“It seems that there is something seriously wrong with this Raymond Eddie!
Wait, didn’t today’s newspaper say that the woman was Japanese?
I understand now. This island is under the jurisdiction of the Police Headquarters. It seems that all this is related to Raymond Eddie!
Get ready and come with me to see General Moraes."
General Crook's mind worked quickly, and he understood the connection after just a quick thought.
Fang Lang didn't find it strange that he went to look for the Minister of Defense in the middle of the night.
After all, this is an urgent military situation and cannot be delayed.
General Morais lived not far from the Ministry of National Defense. When Fang Lang and General Crook arrived at General Morais's house, the Minister of Defense had already fallen asleep.
I heard from my adjutant that Navy Secretary General Crook and General Fang Lang of the Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Strike Group were visiting together and had urgent military intelligence to report.
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General Morais's already slight sleepiness was immediately dispelled, and he put on a pajamas and walked out.
When he came to the living room and saw Crook and Fang Lang with serious faces, he knew something big must have happened, so he said to them directly:
"Let's talk in the study."
After all, they were at home, and urgent military information was definitely not suitable to be discussed in the living room, so General Morais took the two to the study.
General Crook signaled Fang Lang to explain the situation.
After listening to Fang Lang's narration and seeing the photos taken by the reconnaissance plane, General Morais slammed his fist on the desk.
"This guy named Raymond Eddy deserves to be killed.
This is secession, this is treason.
Do you know where this person is? We can’t let him get away.”
A cold light flashed in Fang Lang's eyes, and he shook his head calmly.
General Crook, who was standing by, heard this and quickly said:
"I'm sorry, General.
As soon as we received the intelligence, we rushed over to report to you.
This Raymond Eddy is the Director of Public Security of the Police Headquarters. Would it be inappropriate for our military to take action against him?"
Hearing General Crook's words, General Morais waved his hand nonchalantly and said:
"Don't say he is just the director of the Public Security Department of the Police Headquarters. Even if he is the Chief of Police or the Minister of Justice, we will arrest him."
After saying that, he didn't care that it was already midnight and directly picked up the phone on the desk and made a call.
"Adnan Church, my name is Morais,
There is now evidence that Raymond Eddy, the Chief of Police's Security Department, participated in and carried out acts of secession.
I order you to arrest him immediately."
After hanging up the phone, he turned to look at Fang Lang and asked:
"Fernando de Noronha is near your Natal naval base. What are you going to do about it?"
Fang Lang knew that it was his turn to express his opinion, so he stood at attention and saluted without hesitation:
"General, as soon as I received the intelligence, I ordered the fleet to enter the first level combat readiness state.
All we need is authorization from the Ministry of Defense and the President to start the action immediately.
We will resolutely crack down on hostile forces that infringe upon our territorial integrity and safeguard our national sovereignty and territorial integrity."
General Morais was very satisfied with Fang Lang's statement.
In fact, he knew very well that this kind of island-taking battle would definitely require the Marines to carry out.
Fang Lang has a well-equipped marine corps under his command.
And it is closest to the enemy, which is originally his defense zone.
Therefore, he must be the one to carry out this mission.
He nodded and said to the two of them:
"Then you will come with me to meet the president.
Once the President authorizes us, we will start taking action immediately.”
"Yes, General."
The two men stood at attention and saluted.
Then the three of them rushed to the Presidential Palace without stopping.
When President Dutra heard the news, he asked in disbelief:
"Japanese? Haven't we already expelled the Japanese from the whole country?
How did these bastards end up in Fernando de Noronha?"
"Mr. President, based on the current intelligence, it should be this guy named Raymond Eddy who took advantage of his position.
The Japanese were sent to Fernando de Noronha."
General Morais spoke in a serious tone, word by word.
President Dutra frowned when he heard the name, obviously he knew this person.
“I know who this guy is, he’s been in the news every day these days.
The other day the newspapers said that your navy had discovered a case of arms smuggling.
I also asked the Attorney General about this person.
