After receiving a positive answer, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction, leaned closer again, lowered his voice and told General Crook all his thoughts.
After listening to Fang Lang's introduction, General Crook looked doubtful and said hesitantly:
"Are you sure?"
Fang Lang looked at General Crook with a smile on his face and said:
"Wouldn't you know if you try?"
Upon hearing this, General Crook looked at Fang Lang deeply, then slowly extended his right hand towards Fang Lang.
"Okay, let's try it then."
Seeing this, Fang Lang also stood up with a smile on his face, grasped General Crook's right hand, and said to General Crook in a firm tone:
"Please rest assured, General. We, the Navy Marine Corps, are determined to win the battle."
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After saying that, he stood at attention and saluted.
General Crook was obviously very satisfied with this, and saluted Fang Lang expectantly.
Next, the two walked out of Fang Lang's tent and toured the entire field camp. Accompanied by Fang Lang, General Crook visited some soldiers who were injured in training and then left in a hurry on the plane they came on.
This inspection came in a hurry and ended even more hastily, and even many officers of the Navy Department were completely unaware of it. The officers of the Marine Corps were also somewhat confused.
Only Fang Lang and Crook knew what was going on at the time.
Next, things developed just as the two had predicted. Under pressure from the ultimatum from the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Defense, Major General Wotai Wesker had to abandon the cage tactics he had always adhered to.
As an excellent general, he was well aware of the dangers of entering the jungle again. So during the confrontation, his army was not idle either, and with the help of some Amazon jungle natives, they learned some ways to survive in the Amazon jungle.
This prevented the entire team from blindly rushing into the dense rainforest like the first time.
At the same time, he knew very well that the rainforest was too large and once they entered it, there would be gaps between the troops, which would be easily exploited by the enemy. Therefore, he always asked everyone to keep their own pace and report their progress at any time.
However, the complex environment of the Amazon rainforest still made them suffer. Even the electromagnetic signals were sometimes good and sometimes bad. The actions of the entire encirclement and suppression team were often out of touch, giving the rebels an opportunity to take advantage.
Led by Brisso Eddy, these rebels used guerrilla warfare tactics, concentrated their superior forces, and dealt a heavy blow to an aggressive team, although they failed to completely wipe out the government forces.
But it also vented some of the anger of the rebels who had been besieged.
Because of the attack on this team, the surrounding teams were mobilized, and a huge loophole appeared in the entire encirclement. By the time the entire government army completed the encirclement, everyone had lost track of Eddie's brothers' anti-government armed forces.
This made Major General Wotai Wesker furious, but he could do nothing about it.
Fortunately, he did not lose his mind because of this. Instead, he quickly realized that after the rebels jumped out of the encirclement, they would definitely want to find supplies immediately, and the towns of Bittenkot and Manguari must be their targets.
So, he used the remaining defensive forces at his disposal to set up solid defensive positions in the two towns. At the same time, he sent out transport ships to quickly transport the Wehrmacht soldiers who had lost their target in the jungle to the outskirts of the two towns.
Prepare to cooperate internally and externally to directly wipe out the rebels.
It was not known whether the rebels had received intelligence in advance or whether they had obtained supplies from other places, but they did not launch an attack on the two towns as Major General Wotai Wesker had expected.
Instead, they chose to completely disappear in the dense tropical rainforest.
Now, Major General Vota Wesker also lost track of the rebels, and the so-called plan to wipe out the rebels was completely bankrupt. The Ministry of National Defense and the Presidential Office lost face.
At this moment, the Marines under Fang Lang suddenly appeared at the temporary field airport built by the government army, and began the expansion project of the field airport as reinforcements.
Major General Wotai Wesker, who was extremely anxious because the rebels had lost their trace, heard Fang Lang personally tell him that he would send his naval aviation force to help them find the rebels. He agreed to the Navy's expansion project of the field airport without hesitation.
After all, the Navy directly sent nearly ten reconnaissance planes into this simple field airport to help them find the rebels, so there was no reason for him to refuse.
But what Major General Votai Wesker didn't know was that the scale of the Marine Corps' expansion of the airport was obviously not as simple as just parking ten reconnaissance planes.
As time passed, the situation on the front line was eventually spread to the media by someone with ulterior motives. For a time, public sentiment was outraged, and the Ministry of National Defense and the entire Army Department lost all face.
At the latest Ministry of Defense meeting, Defense Minister Marshal Moraes looked livid as he looked at a group of Brazilian military leaders.
"Mr. Minister Melchor Aram, do you have anything to say about your army's repeated failures in encirclement and suppression operations?"
When the Defense Minister called out the Army Minister's name, the entire conference room fell silent. Everyone knew that the Army Minister was doomed this time.
After all, he had issued a military order at the beginning, clearly stating that if this group of rebels could not be wiped out this time, he would automatically resign as the Minister of the Army.
Although the failure of the encirclement and suppression war could not be entirely blamed on the Army Minister, defeat was defeat and there was no room for negotiation.
