Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 81 Backfired

   "The Germans surrendered, aren't there still Japanese?"

  Fang Lang's words stunned Lieutenant General Chambers, obviously he didn't expect Fang Lang to even think of intervening in the Pacific battlefield.

   "As far as I know, your President Vargas is not willing to let your Brazil get involved in the Pacific battlefield. There is simply no way to realize your idea."

  Brazil’s current president, Vargas, is a typical pragmatist. If it weren’t for the German submarine attacking Brazilian merchant ships, it would not be so easy for Brazil to join the Allied Forces, let alone allow Brazil to participate in the Pacific battlefield.

  In fact, after the end of the European War, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was ordered to be stationed in Italy as the occupying forces of Piacenza and Alexandria. However, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force only stayed in Italy until early July and then evacuated back home in batches.

   It can also be seen from this that Brazil is not a warlike country. Because of this, Brazil did not benefit much after World War II. In history, apart from bringing back the army equipment of the four divisions, there was not much gain.

  Even because of domestic political turmoil, he didn't get much actual benefits after the war. However, Fang Lang didn't want to give up these benefits directly. He still counted on his status as an occupying army after the war to get promoted and make a fortune!

  If the Americans can help him build a modern naval fleet, Fang Lang will basically achieve his goal.

   "Your Excellency, as long as there are enough interests, even if Mr. President opposes it, there will be many people who will support it!"

   Chambers has many people who support what Fang Lang said, but he really doesn't quite understand it, so he said with a little doubt:

   "What do you mean?"

  Having a modern naval fleet is of course in the best interest of the Brazilian Ministry of the Navy, so Fang Lang directly expressed his thoughts.

   "If participating in the Pacific War allows the Brazilian Navy to have a powerful naval fleet, I think the Brazilian Navy will definitely fully support joining the Pacific Battlefield."

  Unfortunately, Lieutenant General Chambers obviously has his own considerations, or the U.S. government actually does not want an overly powerful modern fleet to appear in Latin America, which is not in the interests of the United States.

   "The current situation in the Pacific battlefield is very clear, and there is no need to add an additional naval force. Therefore, your proposal is a bit out of date."

  Fang Lang did not take into account the United States' positioning and guiding ideology for Latin America at this time. I still want to try harder.

   "The fighting power of the Japanese is very tenacious, isn't it! If, once the Japanese landing war starts, then there must be a heavy price to pay. At this time, every force will not be superfluous."

  It's a pity that since Lieutenant General Chambers has his own ideas and ideas about the development of Latin America in his heart, he will definitely not be easily persuaded by Fang Lang.

   "What you said is very reasonable, but now that the European war is over, we have freed up a lot of manpower. And, I am the commander of the Fourth Fleet.

  Unable to participate in the decision-making of the Pacific Theater, I will pass on your wishes to General MacArthur in the Pacific Theater. As for whether I will transfer your troops to the Pacific Theater, I am not sure. "

  Listening to Lieutenant General Chambers' evasive words, Fang Lang knew that he had no way to continue to open a breakthrough from here, so he could only end the call angrily.

   The call with Lieutenant General Chambers made Fang Lang a little bit shocked, and the fighting passion he had just ignited was poured into his heart by a pot of cold water.

  At first, I didn’t understand why Lieutenant General Chambers would reject an allied army’s willingness to apply to help the United States fight the war. He thought Chambers already knew about the **** prepared by the United States.

However, I remembered that I changed my attitude only after I proposed to let Brazil have a strong naval fleet, and I slowly began to think about it. It seems that I have entered a misunderstanding, how can I rely on others to be strong? What about alms!

  It seems that if I want to build a powerful naval fleet in Brazil, I have to do it myself, and my economic development ideas have to change to a certain extent.

   It turns out that Fang Lang has been considering the political turmoil in Brazil, and it is not suitable for large-scale investment in the country now, but now his identity has a certain ability to protect himself.

  I believe that no one dares to pull their teeth out of their own tiger's mouth. As long as they have a piece of their own territory, I don't believe that anyone dares to show their teeth to themselves, and coups must go around themselves.

