In the endless Pacific Ocean, a small fleet of three warships, consisting of a Cleveland-class cruiser and two Fletcher-class destroyers, is cleaving the waves to sail westward.

At this moment, on the bridge of the Cleveland-class cruiser as the flagship, Fang Lang was chatting with several naval officers blowing a cold wind.

"The cold wind in the North Pacific is really biting! I heard that many officers and men in the fleet are sick? ”

Fang Lang asked the captain of the Cleveland-class cruiser beside him.

"Yes, boss! Our fleet has been stationed in tropical waters for a long time, and the officers and men have some difficulty adapting to this severe cold weather for a while. ”

"This is not good, it seems that our navy will need to strengthen combat training in severe cold environments in the future. Anyway, we are also a navy that participated in the Pacific Naval War, and it has only been four years, and you are not very accustomed to the cold climate. ”

Several officers on the side listened to Fang Lang's words, and they all lowered their heads in shame.

"Yes, boss!

When we go back, we will incorporate combat training under severe cold conditions into our training program to ensure that our fleet can still have strong combat effectiveness under all weather conditions. ”

"Hmmm! It's never too late to make amends.

This time, we have been invited by the Far East Fleet of the British Navy to visit the port city, and you must show sufficient professionalism to not disgrace the Brazilian Navy. You know? ”

"Yes, please rest assured! We're going to show each other the best of us. ”

That's right, this is how Fang Lang dodged the domestic whirlpool, and he got the British Navy to send an invitation to visit the Brazilian Navy through Reinhardt's connections.

As for why he visited the port city, the reason is also very simple, the army of his hometown is about to liberate the whole country, and this is the moment when the British army in the port city is most hesitant.

Not long ago, Britain's Far East Fleet was beaten by the army artillery of their hometown army on the Yangtze River, which made them see the determination of their hometown army to liberate the whole country. As a result, most officials in the British government are pessimistic about the future of the port city.

Therefore, the entire British Far East Fleet was assembling in the port city, on the one hand, of course, to deter the homeland, and on the other hand, to be ready to cover the withdrawal of the British government from the port city to Australia.

The reason for the pessimism of the British is also very simple, Chang Kaishen's millions of troops have been wiped out, and the British garrison in Hong Kong City is not enough for others to stuff their teeth!

In addition, the port city is a small place, there is no strategic depth at all, if you really want to fight, others can directly drive the British army into the sea by pushing it over, and the only means of counterattack for the British army is the naval gun.

But the British Navy, which had just been taught a lesson by the army of his hometown with land-based artillery on the Yangtze River, did not think that others would be afraid of their naval guns.

If you don't use the navy, you can only use the air force, but now my hometown is not without an air force, after all, the captain of the transport brigade still left a lot of good things for my hometown.

Taken together, this series of factors has given the entire British government a pessimistic view of the prospects of the port city.

Therefore, at this time, Fang Lang said that he wanted to come out to visit, whether it was General Henderson, who was the chief of staff of the British Royal Navy, or Reinhardt, in their opinion, this was Fang Lang's behavior of running out to support them, and of course they could not refuse this kind of request.

Of course, the Brazilian authorities and government will not refuse to arrange for several warships to stand on the platform for the British allies in the name of visiting the port city.

And whether the hometown government will change its established strategy because of the appearance of these three warships in the port city, Fang Lang is not worried at all, after all, recovering the port city has never been a military issue, but a political issue.

It is much wiser to leave a place like the port city as a window in the short term than to cut off contact with the outside world directly, knowing that the hometown has suffered from being closed off from the rest of the country. If the port city is really recovered, the hometown will be completely cut off from the channels of communication with the West, which is a result that an excellent politician absolutely does not want to see.

Therefore, Fang Lang has absolute confidence in his hometown, and the appearance of his fleet in Port City at this time can only be regarded as harmless to his hometown.

What's more, Fang Lang didn't really want to visit Gangcheng this time, nor did he simply want to avoid Brazil's rights and wrongs. He had made an appointment with an old friend in Port City.

Returning to his room on the warship, Fang Lang said to Qi Qingshan on the side:

"Have you made an appointment with that side?"

Qi Qingshan heard Fang Lang's words, glanced out of the room, and only after making sure that it was safe did he lower his voice and said:

"I have made an appointment, and the other party said that he would come to Hong Kong to meet you in person."

