General Crook fell into deep silence for a moment after hearing Fang Lang's words.
Brazilians are not as reserved as Chinese people, and they don't like to hide their words. This is the second time Krook and Fang Lang have come into contact. To be honest, he doesn't know much about Fang Lang.
But today he was really moved by Fang Lang.
Because Fang Lang was right, Fang Lang's record was confirmed by him, and his promotion order was personally announced by him, including the appointment of the commander of the First Fleet, which was also issued by him.
Looking at the sharp-tongued, confident and calm young man in front of him, he felt that he was already old for a moment.
General Crook thought for a while and asked strangely:
"Why are you unwilling to let Mr. Orlando serve as the captain of the aircraft carrier? Having him as the captain does not affect your continuing to serve as the commander of the First Fleet!
We are all very aware of the advantages you mentioned, so we have never thought of removing you from your position as commander of the First Fleet!
You are still the supreme commander of this aircraft carrier battle group! "
Fang Lang was stunned when he said this, what's going on? Wait, let me think about it carefully. General Morais expressed his support for himself as the fleet commander. He is the fleet commander to begin with!
Colonel Berry also said that Orlando wanted to compete for the captain of the aircraft carrier. It seems that he did not say that he wanted to be the commander of the fleet!
Could it be that he made an own mistake?
However, the other party was the captain of a battleship, and he wanted to be transferred to his own aircraft carrier battle group as the captain of the aircraft carrier. He just didn't take the initiative to show his kindness to him when he met him, but he looked arrogant.
This way it will be awesome to be able to listen to your own commands in the future. No, even the aircraft carrier captain cannot accept this guy.
But with this guy's attitude towards himself, he shouldn't really just want to be an aircraft carrier captain, right?
etc! Doesn't this guy think that the aircraft carrier captain is the commander of the aircraft carrier battle group? Is there something wrong with my understanding, or is there something wrong with Orlando's understanding?
Thinking about the opponent's position as battleship captain, it should be possible to interpret the job responsibilities of the aircraft carrier captain as the battle group commander.
It seems that there is indeed some misunderstanding in this matter. Of course, Fang Lang will not explain this misunderstanding to General Crook.
He touched his nose and didn't say that he might have misunderstood. He smiled and said:
"Your Excellency, General, I believe you should be very clear that the main job of an excellent aircraft carrier commander is the operation and training of the aircraft carrier. As for the content of this operation and training, is it the same as that of a battleship?"
These words reminded General Crook that the operation and training of aircraft carriers all revolve around aircraft. This guy Orlando has been fighting for the position of aircraft carrier captain, and I have never heard that he has taken the initiative to learn aircraft dispatching. Relevant knowledge!
Before General Crook could answer, Fang Lang continued:
"The most important thing is that the way a battleship fights is completely different from the way an aircraft carrier fights. If a battleship commander is allowed to command an aircraft carrier, there will be big problems.
If I had to choose, I would rather choose an aviation commander in the Air Force to be the captain, who is more reliable than a battleship commander. "
In fact, this is why American aircraft carrier commanders must have air force service experience.
Another point to note here is that when an aircraft carrier battle group operates, the command ship is often not an aircraft carrier. Of course, management methods vary from country to country.
At least our country has a dedicated command destroyer. After all, during war, aircraft carriers are the primary target of enemy aircraft. They are very dangerous. If a bad command post is directly hit, it will be over.
The command destroyer will not be so obviously the target of enemy aircraft and can command the actions of the entire battle formation very calmly.
The United States is doing the same thing, and France's headquarters seems to be on an aircraft carrier.
A more extreme case would even be to place the command headquarters in a submarine.
Fang Lang's words were equivalent to a clear refusal to let Orlando serve as the aircraft carrier captain of his first fleet. As the direct leader, he did not agree with him to hold this position. If the Navy Department forced the arrangement, it might cause the general to be unhappy. and situation.
General Crook immediately rejected the idea of Orlando serving as the captain of the aircraft carrier.
"Then what you mean is that you still want to serve as the aircraft carrier captain and the fleet commander at the same time, right?"
Originally, General Crook had only two candidates in mind: Fang Lang and Orlando. Now that Fang Lang has rejected Orlando, of course only Fang Lang is left to take on the role himself.
In fact, after Fang Lang discovered that he might have made an own mistake, he didn't care much about whether he would be the captain of the aircraft carrier.
However, having said so many things before and denied Orlando, instead of letting the Navy Department arrange an aircraft carrier captain with whom he is unfamiliar, it is better to train him slowly.
Moreover, Fang Lang himself knew that although he had learned flight scheduling and management in Okinawa. However, there is no real practical experience. If you want to be able to truly assume the responsibility of the aircraft carrier battle group commander.
