Early the next morning, when March Italy was still ruled by the cold winter, Fang Lang and the first mate de la Torre drove the Willis jeep early to the headquarters of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, which was heavily guarded, and the two were arranged to wait in a reception room.

De la Torre saw the rank of captain 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're here for, right? ”

Fang Lang's words made de la Torre's heart very happy, he knew that his young commander was well-connected between the Brazilian Expeditionary Force and the American Army, so it was not strange that he could receive the notice in advance.

"Don't be too happy, this isn't necessarily a good thing for us!"

Seeing the irrepressible excitement on De La Torre's face, Fang Lang couldn't help but shake his head and splashed a basin of cold water.

"Sir, what's wrong!"

Fang Lang didn't want to affect his good mood, he thought about it and didn't say anything, just shook his head and didn't speak again. His attitude left de la Torre a little confused. But since Fang Lang didn't explain, he couldn't ask questions, so he could only control his excited heart a little, trembling hands, and wait quietly!

Soon after, a soldier came over and informed the two to come to the conference room for the investiture meeting, which would be chaired by the commander of the expeditionary force, General Moraes.

When de la Torre heard that the award would be presided over by General Moraes himself, he had just calmed down, and he began to get excited again, after all, this was the Marshal of Brazil, and not everyone had the opportunity to see it.

At the same time, there were five officers who participated in the award, it can be seen from the armbands of the clothing that there are from the army and the air force, only Fang Lang and De la Torre are from the navy, looking at everyone's excited expressions, Fang Lang felt a little bored, not that he was not excited that he could be awarded the rank of major, but the thought of being used to take warships from the United States made him feel very unhappy.

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

However, Fang Lang also understood that he didn't have enough strength now, as long as he had the strength to protect himself in the Brazilian army, no one would dare to use him like now, and it would be more likely that everyone would beg him in the future.

The wartime investiture ceremony was solemn and concise, and not much time was wasted. The top leaders of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force were present, among which the position of the Navy was the most awkward.

Because the reason for the award of titles by the Army and Air Force is because of heroic fighting and outstanding meritorious service. That is, the award of war merits. 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, the meritorious service award should also come from the combat merit, not anything else, if he is an agent of the Military Intelligence Agency, it is natural to award awards for capturing two spies. But being awarded the rank of major in a navy for catching spies is indecent.

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

Unfortunately, it backfired, and at the end of the meeting, Colonel Parisi of the Navy called Fang Lang and took him to a large office to sit down, and did not say anything to him.

The two waited quietly for a long time, and General Moraes strode in, and the two hurriedly stood up.

"Your Excellency, good morning!"

General Moraes walked behind the desk without stopping, and pointed to the two of them in their original seats:

"Sit down, both of you! The main reason for calling the two of you over this time is to talk to you about how to build a new destroyer after receiving it from the US Navy, how to carry out training, and how to rely on this warship to develop our own new navy in the future. I'd like to hear from both of you first. ”

Fang Lang noticed that Colonel Parisi was obviously stunned, obviously not receiving the news that the Brazilian Navy would receive a destroyer from the US Navy. This situation obviously made Fang Lang's heart begin to have some meaning. It seems that Colonel Parisi is not General Moraes's henchman!

Lieutenant Commander Graham knew everything about it, and as the nominal supreme head of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's navy, Colonel Parisi knew nothing. This had to make Fang Lang cautious. It seems that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force is not as simple as it seems on the surface, and there are many factions in it!

However, Fang Lang also had a rough guess in his heart, General Moraes, as the commander of the expeditionary force, must represent the interests of one party, and Colonel Parisi was obviously a person who belonged to President Vargas. Unexpectedly, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, which President Vargas had so hard to assemble, was not of the same mind as him, so it is no wonder that he would be ousted by the military coup.

As an authoritarian leader, Vargas believed in his political influence and tried to promote democracy in Brazil, forming his own political party and relinquishing military power. Obviously, he has not seriously studied the theory of political power from the barrel of the gun of the great man.

Parisi didn't look at Fang Lang, he knew that Fang Lang had an American backstage, maybe he knew the news. But how can I comment on things that I don't know at all! However, when the general asked, he couldn't be cold, so he began to express his opinions on how to build the personnel team he knew best.

This kind of new destroyer, if you don't arrange your own people to go up, it is too much to say. And General Moraes also said that we will rely on this warship to develop our own new navy, so if this warship does not have its own personnel, won't the Brazilian Navy have nothing to do with it in the future.

Therefore, Colonel Parisi began to recommend candidates he thought were suitable for various positions on the destroyer, and General Moraes did not object, but waited for him to finish speaking, and then looked at Fang Langdao:

"Major Fang, as the captain of the new destroyer who is about to take office, what do you think?"

General Moraes's words made Colonel Parisi's expression stiffen again, and he turned his head to look at Fang Lang with a serious face. I never thought that I was here for a long time, recommending candidates for various positions, and it turned out that the real candidates had already been decided. I couldn't help but feel embarrassed for a while, I didn't expect to be so ugly in front of my subordinates.

It seems that my life in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force will become more and more difficult in the future! At this time, he also saw that the reason why General Moraes left him with Fang Lang was to bury a thorn between him and Fang Lang. And after he was sold, he stupidly 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 it was useless to say more now, including General Moraes, who could not decide everything, and it was the Americans who could really make decisions.

Whether it is staffing or training, it must be assessed by the Americans, and if the Americans say that you do not pass the assessment and are not suitable for the position, then it is useless for you to perform well. Vice versa. So Fang Lang said directly:

"Your Excellency General, your subordinates have no experience in this, and everything is subject to your instructions!"

Hearing that Fang Lang didn't express his opinion, General Moraes was also stunned, didn't this kid understand what he meant! He spoke again and confirmed:

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

When Fang Lang heard General Moraes's words, he obviously told himself that he could arrange some of his own people to enter the new destroyer. This made Fang Lang's heart start to be alive again. After all, there are 300 to 400 people on a destroyer, and if there are no people of their own at all, it is easy to be overlooked, which will definitely not work.

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

After hearing this, General Moraes nodded and said, "Yes, then follow your ideas!" You can consult with Colonel Parisi about the specific candidates, and I hope to see our new destroyers become combat-ready as soon as possible. ”

After speaking, he signaled that the two of them could retreat.

When Fang Lang walked out of the general's office in a daze, he still looked confused, what the situation was, he didn't say anything clearly! I threw out a topic, and it ended without any explanation, and it was still implemented according to my ideas.

How the hell is this carried out, it seems that I didn't agree to Lieutenant Commander Graham yesterday as the captain of the new destroyer! Now it's a mess, the captain of a new destroyer.