Only the Air Force Minister's eyes flickered when he heard General Crook's words.
Originally, his first reaction was that General Crook wanted to trick his brother Fang, but he soon realized something was wrong. After all, he knew very well that General Crook and Fang Lang had a close relationship.
Moreover, now the other party is asking for battle on behalf of the navy, if he fails, it will have a big impact on him as the Minister of the Navy. There is absolutely no need for him to bring trouble upon himself.
Therefore, this was obviously the result of a joint discussion between General Crook and Fang Lang.
So what was the reason that made Fang Lang agree to take on this job that could get him into trouble if he was not careful under such circumstances?
Looking at General Crook opposite him, Major General Nero Mora had some vague guesses in his mind.
It has to be said that Lieutenant General Crook is a veteran. He did not say how long it would take for the Marines to eliminate the rebels. Instead, he said that they would deal with the rebels for a while to buy time for the Army to rest and regroup.
In this case, even if the Marines fail in an operation, they will not be severely punished.
Marshal Morais looked at General Crook seriously for a while, and when he saw that no one in the Army Department spoke, he slowly said:
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"General Crook, you know that there is no joking in the military."
Upon hearing this, General Crook looked at Marshal Morais with a serious expression and said:
"Please rest assured, Marshal. I am a soldier and I understand that there is no joking in the military.
On behalf of Major General Fang Lang of the Navy's Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, I formally invite you to join the battle.
Major General Fang Lang will lead his troops to carry out the mission of clearing out the rebels of the Eddie brothers."
Marshal Moraes did not mention anything about buying time for the army to rest, and General Crook did not mention it again. Everyone knew very well that this was just a euphemism used by General Crook to save the army's face.
Of course, this is not without risks. After all, if we give the army time to rest and recuperate, then if the navy performs too well, the army may step forward to reap the benefits.
Unfortunately, Fang Lang's plan had never included any preparation to turn his actions into a protracted war.
After hearing General Crook's reconfirmation, Marshal Morais did not answer immediately, but turned his attention to the army generals in the conference room.
It seemed that he wanted to see whether anyone from the army generals would raise any objections.
But the result disappointed him. When his eyes swept across the army generals present, everyone subconsciously lowered their heads, unwilling to look at General Morais.
Obviously, no one is willing to take on this hot potato at this time.
Seeing this, Marshal Morais no longer hesitated and said to General Crook:
"Since the Marine Corps has volunteered to fight, and no one else has any objection, then on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, I will agree to your application.
Major General Fang Lang of the Navy was officially appointed as the commander-in-chief of the front line, leading the Marines under his command to be responsible for the task of clearing out the rebels of the Eddie brothers.
However, let me be frank with you. You only have two weeks. If you fail to achieve results in two weeks, both you and General Fang will be punished. Do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, General Crook stood up without saying anything, stood at attention and saluted with a serious expression:
"Yes, General!"
For a moment, everyone in the conference room had different looks, all focusing on the Navy Minister who took the initiative. Obviously, everyone didn't understand why he was so bored and wanted to cause trouble for himself.
General Crook, who had achieved his goal, didn't care about the reactions of the crowd. After the meeting, he immediately informed Fang Lang of the news.
The generals who left the meeting room talked about the matter a lot. They all felt that the navy was overestimating its own capabilities. The army's 5,000 men had failed in the encirclement and suppression operation, and the navy wanted to rely on its own 2,500 marines to complete it.
This is simply fantasy.
Just when everyone was still discussing how long it would take the navy to complete the assembly, Fang Lang, who was far away in Para State, received the official order from General Crook and immediately ordered the entire army to set off!
In one day and night, all 2,500 Marines were airlifted directly to the newly expanded front-line field airport.
Fang Lang’s command center was also set up directly at the front-line airport.
When Major General Wotai Wesker received the news and hurried to the front-line field airport, he saw a scene that stunned him.
The small field airport that originally had only two reconnaissance planes has expanded into a huge airport with three runways and nearly fifty aircraft parked.
The warehouse next to the airport was bustling with supplies and fuel trucks coming in and out.
Field tents were neatly set up outside the airport, and teams of soldiers gathered in an orderly manner next to the transport plane that had just landed.
From time to time, soldiers lined up in neat rows and walked towards their respective barracks.
He was really surprised by the speed of assembly and mobilization, as well as the well-trained temperament of the Marines. He considered himself a veteran who had participated in the European War and had witnessed the powerful armies of the world's major powers.
The Marine Corps in front of him was really beyond his expectations.
With just a casual glance, he was sure that the fighting capacity of these soldiers should not be underestimated. Both in terms of mental outlook and quality of the troops, they were somewhat superior to the army under his command.
This made him, who always praised himself as an elite, blush slightly.
Led by the security guards, Major General Wotai Wesker arrived outside Fang Lang's command department without any obstruction.
This is a huge field tent made up of two huge tents spliced together. Several huge communication antennas are erected high on the top of the tent. A lively beeping sound can be heard from the tent. This is the sound of the radio station working.
At the same time, the occasional voices of soldiers talking inside also informed everyone of the busyness of the place.
