"Didn't you just work with the Air Force First Air Force Academy?

Why do you want to run another military school, our military expenses can't afford to be tossed by you. ”

Admiral Crook, the Minister of the Navy, looked at Fang Lang in front of him helplessly.

"General, I am considering, the advisory group that we hired from the United States,

It would be a bit of a waste to simply train our aircraft carrier fleet.

Anyway, a sheep is also a chase, and a flock of sheep is also a chase.

It just so happened that our Navy had just received several Fletcher-class destroyers of the US military,

Officers at all levels received only some basic training.

Why don't we take advantage of this opportunity for all our naval officers and men to receive systematic learning? ”

Fang Lang sat in General Crook's office and said bitterly to General Crook.

"Hmmm! That's fine!

I'll have you make a list and send it to you to be trained by American instructors.

As for the establishment of a military school, is it unnecessary!

Having just finished purchasing aircraft carriers and destroyers, our Navy's military spending has been seriously exceeded this year.

The application may also be rejected. ”

Admiral Crook obviously understands the importance of establishing a military academy, but the Admiralty, which has just completed a major naval upgrade, has consumed too much military spending this year.

Even if you want to build a military school, you will have to wait until the next fiscal year.

"The navy is a high-tech branch of the armed forces, and simple training alone cannot form combat effectiveness.

Every year, we send our officers to military academies abroad to study, and it is better to set up our own military academies in China.

In the early stage, excellent military instructors were hired from abroad to teach in Brazil, and their own instructor team was slowly cultivated.

and to carry out strategic and tactical studies that suit our own Brazil.

in order to form our own military-strategic thinking in Brazil.

We will build our navy into a modern navy with combat effectiveness. ”

In fact, Fang Lang encouraged General Crook to build a modern naval school in order to seize the opportunity and become the first to put forward this idea.

Only in this way will there be an opportunity to intervene in the construction of military schools in Brazil.

At first, his idea was indeed to build a military academy under his control, and then put the police academy in it.

But he soon figured out that his identity could not fully control a military academy, which must be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense or the Admiralty.

If you are too ambitious, you may steal chickens and rice, and you will have the opportunity to completely control the police academy.

It is better to take a step back and open the sky, stop unrealistically coveting the rights that are difficult to obtain, and turn yourself into the initiator of the school and obtain the best political resources.

Because, if this proposal is put forward by him, then he will definitely have the opportunity to join in the formation of this military school, and by the way, exert his influence on some things of this military school.

"I know what you're saying, I've already said it.

It's not that I don't want to build a specialized naval officer school.

Rather, we simply don't have the funds anymore. ”

General Crook very much recognized Fang Lang's idea, and also admired his forward-looking vision of being able to take the initiative to build a military academy.

But the other party was always pestering him, and he also felt a lot of headaches.

Hearing that General Crook always emphasized the problem of insufficient funds, Fang Lang turned his mind and said directly:

"Your Excellency, our navy has no military spending,

But the other branches of the military have military spending!

For example, the aviation academy we established this time, the military funds required for the construction are all provided by them!

If we want to build a military school, we don't have to build a professional naval school!

Of course, it would be best if we could build a more professional naval school.

But isn't there no money now?

There is no money, and there are our army brothers!

Let's just pull in the Secretary of War and talk directly to Marshal Moraes.

Let's see if we can simply set up a Brazilian Defence Forces officer school.

Wouldn't it be unnecessary for us to pay for the Navy and Army to be placed directly in one school? ”

General Crook's eyes lit up at Fang Lang's words and he reacted.

That's right! We can build an aviation academy with the military funds of the Air Force.

Why can't we use the army's military funds to build a naval officer school!

Good guy, this Fang Lang's brain is really not ordinarily flexible, and this kind of operation can be thought of.

The key is that this solution has a successful experience, and it can be copied and pasted directly!

"Wait, then why don't we just add the aviation academy that we formed with the Air Force?

Wouldn't we be more sure then? ”

It was as if General Crook had thought of something better.

But what greeted him was Fang Lang's gaze like a fool.

The angry Crook glared directly at him with a roll of his eyes and said:

"What are you doing looking at me like this, if what I say is wrong, you can just say it.

Next time you use this kind of eyes, look at me like an idiot, and I'll punish you for swimming a kilometer. ”

As soon as he heard General Crook's words, Fang Lang hurriedly smiled flatteringly:

"Hey, hey.... General, you misunderstood, I obviously have a look of admiration.

You see how clear my eyes are, how bright my eyes are, and how sincere my expression is. ”

This shameless look directly made General Crook laugh.

In the entire Brazilian Navy, only Fang Lang can joke with General Crook so unscrupulously.

After all, Admiral Crook has always been known for his severity in the Navy.

But after Fang Lang came into contact with him, he found that General Crook took great care of him.

Especially last time, when the commander of his Marine Corps was squeezed by someone, the two of them had a free conversation.

It can be regarded as completely eliminating the estrangement and being able to discuss some issues openly.

