After this arrest operation, Fang Lang finally understood why the Americans had to train the Brazilian army for so long before sending them to the European front. For such a simple arrest operation, a whole company of marines was dispatched, and the result was one death and one serious injury. The Brazilian navy also paid the price of one serious injury and two minor injuries.
Colonel Teach said that he was very satisfied with the results of this battle. This made Fang Lang speechless, but as the largest country in South America, the surrounding environment was also very safe, and there was basically no threat of war, so Fang Lang felt relieved after thinking about it.
When Chief Blackwell and Chief Hodges arrived in Rio de Janeiro by plane the next day, they saw Ono Seiichi, who was no longer in danger of death in the hospital, and were very surprised to have captured the man alive. This was obviously beyond their expectations.
"Haha... Fang, you guys are awesome. We actually have a survivor. Looks like we can hold a trial for him."
Chief Hodges said excitedly.
"Of course, brother, he belongs to you now. It is your right to do whatever you want with him." Although Fang Lang was speechless, he had achieved his goal and could not ask for too much.
"Haha... Thank you so much, brother! I brought your bounty this time. I think you are really lucky. I suggest you change your career to become a bounty hunter. You will definitely make a fortune."
"Don't be so polite. This is five thousand dollars delivered to my door. Besides, we are brothers, right? Becoming a bounty hunter seems to be a good idea. I will seriously consider it. Maybe I can give it a try after I retire, right? Hehe..."
Of course, Fang Lang couldn't become a bounty hunter. The money he could make was not even as much as the change from selling cigarettes.
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As a military officer, Captain Blackwell obviously felt that merit was more important than money, and he said:
"Fang, don't worry. I will report your contribution this time. You will not only receive the reward, but also the credit for capturing a Japanese spy."
Seeing that Blackwell was going to take the credit for himself, Fang Lang quickly said:
"Hey... brother, this is not my credit alone. I just found him. It was my first mate De La Torre who found and monitored him, and it was Colonel Teach who captured them. You can't give me all the credit."
Blackwell and Colonel Teach looked at Fang Lang in surprise. They never thought that there were still officers in the Brazilian army who pushed the credit away. Everyone wanted to take all the credit for their subordinates.
Blackwell said with respect:
"Fang, you are such a rare good officer! I am beginning to envy your first mate."
De La Torre, who had been standing aside like an invisible man, was full of excitement. He knew that his superior was a very alternative superior, but he never expected that he would be so alternative.
Fang Lang didn't care. This was the truth! Why did everyone look as if they had seen a ghost? However, Fang Lang had a question in his mind, and he couldn't help but ask it.
"These are all small matters. However, I have a question. Is it really okay for us not to notify the local police station about this kind of thing? After all, this commotion is quite big." He looked at Chief Hodges.
"Haha... bro! You worry too much! We don't need to worry about these issues. Colonel Teach is not available now. What do you think he is doing? Of course he is communicating with the police station! If we really let the police chief get involved, we will have nothing to do."
Before Chief Hodges could comment, Blackwell started laughing. However, Fang Lang could tell from his slightly sarcastic look that he did not have a good impression of the Rio de Janeiro police chief.
Sure enough, Fang Lang soon saw the working style of the Rio de Janeiro police chief. When Blackwell treated everyone to a meal and returned to the hospital, he saw many police officers surrounding the hospital.
Seeing this situation, Fang Lang didn't think it was a big deal, but Blackwell and Chief Hodges' faces changed drastically. They rushed into the hospital and saw a fat policeman with a big belly, a fat head and big ears, weighing more than 250 kilograms, arguing with Colonel Teach in the ward.
"Colonel, you don't have to tell me anymore. They can take the dead one, but the living one must be mine."
Colonel Teach's face turned blue with anger, and he shouted angrily, "Amycus Lechner, don't push your luck. I've made it very clear that this is our military operation and has nothing to do with your local police department. Don't be so greedy."
It turned out that this person was Amycus Lechner, the police chief of Rio de Janeiro. Apparently Blackwell overestimated Colonel Teach's influence on the police chief.
"What do you mean by your military action? We have also received a wanted order from the Sao Paulo Police Department. This is a matter of our police system. It has nothing to do with your navy. Be careful or I will report it directly to the President and make you, a naval colonel, suffer the consequences."
As the police chief of Rio de Janeiro, he actually dared to confront a naval colonel directly. Fang Lang believed that this chief must be no ordinary person. From what he said, he could actually communicate directly with the president. Fang Lang could only sigh in his heart that his background was indeed strong enough.
"Go ahead and sue me if you have the guts. I'm not afraid of you." Colonel Teach's eyes almost spit fire.
Seeing that the emotions of both parties were about to get out of control, Fang Lang was thinking about whether to step forward to stop them, but after thinking about his identity, it was not appropriate. Fortunately, Director Hodges, who was standing by, had already stepped forward and said:
"Calm down, both of you. Don't let two Japanese hurt your relationship! Can you please give me some face? Come on, let's go to the next room and sit down and chat together!"
Obviously, both of them were a little embarrassed, and Hodges' appearance gave them a way out. Hodges ignored their attitudes and directly pulled them into a doctor's office. After driving all the doctors out, he closed the door and held a closed-door meeting for an hour.
Although Fang Lang didn't know what was discussed in detail, the final result was that the injured Japanese spy was not suitable for long-distance travel and was jointly tried by the Sao Paulo Police Department and the Rio de Janeiro Police Department. As for Colonel Teach, he had a gloomy face the whole time. Perhaps this also laid the seeds for what happened later.
Fang Lang was also very speechless, thinking that this matter was a bit anticlimactic. If Brazilians always do things in this style, Fang Lang really didn't know how to describe it. Why can't it be handled in a win-win situation? Of course, it is also possible that Fang Lang took it for granted. After all, he didn't know the situation in Rio de Janeiro, nor did he know the police chief.
As a Chinese, he might prefer to communicate first and then act, distribute the benefits first, and then everyone can act together under the agreed framework and share the benefits. Of course, Fang Lang estimated that it would be difficult for him to convince the police chief based on his toughness.
He shook his head and went back to the naval base with De La Torre. After all, it was not his turn to intervene in these matters. Anyway, the bonus was already in hand, so Fang Lang directly gave De La Torre 2,500 US dollars.
This made De La Torre repeatedly say that he was given too much, he didn't do anything, and he shouldn't take so much. Fang Lang calmed him down by saying that this was an order. He was so grateful that he was willing to die for Fang Lang.
This was of course Fang Lang's deliberate act to win people's hearts. After all, he didn't need this little money right now, and it didn't matter if he gave it all to De La Torre, but he was afraid that De La Torre would think he was pitying him. Alas! It's hard to be a good person!
After these two incidents, Fang Lang had a completely new understanding of the Brazilian police and army. They were simply incompetent and only wanted to take credit. However, Fang Lang remembered that the Brazilian expeditionary force in history was not bad in the European battlefield! Why was it so terrible in China?
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