Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 239 Arrival

  After arranging the Marine Corps, Fang Lang handed over the screening of aircraft carrier naval personnel to the chief of staff de la Torre, but he began to have a headache about the recruitment of pilots.

  Brazil now also has an air force. During World War II, the Brazilian Air Force cooperated with the U.S. Air Force and carried out more than 2,000 missions.

   This air force, established entirely with the support of the Americans, is a flying brigade with 350 P-47 Thunder fighter jets, divided into four squadrons of red, blue, yellow and green.

  The commander of the brigade is called Major Nero Mora. After the war, he was promoted to Colonel of the Air Force and concurrently served as Minister of the Brazilian Air Force.

  When Fang Lang's First Fleet was established, the Brazilian Air Force was still under the command of General Morais, commander of the expeditionary force.

  So, at the beginning, the Brazilian Navy assigned ten fighter pilots and ten P-47 Thunder fighter jets from the Air Force to join the First Fleet.

   It can also be seen from here that the Brazilian Air Force is an incomplete air force with only fighter jets and can only perform combat and reconnaissance missions.

   Without bombers and transport planes, in Fang Lang's eyes, this is an incomplete air force.

   It can be said that the Brazilian Air Force during this period was very weak. Once Fang Lang's aircraft carrier forms combat effectiveness, it will have about a hundred naval aviation forces.

  This number has reached about one-third of the entire Brazilian Air Force, which means that the Brazilian Air Force is weak and has less say than the Navy, so they dare not compete with the Navy.

   Otherwise, the air power of the entire Brazilian Air Force, which is one-third of the strength, would not be a surprise.

  Here I have to talk about the Army's coveted heart for this air force. Originally, when this air force was established, it was established in the name of the Army Aviation.

  However, because during the war, the air force was placed under the separate command of the US military, and the Brazilian Army did not actually command this nominal army aviation unit.

  After the war, the Brazilian Army wanted to bring the air force back under its command. Unfortunately, this air force, which has always been under the command of the US Army Aviation, already has a completely independent command system.

  With the help of the U.S. Air Force, he had the idea of ​​forming an independent army. After returning to China, he went through a series of political games.

  In the end, President Vargas agreed with the opinion of the Air Force to form an independent army, which also offended many big bosses of the Army Department. Later, General Dutra's coup may not be without this reason.

   So, it's actually not an easy time for this Air Force team right now.

  The navy is about to have its own aircraft carrier and naval aviation. If it still poachs the corner of the Brazilian Air Force at this time, it will inevitably cause a strong rebound from the air force.

   And then caused a series of unnecessary troubles. Therefore, General Crook repeatedly emphasized to Fang Lang on the issue of building naval aviation, not to make decisions from the Brazilian Air Force.

   To use their existing aviation power to develop their own naval aviation.

   But looking at the ten pilots under him, and thinking about the one hundred pilots needed on the aircraft carrier, Fang Lang felt a headache.

  Aviators are not like soldiers in the army. Just pull a farmer to train for a few months, and then throw them on the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country.

   This is a high-tech unit, and it has certain requirements for physical fitness.

  Although the requirements are not as high as those of the later generations, it is not enough to just arrest a few people.

   As a last resort, Fang Lang could only find a way from the students who were still studying in school.

  Fang Lang directly ordered the ten HNA pilots of the First Fleet to bring relevant certification materials and go to high schools in various states of Brazil to recruit pilot students.

   It is going to build a Naval Aviation Academy in Natal, so it has to apply again to the Brazilian Navy Ministry to purchase ten PT-19 trainer aircraft.

   Fortunately, the Ministry of the Navy also knew that the situation was special, and included this additional fund in the aircraft carrier procurement plan.

   After being busy for more than a week, Fang Lang finally allowed Fang Lang to straighten out the work at the Natal Naval Base.

   Just when Fang Lang wanted to go back to his hometown in Sao Paulo with a sigh of relief to be with his family, he received a call from General Crook of the Navy Department. The appointment of the new brigade commander of the Marine Corps has been officially announced.

  The colonel, Mr. Valdo Grama, will arrive as early as tomorrow to make Fang Lang ready.

   This made Fang Lang very upset, feeling that this guy was contradicting himself everywhere.

   Originally, Fang Lang wanted to ignore the other party and go home directly, letting the other party have nothing to do.

  However, considering that I am a superior, if this is the case, many people may be unable to step down.

  So, Fang Lang could only give up his original plan to go home and wait quietly for the new Marine Corps commander in Natal.

   Surprisingly, Colonel Valdo Granma did not wait until the next day to report.

  That afternoon, when Fang Lang was still in the office asking General Clark for advice on aircraft carrier tactics, he received a report from his subordinates that a plane took off from Rio de Janeiro and had just contacted the control tower.

  It is about to land at Natal Airport. Among the passengers on the plane is Colonel Valdo Grama. I hope the naval base can do a good job of reception.

   "What do you mean? How big is this person! Do you want me to pick you up at the airport?"

   After Fang Lang heard the news, he came up angrily.