Hearing this, Fang Lang glanced at Qi Qingshan with some surprise and said:

"Meet me in Hong Kong? That's the British territory, is his safety guaranteed? ”

"Yes, I mentioned to the other party that we can take a seaplane and go to Shanghai to meet each other by ourselves. But the other party said that Shanghai is not very safe now, and there are many spies of Chang Kaishen who are active in Shanghai.

If they find out that we are in Shanghai, we will not be able to explain it when the Americans hold us accountable. ”

Fang Lang sighed softly, not because he was sad, on the contrary, he was a little moved.

"Alas! I have to say that my friends back home are really good friends, and I'd rather take risks on my own than let me take risks.

I'm not afraid of the Yankees' accountability, I'm a Brazilian general and not an American general, so why should the Yankees hold me accountable! I don't believe that anyone in Brazil would dare to stand up and hold me accountable at this time. ”

"Then should we talk to each other again and meet directly in Shanghai?"

Fang Lang pondered for a moment before saying:

"Forget it! If someone else has a heart, we still have to accept it. Since we have decided to meet in the port city, then we must ensure the absolute safety of the other party in the port city.

Wait a minute, you can send a telegram to my uncle Fang Xinshui, and ask him to prepare a few absolutely safe and hidden places for us in the port city.

Those who have lived in Hong Kong City for a long time should not believe it too much, including Bai Cunbao, the hall master of the local Hongmen Dasheng Hall in Hong Kong City, and don't believe it, this matter is directly arranged by the people in Hong Kong of our group's investigation department. ”

From Fang Lang's words, Qi Qingshan could hear how much he attached importance to this matter, and of course he didn't dare to slack off on this.

He nodded with a serious expression and said:

"Yes, boss! I immediately went over and sent a telegram myself. ”

"There is no hurry in this matter, we have not arrived in Hong Kong so soon, and you should not send this telegram on a warship, although I believe in the loyalty of the officers and men of our fleet, it is difficult to guarantee that no American will want to inquire from them.

We will arrive in Japan at noon tomorrow, and when the time comes, you will send a telegram to them from the Japanese branch of Fangyuan Group, which will be more hidden. ”

When Qi Qingshan heard this, he hurriedly nodded yes.

Yes, of course, Fang Lang's trip to Hong Kong this time will not be a direct trip to Hong Kong, and he is also planning to settle down in Japan, exchange feelings with good friends, and talk about business by the way.

Soon the Far East will be lively, as a traverser who knows the future situation, Fang Lang must of course lay out early.

A year ago, Global JPMorgan Bank opened its first bank in Tokyo, Japan, in a low-key manner, followed by Global Group and Fangyuan Group, which also opened branches in Japan in a very low-key manner.

Because the Japanese economy was very difficult during this period, about 7.6 million demobilized soldiers, about 1.5 million overseas officials and their families, and about 4 million workers in military industrial enterprises were unemployed, and these unemployed people put a very heavy burden on the Japanese economy.

In the original history, there were many Japanese who chose to leave their homeland and immigrate to Brazil during this period, but this time and space has undergone major changes due to the appearance of Fang Lang, and the current Brazilians are very disgusted with the Japanese.

In addition, the influx of a large number of Chinese has alleviated the population demand in Brazil, so that Brazil does not need the Japanese population at all, but many Japanese in Brazil have been repatriated to Japan, further increasing the pressure on the unemployed population in Japan.

Except for those organizations engaged in the gray industry, who will find some young and beautiful girls from Japan and smuggle them to Brazil or other countries to work in some entertainment industry, Japan's population outflow is very small, which makes the pressure on the unemployed population in Japan far more than it has been in the past.

In addition to the pressure of the unemployed, Japan also has a series of economic problems such as shortage of materials and high inflation. This makes Japan very difficult now.

Therefore, at this time, Global JPMorgan Bank, Global Group and Fangyuan Group came to invest in Japan, and naturally they were warmly welcomed by the Japanese authorities.

So why did Fang Lang arrange his group company to enter the Japanese market at this time?

The reason, of course, is that he knows history and knows that the upcoming Korean War and the subsequent Vietnam War will allow Japan's economy to develop rapidly and make it easy for the Japanese who should be punished, which is not what Fang Lang wants to see.

