After hearing President Scalia's assurance, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he had not originally intended to let the government get too involved in this matter. With the power he controlled, he was already able to influence many decisions of the Brazilian government.
But since he happened to be discussing the topic of energy security with the president, he also mentioned his recent actions so that the government would pay attention.
Since the President has allowed the energy department to get involved, Fang Lang will have the government's endorsement when he directs the Brazilian Intelligence Agency to take action against crude oil suppliers in the future.
"Then thank you, Mr. President. When the time comes and there is a need, we will ask the relevant personnel to seek help from the government."
After saying that, Fang Lang stood up and prepared to leave. Seeing this, President Scalia quickly stood up. Without waiting for Fang Lang to salute him, he directly extended his right hand to Fang Lang and said:
"Fang, we are friends, so don't be too polite to me. Although I can't interfere too deeply in your military affairs, the Ministry of National Defense still has the leadership over your army.
If you encounter any problems and need my help, please feel free to ask. ”
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with what President Scalia said, but the Brazilian military was relatively independent, and as a president who did not come from the military, his influence on the military was really limited.
Just as he said, going through the Ministry of National Defense does allow the top military brass to save his face. But this would leave Fang Lang with his mark. If he wants to achieve long-term development in the army, he cannot allow himself to be branded by a politician from the very beginning.
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This will create a gap between you and people in the military. Although you will enjoy a moment of glory when this politician is in power, once this politician steps down, you will have to prepare for the end.
Of course, given Fang Lang's identity and background, it is normal for the president to bear the imprint of their Fang family. Even if the next president is not supported by his Fang family, he will definitely not dare to turn a blind eye to the Fang family's influence in Brazil.
By then, every president will try desperately to win him over.
The reason why Fang Lang laughed was because he felt that what the other party said was completely unnecessary. His development in the army was not that he could not move up to a higher level. On the contrary, he was trying to slow down his promotion speed in the army to make his foundation in the army more solid.
"Don't worry, Mr. Scalia, I will not be polite to you if necessary.
If there is nothing else, I will leave now. ”
When Fang Lang arrived, he had already seen the reception area outside. There were still many people waiting to be summoned by the president, so he had no intention of communicating with Scalia for too long in such a formal occasion.
If there is anything, we can discuss it in detail when we are free in private.
"Okay, I've wasted a lot of your time today, so I won't say any more to you for now. We can have dinner together and talk in detail when we have time."
Then he seemed to remember something and said:
"By the way, if you have any ideas on major government decisions in the future, please have your secretary pass on a message to me. If I hadn't heard about this, I would have almost made the wrong decision about joining the United Nations Army."
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled. There was a reason why he did not directly let Xin Shiliang convey his ideas to President Scalia this time.
Although Scalia ascended the presidency with the support of the Fang family, his time as president during this period had already given him a preliminary taste of power. According to the reaction of his secretary Yang Gan, he seemed to be a little carried away.
In this case, the Fang family can directly push the motion against Brazil joining the UN forces in the military and political circles without going through him as the president, so that this high-ranking president can see the influence of the Fang family in the political arena.
It can also give him a clearer understanding of his position. As for whether this would cause a backlash from the President and lead to him doing something detrimental to the Fang family, Fang Lang was not worried at all.
Although the Brazilian Intelligence Agency seems to be doing nothing now, in fact they are not really doing nothing. At least, Fang Lang has planted a lot of nails around the president.
Once the president is preparing to do something bad to the Fang family, Fang Lang will definitely receive the news first. By then, it is not impossible for Brazil to have an assassinated president.
And what Scalia said now was actually a statement to Fang Lang. Fang Lang naturally smiled at this and looked at President Scalia meaningfully. He said:
"No problem. Next time I will communicate with the President as soon as possible."
After saying that, the two of them smiled at each other and walked towards the door in tacit understanding.
President Scalia walked Fang Lang out the door before turning back. A group of government officials waiting in the reception area looked sideways when they saw this. I have a new understanding of the Fang family's influence in Brazil.
