In January 1945, the weather in Italy was very cold, Fang Lang and the soldiers stood outside the camp tent, shivering with cold, but Fang Lang did not give an order, and the team was disbanded. Instead, they started everyone's first self-introduction outside the barracks, because Fang Lang knew that he was too young, almost everyone in the team was older than him, and there were two second lieutenants in the ranks, all, Fang Lang had to establish his stern image when they met for the first time.

This is what the patriarch said about the three fires of the new official, Fang Lang knows very well that in the army, authority is very important, you must let everyone understand, who has the final say here.

Fang Lang saluted upright, and the team also saluted neatly. After the ceremony, Fang Lang began to speak for the first time: "Take a break, hello brothers!" I am the captain of this newly formed transport ship, and my name is Fang Lang. Thank you for welcoming me in the cold wind, and we will be fighting in the same boat. I want to be able to get acquainted with you first, and then, starting with the leader on my right, I need to know your name, length of service, service experience and position on the ship! Do you understand! ”

"Understood!" There was a chorus of cheers from the ranks, and it was clear that the Americans had trained the free-spirited Brazilians effectively. Although the team's posture and military appearance and discipline are certainly not comparable to the army in Fang Lang's mind, they are already much stricter than the army in Brazil.

"Let's get started!" Hearing everyone's answers, Fang Lang ordered to start directly.

"Report, my name is Fyodor de la Torre, I have been in the Navy for eight years, I was the first mate of the destroyer Marsilio Díaz before my transfer, and now I am your first mate." The first person to introduce made Fang Lang stunned, how could the first mate of a destroyer be sent to such a transport ship as a first officer? This is equivalent to distributing the frontier!

"Report, my name is Norobert Rou Fendis, I have served for two years, I am from the logistics department, and I am now your second officer." This is obviously a related household, and the logistics department inserted it, and the logistics people came over to be the second officer, isn't this bullshit? Fang Lang didn't want to think about how could he not be a bigger relationship in the minds of these crew members! At a young age, an army sergeant less than twenty suddenly became the captain of a Navy transport ship, and the Americans also pointed out that he must be the captain, and this is not a relation, what is a relation.

Of course, the backstage of his relationship is the Yankees, and now the Yankees are the father of the Brazilians, so everyone doesn't dare to have any objections.

"Report, my name is Amar Reyna, I have been in service for two years, I was the chief engineer of a transport ship before my service, and now I am your chief engineer." Finally a normal crew came.

"Report, my name is Kreuzelle Duarte, I have served for three years, I was the infantry squad leader of the 11th Regiment of the Army, and now I am your guard squad leader." There is also a peer here, but the guard squad leader he is talking about does not refer to Fang Lang's guards, although he is also responsible for part of Fang Lang's guard work, but this squad is mainly for the use of anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-submarine guns and other defensive weapons on the ship, to protect the ship from being sunk by the Germans' planes or submarines.

The rest of the crew were basically sailors and soldiers, and it was not surprising to Fang Lang that most of these crew members were personnel drawn from various ships of the navy, and even some of them only had work experience on inland river vessels. However, being able to have a first mate with work experience in a destroyer still made Fang Lang very pleasantly surprised.

Although Fang Lang knew that this person might have been sent over, or it might be that the Brazilian Navy was worried that Fang Lang would not be able to play with the transport ship, so he arranged a reserve personnel, but Fang Lang didn't care at all. Now with the relationship between Fang Lang and the US military, the Brazilian Navy does not dare to move Fang Lang's position. Therefore, arranging such a person, as long as Fang Lang can use it well, Fang Lang will be very easy.

Finally, everyone finished introducing themselves, and Fang Lang began to summarize: "Very good, although everyone comes from different branches of the military, different departments, and has different experiences, I hope that everyone can seize the time, get familiar with each other, and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible." We were only given a week to settle into our new position. This afternoon I will confirm with the US military the situation of our ship, tomorrow morning we will officially take over the ship and start our crew life, I hope that since we are all on the same boat, then we will unite as one, overcome the difficulties of the Germans, and complete the task assigned to us by our superiors. There is no faith! ”

"Yes!"

