Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 124 Entry

  Fang Lang was relieved when he heard General Morais' assurance.

  Although Fang Lang didn't understand why it was not Morais, the Marshal of the Expeditionary Force, who organized the coup, but the Minister of Army of the Expeditionary Force.

  But Fang Lang knew that General Morais was definitely not in the presidential line.

   Fang Lang took the initiative to contact General Morais, just to test the general's attitude towards this matter.

  He now chooses to stand in line, what he needs is to show his position to General Dutra.

   This matter obviously cannot be done through General Morais.

   Now in Brazil, as far as Fang Lang knows, the one who clearly belongs to General Dutra's department is Colonel Tici, commander of the Rio de Janeiro Naval Base.

   Therefore, he contacted Colonel Teach without hesitation.

   "Fang, I heard that you are ready to go back to Brazil?"

   "Brother Titch, I didn't expect everyone to care so much about my whereabouts! Why didn't I know that I was so important!"

   "Haha Fang, you have to understand that in this special period, if the balance of power of any party is broken, it will cause violent reactions."

   "Oh! Which side do you all assign me to?"

   "Hey. Which side do you belong to? Only you know! It's up to us to decide."

   "Then which side do you think I should belong to?"

   "I think you belong on your own side lol"

   "Brother Titch, do you know? I just received news that someone is going to get my hands on my shipyard."

   "I have heard, but don't worry, this proposal has not been passed."

   "Oh! Has it been rejected? I haven't received this message yet!"

   "Yes, both the Social Democrats and the National League in parliament voted against it!"

   "It seems that after returning to China, I have to express my gratitude to the congressmen of the two parties!"

   "Why wait until you return to your country?"

   Colonel Teach asked this question, Fang Lang was taken aback for asking, yes! Why do you have to wait until you return home?

  Although my father has not returned to Brazil, there are still uncles in the family who can be responsible for expressing goodwill to these two parties!

   Uncle Yang Zong's eldest son, Yang Gan, works in the Sao Paulo city government!

  This may be an opportunity to support your own political spokesperson!

   "Brother Titch, you are right. I will have someone come to express my gratitude directly on my behalf. I have one more thing to ask you for today. I hope you can help me?"

   "Fang, we are brothers, please speak up if you need it."

   "Please help me to bring a word to General Dutra, just say that I have served under his command, and I am now."

   "Fang, are you serious?"

   "Of course, I don't joke about this kind of thing."

   "Welcome to the brothers!"

  Hearing what Colonel Teach said, Fang Lang smiled, and he was officially standing in line.

   Originally, Fang Lang thought that this matter would come to an end with his statement.

  As a result, Fang Lang received a personal call from General Dutra that night.

   This flattered Fang Lang, and the two parties cordially exchanged views on the current situation in the conference call.

  Fang Lang expressed his desire for democratic politics, and received a warm response from General Dutra.

  At the same time, General Dutra consulted Fang Lang on the chaos of Brazilian Japanese descent.

  Fang Lang also expressed his opinion on this matter.

   And he prepared a plan to immigrate from his hometown to Brazil on a large scale, and made a detailed report to General Dutra. He received the general's clear support and highly praised the outstanding performance of Chinese soldiers on the battlefield.

  General Dutra also stated that he will give all-round support to the Fanglang family's investment in Brazil.

  The two ended the call in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.

  This call made Fang Lang's gloomy mood suddenly cloudy and sunny.

  It seems that my first investment in the domestic political situation in Brazil is a small profit and a big profit!

   In the final analysis, you still need money and power. As the commander of the first ocean-going fleet with the latest equipment and the largest scale in Brazil, Fang Lang now has a certain political influence in the country.

  At the same time, the family's domestic investment and close relationship with American capital also gave the domestic pro-American political group the National League a natural sense of closeness.

  Since I have chosen to choose sides, I can't just express support verbally, I have to make more substantive actions.

  Although the current army strength is not strong, there is only a Marine Corps battalion of 500 people.

  However, Fang Lang believes that the combat effectiveness of his own battalion must easily surpass a regiment of the Brazilian army.

   Therefore, Fang Lang contacted General Clark in Hawaii, and used ten transport planes to urgently transport 500 marines in his fleet to Natal, the base of the First Fleet in Brazil.

  Fang Lang naturally flew directly to Natal with the team.

  Natal is the continent closest to Africa in the northeast of Brazil, with a hot and dry climate.

  When the U.S. military leased this city from the Brazilian government, it was just a small town with a population of less than 80,000 people.

  Since the start of the North African campaign, the United States transported materials from the United States to Natal, and then directly transported them to North Africa by air. This route has greatly shortened the itinerary of material turnover.

   Therefore, the US military has built a complete military airport, naval port and logistics warehouse here.

