Only the Air Force Secretary's eyes flashed after hearing General Crook's words.
Originally, his first reaction was whether General Crook wanted to trick his brother Fang Lang, but he soon noticed something was wrong. After all, he knew very well that General Crook and Fang Lang had a close relationship.
Moreover, now that the other party is requesting a war on behalf of the Navy, if it fails, the impact on him, the Minister of the Navy, will not be small. There was absolutely no need for him to get burned.
Therefore, this is obviously the result of General Crook and Fang Lang's joint discussion.
So what was the reason that made Fang Lang agree to take the initiative to take on this job that could get him into trouble if he was not careful?
Looking at General Crook opposite, Major General Nairo Mora had some suspicions in his mind.
I have to say that Lieutenant General Crook was a veteran. He didn't say how long it would take for the Marine Corps to eliminate the rebels. Instead, he said that they would come forward and deal with the rebels for a while to buy the Army some rest time.
In this case, even if the Marine Corps fails in its operation, it will not be severely punished.
Marshal Morais looked at General Crook seriously for a while, and when he saw that no one in the War Department spoke, he slowly said:
"General Crook, do you know that there is no joke in the army?"
General Crook looked at Marshal Morais with a serious face when he heard this and said:
"Please rest assured, Marshal, I am a soldier, so I naturally understand the principle of military non-joking.
On behalf of Rear Admiral Fang Lang of the Navy’s Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Strike Group, I would like to formally request a battle with you.
Major General Fang Lang led his troops to carry out the mission of wiping out the Eddie brothers' rebels. "
Marshal Morais did not mention the topic of giving the Army some rest time, and General Crook did not mention it again. Everyone knew very well that this was just a euphemistic way for General Crook to look good for the Army.
Of course, this is not without risks. After all, if the Army is given time to rest and recuperate, if the Navy performs too well, the Army may step forward to pick the peaches.
Unfortunately, Fang Lang's plan was never prepared to turn his action into a protracted war.
After hearing General Crook's reconfirmation, Marshal Moraes did not answer immediately, but turned his attention to the army generals in the conference room.
It seemed that he wanted to see if anyone raised any objections from the army generals.
But the result disappointed him. When his eyes swept across the army generals present, everyone lowered their heads subconsciously, unwilling to look at General Morais.
Obviously, no one is willing to take on this hot potato at this time.
Upon seeing this, Marshal Morais no longer hesitated and said to General Crook:
“Since the Marine Corps has taken the initiative to request a war and no one else has any objections, then on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, I agree to your request for war.
Rear Admiral Fang Lang of the Navy was officially appointed as the frontline commander and led his Marine Corps to take charge of the task of wiping out the Eddie brothers' rebels.
However, let’s start with the ugly words. You only have two weeks. If you cannot achieve results within two weeks, both you and General Fang will be punished. Understand? "
Upon hearing this, General Crook stood up directly without saying a word, stood at attention with a serious expression and saluted:
"Yes, General!"
For a moment, everyone in the conference room had different looks, and they all focused on the Minister of the Navy who took the initiative. Obviously, no one understood why he had to eat so much that he was causing trouble for himself.
General Crook, who achieved his goal, didn't care about everyone's reaction. After the meeting ended, Fang Lang was notified of the news as soon as possible.
The generals who left the conference room were talking a lot. Everyone felt that the Navy was overestimating its capabilities. The Army's 5,000-person encirclement and suppression operation failed, but the Navy wanted to rely on its 2,500-person Marine Corps to complete it.
This is simply nonsense.
While everyone was still discussing how long it would take for the navy to complete its assembly, Fang Lang, who was far away in Pará state, immediately ordered the entire army to set off after receiving the official order from General Crook!
In one day and night, all 2,500 Marines were transported by air to the newly expanded frontline field airport.
Fang Lang's headquarters was also set up directly at the front-line airport.
When Major General Walter Wesker received the news and rushed to the front-line field airport, what he saw was a sight that stunned him.
What was originally a small field airport with only two reconnaissance aircraft has expanded into a huge airport with three runways and nearly fifty aircraft parked.
The warehouse next to the airport was busy with supplies and oil transport trucks coming and going.
Field tents were neatly set up outside the airport, and groups of soldiers gathered neatly next to the transport plane that had just landed.
From time to time, soldiers lined up neatly walked towards their respective barracks.
The speed of gathering and transportation and the well-trained temperament of the Marine Corps really surprised him. He thought that he was also a veteran who had participated in the European War and had seen all the powerful armies of the world's major powers.
The Marine Corps in front of him was indeed beyond his expectation.
With just a casual glance, he was sure that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers should not be underestimated. Both in terms of mental appearance and soldier quality, they were somewhat superior to the army troops under his command.
This made him, who had always regarded himself as an elite, blush slightly.
Under the leadership of the guards, Major General Walter Wesker arrived outside Fang Lang's command post without any hindrance.
This is a huge field tent with two huge tents spliced together. Several huge communication antennas are set up high on the top of the tent. There is a lively beeping sound coming from the tent, which is the sound of the radio station working.
At the same time, the voices of soldiers coming from inside also informed everyone how busy this place was.
