After listening to Fang Lang's words, General Crook fell into deep silence for a moment.
Brazilians are not as reserved as Chinese people, and they don't like to hide what they say. This is the second time Crook has met Fang Lang, and to be honest, he doesn't know much about Fang Lang.
But today he was indeed moved by Fang Lang.
Because what Fang Lang said was correct, Fang Lang's combat record was confirmed by him, and his military rank promotion order was also announced by him personally, including the appointment of the commander of the First Fleet, which was also issued by him.
Looking at the young man in front of him who was sharp-tongued, confident and calm, he suddenly felt that he was old.
General Crook thought for a moment and asked curiously:
"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 continued service as the commander of the First Fleet!
We are well 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!"
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Fang Lang was stunned by this. What's going on? Wait, let me think about it. General Morais expressed his support for him to be the fleet commander. He is the fleet commander!
Colonel Berry also said that Orlando wanted to compete for the captain of an aircraft carrier, but it seems that he did not say that he wanted to be the fleet commander!
Could it be that I made a mistake?
However, the other party was the captain of a battleship, and wanted to transfer to his aircraft carrier battle group to serve as the captain of an aircraft carrier. Not only did he not take the initiative to show goodwill to me when meeting me, but he even acted arrogantly.
There's no way he'll listen to my orders in the future. No, even the captain of an aircraft carrier can't accept this guy.
But with this attitude towards himself, this guy can't really just want to be an aircraft carrier captain, right?
Wait! Does this guy think that the captain of an aircraft carrier is the commander of the aircraft carrier battle group? Is it my understanding or Orlando's understanding that is wrong?
Think about the position of the captain of the enemy's battleship. It should be possible to understand the job responsibilities of the aircraft carrier captain as the commander of the battle group.
It seems that there are indeed some misunderstandings in this matter. Of course, Fang Lang will not explain this misunderstanding to General Crook.
He touched his nose, but didn't say that he might have misunderstood. He smiled and said:
"General, I believe you should be very clear that the main job of an excellent aircraft carrier commander is to operate and train the aircraft carrier. As for the content of this operation and training, are they similar to those of battleships?"
This reminded General Crook that the operation and training of an aircraft carrier all revolve around aircraft. Orlando has been striving for the position of aircraft carrier captain, but I have never heard that he has taken the initiative to learn relevant knowledge such as aircraft dispatch!
Before General Crook could answer, Fang Lang continued:
"The most important thing is that the battleship's fighting style is completely different from the aircraft carrier's fighting style. If a battleship commander is allowed to command an aircraft carrier, there will be big problems.
If I have to choose, I would rather choose an Air Force aviation commander as the captain, which is more reliable than a battleship commander. "
In fact, this is also the reason why American aircraft carrier commanders must have experience in air force service.
One point that needs to be explained here is that when an aircraft carrier battle group is in combat, the command ship is often not an aircraft carrier. Of course, the management methods of different countries are different.
At least our country has special command destroyers. After all, during wartime, aircraft carriers are the primary targets of enemy aircraft. It is very dangerous. If the command center is hit directly, it will be the end of the game.
The command destroyer will not be such an obvious target for enemy aircraft and can command the actions of the entire battle formation very calmly.
The United States is doing the same thing, and the French command center seems to be on an aircraft carrier.
Even more extreme is the placement of the command center in a submarine.
Fang Lang's words were equivalent to a clear refusal to let Orlando serve as the captain of his First Fleet's aircraft carrier. As his direct superior, he did not agree with him taking up this position. If the Navy Department forced the arrangement, it might cause discord between the generals and commanders.
General Crook immediately rejected the idea of having Orlando serve as the captain of the aircraft carrier.
"So you want to be the captain of the aircraft carrier and the commander of the fleet, right?"
Originally, General Crook had two candidates in mind: Fang Lang and Orlando. Now that Fang Lang had rejected Orlando, of course Fang Lang was the only one left to take on the role.
In fact, after Fang Lang discovered that he might have made a mistake, he no longer cared whether he would be the captain of the aircraft carrier.
However, so much has been said before, and Orlando has been rejected. Instead of letting the Navy Department assign an aircraft carrier captain that it is not familiar with, it is better to train him slowly by itself.