His father was the former deputy minister of justice and a powerful figure in the police system during President Vargas's administration.
Now the Brazilian police system is full of his students and former officials.
If I remember correctly, his father died in the Japanese mob's attack on the presidential palace.
But he actually sheltered the Japanese and supported their acts of splitting the country.
It seems that the relationship between their family and the Japanese is not simple!
Do you think the Japanese mob's attack on the presidential palace has anything to do with their family?"
After hearing this, Generals Morais and Crook looked at each other in bewilderment. It was obvious that they did not know much about the situation of the police system.
However, Fang Lang's eyes lit up, for he knew very well what happened when Japanese mobs attacked the Presidential Palace.
For the president, it was precisely because of the actions of the Japanese mob that the military coup he had originally prepared was given a cloak of eliminating the Japanese mob.
However, his subsequent act of placing the former president under house arrest still caused him to be burdened with a lot of controversy.
There are even many supporters of Vargas who claim that the so-called Japanese mob is simply a farce directed and performed by President Dutra in order to overthrow the rule of President Vargas.
President Dutra's words now clearly have a certain degree of guidance.
It is obvious that they want to use the connection between the Eddy family and the Japanese to put the blame for the Japanese mob's attack on the Presidential Palace on the Eddy family.
This is an opportunity to completely defeat the Eddie Family.
Seeing that the two generals were silent, he could not help but ask:
"The President suspects that Raymond Eddy's father, the Deputy Attorney General,
Is he the mastermind behind the Japanese mob's attack on the presidential palace? "
Sure enough, after hearing Fang Lang's question, President Dutra's eyes lit up and he gave Fang Lang an appreciative look.
His eyes casually swept across the faces of General Morais and General Crook.
But seeing that the two still looked confused, I couldn't help but curse in my heart, "Two old foxes."
He continued with a smile:
“It just suddenly occurred to me whether this possibility might exist.
After all, this incident shows that their family has a close relationship with the Japanese!
Both the father and the son had improper relationships with a woman named Mizuno Korei.
If they didn't have a close relationship with the Japanese, how could they be with this Japanese woman?
Why did this guy send so many expelled Japanese to Fernando de Noronha Islands?
When everyone heard about the improper relationship, they all coughed dryly.
But Fang Lang gave President Dutra a thumbs up in his heart and nodded immediately:
"What the President said makes a lot of sense. It seems that this family is not a good person.
Should we check whether other members of their family are also involved in this matter?"
How could Fang Lang let go of this opportunity to push the entire Eddie family into the whirlpool?
Therefore, without hesitation, the entire Eddie family was drawn into the investigation.
General Moraes and General Crook, who were standing by, watched as the two men sang the same tune and sent the entire Eddie family into this vortex.
He curled his lips in disdain in his heart, but nodded with a look of approval on his face.
To them, this Raymond Eddy was absolutely damn good.
As for what role his family played in this incident, it is irrelevant.
The two generals had nothing to do with this family, and the President wanted this family to take the blame for the Japanese mob's attack on the Presidential Palace.
They certainly won't obstruct.
After all, we all work in the government. Why should we go against the President for an insignificant family?
After hearing what Fang Lang said, President Dutra was overjoyed and smiled unconsciously:
"Well! We can't wrongly accuse a good person, but we definitely can't let a bad person go.
Since, everyone in the Eddie family is a suspect.
Then we will investigate it seriously.
If the others are indeed innocent, we have proven their innocence!
Since this is a major case involving the splitting of the country, it should not be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation.
My opinion is that the Ministry of National Defense should directly set up an investigation team to investigate all members of this family.
We will try to give an explanation to the people of the country as soon as possible.”
When the three heard the president's instructions, they all understood and stood at attention and saluted.
"Yes, Mr. President."
Regardless of whether other members of the Eddie family were involved in this matter, as long as their family was investigated for the crime of splitting the country, it would definitely mean that the family's political life was completely over.
As for whether they are innocent or really involved, it no longer matters.
The President’s words have made it clear that he is asking the investigation team to give an explanation to the people of the country, rather than to clear the name of the Eddie family.
