Fang Lang had to agree with General Crook's suspicion, and at the same time he naturally became wary of President Vargas's future coming to power.
Although he knew that historically, Vargas would commit suicide during the next presidential term, he still had three years left in office, so he had to make preparations.
It seems that my political layout is still too conservative. Business matters need time to develop slowly, but political matters must be dealt with quickly.
Otherwise, when Vargas comes to power and uses political means to attack his family's business, he will be in a passive position.
“Mr. Vargas will definitely not just quietly exit like this.
From this point of view, it is very likely that Mr. Vargas is secretly supporting the Eddie brothers' anti-government armed forces!
If this is true, the Army may be in trouble this time.
They can't block the entire Amazon River. If a shipload of supplies can be successfully delivered to the rebels, the army's operation will inevitably be extended indefinitely."
“Yes! The Amazon River is an important river shipping route. If the army blocks the waterway, it is very likely to face protests from Colombia.
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By then, the government will be quite passive.”
General Crook considered issues more from a political perspective, and at this moment he once again felt the difficulty of the matter.
When Fang Lang heard General Crook mention Colombia, he began to wonder whether Colombia would seriously block the border and help the Brazilian army cut off the rebels' food supply.
After thinking about it, Fang Lang felt that Colombia would not take it too seriously. After all, the Brazilian rebels were not Colombian rebels. If you in Brazil can't handle them, why should we, Colombia, help you to encircle and suppress them?
As for the Brazilian army, it is too difficult to block the border on its own. In later generations, the border between Colombia and Brazil was like a gauze net, allowing local rebels to enter and exit freely, not to mention that in this era when technology has not yet developed to the level of later generations.
It seems that it is unlikely to completely block the rebels. The best we can do is to compress their living space and drive them in one direction, or directly launch a raid after finding their camp. However, this requires soldiers who have undergone rigorous jungle warfare training to perform this task.
"If that's the case, we need to further expand the production of high-speed patrol boats produced by our Fangyuan Shipyard. Because only by filling the rivers with our government patrol boats can we further reduce the rebels' living space and prevent them from easily obtaining sufficient supplies from the rivers."
General Crook nodded upon hearing this and said with great approval:
"I have seen your high-speed patrol boats. I have to say they are very useful and more than enough to block a river. However, the delivery speed is still relatively slow. You should urge the factory to speed up production.
At the same time, I would also like to remind the Army to use this tool.”
Fang Lang was a little surprised to hear what General Crook said. When did General Crook start to consider the army? Although the gap between the Brazilian army and navy is not as big as that between the Japanese army and navy, it is definitely not so harmonious!
As if sensing Fang Lang's surprised look, General Crook walked over with a smile, patted Fang Lang on the shoulder and said:
“Since we know that the army cannot completely drive out the rebels, why not use the army to consume more of the rebels’ strength!
Let them buy you enough time to train our team.
When the Ministry of National Defense can no longer tolerate this, we can take over the clearing mission, and that will bring us the greatest benefit, right?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but sigh that this piece of old ginger was really spicy. For Fang Lang, this was also a good thing, so of course he would not raise any objections and nodded with a smile.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he said:
"General, do you think the President knows about Mr. Vargas's tricks behind this?"
After hearing this, General Crook glanced at Fang Lang with a half-smile, and said nothing. He just gave Fang Lang a look that showed he understood, patted Fang Lang on the shoulder, and then returned to his desk and sat down.
Seeing this, Fang Lang did not continue to ask questions, but just smiled and understood what General Crook meant.
As President Dutra, who personally ousted President Vargas, how could he not be on guard against him? A person who can become the president of a country is definitely not a simple person. President Dutra must have realized the special identity of Briso Eddy earlier than anyone else.
With this understanding, it was impossible for him not to suspect Vargas, so now should be the stage of political struggle where everyone is tacitly aware of it.
President Vargas did not bring up the suspicion that Japanese mobs had stormed the presidential palace, and President Dutra did not bring up the possibility that Vargas might have supported the rebels.
But when the next presidential election comes, things will be unclear.
After General Crook sat down, he saw that Fang Lang understood what he meant, so he didn't say anything more, but slowly said:
“I called you back urgently because I wanted to discuss with you how to deal with my request to the Ministry of National Defense for war. I was worried that we would be stuck in the same quagmire as the Army.
Now it seems that you are not worried about this matter, which makes me feel at ease.
However, we must never take it lightly. After all, this is not a naval battle. Even the army cannot easily resolve it, so our Marines must be even more cautious.
So, I think you should not go anywhere during the next period of time. Stay in the barracks and train the Marines under your command for me.
