Just when Fang Lang took time out to train the first special forces, the army's efforts to exterminate the rebels in the jungle in the northwest had fallen into an endless and long standoff.

As Fang Lang and General Crook expected, although the army had tried its best to besiege the Eddie Brothers rebels in the jungle and unable to move.

But that's all, although the whole rebel army was in a temporary predicament because of the siege, they soon gradually adapted to this state of affairs.

Although, the hearts of the soldiers under his command fluctuated, and a few soldiers who took the initiative to surrender appeared. However, the Eddie brothers soon took coercive measures and began to restrict the freedom of their warriors.

In this case, in fact, there is already a very huge hidden contradiction within the rebel army, and it only takes a little more time to slowly disintegrate and collapse the rebel army.

Unfortunately, what the government forces lack is precisely time.

Both the presidential palace and the Ministry of Defense have at least two reminders a day, but the commander of the government forces, Major General Wotai Wesker, is a veteran general.

did not choose to be greedy for merit because of the urging of his superiors, but steadily and steadily further compressed the living space of the rebels.

In particular, when the high-speed patrol boats produced by the Fangyuan shipyard were transported to the front line, the government army's control over the waterways was significantly further strengthened.

For this reason, the Eddie brothers rebels had to ask for help from the supporters behind them. Under these circumstances, some tabloids in China began to slowly report the news of the slow progress of the war in the northwest.

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The mouthpiece of the Labor Party, Le Worker, began to criticize the current Brazilian government, saying that the emergence of rebels during the current government's tenure was a result of the government's incompetence and failure, and that it should step down as soon as possible.

At the same time, he also said in a big way that such a long-term military operation wasted a large amount of military expenditure, and it was simply a squander of government tax revenues, but even so, there was no way to take a small rebel force.

In short, it is to tell everyone that the current Brazilian government is an incompetent government.

In fact, a small number of congressmen have even proposed that the encirclement and suppression operations be cancelled and peace talks should be held with the rebels.

This has put President Dutra under tremendous pressure to intensify his efforts to push the ground forward.

However, Major General Wotai Wesker did not want his military deployment to be affected by politics, and still carried out his encirclement and suppression plan step by step.

After a week of this, President Dutra finally had enough of it and proposed to the Minister of Defense the idea of replacing the front-line commander.

But Secretary of Defense Field Marshal Moraes is also a veteran of battle, and he knows very well that the tactics adopted by Major General Wotai Wesker are actually the most appropriate tactics.

I have to intercede for Major General Wotai Wesker, in fact, President Dutra is also the Minister of the Army, and he is also very aware that this tactic is the most stable.

But now that he is no longer the Minister of the Army, but the President of Brazil, he can no longer think about issues from a purely military point of view, but also need to be concerned about political implications.

So, he had to give an ultimatum to the Ministry of Defense.

In this case, General Crook appeared directly over the Marine Corps jungle warfare training base where Fang Lang was located on a special seaplane.

Through the porthole of the plane, General Crook saw from a distance this simple military camp in the Amazon jungle, almost entirely composed of field tents, which looked a little shabby.

In the middle of the open space, there were ten small flying machines with brand new army green livery, like one-eyed dragonflies, and just by looking at General Crook, he understood that this should be the helicopter that Fang Lang and they had purchased separately.

However, he was a little unsure of what this new helicopter would do.

At this time, Fang Lang was studying with a group of Marine Corps officers how to use the new helicopter to fight.

"Boss, you mean to let the fighters of the special operations research group fly directly in such small planes and approach the enemy's jungle camp? Wouldn't it be too dangerous? ”

When Duarte heard Fang Lang's plan, he was also incredulous.

Since the end of the last exercise, he has begun to slowly understand what special operations are all about, but now Fang Lang's whimsical thoughts almost shocked his jaw!

But Fang Lang didn't look at Duarte with a surprised face, but looked at Zhuang Xintian opposite him.

Zhuang Xintian also did not show any surprised expression, but replied with a serious face:

"What the boss means is that this kind of small plane can carry a weight of 400 kilograms, so each plane can carry a fully armed soldier on each side, and ten helicopters can carry twenty people at a time, almost two squads.

I think it's okay, we can try to rehearse a few more times in the early stage. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction, this spirit of daring to try is very worthy of recognition. As for whether this tactic was appropriate, Fang Lang was not worried at all, after all, this way of transporting troops was too common in later generations.

It's just that later generations have professional general-purpose helicopters or transport helicopters to transport, and now only the Bell 47 can be used as an early helicopter, which is transported by plug-in.

Think about the transport planes of later generations, it is okay to directly hang people on ropes and transport them, then such an attempt should not be a big problem now.

However, he definitely can't joke with the lives of the special forces soldiers who have been trained with great difficulty, and after touching his chin, he slowly spoke:

"There is no problem with using a helicopter for transportation, it may be that it is to be suspended outside the cabin, which makes the fighters a little uncomfortable. The problem we are now focusing on is how to land.