A major officer who was waiting at the door saw Major General Walter Wesker and his party. He quickly stood at attention and saluted:
"Your Excellency, General, I am Major Qi Qingshan, General Fang's adjutant. Because I just received a report from a reconnaissance plane, it is suspected that the rebels have been found. General Fang is inside to understand the situation. I am unable to go out to greet them in person. Please forgive me."
Major General Walter Wesker, who thought he was the defeated general, didn't have much objection to Fang Lang not coming out to greet him. After all, the two of them were not familiar with each other.
Except for the meeting some time ago when Fang Lang took the initiative to come to the door and expressed that he would send his reconnaissance plane to help him search for traces of the rebels, this was the second time the two met.
After casually returning a military salute, Major General Walter Wesker smiled nonchalantly and said:
"It doesn't matter, military affairs are important. Take me to see General Fang!"
He was still a little curious about Qi Qingshan's statement that the reconnaissance plane had found traces of the rebels. After all, they had lost track of the rebels ever since they jumped out of his encirclement.
Even though Fang Lang sent a large number of reconnaissance planes to help him search, there was no trace of the other party.
Now as soon as Fang Lang officially took over, the reconnaissance plane immediately discovered it. It was impossible for him to think about it.
Seeing this, Qi Qingshan nodded and said no more. He led Major General Walter Wesker directly into the headquarters, passed through the busy communication area outside, and entered the tent inside.
Major General Walter Wesker saw a large map hanging on the wall facing the outside. There was an officer in front of the map marking something on it.
In the middle of the tent was a huge conference table. At this moment, a group of officers were discussing something around the conference table.
Major General Walter Wesker stretched his head and took a look, and found that there were several photos. It seemed that they should be the latest photos taken by the reconnaissance plane.
He wasn't surprised by this. After all, the reconnaissance planes he originally asked for support from the Air Force would also bring back photos of suspected targets they took.
At this moment, Fang Lang was holding a photo in his left hand and a magnifying glass in his right hand to observe carefully.
There was a major officer beside him, pointing to a location on the photo and explaining something to Fang Lang.
Perhaps he spotted the figure of Major General Walter Wesker in his peripheral vision. Fang Lang quickly handed the photo in his hand to the major officer beside him, stretched out his right hand, took two quick steps to meet Major General Walter Wesker.
"General Wesker, I'm so sorry! I just received a report from a reconnaissance plane and found traces of suspected rebels. Therefore, I was unable to welcome you in time. I hope you don't mind."
Major General Walter Wesker stretched out his right hand with a smile on his face and said politely to Fang Lang:
"General Fang is so polite. I thank you for taking the initiative before it's too late! Why would you mind?
I don’t know if it’s convenient for me to reveal to me where the rebels are now! "
Now that Fang Lang has officially taken over the frontline command, he certainly doesn't mind telling Major General Walter Wesker the whereabouts of the enemy. After all, the Army Major General in front of him is not an incompetent person.
In fact, the failure of this encirclement and suppression cannot be entirely attributed to him. Besides, this major general cannot be an enemy spy, so there is no need to hide anything from him.
However, he would not tell the other party how the naval aviation reconnaissance plane confirmed the rebels' traces.
Because they confirmed the location of the rebels by actually confirming it through a special mark made by their internal agents within the rebels - a huge triangle - in an open position in the tropical rain forest.
It was impossible for Fang Lang to tell anyone that he had already sent his own internal agents to the rebels.
"No problem at all!"
With that said, Fang Lang led Major General Walter Wesker directly to the huge map facing the door, pointed to the position marked by the officer who was marking in front of the map and said:
"According to what our reconnaissance aircraft detected this morning, the rebels have crossed the Yapra River and entered the tropical rainforest south of the Yapra River."
This answer surprised Major General Walter Wesker.
"What? How did they cross the Yapra River."
Major General Walter Wesker was not surprised. He had captured all the rebel transport ships. Logically speaking, it was impossible for the rebels to cross the Yapra River.
Although the Yapra River is only a tributary of the Amazon River, it is also an important tributary, connecting the water channel between Colombia and Brazil. The width of the river is not easy to cross.
It was precisely because of this consideration that he never ordered reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance on the south bank of the Yapra River.
Fang Lang certainly knew what Major General Walter Wesker was thinking, but he knew that there were people behind the rebels, so he would not restrict his thinking.
Major General Walter Wesker commanded a reconnaissance plane and conducted a long period of reconnaissance on the north bank. When no trace of the rebels was found, he immediately shifted his attention to the south bank of the Yapra River.
As he expected, the reconnaissance plane soon discovered the special mark left by his spy in the rebels on the south bank.
"I have no way of knowing how they crossed the Yapula River, but what I am sure of now is that the reason why we have not found traces of each other for so long is because they jumped to Yapla from under our noses. South bank of the river.”
Fang Lang believed that Major General Walter Wesker was not a fool and could not have noticed the anomalies within the government. What's more, Brissot Eddie's identity was known to the whole country. If he still doesn't understand what happened , it would be impossible for him to climb to where he is today.
Perhaps, he had already been mentally prepared for this situation when he first took over the encirclement and suppression mission. Otherwise, why would the other party have been resisting the pressure of the government in the early stage and adopting the cage tactics of pressing harder and harder?
