Chapter 714: Another Prime Minister Cao
Ivy Gilmour said that he believed in the other party, but in fact, what kind of person the other party was, he was clear in his heart, and he was definitely a selfish politician, so it was already the limit to believe in his words.
The reason why he still agreed to cooperate with the other party was not because he believed in the credibility of the other party, but because of an infantry division under his command. With such a large armed force in Rio de Janeiro, no matter who sits in the highest position, he will not turn a blind eye to his position.
If the other party is really unwilling to keep his promise, then since he can send them up, he can drive them down, and he still has the confidence to hold the military power.
Seeing Ivy Gilmour once again make it clear that he would participate, Chiz Whiteman's whole person began to involuntarily exude a burst of ecstasy from the inside out.
In fact, Ivy Gilmour was not the first person he tried to convince, but he was by far the most powerful army leader, although his division was the most basic infantry division.
But being able to be sent to the front line of the confrontation between Brazil and Argentina shows that the strength of this division is not bad, and the number alone has reached more than 8,000 people, although it cannot be compared with the strength of about 18,000 German infantry divisions during World War II, it is definitely a large number of people in the Brazilian Army.
With such a large number of soldiers, once they enter Rio de Janeiro, how much effect will they play, Chiz Whiteman shuddered a little when he thought about it.
His tandem operation had actually begun a week earlier, but in the previous period of time, the combined number of people he had organized was not as large as it is today.
This is also the reason why he is willing to take the position of Secretary of War to tempt Ivy Gilmore, who makes this guy the most powerful!
Chiz Whiteman then eagerly asked Ivey Gilmour to give him a list of people he thought he might want to join, so that he could go around and gather more people.
Ivy Gilmour naturally won't hide anything, most of these people have a good relationship with him, if Chiz Whiteman can really convince them, then there will be a lot of friends in the entire rebel army, which is also a huge benefit for him.
In this way, the two conspired for a long time in Ivy Gilmore's office, and after discussing some details of the operation, General Chiz Whiteman left the border barracks satisfied.
What they don't know is that such a blatant conspiracy by Chiz Whiteman has long been brought to the attention of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency.
Since the last operation of the Americans was not discovered by the intelligence bureau in the first place, Sirio Leitch can be said to have made great efforts to further rectify the various intelligence services. It has made several intelligence agencies much more vigilant.
The army was already the focus of the intelligence bureau's surveillance, and as early as the third day of General Chiz Whiteman's series of connections, the intelligence bureau's personnel discovered the anomaly. Began to send personnel to carry out all-round monitoring and investigation of the lieutenant general.
As time passed, more and more information was collected, and the context of the matter slowly emerged.
Looking at Chiz Whiteman, who was running around the army like a clown, Sirio Leitch smiled disdainfully, took the information that was already complete, and knocked on Fang Lang's office door.
"You mean that the deputy chief of staff of the War Department wants to use the new tank installation of the War Department to provoke a rebellion?"
Fang Lang listened to Sirio Leitch's report, and his face was a little gloomy.
"This is only a superficial reason, and another reason is that they feel that the Admiralty now has the power of the Ministry of Defense, and the dignity of their army has been damaged, so they are very dissatisfied.
Judging from what we have learned, this Lieutenant General Chiz Whiteman does not have a high status in the War Department, and his ability is not very strong, that is, he took advantage of the previous Secretary of the War and squeezed into the War Department.
With the resignation of his old superiors, he was slowly marginalized, and his presence in the War Department was not strong, and I don't know why, this time he was very bold and took the initiative to start a rebellion with some officers in the army. ”
"Why did a deputy chief of staff of the War Department, who had been marginalized for so long, suddenly make up his mind to try to start a rebellion, I don't think it's just because of the problem of our new tanks!"
"We also have the same suspicions about this issue, the first thing we suspect is whether the Americans are behind it, but now the only thing that can be found out about his relationship with the Americans is that his eldest son once studied in the United States.
After returning to China three years ago, he opened a company in Rio de Janeiro engaged in import and export trade. The company's business has been sluggish, but it seems to have developed very quickly in recent months.
According to data provided by Global Terminals, they exported more cargo this month than the previous three months combined.