Just as Fang Lang was exerting influence on Brazil and refusing to join the UN forces, the US ambassador to Brazil had already conveyed the Brazilian government's attitude back to the United States, and US President Truman was very disappointed.
But it has to be said that the reasons given by Brazil really left the United States speechless. Americans are also very clear about Argentina's actions on the Brazilian border. In fact, the US government even stands on the side of Brazil on the spear and shield between Brazil and Argentina.
After all, Brazil is a pro-American country and can be considered a staunch ally of the United States, while Argentina is a country that oscillates between the United States and the Soviet Union. To be more precise, Argentina belongs neither to the American camp nor to the Soviet camp.
The United States has always regarded America as its own backyard and certainly will not allow such a country to exist in America. Therefore, it is only normal for the United States to support Brazil in taking a tough stance against Argentina.
But now in this special period, Brazil, an important ally, cannot stand together with the United States in Asia because of Argentina's provocative behavior on the border. Naturally, the United States is even more dissatisfied with Argentina.
Therefore, when Truman learned that although Brazil could not directly send troops to join the UN forces, it also expressed its willingness to provide logistical support to the United States, he was still very satisfied with Brazil, its little brother.
From the very beginning, what he wanted when organizing the United Nations forces was not military support, but more political support from the entire international community. Brazil's actual support for the United States in terms of logistical support is also a political statement.
Of course Truman could not refuse, so after a brief discussion, they agreed to Fang Lang's proposal that Brazil help the United States produce Bell 47.
In order to further expand Brazil's sense of participation, the United States even organized a logistics procurement group, or an inspection team, to visit Brazil to investigate Brazil's strength in military production. Negotiate what other supplies of materials Brazil can participate in.
Soon, the G3 rifle came into the sight of the US logistics department. They did not expect that a country like Brazil would have such a new assault rifle.
According to the intelligence they had, the Soviet government had already equipped a small number of assault rifles code-named AK47, but this rifle had not yet been tested in actual combat and everyone was unfamiliar with it.
In the view of the US military, the current M1 Garand rifle is completely sufficient, and it is also the main weapon equipped by the US military in the Korean War. Historically, the U.S. military did not officially begin to equip itself with assault rifles until they suffered heavy losses at the hands of the AK47 on the battlefield in Vietnam.
The AR15 rifle, the prototype of the M16 assault rifle they were equipped with, had to wait until 1953, after the end of the Korean War. The U.S. Operations Research Office conducted a survey of soldiers who had participated in World War II and the Korean War and found that most of the effective killings on the battlefield were within a distance of 300 meters.
Even within a range of one hundred meters, unaimed reflex shooting and aimed shooting can also kill or injure the enemy. In this case, they began to implement a research program called salvo shooting from 1953 to 1957.
It was not until 1965, after repeated improvements, that this assault rifle named M16 began to be officially equipped on a large scale by the US military.
But that was more than ten years ago, after they were severely punished by the AK47 used by the Vietnamese.
The reason why the American inspection team paid attention to the G3 rifle is because the Whip of God military contracting company is an American company. Some retired senior generals of the US military originally worked for the Whip of God, and in this process, some people came into contact with the G3 rifle developed by the Fangyuan Light Weapons Research Factory.
Therefore, when they learned that a delegation was visiting Brazil to inspect weapons and equipment, they directly recommended this excellent assault rifle to the delegation. After the delegation carefully inspected and studied it, these people were very satisfied with this rifle.
But they ultimately did not agree to purchase it. The reason was not only because they felt that the M1 Garand was sufficient, but more importantly, this weapon was not a product of the US military-industrial complex.
Although the unit price of rifles is not high, if you want to replace them on a large scale, the large quantity will be a huge expense. By then, this expenditure will not go into the pockets of the military-industrial complex. They all knew without a doubt that Congress would never agree to this military spending unless Fangyuan Group was willing to invest huge sums of money and convince a group of members of Congress.