  The population of this city has also rapidly increased to 120,000. Yes, you read that right, it is 120,000, which is smaller than the population of a modern town.

  With the end of the war, the U.S. military in Natal is about to withdraw, and the Brazilian Navy placed Fang Lang's First Fleet here, naturally for the perfect facilities here.

  When Fang Lang's plane landed at Natal Airport, it was already late at night on October 24th.

   Only the aviation and ground crew of the First Fleet greeted Fang Lang at the airport.

  As for the guards of the base, they have to wait for Fang Lang to officially take over the base before they can start to settle in.

  Because the North African campaign had ended long ago, this base has actually been out of use for some time.

   Most of the personnel have been evacuated, making this huge base look deserted, with very few lights.

   Fang Lang, who got off the plane, was not familiar with the aviation and ground staff at the base, but all the soldiers knew that the young colonel in front of him was their officer.

  So everyone took the initiative to come forward, and enthusiastically welcomed Fang Lang!

  Although Fang Lang was very tired, he still talked to each pilot very kindly, matching them with the list of personnel in the information he saw.

  Early the next morning, Major Mike of the US military base took the initiative to find Fang Lang who had just woken up, and couldn't wait to pull Fang Lang to hand over the entire base.

   This deserted base because the U.S. military left, let Fang Lang see the wealth of the U.S. military.

  Tall reinforced concrete office buildings, dormitories for officers and soldiers, hangars, aircraft maintenance workshops, huge warehouses, jeeps and trucks parked in the open space, anti-aircraft artillery positions, coastal defense artillery positions, etc.

   It is a wharf that can park more than 300,000-ton ships at the same time. There are actually four docks and corresponding equipment that are dedicated to repairing ships beside the wharf.

  Five spacious concrete airport runways, aircraft maintenance workshop and two suspected C46 transport aircraft waiting for maintenance.

   "Major Mike, are you sure you won't take all the supplies here?"

   Looking at Fang Lang's surprised expression that has never seen the world. Major Mike smiled and said:

   "Yes, Mr. Colonel, including some materials in the warehouse, they are all yours. This is the list."

   As he spoke, he handed over a list.

  Fang Lang didn't wait to open it to check, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but laugh out loud.

   "Mike, I saw that there seem to be two C46 aircraft waiting for maintenance in the aircraft maintenance workshop. I don't know if they still have a chance to fly into the blue sky."

   “Of course, all the parts have been shipped to the warehouse, but you may need to find a mechanic yourself.”

   Major Mike shrugged.

   "Mike, if I say I need ten C46 planes, I wonder if you can help get them."

   "Uh! Didn't you come here on a transport plane last night?"

   "I'm on secondment from the Hawaiian Naval Base, and they're going back today."

  Major Mike looked at Fang Lang suspiciously, not understanding what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. Since he was capable of being seconded to a US military transport plane, why did he ask himself for help.

  Fang Lang saw Mike's doubts, and whispered:

   "I mean, I want to buy ten C46s for myself. I don't know if you have a connection."

   "Private Purchase?"

   "Yes, the C46 will be delivered within two days and can be put into use immediately."

   "What price can you offer?"

  Fang Lang originally just asked with the mentality of giving it a try, but he didn't expect that the other party could really simply ask what price he could give. Obviously, it can be obtained!

   Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Fang Lang gritted his teeth and said:

   "Eight thousand dollars each!"

   "It's low, at least twelve thousand, and the goods will arrive tomorrow morning."

  Mike's crispness is unexpected.

  Fang Lang knew that 12,100 C46 transport planes were cheap, of course, but he couldn't agree so simply.

   "Mike, this is paid by me personally, so can it be cheaper, I can accept $10,000 a plane."

   "Colonel Fang, although we are meeting for the first time. But, let me tell you the truth, I can get the plane, but I need to get through a lot of joints and go through a lot of procedures, all of which need money.

  I think you should understand that for a large transport aircraft like the C46, ​​the price of 12,000 is really very favorable. For less than this price, I guess it will be difficult to get it in such a short time. "

  Hearing what Major Mike said, Fang Lang had to start to look at him with admiration. This man obviously had a complete arms sales channel in his hands.

   "Mike, I want to know, what else can you get besides C46?"

  Seeing the vigilance on Major Mike's face, Fang Lang quickly explained:

   "Don't get me wrong, I want to say that maybe we can cooperate for a long time, because if the price of buying equipment from you is lower than the price from the government, maybe I can buy a lot of equipment directly from you in the future."

  Fang Lang's words obviously made Major Mike's eyes light up.

   "I don't know what equipment Colonel Fang wants! I work in the General Logistics Department of the US Army. As long as you ask me for a request, I will quote you according to the situation."

   Doesn’t this mean that as long as you want, I can get it for you, of course, the premise is that you can afford it.

  (end of this chapter)