"Report to the commander, Second Lieutenant Fang Lang of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force is reporting in!" Fang Lang shouted outside the door of Brigadier General Neo Jackson of the US Fourth Fleet. This was what John told Fang Lang when he left Italy first, and Brigadier General Jackson wanted to talk to Fang Lang before he arrived at his post.
"Come in!" A majestic voice came from inside the door.
Fang Lang straightened his appearance again, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door. He saw a tall, blond, blue-eyed, middle-aged man in his fifties sitting behind a large desk, looking up at him.
Fang Lang walked to the desk in standard military posture, saluted and said, "General, Second Lieutenant Fang Lang reports to you!"
Fang Lang was still very nervous at the moment. It was the first time in his two lives that he had met such a senior officer. Although John said that General Jackson was easy to get along with, that was because he had a good father, and he was just a soldier from a third-rate country, not much different from a colonial vassal. If he didn't perform well, he might be sent to a corner.
"I heard from John that you saved his life, right?" Brigadier General Jackson did not let Fang Lang sit down and asked directly.
"General, yes." Fang Lang was worried that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make, so he could only answer whatever was asked.
"Have you always been familiar with him?" Hearing Brigadier General Jackson ask this, Fang Lang understood that he was doubting whether he had other intentions in saving John.
"General, I didn't know him before I rescued him. When he woke up, I was in the same ward with him and realized that it was him I rescued. Then we gradually got to know each other."
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Brigadier General Jackson, who had been staring at Fang Lang's expression, put aside his doubts after hearing Fang Lang's answer.
"I heard from your superiors that you performed very bravely on the front line. Why do you want to be transferred to the Navy Logistics Department?" Brigadier General Jackson once again raised the question in his mind, obviously suspecting that Fang Lang asked John to transfer him to the logistics department because he was afraid of death.
"Reporting to the general, it is mainly because of this injury that I always faint suddenly. John is worried that my body will be in danger in the combat unit, so he recommended me to your command." Fang Lang couldn't say that John did it to repay the life-saving grace. On the battlefield, everyone is in a relationship of you save me and I save you. If the benefactor is transferred to the logistics department because of a life-saving grace, this may make General Jackson feel that John is not mature enough. Of course, Fang Lang thinks that John is immature, but the more immature he is, the more beneficial it is to Fang Lang.
"Will you faint suddenly again now?" Jackson obviously didn't want to have someone under his command who might faint at any time.
"General, I don't know the answer to this question. I haven't fainted for three days. I feel that there is no problem with my physical condition now and I can work at any time." Fang Lang didn't want to be sent back to the hospital and continue lying down.
"Okay! If you feel unwell, you must report it in time, okay?" Jackson was also worried that if Fang Lang had any physical problems with him, John would cause trouble for him.
"Understood, General!" Fang Lang couldn't tell Jackson that his body was in great shape now, he could kill a cow, and he didn't know if it was a sequelae of the time travel, but his physical fitness had at least doubled compared to before, and his thin body was now showing more and more obvious muscles. His spirit was even better, Fang Lang felt that he could last at least three or four days without sleep.
"Then tell me what you can do and I will arrange a job for you." Brigadier General Jackson decided to accept the job of this relative.
"Report to the general, I can speak English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish and Italian, and can also do some basic oral communication. As for the navy-related skills, I can be competent for the shipping work of large transport ships." Fang Lang knows so many languages, of course, it is the knowledge wealth brought to him by two lives. The shipping work of large transport ships is his old profession in his previous life. Of course, the current ships are definitely not as advanced as their ocean-going container ships, but crossing the ocean without relying on automated driving ships is also a necessary skill for their crew. And more than 20 years of ocean-going sailing skills are enough to rival the excellent captains of this era.
Fang Lang's answer obviously surprised Commodore Jackson: "Aren't you the son of a Brazilian farmer? How come you know so many languages and sailing?"
Apparently, Brigadier General Jackson had investigated Fang Lang's background. He didn't expect his answer to be so different from what Brigadier General Jackson had learned. But Fang Lang couldn't say that these were his skills from his previous life! After thinking for a long time, he could only answer weakly: "Uh! General, I learned all these by myself. My dream before joining the army was to own a ship of my own. I wanted to sail to my hometown, China."
"Okay! It looks like I have to assign you another job. First go to the Charles Jose transport ship at the dock and report to Major Raquel Cross! Their transport ship will be returning to the United States soon. I will ask Major Cross to assess you. If you can pass the assessment successfully, I will allocate one of the transport ships we seized to your Brazilian Expeditionary Navy and let you serve as the captain to fulfill your dream of becoming a captain. What do you think?" Brigadier General Jackson was secretly delighted when he heard that Fang Lang was confident that he could handle the shipping work of an ocean-going transport ship.
Because the commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, General Mascarenhas de Moraes, has approached Brigadier General Jackson many times, hoping to arrange a transport ship for the Brazilian Navy so that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force can open its own route between the expeditionary force and Brazil to transport the wounded and fallen soldiers back to Brazil.
There are many captured transport ships now, but the captains they can trust are unwilling to work for the Brazilians alone, and the commodore is not prepared to sell the captured ships to merchants at a low price. If Fang Lang is really qualified to be the captain of an ocean-going transport ship as he said, then it would be like someone giving you a pillow when you want to sleep.
"Yes! General! Thank you for your training, I will never let you down." Fang Lang was ecstatic when he heard that he could be directly allocated a warship to the Brazilian Navy and be the captain after passing the test. Although the transport fleet was often attacked by the German Navy submarine force at this time, every voyage was actually escorted by the naval fleet.
Moreover, given Fang Lang's military rank and qualifications, he should not be assigned a large transport ship, and small transport ships would not be the main target of the German army.
Soon Fang Lang followed the messenger under the arrangement of Brigadier General Jackson and arrived at the Naval Dock in Naples with his transfer order.
In fact, this place is not far from the Naval Hospital, but there are warships moored near the Naval Hospital, and the place where Fang Lang is now is a berth for transport ships.
The Charles George transport ship in front of him was obviously a Liberty Ship that had been in service for no more than two years. The Liberty Ship was actually a type of ship that Fang Lang was very familiar with, because it was so famous. Construction began in 1941, and by the time Germany was defeated and surrendered in 1945, more than 2,700 ships had been built in 18 American shipyards.
Not sure if this ship was an improved version of the Victory, Fang Lang still hoped to board the Victory, because the early Liberty only had an outdated steam engine as its power source, and its speed was only about 11 knots, while the speed of the German submarines reached 17 knots, so if they were discovered by German submarines, they would not be able to escape. The Victory had improved power based on the Liberty, and its speed could reach 18 knots, so at least it would not be caught up by German submarines, and its life would be more secure.
Of course, the Liberty Ships are also armed. Each Liberty Ship has six anti-aircraft guns and one anti-submarine gun, but it is just a psychological comfort. If they really encounter the German Navy, they will definitely have to rely on the escort fleet.
Passing through the crowd who were using lifting equipment to transport supplies, Fang Lang followed the messenger through the gangway and boarded the Liberty Ship that was about to return to the United States to transport strategic materials.
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