Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

"The Germans have surrendered, aren't there still Japanese?"

Lieutenant General Chambers was stunned by Fang Lang's words. He obviously did not expect that Fang Lang would even think of intervening in the Pacific battlefield.

"As far as I know, your President Vargas is not willing to let Brazil get involved in the Pacific battlefield. There is no way your idea can be realized."

Vargas, the current president of Brazil, is a typical pragmatist. If German submarines had not attacked Brazilian merchant ships, Brazil would not have been able to join the Allied Forces so easily, let alone allow Brazil to participate in the Pacific battlefield.

In fact, after the end of the European War, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was ordered to station in Italy as the occupation force of Piacenza and Alexandria. However, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force only stayed in Italy until early July and then evacuated back home in batches.
It can also be seen from here that Brazil is not a warlike country. Because of this, Brazil did not receive many benefits after World War II. In history, apart from bringing back four divisions of army equipment, there was not much gain.
Even because of the domestic political turmoil, he was not able to carve up many actual benefits from the post-war period. However, Fang Lang did not want to give up these benefits directly. He also expected to be promoted and make a fortune as an occupying force after the war!

If the Americans can help him build a modern naval fleet, then Fang Lang will basically achieve his goal.

"Your Majesty General, as long as there are enough interests, even if Mr. President opposes it, there will be many people who will support it!"

Chambers really didn’t quite understand what Fang Lang said, which was supported by many people, and said with a hint of confusion:

"What do you mean?"

Having a modern naval fleet is of course in the best interest of the Brazilian Navy, so Fang Lang directly expressed his thoughts.

"If participating in the Pacific War allows the Brazilian Navy to have a powerful naval fleet, I think the Brazilian Navy will definitely support its participation in the Pacific War."

Unfortunately, Lieutenant General Chambers obviously has his own considerations, or the US government actually does not want an overly powerful modern fleet to appear in Latin America, which is not in the interests of the United States.

"The current situation in the Pacific battlefield is very clear, and there is no need to add an additional naval force. Therefore, your proposal is somewhat inappropriate."

Fang Lang did not consider the United States' positioning and guiding ideology for Latin America at this time. He still wanted to make more efforts.

"The Japanese are very tenacious in combat, aren't they! If, once the Japanese landing war begins, a heavy price will inevitably be paid. At this time, every effort will not be redundant."

Unfortunately, since Lieutenant General Chambers has his own ideas and thoughts on the development of Latin America, he will definitely not be easily persuaded by Fang Lang.

"What you said makes sense, but now that the European War is over, we have freed up a lot of manpower. Moreover, I am the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Fleet.

If you are unable to participate in the decision-making of the Pacific Theater, I will convey your wishes to General MacArthur in the Pacific Theater. As for whether your troops will be transferred to the Pacific Theater, I am not sure."

Listening to Lieutenant General Chambers's evasive words, Fang Lang knew that he had no way to continue to open a breakthrough from here, so he could only end the call angrily.

The call with Lieutenant General Chambers shocked Fang Lang a little. His newly ignited fighting passion was completely poured out by a basin of cold water.

At first, I didn’t understand why Lieutenant General Chambers would reject an Allied army’s request to help the United States fight the war. I thought that Chambers already knew what the United States was preparing.

However, I remembered that I only started to change my attitude after proposing that Brazil have a powerful naval fleet. I slowly began to think about it. It seemed that I had entered a misunderstanding. How could I rely on others to be strong?

There’s alms!

It seems that if you want to build a powerful naval fleet in Brazil, you have to build it yourself, and your economic development ideas will also have to change to a certain extent.

It turns out that Fang Lang has been considering the political turmoil in Brazil. It is not suitable for large-scale investment in the country yet, but now his identity has a certain ability to protect himself.

I believe that no one should dare to pull teeth out of their own tiger's mouth. As long as they have a piece of their own territory, I don't believe that anyone dares to show their teeth to them. Any coup must go around them.