This means that it doesn’t matter whether the family is innocent or not. The key is to let the Brazilian people know that the family is being investigated by the government because of this incident.
Seeing that the three had clearly received the order, President Dutra nodded with satisfaction and continued:
"We must respond quickly to the Japanese invasion of our territorial integrity.
I hope that your Ministry of National Defense can immediately dispatch troops to completely wipe out the enemy that has entered our territory."
After hearing what President Dutra said, General Morais said in a serious tone and with a firm look in his eyes:
"Please rest assured, Mr. President, we, the Brazilian National Defense Force, have the ability and confidence to destroy all invading enemies.
General Fang Lang's aircraft carrier battle group is ready to attack at any time.
We will take action immediately upon receiving authorization from the President.
With the most powerful military force, let our enemies feel the despair of being against us."
Following General Morais' words, President Dutra looked at Fang Lang and nodded with a serious expression.
“Very well, tomorrow morning, I will be speaking in Congress.
Officially authorizes the Ministry of Defense to conduct operations against the enemy in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
General Fang's aircraft carrier battle group is our most powerful maritime force in Brazil.
I believe you will not let me down.”
Looking into the President's eyes, Fang Lang looked at him firmly and said seriously:
"Please rest assured, Mr. President.
Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
The matter was urgent, so everyone did not stay long and quickly left the Presidential Palace to begin preparations according to their respective responsibilities.
The next day, early in the morning.
It was still the Brazilian Times that announced this news to the public for the first time.
For a moment, the whole of Brazil was in an uproar.
Especially the huge corpse pit in the photo on the front page and the plaster flag fluttering in the wind.
It instantly ignited the anger of all Brazilian people.
When the newspaper mentioned that the weapons used by the Japanese on the island came from the support of the Eddie family.
The entire Eddie family was completely pushed to the forefront and fell into a situation where everyone was calling for their destruction.
Even Brisso Eddy's home was affected. The door of his house was surrounded by demonstrators, who kept throwing various stones and discarded wine bottles into their house.
There is no way to keep a complete door or window.
Unfortunately, the people at home were captured by the Brazilian Intelligence Agency early in the morning.
Otherwise, the people of Eddie's family would certainly not escape the disaster, and might even be torn to pieces by the angry people.
In the morning, the President and the Minister of Defense spoke in Congress and formally ordered the Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to go to the Fernando de Noronha Islands to recover lost territory.
It was proposed at the meeting that Japan be officially listed as a permanent hostile country.
This proposal was passed unanimously at the meeting.
Brazilian TV seized the opportunity immediately and conducted the first full live broadcast, bringing Brazilian news dissemination ahead of schedule and ushering in the audio-visual age.
It was the first time that people saw the President speak in Congress. The streets were deserted and all public places where TV stations had set up televisions were packed with people.
Many wealthy people expressed without hesitation that they wanted to buy a TV to watch at home, and the promotion of the TV officially began.
It can be said that the opening is a king bomb.
Instantly, the new thing, television, came into people's view.
Fang Lang had already flown back to his naval base on a special plane as soon as daybreak.
By the time the plane landed at the base, the base had already entered a state of war.
The warships at the dock have already started, and truckloads of military supplies are being transported to the warships.
Fully armed soldiers were lining up in battle gear, and from time to time, teams that had already been fully organized were marching towards the dock in neat steps.
Because there were no landing ships, the two tank landing ships managed by Colonel Waldo Granma came in handy.
According to the combat plan, all landing troops will directly rush onto the island on tank landing ships.
It was only at this time that Fang Lang realized that perhaps his troops really lacked an amphibious armored force.
I have always felt that the Brazilian army may never have the opportunity to conduct island landing operations.
I didn't expect reality to slap me in the face so quickly. It seems that I really can't take big steps!
Didn’t I accidentally get into trouble?
Fortunately, there are two tank landing craft donated by the Americans that can send people directly to the shore, otherwise fishing boats may have to be requisitioned.
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