Chapter 43: Anger
Thinking that if he no longer serves as the captain of the Djilas, then the most likely person to serve as the captain should be the first mate de la Torre, with his relationship with de la Torre, if he is the captain, it will not have much impact, and he will be promoted, and his subordinates will follow him to be promoted, which is also a good thing.
So Fang Lang tried to calm his tone as much as possible:
"It's a pity that you overestimate my abilities, and I wonder if the captain of the Gilas is De la Torre."
Obviously, the Brazilian army is now not looking at capabilities, and the background is much more important than capabilities.
"As far as I understand it, Mr. de la Torre is not capable enough to assume the post of captain."
Fang Lang still asked without giving up:
"That's another captain from the Navy, right?"
Considering that, after all, the Gillas was taken by Fang Lang from the Americans. In addition, General Moraes also said that the captain of the transport ship Djilas should respect Fang Lang's opinion.
It's a pity that Graham doesn't think that this kind of thing needs to ask Fang Lang's opinion, as a soldier, in order for you to go to the Americans to get a warship over, he will bother to talk to you.
But taking the Brazilian Navy's own transport ship yourself will not ask you for the advice of a captain. Just express your attitude clearly in the form of a command.
"Alright! I don't think there's any need to hide it from you, and you'll find out soon! The new captain of the Djilas will be Mr. Norobertrou Fendis, Second Officer, who will continue to serve as First Officer, assisted by Mr. Fendis. ”
Hearing Lieutenant Colonel Graham's words, Fang Lang was directly laughed at angrily. It turned out that the clown had always been me, and Fang Lang, who thought he and Lieutenant Colonel Graham were friends, directly saw through Graham's face and ugly appearance at this moment.
From the first time Fang Lang organized all the crew members of the Djilas to introduce themselves, Fang Lang already knew that Fendis, the person who was transferred from the logistics department to be the second officer, was clearly the person from Lieutenant Colonel Graham. Fang Lang only thought that the other party was coming to spy on him, but he didn't expect that it was the person who was waiting to pick peaches.
Now that he has seen it through, Fang Lang doesn't want to continue to entangle with Graham too much, so he directly opens his mouth to send off the guest.
"Then I see! Mr. Graham, I will seriously consider your suggestion. It's late today, so I'll go back and rest first! Good night! ”
Seeing that he did not achieve his goal, and may have befriended Fang Lang, Lieutenant Colonel Graham was a little annoyed. I want to continue to talk to Fang Lang again. An English question came from beside him, interrupting Graham's thoughts.
"May I ask who is Fang Lang, Lieutenant Fang!"
This made Lieutenant Colonel Graham even more annoyed, couldn't he see that he was communicating with Fang Lang! It's too rude, so I was about to turn around and scold, but when I saw that it was a US military major, I hurriedly suppressed the unhappiness in my heart, and pointed at Fang Lang and said:
"Hello, Mr. Major! This is Fang Lang, but he is no longer a lieutenant, now he is a captain. ”
The American major shrugged his shoulders and looked at Fang Lang and said, "I'm sorry, please don't mind." I'm Jack from U.S. Navy Logistics, and I've been ordered to take you to Brigadier Admiral Jackson. ”
This was simply timely rain for Fang Lang, who wanted to stay away from Lieutenant Colonel Graham's entanglement, and Fang Lang hurriedly said:
"Hello, I'm Fang Lang, I'll go with you now."
After speaking, he didn't say goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel Graham beside him, and left directly with the major of the American army. It made Graham unhappy for a while, and he was still thinking about it, and said that he was not familiar with the Americans and was not close enough, so what is going on now, someone came to pick you up just after he came back. Isn't this going to the grave and burning newspapers - fooling ghosts!
Without saying a word all the way, Fang Lang was sent directly to a heavily guarded residential area by Willis Jeep of the US Army Major. It seems that this time it is a more private meeting, and no longer meeting in the office, Fang Lang feels more relaxed.
After pushing the door in, I saw Brigadier General Jackson wearing pajamas, sitting on the sofa by the fireplace, holding a cigar in his hand, swallowing clouds and spitting fog, and when he saw Fang Lang coming in, he didn't get up, but pointed directly to the sofa next to him and said:
"Here, come and sit here!"