Fang Lang, who had made a decision in his mind, expressed his gratitude directly to Reinhardt and said that he had received an order from the expeditionary force headquarters to rush to the port of Genoa, Italy to standby.

Reinhardt was obviously very curious about what happened on the House, but he just reminded Fang Lang to abide by the Geneva Convention and said no more.

Fang Lang smiled and said goodbye to Reinhardt without saying much, and led the fleet to the port of Genoa.

In fact, the expeditionary force headquarters did not order Fang Lang to go to the port of Genoa, but Fang Lang knew that Piacenza, one of the expeditionary force's stations, was not far from Genoa.

He originally ordered his father-in-law, Mr. Coburn, to acquire Genoa's steel and shipbuilding industries when the Allied forces first occupied Genoa. Now that he wants to change his mind, he wants to change his mind.

Then take advantage of Genoa's advantages as Italy's steel and shipbuilding center and purchase relevant equipment to prepare for the construction of steel plants and shipyards in Brazil.

After a week of sailing, Fang Lang led the captured German submarine to the port of Genoa, Italy. The reason it took so long was mainly because everyone was not familiar with the operation of the new submarine and had been getting familiar with it while moving forward.
On the way to Genoa, Fang Lang had already reported to the expeditionary force headquarters. In fact, most of the current expeditionary force navy is stationed in the port of Genoa.

Because this is the closest port to Piacenza, one of the bases of the Expeditionary Force, and it is also the port where the Expeditionary Force withdraws from Italy, so Fang Lang's direct trip to Genoa can be regarded as a sign of uncertainty.

The person who received Fang Lang at the port was Colonel Parisi, the current naval commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.

"Fang, you are finally back. Get in the car quickly. Let's talk as we walk. General Moraes is still waiting for you at the headquarters!"

As soon as he saw Fang Lang, Colonel Parisi stepped forward and gave him a big hug. Before Fang Lang could say anything, he dragged Fang Lang into a Willys Jeep parked next to the port.<

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Fang Lang was stunned when he heard that Colonel Parisi was taking him directly to the expeditionary force headquarters:

"Is the headquarters in Genoa?"

Colonel Parisi pushed Fang Lang into the jeep and said:

"Of course not! The headquarters is in Piacenza. We are now the occupying force in Piacenza, which is more than 150 kilometers away from Genoa! We have to hurry up, or we won't be able to make it in time for dinner."

After hearing what Colonel Parisi said, Fang Lang laughed and said:

"Isn't dinner simple? Let's find a good restaurant in Genoa and have a good meal before setting off!"

As a result, Parisi rolled his eyes and said:

"Fang, do you think there will be plenty of food in Italy now? The war has just ended and order has not been restored. Now Italians can't even buy food. Where can there be a restaurant to give you a good meal?"

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Fang Lang was stunned. Didn't his father-in-law bring his business here? With the current development speed of global trade in Italy, he should be able to occupy the Italian market very quickly!

But I don’t have time to pay attention to these now. It’s better to finish returning the army first and then think about business matters!

Italy in this era has just experienced a war and the traffic situation is very bad. If we go at the current speed, driving a distance of 150 kilometers in more than an hour is more than enough.

However, it took Fang Lang nearly six hours of turbulence before he arrived at the headquarters of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Piacenza. Fang Lang was very moved that Colonel Parisi could drive so far to meet him in Genoa.<

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"Colonel Parisi, I didn't expect that you would come to Genoa to greet me in person. Such a long distance is really too hard. Are you now so free in the expeditionary force?"

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Colonel Parisi, who was congratulating himself for not being knocked to death, almost got angry to death and gave Fang Lang a roll of his eyes and said:

"What are you thinking! I am the naval commander of the expeditionary force. Of course my station is at the seaside! This time the order is for me to pick you up and report to the headquarters together."

Unexpectedly, such a mistake happened, and Fang Lang's expression of emotion turned into embarrassment.