After returning to the hotel, Fang Lang informed Yang Kun of the results of the discussion with Lawrence Bell and John Kennedy.
Yang Kun, who had been through a whole afternoon of tough negotiations, was so shocked that his glasses fell to the ground. My goodness, when I was negotiating with the school directors, I was made difficult at every turn. This was not allowed, that was not allowed, and they just pointed at my nose and scolded me. I was just daydreaming.
Unexpectedly, his brother now told him that the joint school-running was cancelled and that Harvard University would be authorized to provide support instead. How embarrassed he was.
Fang Lang was too lazy to care about his younger brother's thoughts. After explaining tomorrow's negotiation matters, he took his girlfriend Lilith back to the room for some intimacy.
As the boss, after Fang Lang secured the first university, he was ready to leave the rest entirely to Yang Kun and the company's headhunting team.
According to the instructions given by Fang Lang, after obtaining authorization from Harvard University, the most important thing Yang Kun needed to do was to make friends and build relationships with professors from major American universities.
If you can recruit someone from your school, you will be very generous. If you want money, you will give money. If you want people, you will give them people. If you don't want to move, you should also build good relationships with them, ask about related fields, and ask if there are experts and professors with real talents and knowledge, and ask if they can help introduce them and make connections.
In short, we must find ways to solve the problem of insufficient teaching staff in schools.
Just when Fang Lang thought he could take the opportunity to inspect his company's industries in Europe and the United States and travel around, an unexpected piece of news disrupted his rhythm.
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An urgent order from the Brazilian Navy Department urgently recalled Fang Lang, who had been wandering in the United States for nearly half a month.
"General, I wonder what happened that required me to be called back so urgently?"
In the Navy Department office, Fang Lang sat in front of General Crook's desk and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
General Crook looked at Fang Lang with a serious expression, handed a document on the table to Fang Lang and said:
“Look at this!”
Upon hearing this, Fang Lang took it and flipped it open. It recorded the progress of the operation to eliminate the anti-government armed forces of the Eddie brothers. It turned out that during the time Fang Lang went to the United States, the army's battle in the northwest battlefield fell into trouble.
Although the army found the traces of the Eddie brothers' anti-government armed forces with the help of the Air Force reconnaissance plane, the government forces that followed them into the Amazon jungle were completely trapped in the swamp.
Before any direct confrontation took place, their team had already suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to the towns of Bittenkot and Manguari to rest.
Fang Lang had anticipated this situation. He looked up at General Crook with some confusion and said:
"General, this situation is normal! I wonder why you called me back?"
Hearing Fang Lang's words, General Crook said in surprise:
"Have you anticipated the current situation?"
Fang Lang nodded affirmatively:
"That's for sure! It's not easy to enter the primitive jungle. If you don't have professional jungle warfare training, entering and exiting at will is simply seeking death.
During the Asian War, a regular army of 100,000 people entered a dense tropical rain forest, but only 30,000 of them came out alive. This alone shows how terrible it is to use the jungle as a battlefield. "
"What? Something like this has happened? Why haven't I heard about it?"
General Crook looked at Fang Lang in surprise and said fearfully.
Hearing this, Fang Lang thought to himself, how can I answer you when you ask this question! How can a navy minister of an American country care about what happened on the battlefield in Asia?
If Fang Lang did not have a soul from his hometown in the future, he probably would not have known about this matter. Perhaps many of his hometown relatives in the future have also forgotten this history.
But all this was a bloody lesson for Fang Lang. Given Brazil's population distribution, most Brazilians could not imagine the horror of the Amazon jungle.
Only those locals who have lived in the Amazon jungle since childhood will be full of awe for it.
"This happened on the battlefield in Asia. Few people paid attention to the situation there. If there weren't a lot of immigrants from my hometown coming to Brazil, I wouldn't have known that such a tragedy would happen in Asia thousands of miles away.
Besides, you are a naval commander, so it is normal that you have not heard of the army’s battle examples.”
General Crook suddenly sat up from his desk and began to walk back and forth in the office. Fang Lang looked at him strangely. He really couldn't understand what the other party was trying to do.
After a long while, General Crook stood beside Fang Lang with an unpleasant look on his face and said:
"Fang, maybe I hurt you this time?"
Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, and immediately had some guesses in his mind, but he still looked at General Crook with a puzzled look on his face and said:
"General, what do you mean?"
General Crook clenched his hands, then loosened them, showing that he was very nervous. After a while, he spoke helplessly:
“I was too reckless and didn’t realize how terrible the primitive jungle was. As early as when the Army Department sent troops, I asked the Ministry of National Defense on behalf of the Navy Department to send the Marine Corps under your command to carry out the operation of clearing out the anti-government armed forces of the Eddie brothers.
However, the battle reports sent back from the front these two days have made me feel a little disappointed. The army's nearly 5,000 troops were deployed to the northwest jungle, and without even making a splash, they lost more than a thousand people.