Aircraft carrier captain is a position that must be experienced.
"Yes, General, to be honest, I studied flight dispatching in Okinawa. But I have never experienced actually commanding aircraft on an aircraft carrier.
If I directly command the aircraft carrier battle group, I am worried that I will have shortcomings. Therefore, I had to personally serve as the commander of an aircraft carrier in order to fully digest and absorb what I learned.
Become a military commander truly capable of commanding an aircraft carrier battle group. "
After saying this, it was once again explained the necessity for Fang Lang to serve as the captain of the aircraft carrier.
After all, an aircraft carrier battle group commander who is not familiar with the operating rules of an aircraft carrier may indeed have problems.
General Crook finally understood why Fang Lang must serve as the captain of the aircraft carrier.
"You are right. It seems that only you can hold the position of captain of this aircraft carrier. After all, this is our first aircraft carrier in Brazil. Many things require a learning and exploration process.
All of us may have taken this position too much for granted before.
Well, today’s meal was a fruitful meal. Do not worry! I support you being the captain of this aircraft carrier.
But you must also find a path that suits us as soon as possible, and then train an aircraft carrier captain of our own.
You can't always hold two jobs without giving the people below you room to improve, right? "
Fang Lang was completely relieved by General Crook's direct statement.
With the recognition of the two giants, General Crook and General Moraes, I believe that the position of the aircraft carrier captain should be stable.
This also means that sand is not mixed in.
After the bauxite mining and fishing companies have a relationship with the two generals, Fang Lang believes that many things will be easier to handle.
By then this first fleet should be able to truly become his own fleet.
There will never be another chance to add sand to it.
Just like General Crook said, today's meal was really rewarding.
Next, General Crook took the initiative to ask about Fang Lang's experience in Okinawa and why he felt that the navy without air superiority felt desperate.
After some conversation, General Crook appreciated Fang Lang even more and became more eager to have his own country's aircraft carrier.
After saying goodbye to Fang Lang, he did not forget to remind him:
"Now that the matters here have been dealt with, we must seize the time to go to the United States to implement the aircraft carrier matter. I hope to hear your good news soon."
Fang Lang's stay in Rio is indeed nothing major. Now, whether it is the automobile industry or the tank division's equipment, Fang Lang no longer needs to be involved.
And now there is a more urgent matter waiting for Fang Lang's participation, and that is the news from Germany that the guy named Paul may soon start to make treasures.
How could such an excavation of treasures be done without your own participation!
Now, because the automobile industry has not consumed the Fang family's funds, it is time to return to Germany and restart negotiations to introduce the machine tool industry.
Therefore, Fang Lang once again submitted a business trip application to the Admiralty and returned to Natal.
Today's Natal has changed a lot from when Fang Lang left, and the cement road on the main road is under construction.
There are police patrolling the streets. For example, when Lang first came to Natal, it felt a lot more prosperous. Now there are people wandering around the streets of Natal at night.
At least it shows that the security situation in Natal is recognized by the local people.
Because the new president is now sworn in, which means the end of martial law, Fang Lang must hand over to the city government before he can leave Natal to do his own business.
Of course, there were actually no specific matters that needed to be handed over. After all, in the beginning, apart from rectifying the police system, Fang Lang did not participate too much in the management of the city government.
The reorganized police system is still managed by the city government, but an additional training system has been added.
Early the next morning, after handling military affairs, Fang Lang drove to the city government building under the protection of several security vehicles.
Mayor Dursley and Speaker Jada Brooke were already waiting outside the government building early.
Seeing Fang Lang's motorcade arriving, the two people hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. They exchanged greetings outside the city hall and went directly to the conference room of the city hall building.
"Mr. Mayor Dursley, Mr. Speaker Brooke, congratulations on your re-election as Mayor of Natal and Speaker."
"This is all thanks to Colonel Fang's governance of Natal. The elimination of gangster forces has freed people from oppression. We in Natal now have our own sugar, tanning, textile, salt and other industries.
Because industry requires a lot of manpower, people who used to have nothing to do have now gone to work in factories. Now that everyone has a job, all the credit goes to us.
Therefore, we easily elected a new mayor and speaker. In fact, we know that these are all your fault. "
Mayor Dursley very humbly gave all the credit to Fang Lang.
Speaker Brooke also nodded repeatedly.
Fang Lang saw the performance of the two people and smiled and said:
"This is what you deserve. I just provided a development idea. Aren't you the ones responsible for the specific implementation? It shows that your efforts have been recognized by people."
As for the specific reasons why the two were elected, Fang Lang didn't care. After all, they were both from local political families. He didn't care even if they took turns being mayor and speaker.
(End of chapter)
