Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 497

  Chapter 497 Inspection by the Secretary of the Navy

   Just when Fang Lang took time out to train the first special forces, the army's suppression of the rebels in the jungle in the northwest had fallen into an endless and long-term confrontation.

  As Fang Lang and General Crook had expected, although the Army had tried their best to trap Brother Eddie's rebels in the jungle and be unable to move.

   But that's all. Although the entire rebel army fell into a temporary predicament because of being besieged, they soon gradually adapted to this state.

  Although, the hearts of the soldiers under his command were fluctuating, and there were a few soldiers who voluntarily surrendered. But the Eddie brothers soon took coercive measures and began to restrict the freedom of their fighters.

  In this case, in fact, there have been huge potential conflicts within the rebel army, and it only takes a little more time to slowly disintegrate the rebel army.

  Unfortunately, what the government army lacks is time.

  Whether it is the presidential palace or the Ministry of National Defense, there will be at least two urging telegrams every day, but the commander of the government army, Major General Walter Wesker, is a seasoned and prudent general.

  Did not choose to be aggressive because of the urging of their superiors. Instead, they worked steadily to further reduce the living space of the rebels.

  Especially when the high-speed patrol boats produced by Fangyuan Shipyard were transported to the front line, the government's control over the waterways was obviously further strengthened.

   For this reason, Brother Eddie's rebels had to ask the supporters behind them for help. Under such circumstances, some domestic tabloids began to slowly report on the slow progress of the Northwest War.

  The mouthpiece of the Labor Party, La Worker, even began to criticize the current Brazilian government, saying that the emergence of anti-government armed forces during the current government's administration is the government's incompetence and failure, and it should step down as soon as possible.

   At the same time, he said that such a long-term military operation has wasted a large amount of military expenditure, which is simply squandering the government's tax revenue, but that is the case, and there is nothing to do with a small rebel.

   All in all, it is to tell everyone that the current Brazilian government is an incompetent government.

   Even, a small number of members of Congress proposed to cancel the siege operation and conduct peace talks with the rebels.

  This put a lot of pressure on President Dutra, and he had to intensify his efforts to urge progress on the front line.

   But Major General Wotai Wesker was unwilling to let his military deployment be affected by politics, and he still carried out his encirclement and suppression plan step by step.

  After this situation lasted for a week, President Dutra finally couldn't bear it and proposed to the Minister of Defense the idea of ​​​​replacing the front-line commander.

   But the Minister of Defense, Marshal Morais, is also a battle-hardened veteran, and he knows very well that the tactics adopted by Major General Walter Wesker are actually the most suitable tactics.

   I have to intercede for Major General Walter Wesker. In fact, President Dutra was also the Secretary of the Army. He also knows very well that this tactic is the most stable.

   But now he is no longer the Minister of the Army, but the President of Brazil. He can no longer consider issues purely from a military perspective, but also needs to consider political influence.

  So, he had to issue an ultimatum to the Ministry of Defense.

  In this case, General Crook took a special seaplane and appeared directly over the Marine Corps jungle warfare training base where Fang Lang was.

  Through the porthole of the plane, General Crook saw this simple military camp in the Amazon jungle from a distance. The camp, which was almost entirely composed of field tents, looked really shabby.

   There are ten brand-new military green painted small aircraft like one-eyed dragonflies parked in the open space in the middle. General Crook can understand with just a glance that this should be the helicopter purchased by Fang Lang and the others alone.

   However, he is a little unclear about the function of this new helicopter.

  At this time, Fang Lang was studying with a group of Marine Corps officers how to use a brand new helicopter to fight.

   "Boss, you mean to let the soldiers of the special operations research team directly take this small plane and approach the enemy's jungle camp? Wouldn't this be too dangerous?"

   After Duarte heard Fang Lang's plan, he also had a look of disbelief.

  Since the end of the last exercise, he has gradually begun to understand what special operations are all about, but now Fang Lang's unconstrained thinking almost shocked his jaw!

   But Fang Lang didn't look at the surprised Duarte, but looked at Zhuang Xintian opposite him.

  Zhuang Xintian also did not show any surprised expression, but replied calmly and seriously:

"The boss means that this small plane can carry a weight of 400 kilograms, so each side of the plane can carry a fully armed soldier on each side, ten helicopters can carry twenty people at a time, almost two teams of people .

  I think it's okay, we can try to rehearse several times in the early stage. "

  Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded in satisfaction. This spirit of daring to try is very worthy of recognition. As for whether this tactic is suitable, Fang Lang is not worried at all, after all, this method of transporting troops is too common in later generations.

  It's just that later generations have professional general-purpose helicopters or transport helicopters for transportation, but now only early helicopters such as Bell 47 can be used for transportation by means of external attachments.

  Think about the transport planes of later generations, which can directly hang people on ropes for transportation, so such an attempt should not be a big problem now.

  However, he must not joke about the lives of the special forces soldiers who have been trained with great difficulty. After touching his chin, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

   "There is no problem with using helicopters for transportation, but it may just be suspended outside the cabin, which makes the soldiers feel a little uncomfortable. The problem we need to focus on now is how to land.