"It's too quiet, I can't hear it clearly!" Fang Lang stared at these soldiers coldly, although he could hear their reply, he obviously didn't hear their confidence from the response.

"Yes!" The sound is finally a little neater and a little louder.

"Are you? The voices of so many people are not enough for me alone! Answer me out loud, there is no faith! What Fang Lang needed was the shouts of the soldiers with all their might.

Finally, the soldiers tried their best one by one, the green tendons on their necks bulged, and the loud shouts came from their faces and thick necks: "Yes! Yes! Yes! ”

"Very good! Remembering this feeling, whether you are talking or doing, you have to do your best. My ears aren't very good, so when answering my questions in the future, please stay in the same way as you are today. Of course Fang Lang doesn't have bad ears, his body has been fused with the memories of the two lives, whether it is memory, physical fitness or spirit, it has been doubled compared to the original, especially the body is already much stronger than the original, the muscles on his body are bulging one by one, and the improved strength makes Fang Lang feel that he can easily defeat ten enemies.

"Stand upright! All of them, except for the first mate, the rest of the personnel returned to the camp to rest. Disband. Hearing Fang Lang's announcement of disbandment, the soldiers who were shivering in the cold wind dispersed in a hurry. This made Fang Lang very dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything more, after all, this was the Brazilian army.

"Hello Mr. de la Torre, it's a pleasure to work with you." Fang Lang stretched out a hand of friendship to his first mate. Mr. First Officer is a blonde and blue-eyed bearded white man, not tall, looking at his age, Fang Lang thinks that he is at least thirty-eight or nineteen years old, which is the time when he is in the prime of life.

Mr. First Officer also stretched out his hand to shake hands with Fang Lang, and said in a solemn tone: "Hello Mr. Captain, it is an honor to be able to serve as the first mate on your ship. ”

Fang Lang also said politely: "Mr. First Officer, please forgive me for being presumptuous, I am very curious about how with your resume you would agree to come to my transport ship as the first officer?" ”

It may be that most foreigners are more direct people, or perhaps de la Torre himself had expected to be asked this question. So he was also a little embarrassed and said: "Mr. Captain, because my family conditions are not good, my monthly income is sent back to my family, so I don't have money to give gifts." ”

The first mate's answer made Fang Lang stunned, and he didn't react, if he didn't have money, he was going to be transferred from the destroyer to the transport ship? What kind of bullshit reason is this, deceiving people should also find a more reliable reason! However, looking at Mr. First Mate's serious expression, Fang Lang felt that he should not have lied to himself.

It took a long time to pat my head and react, I was in Brazil! At this time, corruption was rampant in Brazil, and the government was authoritarian, and there was little hope for promotion if junior officers did not give their superiors enough benefits. Phenomena like de la Torre should be very common.

"I see, Mr. First Mate, then I will tell you first of all that I don't care elsewhere, but on my ship I am not allowed to take the benefits of the crew below, nor do you need you to give me any benefits, but I will give you a certain cash reward in addition to the fixed military pay according to your performance. My request is very simple, I hope that you can put all your energy into your work and put yourself into improving your work ability. If you are capable enough, I will give you enough power and enough income to support your family. Do you understand what I mean? Fang Lang said to the chief mate solemnly, already thinking in his heart that maybe he had found a direction to cultivate his own power.

"Mr. Captain, are you serious?" De la Torre said as he stared at Fang Lang's expression with a shocked and expectant expression.

"Of course, don't worry! It's my job to generate income, and what you have to do is help me manage the crew and train them to get a better understanding with each other. I wish I could have a fighting boat, and if you can satisfy me, then you will receive an additional allowance of no less than a hundred dollars from me every month. Fang Lang patted Mr. First Mate's arm affirmatively, and promised seriously!