General Crook's meaning was very clear, if he wanted to let De La Torre take the throne, he had to pay a certain amount of benefits in exchange. Otherwise, those who want this position will definitely not let go easily.

In this regard, Fang Lang was not worried, the current Rio de Janeiro fleet had already been monolithic by him, even if the other party sunburned a hundred people in their fleet, it would definitely be a stone in the sea.

I wonder if some people will be quickly assimilated by the people of the fleet, this is their experience in the past few years, people have been coming in and out, so that they have summed up the experience. After all, the barracks are a melting pot, and no matter what material you are, you can melt it when you enter it.

Of course, the melting here is only in the way of doing things, and in the habits of work, they will soon become the same as everyone else in the fleet.

However, there are a few unexpected circumstances, but these guys who can't integrate into the fleet, whether they are his senior and subordinate officers, or ordinary soldiers, are all embankments and alienated from him, and even, the orders issued out, no one will carry them out at all.

If he wants to punish a subordinate who opposes him, his superior officer will definitely run out and clean him up first. In this case, he either chose to stay in the fleet and obediently blend in with everyone, or he took the initiative to apply for a transfer.

This is not to say that these people who have integrated into the fleet are really of the same mind with Fang Lang in their hearts. Some of them may be placed here because they think it is more promising, but there are also a large number of people who want to control the fleet.

In particular, some officers with higher ranks, who entered the fleet, obviously picked peaches on behalf of other forces.

But the fleet also has some experience in dealing with these people, especially Colonel Waldo Grava, who has been arranged to seize real power.

Basically, they have been rebuilt by a set of tactics and re-division of labor within the fleet, detached from their original purpose, and become marginal people of the fleet.

These people, although they have great opinions, but in the Rio de Janeiro aircraft carrier fleet, they can only hold back, because it was themselves or the forces behind them who forced them in.

This is the army, and of course they have to obey the management of the fleet after they come in, and the commander of the fleet, Fang Lang, and the Minister of the Navy, all have the same attitude towards their arrival, which makes them complain.

Even if they wanted to say something backstage, they were directly ignored by Fang Lang. They are continuing to eat and die in the fleet.

In this case, of course, those people are very unwilling, and they will not give up easily, so it is not surprising that General Crook would say such a thing this time.

However, Fang Lang obviously would not allow his fleet to be taken away from control, these people thought that if he left the fleet, he would be able to obtain the command of the fleet, but as everyone knows, he left the fleet not to retire, but to take a step forward.

His authority is even greater, even more than the big people behind the power. In this case, these guys entering the fleet are not equivalent to throwing themselves into the net, and they have no chance to achieve their goals.

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency General, I will not disappoint you, since they are willing to join our aircraft carrier fleet family, of course I welcome them with both hands.

However, as you know, our aircraft carrier fleet is a new branch of the army in Brazil, using new tactics and tactics, in order to enable them to adapt to the work and life of the fleet more quickly, I plan to train and assess all the officers and men who have joined the fleet.

Let them familiarize themselves with their professional knowledge as soon as possible, improve their professional level, and only when their assessment results meet the appointment standards of the relevant post, can they be qualified to become official officers in this post.

Of course, please rest assured that this assessment is not for these new members, but for all officers and men of the fleet. ”

Upon hearing this, General Crook looked at Fang Lang with a shocked expression, I didn't expect you kid to be so ruthless, let those senior officers continue to study and participate in the assessment, this is not to kill them.

It's not that they can't learn and assess, the problem is that the entire Brazilian army has never played this way before!

But I have to say that there is nothing wrong with Fang Lang's proposal, the purpose is definitely to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

But is there anything greasy in it? You don't need to say this too clearly, you can only say that you understand everything you understand. General Crook, who understood this, couldn't help but cough dryly and said:

"Ahem, ahem, I'm about to leave the position of Secretary of the Navy, and in the future, the specific work of your Admiralty will be decided by you, the chief officers of the Admiralty.

