Wacka The Mavarrappi wrote:Salto has fallen.
After months of Brazilian Army forces besieging the city, it finally is fully absorbed into Brazilian occupation, The Uruguayans who decided to make a last stand in Salto were murdered and bombed, the landmines did kill some forces though. After Blockading the city for a long time, most of the Uruguayan forces also starved to death due to a lack of supply shipment inside the city, it was a bloody mess as bodies were lying around Salto everywhere.
Antonio announced to the Brazilian people that Salto had been taken in a public area, trying to demoralize the troops fighting for Uruguay in the war, He also announced that the city of Salto would fully ban any form of the Spanish language to prevent "Uruguayan nationalism from re-emerging".
Victory Parades are held all across Salto, which top generals themselves had come to see, the battle was fairly costly for Brazil as they lost 50,000 troops for it, however it was still a major victory for them in their invasion against Uruguay.
Uruguayan government forces in Montevideo have decided to hold a secret meeting on the recent Fall of Salto and their plans on what to do so that they can form a strategy, any nation that is allied with Uruguay is requested to have a diplomat sent in the meeting too, it has been termed the "Montevideo Conference".
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News of the fall of Salto was grimly received by the Libertarians. Patriotic and joyfully Brazilian telecommunications overheard on the Uruguayan-leased listening devices brought concern and disappointment. Regardless, the Libertarians maintain vigilance, eventually receiving ELINT equipment via the C1 seaplane another 72 hours later.
However, prior to the arrival of the Libertarian-designed hardware, inherently French-built and printed/written, word of Brazilian ambitions to resume their invasion reach the Libertarians via Uruguayan intelligence. Despite relative access to telecommunication equipment, the Uruguayans personally hand-delivered the intel via courier, arriving at the Libertarian command center in Paso de los Toros with an encrypted laptop cuffed to his wrist. Apparently, the Uruguayans have planned to hold a secret meeting, requiring all of its allies or newcomers to bring their respective diplomats to the meeting.
Due to Le Libertaire's recent arrival, and the uncertainty of the activities regarding Brazil and its own allies, news of the Montevideo Conference would only begin its journey back to Le Libertaire once the plane arrived. A couple days after the ELINT equipment was delivered, the data, stored on the Uruguayan laptop, was loaded and delivered by the C1 back to Le Libertaire. There, the Consuls - Annette, Belle, and Charolette Dunois - retrieve and process it, a subsequent discussion still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the Bataillon Expéditionnaire, despite their slow and steady arrival into Uruguay, proceed to deliver 60 more soldiers of the bataillon via submarine. The destination? Not Paso de los Toros, but Montevideo. In the dead of night, the submarine surfaces in the bay of the city, having stealthily slipped pass the Jilian-Brazilian blockade. Completely unarmed, however, the submarine was met with a secretly warm reception by an Uruguayan corvette, thereby masking its appearance before escorting it into port.
Word of the Libertarians’ arrival in Montevideo reach the delegation and the military by the subsequent afternoon, but nobody has received any response from the Consuls regarding the arrival of a Libertarian diplomat. For now, the 60 Libertarians in Montevideo provide a much needed fresh pair of eyes and ears, providing surveillance via the Libertarian’s advanced battlefield control system. What one Libertarian sees, the other Libertarians can see; however, the Libertarians in Montevideo are acting independently of their fellow comrades in Paso de los Toros. In fact, while they have both been feeding the Uruguayans intelligence electronically, the Libertarians in both cities have been deliberately avoiding contact to prevent confusion and lag via overlapping data.
Until the Consuls can make their decision, Le Libertaire is the only Uruguayan ally without an official diplomat at the Montevideo Conference…
