."
Salgado nodded as if doing equations in his mind and spoke clearly "This shall be a blessing in disguise, an opportunity rather than a limitation! After we have exhausted our manpower pool we shall THEN turn to the production of the navy and air force, which formations require less men. For now, continue the production of infantry divisions, then commence production of the air force, as Nero Moura's instructions. As the Fatherland regains its lost provinces we will resume production of combat divisions, our pool glorified by foreign recruits."
"Now, Americo, how has our research progressed?"
"Mr. President we have steadily advanced in all sectors of research and as per the wishes of the Chiefs of Staff are currently focusing on new unit tactics. Stand Off Doctrine should turn our theoretical ability to combine air and land forces into that of reality while also paving the way for future integration of our most basic fighting formation, the infantry division, with that of tank support. Might I also mention that we are approaching the ability to support another industrial sector of research - I recommend the construction of six or seven more factory systems to realize this possibility."
"Good, good..." remarked Salgado, "The factories shall be built, assuming no other operation diverts our resources."
"The rest of you are dismissed."
As the officers began to shuffle out of the room Salgado quickly grabbed Costa Neto by the sleeve and motioned for him to sit, "Please Mr. Neto, a moment."
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6th March, 12:00
Party Rally, Rio De Janeiro
Plinio Salgado has addressed a crowd of fifty thousand supporters for the past two hours, orating majestically on the state of the union and of the victories in Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, promising unprecedented equality and economic opportunities. The Brazilian people seem awestruck, their gaze locked on the dictator, as he swerves his fists through the air deriding the Communists and committing to further glories ahead.
"Lastly!" Shouted Salgado into the microphone, "We will in our time see the criminals still loyal to the ghost of Vargas, who now rule the Argentine people with an iron fist, we shall see them brought to justi-"
The last word was drowned out by a thunder clap and a roar which lasted for minutes as a silver flash and a shroud of fire and smoke engulfed the stage. Automatic weapon fire was now heard, only muffled by the demonic roar of the explosions ripping across the stage, supporters blown in half, their viscera sent flying into the front rows of the assembled crowd. Heroically, the dictator emerged from the conflagration, looking back as if spotting a target and firing dramatically into the cloud of dust and fire. Soon the destruction settled and a eery silence fell over the crowd, who huddled on their knees and looked up to see their president standing still strong at the podium, bodies littering the stage, the smell of explosive ordnance ripe in the air.
"You see, people of Brazil! Vargas is still alive and seeks to destroy our nation!"
Salgado pointed to the stage, six soldiers donning Brazilian uniforms standard for the old army lie in pools of blood, one with a gammon bomb clenched still in his hand.
"And is with this final betrayal that we mobilize to free the Argentine people, our eternal friends, and to return rule of law to a once great nation to the south, which has since fallen under the tyranny of the Vargas loyalists, who have supplanted the lawful government, and ordered attacks against your president!"
The crowd roared as Salgado raised his pistol to the air, let the empty shell casings fall to the stage and slowly reloaded the magazine round by round, snapping it shut and shouting "Anaue!"
Salgado walked off the back of the stage, and out of sight, clasped a suspicious looking man, donning the Integralist greens, and grinned widely, whispering "Well done Gustavo."
Party Rally, Rio De Janeiro
Plinio Salgado has addressed a crowd of fifty thousand supporters for the past two hours, orating majestically on the state of the union and of the victories in Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, promising unprecedented equality and economic opportunities. The Brazilian people seem awestruck, their gaze locked on the dictator, as he swerves his fists through the air deriding the Communists and committing to further glories ahead.
"Lastly!" Shouted Salgado into the microphone, "We will in our time see the criminals still loyal to the ghost of Vargas, who now rule the Argentine people with an iron fist, we shall see them brought to justi-"
The last word was drowned out by a thunder clap and a roar which lasted for minutes as a silver flash and a shroud of fire and smoke engulfed the stage. Automatic weapon fire was now heard, only muffled by the demonic roar of the explosions ripping across the stage, supporters blown in half, their viscera sent flying into the front rows of the assembled crowd. Heroically, the dictator emerged from the conflagration, looking back as if spotting a target and firing dramatically into the cloud of dust and fire. Soon the destruction settled and a eery silence fell over the crowd, who huddled on their knees and looked up to see their president standing still strong at the podium, bodies littering the stage, the smell of explosive ordnance ripe in the air.
"You see, people of Brazil! Vargas is still alive and seeks to destroy our nation!"
Salgado pointed to the stage, six soldiers donning Brazilian uniforms standard for the old army lie in pools of blood, one with a gammon bomb clenched still in his hand.
"And is with this final betrayal that we mobilize to free the Argentine people, our eternal friends, and to return rule of law to a once great nation to the south, which has since fallen under the tyranny of the Vargas loyalists, who have supplanted the lawful government, and ordered attacks against your president!"
The crowd roared as Salgado raised his pistol to the air, let the empty shell casings fall to the stage and slowly reloaded the magazine round by round, snapping it shut and shouting "Anaue!"
Salgado walked off the back of the stage, and out of sight, clasped a suspicious looking man, donning the Integralist greens, and grinned widely, whispering "Well done Gustavo."
Make sure your belligerence doesn't exceed the amount the US needs to attack. While the US army is small, if they declare war, it will quickly balloon due to the quadrupled IC.
I have a feeling that you'll be faced with a stand off with Brazil's old enemy, Argentina, soon. And it can only end one way. 
I have actually played Fascist Brazil before so I know about this threat - which is why I made sure the beaches were garrisoned well. It is difficult for the US to invade, even with the DAIM mod, because the jungles and large provinces make amphibious attacks difficult. In the previous Fascist Brazil game I played the US declared war on me in 1938 and since they didn't have good CVs or CVLs at that point - I dealt heavy damage to their incoming ships, destroying more than a dozen capital ships (3x the amount of screens/transports) with only 6 or so tactical bombers, none of which I lost.
I am not too worried about the US, and if they do attack me and get owned, I am going to cheat to settle a white peace - because its unrealistic that the US would continue to fight a futile war after a quarter of its fleet and tens of thousands of marines.
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So your are going for continental domination? A well described american invasion attempt of fascist brazil would be a nice read and would give enough material for a whole new AAR .
Hopefully we see that happen.
The man on the last picture is wearing a strange hat? Was this the official hat od integralist stormtroopers?
. Hopefully we see that happen
.The man on the last picture is wearing a strange hat? Was this the official hat od integralist stormtroopers?
So your are going for continental domination? A well described american invasion attempt of fascist brazil would be a nice read and would give enough material for a whole new AAR
Hopefully we see that happen
The man on the last picture is wearing a strange hat? Was this the official hat od integralist stormtroopers?
Yes, he is Gustavo Barroso - one of the founders of the Integralist movement who was a proponent of radical anticommunism and street violence. In this AAR, he was responsible for staging a "Reichstag"-esque attack on the dictator, providing the pretext for an invasion of Argentina.