He knew there was nothing he could do to stop it, but just because he couldn't stop it didn't mean he couldn't steal the fruit.

Therefore, as early as last year, he had begun to quietly arrange for his industries to come to Japan for layout. His goal was very simple, that is, to contain Japan's development in many ways.

As far as he knows, in July 1950 alone, Japan's exports rose by 18 percent from June to $74 million, and about 100 billion to 150 billion yen of unsalable goods were snapped up.

The increase in exports also led to the rapid growth of Japan's foreign exchange reserves, which increased from $286 million at the end of June 1950 to $1.2 billion in May 1952, a more than fourfold increase.

More importantly, Japan not only achieved rapid economic development, but also took the opportunity to obtain a large number of advanced technologies, which laid the foundation for the take-off of Japan's economy in the later period.

According to statistics, Japan introduced 446 advanced technologies such as transistors and electronic computers from Europe and the United States at that time, which stimulated the rapid development of all walks of life in Japan.

By 1953, Japan's gross industrial production had increased by 55 percent over the pre-war period, steel production had increased by 46 percent, the number of ships had increased by 47 percent, cement production had increased by 51 percent, power generation had doubled, and major industrial products had greatly exceeded pre-war levels.

First of all, Fang Lang's Global JPMorgan Bank has established friendly and cooperative relations with Japanese banks through financial means.

Although this bank with Morgan's name was low-key when it entered Japan, the Japanese at this time did not dare to slack off, after all, not everyone can have the word Morgan on it. As a result, Japanese government officials have given Global JPMorgan the green light to enter Japan's financial sector.

Soon, Global JPMorgan Bank, with a large number of financial talents, gained a firm foothold in Japan and reached into the local financial industry, acquiring some high-value companies at very low prices.

Immediately after that, the Universal Group entered Japan, acquired heavy industries such as steel, shipbuilding, and machinery manufacturing from some Japanese consortia such as Mitsubishi, and began to arrange a small number of order production tasks, so that these enterprises began to slowly resume operations.

Immediately afterwards, Fangyuan Group also began to enter the market in a low-key manner, quietly acquiring some industries such as cement, textile, food processing, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, medicine, and chemicals.

In order to be low-key enough, Universal Group and Fangyuan Group have quietly entered Japan to invest through branches in Europe and the United States, setting up some companies that do not seem to have much connection with the two companies.

From the very beginning, Fang Lang had already made up his mind that these factories in Japan only needed to become labor-intensive industries that provided labor. The real core technology must be in Fang Lang's own hands.

Although there was no technology embargo organization like Batumi in later generations during this period, Fang Lang was completely sure that he would carry out a technological blockade of Japan through commercial means, after all, he had learned a wealth of experience from the Yankees in later generations.

Even if the Japanese government has any ideas, they can't do anything with him, after all, Japan, as a defeated country, is inherently in a position of exploitation. No one can condemn Fang Lang from this aspect.

As for whether Fang Lang's doing this will help the suspicion of abuse? This question Fang Lang was also well thought out, to say that there was nothing at all, it would definitely be wrong, but as long as he weighed it a little, he felt that he had to do it.

Because, even if he doesn't participate, this war can't be stopped. If he is not involved, history will return to its original track, allowing Japan to take advantage of its rapid rise.

Do you take the opportunity to seize the opportunity that belongs to Japan and develop your own industry, or let Japan develop rapidly? This multiple-choice question is not difficult to do.

And will your own participation change the outcome of the war? Fang Lang believes that this will not be even worse. After all, he will not give advice to the Yankees, but simply, he will provide the other party with whatever products the other party needs.

This kind of thing, even if they don't get involved, the Yankees will get these supplies from other places. If you give this money to someone else, it is better to earn it for him.

In fact, the leader of his hometown resolutely chose to fight this war under such a difficult situation, which was an extremely wise decision in Fang Lang's opinion.

This war not only played a military and national prestige, but also straightened the backbone of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, swept away the passive situation of repeated defeats in foreign wars since the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and gave the new government in his hometown great prestige in the international community.

It has greatly enhanced the national self-confidence and national pride of the Chinese people, and cut off the money rattail in the hearts of many people.

It fully interprets the saying "fight with one punch, lest a hundred punches come". It has also won a peaceful development environment and opportunities for his hometown in the future.

(End of chapter)