Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 680 Prevents Brazil from joining the UN Army

   When the Peninsula War broke out, Fang Lang was most concerned about whether the material passages in his hometown were unimpeded. He knew very well that a full blockade by the Americans would come soon.

  At that time, it will be very difficult to deliver supplies to his hometown, but there are some things that he can’t face in person. Fortunately, he has already prepared for this, and the means and manpower deployed on Hong Kong Island in the early days were mobilized immediately.

  First, some small smuggling gangs controlled by Hongmen Dashengtang in the port city suddenly received a large commission. Then Mr. Huo, who is familiar to later generations, suddenly got a large investment, originally a small cargo ship transportation fleet.

   has been rapidly expanded to have ten high-speed freighters, and the fleet's transportation personnel have also been rapidly expanded.

   In a short period of time, he became a powerful fleet owner in the port city.

Fang Lang began to silently speed up the assistance to his hometown through various means. At the same time, he also kept in secret contact with Mr. Qiao, the person in charge of the port city of Xiaoxinhua in his hometown, and learned what supplies his hometown needed most. Then, Find the right channel to transfer over.

   Just when he was about to concentrate on helping his hometown transport supplies, General Crook suddenly informed him to go to the Ministry of Defense to meet him.

  After receiving this notice, he had some guesses in his heart, and immediately drove to the Ministry of Defense building without stopping.

  Seeing Fang Lang coming in, General Crook didn't exchange too many greetings or nonsense, he pointed to the seat opposite his desk, motioned Fang Lang to sit down, and asked straight to the point:

   "On the 25th, war broke out on the peninsula, did you know?"

   Upon hearing General Crook's question, Fang Lang's heart moved, and he secretly thought that it was so. He nodded calmly and said:

   "I've heard about it, it's been reported in the news, what's wrong?"

   Seeing Fang Lang's face still seemed calm, General Crook said with some doubts:

   "What do you think of this war? You must know that the President of the United States, Mr. Truman, has ordered the US military to intervene."

   After thinking for a while, Fang Lang frowned slightly, and then went straight to the point:

   "Are the Americans trying to pull us into the game?"

   Seeing that Fang Lang went straight to the topic without hesitation, General Crook was a little surprised. After all, Fang Lang rarely directly expressed his direct views on something before. But attitudes seem to have changed a lot today.

  "Yes, the Americans initiated a motion in the United Nations, suggesting the establishment of a United Nations army to directly intervene in the peninsula war.

   They also sent their ambassadors to Brazil to lobby Mr. President, hoping that we, Brazil, can continue to stand with them as we did in World War II and join this action to maintain justice. "

   Upon hearing this, Fang Lang thought to himself that things did not go as he expected. The United States still sent an invitation to Brazil. For some unknown reason, Brazil in history did not agree to send troops.

   But that was a decision made during the Vargas government's administration. Now because of his own participation, Brazil's history has undergone tremendous changes. Vargas was not elected as a new president at all.

  So, Fang Lang was a little worried deep in his heart, whether Brazil would change its decision and join this war that it shouldn't have joined because of the butterfly's wings.

   Fortunately, now that General Crook is asking his opinion, it should be that he has doubts about joining this war, and he still has a chance to correct history back to the right track, reduce one opponent for his hometown, and must not let Brazil join this war.

   "Hehe... just actions? What do the affairs of the other two countries on the peninsula have to do with other Americans? The reason why they organized the army to directly intervene in the situation on the peninsula is nothing more than to contain the development of the Soviet Union and their hometown.

   But will the Soviet Union and my hometown allow the Americans to take direct action to change the situation on the peninsula? the answer is negative.

  It is not enough for them to intervene by themselves now, and they want to pull the entire United Nations to do it together. This is to find legal legitimacy for their actions to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, right? "

   Hearing this, General Crook still didn't understand Fang Lang's attitude towards this matter. Although he was a little surprised that Fang Lang's position would be so clear this time, he couldn't help but confirm it again:

   "You mean, you don't agree with our Brazil joining this United Nations army?"