This kind of environment that can easily pull in the distance between the two people, of course Fang Lang will not be stupid to come to the army. is also very casual to look at the environment of the house:
"Uncle, your house is really good, is it your own, or is it the army's!"
Brigadier General Jackson looked at it, and Fang Lang's attitude also smiled slightly.
"Of course it's the military, why am I buying a house in Italy! Why do you want to get a set to come to the golden house to hide Jiaojiao! ”
Fang Lang really liked the location and structure of this house, and he had to own his own property in Italy in the future.
"Hey...... Or Uncle Jackson knows me! I do have this idea, the war will always end, and it is very good to buy a property in such a beautiful place and come over for a vacation if you have nothing to do! ”
Regarding Fang Lang's idea of wanting to buy real estate, Brigadier General Jackson also understood what was going on, and couldn't help but quip:
"Your kid's vacation is fake, and the arrangement of the little girl is real, don't tell me, the most beautiful little nurse in our naval hospital was not taken down by you!"
This relaxed atmosphere made Fang Lang very relaxed, and thought about it, since Brigadier General Jackson lives here, it means that he also likes it here, so it is better to give him a property himself, wouldn't the two of them be neighbors to further close the relationship between the two!
"Hey...... That is, with my handsome and chic appearance, I must have won the most beautiful flower! Don't know if you can buy a house here now? I'll buy two sets and leave one set for my uncle at that time, and when the war is over, my uncle can also bring my aunt over to see what my uncle has laid for her! ”
I didn't expect Fang Lang to be so arrogant to buy a property for himself, although he didn't lack these things, his mind was still very satisfying. It was not in vain that I recommended him.
"Looks like you've been making a lot of money lately!"
Hearing that Brigadier General Jackson did not explicitly refuse, then Fang Lang also understood what he should do. He has never been afraid of his own losses, he is afraid, he is afraid, and he sends things to others, but others don't want them.
"It's all your care, uncle, I don't have this ability on my own!"
Seeing that Fang Lang was very smart and did not continue to entangle on the issue of real estate, Brigadier General Jackson smiled slightly:
"You have to transfer your business ability to the military a little bit, otherwise such a clever mind is not a waste?"
Commodore Jackson's words made Fang Lang's heart move, it seems that Jackson took the initiative to see himself today and the idea of the Brazilian Navy has a certain connection! took the opportunity to tell the news of his promotion.
"Oh! Uncle, don't underestimate me! I'm a captain now! And there is news that tomorrow the headquarters of the expeditionary force will award me the rank of major again! ”
Originally, Jackson was still thinking that Fang Lang's military rank was not enough, and it was not easy to support him, but he didn't expect him to suddenly tell himself that he would be a major soon! Is it so easy to get promoted in the Brazilian army?
"What's the matter, weren't you just a lieutenant before you went back to Brazil? Why are you going to be upgraded two levels in a row so soon! ”
Fang Lang did not hide it, and explained the incident to Brigadier General Jackson in general.
"Hey! This is also Uncle To's blessing, when he returned to Brazil, he accidentally caught two Japanese spies, and I heard that it was the first espionage case cracked after the domestic war! Therefore, the country attaches great importance to it, and the expeditionary force is ready to raise my rank to major! ”
Hearing that Fang Lang had caught a Japanese spy, Brigadier General Jackson was very surprised.
"You still have the ability to catch spies?"
Seeing Brigadier General Jackson's shocked look, Fang Lang was slightly embarrassed, he seemed to be pretending to be too much, and quickly explained:
"I was lucky enough to see the wanted warrants of two spies, and I happened to touch one of them, and I recognized them at a glance! This kind of good thing delivered to the door! I'm also helpless! ”
Fang Lang's words made Brigadier General Jackson a little crying and laughing, and you are still very helpless. With the finger holding the cigar, he nodded Fang Lang and said:
"You kid, this is cheap, and you're still good!"
As soon as he heard that Brigadier General Jackson said that he had taken advantage, he immediately spit out the grievances he had just suffered at Graham.
"Uncle, you're wrong, it's not a cheap thing. The military rank is promoted, but then there is a change of position! The transport ship you assigned to me is about to be snatched away by these dogs! I'm angry! ”
A child's expression after being wronged made Jackson laugh when he saw it:
"Haha...... You kid, I didn't give you this transport, it was allocated to the Brazilian Navy by the U.S. Navy, and it has nothing to do with me. ”