But Fangyuan Group obviously did not have such an idea. In the end, they only expressed a strong interest in this weapon on a private level. Fang Lang didn't mind this result at all. On the contrary, deep down in his heart he breathed a sigh of relief.
Now many of the soldiers in my hometown are using the Type 38 rifle, which is a huge difference from the American M1 Garand. If the Americans are really equipped with G3 rifles, wouldn't someone in his hometown become a sinner?
Therefore, he began to try every possible way to reduce the presence of the G3 rifle in the eyes of the inspection team. He even deliberately created several jamming incidents to make the inspection team think that this weapon was not yet mature.
This greatly puzzled the company's leaders, but since Fang Lang was the boss, his behavior naturally showed that he did not want to make the deal, so the people below could only helplessly go with the flow.
Originally, Fang Lang was very surprised that the Americans would send personnel from the logistics department to Brazil to inspect Brazil's weapons and equipment. At first, he thought it would be very difficult to get the United States to agree to Brazil's help in manufacturing Bell 47.
Unexpectedly, the United States not only agreed to let Brazil's Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company help them produce the Bell 47 on a contract basis, but also sent a logistics inspection team to Brazil to investigate what other equipment Brazil could provide.
However, this is also a rare opportunity for Brazil's Yuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company. The first stop of the inspection team was the aircraft manufacturing company, where they not only inspected Brazil's Bell 47 production line, but also discovered Brazil's first generation of jet fighters and jet transport aircraft.
Americans showed great enthusiasm for the first generation of jet fighters that were still in the finalization stage. Although the American F86 Sabre fighter had been equipped in large quantities to the US Air Force as early as 1949, this could not conceal the fact that this Brazilian jet fighter was an excellent fighter.
This jet fighter, named FY-1, is the first jet fighter independently developed and designed by Fangyuan Group. Its appearance inherits many features of Dr. Tan Ke’s TA-183, such as the swept wings and the layout of the air intake under the nose.
At the same time, there are also many advantages of the MiG-15 and F86 Sabre fighters provided by Fang Lang, such as the airborne radar directly in front of the nose, which the MiG-15 does not have.
The slender and elegant fuselage is completely different from the first-generation ta-183. The engine used by the aircraft is the first-generation jet engine developed by Brazil's Round Power.
Thanks to the support of electronic computer research from Fangyuan Computer Research Institute, the engine of this aircraft is the same as the American F86. A microcomputer decides how much fuel to add based on the engine's air intake and the operating status of the afterburner, thus avoiding waste of fuel.
Compared with the MiG-15 and F86, the FY-1 is a more fuel-efficient jet fighter. Because it is more fuel-efficient, with the same fuel reserves, the combat radius of this aircraft also exceeds that of the MiG-15 and F86.
At the same time, because of the different tactical considerations for different generations of fighters, the wing width of the FY-1 is also larger than that of the F-86. The advantage of this is that its high-altitude performance is also better than that of the US F86 fighter.
In terms of weapons and equipment, it is directly equipped with four 20mm machine guns, which are more powerful than the 12.7mm machine guns equipped on the F86.
At the same time, this model is also equipped with an ejection seat, which allows the pilot to escape if the aircraft is hit and cannot be saved.
How could this fighter jet, which is obviously more advanced than the American F86, not amaze the American officers? However, Fang Lang knew very well that even if Brazil produced such an advanced fighter jet, it would not be able to equip the US military.
You have to know that the US military-industrial complex is not jealous. For political considerations, allowing Brazil to help manufacture Bell 47 is already a major concession.
Now they still want your fighter jets to be included in the US military equipment sequence, but you are thinking too much. If possible, they would like to purchase a few of these FY-1 fighter jets and take them back for disassembly and research.
But Fang Lang would definitely not allow this to happen, so Fang Lang directly rejected the request of the American logistics officer to purchase this aircraft, and instead directly stated that the aircraft was still in the finalization stage, had not entered mass production, and could not be sold externally.
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