After rendezvous with the destroyers in the Atlantic Ocean, after half a month of sailing, the aircraft carrier group finally arrived at the Natal Naval Base in Brazil on June 10, 1946.

To welcome Brazil's first aircraft carrier, the Brazilian Admiralty organized a grand welcoming ceremony.

Almost all the high-ranking officials of the Admiralty came to Natal to watch the ceremony.

The most important figure was the presence of Brazilian President Anthony Dutra.

The ceremony of the aircraft carrier's entry into the ranks was presided over by the Minister of Defense, General Moraes, and the aircraft carrier was named "Rio de Janeiro".

Naming the aircraft carrier after the capital shows that Brazil expects great from it.

At the same time, the First Fleet was directly renamed the "Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group".

At the ceremony, President Dutra personally conferred the rank of Rear Admiral on Fang Lang.

And General Moraes, the Secretary of Defense, appointed Fang Lang as the commander of the "Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group" on the spot.

The ceremony culminated in this moment.

The rear admiral, who was only twenty-two years old, directly broke the world record.

At this time, even if there were people in the Brazilian army who held opposing opinions, they did not dare to raise objections in public.

After all, this powerful naval fleet was born in the hands of this young man who was only twenty-two years old.

Fang Lang also did not expect that he would be directly promoted to rear admiral at this important moment.

This moment is destined to be the highlight moment in Fang Lang's life, with milestone significance.

Afterwards, Fang Lang learned that in fact, his military rank had been determined long before he came back.

After completing the statistics of the results of the European war, the Brazilian government directly held a grand ceremony to confer the title at the Ministry of Defense.

The Secretary of Defense, Marshal Moraes, was awarded the rank of Marshal Moraes, and all other officers who participated in the European war were promoted to some extent according to their military merits.

There are five major general ranks, including one in the navy, three in the army, and one in the air force, and the navy is naturally Fang Lang.

The major general of the Air Force is Air Force Minister Nairo Mora, which also means that Fang Lang's military rank is the same as that of Air Force Minister.

In fact, the number of planes that Fang Lang can command now has reached one hundred and fifty, which is about half of the entire Brazilian Air Force.

Unlike the Brazilian Air Force, which only has fighter planes, Fang Lang's battle group has reconnaissance planes, fighters, bombers, torpedo attack planes, transport planes, etc., a complete combat system.

This made Air Force Major General Neiro Mora, who came to watch the ceremony, drool with envy.

He had already begun to think about how to get into a relationship with Fang Lang, because he had already heard that Fang Yuan Group had set up an aircraft modification factory in São Paulo.

Among them, there are a large number of aircraft designers from Germany, and it is clear that the ambitions of this aircraft modification plant are not small, and the production of aircraft will definitely be a matter of time.

In the future, the Air Force can also directly entrust this company to design and produce new aircraft for itself!

The Minister of the Navy was also officially held by Admiral Crook and awarded the rank of Vice Admiral to Admiral Crook.

This appointment did not come as a surprise to Fang Lang.

After the ceremony, Fang Lang led a group of senior members of the Ministry of National Defense to board the aircraft carrier for a visit.

That night, on the deck of the aircraft carrier, which had been emptied of aircraft, a grand gala was held.

As the supreme commander of the Natal naval base, the commander of the freshly baked "Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Carrier Battle Group", the captain of the aircraft carrier, the rear admiral.

Fang Lang is a well-deserved protagonist tonight, and for a while, some people kept clinking glasses with Fang Lang with wine glasses to congratulate him.

Fang Lang also politely thanked them one by one, but fortunately he was very restrained, and every time he clinked glasses, he only took a sip gently, otherwise he would definitely get drunk.

If this is the case, his image in everyone's eyes will be greatly affected.

The party lasted until ten o'clock in the evening, and when Fang Lang sent everyone off the aircraft carrier one by one, a young man in a suit and leather shoes came to Fang Lang and said softly:

"Your Excellency, Mr. President, I would like to speak with you alone."

For this sudden invitation, Fang Lang felt a little different.

Because as President Dutra's position became more and more secure, he managed less and less of the work of the army, and he did not expect that he would suddenly invite himself today.

Fang Lang looked up at the sky and said suspiciously:

"Now?"

The other man nodded, and stretched out his hand to a car by the dock:

"Your Excellency General, please come here!"

Fang Lang could only nod and keep up with the other party's footsteps.

Fang Lang did not know where the president would live after arriving in Natal, after all, it was not arranged by him, and he only returned to Brazil today.

The car stopped and stopped all the way to an estate on the outskirts of Natal.

Originally, Fang Lang was still wondering how the president could have a manor house to live in Natal, but when he came to the door of the manor, he found that the mayor of Natal, Ewald Dursley, was waiting at the door.

It seems that this is the home of Mayor Ewald Dursley.

After getting out of the car, Mayor Ewald Dursley stepped forward to shake Fang Lang's hand and led Fang Lang into the room.

"Your Excellency General, please come here, Mr. President is waiting for you."

Fang Lang was not polite to him, and it was not a matter of a day or two for the two to deal with each other.

