As the initiator of this matter, Fang Lang felt a little guilty in his heart, after all, this was more than 2,000 lives.

But he soon adjusted his mentality, because he was also clearing the way for the survival of the Chinese, and these primitive natives who had experienced rebellion and were in the border area were actually not easy people.

Sending Chinese compatriots directly to this hostile environment is likely to cause a large number of casualties among his own compatriots, which Fang Lang absolutely does not want to see.

But Fang Lang must still stand up and condemn the army's merit-grabbing behavior, otherwise someone will find out his sinister intentions.

Therefore, Fang Lang directly made a phone call to the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Crook.

He learned from the captives that there might be rebels hiding in the two towns, but because the captives died, he could not confirm whether this information was true or not, so he had to follow the prisoners' instructions to find a possible rebel officer who was responsible for arranging the lurking personnel.

Lacking manpower, he reminded the army to help stabilize the situation in the town.

As a result, the army directly condemned the assault on the two towns.

He expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Army's indiscriminate attack on innocent townspeople for the sake of a strong attack.

Soon General Crook brought the case to the Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Moraes, and Marshal Moraes, who learned what had happened, summoned the Secretary of War to the front for questioning.

was denied by the Minister of War and made it clear that long before General Fang's reminder, the local army garrison had discovered the fact that the rebels were hiding in the town.

He was about to lure the enemy out after paralyzing the rebels through the withdrawal, but General Fang's inspection of the town of Bittenkot alerted the rebels, and the army had to take coercive measures against the town's residents.

I didn't expect to encounter strong resistance from the enemy hiding in the town.

As for the Admiralty's suggestion that the number of suspected rebels was less than 1,000, but more than 2,000 townspeople died, most of them innocent, the army directly stated that the naval intelligence was wrong.

In the end, no one cares what the real situation is.

On the contrary, the lawsuit between the navy and the army was very loud, and the initiator Fang Lang silently retreated behind the scenes, and after arranging for his soldiers to clean up the battlefield, he began to withdraw in an orderly manner.

It was not until all the troops under Fang Lang's command withdrew to the Natal Naval Base that the lawsuit between the army and the navy was completely over.

The Ministry of National Defense's final disposition was not as expected, and the navy and army were given credit at the same time, and the army got its own credit in this operation to encircle and suppress the rebels, so that it would not be so embarrassed to lose.

And who cares about the casualties of the residents of two small towns?

In order to further consolidate his victory, he confirmed the news that there were a large number of rebels in the town. The army imposed coercive measures of repressive rule in two small towns, and the slightest irregularity in the inhabitants was arrested and executed.

and prohibit the possession of lethal weapons by the local population.

By the end of the incident, the two towns had been ravaged by government and rebel forces, and the number of soldiers and civilians had plummeted to one-tenth of their original size, and most of them were old and weak, women and children.

In order to restore order in the area as soon as possible, at the suggestion of the representatives of the National League, about 5,000 people from among the newly naturalized immigrants were transferred to fill the two towns.

The proposal was quickly endorsed by a majority of members of the National Assembly, and in order to persuade the new immigrants to settle in the area, the government proposed a series of preferential policies and allowed the new immigrants to form militia self-defense units to prevent attacks by the remnants of the rebels.

Soon, more than 5,000 Chinese immigrants took the initiative to stand up and apply to settle down in the two towns, and the matter was finally resolved satisfactorily.

And Fang Lang, who had already escaped from this incident, hid in the Natal Naval Base and led the Navy's Special Tactics Research Group to begin researching real naval special tactics.

Such as underwater blasting, underwater infiltration, capturing enemy ships, etc., and even using the Natal naval base as a target to study infiltration tactics.

It also determined the plan to conduct tactical exercises with the Marine Corps, naval bases, and warships of the Navy from time to time, and the time was busy and fulfilling.

This kind of actual combat exercise, which constantly searched for loopholes between the two sides to attack, also greatly improved the actual combat capability of the various units under Fang Lang's command, especially the Navy's special tactical research group, which was unpredictable and unpredictable, and its tactical style of fighting and withdrawing quickly took shape.

The entire Natal Naval Base was deeply shocked, because for reasons of secrecy, many officers knew that their fleet had such a mysterious special forces, but they only heard of its name and did not see the end.

The more mysterious the unit, the more attractive it is, so the number of applicants increased dramatically in the later selection of team members, and it was no longer limited to the Marine Corps, and even many officers of the Navy ships had signed up.

Of course, that's an afterthought.

The reason why Fang Lang silently hid back to the naval base was actually to reduce his sense of existence, after all, he had just led the navy to achieve such a brilliant record.

It also caused a battle between the navy and the army, and if it continues to be high-profile at this time, it may become a public loss.

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One month after the whole army withdrew to the Natal Naval Base, Fang Lang led his meritorious officers and men to fly to Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, to receive commendations at the Ministry of National Defense.

Since Fang Lang was responsible for the work of drawing up the list of meritorious soldiers, the promotion and awarding of medals this time was basically carried out in accordance with Fang Lang's wishes.

