Fang Lang was also very happy about General Morais's appreciation. After all, the top commander of the army admired him, so he shouldn't be too relaxed about his future.
"Recently, the Navy Ministry is indeed striving to have its own aircraft carrier fleet, but it has not yet been approved at the meeting. Purchasing an aircraft carrier is not a small sum of money.
It requires careful consideration. After all, the war is over now, and there is not much military pressure around us. If we excessively expand our armaments at this time, the impact will not be very good. "
Fang Lang fully agrees with General Moraes' statement that there is not much military pressure around Brazil. After all, this is indeed true.
The entire America is now under the hegemony of the United States. Apart from the pressure that the United States will bring to them, there is really no other military pressure.
However, in Fang Lang's impression, Brazil still attaches great importance to the navy. After all, Brazil was originally a colony of Portugal, and Portugal was once a naval power.
Most of the large farmers and large capitalists in Brazil are now of Portuguese origin, so according to tradition, it is necessary to pay attention to naval construction.
Besides, the current Brazilian government is actually very rich, because during World War II, a series of basic natural resources such as Brazil's iron ore were continuously transported to the United States.
In exchange for a large amount of US dollar reserves, based on Fang Lang's understanding of history, these reserves will sooner or later be exchanged for Brazilian military equipment.
After all, the new president is a soldier, and this background determines that he will always pay more attention to the development and construction of the military.
Once you pay attention, you will notice the difference between yourself and excellent countries, and inevitably, you will invest heavily in military construction.
This is inevitable. Of course, Fang Lang is also happy to see the results, otherwise who would his arms company sell the arms to?
What Fang Lang is most concerned about now is, if Brazil buys an aircraft carrier, which country will it buy it from? Will it buy it from the United Kingdom according to historical inertia?
In that case, my Shata Company in the United States would lose a big order!
"Your Majesty General, has the Navy Department found a suitable target now? I mean it wants to buy that country and that type of aircraft carrier."
"Definitely not! Even the plan hasn't been approved yet.
However, I think passing it will happen sooner or later. Aren’t you involved in both the United States and Britain?
You can explore the road in advance to see if there are suitable opportunities or suitable models. If you can convince the United States and Britain to agree to sell new aircraft carriers to us, I think there is no reason why the Ministry of Defense will give up the opportunity. "
For some reason, Fang Lang smelled a familiar smell, as if he had eaten the same recipe somewhere!
Fang Lang quickly reacted. Depend on! The old guy in front of me has no martial ethics! Come back with this set.
But this time, Fang Lang thought about it but didn't refuse. After all, this was business, and it could still be his own business. He had no reason to refuse.
As long as it is certain that the aircraft carrier can be used by him, the country will pay to purchase the aircraft carrier from its own company for its own use.
No matter how you look at it, it’s a good deal!
"General, are you serious? If you can promise that the aircraft carrier will be equipped with our first fleet after returning to China, then I am willing to use my connections to lobby the US government to agree to sell the aircraft carrier to us."
General Moraes was obviously stunned when he heard Fang Lang's statement. He knew that Fang Lang had connections in the US Navy, otherwise the original transport ship would not have been directly assigned to him by the Americans, including the captain of the destroyer behind him. Condition.
He also knew that Fang Lang had a cooperative relationship with Shatta, an American arms trading company. However, I didn't expect that Fang Lang would dare to lobby the US government to sell aircraft carriers to Brazil.
It seems that Fang Lang's relationship in the United States is deeper than he thought!
In fact, General Moraes was overthinking this. What Fang Lang said about lobbying the US government was actually just rhetoric, and he did not need to actually lobby the US government.
This kind of thing is exactly the job of Shatta Company. If American commercial companies want to sell some sensitive equipment to foreign countries, of course they need to take the initiative to lobby the government.
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If Fang Lang couldn't do this well, why should Fang Lang give up 75% of Shata Company's shares?
Fanglang doesn't care who owns these shares. However, when you take this share, you must reflect your value.
As for the cost of lobbying the government, it must be added to the sales expenses and settled together!
In the end, the wool comes from the sheep, and the Brazilian government pays for it.
Another reason is that Fang Lang knew that a historical mutual military assistance treaty in the Americas was about to be signed. Once this treaty was signed, Brazil and the United States would be equivalent to allies with an agreement.
The content of this treaty is also very simple: any country's armed attack on one American country should be regarded as an armed attack on all American countries; countries should defend themselves individually or collectively and assist each other.
The signing of this agreement is equivalent to the entire America becoming a military alliance. If any country attacks any country in the Americas, other American countries will help this American country.
Of course, this agreement actually has no practical significance, but it is a gesture that shows that American countries are willing to accept your American leadership.
In fact, in the subsequent Falklands War between Britain and Argentina, according to the agreement, the United States should declare war on Britain.
