Chapter 80: Ambition
It turned out that the Allied Command informed the Brazilian Expeditionary Force of the excellent performance of the Brazilian destroyer Haus in escort and the excellent record of sinking four German submarines.
The command of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was excited, especially the Brazilian Navy, which had always lacked a sense of presence in the expeditionary force and was somewhat obscure, had achieved such excellent results all of a sudden.
Let the senior naval officers in Brazil be ecstatic and feel that their faces are bright.
It can be said that from this moment on, the Brazilian Navy is no longer the original existing fleet, but now it has really fought against the most powerful naval power in the world, and it still defeated the other side with a record of 0 to 4.
In particular, the Royal Navy of the British Empire sent a letter of thanks to the Brazilian Navy for its helping hand to Harry on the battlefield.
This is the most powerful navy in the world, and a letter of thanks to the obscure Brazilian Navy! How can you not make the officers and men of the Brazilian Navy laugh.
Almost the entire Brazilian Navy instantly agreed to frame the letter of thanks and put it on display in a museum.
And the biggest contributor to this matter, Rear Admiral Fang Lang, the only one in the entire Brazilian Navy who has a record of actual combat sinking, is to focus on training as the future star of the Brazilian Navy.
Directly skipped the position of lieutenant colonel of the navy, which many people could not reach in their lifetime, and became a real power colonel of the Brazilian Navy. It is even rumored that when Fang Lang returns to China, he will be personally received by Mr. President of Brazil and awarded the country's highest medal of honor.
Fang Lang, who was a little dizzy by Colonel Parisi's good news, finally straightened out his thoughts and reacted to Colonel Parisi's tricky situation.
Unexpectedly, Colonel Parisi actually told him with a wry smile that from now on, his immediate superior was no longer Colonel Parisi. Rather, it was under the dual leadership of the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Rear Admiral Friedri Crook, and the commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, Rear Admiral Moraes.
Colonel Parisi will follow the first batch of officers and men of the expeditionary force to return to China directly, and the specific time of return will depend on the arrangements of the expeditionary force headquarters. In addition, they may retire directly after returning to their home countries and return to their hometowns to retire.
As for Fang Lang's concern about whether the submarine would be recovered by Britain and the United States, Parisi gave Fang Lang a personal advice, that is, not to return to China with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
Instead, he took the initiative to apply to the United States to lead his newly captured German new submarine to help the United States continue to shine in the Pacific theater.
In this way, the ownership of this submarine will be diluted. In addition, Colonel Parisi also hinted to Fang Lang that this kind of voluntary help to the Americans could allow the Americans to support two more new warships.
Most importantly, it is also possible to take a break from the impending political storm in Brazil.
After all, according to what Colonel Parisi said, Fang Lang is no longer the simple destroyer captain he used to be.
Rather, the youngest colonel officer of the Brazilian Navy and even the world's navy, the commander of the most powerful naval fleet in Brazil.
Such a figure has begun to have a strong influence in the naval camp, and Colonel Parisi directly suggested that Fang Lang should not easily choose sides, as long as he has a strong fleet in his hands and the support of the Americans behind him.
This political storm will not affect him in any way, and may even help a lot.
Apparently Colonel Parisi also considered him to be naturally pro-American, and now that the Brazilian army is generally pro-American, he is the only Brazilian officer who is known to have clear American ties.
This time, the political storm caused by the pro-American military officers who accepted the baptism of American liberal and democratic ideas, even if Fang Lang does nothing, he will automatically get a piece of cake, as for the size of the cake, it depends on Fang Lang's own ideas.
This private suggestion of Colonel Parisi made Fang Lang's heart move, and the reason for Fang Lang's heart was not related to the political interests that Colonel Parisi said.
Rather, if he really joined the Pacific theater, then he would have the opportunity to directly participate in the war against Japan. Or even a U.S.-led landing on Japan.
This is a horse stepping on Mt. Fuji! The dream of all Chinese boys! If you have the opportunity to achieve it, how can you say no!
