Chapter 60 Receiving Warships

By the time Fang Xinshui returned to the apartment, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, and yes, he came back after dinner! Fang Lang thought that something had happened to his uncle, and saw him being carried back drunk.

I asked the brothers around me again to know that the matter had been negotiated, but the specific situation was not clear, and I would not know until Fang Xinshui woke up. Fang Lang was not in a hurry for this meeting. So, after explaining to pay attention to safety, I went straight back to my dormitory.

Fang Lang is ready to seize the time to design containers and container ships to apply for patents, and only wait for the shipyard to register and directly start experimental manufacturing.

It's a pity that although he is an old seaman, he knows very well what the various parts of a container ship are like and how they work, but he can't make a drawing! There's no way to turn them into drawings.

Fortunately, Wan Chongxin brought good news the next night, although he had not yet found a real ship designer for his shipyard, but five engineers with experience in shipbuilding and drawing were still recruited by him.

In the following time, Fang Lang either went to the company to guide the drawing every day after class, or interviewed the management personnel of the new company with Wan Chongxin.

As for Fang Xinshui, after reporting the results of his negotiations, he was arranged to go to Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil to play the front station! To this end, Fang Lang also called Colonel Parisi to ask for help in contacting his younger brother, who worked in the immigration bureau.

In order to allow Fang Xinshui to open up the situation in Rio Grande do Sul, Fang Lang directly promised to invest in the construction of pharmaceutical factories, pesticide factories and fertilizer factories in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, and basically ship the machinery and equipment purchased in the United States directly to Porto Alegre.

Therefore, Fang Xinshui must open up the situation in Rio Grande do Sul in advance, and resettle the coming wave of migrants through large-scale purchases of agricultural and industrial land.

Finally, after about a week, Wan Chongxin found Fang Lang, who had just finished class and was about to continue to the company's container ship design work, and informed him that the cargo ship had arrived at the port, and all the equipment purchased from the Cole family had arrived at the port.

Wan Chongxin said with a sigh of relief:

"Boss, these equipment will start to be loaded tonight, do you want to go to the site to confirm in person?"

After all, the penicillin production line was successfully obtained, and the transport ship successfully passed the blockade and came to New York.

"Are the engineers ready to install the equipment?"

Fang Lang is most concerned about software, after all, without these engineers, these equipment are broken copper and iron.

"It's all set! Kohl arranged for 30 people to set off with the ship this time to ensure that all products could be produced normally before returning. ”

"There were no accidents!"

Wan Chongxin understood what Fang Lang meant, this batch of equipment is very sensitive, and if it is intercepted in advance by several major pharmaceutical giants, it will make global trade very passive.

"For the time being, except for a limited number of people who know that there is penicillin manufacturing equipment, no one else knows, and our customs declaration is also a manufacturing equipment for pesticides and fertilizers, and we have not encountered any obstacles."

For being able to successfully complete the task this time, Fang Lang was very grateful to Mrs. Clark in his heart, and judging from what he learned later, this batch of equipment was indeed not so easy to get.

"That's good, it looks like I'm going to have to take some time to thank Mrs. Clarke. You yourself remember being in close contact with Cole. In the future, we will also have to buy a lot of basic industrial equipment from their company. ”

"No problem, the one we are trading with this time is Mr. Richard Cole, he is the chairman of Cole & Co., and I have already established a good personal friendship with him."

Fang Lang is very aware of the relationship between Mrs. Clark and Mr. Cole, and the reason why Mr. Cole was able to take such a big risk to complete the transaction this time is all for Mrs. Clark's face.

This favor Fang Lang will definitely write it down, but with his relationship with John, he doesn't have to use money or the like too deliberately to tarnish this relationship.

Although the main credit for this transaction is not on Wan Chongxin, as a specific executor, there is no credit and hard work, Fang Lang must still express it.

"Very well done. During this time, I will work hard to complete the design of the container and the container ship, and we will try to get the relevant patents together and file an application before I return to Italy. Recently, the time has been tight and the tasks have been heavy, and it has been hard for you to work overtime with me. I'll give you a bonus when I'm done. ”

Wan Chongxin heard that there was a bonus to take! Naturally, I was very happy.

"Thanks to the boss!"

In this way, everything was going on in an orderly manner according to the original plan, and Fang Lang won the certificate of merit issued by the military academy in the training class of the West Point Military Academy with the best results in the class.

Originally, Fang Lang thought that after his studies, he would take a plane back to Italy again to receive the warship. However, after the graduation ceremony, he was told that because the U.S. Navy had sent a large number of warships to the Pacific theater to participate in the Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort fleet on the Atlantic route was insufficient.

In accordance with the orders of the Atlantic Theater Command, the trainees of this batch will directly begin to carry out escort missions after receiving warships in New York. All the crews are already in place, and they will only start the official combat mission after the warship is delivered.

"Boss, is this really our new ship!"

Beside him, de la Torre was excitedly stroking the brand-new warship, as if he was still a little incredulous, this was a world of difference from the destroyer he had originally served, after all, this was the difference between World War I and World War II.

I don't know when De La Torre began to study with Wan Chongxin and them, and called Boss Fang Lang, when Fang Lang asked him, he was justified and said that you pay me a salary, you are not my boss, who is my boss, and Fang Lang did not object.

"That's right, this is our next combat position! Are all the crew members in place? ”

Fang Lang was also excited at this moment, this is a destroyer! In my previous life, as a seaman, I dreamed of boarding a warship to feel it, and now it is a dream come true, not to mention that this is still my own warship, who can not be excited about this kind of big toy?

"Boss, don't worry! The brothers have already found their place in order, and we don't know how long it will take us to familiarize ourselves with the equipment this time. ”

Speaking of work, de la Torre is still very serious, and he basically doesn't have to worry about many things on the ship, he will take care of them in an orderly manner.

Hearing de la Torre's words, Fang Lang smiled bitterly, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Old virtue! We don't have time to get used to it this time! I just received an order that early the day after tomorrow, we will be integrated into the convoy with four other destroyers and one supply ship and set off!

This time, the commander-in-chief of the fleet is Lieutenant Commander Becky of the United States Navy, and the flagship is also a Fletcher-class destroyer named Callaghan. The other destroyers were piloted by our classmates, and the old ones brought the four new, and the fun was a little bigger. ”

"What, isn't that a complete lack of run-in time, isn't that a joke! This is the Navy, and in less than half a year, many things on the warship are incomprehensible! ”

De la Torre is an old navyman, and he knows very well that a group of novices piloting a new ship and directly carrying out such a dangerous mission is simply an international joke, no different from sending him to death.

"Yes, you heard it right, the other four new ships are in the same situation, that's why I said we had a lot of fun!"

Of course, Fang Lang was also very aware of the dangerous situation he was facing, but now it was a time of war, and it was not uncommon for him to be thrown directly into the battlefield without any training. Although he didn't expect that even a high-tech arm like the navy would become such a situation, this was an order, and Fang Lang couldn't resist.

"Oh my God! God forbid! ”

De la Torre directly moved out of his God, hoping to bless himself, but unfortunately Fang Lang never believed in God, he was confident in his hands and mind.

But Fang Lang will not stop others from praying like God, and in times of emergency, he will also pray like the gods and Buddhas. It's a comfort in the heart.