When the Ministry of National Defense is completely disappointed with the Army, I will still ask the Ministry of National Defense to send your soldiers to the battlefield. I hope you will not let me down."
Fang Lang understood that this was like giving himself an order.
Very tactfully, he stood up, stood at attention and saluted:
"Yes, General, I promise to complete the mission."
General Crook was very satisfied with Fang Lang's attitude. He was neither arrogant nor impatient and clearly distinguished between public and private affairs. He would not get carried away just because of his good personal relationship with Fang Lang.
He pressed his hand down with a amiable look, motioning Fang Lang to sit down and talk.
Seeing this, Fang Lang sat down. However, this was obviously a good time to make a request. Fang Lang spoke without hesitation:
"General, if you need our Marines to eliminate the rebels, we not only need training, but also some new equipment. I hope to get some support for military expenditures."
General Crook didn't take it too seriously when he heard this. He wasn't the kind of person who wanted the horse to run without giving it grass to eat.
In addition, he trusted Fang Lang and believed that he would not do anything reckless, so he nodded without hesitation:
"No problem, I fully support it!"
Fang Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately stood up and saluted again:
"Thank you, General!"
The two chatted for a while and agreed that after Fang Lang returned, he would submit a detailed equipment list. After General Crook signed it, they would start purchasing directly.
At this moment, General Crook had no idea how much the things Fang Lang wanted to purchase would be worth!
When a detailed purchase list arrived on the Secretary of the Navy's desk two days later, General Crook was so scared that he almost jumped off his desk.
Because the purchase price of the entire order was as high as one million US dollars, of which the ten equipment called helicopters alone cost a full five hundred thousand US dollars.
There were also other new weapons and equipment, including clothing, shoes, rifles, machine guns, and all of them added together reached a very terrifying level.
But thinking that he had already agreed to Fang Lang's request in advance, General Crook could only bite the bullet and heavily write the word "agree" on the purchase list.
Fang Lang, who had already returned to the Natal Naval Base, of course had no idea about General Crook's gnashing of teeth, but even if he knew, he wouldn't mind it too much.
Since he had promised General Crook to train his Marines well and be ready to intervene in the battle to eliminate the Northwest rebels at any time, he would not take it lightly.
Although he didn't know how General Crook would view his purchase order, Fang Lang didn't think about waiting for approval before purchasing.
Instead, he explained the situation directly to General Leta of the Logistics Department, and took the lead in notifying his own factory to send all the equipment he needed to the Natal Naval Base.
The Marines training at the Natal Naval Base are definitely the troops with the longest training time in the entire Brazilian army.
Because it was a newly formed Marine Corps, the entire Marine Corps was trained rigorously for a full six months by the American officers invited by Fang Lang.
Now the six-month training has long been over, and the American instructors have been transferred to the Whip of God military contracting company.
The Marines, who had finally had a few months of leisure, suddenly received an order from the aircraft carrier fleet headquarters that the selection of the Navy Special Tactics Research Team, which had been postponed for nearly half a year, was about to begin.
At the same time, there was an order for the entire army to strengthen its jungle warfare skills and tactics. Five Marine Corps battalion commanders were also gathered in the headquarters' conference room for a day-long meeting.
But after the meeting, everyone understood that the peaceful life was about to be broken, and the Marine Corps, which had been silent for a long time, was about to begin preparing for a new war.
The next morning, five battalions of Marines, totaling 2,500 people, were transported by transport ships to Orihimina on the north bank of the Amazon River in Pará State, Brazil, where there was a jungle warfare training base that Fang Lang had prepared for the Marines.
Because there is the Northern Mining Company nearby, which was jointly established by Fangyuan Group and the local government at the initiative of the former Defense Minister Marshal Moraes.
Transportation has become very convenient and supplies are also very convenient.
Fang Lang originally chose to place the jungle warfare training base here in order to facilitate the protection of the bauxite mining safety of the Northern Mining Company.
Therefore, the jungle warfare training base is less than half an hour away from the mining company.
When five battalions of Marines marched into the seemingly simple jungle warfare training base, the workers of the mining company all looked at them with surprise.
This is called a jungle warfare training base, but in fact it is just a simple field camp, with a few small wooden barracks serving as a canteen and infirmary, as well as public toilets and showers.
The others were field tents. Even Commander Fang Lang, the Major General, only had a single field tent.
Fortunately, these tents are sturdy military canvas tents that can shelter from wind and rain, but the harassment of mosquitoes and the harsh living environment are definitely inevitable.
This was also a field camp that Fang Lang deliberately created to be as close to actual combat as possible.
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