Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 499

  Chapter 499 Defense Conference

   Fang Lang, who received an affirmative answer, nodded in satisfaction, moved closer to his body again, and lowered his voice to tell General Crook his thoughts.

  After listening to Fang Lang's introduction, General Crook looked suspicious, and said with some hesitation:

   "Are you sure?"

   Fang Lang looked at General Crook with a smile on his face and said:

   "Don't you know if you try it?"

  General Crook heard the words, took a deep look at Fang Lang, and slowly stretched out his right hand to Fang Lang.

   "Okay, let's try then."

   Seeing this, Fang Lang also stood up with a smile on his face, grabbed General Crook's right hand, and said to General Crook in a firm tone:

   "Your Excellency, please rest assured, our navy and marines have the determination to fight and win."

   After speaking, stand at attention and salute.

   General Crook was obviously very satisfied with this, and returned a military salute to Fang Lang expectantly.

  Next, the two walked out of Fang Lang's tent and visited the entire field camp. Accompanied by Fang Lang, General Crook expressed condolences to some of the soldiers injured during the training, and then hurriedly left on the plane he arrived.

   This inspection came in a hurry and went even more hastily. Even many officers of the Ministry of the Navy didn't know about it at all. The officers of the Marine Corps are also a little confused.

  Only Fang Lang and Crook knew what was going on at the time.

   Next, things progressed exactly as they predicted. Under the ultimatum pressure from the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Defense, Major General Walter Wesker had to give up the cage tactics he had always insisted on.

   As an excellent general, he is well aware of the danger of entering the jungle again. So during the confrontation, the army under his command was not idle. With the help of some Amazon jungle natives, he learned some ways to survive in the Amazon jungle.

   Let the whole team no longer blindly rush into the dense rainforest like the first time.

  At the same time, he was very clear in his heart that the range of the rainforest was too large. After they entered the rainforest, gaps would easily appear between the troops, and the enemy would easily take advantage of them. Therefore, he always asked everyone to maintain their own rhythm and report their progress at any time.

  But the complex environment of the Amazon rainforest still made them suffer. Even the electromagnetic signals were up and down.

  These rebels, under the leadership of Brisso Eddie, used guerrilla warfare tactics to concentrate their superior forces and gave an aggressive team a blow, although they failed to wipe out the government forces.

   But it can be regarded as venting part of the anger of the rebels who have been besieged.

  Because of the attack on this team, the surrounding teams were mobilized, and a huge hole appeared in the entire encirclement circle. When the entire government army team completed the encirclement, everyone lost the trace of Brother Eddie's rebels.

   This made Major General Walter Wesker furious, but there was nothing he could do.

   Fortunately, he did not lose his mind because of this. Instead, he quickly realized that after the rebels jumped out of the encirclement, they would definitely want to find supplies immediately, and Bittenkote Town and Manguari must be their goals.

  So, he used the remaining defensive forces in his hands to set up strong defensive positions in the two small towns. At the same time, he sent transport ships to quickly transport the National Defense Force soldiers who had lost their targets in the jungle to the outskirts of the two small towns.

   Prepare to cooperate with the inside and outside, and eat the rebels directly.

   I don't know whether the rebels got the information in advance, or the rebels got supplies from other places, but they didn't launch an attack on the two small towns as Major General Walter Wesker expected.

   Instead, he chose to completely disappear in the dense tropical rainforest.

   Now, Major General Walter Wesker also lost track of the rebels, and the so-called plan to wipe out the rebels was completely bankrupt. The Ministry of Defense and the Presidential Palace have lost all face.

   At this moment, the Marine Corps under Fang Lang suddenly appeared at the temporary field airport built by the government army, and began the expansion project of the field airport as a reinforcement.

Just because the rebels lost their traces, Major General Wotai Wesker, who was anxious like ants on a hot pot, heard Fang Lang personally express to him that he would send the naval aviation under his command to help them find the traces of the rebels, without hesitation. The Navy's expansion of the field airfield was approved.

   After all, the navy directly sent nearly ten reconnaissance planes into this crude field airport to help them find the rebels, and he had no reason to refuse.

  But what Major General Walter Wesker didn't know was that the Marine Corps' expansion of the airport was obviously not a simple matter of parking ten reconnaissance planes.

   Time passed, and the situation on the front line was finally spread to the media by someone with a heart. For a while, the public was excited, and the Ministry of National Defense and the entire Ministry of the Army lost face.

  At the latest meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, Minister of Defense Marshal Morais looked at a group of high-level Brazilian military officials with a livid face.

   "Mr. Minister Melchor Alam, do you have anything to say about your Army Department's repeated defeats?"

  Hearing the Secretary of Defense name the Secretary of the Army, the entire meeting room fell silent. Everyone knew that the Secretary of the Army was doomed this time.

   After all, the military order was issued at the beginning, clearly stating that if this group of rebels cannot be wiped out this time, he, the Minister of the Army, will automatically resign.

  Although the failure of the war of encirclement and suppression cannot be entirely blamed on the Secretary of the Army, but a defeat is a defeat, and there are no conditions to talk about.

  Minister of the Army Melchor Alam is also a straightforward person. Knowing that he can't hide at all, he stood up and saluted:

   "Your Excellency Marshal, the Ministry of the Army has a heavy trust. I, the Minister of the Army, cannot absolve myself of the responsibility. I hereby formally take the blame and resign from you. I hope you can approve it."