  Fang Lang, who had made a decision in his heart, directly expressed his gratitude to Reinhardt, and said that he had received an order from the Expeditionary Force Command to rush to the port of Genoa in Italy to stand by.

   Reinhardt was obviously curious about what happened on the House, but he only reminded Fang Lang to observe the Geneva Conventions, so he stopped talking.

   Fang Lang smiled and said goodbye to Reinhardt without explaining too much, and led the fleet to Genoa Port.

  Actually, the expeditionary force headquarters did not order Fang Lang to go to Genoa port, but Fang Lang knew that Piacenza, one of the expeditionary force's stations, was not far from Genoa.

  I originally ordered my father-in-law, Mr. Coburn, to purchase Genoa's steel and shipbuilding industries when the Allied forces had just occupied Genoa. Now that I want to change my mind.

   Then take advantage of Genoa's advantages as Italy's steel and shipbuilding center, and purchase related equipment to prepare for the construction of steel plants and shipyards in Brazil.

  After a week of voyage, Fang Lang led the captured German submarine to the port of Genoa, Italy. The reason why it took so long is that everyone is not proficient in the operation of the new submarine, and they have been getting familiar with it all the time.

   During the journey to Genoa, Fang Lang had already reported to the expeditionary force headquarters. In fact, most of the current expeditionary force navy is stationed in Genoa port.

  Because this is the closest port to Piacenza, one of the bases of the expeditionary force, and the port where the expeditionary force withdrew from Italy, Fang Lang's direct trip to Genoa can be regarded as a prophet.

   It was Colonel Parisi, the current naval commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, who received Fang Lang at the port.

   "Fang, you are finally back. Get in the car, we said as we walked, General Morais is still waiting for you at the headquarters!"

  As soon as he saw Fang Lang, Colonel Parisi stepped forward and gave him a big hug. Before Fang Lang could say more, he dragged Fang Lang into a Willis jeep parked by the port.

   Hearing that Colonel Parisi wanted to take him directly to the expeditionary force headquarters, Fang Lang was taken aback:

   "Is the headquarters in Genoa?"

  Colonel Parisi pushed Fang Lang into the jeep and said:

   "Of course not! The headquarters is in Piacenza, and we are now the occupying force of Piacenza, more than 150 kilometers away from Genoa! We need to hurry up, or we won't be able to make it to dinner."

  After listening to what Colonel Parisi said, Fang Lang laughed and said:

   "Isn't dinner simple? Let's find a good restaurant in Genoa and have a good meal before we go!"

   As a result, Parisi rolled his eyes and said:

   "Fang, do you think that the food in Italy will be abundant now? The war has just ended and the order has not been restored. Now Italians can't even buy food. Where can there be a restaurant to give you a good meal?"

   Fang Lang was taken aback for a moment, didn't his father-in-law bring the business here! With the current development speed of global trade in Italy, it should be able to occupy the Italian market soon!

  But I don’t have time to pay attention to these things yet, so let’s finish returning the army first, and then consider business matters!

  In this era, Italy has just experienced war and the traffic situation is very bad. At the current speed, it would be more than an hour to drive a distance of 150 kilometers.

  However, it took nearly six hours for Fang Lang to arrive at the headquarters of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Piacenza. Fang Lang was very moved that Colonel Parisi was able to drive so far to meet him in Genoa.

   "Colonel Parisi, I didn't expect you to go to Genoa to meet me in person. Such a long distance is really too hard. Have you been so idle in the expeditionary force now?"

  Hearing Fang Lang's words, Colonel Parisi, who was rejoicing that he was not killed, almost died of anger, and gave Fang Lang a supercilious look:

   "What are you thinking! I am the commander of the expeditionary navy, and my station is of course by the sea! The order this time is for me to pick you up and report to the headquarters together."

   Unexpectedly, there was such an oolong, and Fang Lang's face was moved and turned into embarrassment.

  (end of this chapter)