Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 45

  Chapter 45 Lieutenant Commander

In the early morning of the next day, Italy in March was still ruled by the cold winter. Fang Lang and his first mate de la Torre drove a Willis jeep early and arrived at the headquarters of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. The headquarters was heavily guarded, and the two were arranged together Wait in the reception room.

  Della Torre saw the captain's rank on Fang Lang's collar badge, and congratulated him from the bottom of his heart:

   "Sir, congratulations, I didn't expect you to be a captain so soon."

   Seeing de la Torre's envious expression, Fang Lang smiled and said:

   "Old Lei, don't be envious, you will become a captain later!"

   "What, sir, are you serious? You know what we are here this time, right?"

  Fang Lang's words made de la Torre very happy. He knew that his young officer had a wide network among the Brazilian Expeditionary Force and the U.S. Army, so it was not surprising that he could receive the notice in advance.

   "Don't be too happy too early, this time is not necessarily a good thing for us!"

  Seeing the uncontrollable excitement on de la Torre's face, Fang Lang couldn't help shaking his head, and poured a basin of cold water.

   "Sir, what's wrong!"

   Fang Lang didn't want to affect his good mood, he thought for a while and didn't say anything, just shook his head and didn't say anything more. His attitude baffled de la Torre. But since Fang Lang didn't explain, it's not easy for him to ask, he can only control his excited heart a little bit, trembling hands, and wait quietly!

   Soon a soldier came over and informed the two to go to the conference room to attend the awarding meeting, which would be presided over by the expeditionary force commander, General Morais himself.

  Della Torre heard that General Morais would personally preside over the awarding of the title. He just calmed down and became excited again. After all, this is the Brazilian Marshal, and not everyone has the opportunity to see it.

At the same time, there were also five officers who participated in the award. It can be seen from the armbands of the clothing that some of them are from the army and the air force. Only Fang Lang and de la Torre are from the navy. Looking at the excited expressions on everyone's faces, Fang Lang felt a little bored. It wasn't that he wasn't thrilled to be awarded the rank of major, it was just that the thought of being used to steal warships from the United States made him uncomfortable.

   Apparently he hasn't realized that being able to be used also means that he has the value of being used. There are still many people who want to be used, but no one wants to use him!

However, Fang Lang also understands that he does not have enough strength now. As long as he has the strength to protect himself in the Brazilian army, no one will dare to use him like this now. The possibility of everyone begging him in the future will be even greater big.

  The awarding ceremony during the war was grand and concise, and did not waste much time. The top leaders of the Brazilian Expeditionary Army, Navy, Army and Air Force were all present, and the navy was in the most embarrassing position.

  Because the reason for the award of the army and air force is because of heroic fighting and outstanding achievements. That is, military merit awards. Only the two navies, Fang Lang and De la Torre, turned out to be because they caught two Japanese spies in Brazil. This made Fang Lang feel very embarrassed for a while!

   After all, in Fang Lang's mind, as a soldier, meritorious service awards should also come from military exploits, not other things. If he is an agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau, it is a matter of course that he will be awarded for capturing two spies. But his own navy was awarded the rank of major for catching spies, which seemed nondescript.

   Therefore, Fang Lang basically had a serious face throughout the awarding ceremony, and was not as elated as other comrades in arms. Although Fang Lang always had a serious face, he wanted to quickly escape from this awarding ceremony.

  Unfortunately, things backfired. At the end of the meeting, Colonel Parisi of the Navy stopped Fang Lang and took him to a large office to sit down without saying anything to him.

   The two waited quietly for a short while, when General Morais strode in, and the two stood up quickly.

   "Your Excellency, good morning!"

  General Morais walked behind the desk without stopping, pointed to the two people's original seats and said:

"Sit down, both of you! This time I called the two of you here, mainly because I want to talk to you about how to build personnel, how to conduct training, and how to rely on this warship in the later stage after receiving a new destroyer from the US Navy. Develop our own new navy. I would like to hear the opinions of the two of you first.”