  The relationship between General Crook and Fang Lang is not just as simple as the same faction. On such a serious matter, Fang Lang's attitude must of course be very clear, otherwise a little carelessness may cause serious consequences.

  That's why he expressed his opinion on this matter so clearly for the first time.

  Hearing General Crook's question, his heart moved slightly, and he understood that there must be many people in Brazil who disagreed with him. In other words, some people might support Brazil's joining the United Nations Army.

  He wasn't surprised by this at all. He would be surprised if he didn't have this kind of thought.

   "What? Many people want to join this so-called United Nations Army?"

  Although he knew that this situation was normal, Fang Lang couldn't help asking General Crook this question that he already knew the answer to.

   Regarding Fang Lang's question, General Crook just smiled awkwardly, shrugged and said:

   "Of course? After all, we have gained such a huge benefit by participating in the European War, and now there is another opportunity. How can no one have any ideas?"

  From General Crook's words, Fang Lang did not hear General Crook's own attitude towards this matter. However, now that he has expressed his attitude, he will no longer care about the attitude of the other party.

   At that time, if the other party's idea is contrary to his idea, it will be embarrassing for the two parties to argue. Therefore, he directly skipped the meaning of asking the other party's thoughts.

  Now that General Crook said that someone has an idea, he just needs to refute the idea of ​​these people.

   "Hehe... We gained huge benefits from participating in the European War because we participated late and won the victory without paying much. That's why many people think that the war can bring us huge benefits.

  If we directly sacrificed a generation like those European countries, do you think they still think it is beneficial to fight?

   What's more, the enemy of this peninsula war is not the original Germans, but a superpower that has mastered nuclear weapons.

   Are they ready for a nuclear attack? "

  As soon as these words came out, General Crook's face changed drastically. In fact, it turned out that General Crook's attitude really wanted to intervene in this war.

  The reason why he invited Fang Lang to come over to discuss this issue is entirely because Fang Lang is of Asian descent and may have a better understanding of the situation in Asia.

  In addition to Fang Lang as his most important ally, his actions must also be supported by Fang Lang, so he asked Fang Lang for his opinion.

   But I didn't expect Fang Lang to directly express his attitude on a rare occasion, and he was unwilling to intervene in this war. Now when Fang Lang said that he should be prepared to face a nuclear attack, he was even more frightened.     "No way! You mean, the peninsula war may turn into a war between the United States and the Soviet Union?"

   Seeing General Crook's performance, Fang Lang was secretly happy, and smiled slightly:

  "General Crook wouldn't think that the intervention planned by the Yankees this time was only aimed at the northern peninsula! If this is the case, why would they bother to create a United Nations army?

   You must know that the peninsula is directly bordered by the Soviet Union and your hometown. Will these two major powers allow the Americans to drive their troops to his border without doing anything? "

  After hearing Fang Lang's analysis, General Crook's face changed drastically. He is not clear about the geographical location of the northern peninsula, but according to his speculation, the United Nations Army organized by the United States is at most helping the southern peninsula regain lost ground.

   After all, this operation was carried out in the name of the United Nations Army, and the Soviet Union is also a member of the United Nations. They will never overturn the passed United Nations resolutions!

  Of course, in order to get Commander Jin of the Northern Peninsula to agree to the structure of the Southern Peninsula, they may also need to fight until the Northern Peninsula surrenders, and let the Northern Peninsula pay the price for their unauthorized war.

   But he never thought of confronting the Soviets head-on! This is not a wise choice. Now after hearing Fang Lang's analysis, he was horrified to discover that the risks behind this war would be so huge.

   "It seems that we are indeed not suitable to participate. But with our relationship with the United States, if we directly refuse to participate in the actions of their organizations, will they make them have opinions on us?"

  As soon as Fang Lang heard this, he understood that General Crook agreed with his statement and was not going to participate in the war for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union.

   Fang Lang was also very surprised that General Crook could be persuaded so easily by him. After all, in Fang Lang's impression, General Crook was a very assertive general.

   Now that he changed his attitude with just a few words, it really made him feel a little unreal.

   But what Fang Lang didn't know was that General Crook knew very well that Fang Lang's influence on President Scalia was far beyond his comparability.