Army Minister Melchor Alam was also a straightforward person. He knew that he couldn't dodge it at all, so he stood up and saluted:
"Your Excellency Marshal, the Ministry of War has failed to live up to the trust placed in it. As the Minister of War, I cannot shirk my responsibility. I hereby formally resign and hope you will approve it."
Everyone in the conference room looked miserable, but there was nothing they could do.
Air Force Minister Major General Nero Mora was looking with great interest at Navy Minister Lieutenant General Crook, who was sitting diagonally across from him. He felt that General Crook seemed a little strange today.
After hearing what General Melchor Aram said, Marshal Morais did not say any more nonsense, but nodded without hesitation:
"I agree to your resignation. The position of Army Minister will be temporarily taken over by the Army Chief of Staff. At the same time, I order the removal of Major General Wotai Wesker from his position as the frontline commander and transfer him back to the Army Department for investigation."
Then he swept his eyes across the people in the conference room and said in a serious tone:
“This is not just a failure of the Army, but a failure of our entire defence force. The President is very disappointed with us, and I am also to blame.
Next, I need to go to Congress to answer questions about this matter.
As far as I know, some people in Congress may propose peace talks with the rebels again. I don't know how you think about this, but I absolutely cannot accept it.
So, I hope the Army Department can come up with a new action plan as soon as possible."
After hearing what Marshal Moraes said, Army Minister Melchor Aram sat down with a dejected look on his face, and he looked completely devoid of energy.
The army generals around also had grim expressions on their faces, especially when they heard someone in Congress propose peace talks with the rebels, several of them wanted to slam the table and stand up.
Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Humberto Olde, who was temporarily picked out to take the blame, also had an ugly look on his face.
Originally, being promoted to Army Minister should have been a happy thing for him, but under the current circumstances, this position is simply a hot potato and whoever takes it will be in trouble.
Therefore, he didn't want to take over this position at all, but the Minister of Defense had appointed him personally, so he had to accept it.
He stood up, stood at attention and saluted:
"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!"
When Navy Secretary General Crook heard that Marshal Moraes asked the Army Department to submit a new action plan and a new commander again, he became a little restless.
He immediately took the initiative to speak:
"Your Excellency Marshal, in my opinion, there was no problem with the army's action this time. If they had continued to follow Major General Wotai Wesker's cage tactics, the rebels would not have been able to hold out for long.
If it weren't for those ignorant officials in Congress who were giving random orders, there would have been no failure at all.
They actually have the nerve to propose peace talks with the rebels. I have every reason to doubt whether these guys are selling out the interests of the country."
Army Minister Melchor Alam was surprised that General Crook, the Secretary of the Navy, who had always been at odds with him, would actually take the initiative to speak well of him.
A group of generals from the Army Department also looked at General Crook in surprise.
Air Force Minister Major General Nero Mora found it even more interesting.
Marshal Morais frowned slightly when he heard this. He understood that what General Crook said was true, but when he said that the congressional officials were giving orders at random, wasn't that a veiled attack directed at him?
After all, the Army Department's actions were ultimately due to the fact that it could not withstand the pressure and had to force its way through.
But in this situation, he obviously couldn't take the initiative to stand up and take the responsibility, so he could only say with a little displeasure:
"Okay, let's not talk about this here."
Then, General Morais turned his gaze to Lieutenant General Humberto Olde, who had just been appointed as Acting Army Minister, and asked seriously:
"General Humberto Olde, do you have a new commander in mind?"
As the Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Humberto Olde was of course very familiar with the situation of the Army, but at this moment, he was very embarrassed. Although he had anticipated this question, he did not know how to answer it for a while.
After all, no matter how you look at it, this position is a trap. If you recommend one of your trusted subordinates to the position, you might end up harming others.
If he sends a general who is not his confidant but is capable enough, he would be afraid that he would be harmed.
This is really a dilemma.
General Crook, the Minister of the Navy, was a little anxious when he saw that General Morais still wanted the Army to continue to lead the suppression. He couldn't help but take the initiative to speak again:
"Your Excellency, Marshal, I think the army has just gone through two operations and the soldiers are tired. It is not suitable to launch a new operation right away.
If you and my colleagues in the Army Department don't mind, I would like to ask you to join us on behalf of the Marines of the Rio de Janeiro Carrier Fleet.
We will deal with the rebels for a while, giving our army brothers a chance to rest and recuperate."
Marshal Morais obviously did not expect that the Navy would take the initiative to ask for a fight at a time when everyone was trying to avoid it. No wonder he suddenly interrupted and said what he said before.
It seems that he is not talking about me in a veiled way, but wants to take the initiative to intervene in this conflict!
The generals of the Army Department were also confused. What was going on? The Minister of the Navy was just bored. Our Army had nearly 5,000 troops and had gained nothing for such a long time. How dare you, a fleet of your Navy with more than 2,500 Marines, jump out?
If General Crook had raised this issue before the rebels broke out of the encirclement, these army generals would have scolded them to death.
But at this moment, the army generals were reluctant to say much. After all, the other party was not here to pick peaches.
What he said was also very considerate of the army, wanting to give the army some time to rest.
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