In Fang Lang's view, Brazil is now in the field of aviation, can be regarded as keeping up with the world's advanced level, if he continues to interfere too much in the company's aircraft design work, it will not be good for his company's designers to gradually lose the ability to think and innovate independently.

When the time comes, when he can no longer provide advanced solutions, the company's subsequent development may be powerless, which he does not want to see.

As far as he is concerned, the United States and the Soviet Union are still exploring the tactics of the future air force, and everyone has no concept of multi-functional fighters.

Rather than providing a complete design plan by yourself, it is better to provide design indicators and requirements, so that designers can give full play to their imagination, and then they may be able to find a new road different from the United States and the Soviet Union!

Fang Lang, who understood this, began to guide the air officers again, and after a long period of exchanges, everyone involuntarily came to the idea that fighters should not have a single function.

In particular, when it was mentioned that missiles can be precisely guided and accurately strike at calibrated targets, everyone began to revolve around the development direction of the new aircraft.

In this way, unconsciously, Fang Lang used the Peninsula War not only to improve his prestige in the Brazilian army, but also to take the opportunity to put forward a new idea for the development of the Air Force, which convinced the officers of the entire Air Force Department to Fang Lang.

Favorable conditions have been created for Fang Lang to take control of the air force in the future.

Since Fang Lang's ultimate goal is to control the Brazilian army, he certainly will not only focus on his own navy and air force, but leave aside the most powerful army units in Brazil.

Now that this is possible, he will certainly not let go of the opportunity to get in touch with army officers in an open and honest manner, so he proposed to General Crook, the current deputy secretary of defense, that the activities of the Admiralty take the lead in proposing and organizing a tactical review of the war on the peninsula to be extended to the whole army.

Of course, now that the Navy and Air Force are involved, what the Ministry of Defense needs to do is to arrange for the Army to send elite troops to join the exercise.

Fang Lang's purpose in doing so was to select outstanding talents in the army, and then to win them over in a targeted manner, so as to complete the infiltration of the army as soon as possible.

In fact, Fang Lang's infiltration of the army was earlier than everyone expected.

As early as when the Navy and Army jointly established the Brazilian Military University, he had already begun to reach out to grassroots army officers through scholarships, financial support for poor students, and the organization of study groups in schools.

You must know that these grassroots officers are the future of the Brazilian Army, and some of these outstanding personnel, with the funding of the Fang family, have quietly squeezed into the ranks of middle-level officers.

These officers, whether they were individuals or their families, were all able to get rid of their original predicament with the support of the Fang family, and many of them were grateful from the bottom of their hearts for what the Fang family had done.

And they are not fools, they still understand the truth of eating people with soft mouths and taking people short. Therefore, most of these people joined a very ordinary and seemingly ordinary organization of the Young Officers' Mutual Aid Association when they were in school.

And this organization will organize activities in the school on a regular basis, so that everyone can get together and talk about their ideals and future, and the outstanding officers will be directly received and encouraged by Fang Lang.

All of this is just a small trick that Fang Lang learned from Huangpu, and after these outstanding officers completely accepted Fang Lang as the leader, Fang Lang tried to make these guys progress quickly in the army.

With this channel of rapid progress, the influence of the Young Officers' Mutual Aid began to quietly expand, forming a force to be reckoned with in the army.

Of course, for the sake of time, this force is still mainly concentrated in the grassroots of the Brazilian Army. What Fang Lang has to do now is to support his own people in the middle and upper echelons of the army as soon as possible, so that he can expand his influence on the army as soon as possible.

After all, the review of the navy, the army, and the air force at the same time is obviously a test of strategic and tactical thinking among the various arms of the armed forces.

Therefore, the War Department sent the best commanders of their army to participate, and Fang Lang took the opportunity to start examining the abilities of these officers.

Thinking that with the support of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, these people had just been selected by the War Department, and Fang Lang had already obtained the list of personnel and their detailed information.

Excluding some old guys who sell their reputations, Fang Lang's key targets are concentrated in the army's young Zhuang officers.