  If Fang Lang's attitude is to refuse to participate in this operation, then there is basically no need to say more about the attitude of Mr. President who was supported by the Fang family.

  In this case, if he ran out and sang against him, not only would he lose points in front of the president, but he would also be more likely to lose Fang Lang, his most important ally.

   More importantly, he is not a war fanatic, and of course he does not want to drag Brazil, which has just developed, into the abyss of war.

  No matter what General Crook thinks deep in his heart, after he said these words, it basically showed that he and Fang Lang stood on the same side.

  So, after hearing this question from General Crook, Fang Lang just smiled, and said directly:

   "Of course we don't have to directly refuse to participate in the United Nations Army organized by them, it's just that our current domestic situation does not allow us to participate in the Peninsula War.

  Because our neighbor Argentina has recently been creating conflicts on our border and increasing troops to the border, we have to gather our troops to the border and be ready to deal with possible border conflicts at any time. "

  General Crook was overjoyed when he heard this, good guy! This Argentina is really a good shield!

  And this statement is the truth, I believe the Americans have nothing to say! However, although the Americans may not say anything on the surface, they might retaliate behind their backs.

  So, after thinking for a while, General Crook said:

   "On the surface Americans may not say anything, but secretly they..."

  As soon as Fang Lang heard this, Fang Lang understood what General Crook wanted to express, and he smiled slightly:

   "It doesn't matter, although we can't directly send troops to participate in the war, we can still provide some support in terms of materials! We can open up the supply of materials such as food!

  And, if the Americans accept it, we can also provide some support in weapons and equipment within our capacity! For example, our helicopter manufacturing plant has been authorized to produce Bell 47 helicopters in the United States.

  We can definitely help them produce these weapons and equipment! "

  Actually, the weapons and equipment that Brazil can produce now are of course more than Bell 47 helicopters. It is not impossible for Fang Lang to produce the F86 fighter jet equipped by the Americans.

   But Fang Lang is not willing to help the Americans produce this kind of equipment that can be directly used for offense. The Bell 47 is different. This is a small helicopter, although the Americans tried to equip him with weapons in the later period and let him participate in the battle.

But in fact, in most cases, he is responsible for the task of transporting the wounded. This kind of task cannot directly cause direct harm to the soldiers in his hometown. Moreover, even if he does not participate, there will be a large number of American companies. participate.

  Instead of doing this, it is better to let the Americans pay for it and help him upgrade the helicopter production line.

  How could General Crook not understand Fang Lang's meaning? He didn't want to send troops to join the war, but he wanted to continue to participate in the big business behind him. Sure enough, the capitalists are the most black-hearted!

  After pondering for a long time, General Crook nodded slowly and said:

   "I understand what you mean. I will truthfully report this matter to Mr. President. Believe me, our positions will always be the same."

   Regarding General Crook's words, Fang Lang just nodded with a smile. How could this kind of thing be taken seriously, even though they belonged to the same camp, even in the eyes of outsiders, Fang Lang is the direct descendant of General Crook.

  But in fact, not everyone can agree on everything. For example, if Fang Lang silently raised the status of the Chinese, if General Crook knew about it, he would never agree.

  After all, it is impossible to expect a person from another ethnic group to consider issues from the standpoint of the Chinese in such inter-ethnic matters.

  Of course, Fang Lang knows what it means to seek common ground while reserving differences, and he also knows how to make more friends and fewer enemies.

  So, in most cases that do not harm each other's fundamental interests, Fang Lang generally respects each other's opinions, and if he really has any ideas of his own, he will speak them out directly. General Crook would generally not object.

Seeing that General Crook was persuaded, Fang Lang also breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that it was useless to persuade General Crook alone. Strong, but it doesn't mean that here is what he said.

  Of course, it is not enough to just convince the generals of the army. Only when political efforts are made to make those members of Congress aware of the risk of intervening in this war can Brazil completely stay away from this war.

  So, after leaving General Crook's office, Fang Lang immediately arranged for Xin Shiliang to start conveying this idea among the congressmen they funded.

  (end of this chapter)