   After all, there is no suitable landing field in the dense jungle. My idea is that after the helicopter hovers, the soldiers will perform a rope drop. But this requires enough courage and rigorous training from the fighters.

  Do you have confidence? "

  Zhuang Xintian heard the words, without hesitation, he stood at attention and saluted directly:

   "Please rest assured, boss, we exist to accomplish impossible tasks."

   Duarte on the side couldn't understand why Zhuang Xintian had changed so much, which was very different from the Zhuang Xintian he knew before. Could this naval special tactics research team really change a person?

   At this moment, he involuntarily began to have a strong interest in this team.

   Just as several people were discussing how to use helicopters to carry out infiltration operations, an officer quickly walked outside the account and reported loudly:

   "Report, Secretary of the Navy General Clark's plane is preparing to land."

  Fang Lang heard the words, and quickly got up and glanced at everyone:

   "Everyone, come with me to greet Your Excellency General, and we will talk about other things next time."

   Everyone hurriedly got up and took orders.

  Because there is no airport nearby, General Crook took a seaplane, and he had to land in the river if he wanted to land. But Fang Lang's jungle warfare training base on the north bank of the Amazon River is not completely close to the Amazon River.

  It is located not far from a tributary on the north bank of the Amazon River. This is because the Amazon River is the main inland river in Brazil, with many ships in heavy traffic, and military bases often require a certain degree of secrecy.

  So the base is not built next to the river, but it is less than three miles away from the tributary of the Amazon River in a straight line. This tributary is also not a shipping route, so it has a certain degree of concealment.

  The location of the base is only connected to the North Mining Company on land by a relatively muddy dirt road.

   A small dock was also built on the side of the tributary river to facilitate the daily replenishment of the base.

   At this time, General Crook's seaplane landed at this pier.

  When General Crook got off the plane accompanied by several officers, Fang Lang had already led the officers of the Marine Corps to greet him here.

   Seeing a group of officers lined up at the pier to greet them, General Crook stopped to shake hands with everyone and chatted cordially.

   Waited until the greetings were over before visiting this simple and rough field camp accompanied by Fang Lang.

   "Fang, your camp looks a little crude!"

  General Crook whispered to Fang Lang beside him with some doubts.

   Fang Lang had expected this. After all, the Brazilian navy has the shadow of the Portuguese navy, and these European navies have some degenerate attributes of the noble army.

  I always feel a bit condescending, looking down on the muddy legs.

   And this camp, which was obviously set up for jungle field training, was really difficult to see in the eyes of the noble officers.

   "Your Excellency, our place is not a permanent camp, but a training camp for jungle warfare. All construction standards are based on field requirements.

  Look, this is actually just a campsite, and the training ground is in the surrounding dense virgin jungle.

   Such a camp environment is conducive to the soldiers quickly adapting to the harsh jungle environment. "

  Hearing this, General Crook nodded and said:

   "No wonder you can't see the training ground, and you can't see the soldiers."

   Fang Lang smiled and said:

   "Your Excellency, at this time, the soldiers are conducting survival training in the jungle, so there are really not many people in the camp."

   After speaking, he raised his wrist, looked at the watch on his hand, and said:

   "It's ten o'clock in the morning, and there are still about eight hours before the soldiers will return to camp one after another. If you want to review the training results, you may have to wait until tomorrow."

  General Crook waved his hands casually when he heard the words:

   "There is no need for the review, I believe in your ability to train troops. This time I came here because I have other things to talk to you alone."

  Fang Lang was taken aback for a moment, and quickly said:

   "If you have something to say, I can just go and find you, why bother you to go there yourself?"

  Although the two have a close relationship, as a subordinate, you still need to understand the most basic subordinate etiquette. If the superior asks you for something, of course you need the subordinate to report it. How can the superior come down to find the subordinate in person.

   This is the basic officialdom rule.

   General Crook obviously didn't care about these official rules at this time, he waved his hands casually and said:

   "Let's talk in your office!"

   Fang Lang could only nod when he heard the words, and led General Crook to his camp. It is said to be an office, but it is actually an ordinary tent with a simple camp bed, a mosquito net, a set of desks and chairs, and a large file cabinet.

   The ground was smoothed with cement, and it was the tent with the best environment in the entire barracks.

  After seeing General Crook, he frowned unconsciously and said:

   "Fang, as a dignified general, you are really aggrieved to live in such an environment."

   Fang Lang just smiled slightly at this and said:

   "Your Excellency, General, although I am a general, we are all soldiers. We all live in such simple tents. It doesn't make sense for me to live in a spacious brick house alone, isn't it?"

  General Crook heard the words, took a deep look at Fang Lang and said:

   "Fang, you are an excellent soldier, that's why I like you.

  I understand what you mean, let's do it! Next year, you resubmit a training camp construction plan, apply for more construction funds, and build this camp into a modern military camp with all brick buildings. "

What's the meaning? Is there some misunderstanding here? I don't mean to ask for military expenses!

  I just think that since it is a training place, of course the closer to the actual combat environment, the better! well! Forget it, since the general said to give money for overhaul, let's overhaul it! What can i say?

  (end of this chapter)

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