Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 275 Major General

  After meeting the destroyers who came to meet them in the Atlantic Ocean, after half a month of sailing, the aircraft carrier formation finally arrived on June 10, 1946, at the Natal Naval Base in Brazil.

  In order to welcome Brazil's first aircraft carrier, the Brazilian Navy Department organized a grand welcome ceremony.

  Almost all senior officials of the Ministry of the Navy came to Natal to observe the ceremony.

  The most important person is the presence of Brazilian President Dutra.

  The commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier was personally presided over by the Minister of Defense, General Morais, who named the aircraft carrier "Rio de Janeiro".

  Naming this aircraft carrier after the capital shows that Brazil has huge expectations for it.

   At the same time, the First Fleet was directly renamed "Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group".

  President Dutra personally awarded Fang Lang the rank of Rear Admiral at the ceremony.

  The Minister of Defense, General Morais, appointed Fang Lang as the commander-in-chief of the "Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group" on the spot.

   The ceremony reached its climax at this moment.

  The twenty-two-year-old rear admiral directly broke the world record.

   At this time, even if there are people in the Brazilian army who hold objections, they dare not raise objections in public.

   After all, this powerful naval fleet was born in the hands of this young man who was only 22 years old.

  Fang Lang didn't expect that he would be directly promoted to rear admiral at this important moment.

   This moment is destined to be the highlight moment in Fang Lang's life, with milestone significance.

  Afterwards, Fang Lang learned that his military rank had actually been determined long before he came back.

  After the Brazilian government completed statistics on the results of the European War, it directly held a grand awarding ceremony at the Ministry of Defense.

  The Minister of Defense was awarded the rank of Marshal Morais, and all other officers who participated in the European War were promoted according to their military merits.

   There are five major generals who have obtained the rank of major general, including one from the navy, three from the army, and one from the air force. Naturally, this one from the navy is Fang Lang.

  The major general of the Air Force is Air Force Minister Nero Mora, which also means that Fang Lang's military rank is equivalent to that of the Air Force Minister.

  In fact, the number of aircraft that Fang Lang can now command has reached 150, which is about half of the entire Brazilian Air Force.

   Unlike the Brazilian Air Force, which only has fighter jets, Fang Lang's battle group has a complete combat system of reconnaissance planes, fighter jets, bombers, torpedo attack planes, transport planes, etc.

   This made Air Force Major General Nairo Mora, who came to watch the ceremony, drooling with envy.

  He has already started to think about how to get in touch with Fang Lang, because he has already heard that Fangyuan Group has established an aircraft modification factory in Sao Paulo.

  Among them, there are a large number of aircraft designers from Germany. Obviously, the ambition of this aircraft refitting factory is not small, and the production of aircraft must be a matter of time.

  In the future, the Air Force can also directly entrust this company to design and produce new aircraft for itself!

  The Secretary of the Navy was also officially held by General Crook, and General Crook was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

  This appointment did not surprise Fang Lang.

  After the ceremony, Fang Lang led a group of officials from the Ministry of National Defense to board the aircraft carrier for a visit.

   That night, a grand party was held on the deck of the aircraft carrier that had been emptied of aircraft.

  As the supreme officer of the Natal Naval Base, the commander of the freshly released "Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group", the captain of the aircraft carrier, and the rear admiral.

  Fang Lang is the well-deserved protagonist tonight. For a while, there were a lot of drinks, and people kept coming up with wine glasses to clink with Fang Lang to congratulate him.

  Fang Lang also politely expressed his thanks one by one. Fortunately, he was very restrained. Every time he clinked glasses, he just took a sip, otherwise he would definitely get drunk.

  If this is the case, his image in everyone's mind will be greatly affected.

  The party lasted until ten o'clock in the evening. When Fang Lang sent everyone off the aircraft carrier one by one, a young man in a suit and leather shoes came to Fang Lang and said softly:

   "Your Excellency, Mr. President, I hope to have a chat with you alone."

   Fang Lang felt a little different about this sudden invitation.

  Because as President Dutra's position has become more and more stable, he has less and less management of military work. I didn't expect to invite myself suddenly today.

  Fang Lang looked up at the sky, and said doubtfully:

"now?"

  The other party nodded, and pointed to a driveway by the pier:

   "Your Excellency, this way please!"

  Fang Lang could only nod his head and keep up with the opponent.

  Fang Lang didn't know where the president lived after he arrived in Natal. After all, these were not arranged by him, and he only returned to Brazil today.

  The vehicle stopped and went all the way, and came to a manor on the outskirts of Natal.

  Fang Lang was still wondering why the president lived in a manor in Natal. When he came to the gate of the manor, he found that the mayor of Natal, Ewald Dursley, was waiting at the gate.

  He made up his mind, it seems that this is the home of Mayor Ewald Dursley.

  After getting off the car, Mayor Ewald Dursley stepped forward to shake hands with Fang Lang, and led Fang Lang into the room.

   "Your Excellency, this way please, Mr. President is waiting for you."

  Fang Lang was not polite to him, and it was not a day or two for the two of them to deal with each other.

   shook hands with him, nodded and said:

   "Thank you! Mr. Mayor."