After I learned about his eldest son's situation, I asked people within the CIA to investigate whether his son had any contact with the CIA. However, no relevant information has been received at this time. ”
Hearing this, Fang Lang glanced at Sirio Leitch with some doubts, he knew very well that since the matter had been grasped by him in advance, he would not come over to report it so formally before the investigation was clear, at most, he would mention it to himself, find out that someone was preparing to rebel, and take precautions.
But now I haven't investigated the situation behind it and come to report, obviously something more important has happened, and I need to come and consult him for advice.
"What? Are you trying to capture him directly? ”
Sirio Leitch, seeing Fang Lang's eyes, understood what he meant, and hurriedly shook his head and said:
"That's not it, I suspect this guy isn't the mastermind, there must be someone else behind it. Therefore, we did not report to you immediately, but conducted a detailed investigation into this matter.
But now it is obvious that he can no longer continue the investigation, because the nearly two divisions he connected with are now on the way to Rio de Janeiro by train, and it is expected that they will all arrive in two days. ”
Fang Lang was taken aback by this guy's words, slapped the table with a pale face, sat up from the desk in a hurry, propped his hands on the table, and glared at Sirio Leitch fiercely:
"What? Two days later, the rebels are about to arrive in Rio de Janeiro, and you came to report, why don't you just wait for them to surround the presidential palace and then come back to report? ”
Sirio Leitch was taken aback by Fang Lang's reaction, and his neck couldn't help shrinking, for fear that Fang Lang would directly pull out a gun and kill him, so he hurriedly bowed his head and said:
"Please rest assured that all their actions are under our control, and as long as you give the order, we can make their rebellion a joke.
The reason why I came to report to you now is that I didn't expect them to gather only such a small number of people and start to act. The second is that I didn't investigate clearly, and I ......"
At this time, Fang Lang didn't want to talk nonsense with this guy, so he directly waved his hand to interrupt the other party's words, and said with a gloomy face:
"You say they're already on a train to Rio de Janeiro? How did they pull the troops out of the garrison without an order? ”
"Boss, they have an assignment, and the adjutant of the Minister of Defense, General Hombto Alder, got them an official assignment from the Ministry of Defense, and nominally they came to the capital to be inspected by Mr. Minister of Defense."
This General Humberto Alder was the former Minister of the Army, and although he was incompetent, he was still quite lucky, and his predecessor suffered a big loss in the encirclement and suppression of the Eddie Brothers rebels, and was swept to the end.
When everyone didn't want to stand up and pick up the mess of the War Department, he was pushed out of the tank, and who knew that before he sent troops to continue to gnaw on the hard bone of the Eddie brothers. The Marines led by Fang Lang helped him do the work.
The last time General Crook took office, Marshal Moraes recommended to President Scalia to be the Minister of Defense in order to balance the contradictions between the army and the navy.
He was indeed elected, but in fact, the real power of the Ministry of Defense was not in his hands, but in the hands of Admiral Crook, who was born as Minister of the Navy.
"You mean the Secretary of Defense was also involved in this?"
Fang Lang quickly thought about whether this General Humboto Alder would be involved behind this matter, after all, although he has been the Minister of Defense all these years, he has actually brushed his presence in front of Mr. President.
Within the army, there is not much power in practice. It's normal for him to be upset about this.
"According to our investigation, this Mr. Minister of Defense is really not involved, and most of these rebellious army officers are people who are dissatisfied with him and think that he is weak and incompetent.
It was his lieutenant who actually participated in the rebellion and brought orders to the rebels. ”
Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help frowning, you must know that the adjutant is often the most trusted person by the generals, and now Sirio Leitch told him that among the people involved in the rebellion there would be General Hombto Alder's adjutant, and the adjutant wanted to overthrow his immediate superior.
This made Fang Lang have to remain suspicious.
"Are you sure?"
Seeing Fang Lang's expression, Sirio Leitch understood his thoughts, and could only explain with a wry smile:
"At first, we didn't believe it, and for this reason, we wasted a lot of energy on the investigation of Mr. Minister of Defense. In the end, after our investigation, the suspicion of Mr. Secretary of Defense was indeed ruled out.