In fact, this is also related to Fang Lang's own strength, after all, Fang Lang's aircraft carrier battle group, both in terms of scale and combat effectiveness, has already occupied more than half of the Brazilian Navy.

In addition, Fang Lang has unparalleled control over this aircraft carrier fleet.

It can be said that it has reached the point where the needle cannot be inserted and the water cannot be splashed.

Even the Marine Corps captains and establishments that had just been shoehorned in by the War Department were eaten up and wiped clean by him.

With such a powerful subordinate, General Crook of course has to pay attention to it and defend it.

But fortunately, Fang Lang has always had great respect for General Crook.

There are good things that can still think of him all the time, and the huge age gap between the two makes General Crook feel like an uncle and nephew.

Of course, it must be noted here that the relationship between the two is intimate.

It has nothing to do with the care of General Crook's family by the Fangyuan Group.

In particular, it had nothing to do with having his family join the fishing company that Colonel Parisi had set up as shareholders.

If there's a fart, let it go.

Don't play tricks here. ”

General Crook scolded Fang Lang with a smile.

Fang Lang also smiled and said:

"Hey...... Your Excellency, we have established the Aviation Academy jointly with the Air Force,

This is a matter between us and the Air Force.

How can it be confused with the establishment of an officer school with the Army?

One is a school dedicated to training pilots, and the other is a full-time training of naval and army officers.

The direction of cultivating talents is different, and of course it must be set up separately. ”

What Fang Lang said sounds very reasonable, but in fact, it is not fooling people at all.

Fortunately, Admiral Crook, as Minister of the Navy, is not a fool either.

From Fang Lang's short words, the taste was tasted.

couldn't help but smile at Fang Lang and scolded:

"You kid is a slippery head, and you just said that we have some control in both schools.

But they can only have influence on one school, isn't it? ”

Fang Lang smiled and said:

"In this way, even though there are two schools, we can exert our influence.

But it would also distract us from our efforts and be detrimental to the unity of our naval officers.

Therefore, I would like to apply with you to hand over to me the management of the HNA Academy, which was established in cooperation with the Air Force.

The Admiralty, on the other hand, focused its efforts on the military academy established with the Army. ”

Hearing Fang Lang's words, General Crook had to express his admiration.

Because he found that Fang Lang was always quietly playing chess.

Often when you think you have seen through his thoughts, he will hide a more hidden mind behind this idea.

General Crook also had no opinion on Fang Lang's idea of wanting to control naval aviation.

After all, Brazil only has Fang Lang, an aircraft carrier, and naval aviation can only be under his jurisdiction.

smiled and stretched out his hand to point Fang Lang, and said with a smile:

"You kid, what a little fox.

Let's go! That's it.

I'll pay a visit to Mr. Secretary of War tomorrow, and you'll be satisfied! ”

Fang Lang originally directly pointed out his intentions, but of course he minded General Crook's ridicule of him.

Smiled and said:

"Hey...... How can I be satisfied?

Isn't that something that everyone is happy with?

Didn't you also solve the problem of not having funds for the construction of a naval school? ”

General Crook gave Fang Lang a thumbs up and said with a smile:

"You're right, we're all satisfied."

To be honest, he likes this subordinate from the bottom of his heart and wants to train him to be his successor.

So, a lot of things are very respectful of his opinion.

But liking him doesn't mean not beating him.

So immediately changed to a serious tone and said:

"I can tell you, I'll leave the aircraft carrier to you, don't mess me up then.

Know that you now lack pilots to make the aircraft carrier combat ready.

I'll give you enough time to train your own aircraft carrier pilots.

However, other posts of the aircraft carrier cannot lie down where to sleep.

From time to time, I also have to let your aircraft carrier go to the coast to give me a cruise.

Show your face internationally and brush up on your presence.

Let the crew of the aircraft carrier quickly familiarize themselves with their new equipment.

It is also necessary to familiarize yourself with the hydrogeography of our Brazilian seas. Do you understand? ”

Fang Lang understood that this was a reminder to himself that he could not just focus on the aviation and forget his own work.

Hurriedly got up, stood up and saluted:

"Yes, sir."

General Crook was very satisfied with Fang Lang's attitude, and he would definitely not smile when he should be serious.

There is no lake when there is a war.

Nodding at Fang Lang, he pressed his hand and said:

"Hmmm! There is one more thing you should not forget.

Now we have the latest American aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines.

We can't let them stay in the military port or patrol every day, but we must also send all kinds of warships to the shipyard in batches in turn for repair and maintenance.

Do you understand what I mean? ”

How could Fang Lang not understand what General Crook meant.

Isn't this just to let your shipyard pull a tape measure, study these warships, and gain some construction and design experience from them.

Lay the groundwork for building a warship for yourself?

Needless to explain by General Crook, one of Fang Lang's purposes in building a shipyard in Brazil was to build warships.

So, without hesitation, I said:

"Yes, Your Excellency.

I am about to apply to you to send our U21 submarine to São Paulo for maintenance. ”