Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Fang Lang understood that his First Fleet was a very tempting piece of meat, and many people wanted to take a bite.

The top military officials will definitely prevent it from turning the First Fleet into their own private army and try their best to add sand to it.

Fang Lang does not object to someone adding sand into it.

Because, from beginning to end, he never thought about leading an army to rebel. As long as he had control of the army and there were some other people's informants, he didn't mind.

However, the original expansion of the number of Marine Corps personnel to 2,000 was a reward for supporting President Dutra's rise to power.

He has two tank landing craft provided by the US military under his command. If he does not give himself enough troops, these two landing craft will not be able to play any role at all.

More importantly, when helping President Dutra come to power, Fang Lang felt the shortcoming of insufficient land force when he commanded the Marines to occupy the airport and broadcasting building.

That's why these two thousand marines appeared.

Unexpectedly, when he, the commander-in-chief of the First Fleet, who always abandoned military affairs, went to purchase advanced aircraft carriers for Brazil, someone would actually make a small move at his home.

If the tiger doesn’t show off its power, some people will mistake it for a sick cat!

"Did you hear anything?"

Fang Lang agreed with de la Torre's suspicion that someone was interested in commanding the Marine Corps.

After all, no one in the Marine Corps of the First Fleet is qualified to hold the position of brigade commander.

Because the brigade commander's military rank must be at least colonel.

And the commander-in-chief with the highest rank in the entire First Fleet is only a colonel.

Even if an advanced aircraft carrier is secured for the Brazilian Navy this time, the Navy Ministry may promote his rank to rear admiral. This is only possible.

If a colonel officer is really transferred from outside, he will be responsible for managing this newly formed Marine Corps.

At that time, there will be a colonel other than him in the First Fleet.

Perhaps when Fang Lang is often away from the base, this colonel officer will slowly become the supreme commander of the First Fleet.

Maybe there will be a transfer order by then to transfer Fang Lang to the Navy Headquarters, and this person will naturally take over the position of commander of the First Fleet.

In this way, all the efforts Fang Lang made for the construction of the First Fleet were used as a wedding dress for others.

Thinking of this, Fang Lang couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.

Regarding Fang Lang's question, de la Torre could only shake his head helplessly. He had no way to inquire about this kind of high-level game.

"Does Sirio Leitch have any relevant intelligence information?"

De La Torre knew that the Sirio Reich that Fang Lang was talking about was a member of the Intelligence Bureau whom Fang Lang had conquered, and was now the section chief of the Second Section of the Logistics Department of the First Fleet.

"I have not received any relevant information from him.

However, I have seen the intelligence he reported, and it seems that it is all concentrated within Natal and our First Fleet, and there is no intelligence about the headquarters.

It should be that the intelligence network has not been expanded to the headquarters."

At this time, Fang Lang could only shake his head helplessly. It seemed that he would have to stay in the army for more time in the future, otherwise, someone might try to steal his home.

Now he is really curious about who is so brave. He dares to attack his troops without communicating with the commander of the troops.

No matter what the final result is, this person or this force will become Fang Lang's political opponent in Brazil, the kind that will never stop fighting.

Now Fang Lang is no longer the little transparent person with no background.

Fang Lang's eyes flashed with coldness, he nodded to de la Torre and said:

"I understand, I will handle this matter."

After communicating with de la Torre, Fang Lang put on a smile again and stepped forward to chat with General Clark and General Crook.

It was as if he was not affected at all by the news he just received.

After finally getting the American advisory team to rest in the dormitory area of ​​the naval base, Fang Lang had the opportunity to sit in his office with General Crook.

Before Fang Lang could speak, General Crook had already taken the initiative:

"It seems that you already know. This matter is rather complicated and is not the original intention of our Navy Department."

After saying that, he picked up the cigar on the table and trimmed it.

Fang Lang knew what the other party was talking about. It seemed that the other party came here to welcome General Clark in name only. Another purpose may be to communicate with Fang Lang about this matter.

Even General Clark said this matter is complicated.

It seems that Fang Lang really can't directly refuse the appointment of this Marine Corps commander.

"I wonder which big shot it is that has such great ability?"

Fang Lang also picked up a cigar and trimmed it like General Crook, and said in a calm tone.

"Speaking of which, this man is still your comrade-in-arms, or your former commander. He was the former commander of the third regiment of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. During the war, he was promoted to colonel due to his military exploits.

However, the original Third Regiment of the Army was just an ordinary infantry regiment. There is no suitable position for it in the tank division formed by the Army this time. Isn't this just the right time for you to form the Marine Corps!

Considering that your First Fleet has two tank landing ships, your Marine Corps must have armored strength in the future.

The opinion of the Army Ministry is that all armored forces in the Brazilian army should be under the command of the Army.

In addition, you also know that the current president is the former Secretary of the Army, and our Navy Department does not have the ability to say no."

Isn’t this the same as Japan and the United States?