I shook his hand, nodded, and said:

"Great work! Mr. Mayor. ”

After a few words of greeting, Fang Lang was guided to a small living room, the living room was decorated in a very Brazilian style, and on the wall behind the sofa, an Indian feather crown looked very eye-catching.

President Dutra had already gotten up and walked to the door when he heard the commotion.

Fang Lang was at the door, and a standing salute said:

"Good evening, Mr. President!"

President Dutra took the initiative to extend his right hand to Fang Lang, and Fang Lang hurriedly stretched out his right hand to be with him tightly.

Then the president hugged Fang Langdao:

"Good evening, Major General Fang."

After the two embraced, President Dutra pointed to the sofa and motioned for the two to sit down and talk.

Fang Lang was not polite, and found a sofa to sit down.

A servant brought two cups of hot coffee and placed them in front of them.

Mayor Ewald Dursley, waiting for the servant to leave, said:

"Mr. President and His Excellency the General are chatting slowly, and I am outside, and I can call at any time if necessary."

Fang Lang nodded at him, and after seeing him close the door, he turned his head to look at Mr. President Dutra.

I saw President Dutra say with a smile on his face:

"Fang, I was surprised when I arrived in Natal this time.

The changes are just too much.

It was a completely different situation than what I saw when I came here during the war, the streets were paved with cement and looked very clean.

Even the slums have been demolished, and there are not even homeless people on the road, which is really unexpected.

I heard Mayor Ewald Dursley say that it's all your work.

It was a plan made during the military administration, is that so? ”

Fang Lang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that this guy Ewald Dursley would actually give this credit to his head.

This was beyond Fang Lang's expectations.

However, Fang Lang's personality is still more accustomed to being modest, so he said with a smile:

"I'm just offering some advice, and the specific actions are all for Mayor Ewald Dursley and the government staff.

I don't dare take credit.

You know, I've been moving around Europe and the United States since the war, and I've spent very little time in Brazil.

There is no time for urban planning in Natal. ”

After hearing Fang Lang's words, President Dutra smiled and said:

"Alright! I see that this is the result of your joint efforts.

I didn't expect you to not only have superb command skills in the military,

In terms of building the local economy, it will also have such advanced thinking.

I don't know if I'm interested in working in my staff! ”

Fang Lang's hand stretched out to the coffee cup stopped directly in mid-air, and he looked at President Dutra in disbelief.

Seeing Fang Lang's expression, President Dutra burst out laughing.

"Haha. General Fang, this is just a proposal, not a mandatory requirement, you don't have to be nervous.

I know you've just become a general, and you won't be willing to come over and be my staff member.

However, I appreciate your advanced thinking on economic construction, and I hope that you will not confine your thinking to the military field.

Can you provide more suggestions for Brazil's economic development and construction! ”

Hearing President Dutra's words, Fang Lang said with a sigh of relief:

"Mr. President, if you don't dislike my rude thoughts, I must know everything, and I will say everything."

On the other side is the president of Brazil, and nothing he says can be without purpose.

If you say it's a proposal, you really have such an idea.

But maybe he saw what he was thinking, so he smiled.

But Fang Lang knows Brazil's national conditions very well in his heart, and he will definitely not learn from President Dutra and leave the army to enter the political arena.

Even if you become the president of Brazil, what good will it be!

President Dutra is not bad, and his four-year term has passed smoothly.

His previous president, Vargas, was overthrown in a coup d'état and nearly died.

In the next presidential election, Vargas will continue to run and be elected, but what will be the result?

In less than two years, he was forced to commit suicide by drinking bullets.

Many more were prosecuted and imprisoned on charges of corruption and bribery after leaving office.

With Brazil's national conditions, there is no official who is not corrupt.

Everyone is corrupt, and you, Mr. President, are high-minded, who would want to be your confidant.

I'm afraid everyone has to worry about whether you will be sent to prison!

Is a president who doesn't even have a confidant still a president?

If you choose to be with the light, then be prepared to be sent to prison by your political enemies.

In every respect, Brazil's president is a three-way street.

Whoever likes to sit sits, anyway, he Fang Lang is not interested.

How cool it is to be a big warlord with military power, no matter who is the president, he can only win himself over, but he does not dare to say irresponsible things to himself.

Although the president is the nominal supreme commander of the military, that is only in name.

The real military power has always been in the hands of the powerful faction below, and Fang Lang is now a real powerful faction.

Especially after his military rank was officially promoted to major general, he can also be regarded as the decision-making level of the Brazilian army.

It is possible to express your opinion on many issues.

For the sake of his strong strength, everyone can't help but seriously consider his ideas.

"Okay, General Fang has any ideas or suggestions, but you must tell me.

A few days ago, representatives of the National League submitted a policy bill on relaxing the legal status of Chinese immigrants in Brazil.

After a vote in the Legislative Council, it was successfully passed with 65 percent of the votes in favor.

I also voted in favor of this bill.

After all, I have seen a lot of excellent character of the Chinese from General Fang.

You are courageous, hard-working, studious, pragmatic and law-abiding, which is exactly what we need in Brazil. ”

President Dutra's attitude was sincere, and he looked at Fang Langdao with a serious expression.

Hearing the other party's words, Fang Lang instantly understood the reason why Mr. President had summoned him late at night today.

(End of chapter)