At noon the next day, Fang Lang took Sirio Leitch on a special plane and flew directly to Rio de Janeiro.

Recently, because of the recent meeting of the heads of state of 18 countries in Rio de Janeiro, both the public security and the market environment have been much better, and when Fang Lang and his entourage got off the plane, they found that the security forces at the airport had been significantly strengthened.

Fortunately, Fang Lang is a senior general of the Brazilian military, and he also took his own army's special plane, so he didn't have to go to the civilian terminal at all.

As soon as he got off the plane, Fang Lang saw Major Abubakari Blakewell, who was standing in front of a convoy in a neat military uniform and waiting for him with a serious face.

Fang Lang didn't expect the other party to come to pick him up, so he hurriedly laughed and walked off the plane quickly, and stretched out his right hand towards Major Blakewell from a distance.

Major Blackwell, who was waiting for Fang Lang, saw Fang Lang laughing, and his serious face instantly turned into a flower, and a standard military salute came from afar.

Although he has a good relationship with Fang Lang, in the final analysis, he is only a major, and Fang Lang is indeed a dignified rear admiral, and there is a huge gap in military rank between the two.

Seeing that Blakewell saluted him, Fang Lang raised his right hand with a smile, lightly touched his forehead, and then naturally put it down and stretched out his hand to the other party.

This casual attitude was very useful to Blakewell.

"Haha...... Blackwell, didn't I make an appointment with you to eat at my house? How did you get to the airport to pick you up? ”

Fang Lang said as he reached out to shake each other's hands and gave him a big hug, which made the ground staff around the airport look sideways. After all, everyone could see the shining general star on Fang Lang's uniform, but the one opposite was just a major officer.

With such a huge identity gap, the general even took the initiative to hug each other, which shows that the relationship between the two is obviously very close.

And Blakewell also felt Fang Lang's enthusiasm, he didn't expect that Fang Lang would not take his military rank seriously at all, which made his heart full of gratitude.

"Haha...... General Fang came to Rio de Janeiro to invite me to dinner, of course I have to come to greet me! Otherwise, it doesn't seem to be very disrespectful to the chief. ”

Blackwell gave Fang Lang a hug tightly while joking with a smile on his face. He also dared to joke with him like this after feeling Fang Lang's attitude, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say such a thing.

"What do you say is disrespectful to the chief, we are brothers. Seeing you pick me up at the airport today reminds me of when I returned to São Paulo from the army to visit my family, you also picked me up at São Paulo Airport.

Time has passed, so much time has passed, I can't imagine that this time in Rio de Janeiro, you will pick me up. ”

"If you spread the news that you are back in Rio today, I don't know how many people will come to receive you, and I won't even be able to squeeze in. That's why you only informed me and gave me such an opportunity. ”

"Haha...... You're right, this is a purely private party, don't let too many people know. ”

As he spoke, the two let go of their hug. Sirio Leitch, who had been following Fang Lang, also stepped down from the plane with a smile on his face at this moment, smiled at Blackwell and saluted:

"Hello sir."

Seeing this, Blakewell smiled and returned a military salute and said:

"Hello Sirio Leitch, this time I actually have to bother General Fang to personally help you support you, it seems that your kid is going to improve!"

Sirio Leitch smiled when he heard this.

"It's all the two chiefs who love each other!"

Fang Lang saw the two of them say hello, smiled and patted the shoulders of the two of them and said:

"Okay, everyone is brothers, don't be too polite, let's get in the car and talk."

After speaking, he smiled and walked to the car parked on the side, this time Fang Lang came over for something related to the intelligence department, he didn't want too many people to know about his arrival, so he took the lead in getting into the car.

Blakewell and Sirio Leitch looked at each other, smiled and nodded, and Sirio Leitch opened the door on the other side of Fang Lang and motioned for Blakewell to get into the car.

Blackwell was not polite either, and went straight in.

After both of them got into the car, Sirio Leech closed the door, looked up at the airport environment, and made sure that no one was paying attention to the situation here, before opening the co-pilot's door and getting in.

As several people got into the car, the guards and soldiers who followed to protect Fang Lang's safety also boarded other vehicles.

"You must have been busy lately!"

The convoy slowly drove out of the airport, and Fang Lang asked Blakewell beside him with a smile.

