In fact, when Fang Lang was on his way to Italy, the Brazilian Navy had repeatedly communicated with the Expeditionary Force Command about Fang Lang's problem, because both parties had a common goal, which was to enhance the strength of the Brazilian Navy.
However, serious differences arose regarding the treatment of the new submarine captured by Fang Lang and Fang Lang's future work arrangements. The Ministry of the Navy hopes to assign the submarine directly to the Brazilian Navy and establish a formal submarine force.
Moraes was worried that if the Brazilian Navy directly took away the submarine, it would cause dissatisfaction with the U.S. government. He even considered using the new submarine in his hands to exchange for other ships from the United States to build a complete modern naval fleet.
General Moraes obviously seriously overestimated the importance of this submarine to the United States. Therefore, after learning that Fang Lang had driven the submarine to Genoa, he directly ordered Parisi to bring Fang Lang to the expeditionary force commander. Department discussion.
Because Fang Lang's current military rank has risen, although his position has not yet been clearly defined. According to the results of the communication between Moraes and the Ministry of the Navy, Fang Lang will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Navy’s First Fleet.
Of course, this First Fleet is just a name. After all, except for a few old warships from World War I that serve as patrol fleets in various theaters, the current Brazilian Navy does not have a fleet that can go to deep sea operations.
This is equivalent to having only local armed police and no field troops. Now it is difficult to get Brazil to have a real combat experience, and has the latest destroyers of the US military and the latest submarines of Germany.
If we don't take the opportunity to participate in such a war and seize the opportunity to upgrade our naval strength, where will there be such a good opportunity?
In fact, we cannot talk about this without mentioning that the Brazilian government in this period was actually established by the liberal President Vargas who launched a coup with the support of the "Weiguan Faction".
However, he did not overthrow the dominance of large monopoly business owners and large estate owners. Instead, he allowed the Brazilian government to lead the large monopoly business owners and large estate owners to rule the country in a subordinate relationship.
The actual nature is that it is a country that is somewhat biased toward dictatorship. However, as Brazil joins the Allied Powers and its cooperation with the United States continues to deepen, the ideas of freedom and democracy begin to appear in society.
Even President Vargas was affected by President Roosevelt's re-election and death in office. He began to learn from the United States, put down the military that supported his own rights, and began to learn from the practices of the democratically elected government and establish his own political party.
From a dictator to a civilian politician, in the process of such a transformation, the country's investment in the military will begin to decrease. During this period, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force came into contact with the colorful world outside through the World War.
This is like a rural landlord who has several long-term workers working for him all the time and who have never seen the world. However, one day he asked his family's long-term worker, who had never seen the world, to work for a neighbor's farmer.
The long-term worker went to the farmer's house and saw that the good guy was well-fed, well-dressed, and his work was all automated using a tractor, making it extremely easy. This is completely different from the landowners in the countryside, who used old oxen to pull plows and work with hoes. Who can stand this?
It happened that the workers and farmers at the bottom also began to awaken under the influence of the Soviet Workers' and Peasants' Party. If Vargas wants to be truly democratically elected president, of course he needs the votes of the broad masses of workers and peasant brothers.
In order to win votes from the people at the bottom, Vargas had to improve the treatment of workers and farmers. So, the big entrepreneurs and big manor owners who have been supporting you are equivalent to the wives who manage the money at home, won't their interests be harmed?
In this case, the long-term worker who has seen the world and the wife who manages the money at home will inevitably come together. It would not be as simple as just giving a hat, it would directly lead to wealth and death!
Of course, this is a tangent. Think about it, the Brazilian army who had seen the outside world during this period could not accept the worn-out farm tools at home! I definitely want to buy some new mechanized equipment outside!
However, the Brazilian government was not strong enough, entered the war too late, and its contribution to the war was very limited. At the national level, it is just a dream to get Europe and the United States to support Brazil's military construction.
As a result, a family in the Changgong family gave birth to a child, but they didn’t know where they got through to the farmer. Unexpectedly, I got back two new pieces of mechanized equipment, which really made all the long-term workers happy!
The status of a son born in a family has directly risen, and he has become a small steward. This is Fang Lang's current situation in the Brazilian army.
