Think about it, if you no longer serve as the captain of the Gilas, the most likely person to be the captain should be the first mate de la Torre. Based on his relationship with de la Torre, if he serves as the captain, in fact, It doesn't have much impact, and if you get promoted, your subordinates will follow you in promotion, which is also a good thing.
So Fang Lang tried his best to speak calmly:
"It's a pity that you overestimate my ability. Then I wonder if de la Torre will be the captain of the Gilas."
Obviously, the Brazilian army does not look at ability now, and the backstage is much more important than ability.
"It is my understanding that Mr. de la Torre is not competent enough to hold the position of captain."
Fang Lang still refused to give up and asked:
"That means transferring another captain from the navy, right?"
Considering that Fang Lang took the Gilas from the Americans after all. Moreover, General Moraes also said that the captain of the Gilas transport ship should respect Fang Lang's opinion.
It's a pity that Graham doesn't think it's necessary to seek Fang Lang's opinion on this kind of matter. As a soldier, he will only waste some time with you in order for you to get a warship from the Americans.
But taking the Brazilian Navy's own transport ship by yourself will not ask for your opinion as a captain. Just express your attitude clearly in the form of a command.
"Okay! I don't think there is any need to hide this from you. You will know it soon! The new captain of the Gilas will be the second officer, Mr. Noro Roberto Fendis, Mr. de la Torre Will continue to serve as first officer, assisting Mr. Fundis."
Hearing Lieutenant Colonel Graham's words, Fang Lang was immediately laughed out of anger. It turns out that the clown has always been myself. Fang Lang, who thought he and Lieutenant Colonel Graham were friends, immediately saw through Graham's face and ugly eating appearance.
From the first time when Fang Lang organized all the Gilas crew members to introduce themselves, Fang Lang already knew that Fundis, the person transferred from the Logistics Department to be the second officer, was clearly from Lieutenant Colonel Graham. Fang Lang only thought that the other party was here to monitor him, but he didn't expect that he was actually someone waiting to pick peaches.
Now that he had seen through it, Fang Lang didn't want to have any more entanglements with Graham, so he just said goodbye.
"Then I understand! Mr. Lieutenant Colonel Graham, I will seriously consider your suggestion. It is very late today, so I will go back and rest first! Good night!"
Seeing that he had not achieved his goal and might have turned against Fang Lang, Lieutenant Colonel Graham was a little annoyed. I want to continue chatting with Fang Lang. An English question came from beside him, interrupting Graham's thoughts.
"Excuse me, who is Fang Lang, Lieutenant Fang!"
This made Lieutenant Colonel Graham even more annoyed. Couldn't he see that he was communicating with Fang Lang? It was really rude, so I turned around and scolded him, but when I saw it turned out to be a U.S. Army major, I quickly suppressed my unhappiness, pointed at Fang Lang and said:
"Hello, Mr. Major! This is Fang Lang, but he is no longer a lieutenant, he is now a captain."
The American major shrugged and looked at Fang Lang and said, "I'm sorry, please don't mind. I am Jack from the U.S. Navy Logistics Department, and I have been ordered to take you to see Commodore Jackson."
This was a timely blessing for Fang Lang, who wanted to stay away from Lieutenant Colonel Graham's entanglement. Fang Lang said quickly:
"Hello, I'm Fang Lang. I'll follow you now."
After saying that, he did not say goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel Graham beside him, and left directly with the major of the US Army. This made Graham unhappy for a while, and he was still thinking in his mind, saying that he was not familiar with Americans and his relationship was not close enough, so what happened now? Someone came to pick you up just after you came back. Isn’t this a liar who goes to the grave to burn newspapers?
Silent all the way, Fang Lang was sent directly to a heavily guarded residential area by the US Army Major's Willis Jeep. It seemed that this was a more private meeting. Fang Lang felt more relaxed since they were no longer meeting in the office.
After pushing the door open and entering, he saw Brigadier General Jackson wearing pajamas, sitting on the sofa by the fireplace, holding a cigar in his hand, smoking. When he saw Fang Lang coming in, he did not get up, but directly He pointed to the sofa next to him and said:
"Here, come and sit here!"