After all, there is no suitable landing ground in the dense jungle, and my idea is that after the helicopter hovers, the fighters will rappel down. But it takes courage and rigorous training on the part of the fighters.

Do you have faith? ”

When Zhuang Xintian heard this, he did not hesitate to stand up and salute directly:

"Rest assured, boss, we exist to accomplish the impossible."

Duarte on the side was a little puzzled, why Zhuang Xintian had changed so much, this was very different from the Zhuang Xintian he originally knew, could this naval special tactics research group really change a person?

At this moment, he couldn't help but start to have a strong interest in this team.

Just as several people were discussing how to use helicopters to carry out infiltration operations, an officer quickly came to the tent and reported in a loud voice:

"Report, the plane of the Secretary of the Admiralty, Admiral Clark, is preparing to land."

When Fang Lang heard this, he hurriedly got up and glanced at everyone:

"Let's go with me to greet His Excellency the General first, and I'll talk about other things next time."

Everyone hurriedly got up and received the order.

Because there was no airport nearby, General Crook was on a seaplane and had to land in the river. But Fang Lang's jungle warfare training base on the north bank of the Amazon River is not completely close to the Amazon River.

Rather, it is located not far from a tributary on the north bank of the Amazon River, which is Brazil's main inland river, with a busy number of ships and military bases, which often require a certain level of secrecy.

So the site is not built near the river, but it is less than three miles away from the tributaries of the Amazon River. This tributary is also not a shipping route, so it has a certain degree of concealment.

The location of the base is only connected by land to the Northern Mining Company, with a relatively muddy dirt road.

A small dock was also built on the river side of the tributary to facilitate the daily supply of the base.

At this time, the seaplane in which General Crook was flying landed at this pier.

When General Crook stepped off the plane accompanied by several officers, Fang Lang had already led the officers of the Marine Corps to greet him.

Seeing the officers lined up at the dock to greet them, General Crook stopped to shake hands with everyone and talk cordially.

After the greetings were over, he visited this simple and rough field camp accompanied by Fang Lang.

"Fang, this camp of yours looks a little shabby!"

General Crook whispered to Fang Lang beside him with some confusion.

Fang Lang had expected this, after all, the Brazilian Navy had the shadow of the Portuguese Navy, and these European navies had some of the depraved attributes of the aristocratic army.

I always feel a little high-minded, looking down on the feeling of mud legs.

And this camp, which was obviously set up for jungle field training, was really a little difficult to see in the eyes of the noble officers.

"Your Excellency General, we are not a permanent camp here, just a training camp for jungle warfare, and all construction standards are based on the needs of field warfare.

You see, it's really just a campsite, and the training ground is in the dense primeval jungle that surrounds it.

Such a camp environment is conducive to the soldiers to quickly adapt to the harsh jungle environment. ”

Hearing this, General Crook nodded and said:

"No wonder you can't see the training grounds, and you can't see the fighters."

Fang Lang smiled and said:

"Your Excellency General, the soldiers are all in the jungle for survival training at this time, so there are really not many people in the camp."

After speaking, he raised his wrist, looked at the watch in his hand, and said:

"It's ten o'clock in the morning, and there are about eight hours left before the soldiers return to the camp, and if you want to review the results of the training, you may have to wait until tomorrow."

When General Crook heard this, he waved his hand casually and said:

"There is no need to review, I believe in your training ability. I'm here to talk to you about something else this time. ”

Fang Lang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said:

"You have something to say hello, I'll go over to find you, why bother you to go on a trip yourself?"

Although the two have a close relationship, as a subordinate, the most basic etiquette of the subordinate and subordinate must be understood, and the superior has something to do with you, of course, the subordinate needs to go up to report, how can the superior personally come down to find the subordinate.

This is the basic rule of officialdom.

And General Crook obviously didn't care about these officialdom rules at this time, so he waved his hand casually and said:

"Let's go to your office and talk!"

When Fang Lang heard this, he could only nod and take General Crook to his camp. It is said to be an office, but it is actually an ordinary tent with a simple camp bed, a mosquito net, a set of desks and chairs, and a large information cabinet.

The ground is smoothed with cement, and it is the best tent in the entire barracks.

When General Crook saw this, he unconsciously frowned and said:

"Fang, as a dignified general, you are really a little wronged to live in such an environment."

In this regard, Fang Lang just smiled and said:

"Your Excellency General, although I am a general, we are all soldiers, and we all live in such simple tents, so it makes no sense for me to live alone in a spacious brick house, right?"

When General Crook heard this, he took a deep look at Fang Lang and said:

"Fang, you are an excellent soldier, which is why I like you.

I see what you mean, so be it! Next year, you should resubmit a plan for the construction of the training camp, apply for more construction funds, and build the camp into a modern military camp with all brick houses. ”

What do you mean? Is there some misunderstanding here? I don't mean to spend on the military!

I just think that since it's a training place, of course, the closer you get to the actual combat environment, the better! Alas! Forget it, since the generals said that they would give money for overhaul, then overhaul it! What else can I say?