As the leader of the long-term workers who led everyone to work, General Morais was somewhat worried about gains and losses, but in order to be able to work easily in the future, he had to take this son of a family seriously.
Therefore, when Fang Lang came to the expeditionary force headquarters accompanied by Colonel Parisi, General Moraes seemed to have changed. He no longer issued orders directly, but began to ask Fang Lang for his opinion.
"Fang, I wonder if you have found out what the Americans plan to do with this submarine?"
Regarding this latest German submarine, General Moraes is still in a rather uneasy mood. He wants to own it, but he is also afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the Americans.
Fang Lang looked at General Morais who was a little nervous in front of him and said:
"General, following your instructions, I inquired with the U.S. Navy, and they said they would not interfere with this submarine."
This result made General Moraes heave a sigh of relief and couldn't help but feel happy. After all, Brazil would have its first submarine.
As a general, it was impossible for his subordinates to see his guilty conscience, so he pretended to be calm and said:
"Yeah! I understand. As the person who captured him, have you ever thought about what to do with this trophy?"
Fang Lang knew what the Brazilian Navy thought about this submarine. Now General Moraes asked him for his opinion, maybe he was asking for the Navy's behalf.
Therefore, Fang Lang would definitely not let him say that he would be assigned to the Brazilian Navy. He spoke directly:
"Of course I want to use my own trophies. Moreover, I have asked my deputy captain to learn to use this submarine under the guidance of German prisoners."
General Moraes did not show any surprise when he heard Fang Lang's words. It was obvious that he had expected Fang Lang's thoughts. He glanced at Colonel Parisi sitting aside and said:
"For your outstanding performance in the war, the Expeditionary Force Command has jointly requested credit for you with the Navy Department. I think you already know this good news, right?"
When Fang Lang heard General Moraes' words, his eyes were sincere, and he said to General Moraes with gratitude:
"I am very grateful to General Morais for his trust and help in me. Colonel Parisi has already told me that it is because of your strong recommendation that I am where I am today."
Hearing Fang Lang's words, Moraes couldn't help but take another look at Colonel Parisi. Colonel Parisi, on the other hand, had an expressionless face, as if Fang Lang was talking about another person.
But I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, Fang Lang is really good at being a good person. Thinking that he is already a person who wants to leave, Fang Lang is still saying good things for himself.
"My idea is to set up a new fleet separately and leave it to you to command. However, the two warships you have now are definitely not enough. I don't know what you think about it!"
Of course Fang Lang understood what General Morais meant, and of course he wanted to reach out to the Americans again. I originally wanted to pretend to be confused, but I figured that pretending to be confused wouldn't solve the problem.
I will directly order myself to talk to the Americans later! Then instead of being embarrassed, why not be more straightforward and say directly:
"General, I have already talked with Vice Admiral Chambers of the US Navy! The result is not ideal."
General Moraes and Colonel Parisi both turned their attention to Fang Lang. Obviously, they did not expect that he had already explored the bottom of the Americans first. And he said it very frankly.
"Oh! What do you mean by not ideal! Tell me!"
"Combining Vice Admiral Chambers' words with my own understanding is that an overly powerful Brazilian navy is not in the interest of the United States."
Fang Lang's words stunned both of them. Colonel Parisi obviously didn't understand what it meant to be inconsistent with the interests of the United States.
But General Moraes's face had already understood what Fang Lang meant. Looking at the young man in front of him, he didn't expect him to say such a thing. He couldn't help but start to look at Fang Lang seriously.
I originally thought that Fang Lang was just a young man with some American background who could use his connections to seek more benefits for Brazil.
As a result, a naval battle made him famous in the Brazilian Navy, and he became the only Brazilian Navy captain with an actual combat kill record in the European war.
Judging from the current sentence, Fang Lang actually has considerable political wisdom. This is really a big surprise.
I just don’t know if he is considering the issue from Brazil’s standpoint. Perhaps, we can take this opportunity to test his position. He also said:
"Oh! Then do you think we should give up?"
"We definitely can't give up directly! Strength cannot come through begging! This time I finally understand that it is impossible to count on the Americans. We can only rely on ourselves."