Moreover, Fang Lang himself knew that although he had learned flight dispatch and management in Okinawa, he had no real practical experience and wanted to be able to truly take on the responsibilities of the commander of the aircraft carrier battle group.
Being an aircraft carrier captain is a position that one must have experience in.
"Yes, General, to be honest, I learned flight dispatch in Okinawa. But I have never experienced commanding aircraft in combat on an aircraft carrier.
If I were to command an aircraft carrier battle group directly, I was worried that I would have shortcomings. Therefore, I had to serve as the commander of an aircraft carrier myself in order to fully digest and absorb what I learned.
Become a military commander who is truly capable of commanding an aircraft carrier battle group."
After saying this, it also once again explained the necessity of Fang Lang serving as the captain of the aircraft carrier.
After all, problems may indeed arise if a commander of an aircraft carrier battle group is unfamiliar with the rules of aircraft carrier operation.
General Crook also understood why Fang Lang insisted on being the captain of the aircraft carrier himself.
"You are right. It seems that only you can serve as the captain of this aircraft carrier. After all, this is our first aircraft carrier in Brazil. Many things require a process of learning and exploration.
We may have all taken this position for granted before.
Well, today's meal was a great success. Don't worry! I support you to be the captain of this aircraft carrier.
However, 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 have to do two jobs at the same time and not give the people below you room to improve, right?"
Fang Lang was completely relieved by General Crook's direct statement.
With the approval of two giants, General Crook and General Moraes, I believe the position of captain of this aircraft carrier should be secure.
This means that no sand is mixed in.
Once the bauxite and fishery companies have brought the two generals together, Fang Lang believes that many things will be easier.
By then, this First Fleet should truly become his own fleet.
There will never be a chance for anyone to add sand to the mix.
Just as General Crook said, today's meal was really fruitful.
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 would feel desperate.
After a conversation, General Crook admired Fang Lang even more and became more eager to own an aircraft carrier for his own country.
He also reminded Fang Lang:
"Now that we have dealt with things here, we must hurry to the United States to finalize matters concerning the aircraft carrier. I hope to hear good news from you soon."
There was really nothing big for Fang Lang to do if he stayed in Rio. Now, Fang Lang no longer needed to be involved in either the automobile industry or the tank division's equipment.
And now there is a more urgent matter waiting for Fang Lang's participation, that is, news has come from Germany that the guy named Paul may start to take action soon.
How can we avoid our own participation in this kind of treasure-discovery?
Now that the automobile industry has not consumed the Fang family’s funds, they can return to Germany and reopen negotiations on introducing the machine tool industry.
Therefore, Fang Lang submitted another business trip application to the Navy Department and returned to Natal.
Natal today has changed a lot compared to 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 strolling on the streets of Natal at night.
At least it shows that the public security situation in Natal is recognized by the local people.
Because the new president has been sworn in, which means the end of martial law, Fang Lang must hand over the work to the city government before he can leave Natal to do his own thing.
Of course, there was actually nothing specific that needed to be handed over. After all, in the beginning, Fang Lang did not participate too much in the management of the municipal government except for reorganizing the police system.
The reorganized police system is still managed by the municipal government, but an additional training system has been added.
The next morning, after dealing with military affairs, Fang Lang drove to the city hall building under the protection of several security vehicles.
Mayor Dursley and Chancellor Jada Brooke were already waiting outside the government building.
Seeing Fang Lang's motorcade approaching, the two men hurried forward to greet them. After a brief greeting outside the city government, they went directly to the meeting room in the city government building.
"Mr. Mayor Dursley, Mr. Speaker Brooke, congratulations on your re-election as Mayor and Speaker of Natal."
"We have to thank Colonel Fang for his achievements in governing Natal. The gangsters were eliminated and people are no longer oppressed. We in Natal now have our own sugar, leather, textile, salt and other industries.
Because industry requires a large amount of manpower, people who used to have nothing to do have now gone to work in factories. After everyone has a job, all the credit is attributed to us.
That’s why we were able to easily elect the new mayor and speaker. In fact, we know that this is all thanks to you.”
Mayor Dursley was very humble and gave all the credit to Fang Lang.
Speaker Brook also nodded repeatedly.
Fang Lang saw their performance and smiled:
"This is what you deserve. I just provided a development idea. Aren't you the ones who are responsible for the specific implementation? This 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 to be mayor and speaker.
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