"Yes! Recently, the heads of state of 18 countries in the Americas have come to Rio de Janeiro, and we have a lot of work during this time.

However, we are also responsible for the security work, which is more tedious, but not as tense as we imagined. ”

As the head of the counterintelligence department of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, Blakewell behaved lightly during such a period of major activity.

Fang Lang didn't know whether to say that the other party had a big heart or what to say.

From the other party's attitude, Fang Lang felt that Blakewell was actually not interested in his current job, or that he himself was not satisfied with his current job.

This made Fang Lang, who had planned to push him to the position of director of the intelligence bureau, hesitate a little. After a little hesitation, he smiled and said tentatively:

"Why, look at what you mean, it seems that you are not satisfied with the current job!"

Blackwell didn't expect Fang Lang to ask himself directly, raised his eyes and glanced at Sirio Reich, who was sitting in the passenger seat in front of him, and found that this guy didn't seem to hear anything, staring motionless ahead.

looked at Fang Lang, who was still looking at him with a smile on his face, and understood that the other party was telling himself that all the people in it were his own.

Seeing this, Blakewell smiled and said with nothing to hide:

"You also know how I was transferred to this department, to say that I have no problem leading troops to fight, but I really don't have the talent to deal with spies.

And, with the end of the war, the functions of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency have begun to shrink, and the Ministry of Defense has become less supportive of us, and now I don't know how long our Intelligence Agency will go. ”

Fang Lang frowned when he said this, he didn't expect that now the Brazilian Intelligence Agency in the Brazilian Ministry of Defense would become so unimportant, is this preparing for the storage of knives and guns, and the horse will be put into Nanshan?

It stands to reason that it shouldn't be possible! Although the world war is now over, the countries of the world are not peaceful, and there is smoke everywhere, even if the Americas seem to be relatively safe, there is no reason to reduce the investment in intelligence!

"What do you mean? Is your intelligence service so undervalued now? ”

"Our director is looking for a relationship to be transferred to the General Staff, what do you think?"

This is really a surprise for Fang Lang! According to Fang Lang's assumption, although the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is not directly under the state, as the only intelligence agency in the hands of the Ministry of Defense, how can it not be reduced to the point that no one cares!

Later, Fang Lang also saw from the news that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is a department that even dares to listen to the president's phone calls, why does it seem that it is at risk of being dismissed at any time at this time?

If that's the case, isn't your plan going to fail?

"This is our only military intelligence agency in Brazil, and it is impossible for the Ministry of Defense not to understand the importance of intelligence. If that were the case, wouldn't we be blind in the event of a war in the future? ”

Hearing Fang Lang's words, Blakewell shook his head with a wry smile and said:

As far as I know, there are three main reasons why our intelligence bureau is in such an embarrassing situation, one is that the intelligence bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense.

The government is not willing to invest too much in this area, and our funding is self-financed by the Ministry of Defence.

At the beginning, because during the war, the army still attached more importance to intelligence, so it was willing to spend part of the military expenditure to develop the intelligence bureau.

However, with the end of the war, the Wehrmacht shifted its focus to updating equipment, and advanced equipment was expensive, and warships, aircraft, and tanks required a large amount of capital procurement.

Naturally, the funding of our intelligence services has been reduced. ”

Fang Lang nodded when he heard this, he could understand this truth, to be honest, the intelligence department's demand for funds was very scary, whether it was to maintain the operation of the department, or to maintain the informant network, or to plot against the bribery and purchase of intelligence, these required a lot of capital investment.

This is also the reason why the CIA of the United States in later generations actually participated in the sale of D, after all, the scale of the CIA in the United States is huge, and it has to invest huge funds in the world, and the state's appropriation alone is not enough for the governors to put in their own pockets!

And the CIA has a network all over the world, which creates conditions for CIA officers to do business. If you don't make good use of it, it's a bit of a tyrannical thing.

Therefore, it is natural that some people will find ways to raise their own funds, of course, these funds must not fit into one person's pocket, but all people must have a share, only in this way, everyone can feel at ease in their pockets.

However, the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is only a military intelligence agency under the Brazilian Ministry of National Defense, and it is understandable that the department's situation is deteriorating when its leaders do not have the corresponding ability to raise their own funds.