They all involve conflicts between the army and the navy. General Crook's meaning is also very clear. The army has an absolute advantage in this game.

Even the president is from the Army, so the Navy can't twist its arms and has no choice but to admit defeat.

"Is this the same Lieutenant Colonel Rivaldo Granma who only wants the soldiers to charge as hard as they can during the war and doesn't take human life seriously?"

"Yes, but now he is a colonel."

Fang Lang had really heard of Colonel Rivaldo Granma. After all, he was also from the army. In Fang Lang's memory, this officer was the commander of the expeditionary army.

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The casualties among his men were the highest among all the troops.

Because the Brazilian army has little actual combat experience. Therefore, the command capabilities of each unit commander in the early stages of the war are difficult to describe.

But at least everyone learned how to avoid excessive damage after paying a certain amount of casualties in the early stage.

But this Lieutenant Colonel Rivaldo Granma was a different kind of person. When he launched an attack, he would not care about the casualties of his soldiers at all. He would always push his troops to the front line in batches in company units.

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This made the enemy somewhat overwhelmed, but it also caused huge casualties to our own troops.

In Fang Lang's eyes, this tactic has some similarities to the pig surprise tactic invented by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War.

It’s just that I’m not very skilled in using it, or I don’t know how to learn it well.

The soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force privately called him the Butcher, but at the same time they were very afraid of him.

For such a character, he didn't expect to be thrust into his Marine Corps.

"It seems that Mr. Colonel Rivaldo Granma is not very popular in the army, right?"

Fang Lang lit a long match and handed it to General Crook, wanting to help him light the cigar in his hand.

General Crook waved his hand, took the match from Fang Lang's hand, and signaled Fang Lang to do it himself.

With a hint of surprise in his eyes:

"Oh! Where did you see it?"

Fang Lang lit a match for himself, put the cut cigar end on the flame and lit it, smiled, and said slowly:

"Since the status of the Army is obviously higher than that of the Navy, Colonel Rivaldo Granma was kicked to our Navy to serve as the commander of this Marine Corps.

Doesn’t this mean something like sending people to the frontier?”

"Yes! This guy's popularity in the army is not very good, but he has married a good wife!"

The man in front of him was obviously not satisfied with this army officer who had forced his way into his navy. The sarcasm in this sentence was obvious. How could Fang Lang not hear it?

"Oh! I wonder what's so good about Colonel Rivaldo Granma's wife?"

I don’t know why, but Fang Lang felt a little weird when he said this sentence.

"His wife's father was the previous Brazilian Army Minister! Our current president turned out to be his subordinate.

Do you think he married a good wife?"

The disdain in General Crook's eyes was undisguised.

Fang Lang couldn't help but sigh, he really has a good wife!

No wonder this guy was promoted to colonel so quickly.

Smiling helplessly, Fang Lang finally understood why General Crook thought this matter was very complicated and the Admiralty was powerless to stop it.

"Do you want to persuade me not to refuse this appointment?"

General Crook smiled and shook his head:

"I hope you can find a way to prevent this appointment.

Unfortunately, I knew this was impossible, so my father-in-law personally visited Mr. President for the appointment of Colonel Rivaldo Granma.

Although no formal order has been issued yet, we all know that this appointment cannot be stopped."

His meaning is very obvious, that is to persuade Fang Lang not to do useless work.

Politics is the art of compromise, now that General Crook has told Fang Lang the whole story from the bottom of his heart.

Moreover, he expressed his attitude on this matter to Fang Lang without any scruples.

Of course, Fang Lang would not be stubborn enough to oppose Mr. President’s order.

"Since the other party wants to come to the Marine Corps to command the armored force, does our Navy Department have any plans to purchase tanks?"

After hearing what Fang Lang said, General Crook didn't know what Fang Lang really thought, so he asked hesitantly:

"What do you mean?"

Fang Lang understood that General Crook was testing his idea of ​​forming the First Fleet amphibious force, and was worried that his idea would conflict with his own.

"If the Army Department can support enough tanks, of course I will have no problem.

However, if I need to apply to form an armored force of the Marine Corps myself, I think the time is not yet ripe."

It’s not that Fang Lang wants to set up obstacles for the newly arrived Marine Corps commander.

But although the current LVt series of amphibious tanks of the US military do have considerable strength, this is not the key direction that Fang Lang wants to develop now.

In Fang Lang's mind, the importance of naval aviation is higher than that of the amphibious landing force.

It’s not that Fang Lang doesn’t pay attention to amphibious landing operations, but it is determined by Brazil’s strategic environment.

First of all, Brazil does not have any enemies in South America.

Even if there is a conflict with a neighboring country, there is basically no need to launch an amphibious landing operation, because it borders almost all South American countries except Chile and Ecuador.

If we really want to attack other people's territory, there is no need for amphibious landing troops.

Fang Lang actually wants to develop elite marines capable of airborne combat and performing special operations missions.

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