However, I think that the method you mentioned is an effective means to improve the combat effectiveness and professional skills of the troops, and I will definitely strongly support it.

If it can be successfully popularized in your Admiralty, I will also arrange for personnel from the Ministry of Defense to come to your home to learn from you and see if it can be popularized throughout the army at that time. ”

After speaking, he seemed to feel a little dry, and he couldn't help but pick up the teacup in front of him and take a sip.

Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled quietly, thinking, where is this, someone wants to come to pick peaches, I still have a lot of means waiting for him! When the time comes, I will make sure that they want to die, and there is nothing to say.

Don't talk about picking peaches when the time comes, I will confiscate even the tools you brought with you.

As for General Crook's idea of letting him implement this system by himself, Fang Lang didn't care, to be honest, in a team that doesn't need to be assessed, the introduction of the concept of assessment is indeed easy to arouse everyone's hostility.

He is about to enter the Ministry of Defense, and there is really no need to make extraneous complications at this time and arouse the disgust of others.

However, this has nothing to do with Fang Lang. You can come up with a peach picking from me, I can't give you an exam question yet!

Whether General Crook agrees or not, this matter has little to do with it, and it does not affect his implementation of the aircraft carrier battle group in Rio de Janeiro.

But General Crook did not object, and even the idea of promoting this system throughout the army still scared Fang Lang.

Good guys, when the whole army spreads, those old-fashioned officers still don't scold themselves to death in their hearts! But what does it matter! In any case, he is also trying to improve the combat effectiveness of the Brazilian Defense Forces.

At the same time, he also knew better in his heart that once this model was rolled out throughout the army, it would soon further deepen the reform. At that time, all officers will be promoted, and they will no longer be able to rely on bribing their superiors.

Instead, you can only rely on your own achievements and achievements. In peacetime, it is certainly difficult to obtain military exploits. But grades can be obtained through study, and the importance of military schools will inevitably become extremely important at that time.

It just so happens that several military schools in Brazil are inseparable from Fang Lang, whether it is the Aviation School or the Brazilian Military Academy, there is Fang Lang behind them.

This is destined to be the future new soldier of Brazil, more or less half of the students of the waves, although the concern of teachers and students in Brazil is not as strong as that of their hometown, but there is still a certain amount of incense.

At that time, Fang Lang's influence in the Brazilian army will naturally increase imperceptibly.

After clearly knowing that General Crook did not object, Fang Lang immediately put his mind at ease. Once again, he graciously added tea to General Crook's teacup:

"Yes, please rest assured that Your Excellency the General will seriously explore and summarize, and we will definitely come up with a set of effective training and assessment plans when the time comes!"

After speaking, he didn't forget to smile at General Crook, and his shyness made General Crook roll his eyes.

I can't sigh, Fang Lang's brain is really flexible, and what he thought would cause Fang Lang's strong backlash was so easily resolved by him.

This made him pay more attention to Fang Lang, after all, how could such an excellent subordinate make him not like it.

"General Fang, what about work! I'm done talking about it for the time being, but I still have a personal matter here, and I want to ask you about it, and I don't know if it's convenient. ”

After chatting about business, after General Crook chatted with Fang Lang for a few more words, he finally couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and said with some twist.

Looking at the expression on General Crook's face, Fang Lang couldn't help but be a little puzzled, what is the situation, what personal topics does General Crook and himself have to talk about?

Do you think that I am very talented, and in order to better win me over, you are ready to marry my daughter to me? But it doesn't make sense! General Crook knows my affair very well, how could he be willing to push his daughter into the fire pit!

No, I'm not a fire pit here, I'm a proper performance stock, and many women don't have a chance if they want to! Soon he reacted again, and General Crook's woman had already married and had children. It is impossible to introduce yourself.

What could be the reason for that? Although he thought so in his heart, he did not hesitate at all, and patted his chest directly:

"What Your Excellency General said, your business is my business, what else can't be said, if you want to know anything, you just say it, I must know everything, and I will say everything."