Naturally, the officers at all levels of the Marine Corps who received the greatest benefits, several battalion commanders became lieutenant colonel officers, and Lieutenant Colonel Duarte, the commander of the Marine Corps scheduled by Fang Lang, was promoted to the rank of colonel.

The flight cadets who participated in the operation were awarded a medal, and other officers of all ranks were promoted accordingly.

As for the titular commander of the Marine Corps, Colonel Waldo Granma, he was awarded a medal.

The supreme commander of the entire battle, Fang Lang also received a medal of highest honor.

At the same time, the Ministry of National Defense also officially approved the expansion of the size of the Marine Corps to which the Rio de Janeiro aircraft carrier battle group belongs to the 5,000-strong and 10-battalion establishment.

In Fang Lang's view, this is the real benefit.

The army also received a little credit for the operation of clearing the rebels in the two small towns, and some officers were promoted.

But compared to the Navy, it is really not enough.

Despite this, at the celebration dinner organized by the Ministry of National Defense in the evening, several generals of the army took the initiative to find Fang Lang.

"General Fang, congratulations!"

An army general who looked like he had obviously drunk too much turned red and said to Fang Lang with a big grin.

Glancing at the other party and noticing that the other party had the same rank of major general on his shoulder, Fang Lang smiled slightly, politely raised the wine glass in his hand and responded:

"Thanks!"

The red-faced general also raised his glass in response, and after drinking the wine in the cup in one gulp, he exhaled a long breath of turbidity.

"General Fang, I heard that your navy has built a professional jungle warfare training camp in the Amazon rainforest for this operation, is that so?"

Although the other party was a little drunk, he still spoke very methodically and did not show any hostility, so Fang Lang did not refuse to communicate with the other party.

He smiled and nodded:

"There is such a thing, if this general is interested, you are always welcome to visit and exchange with us."

At this time, the general seemed to realize that he had not introduced himself yet, and hurriedly pointed to himself:

"I'm sorry, General Fang, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Tabio Mack, and I am now the commander of the 6th Division of the Wehrmacht, based in the city of Kukuyin, Amazonas.

It happened to be in the dense Amazon rainforest, and my unit happened to be exploring jungle warfare tactics, but I didn't expect to have achieved results yet, but I heard that your Marines had built a jungle warfare training camp in Pará State.

And the Ministry of Defense intends to send our Army units to your training camp for professional jungle warfare training.

So I'm a little curious. ”

The Amazon state, where the rebels are located, is located in northwestern Brazil, bordering Venezuela and Colombia, and is part of the Amazon rainforest.

The city of Cucuyin is a small town on the border between the Amazonas state and Colombia and Venezuela, located in the northwest of the Sierra Nebulina National Forest in what became Brazil.

What is surprising is that this guy's self-introduction doesn't seem to want to compete with himself, but has a feeling of annoyance that he is a step slower.

Especially after knowing that the other party's station was in the Amazon state where the rebels were located, and that he was also studying the jungle war, Fang Lang suddenly asked strangely:

"Huh! Since Major General Tabio Mack's Sixth Division is stationed in Amazonas, why didn't your army join the campaign to wipe out the rebels this time? ”

Fang Lang didn't ask this to tease the other party, but it really felt a little strange.

As far as Fang Lang knows, the troops transferred by the army to the front line to encircle and suppress the rebels this time are elite troops who have participated in the European war from near the state of Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil.

Since Amazonas already has troops adapted to jungle warfare, why didn't they directly transfer troops from Amazonas in the first place, but instead traveled thousands of miles?

Officially felt strange, so Fang Lang took the liberty to blurt out.

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Major General Tabio Mack smiled a little embarrassedly before saying:

"Our sixth division originally belonged to the National Guard, and it was only upgraded to a division-level unit after the European war, and we still belong to the second-line army in terms of personnel and equipment, and it is normal for the Ministry of Defense not to trust our combat effectiveness."

As soon as he said this, Fang Lang understood what the other party meant, obviously, this was a second-line unit that was not very well received by the War Department, and had neither participated in the European war nor had any outstanding achievements.

Considering that the other party's garrison is located deep in the Amazon jungle, it is estimated that the new equipment and heavy equipment will definitely not be able to match them, so it is understandable not to transfer them to the war.

But Fang Lang felt in his heart that this second-line army stationed in the Amazon rainforest for a long time, although it did not have heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery, might really surprise people in terms of its ability to fight in the jungle.

After all, there is no room for heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery in the jungle, and light infantry is the most suitable unit to survive in the jungle.

Fang Lang, who understood the meaning of the other party's wry smile, smiled and patted the other party's shoulder and said:

"Jungle warfare is not the same as the big army warfare in the minds of the War Department bigwigs, and General Tabio Mack has no need to worry about it, I believe that the losses suffered by the rebels this time will definitely teach the War Department elders a lesson.

When they truly understand the true meaning of jungle warfare, I think yours, the Sixth Division, will be able to stand out immediately. ”

Major General Tabio Mack obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to say this to him, and his face, which had already turned red from drinking, turned even redder.

Looking at Fang Lang's eyes, he unconsciously carried a kind of gratitude for being recognized.