  But soon he laughed again. With such a personality, Fang Lang doesn't have to worry.

  This guy did such a ignorant thing, either he was deliberately embarrassing him, or he was a real low EQ.

  Fang Lang hoped that the other party belonged to the latter.

   But no matter what the situation is, it can only prove that this guy is not smart enough.

   "Ask Sirio Leitch from the Second Division of the Logistics Department to come to the office to see me."

  Whether the opponent is really low in EQ, or wants to embarrass him in this way to improve his reputation in the new army, Fang Lang will not really listen to him and go to the airport to greet him.

"Yes, sir."

  General Clark on one side, seeing Fang Lang's situation, smiled and said:

   "It seems that your subordinate is not very peaceful!"

  Fang Lang smiled indifferently and said:

   "It doesn't matter, it should be because he has been spoiled and raised, and he has never been beaten by the society. Let him go to my army to beat and beat him.

  He knew why the flowers were so red. "

   "Haha. You are really interesting, kid.

   Then we continue to study? "

  “Of course, no one can stop my enthusiasm for learning and improving.”

  The two continued to catch up with the learning progress just now.

   After a while, the door of the office was knocked again. This time it was Lieutenant Sirio Leitch, chief of the second section of the Logistics Department.

   "Sir, are you looking for me?"

  Now, the Natal head of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency has joined Fang Lang's First Fleet Logistics Department, and his external identity has always been an officer of the Logistics Department.

   It turned out that he was a second lieutenant in the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, but after the last incident with the Yakubu family, Fang Lang had already helped him reach the rank of lieutenant.

   Except for a limited number of officers of the First Fleet who knew his true identity, most of them thought he was really an ordinary logistics officer.

  Many military officers have doubts about what the Second Division of the Logistics Department does.

  Because, there is no department in the naval base that has business dealings with the second division of the logistics department.

  The Second Division of the Logistics Department, in all the documents and materials of the Fleet Headquarters, shows that its job duties are to be responsible for the external liaison work of the First Fleet.

   As for the specific contact, there is no way of knowing.

   Most people guess that this may be a department set up specifically to let some related households receive wages.

  Because most of the people in this department are superficial, no one knows exactly how many people work here.

  Even the director of logistics never assigns them tasks.

  Although the station is in the base, the personnel of this department rarely show up at the base.

   Even their entry and exit from the naval base is a special passage, guarded and inspected by their own personnel.

   "We have a new colonel commander in the Marine Corps, have you heard?"

  Fang Lang suspended his study, walked to the door and whispered to Lieutenant Sirio Leitch.

"heard!"

  Lieutenant Sirio Leitch nodded, and simply answered Fang Lang's question without saying much.

   "His plane will arrive soon, please find some people to pick him up!

  I am busy studying and have no time.

   If he asks anything, you can do it yourself.

Do you understand me? "

  A new Marine Corps commander, Fang Lang refused to let the staff arrange someone to receive him.

   Instead, let him be in charge of the reception in the second department of the logistics department. If Lieutenant Sirio Leitch still doesn't understand what's going on, he doesn't have to mess around.

   A cold light flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned. Lieutenant Lei Qi nodded with a smile on his face and said:

"Yes, sir."

   Fang Lang smiled, didn't say much, patted him on the shoulder, turned around and entered the office, and continued his great study.

  Lieutenant Sirio Leitch didn't stay too long, and went directly to his office at the naval base.

   Picked up a blank file and carefully wrote down the name of Valdo Grama.

  Looking at the situation, it is obvious that a brand new file should be established for the Colonel in the Second Division of their Logistics Department.

   About half an hour later, a Pan Am passenger plane flying from Rio de Janeiro landed at Natal Airport.

  Because Fang Lang established a civil airport service company in Natal, so now Natal will have planes landing here from time to time.

  Of course, because the airport has been open for a relatively short period of time, there are not many stopovers or direct flights, so the flight route has not become hotter.

  After the plane landed, more than a dozen people who had already been waiting at the airport took the initiative to greet them.

  A middle-aged Caucasian man with a mustache and the uniform of a Brazilian army colonel walked down the spiral staircase first.

   Glancing at the dozen or so people waiting, his face darkened and he asked directly:

   "Didn't I inform you on the plane that I'm coming? Why didn't Colonel Fang come to greet you?"

  Following him came out a very delicately dressed middle-aged beautiful white woman with a small handbag on her arm and a white lace parasol, looking very fashionable.

   Followed by two teenage boys and a seven or eight-year-old girl.

   Behind them is a group of army soldiers carrying large and small luggage. They don't look like soldiers at all, but are a little funny like servants.

   The person in charge of picking up the plane was a young man in the military uniform of a Navy second lieutenant. After hearing the question from Colonel Valdo Grama, he hurried forward and explained:

   "Sir, I'm really sorry, everyone is now receiving training from the American Advisory Group, and I really can't get away.

  I am the adjutant assigned to you by the First Fleet. My name is Alberto Dill. You can call me Dill.

  Don't worry, your residence and office have been arranged, and I will take you there first. "

  (end of this chapter)