On the way from the U.S. Naval Command in Japan to the military port, a heavily armed convoy was led by two Willys Jeeps, followed by a Nissan 70 officer's car, followed by two trucks.
Although all the soldiers are equipped with American equipment, there is a cobra armband with a pipe in its mouth hanging on the arms of the soldiers.
Yes, this is Fang Lang's team.
After hearing John's words, Fang Lang in the car couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and said:
"I didn't expect that your actions would be so big, so you don't have to feel sad. I believe that my uncle is not the only general who retreated. Since he chose to retreat bravely, he must have had his own considerations.
I think this is actually fine. Think about it, which major general in an army of more than 10 million people is more powerful, or a colonel in an army of more than one million people?
I think your father is really a shrewd man. He used his retirement to send you to a higher position. You must not let down his hard work! "
John looked Fang Lang up and down carefully before saying:
"Fang, chatting with you always allows me to discover problems from different angles. I have to say that your analysis is very reasonable. Now I feel much better."
Fang Lang didn't want to continue discussing the matter of General Clark's retirement. After all, it was not a happy thing.
"Then now is it time for you to show me the warship you prepared for me?"
John smiled when he heard Fang Lang's words, took out a file bag from his briefcase and said:
"According to the retirement plan, the first batch of retired warships will be quite large. But you must also understand that the latest warships with the best condition will definitely not be retired directly now.
Therefore, I can only find the best warships among these first batch of retired warships. I hope you can understand. "
Fang Lang had anticipated this situation, and the first to be eliminated would definitely be the worst. If you choose the best from the worst, you will definitely be able to choose the general from the dwarfs.
"No problem, I trust your vision. I came here today with only my eyes. If you ask me to look at that boat, I will look at that boat."
When Fang Lang said this, he didn't mean that he really let John's arrangements go, but based on his understanding of John, the more he expressed his trust in John, the less John would let him suffer.
He will never really make the decision for Fang Lang. After all, this is not a private matter between two people, but a major matter between two countries.
According to normal procedures, for such a big matter, Fang Lang would not be able to directly decide which warship to buy. Instead, a large inspection team should be sent to conduct a detailed inspection of each warship.
Then, after lengthy discussions, the target warship can be finally determined.
However, in this special period, domestic affairs are too busy.
The Admiralty is obviously not in the mood and has delayed this matter for too long. The most important thing is to cut through the mess quickly and send the warship back.
The U.S. military is obviously aware of the current situation, and the relationship between Fang Lang and John must also be clear. Otherwise, how could it have arranged for John to connect with Fang Lang by such a coincidence!
In fact, according to Fang Lang's idea, he hoped to wait until the domestic situation became clear before taking over the warship.
Because General Dutra, who overthrew President Vargas, was also a pro-American figure.
Once it is determined that General Dutra will govern Brazil, the intensity of US support for Brazil will definitely be different from what it is now.
Judging from the fact that the United States was able to promote Brazil to become the fourth permanent member of the United Nations Security Council after the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom after General Dutra came to power, the United States should treat Brazil as its own son.
Of course, this proposal was not approved.
Just think about it and you know how ridiculous this proposal is. Regardless of whether the UK will agree to it, Brazil is obviously the younger brother of the United States and has no corresponding political status at all.
With the Soviet Union's position at the time, it was impossible to give this matter the slightest hope.
Maybe some people are surprised that there are not five permanent members? Why are there three?
The reason is that after the United States proposed Brazil and was rejected by Britain and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom proposed France as the fourth permanent member for the benefit of Europe.
At that time, France's Charles de Gaulle was very anti-American, so the Soviet Union directly voted in favor, thus becoming four permanent members. It was obviously easy for the four countries to have an equal number of votes when voting.
Therefore, in exchange for agreeing to France's membership in the Security Council, the United States proposed that the then pro-American Chiang Kai-shek regime be the fifth permanent member.
This is how we have the current Wuchang. Of course, we are going too far here.
From this we can see that the relationship between the United States and Brazil was very good during General Dutra's administration.
Of course, the reason why the Brazilian military wants to receive the warship as soon as possible is that the military is not sure that General Dutra will succeed.
As a latecomer, Fang Lang knew history, but it was impossible for him to say that he knew that the army was about to succeed in a coup!