Thinking of this, where does Fang Lang still care about this new submarine! The heart is all occupied by Mt. Fuji. As for the idea of making money regardless of the war, which was considered before, it was thrown out of the clouds.
After ending the correspondence with Colonel Parisi, Fang Lang reported the news of the new submarine to Rear Admiral Fridley Crook, Chief of Staff of the Navy's General Staff, and General Moraes, Commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, as requested by Colonel Parisi.
However, he received two different answers, General Moraes suggested that Fang Lang should not affect the relationship with allies because of a new submarine, and suggested that Fang Lang directly report the matter to the United States to see what the United States' attitude is.
Rear Admiral Crook of the Navy said that he must keep this warship in his hands, and said that he would let Fang Lang send the submarine back to Brazil.
How could Fang Lang transport this new destroyer directly back to Brazil and hand it over to the Brazilian Navy! Isn't this all the benefits for the navy to occupy, and the pot for him to carry? Don't even think about it.
Therefore, Fang Lang directly followed General Moraes's order and contacted Commodore Jackson first, and explained to him the process of obtaining this new submarine.
asked Commodore Jackson for his opinion on the submarine, and Commodore Jackson said that he personally had no opinion on his belonging, but was very pleased that Fang Lang was able to inform him of the matter.
He also suggested that Fang Lang ask Lieutenant General Chambers for his opinion, Fang Lang had nothing to do with this, and it would be good if he could get the support of a lieutenant general of the Ming army.
"General Chambers, I'm Fang Lang, captain of the Brazilian Navy Haus, and I want to ask for your opinion on some things."
"Oh! Fang, I've heard about your performance in the Atlantic, it's quite amazing! What do you want to ask my opinion about? Speak up. ”
General Chambers's tone was quite relaxed, obviously very satisfied with Fang Lang's performance, and he was also discerning.
"General, thank you for the compliment!"
Fang Lang wouldn't be modest at this time, saying anything like winning an award, after all, foreigners don't like to be modest. Immediately after Fang Lang rescued himself from the Harry.
In order to express her gratitude, Harry invited Fang Lang to participate in the surrender of the German Navy's submarine force, and as a result, she captured a new German submarine.
I would like to ask the U.S. Navy for its opinion on the new submarine and whether it can be incorporated into the Brazilian Navy's combat sequence.
Lieutenant General Chambers was silent for a while, then smiled and said:
"Fang, you didn't simply rescue the Harry, did you!"
Fang Lang was told by Lieutenant General Chambers that he didn't know how to answer, but Lieutenant General Chambers didn't wait for Fang Lang to answer and continued:
"You don't have to worry, we also captured the new submarine you mentioned. Since it was given to you by the British, then you can accept it with peace of mind! As for whether it will be incorporated into the battle sequence of the Brazilian Navy, what do you think about it? ”
I can't imagine that the new submarine, which is extremely precious in the eyes of myself and the Brazilian Navy, seems insignificant in the eyes of the Americans. Actually, it's no wonder.
The United States has its own complete equipment system, and it is impossible for this submarine to directly join the US Navy's combat sequence just because it is advanced, and it will be the fate of dismantling and researching it if it is transported back.
As a capitalist country, if the US military puts the captured submarines into active service, won't the US arms enterprises have one less submarine order? This is absolutely not allowed.
Hearing that General Chambers did not directly agree to incorporate the submarine into the Brazilian Navy's battle sequence, but asked Fang Lang what he thought, Fang Lang's heart moved:
"The Brazilian Admiralty wants to ship it directly back to Brazil and arrange for personnel to take over, but I personally want to be able to bring this submarine under my command."
Lieutenant General Chambers laughed and said:
"You kid want to build your own naval fleet! Your destroyer and submarine alone are not a complete naval fleet! ”
When Fang Lang heard Chambers's words, he directly beat the snake and said with a stick:
"My own two ships are definitely not suitable for the construction of my own detachment, isn't this with the support of General Chambers!"
General Chambers was obviously amused by Fang Lang's words.
"What do you kid think! The Germans have all surrendered, do you think the US government will still agree to equip you with new warships? ”