Among them, two white people were vetoed by Fang Lang because of their slight racist mentality, and after two more wine Mengzi were excluded, five army officers came into Fang Lang's sight.

Entering Fang Lang's sight is only the first step, and in the next war review activities, there are a few guys who are obviously aging in tactical thinking, not flexible enough to be flexible, and only know how to do things, and they were eliminated by Fang Lang.

Only a colonel officer in his early forties came into Fang Lang's sight, this colonel named Woolf Fairclaw, less than 1.8 meters tall, with a thin body, his hands were covered with calluses, and his fingers were scorched with smoke, like an old farmer who worked in the fields all year round, his skin was dark and he looked inconspicuous.

is such an army colonel like a peasant, but he can always make surprising statements in review activities, find many loopholes that others can't find, and formulate more reasonable tactics, and he is also clear in arranging troops, flexible in adaptation, and has a sense of smell and command ability on the battlefield that others do not have.

It's a pity that this guy is obviously not reused in the Brazilian Army because of his background, but only serves as an operational staff officer of the General Staff, and the position of a staff officer, everyone who understands it, that is, the staff officer does not fart without a commander.

In an army environment like Brazil, the fact that the powerless and powerless Woolf Fairclaw was able to climb to the rank of colonel and serve as an operational staff officer is already a good indication of his ability. Of course, in Fang Lang's opinion, with his background, if nothing else, this life will be like this.

After conducting a detailed investigation of him through the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, Fang Lang included him in the primary target, and in the following review activities, he often gave the other party the opportunity to perform, allowing him to compare most of the officers of the War Department.

This made a group of officers of the War Department feel a little dissatisfied, but considering that this is the Ministry of Defense, they are not much to say.

But Woolf Faircrow was very happy with the kindness shown to Fang Lang, and the two got along more and more well, after all, who could refuse a superior officer who clearly admired him?

"Woolf, with your ability, you shouldn't just be a combat staff officer!"

On this day, Fang Lang finally decided to extend an olive branch to this Woolf Faircrow and invited the other party to dinner at a Chinese restaurant near the Ministry of Defense.

After hearing Fang Lang's words, a look of embarrassment flashed on Woolf Faircrow's face, but he quickly hid it.

"General Fang said with a smile, there are many people with the ability like me in our army, I really can't be outstanding, and I am very satisfied with today's achievements."

Unexpectedly, this guy did not take the opportunity to pour bitter water on Fang Lang, but tried his best to maintain the image of the army. This made Fang Lang even more satisfied with him, which showed that the character of this guy on the other side was not bad.

While putting a piece of bacon in his bowl, he continued to speak to Woolf Fairclaw:

"Huh...... Woolf, don't forget, I'm also from the Army, and I'm no stranger to the situation in the Army than you, so you don't have to hide it when you talk to me! ”

"This ......"

Seeing the embarrassed expression on the other party's face, Fang Lang knew that this guy didn't want to continue to talk more about the army, so he went straight to the point:

"Woolf, I'll just open the skylight and say something! I'm not very happy with the current state of the Army, and I hope that there is an opportunity to do something, and after such a long period of observation, I think you are someone who can make a difference in the Army.

I don't know if you're willing to take on this great mission. ”

Fang Lang said very greatly, but Woolf Faircrow is not a fool to get to this point, he naturally understands what Fang Lang wants to do.

In fact, to be more precise, as early as today, when he went to the appointment, he had already prepared for the purpose of the other wave. Seeing Fang Lang say this now, he still showed a trace of embarrassment.

It is impossible to say that he doesn't want to go further, but the contradiction between the army and the navy has a long history, if he really falls to Fang Lang, the deputy minister of the navy, he will be equivalent to becoming a traitor to the army, and at that time, life in the army may be even more difficult than now.

This is also the root cause of his hesitation. After thinking about it for a long time, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at Fang Lang seriously, and slowly spoke:

"General Fang, I understand your purpose very well, but you have to understand that I am just an ordinary combat staff officer, and I do not have any real power, and I am simply a dispensable existence in the War Department, how can I have the opportunity to change the status quo of the Army with my strength."