A major officer standing at the door waiting saw Major General Votai Wesker and his party, and quickly stood at attention and saluted:
"General, I am Major Qi Qingshan, General Fang's adjutant. I just received a report from a reconnaissance plane that suspected the presence of rebels. General Fang is currently inside to learn about the situation and was unable to personally go out to greet them. Please forgive me."
Major General Wotai Wesker, who considered himself a defeated general, did not have any major objection to Fang Lang not coming out to greet him. After all, the two were not familiar with each other.
This was the second time the two had met, except for the previous meeting when Fang Lang took the initiative to come to him and said he would send his reconnaissance plane to help him search for the rebels.
After casually returning a military salute, Major General Wotai Wesker smiled indifferently and said:
"It doesn't matter. Military affairs are more important. Take me to see General Fang!"
He was still somewhat curious about what Qi Qingshan said about the reconnaissance plane finding traces of the rebels. After all, they had lost track of the rebels since they jumped out of his encirclement.
Even though Fang Lang sent out a large number of reconnaissance planes to help him search, he still couldn't find any trace of the other party.
Now that Fang Lang had just officially taken over, the reconnaissance plane had immediately made a discovery. It was impossible for him not to think about it more.
Seeing this, Qi Qingshan nodded without saying anything more, and directly led Major General Wotai Wesker into the command center, through the busy communications area outside, and into the tent inside.
Major General Votai Wesker saw a large map hanging on the wall facing outside, and there was an officer marking something on the map.
In the middle of the tent was a huge conference table, around which a group of officers were discussing something.
Major General Wotai Wesker leaned over to take a look and found that they were actually several photos, which seemed to be the latest photos taken by the reconnaissance plane.
He was not surprised by this. After all, the reconnaissance aircraft he asked the Air Force for support would also bring back photos of suspected targets they had taken.
At this moment, Fang Lang was holding the photo in his left hand and observing it carefully with a magnifying glass in his right hand.
There was a major military officer next to him, who was pointing at a location in the photo and explaining something to Fang Lang.
Perhaps he spotted the figure of Major General Wotai Wesker out of the corner of his eye. Fang Lang quickly handed the photo in his hand to the major officer beside him, stretched out his right hand, took two quick steps, and walked towards Major General Wotai Wesker.
"General Wesker, I'm so sorry! I just received a report from the reconnaissance plane that they found traces of suspected rebels, so I was unable to greet you in time. I hope you don't mind."
Major General Wotai Wesker stretched out his right hand with a smile on his face and said politely to Fang Lang:
"General Fang, you are so polite. I can't thank you enough for taking the initiative! Why would I mind?
I wonder if you could tell me where the rebels are right now!"
Now that Fang Lang has officially taken over the front-line command, he certainly doesn't mind telling Major General Wotai Wesker the enemy's whereabouts. After all, the major general in front of him is not an incompetent person.
The failure of this encirclement and suppression campaign could not be entirely blamed on him. Besides, this major general could not be an enemy spy, so there was no need to hide the truth from him.
However, he would not tell the other party how the naval aviation reconnaissance aircraft confirmed the rebels' traces.
Because they confirmed the location of the rebels through their insiders within the rebels, who made a special mark in an open area in the rainforest - a huge triangle.
Fang Lang couldn't tell anyone that he had already sent his own accomplices into the rebel army.
"Of course, no problem!"
As he spoke, Fang Lang led Major General Wotai Wesker directly to the huge map facing the door, pointed at the position marked by the officer on the map and said:
"According to what our reconnaissance aircraft detected this morning, the rebels have crossed the Yapura River and entered the tropical rainforest south of the Yapura River."
This answer surprised Major General Wotai Wesker.
"What? How did they cross the Yapura River?"
Major General Votai Wesker could not help but be surprised. He had seized all the rebels' transport ships. Logically speaking, the rebels should not be able to cross the Yapura River.
Although the Yapra River is only a tributary of the Amazon River, it is also an important tributary, connecting the waterway between Colombia and Brazil. The width of the river is not easy to cross.
It was for this reason that he had never ordered reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance on the south bank of the Yapura River.
Fang Lang was of course aware of what Major General Wotai Wesker was thinking, but he knew that the rebels had supporters behind them, so he would not limit his own thinking.
When Major General Votai Wesker commanded a reconnaissance plane to conduct a long-term reconnaissance of the north bank and found no trace of the rebels, he immediately shifted his attention to the south bank of the Yapla River.
As he expected, the reconnaissance plane soon discovered the special marks left by his spy among the rebels on the south bank.
"I have no idea how they crossed the Yapura River, but what I am sure of now is that the reason why we didn't find any trace of them for so long was because they jumped to the south bank of the Yapura River right under our noses."
Fang Lang believed that Major General Wotai Wesker was no fool and it was impossible for him not to notice the abnormalities within the government. Moreover, Briso Eddie's identity was known throughout the country. If he still didn't understand what was happening, he would not have been able to climb to his current position.
Who knows, maybe he had already prepared himself for this situation when he just took on this encirclement and suppression mission. Otherwise, why did the other party continue to withstand the pressure from the government and adopt a step-by-step cage tactic in the early stages?
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