Therefore, we can only follow the orders of the Navy Department and come to receive the warships.
As expected, John pulled out two pieces of information from the file bag and said:
"I have already chosen other warships directly for you, but a total of five Cleveland-class cruisers have been retired this time. I am a little hesitant between the two warships. You should make a decision yourself!"
After hearing John's words, Fang Lang was not polite and directly picked up the two documents to check them. After all, this was his future flagship and he couldn't be careless.
Although the American Cleveland-class cruiser is a light cruiser, its displacement reaches 12,000 tons, even exceeding many heavy cruisers.
The ship is 180 meters long, 20 meters wide, and has a maximum speed of 32.5 knots.
During the war, due to the lack of aircraft carriers, the US military directly converted nine unfinished Cleveland-class cruisers on the dock into Independence-class light aircraft carriers.
From here you can see that the Cleveland-class cruiser is a big guy.
The reason why John let Fang Lang decide on his own was also very simple, two Cleveland-class cruisers.
One of the first ships was built in the early days. Because it was experimental in nature, the warship had many flaws. But she was very lucky during the war and did not receive any damage. It was a lucky warship.
The other one is the latest one built, and many early defects have been improved. Unfortunately, it was hit by a kamikaze plane during the Pacific Naval War. Fortunately, the injury was very minor. It was returned to the factory for repairs and the war ended just after returning to the army.
Seeing these two warships, Fang Lang was a little hesitant. In fact, the navy is quite superstitious, and the lucky attribute of the first warship is very pleasing.
However, the warship's shortcomings made Fang Lang very entangled. Fang Lang looked at the two documents again and again, and finally chose the newly built one.
Although he suffered a minor injury, fortunately the location of the injury was not important. and has been completely repaired without any impact.
Fang Lang really wanted to learn the American shipbuilding ideas on this warship.
Seeing that Fang Lang had chosen his target, John was relieved that he no longer had to worry about it.
In this way, before the two of them arrived at the port, they had basically determined the future warships used by the Brazilian Navy's First Fleet.
The rest of the matter was basically just a formality. After the two of them visited several warships, John dragged Fang Lang to look at several other warships that he had not selected.
He also commented and analyzed each warship. After all, he came from a naval family, and the warships John selected for Fang Lang were indeed generals drawn from the dwarf.
In order to express my gratitude, I did not return to Tokyo that night. Instead, under the guidance of John, I experienced the Japanese izakaya culture in Yokosuka.
This is a completely different style from what Fang Lang experienced in his previous life, when Fang Lang walked into the private room of the izakaya under the guidance of a petite Japanese girl wearing a kimono.
Two Japanese girls, also wearing kimonos and standing by the sliding door, knelt on the ground, motioned for Fang Lang to lift his feet, gently held Fang Lang's legs in their arms and took off his military boots.
Feeling the soft touch on his legs and the deep ravine at the neckline of the kimono, Fang Lang couldn't help but swallow hard.
John looked to the other side with a calm expression, obviously not like Fang Lang who had never seen the world at all.
"Hey! John, you should have brought me here sooner, you know?"
"Don't you already have Lilith? What else do you want to do here?"
"Didn't you invite me to drink? What does it matter?"
"But you just told me you wouldn't go back tonight."
"I came to you, and I must have followed your arrangements! Where should I go back?"
"Fang, you are very shameless like me! Haha..."
"It is impossible for an upright person like me to be corrupted by something like beauty. If you don't believe me, you can call me more to test me."
"So this is your true face. Can you please take your hands out of the girl's top when you say you are upright?"
"John, you bastard, don't think I didn't see where your hands were already."
Both of them laughed. In this kind of situation, the two of them would definitely not discuss business matters.
As good brothers, this was the first time we had been together in such a cool place. Fang Lang unconsciously felt that his relationship with John had taken another step forward.
No wonder people say there are four irons in life! It really makes sense!
In the early morning of October 16th, the mist in Tokyo Bay had not yet dissipated, and the first fleet of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force led by Fang Lang had already set off from Yokosuka Naval Base.
They need to first join the USS House and the supply ship full of loot from Osaka, and take the Marines with them to Hawaii and then back to Brazil.
As for the reason for going to Hawaii, Fang Lang wanted to join the first batch of immigrant ships departing from his hometown.
