Chapter 1844 Continue to Deceive

After the war broke out that year, Peru and Chile first competed at sea. After all, the guano on the islands was also the focus of competition. In the early days of the war, Chile made strategic decisions wrong, and the Peruvian navy once had the upper hand.

But then the Chilean army made steady progress and won a series of victories. In the crucial Battle of Dolores, the Chilean army defeated the main Peruvian army with a small number and defeated a large number. After hearing the news, the Bolivian President led his army to flee back to the country. This was a serious trap. At this point, the entire Tarapaca region was controlled by Chile.

When news of the defeat of the Bolivian and Peruvian armies spread back to the country, public opinion was in an uproar and the political situation was turbulent.

The Peruvian president was even ousted from power, and the opposition came to power and reorganized their forces to resist Chile.

In order to protect Arica on the Peruvian border and Tacna to the north, Bolivia and Peru urgently organized military resistance.

However, things went wrong, and the Peruvian and Bolivian coalition forces suffered a disastrous defeat. Chile captured Tacna, and the Bolivian army was forced to retreat to the mainland and withdraw from the war. They ran away twice in a row, which was equivalent to stabbing their allies in the back.

The Peruvian army was disheartened, and soon after, the Chilean army captured the port of Arica, which was guarded by Peru.

By this time, Peru and Bolivia had basically lost their main production areas of saltpeter and guano.

Later, Britain, France, the United States, Italy and other countries came forward to mediate. However, the three warring countries refused to compromise and the negotiations broke down. Then the Chilean army pursued the victory and successively captured Chincha, Peru and other places and the capital Lima, and looted and looted the city of Lima. Burning, destroying, stealing valuable paintings, and even transporting books from the Lima library and animals from the zoo.

After Chile occupied Lima, it established two puppet governments. Finally, under the control of the Chileans, Peru signed a treaty that was humiliating and humiliating the country. If it lost the war, it had to cede territory and pay compensation. This was in exchange for the Chilean withdrawal from Lima.

The outbreak of this "Saltpeter War" put the situation in South America in a long-term tense situation. Since then, Chile, as the victorious country, has almost monopolized all saltpeter resources and has become the only natural saltpeter exporter and the largest saltpeter exporter.

On the other hand, with the territory plundered in the war, Chile's international status has been greatly improved, becoming a South American power alongside Argentina and Brazil.

It was not until the 1930s that, under the mediation of even more shameless Americans, Chile and Peru signed a treaty. Peru regained Tacna Province, and Arica was ceded to Chile. Chile paid Peru $6 million as compensation, and the two sides re-demarcated the province. Set boundaries.

Bolivia, on the other hand, lost its access to the sea and became a veritable landlocked country. It is also a country where a naval commander will never be able to take up his post.

In the more than 130 years since the end of the war, Bolivia has never given up its demand for sea access. Its relations with Chile have also been difficult to improve due to the "sea access issue", and the two countries even severed diplomatic relations for a time.

In order to regain access to the sea, Bolivia has continued to put pressure on Chile on international occasions, but there has been no substantial progress.

A few years ago, Bolivia formally filed a lawsuit against Chile at the International Court of Justice, requesting negotiations with the latter to resolve issues such as access to the sea. However, the Chilean government refused to have this issue handled by the National Court in The Hague, triggering continued confrontation between the two countries.

So far, I haven't seen a solution. Anyway, it's just a matter of life and death.

Peru, caught in the middle, didn't want to help either. In the eyes of outsiders, this might be the best choice, but under Yang Cheng's interpretation, this strategy changed.

"Mr. Jose, I think you know your country's history of humiliation better than I do. Bolivia is a country that likes to be a gangster. It has stabbed people in the back countless times. I think you need to be on guard.

They are in a stalemate with Chile over the issue of sea access, so aren't you worried about the outbreak of the second "Saltpeter War"?

And thus implicating Peru?

Even if Peru is willing to be a peacemaker, I am afraid that the two families are not willing to appreciate it. More importantly, the soil of the three countries intersects, and bullets from any one of them may fall on the Peruvian border at any time, and the war will definitely spread to Peru. You are forced to join the war.

In my opinion, it is better to prepare early than to be caught off guard. "

Another 'potential star' who is about to be fooled is rising, and he is also a congressman!

The expression on Jose's face can be described as mixed. He felt that what Yang Cheng said made sense, but also felt a little absurd, and had instinctive resistance.

The left cheek says 'impossible' and the right cheek says 'what if'?

At this time, Yang Cheng said something that everyone thought was right, "Ten thousand steps back, maintain a balance of military power with neighboring countries. I don't think anyone will think this is wrong, right?"

Jose and Sanchez nodded in unison.

“The current main battle tank of the Peruvian Army is still the classic T55 from the former Soviet Union in the last century.

Of course, I am not saying that the T55 is not good. Its excellent maneuverability was a revolutionary design at the time. Its suspension system has excellent and reliable performance, allowing the T-55 to effortlessly cross mountains and ridges. Its structure is simple and It is easy to operate, low in cost, has good armor, and is easy to use and maintain.

No matter from which point you look at it, the T55 is worthy of being a classic, but in this era, it is a bit outdated.

Today, with an emphasis on stealth performance and being faster and stronger, Peru needs a more powerful main battle tank to deal with increasingly tense relations with neighboring countries. "

Jose spread his hands helplessly, "Actually, you didn't tell me that we also have plans to replace the main battle tank~"

Yang Cheng said happily, "That's great, do you have a goal? Maybe I can help!"

Jose hesitated for a moment, "We naturally prefer Polar Bear products. After all, we have used T55 for decades, and we are familiar with it from top to bottom. If we rashly replace products from other countries, there will be training and adaptability problems. "

Yang Cheng immediately asked, "How about T90?"

The Soviet Union has always been a crazy tank kingdom. Since the 1930s, the Soviet Union has produced tens of thousands of tanks. There was even a single model of the T26 tank that produced more than 20,000 units and later the T34 tank that produced more than 80,000 units. Tanks, but in the minds of many people, Soviet tanks are actually large in quantity but poor in quality, which is equivalent to women on the street who have technical problems. Don't choose their appearance, let alone their mood. The biggest feature is that they are cheap!

However, the Soviet Union actually pays attention to the "combination of high and low" in tank matching. Each generation of Soviet tanks has at least two models: high configuration and low configuration. By the 1980s, the Soviet Union began to study a new generation of tanks. Among them, the high configuration The version was called T95, but this thing was aborted, and the low-end version was just improved in T72, and later became T90.

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