On the way from the U.S. Navy Headquarters in Japan to the military port, a heavily armed convoy was led by two Willis Jeeps, followed by a Nissan 70 officer car, followed by two trucks.

Although all the fighters were American-style equipment, the fighters had a cobra armband with a pipe in their mouths hanging from their arms.

That's right, this is Fang Lang's team.

Fang Lang in the car listened to John's words, and couldn't help patting him on the shoulder and said:

"I didn't expect your movements to be so big, you don't have to be sad, I believe that there must be more than one general who retreated, since he chose to retreat bravely, he must have his own considerations.

I think it's actually okay, if you think about it, is it a major general in an army of more than 10 million people, or a colonel in an army of more than 1 million people?

I think your father is really a shrewd man, he is using his retirement to send you to a higher position, you must not disappoint his hard work! ”

John looked Fang Lang up and down before saying:

"Fang, chatting with you always allows me to find problems from different angles, and I have to say that your analysis is very reasonable. I'm in a much better mood now. ”

Fang Lang didn't want to continue to discuss the matter of General Clark's retirement, after all, this was not a happy thing.

"Then it's time for you to show me the warship you prepared for me?"

Hearing Fang Lang's words, John smiled, and directly took out a file bag from the briefcase he was carrying and said:

"According to the decommissioning plan, the number of warships decommissioned in the first batch is quite large. But you also have to understand that the latest and best warships will definitely not be decommissioned right now.

So, I can only find you the best warship among these first decommissioned warships, I hope you can understand. ”

Fang Lang had expected this situation, and the first to be eliminated must be the worst. If you choose the best from the worst, you can only be a general from the short.

"No problem, I believe in your vision, I came here today with only my eyes, and if you let me see that ship, I will look at that ship."

When Fang Lang said this, it was not that he really completely resigned himself to John's arrangement, but with his understanding of John, the more he expressed his trust in John, the more John would not let him suffer.

will definitely not really make decisions for Fang Lang, after all, this is not a private matter between two people, but a major matter between two countries.

According to the normal procedure, such a big matter must not be that Fang Lang can directly decide which warship, but that a huge inspection team should be sent to conduct a detailed investigation of each warship.

Then, after lengthy discussions, the target warship was finalized.

However, in this special period, domestic affairs are too busy.

The Admiralty was obviously not in the mood, and it was important to delay this matter for too long, and to quickly cut through the chaos and drive the warship back.

And the U.S. military obviously knows the current situation, and the relationship between Fang Lang and John must be clear, otherwise how could John be so coincidentally arranged to dock with Fang Lang!

In fact, according to Fang Lang's thoughts, he hoped to wait until the domestic situation was clear before taking over the warship.

Because General Dutra, who overthrew President Vargas, is also a pro-American figure.

Once it is decided that General Dutra will govern Brazil, then the level of US support for Brazil will certainly not be the same as it is now.

Judging from the fact that the United States was able to push Brazil to become the fourth permanent member of the UN Security Council after General Dutra came to power, the United States should treat Brazil as its own son.

Of course, this proposal did not pass in the end.

If you think about it, you know how ridiculous this proposal is, not to mention whether Britain will agree to it, Brazil is obviously the little brother of the United States, and has no corresponding political status at all.

With the position of the Soviet Union at that time, it was impossible to give the slightest hope to this matter.

Perhaps someone wonders that there are not five permanent members? How did it become three?

The reason is that after the United States proposed Brazil and was opposed by Britain and the Soviet Union, Britain proposed France to be the fourth permanent member of the Security Council for the benefit of Europe.

At that time, Charles de Gaulle in France was very anti-American, so the Soviet Union voted directly in favor, so that it became four permanent members, and the four countries were obviously prone to equal votes when voting.

Therefore, in exchange for agreeing to France's membership, the United States proposed that the then pro-American Chiang regime be the fifth permanent member.

This is why there is the current five permanent members, and of course it is far away here.

From here, it can be seen that during the reign of General Dutra, the relationship between the United States and Brazil was very good.

Of course, the reason why the Brazilian military wants to receive the warships as soon as possible is that the military is not sure that General Dutra will be able to succeed.

And Fang Lang, as a descendant, knows history, but it is impossible for him to say that I know that the army is about to succeed in a coup!