  Everyone in the meeting room looked miserable, but there was nothing they could do.

  Minister of the Air Force, Major General Nero Mora, looked at Lieutenant General Crook, Minister of the Navy sitting diagonally opposite him, with great interest. He felt that General Crook seemed a little strange today.

  After hearing what General Melchor Alam said, Marshal Morais didn't say much nonsense, but nodded without hesitation:

   "I agree with your application for resignation. The position of the Secretary of the Army will be temporarily replaced by the Chief of the Army General Staff. At the same time, I ordered the revocation of the post of the frontline commander of Major General Walter Wesker and transferred back to the Ministry of the Army for investigation."

   Then he glanced at the people in the conference room, and said in a serious tone:

   "This is a failure not just of the Army, but of our entire National Defense Force. Mr. President is very disappointed in us, and I share the blame.

   Next, I need to go to Congress for questioning on this matter.

  As far as I know, someone in Congress may propose peace talks with the rebels again this time. I don't know how you think about this matter, but this is absolutely unacceptable to me.

  So, I hope the War Department can come up with a new course of action as soon as possible. "

  After hearing what Marshal Morais said, Minister of War Melchor Alam sat down with a look of decadence and lost all energy.

  The surrounding army generals also had ugly faces, especially when they heard that someone in Congress proposed peace talks with the rebels, several army generals wanted to take the case.

   Lieutenant General Humberto Olde, the chief of staff of the army who was temporarily caught and topped, also looked ugly.

   Originally, being promoted to the position of Minister of the Army should have made him happy, but under the current situation, this position is simply a hot potato, and anyone who takes it will be in trouble.

  So, he didn't want to take this position at all in his heart, but the Minister of Defense had personally appointed him, so he could only hold his nose to accept it.

   stood up, stood at attention and saluted:

   "Yes, Your Excellency the Marshal!"

   When the Secretary of the Navy, General Crook, heard that Marshal Morais asked the War Department to submit a new action plan and a new commander, he couldn't sit still.

   Hastily opened the mouth and said:

   "Your Excellency, Marshal, in my opinion, the army's operation this time is no problem at all. If the cage tactics of Major General Walter Wesker continue to be implemented, the rebels will not last long at all.

  If it weren't for the random command of those officials and lords in Congress who don't understand anything, there would be no such failure at all.

  They actually have the face to propose peace talks with the rebels. I have every reason to doubt whether these guys have betrayed the national interests. "

  Minister of the Army Melchor Alam did not expect that the Secretary of the Navy, General Crook, who had been fighting against him, would take the initiative to say good things for him, which made him stunned for a while.

   All the generals of the Ministry of War also looked at General Crook with surprise.

   Air Force Minister Major General Nero Mora found it even more interesting.

   Marshal Morais frowned slightly when he heard the words. He didn't understand that what General Crook said was the truth, but he said that the officials of the Congress commanded indiscriminately, and was he pointing at himself a little bit?

   After all, the actions of the Ministry of War were forced to suppress because they did not withstand the pressure.

  But on this occasion, he obviously couldn't take the initiative to stand up and take the responsibility, so he could only say with a little displeasure:

   "Okay, don't say these words here."

   Then, General Morais turned his attention to Lieutenant General Humberto Olde, who had just been appointed as the acting Minister of the Army, and asked with a serious face:

   "General Humberto Olde, do you have a new commander in mind?"

Lieutenant General Humberto Olde, the chief of staff of the army, is of course very familiar with the situation of the army, but at this time, he was very embarrassed. Although he had expected this problem, he would not know how to answer.

   After all, no matter how you look at it, this position is a trap. If you recommend a confidant of yours to go there, you may harm others.

  If you send a general who is not your confidant but capable enough, you are afraid that others will harm you.

  This is really a dilemma.

   Admiral Crook, the Minister of the Navy, saw that General Morais still wanted the army to continue to lead the siege. He was a little anxious, and couldn't help but take the initiative to say again:

   "Your Excellency Marshal, I feel that the army has just gone through two operations, and the soldiers are tired, so it is really not suitable for a new operation immediately.

   If you and my colleagues in the Department of War don't mind, I would like to challenge you on behalf of the Marine Corps of our Rio de Janeiro aircraft carrier fleet.

   Let us come forward, first deal with the rebels for a while, and give the army brothers a chance to rest. "

  Marshal Morais apparently did not expect that the Ministry of the Navy would take the initiative to ask for a fight at such a time when everyone was afraid to avoid it. No wonder he suddenly interrupted to say what he said earlier.

  It seems that he is not insinuating about himself, but wants to take the initiative to intervene in this conflict!

   All the generals in the Ministry of the Army are also confused, what's the situation? The Secretary of the Navy is full. Our army's nearly 5,000-strong troops have gained nothing for such a long time. How dare you jump out with a fleet of more than 2,500 marines in your navy?

  If General Crook proposed this before the rebels jumped out of the encirclement, these generals of the army could spray each other to death.

   But at this moment, the generals of the army couldn't say much. After all, the other party didn't come to pick peaches.

   What I said was also very considerate of the army, and I wanted to give the army time to rest.

  (end of this chapter)

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