Seeing Fang Lang's unhesitating attitude, General Crook felt a burst of relief in his heart, and after thinking about it, he no longer hid it, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly spoke:

"I've heard that Mr. Scalia, who is running for president on behalf of the National League, seems to have a very good relationship with your family?"

As soon as he heard this, Fang Lang's heart suddenly changed, and he thought it was a private matter! It's been a long time since General Crook wants to get closer to the new president! It has to be said that General Crook, as an excellent senior officer, already has enough insight into politics.

Before the presidential election ended, the new president began to move closer.

But soon he also reacted, and now such a situation is not too early, after all, even the Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Moraes, is ready to step down, and even the transfer of power has quietly begun.

This can only mean that President Mr. Dutra is ready to leave office, or that the Ministry of Defense has abandoned President Dutra. In this case, it is only natural that General Crook chooses to move closer to Mr. Scalia.

After understanding General Crook's intentions, Fang Lang would certainly not do anything to hide it. Without hesitation, he nodded and said:

"Yes, as early as when Mr. Scalia was the mayor of São Paulo, our Fang family formed a deep friendship with him, and our Fangyuan Group can not have today's achievements without the support of Mr. Scalia.

Therefore, this time, Mr. Scalia participated in this election, and our family also made some efforts.

At the same time, Mr. Scalia's secretary is my cousin, and if General Crook wants to make an appointment with Mr. Scalia, I can ask my cousin to arrange it for you. ”

Fang Lang's words can be regarded as a heart-to-heart, but these things are not a secret, although several large branch companies under the Fangyuan Group have different parties and different parliamentarians that they support.

But in this presidential campaign, most of the political resources of the Fangyuan group are tilted towards Scalia.

Although everyone doesn't know it, Scalia is actually the presidential candidate selected by Fang Lang. But it is also very clear that there is a strong connection between Fangyuan Group and Scalia.

This is also the reason why General Crook asked Fang Lang. At the same time, it is also the real reason why General Crook visited Fang Lang, a subordinate, in his private capacity.

Admiral Crook didn't expect Fang Lang to be so frank, originally, he took into account the relationship between Fang Lang and Scalia in recommending Fang Lang as the Minister of the Navy. But to his surprise, Fang Lang actually turned down the appointment.

This made him mistakenly believe that the relationship between Scalia and their family was not as good as the outside world had rumored. But now after hearing Fang Lang's words, he knew that the relationship between the Fang family and this President Scalia was even closer than rumored by the outside world.

Otherwise, why could Fang Lang's cousin be the other party's secretary, and Fang Lang could casually promise to arrange a meeting between himself and Mr. President. With his understanding of Fang Lang, he will never make a commitment if he is not absolutely sure of something.

General Crook, who was in a good mood, couldn't help but gaze slightly, and after taking a deep look at Fang Lang, he said with a smile:

"Oh! That's great, if that's the case, my position in the Ministry of Defense should be more secure! ”

Crook spoke to himself in a tone that was obviously tentative in Fang Lang's ears, and Fang Lang just smiled at this, he knew very well why General Crook said this.

"Haha...... I feel that with the ability of General Crook, I am fully capable of taking up the post of Minister of Defense, should I have His Excellency the General recommended to Mr. Scalia? ”

Fang Lang's words were obviously showing his strength, and he knew very well in his heart, although he had a very close relationship with General Crook. However, as a high-ranking general, he has long departed from the pure attributes of ordinary soldiers and began to move closer to politicians.

And a good politician will not care about the so-called friendship, they only have interests in their eyes, and they can be exchanged for interests.

If someone can now use the greater benefit to exchange the position of commander of Fang Lang's fleet with General Crook, will General Crook still be able to hold his position?

It should be difficult for Fang Lang to speculate on people's hearts. The reason why General Crook quietly came to visit his subordinate home in his private capacity this time, and chatted with Fang Lang for so long, was not without what he had just said, and heard that the Fang family and Mr. Scalia had a close relationship.

This is also the reason why Fang Lang deliberately said these words that seemed very arrogant to show his strength.

(End of chapter)