   The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Fang Lang was directed to a not-so-large living room. The living room was decorated in a very Brazilian style. On the wall behind the sofa, an Indian's feather crown looked very eye-catching.

  President Dutra heard the movement and got up and walked towards the door.

  Fang Lang was at the door, and he stood at attention and saluted:

   "Mr. President, good evening!"

  President Dutra took the initiative to extend his right hand to Fang Lang, and Fang Lang quickly extended his right hand to be with him tightly.

  Then the president hugged Fang Lang and said:

   "Good evening, Major General Fang."

   After the two embraced, President Dutra pointed to the sofa and motioned for the two to sit down and chat.

  Fang Lang was not polite, and found a sofa to sit down.

  A servant brought two cups of hot coffee and placed them in front of them.

   Mayor Ewald Dursley, after the servant left, said:

   "Mr. President and His Excellency General chat slowly, I will be outside, if necessary, call at any time."

  Fang Lang nodded at him, and after seeing him close the door, he turned to look at President Dutra.

  See President Dutra said with a smile on his face:

   "Fang, I was surprised when I arrived in Natal this time.

  The change is really too big.

   This is completely different from what I saw when I came here during the war. The streets are all paved with cement, which looks very tidy.

   Even the slums have been demolished, and there are no homeless people on the road, which is really unexpected.

  I heard from Mayor Ewald Dursley that it was all your fault.

   It was a plan made during the period of military control, isn't it? "

  Fang Lang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Ewald Dursley would give this credit to himself.

   This was beyond Fang Lang's expectation.

  However, Fang Lang's character is still more used to modesty, so he smiled and said:

   "I just provided some suggestions, and the specific operations are all from Mayor Ewald Dursley and government staff.

   I can't take credit for that.

  You know, after the war, I have been moving around in Europe and America, and I spent very little time in Brazil.

   There is no time for urban planning in Natal. "

   After hearing Fang Lang's words, President Dutra smiled and said:

   "Okay! I see, this is the result of your joint efforts.

   Didn’t expect that you not only have superb commanding skills in the military,

   Even in building the local economy, they will have such advanced thinking.

   I don’t know if you are interested in working with my staff! "

   Fang Lang's hand reaching for the coffee cup stopped directly in mid-air, looking at President Dutra in disbelief.

   Seeing Fang Lang's expression, President Dutra burst out laughing.

   "Haha General Fang, this is just a proposal, not a mandatory requirement, so don't be nervous.

  I know that you have just become a general, and you will not be willing to come over to serve as my staff.

  However, I appreciate your advanced thinking on economic construction. I hope you will not confine your thinking to the military field.

   Can you provide some suggestions for Brazil's economic development and construction? "

  Hearing President Dutra's words, Fang Lang said with a sigh of relief:

   "Mr. President, I have given you the honor. If you don't think my thoughts are vulgar, I will know everything and say everything."

   Opposite him is the President of Brazil, and nothing he says can be aimless.

   I said it was a proposal, but maybe I really have such an idea.

  But maybe I saw what I was thinking in my heart, so I just laughed it off.

   But Fang Lang knew Brazil's national conditions very well in his heart, and he would never learn from President Dutra and leave the army to enter the political arena.

  Even if it is to become the president of Brazil, what good results will there be!

  President Dutra is still good, and his four-year term has passed smoothly.

  His previous president, Vargas, was overthrown by a coup and almost died.

   In the next presidential election, Vargas will continue to run and win the election, but what is the result?

   In less than two years, he was forced to commit suicide by drinking a bullet.

  More people were prosecuted for corruption and bribery after leaving office, jailed, and ruined.

  Based on Brazil's national conditions, there are no officials who are not corrupt.

  Everyone is corrupt, and you, Mr. President, are high-spirited, who would be willing to be your confidant.

   I'm afraid everyone has to worry about whether they will be sent to prison by you!

  Is a president who doesn’t even have a confidant still a president?

  If you choose to live with the light, you must be prepared to be sent to prison by your political opponents.

  No matter how you look at it, the President of Brazil is a triad.

   Whoever likes to sit sits, anyway, Fang Lang is not interested.

   How cool it is to be a big warlord with military power in his hands. No matter who is the president, he can only win over himself, and dare not make irresponsible remarks about himself.

  Although the president is the supreme commander of the army in name, that is only a name.

  The real military power has always been in the hands of the powerful faction below, and Fang Lang can be regarded as a real powerful faction now.

  Especially after his military rank was officially promoted to major general, he can be regarded as the decision-making level of the Brazilian army.

  You can express your opinion on many issues.

   For the sake of his powerful strength, everyone has to seriously consider his ideas.

   "Okay, if General Fang has any ideas or suggestions, you must tell me.

  In Congress a few days ago, representatives of the National League submitted a policy bill on relaxing the legal status of Chinese immigrants in Brazil.

   After voting by the Legislative Council, it passed with 65% of the votes in favor.

  I also voted for this bill.

  After all, I have seen a lot of excellent characters about Chinese people from General Fang.

  You are brave, courageous, hard-working, studious, pragmatic and law-abiding, which is exactly what we need in Brazil. "

  President Dutra was sincere and looked at Fang Langdao seriously.

  Hearing what the other party said, Fang Lang instantly understood the reason why Mr. President summoned him late at night today.

  (end of this chapter)