In this kind of environment that can easily bring the two people closer, Fang Lang certainly won't act like the army. He also looked at the environment of the house very casually and said:
"Uncle, this house of yours is really nice. It belongs to you or the army!"
Brigadier General Jackson looked at Fang Lang's attitude and smiled slightly.
"Of course I'm from the army. Why should I buy a house in Italy? Why do you want to buy one to hide your beauty in a golden house!"
Fang Lang really liked the location and structure of this house, and he must own his own property in Italy in the future.
"Hehe... Uncle Jackson still understands me! I do have this idea. The war will eventually end. It would be nice to buy a property in such a beautiful place and take a vacation when you have nothing to do!"
Regarding Fang Lang's idea of buying real estate, Brigadier General Jackson also understood what was going on and couldn't help but joked:
"Your boy's vacation is fake, but the arrangement for the girl is real. Don't tell me that you took over the most beautiful nurse in our naval hospital!"
This relaxed atmosphere made Fang Lang relax. He thought that since Brigadier General Jackson lived here, it meant that he also liked it here. Why not give him a house himself? If the two of them were neighbors, wouldn't it bring them closer together? Is it related?
"Hehe... That's right, with my handsome appearance, I must get the most beautiful flowers! I wonder if the houses here can be purchased now? I will buy two sets and leave them for my uncle. If the war is over, uncle can bring aunt over to see the country that uncle has built for her!"
Unexpectedly, Fang Lang would be so bold as to buy a house for himself. Although he did not lack these things, his intention was still very satisfying. I don't recommend him in vain.
"It seems like your kid has made a lot of money recently!"
Hearing that Brigadier General Jackson did not explicitly refuse, Fang Lang knew what he should do. He was never afraid that he would suffer a loss. If he was afraid, he would just be afraid. If he gave things to others, they would not want them.
"This is all under your care, uncle. I don't have the ability to do this on my own!"
Seeing that Fang Lang was very smart and did not continue to struggle with the real estate issue, Brigadier General Jackson smiled slightly and said:
"You have to transfer your business ability to the military. Otherwise, wouldn't such a smart mind be wasted?"
Commodore Jackson's words made Fang Lang's heart move. It seemed that Jackson's initiative to see him today had something to do with the Brazilian Navy! He took advantage of the situation and told the news about his promotion.
"Oh! Uncle, please don't underestimate me! I am now a captain! And there is news that tomorrow the Expeditionary Force Headquarters will grant me the rank of major again!"
Originally, Jackson was still thinking that Fang Lang's military rank was not high enough and it would not be easy to support him. Unexpectedly, he suddenly told himself that he would soon be a major! Is it so easy to get promoted in the Brazilian army?
"What's going on? Weren't you just a lieutenant before you returned to Brazil? Why are you being promoted to two levels so soon!"
Fang Lang didn't hide anything and gave a general explanation of what happened to Brigadier General Jackson.
"Hi! It's also thanks to my uncle that I accidentally caught two Japanese spies when I returned to Brazil. I heard it was the first espionage case solved after China's participation in the war! Therefore, the country attaches great importance to it and specially sends a telegram to commend the expeditionary force. Promote my rank to Major!"
Brigadier General Jackson was very surprised to hear that Fang Lang had caught a Japanese spy.
"Do you still have the ability to catch spies?"
Seeing the shocked look on Brigadier General Jackson's face, Fang Lang felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to be pretending too much, so he quickly explained:
"I was just lucky. I saw the wanted posters for two spies, and I happened to bump into one of them, and I recognized him at a glance! Such a good thing coming to my door! I am also very helpless!"
Fang Lang's words made Brigadier General Jackson dumbfounded, and you were still helpless. Fang Lang nodded with the fingers holding the cigar and said:
"You kid is taking advantage of me and yet you act like a good boy!"
As soon as he heard that Brigadier General Jackson said that he had gotten an advantage, he immediately vomited out the grievances he had just suffered from Graham.
"Uncle, you are wrong about this. This is really not a cheap thing. The military rank has been promoted, but the job position has changed immediately! The transport ship you assigned to me will be snatched away by these idiots. ! I’m just angry!”
The expression of a child who had been wronged made Jackson laugh out loud:
"Haha... You kid, this transport ship was not given to you by me. It was allocated by the US Navy to the Brazilian Navy. It has nothing to do with me."
