"Report to the chief, Second Lieutenant Fang Lang of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, come to report!" Fang Lang shouted as he stood outside the door of Commodore Neo Jackson of the U.S. Fourth Fleet. This is what John told Fang Lang when he left Italy first, and Brigadier General Jackson wanted to talk to Fang Lang before he arrived.

"Please come in!" A majestic voice came from inside the door.

Fang Lang reorganized his military appearance again, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door, only to see that behind a large desk in the door, a tall, blonde, blue-eyed middle-aged man of about fifty years old was sitting looking up at him.

Fang Lang walked to the desk according to the standard military posture and saluted: "Your Excellency General, Second Lieutenant Fang Lang reports to you!" ”

At this moment, Fang Lang's heart was still very nervous, it was the first time in his life that he had seen such a big officer, although John said that General Jackson was very easy to get along with, but it was because he had a good father, and he was just a small soldier in a third-rate small country, and there was not much difference from the identity of the colonial servant army. If you don't behave well, you might just send yourself to the corner.

"I heard John say you saved his life, right?" Brigadier General Jackson didn't let Fang Lang sit down, and asked directly.

"Report to the General, yes." Fang Lang was worried that there would be too many mistakes to say, so he could only ask what to answer.

"Have you always been familiar with him?" Hearing Brigadier General Jackson ask like this, Fang Lang understood that he wondered if he had another intention to save John.

"Report to the general, I didn't know him before I rescued him, and when I woke up, I knew that it was him who saved him in the same ward, and I slowly became familiar with him."

Brigadier General Jackson, who had been staring at Fang Lang's expression, could be regarded as letting go of his doubts after hearing Fang Lang's answer.

"I heard from your commander that you performed very bravely on the front line, why did you want to be transferred to the Navy Logistics Department?" Brigadier General Jackson once again threw out the question in his heart, obviously suspecting that Fang Lang was greedy for life and afraid of death to let John transfer him to the logistics department.

"Report to the general, mainly because of this injury, I always faint suddenly, John is worried that my body will be dangerous in the combat unit, so he recommended me to your command." Fang Lang is not easy to say that John is to repay the grace of saving his life, on the battlefield, everyone is originally a relationship between you saving me and I saving you, if it is because of a life-saving grace, the benefactor will be transferred to the logistics department, which may make General Jackson feel that John is not mature enough, of course, Fang Lang feels that John is immature, but the more immature, the more beneficial it is to Fang Lang.

"Do you still have this sudden fainting now?" Jackson obviously didn't want to have anyone under his command who could faint at any moment.

"Report to the general, I don't know about this problem, I haven't fainted for three days. Personally, I feel that there is no problem with my physical condition now, and I can work at any time. Fang Lang didn't want to be sent back to the hospital to continue lying down.

"Alright! If you feel unwell, you must report it in time, do you know? Jackson was also worried that if Fang Lang had any physical problems with him, John would trouble him.

"Understand the general!" It is impossible for Fang Lang to tell Jackson that his current body is very good, he can kill a cow, and he doesn't know if it is the sequelae of the crossing, the physical fitness of the whole person has at least doubled compared with the original, and the original thin body is now beginning to appear more and more obvious muscles. The spirit is even better, Fang Lang feels that he can persist without sleeping for at least three or four days.

"Then tell me what you know about yourself, and I'll arrange a job for you." Brigadier General Jackson decided to accept the offer of the relation.

"General Reports, I can also communicate in English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish and Italian with some basic oral communication. With navy-related skills, I am able to work on large transport vessels. "Fang Lang knows so many languages, of course, it is the wealth of knowledge that the two lives have brought to him. Of course, the current ships are certainly not as advanced as their ocean-going container ships, but it is also a necessary skill for their crews to drive ships across the ocean without relying on automation. And more than 20 years of ocean-going sailing skills are comparable to the excellent captains of this era.

Fang Lang's answer obviously surprised Brigadier General Jackson: "Aren't you the son of a Brazilian farmer?" How can there be so many languages and sailing. ”

Obviously, Brigadier General Jackson has investigated Fang Lang's background, and he didn't expect that his answer was very different from what Brigadier General Jackson knew, but Fang Lang couldn't say that it was his skills in his previous life! After thinking about it for a long time, he could only weakly reply, "Ugh! Report to the general, these are all my own learning, my dream before joining the army is to have my own ship, I want to sail to my hometown of Huaxia to see. ”

"Alright! Looks like I'm going to give you another job. You first go to the transport ship Charles Jos at the docks and report to Major Raquel Cross! Their transport ship will soon return to the United States, and I will ask Major Cross to conduct an assessment on you, and if you can pass the examination, then I will allocate one of the transport ships we have captured to you for the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Navy to be the captain of the ship, and fulfill your dream of captaincy. How? Commodore Jackson was overjoyed when he heard that Fang Lang was confident that he could be qualified for the shipping work of an ocean-going carrier.

Because the commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, General Mascaleus Di Moraes, has approached Brigadier General Jackson several times, hoping to arrange a transport ship for the Brazilian Navy, so that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force can open a separate route between the Expeditionary Force and Brazil to transport the wounded and fallen back to the Brazilian mainland.

There are now many seized transport ships, but none of the trusted captains are willing to work for the Brazilians alone, and the brigadier of the captured ships is not ready to sell them to merchants at a low price. If Fang Lang really could be qualified for the position of captain of an ocean-going transport ship as he himself said, wouldn't someone send a pillow if he wanted to fall asleep.

"Yes! Your Excellency, General! Thank you for your cultivation, your subordinates will definitely not disappoint you. Fang Lang was overjoyed when he heard that after passing the test, he could directly transfer a warship to the Brazilian Navy and let him be the captain. At this time, although the convoy is often attacked by the German Navy's submarine forces, every voyage is actually escorted by a naval fleet.

Moreover, with Fang Lang's military rank and qualifications, he should not be able to arrange large transport ships, and small transport ships will not become the main target of the German army.

Soon Fang Lang followed the herald under the arrangement of Brigadier General Jackson and took his own order. Came to the naval pier in Naples.

In fact, this is not far from the Naval Hospital, but there are warships moored near the Naval Hospital, and Fang Lang's current location is a berth belonging to the transport ship.

The Charles Jos transport ship in front of him is obviously a free ship with a service age of no more than two years, and the free ship is actually a very familiar ship type for Fang Lang, because it is so famous, from the beginning of construction in 1941 to the defeat and surrender of Germany in 1945, more than 2,700 ships have been built in 18 docks in the United States.

I don't know if this is an improved version of the Victory Ship, Fang Lang still hopes to board the Victory Ship, because the initial free wheel is only powered by an old-fashioned steam engine, and the speed is only about 11 knots, and the speed of the German submarines is 17 knots, so if it is discovered by the German submarine, it will not be able to escape. The Victory Wheel has improved its power on the basis of the free wheel, and its speed can reach eighteen knots, at least it will not be caught up by German submarines, and its small life is more secure.

Of course, the Liberty ships are also armed, each Liberty ship has six anti-aircraft guns and one anti-submarine gun, which is a comfort in the heart, if it really meets the German Navy, it will definitely have to rely on the escort fleet.

Passing through the crowd of people who were using hoisting equipment to transport supplies, Fang Lang followed the herald through the gangway to board the free ship that was about to return to the United States to transport strategic materials.