Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 222 Contradiction

General Clark heard Fang Lang's answer and glanced at Fang Lang in surprise. Then he thought that the other party was also someone who had participated in the Pacific Naval War. It was not surprising to know this situation.

He nodded to Fang Lang, picked up the wine glass and gestured to touch Fang Lang, took a shallow sip and said:

"The situation in the United States is not as serious as Japan.

However, as the war ended, President Truman mentioned a topic when summarizing the experience and lessons of World War II in an article titled "Our Armed Forces Must Be Unified."

That is to unify the army and navy, so that all our defensive and offensive forces are under the leadership of one agency and one authoritative and responsible command.

It is necessary to establish a unified military organization to effectively integrate the two major military departments of the sea and the land."

As soon as he heard this, Fang Lang understood what it meant and said with a smile:

"This is what it means to establish the U.S. Department of Defense!"

General Clark was stunned by Fang Lang's words and looked at Fang Lang in surprise:

"Do you know about this?"

Fang Lang shook his head quickly. He couldn't tell the other party that he knew from later generations that the United States had a secretary of defense, but he didn't have one now!

"Aren't the navy, land and air forces of many countries under the leadership of the Ministry of National Defense?"

From this point of view, my hometown is actually ahead of Lao America, although the real power is now concentrated on Lao Jiang.

However, in terms of system, it is actually more advanced than the United States. It has to be said that it is a country with ancient history and civilization.

After listening to Fang Lang's words, General Clark understood that what he was talking about was the actual situation, so he didn't think much about it.

Continued:

"After the war ended, specifically in October 1945, the War Department took the lead and submitted a bill to Congress with the main content of establishing a unified military organization.

However, this proposal mainly focuses on the issue of ownership of the Marine Corps and Naval Aviation.

Their purpose is to integrate the Marine Corps into their army and establish the army's amphibious force.

In order to achieve this goal, they took the initiative to separate the land-based aviation force that originally belonged to the army and establish the air force.

The Air Force requested that the naval aviation be placed under the command of the Air Force.

This is equivalent to the Army wanting to divide the Navy's "heritage" with the little brother who just separated from his family.

Therefore, there is now a very tense situation between the Navy Department and the War Department."

Fang Lang obviously did not expect that the U.S. Department of the Army would be so ruthless. If this idea of ​​​​the Army continued to be implemented, the U.S. Navy would be useless.

It's a pity that Fang Lang knows the history of later generations, and the U.S. Navy is still alive and well and nourished.

The Army's plan obviously failed!

Thinking about your own first fleet, aren't you also preparing to build it into a military force with all three armies including sea, land and air?

But if the U.S. Army is really successful, will Brazil also learn from the Americans?

If this happens, the navy will become a transport team.

Out of self-interest, Fang Lang doesn't want this to happen.

blurt out:

"Why the Army Department!"

General Clark actually heard the meaning of sharing the same hatred with the enemy from this sentence, and couldn't help but feel satisfied that like Fang Lang, all navies in the world were on the same page.

However, the current situation of the U.S. Navy is not good, and he couldn't help but sigh:

"Because in this war, it is the Army and the Army Aviation that ultimately decide the victory!

Therefore, it is logical that the Army, headed by Marshall and Eisenhower, has the "right to speak" in the new round of national defense institutional reform."

The so-called army and its aviation force ultimately determine victory. According to Fang Lang's understanding, it was the U.S. Army that invaded Germany.

What prompted Japan to surrender was the atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. Army Air Force.

Therefore, for a long time after the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy had a very difficult life. The Army and Air Force generally believed that the Navy simply did not have the ability to determine the outcome of a war.

"I understand what you mean, so the U.S. Navy is in a very bad situation now.

The Army and the Air Force, which is about to be established, are trying every means to weaken the power of the U.S. Navy.

This is also the reason why our Brazilian Navy can obtain aircraft carriers sold by the United States, right?"

General Clark looked at Fang Lang and shrugged helplessly. Fang Lang knew that he was right.

"Then why do you say you can get us the best aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy?

You yourself were born in the Navy!

Aren't you afraid that your behavior of adding insult to injury will make you despised by your colleagues?"

General Clark said with an indifferent expression:

"Didn't you say that I have retired?

If I want to work in your fleet, I have to show my worth, right?"

Fang Lang looked at Clark's expression carefully with suspicion on his face. He would not believe that this old guy would really change so much.

As a general who has participated in the war, Fang Lang believes that General Clara must be patriotic.

Since he loves his country, he cannot harm his country's interests.

Fang Lang knows this very well.

If Americans regard being a soldier as a job, Fang Lang believes it.

But if you say that being a soldier is simply a job, Fang Lang doesn't believe it.

Because soldiers without a sense of honor have no combat effectiveness at all, no matter how lax the military discipline of the U.S. military is, the education of soldiers' sense of honor will never be missing.

More importantly, based on Fang Lang's understanding of General Clark, he is definitely not an unpatriotic general, or a general without a sense of military honor.