After all, a chief of the intelligence bureau who will only sit and wait for the appropriation from his superiors will obviously not be able to make the intelligence bureau work.

Needless to say, Blakewell is obviously not such a bold officer, and if this really continues, it is impossible for the Brazilian Intelligence Agency not to be lonely.

Thinking of this, Fang Lang's gaze intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Sirio Reich, who was sitting in the passenger seat, to see how he reacted to this.

only to find that the other party had a serious face and looked ahead intently. After thinking about the other party's usual work, it is estimated that it is no problem for him to investigate something, but it is estimated that it is enough for him to raise funds.

This made him sigh and continue to look at Blackwell.

"The second reason has something to do with the meeting of the 18 countries of the Americas, and as far as I know, one of the topics at this meeting is to share information among countries.

In this regard, the United States has also generously stated that it will take the initiative to share the intelligence it has collected about various countries.

This made many officials at the Department of Defense feel that there was no need for the Intelligence Agency to exist. Instead of continuing to consume the defense budget, it is better to wait directly for the Americans to pass on intelligence to us. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but blurt out:

"Stupid!"

Hearing Fang Lang's words, Blakewell shook his head with a wry smile, and did not comment on Fang Lang's words, after all, he was just a small major, and he had no right to dictate the decisions of the upper echelons.

"As for the third reason, it is that the performance of our intelligence service in this encirclement and suppression operation against the Eddie brothers rebels has been disappointing.

Many officers of the army even scolded our intelligence bureau as a waste and would only waste military spending, and the new secretary of the army even said that they would set up their own intelligence agency. ”

Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, in the process of encircling and suppressing the Eddie brothers rebels this time, the performance of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency was indeed disappointing, but the meaning of the army made him see a different meaning.

This is the drunkard's intention not to drink! On the surface, they are not satisfied with the work of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, but in fact they want to set up their own intelligence agency for the army!

It seems that this new Mr. Secretary of the Army is not simple! This is to get rid of the Navy and Air Force and play alone!

If this is the case, of course, Fang Lang can also learn from the army, set up the navy's own intelligence agency, and has the existence of the second section of the logistics department, and the strength of this intelligence agency must be stronger than that of the army.

But things certainly can't be simply calculated like this, if you have the opportunity to take the entire Brazilian intelligence agency under your control, why give the army the opportunity to set up its own intelligence agency?

Isn't this a duplication of institutions? What a pure waste of military spending! If you have this spare money in the army, you might as well hand it over to me, and I will help you run the intelligence agency, and when you need any information, I will provide it to you.

In Fang Lang's view, these three reasons are two problems, one is the problem of funding, and the other is the uneasiness and kindness of the Americans.

The uneasy intentions of the Americans do not prevent Brazil's own intelligence agencies from functioning, after all, the other side says that it can share intelligence, but it does not say that Brazil wants to cancel its own intelligence agencies!

In the final analysis, the biggest problem facing the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is actually the problem of funding, and as long as this biggest problem can be solved, the Ministry of Defense will not really choose to eliminate its own intelligence department.

Fang Lang, who understood this, did not immediately express his opinion, but looked out the window at the scenery of downtown Rio de Janeiro.

The current situation was undoubtedly an opportunity for him, an opportunity to take control of Brazil's only intelligence agency, but he was the chief officer of the Navy's aircraft carrier fleet, and it was impossible for him to run out and ask to take over the work of the intelligence agency.

The best way is, of course, to choose a suitable person to manage the intelligence bureau instead of you, and you are hiding behind the scenes to control everything.

But the sinister intentions of the Americans also made Fang Lang very vigilant, as the only intelligence agency in Brazil, if he really behaved too well, the Americans would definitely find a way to pull him into their chariot.

When the time comes, he will become the old cannon fodder of the United States, responsible for fighting the Soviet KGB, which is not what Fang Lang wants to see.

Of course, the intelligence bureau in its own hands must have absolute autonomy and only obey its own orders and defend its own interests and those of Brazil.

The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union is none of their business, and instead of getting involved, it is better to sit back and watch the tiger fight, and preferably, to drive the battlefield of both sides out of Brazil.

At the same time, he also remembered that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency had really grown and developed in history, and it was not until 1964, when the military junta came to power and imposed military control over the whole country, that the intelligence agency monitored the resistance on a large scale throughout the country.