But the fact is that the United States did not even support Argentina, but instead joined the arms embargo against Argentina.
From here we can see the role of this agreement.
However, the existence of this agreement, no matter how the US government views this agreement, gives Fang Lang an opportunity.
An opportunity to obtain military equipment or technology from the United States.
Even in Fang Lang's opinion, the benefits of this agreement outweighed the disadvantages, although the subsequent relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were very tense, which once made American countries very worried.
However, Fang Lang knew that there was actually no real war between the United States and the Soviet Union. In this case, Brazil could actually use this agreement to obtain some greater benefits from the United States.
Of course, many other countries in the Americas are also considering this aspect. After all, the United States has promised to provide assistance to American countries.
Of course, General Moraes didn't know what Fang Lang was thinking, but he just felt that Fang Lang must have considerable backing in the United States to dare to say such a thing.
If General Moraes is an anti-American general, then Fang Lang will be in big trouble.
But now and later in Brazil, whether it is the president, the minister of defense, or even the military generals, almost all are pro-American.
Therefore, Fang Lang dared to reveal to the military that he had a close relationship with the Americans.
After listening to Fang Lang's words, General Morais smiled heartily and said:
"Colonel Fang, please rest assured. If you can really persuade the U.S. government to sell aircraft carriers to us, then I will unswervingly support you as the commander of Brazil's first aircraft carrier fleet."
In the current Brazilian Navy, there is indeed no candidate more suitable for this position than Fang Lang.
Although he was very young, he had outstanding military exploits and was the only naval admiral who had ever been exposed to aircraft carrier combat.
Originally, his first fleet was built to support the aircraft carrier formation. If he was not arranged to be the fleet commander and another person was appointed, it might be restricted everywhere.
But this does not mean that Fang Lang can 100% become the commander of this fleet.
As far as General Morais knows, there is an officer in the Navy Department eyeing the position of aircraft carrier captain, and he is moving around to pave the way for himself. As for whether he has the idea to serve as fleet commander, that is uncertain.
However, you definitely can't tell Fang Lang to know about this kind of thing.
But from his personal perspective, he supports Fang Lang in taking up this position.
After all, we are all colleagues in the expeditionary force, and there is a natural feeling of closeness.
Unlike the other person who has a typical old-school thinking, he probably doesn't even know how to fight an aircraft carrier.
Today's statement can be regarded as what he said from his heart.
"Okay! With the support of General Moraes, I believe
I will definitely succeed. "
Seeing the excited expression on Fang Lang's face, he obviously didn't catch the wind and smiled and said:
"However, for such a big matter, you cannot rely on my support alone. You also need to communicate more with your colleagues in the Naval Staff.
Otherwise, your name won’t even be reported when the time comes, and my support will be useless. Do you understand? "
This sentence sounded in Fang Lang's ears, and Fang Lang could only think that it was General Morais reminding him that according to the procedure, the Naval Staff must nominate him before he could approve it.
Didn't think of anything else.
However, this time the communication with General Morais was obviously much more relaxed and pleasant than before.
I don't know if it was because they were away from the battlefield, but General Morais's people became much more easy-going.
Or is it because his current military rank and position have been significantly improved.
General Moraes didn't care whether Fang Lang understood what he said, but continued to bring the topic back to the aviation industry.
“It’s amazing that you can think of paving the way for the aviation industry by introducing the automotive industry system.
However, simply setting up a modification factory to convert military transport aircraft into civilian passenger aircraft is not enough.
In the future, Brazil must have the ability to design and manufacture jet fighters on its own.
However, I very much agree with your idea. It is no problem to start from scratch and start with modification. If your company is established, be sure to notify me. I want to go and have a look. "
General Moraes expressed his intention to visit his company, and Fang Lang was of course very welcome. This was equivalent to the Minister of Defense endorsing his aircraft manufacturer.
"General, please rest assured! I have already made detailed plans in my mind for the development of the airline.
I plan to start by modifying American transport aircraft and learn the experience of building advanced aircraft.
Then, he started by manufacturing a simple agricultural propeller aircraft. After thoroughly mastering the aircraft manufacturing capabilities, he began to try to build a two-seat training aircraft for the Air Force.
If possible, I would like to enter the field of civil aviation, ensure the company's profits by manufacturing and selling civil aviation aircraft, and then develop our own Brazilian jet fighter. "
After listening to Fang Lang's clear thoughts, General Moraes became even happier. He picked up the coffee on the table and took a deep sip:
"Okay, very good, that's great."
It was as if what was in the cup was not coffee but wine, which actually made him feel dizzy, as if he was drunk.
"Tell me what kind of help you need from me. Don't worry, I will give you my full support as long as I can do it."
Maybe I realized that I have expressed my full support too many times today, and now I continue to express it verbally, which seems a bit too dry.