   Fang Lang noticed that Colonel Parisi was obviously taken aback, apparently not receiving news that the Brazilian Navy would receive a destroyer from the US Navy. This situation obviously made Fang Lang's heart start to have some meaning. It seems that Colonel Parisi is not a confidant of General Morais!

   Lieutenant Colonel Graham knew everything, but Colonel Parisi, the titular head of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Navy, knew nothing about it. This had to make Fang Lang cautious. It seems that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force is not as simple as it looks on the surface, and there are many factions inside!

  However, Fang Lang also had a rough guess in his mind that General Morais, as the commander of the expeditionary force, must represent the interests of one side, and Colonel Parisi obviously belonged to President Vargas. Unexpectedly, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force that President Vargas had finally formed was not of one mind with him. It is no wonder that he was ousted by the military coup.

   These are obviously all asked by Vargas himself. As a dictatorial leader, he actually believed in his own political influence, tried to promote democratic politics in Brazil, and even formed his own political party and put down military power. Obviously, he has never seriously studied the theory that political power grows out of the barrel of a great man's gun.

  Parisi didn't look at Fang Lang. He knew that Fang Lang had Americans as his backstage, and he might have known the news. But how can I comment on something I don't know at all! But the general asked questions, and he couldn't be silent, so he began to express his opinions on how to build a team of personnel he knew best.

  This new type of destroyer, if you don't arrange your own people to go up, it will be too unreasonable. And General Morais also said that we will rely on this warship to develop our own new navy. If this warship does not have its own personnel, wouldn't the Brazilian Navy have nothing to do with him in the future.

  So Colonel Parisi began to recommend suitable candidates for various positions on the destroyer, and General Morais did not express any objection, but after he finished speaking, he looked at Fang Lang and said:

   "Major Fang, as the incoming captain of a new destroyer, what do you think?"

  General Morais' words made Colonel Parisi's expression froze again, and he turned to look at Fang Lang with a serious face. It never occurred to me that I wrote here and talked for a long time, recommending candidates for various positions. It turns out that the real candidates have already been decided. I couldn't help being embarrassed for a while, I didn't expect to make such a big embarrassment in front of my subordinates.

  It seems that my days in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force will become more and more difficult! At this time, he also saw that the reason why General Morais left him with Fang Lang was to plant a thorn between him and Fang Lang. And after he was sold, he foolishly helped count the money.

  Fang Lang didn't know what to say about the situation in front of him. After all, he didn't have much experience in participating in this kind of political struggle. But he knew in his heart that no matter how much he said now, it was useless. Even General Morais could not decide everything. It was the Americans who could really make decisions.

  Whether it is staffing or training, it must be assessed by the Americans. If the Americans say that you fail the assessment and are not suitable for this position, then no matter how good your performance is, it will be useless. vice versa. So Fang Lang said directly:

   "Your Excellency, the subordinates have no experience in this, and follow your instructions!"

   Hearing that Fang Lang didn't express his opinion, General Morais was taken aback. Did this kid not understand what he meant! He spoke again to confirm:

   "Oh! Don't you have any requirements for personnel?"

   Fang Lang heard what General Morais said, and apparently told himself that he could arrange some of his own people to enter the new destroyer. This made Fang Lang's heart alive again. After all, there are 300 to 400 crew members on a destroyer. If there is no one of its own, it is easy to be excluded, which is definitely not the case.

   Hastily said: "If I am the captain, I hope to be able to select some suitable personnel on my original transport ship."

  After hearing this, General Morais nodded and said: "Yes, then implement it according to your ideas! You can discuss the specific candidates with Colonel Parisi. I hope to see our new destroyers form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

   After finishing speaking, he signaled the two of them to leave.

  When Fang Lang walked out of the general's office in a daze, he was still in a daze. He didn't say anything clearly about the situation! A topic was thrown out, and it ended without explaining it clearly, and it was still implemented according to my idea.

  How can she do this? I didn't seem to agree to Lieutenant Colonel Graham being the captain of the new destroyer yesterday! Now it's time to be confused, the captain of the new destroyer.

  (end of this chapter)

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