If we throw our Marines in, won’t we suffer heavy losses as well?
Not only would we not be able to prove that our Marines were superior to their Army, but we would also lose all the reputation we had gained in Fernando de Noronha.
This would be a huge loss for us.”
After hearing this, Fang Lang finally understood why General Crook had called him back in such a hurry. It was because he discovered that the northwest jungle was a big pit, and he was worried that he would accidentally jump in and not be able to get up!
"Since they are already hiding in the primitive jungle, it will be easy for us to wipe them out!"
Fang Lang said casually without much concern.
Hearing this, General Crook looked up at Fang Lang in surprise.
"What do you mean, you have a way to wipe them out?"
Fang Lang smiled and said as a matter of course:
"Since they have already taken the initiative to get into the primitive jungle, we just need to completely block them in the jungle and cut off the passage for supplies to come in and out. The other side will naturally collapse without a fight!
Such a large team consumes a lot of supplies. I saw in the report that the army has seized all the enemy's ships, which means their water transportation channels will be cut off.
The only remaining way is to cross the dense Amazon jungle and find other ways to obtain supplies. It is almost an impossible task to cross the dense northwestern jungle and obtain supplies by land.
Even if they could open up this passage, the rebels would not be able to get any supplies as long as the army controlled all the surrounding towns and notified Colombia to block the border.
It won't take long, I estimate that in about a week they will be desperate and launch attacks on the surrounding towns. At this time, the army can sit back and wait for the rebels to come and die.
I don’t understand why the Army would take the initiative to send troops to follow them into the jungle.”
General Crook, who was standing nearby, heard Fang Lang's words, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. His worried expression disappeared, and he laughed and patted Fang Lang on the shoulder and said:
"Fang, you are such a genius. You have come up with such an idea. It seems that your Marine Corps will be able to completely eliminate these rebels, right?"
Fang Lang just smiled and shook his head.
“The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Now I am just talking about it on paper. I still need to go there in person to know the actual situation and what tactics should be adopted.
From this report, I can also see that the Army is ready to adopt the blockade tactics I mentioned.
This army commander is not bad. He was able to use the air force for reconnaissance and stop the loss in time and withdraw the troops that entered the jungle. This shows that he has actual combat experience. "
Although General Crook was a naval officer and had only received naval training, as a soldier, his basic tactical skills were not bad. After hearing Fang Lang's analysis, he opened his mind and nodded involuntarily:
"You're right. Major General Wotai Wesker, who is leading the team this time, is a veteran who has participated in the European War. It's normal for him to have such a tactical mind."
Then, as if he had thought of something, General Crook folded his arms, stroked his chin with his right hand and said:
“However, I feel that things are not that simple. Judging from the current situation, the rebels should have been well prepared. They got the news in advance and fled to the jungle, which means they have their own information channels.
In addition, I always feel that the situation of the rebels is not simple. Even if the army seizes all their ships, there may be other ships that will deliver goods to them!"
Fang Lang's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked tentatively:
"General, do you mean that they have someone supporting them?"
General Crook raised his head and looked at Fang Lang with a smile on his face and said:
"You are really smart, kid. Think about what Briso Eddy's original identity was? What kind of political impact will his identity as a rebel have on the current Brazilian government?"
It has to be said that General Crook may lack sufficient strength in army tactics, but he is definitely a veteran in politics. He has mastered the idea that war is a continuation of politics.
Fang Lang quickly said:
"You mean Mr. Vargas?"
Given the close relationship between Fang Lang and General Crook, there was no need to hide their conversation, so Fang Lang stated his guessed answer without hesitation.
General Crook heard this and did not refute it, but continued:
“Don’t you think President Vargas’ performance was too lackluster after he was forced to step down under house arrest after the Japanese mob attacked the presidential palace?
Apart from actively promoting the rapid development of his newly formed Labour Party, he rarely expresses much opinion on the current government, which is not in line with his style.
Back then, he was the dictator of Brazil. Now, his students and former officials are everywhere in the military and political circles of Brazil. Even old guys like us were promoted by him, and even the president was promoted by him.
Do you think he would be willing to leave quietly like this?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded in agreement. He knew very well what kind of person President Vargas was. After all, this guy was too famous in Brazilian history. He would soon run for the next president again, and would be elected with an absolute advantage.
Such a guy really shouldn't be as quiet as he is now, so, as General Crook said, maybe the Eddie brothers' rebels really have the support of Vargas behind them.
After all, as long as the Eddie brothers' rebels exist, they will be a huge stain on the current Brazilian government. If, after many wars, they still cannot completely eliminate the other side, the current Brazilian government may become a joke.
Once he regains power, he can directly recruit or eliminate the rebels. This will greatly enhance the reputation of the government he leads. This kind of thing that can kill two birds with one stone is indeed worth President Vargas's effort.
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