Hearing this, the corners of Fang Lang's mouth couldn't help but smile, Woolf Fairclaw's meaning had been clearly expressed, it was not that he didn't want to change the status quo of the army, but that he himself was incapable of changing it.

"Haha...... Woolf, if you don't have the ability now, it doesn't mean that you won't be able to do it in the future, and with my support, you will soon be able to get out of the current predicament. When the time comes, I will naturally be able to push you to a higher position so that you can do what you want! ”

Fang Lang's words made Woolf Faircrow's pupils constrict, and his expression began to become solemn.

"General Fang, you are the deputy minister of the navy, not our deputy minister of the army, do you think you can exert influence on our army department?"

"Huh...... I'm the Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty, yes, but I'm above me with General Crook! He is the deputy secretary of defense, and as far as I know, there are several generals in your War Department who have taken the initiative to join General Crook's command!

With the influence of a few generals, can't you still be asked to move your position? ”

"You're coming to me on behalf of General Crook?"

Woolf Fairclaw looked at Fang Lang with some surprise, and when he heard this, Fang Lang shook his head with a smile.

"Of course not, you don't think that with your level, you can get into the eyes of General Crook! Of course, if you want to join General Crook's side, I can recommend it for you.

In that case, though, you'll lose the chance to be my person. I won't support you, as for whether you can get the reuse of General Crook, it depends on your own ability. ”

Fang Lang's words were a little arrogant, but Woolf Fairclaw didn't show much surprise, he still had a certain understanding of Fang Lang's strength. As early as when Admiral Crook was still the Minister of the Admiralty, this Admiral Fang already held half of the real power of the Admiralty.

Now, with the ascension of General Crook, although General Fang is only the deputy minister of the Admiralty, the actual power of the entire Admiralty is almost in the hands of this one.

The Admiralty, from the chief of staff to the chiefs of various departments, is almost all this person, and his control over the Admiralty has long surpassed that of the previous Admiralty Minister, Admiral Crook.

And the new Minister of the Navy is even more obedient to the other general's words, and even most of the time, he does not work at the Admiralty at all, which is a proper appearance.

It is not difficult to hear from Fang Lang's words that the relationship between him and General Crook is not a direct relationship as the outside world thinks, but more like a cooperation.

This made his eyes look at Fang Lang began to change from one to the other.

"How are you going to support me?"

Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly.

"Based on your observations during this time, I found that you have some opinions about the tactics of the armored forces, and I am going to send you to the West Point Military Academy to study the tactics of the armored forces for a period of time. What do you think? ”

Woolf Faircrow obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to think of sending him out to study, and thought that he would directly let him go to the grassroots army to become a regiment commander! But I have to say that Fang Lang's proposal made him very excited.

"Really? Will West Point accept cadets like me? ”

"Huh...... There's no way anyone else can send you to West Point, but to me, that's a small thing. When you come back, I'll give you a new Venus to wear on your shoulder.

Then, give an armorer to you to practice your hands. ”

If sending him to West Point to gild was a surprise, now Fang Lang's words are properly shocking, and for a while, Woolf Faircrow didn't know how to express his feelings.

You must know that there are only two armored divisions in Brazil now, and he didn't dare to think that he would have the opportunity to lead one of them when he was killed before, which made him feel a little unreal for a while.

After swallowing some hard saliva, Woolf Faircrow said in disbelief:

"Is General Fang serious? Now the two armored divisions of the army are the treasure bumps of the army, can they agree to me to be the division commander? ”

Seeing Woolf Faircrow's performance, Fang Lang knew that the army colonel was taken down by him.

"As far as the Army's current Shermans are really nothing to look at, other Yankees are ready to eliminate them, so the Army treats them as treasures.

After you come back from studying in the United States, I will first let you be the commander of a motorized division, and then after the new tank we developed ourselves is finalized, we will directly reorganize your motorized division into a new armored division.

Guaranteed to be stronger than the current two armored divisions. ”

(End of chapter)