Therefore, it was only possible to carry out the order of the Admiralty and come to receive the warship.

As Fang Lang thought, John took out two pieces of information from the file bag and said:

"I've already selected the other warships for you directly, but this Cleveland-class cruiser has been decommissioned a total of five this time, and I am a little hesitant between the two warships, so you better see for yourself and make a decision!"

After listening to John's words, Fang Lang was not polite, and directly picked up the two documents and checked them, after all, this is his own flagship in the future, and he can't be sloppy.

Although the Cleveland-class cruisers of the United States are light cruisers, their displacement has reached 120,000 tons, which even exceeds that of many heavy cruisers.

The ship is 180 meters long, 20 meters wide, and has a maximum speed of 32.5 knots.

During the war, due to the lack of aircraft carriers, the US military directly converted nine Cleveland-class cruisers that were not completed on the slipway into Independence-class light aircraft carriers.

From here it can be seen that the Cleveland-class cruiser is a big guy.

And the reason why John let Fang Lang decide for himself is also very simple, two Cleveland-class cruisers.

One was built in the early days, and because it was experimental, the warship had many flaws. But during the war it was very lucky, did not receive any damage, and was a lucky warship.

The other one is new, and many of the previous defects have been improved. It's a pity that he was hit once by a kamikaze plane in the Pacific naval battle, but fortunately the injuries were very light, and the war ended as soon as he returned to the unit after returning to the factory for repair.

Seeing these two warships, Fang Lang also hesitated a little, in fact, the navy is still relatively superstitious, and the lucky attributes of the first warship are very pleasing.

But the defects of the warship made Fang Lang very entangled, Fang Lang looked at the two documents again and again, and finally chose the latest one.

Although there was a slight injury, it didn't matter where the injury was. And has been completely fixed without any effect.

Fang Lang very much wanted to learn the Americans' ship-building ideas on this warship.

Seeing that Fang Lang had chosen his goal, John was also relieved, and he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

In this way, before the two arrived at the port, they had basically determined the future warships to be used by the First Fleet of the Brazilian Navy.

The rest of the matter was basically a cutscene, and after the two of them visited several warships, John dragged Fang Lang to see several other warships that were not selected by him.

And the comments and analysis of each warship, in the end, it was from a naval family, and the warships John selected for Fang Lang were indeed generals who were pulled out of the dwarf.

As a token of appreciation, I didn't go back to Tokyo that evening, but instead experienced the Japanese izakaya culture in Yokosuka under John's guidance.

These are two completely different styles from Fang Lang's previous life, when Fang Lang walked into the private room of an izakaya under the guidance of a petite Japanese girl in a kimono.

Two Japanese girls who were also wearing kimonos and standing by the sliding door knelt on the ground, motioned for Fang Lang to raise their feet, and lightly took Fang Lang's legs in their arms and took off the military boots on their feet for him.

Feeling the soft touch on his legs, as well as the deep furrow at the neckline of the kimono, Fang Lang couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Looking at John on the other side, he had a breezy expression, obviously not like Fang Lang who had never seen the world at all.

"Hey! John, you should have brought me sooner, you know? ”

"Don't you already have Lilith? What else do you want to do here? ”

"Didn't you invite me to drink? What does it matter. ”

"But you just told me you weren't going back tonight."

"I've come to you, I must be at your disposal! Where else do I go back? ”

"Fang, you are shameless and very much in my style! Haha....."

"It's impossible for an upright person like me to be corrupted by something like beauty, I don't believe you can call more to test me."

"So this is your true face, can you please take your hand out of the girl's blouse when you say you are upright?"

"John, you bastard, don't think I don't see where your hands are out."

Both of them laughed, and on this occasion, the two would definitely not talk about business.

As a good brother, it was the first time to come to this kind of place together, and Fang Lang unconsciously felt that his relationship with John had taken another step.

No wonder people say that there are four irons in life! It really makes sense!

In the early morning of 16 October, before the mist in Tokyo Bay had lifted, the First Fleet of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force led by Fang Lang had already set off from the Yokosuka Naval Base.

They need to reunite the Howes from Osaka and the supply ships laden with booty, and take the Marines with them to Hawaii and back to Brazil.

As for the reason for going to Hawaii, Fang Lang wanted to join the first batch of migrant ships that departed from his hometown.