"I understand, you are trying to retreat in order to make progress through this matter, so that the U.S. Navy will show weakness to the Army and Air Force, right?

Is it right to want to put yourself in a weak position to gain sympathy?"

After listening to Fang Lang's words, General Clark said expressionlessly:

"You think too much."

Fang Lang knew that the other party must have his own plans, but if the other party could really do what he said, Fang Lang wouldn't care what his purpose was!

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As long as you can successfully obtain the aircraft carrier you want, it will be fine. As for being able to obtain the aircraft carrier in the best condition, that is the icing on the cake.

Seeing the other party's expression, Fang Lang smiled and did not want to continue to dwell on this topic too much. Instead, he said curiously:

"What makes your Army and Air Force think the Navy is redundant?

Doesn’t the long coastline of the United States need the protection of the U.S. Navy at all?”

To be honest, Fang Lang really can't understand this kind of brain circuit. If it's just a simple struggle for power, forget it, but he can't understand the reason for wanting to directly abolish a unit.

Do they regard the navy as a cavalry?

This can only be said that Fang Lang’s thinking cannot yet be substituted for the thinking of Americans at this time. The victory of World War II has given the American military a general understanding that I am invincible.

Especially as the only country that has mastered nuclear weapons, the US military believes that nuclear weapons will become the " trump card " that determines the outcome of future wars.

Strategic nuclear bombing will also become a decisive new combat mode in the future. Therefore, nuclear weapons and the newly formed Strategic Air Force (SAc) will become the priority targets of the US military's strategic deployment and military funding.

In other words, as long as the United States has strategic nuclear strike capabilities, no country will dare to show its teeth to the United States.

Under this ideology, the navy becomes dispensable.

Especially since the navy also has a naval aviation force, isn’t this trying to compete with our air force?

Therefore, the U.S. Air Force wants to deprive the Navy of its right to own aviation.

What is even more exaggerated is that after the new Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson came to power in April 1949, the U.S. Navy's life became even more difficult, and naval military expenditures were repeatedly reduced.

Johnson even noted:

"There is no reason to keep the Navy and Marines because General Bradley told me amphibious operations are history and we will never do amphibious operations again, so there is no need to keep the Marine Corps.

In addition, the Air Force can do everything the Navy can do, so there is no need to retain the Navy."

The U.S. Navy's hard times did not get better until August 1950, when George Marshall became the new Secretary of Defense.

The period from 1946 to 1950 was the darkest period in the history of the U.S. Navy, although in the end the U.S. Navy retained its naval aviation.

However, although the Marine Corps is still under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy, it has a place in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and therefore has become the fourth largest service on an equal footing with the army, navy and air force.

At this time, neither General Clark nor Fang Lang, an outsider in the situation, could know about the series of events that followed.

Fang Lang knew that the U.S. Navy was still powerful later, but he didn't know the inside story at this time, so he asked such a question.

General Clark's answer was also very simple:

"Of course it's the atomic bomb. With the atomic bomb in hand, they feel that the role of the navy can be ignored."

Fang Lang didn't know how to answer these words for a moment. There was nothing wrong with this. The old beauty holding the atomic bomb in her hand could be so confident.

But it was rare for General Clark to take the initiative to tell him so many things that he had never understood before.

Fang Lang felt that today had been a full harvest and he no longer had any other needs.

As for General Clark's desire to serve as a consultant in his aircraft carrier fleet, Fang Lang would certainly not refuse. After all, this kind of thing would not be harmful to him.

It just so happens that I can learn from him the knowledge of commanding an aircraft carrier battle group.

It is better to hire retired naval personnel to your own fleet to guide your own naval construction than to have your own naval fleet personnel go to the United States to be brainwashed by the Americans!

So Fang Lang no longer rejected General Clark's idea, and smiled and said:

"There is nothing wrong with what they said.

In this case, as long as you can ensure that I can really obtain the Essex-class aircraft carrier in the best condition of the U.S. Navy, I can promise to hire you to serve as a consultant in my fleet."

General Clark smiled and said:

"It seems that you have a big appetite! You are actually eyeing the Essex class! This is the most advanced main aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy."

"What? Can't you handle it?"

Fang Lang had a look on his face like "Don't let me look down on you."

General Clark said without changing his smile:

"Okay, you don't need to provoke me. Since I have taken the initiative to serve as your aircraft carrier fleet consultant, I will do my best to help you achieve your expectations."

Obviously, Fang Lang doesn't find it difficult to obtain the latest Essex-class aircraft carrier currently in service in the United States.

Fang Lang thought for a while and said:

"I still want to remind you, although most of us in the Brazilian Navy now want to obtain a US aircraft carrier.

However, there are also some people who want to find solutions from the UK. After all, our original battleships and cruisers were ordered from the UK. In everyone's mind, the UK is still the original naval power.

So, the price shouldn’t be too outrageous, understand?”

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