Speaking of which, this is also a scandal in our army, although Defense Minister Alder does not have much desire for power, but his desire for women is very strong, according to our investigation, the reason why this adjutant gentleman rebelled.
It was because the Minister of Defense got together with the young and beautiful wife of Mr. Adjutant, and after being discovered by Mr. Adjutant, the Minister of Defense promised to promote him to the Army as the chief officer with troops.
But two years have passed, and Mr. Adjutant is still an adjutant, while Mr. Minister of Defense and Mr. Adjutant's wife have become more unscrupulous, and even did something to ask Mr. Adjutant to help them watch the door.
Because Chiz Whiteman had a very good relationship with Deputy Chief of Staff and Mr. Adjutant when they were at the War Department, he did not know where to learn about it, so he said that he must avenge Mr. Adjutant. And after the success of the operation, let him go to the grassroots level to serve as the commander of the motorized infantry division.
With General Chiz Whiteman's promise, Mr. Adjutant easily agreed to join the rebellion, and in the name of the Secretary of Defense, he obtained an order for them. ”
This kind of plot, Fang Lang from later generations has seen it from many movies, TV and movies, but he didn't expect it to happen to him alive now.
After learning what happened, Fang Lang couldn't help but shake his head and said with a wry smile:
"I can't imagine that our Mr. Minister of Defense has the same hobby as Prime Minister Cao Cheng. However, you are right, if this matter is exposed, it will be a scandal for our entire army, and when the time is right, you will come forward to settle this matter on behalf of our Minister of Defense.
Remember, don't leave anything behind! ”
Although the order does not seem to have much to do with the Minister of Defense, General Hombotto Alder, since the order was issued in his name, whether or not the rebels succeed in the end, he as the Minister of Defense can be regarded as having done it.
And Fang Lang ordered Sirio Leitch to deal with this matter, naturally in order to minimize the impact of this matter and avoid the entire Brazilian army being damaged by this matter.
Sirio Leitch was also stunned when he heard Fang Lang's words, he had never heard of Prime Minister Cao's famous name, but this was not the time to delve into the identity of this character in the boss's words.
He was not surprised that the boss asked him to solve this matter, and he knew very well in his heart that after this matter, the Minister of Defense would do it.
"Yes, boss! You see, when is it appropriate for us to report this matter to the Ministry of Defense, after all, it involves the adjutant of the Minister of Defense, and when the news leaks, it will also be very troublesome. ”
Fang Lang understood what he meant, and after thinking about it for a while, Fang Lang shook his head with a smile and said:
"Since their army is already on the way, and there is really no time to continue to investigate slowly for you, don't come forward directly in this matter, let the intelligence chief Blackwell report to General Crook!
On the surface, it seems that the mastermind of all this is the Lieutenant General Chiz Whiteman, but I don't think it's that simple.
I don't believe that a person who has always seemed obscure suddenly had the audacity to organize such a big operation. The background behind this person must continue to dig deeper, and we must not let go of any clues, we must find a way to find out all the enemies hiding in the shadows. ”
When Sirio Leitch heard this, he hurriedly stood up and saluted:
"Yes, boss! Actually, I don't believe that this Chiz Whiteman has such a big heart, so I didn't come to report to you until I found out who was behind it.
I believe that the identity of his eldest son is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface. It's just that I didn't expect them to be so fast, and before we could investigate clearly, they had already started to act. ”
Seeing that he still wanted to explain, Fang Lang looked at him and smiled, waved his hand indifferently and said:
"I understand your thoughts, and you also want to solve this matter by your intelligence department, and I have no objection to this, but next time, you still have to report such important information to me as soon as possible. Let me know what I know, you know? ”
He knew that this was the Ministry of Intelligence wanting to wash away the shame of the last mistake, so he wanted to make a blockbuster, and he was not disgusted by having this kind of shame for his subordinates and being able to work proactively.
But the other party did not inform him of this information as soon as possible, and when he should have beaten it, he still had to beat it.
Sirio Leitch saw that Fang Lang didn't mean to punish him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly saluted with a grateful face:
"Yes, boss!"
(End of chapter)