If he thought that if he was no longer the captain of the Gilas, the person most likely to take over the position of captain would be the first mate De La Torre. Given his relationship with De La Torre, it wouldn't actually have much of an impact if he became the captain. Moreover, if he was promoted, his subordinates would also be promoted with him, which was also a good thing.
So Fang Lang tried to speak in a calm tone:
"It's a pity that you overestimate my ability. I wonder if De La Torre will be the captain of the Gilas."
Obviously, the Brazilian military does not value ability now, and background is much more important than ability.
"From what I understand, Mr. De La Torre is not competent enough to serve as captain."
Fang Lang still didn't give up and asked:
"That means we're going to transfer another captain from the navy, right?"
Considering that the Gilas was taken from the Americans by Fang Lang after all, General Morais also said that the captain of the Gilas transport ship should respect Fang Lang's opinion.
Unfortunately, Graham doesn't think that this kind of thing requires Fang Lang's opinion. As a soldier, he would only waste time talking to you in order to get you to get a warship from the Americans.
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But if you want to take away the Brazilian Navy's own transport ship, you won't ask for your opinion as a captain. Just express your attitude clearly in the form of an order.
"Okay! I don't think there's any need to hide this from you. You'll know it soon! The new captain of the Gilas will be the second mate, Mr. Norobotru Findis, and Mr. De La Torre will continue to serve as the first mate, assisting Mr. Findis."
Hearing what Lieutenant Colonel Graham said, Fang Lang was so angry that he laughed. It turned out that I was the clown all along. Fang Lang, who thought that Lieutenant Colonel Graham and I were friends, saw through Graham's face and the ugly way he ate.
From the first time Fang Lang organized all the crew members of the Gilas to introduce themselves, Fang Lang already knew that Findis, the second mate who transferred from the logistics department, was obviously Lieutenant Colonel Graham's man. Fang Lang only thought that the other party came to monitor him, but he didn't expect that he was waiting to pick peaches.
Now that he had seen through it, Fang Lang didn't want to continue to be entangled with Graham, so he directly asked to see him off.
"Then I understand! Mr. Lieutenant Colonel Graham, I will seriously consider your suggestion. It's late today, I will go back to rest first! Good night!"
Seeing that he had not achieved his goal and might have even made an enemy of Fang Lang, Lieutenant Colonel Graham was a little annoyed. He wanted to continue chatting with Fang Lang. But a voice in English interrupted Graham's thoughts.
"Excuse me, who is Fang Lang, Lieutenant Fang?"
This made Lieutenant Colonel Graham even more angry. Couldn't he see that he was communicating with Fang Lang? This was really rude. He turned around and scolded him, but he saw that it was a major of the US Army. He quickly suppressed his unhappiness and pointed at Fang Lang and said:
"Hello, Major! This is Fang Lang, but he is no longer a lieutenant. He is now a captain."
The American major shrugged and looked at Fang Lang and said, "I'm sorry, please don't mind. I'm Jack from the U.S. Navy Logistics Department, and I've been ordered to take you to see Commodore Jackson."
This was a timely relief for Fang Lang, who wanted to stay away from Lieutenant Colonel Graham. Fang Lang quickly said:
"Hello, I'm Fang Lang. I'll go with you now."
After saying that, he didn't say goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel Graham beside him, and left directly with the American major. This made Graham unhappy, and he was still thinking in his heart, saying that he was not familiar with the Americans and the relationship was not close enough, so what was going on now? Just after returning, someone came to pick you up. Isn't this just burning newspapers at the grave - fooling ghosts!
There was no conversation along the way. Fang Lang was taken directly to a heavily guarded residential area by the Willys Jeep of the US Army Major. It seemed that this was a more private meeting. Fang Lang felt more relaxed because they were no longer meeting in the office.
After pushing the door open and entering, he saw Brigadier General Jackson in pajamas, sitting on the sofa next to the fireplace, holding a cigar in his hand, puffing away. When he saw Fang Lang coming in, he did not stand up, but pointed directly at the sofa next to him and said:
"Come on, come and sit here!"
This kind of relaxed environment can bring the two closer together. Fang Lang certainly won't foolishly follow the military style. He casually looked around the house and said:
"Uncle, this is a really nice house of yours. Is it your own or it belongs to the army?"
Brigadier General Jackson took a look at Fang Lang's attitude and smiled slightly.
"Of course it's for the military. Why would I buy a house in Italy? Why do you want to buy one to hide your mistress?"
Fang Lang really likes the location and structure of this house, and he must own a property of his own in Italy in the future.
"Hehe... Uncle Jackson really understands me! I do have this idea. The war will eventually end. It would be nice to buy a property in such a beautiful place and come here for a vacation when I have nothing to do!"
Brigadier General Jackson also understood Fang Lang's idea of buying a property and couldn't help but joked:
"Your vacation was fake, but you were really arranging a date with a girl. Don't tell me that you didn't take the most beautiful nurse in our Navy Hospital!"
This relaxed atmosphere made Fang Lang feel very relaxed. He thought that since Brigadier General Jackson lived here, it meant that he also liked it here. Why not give him a house? Wouldn't it be a step closer for them to be neighbors?
"Hehe... Of course, with my handsome appearance, I must get the most beautiful flower! I wonder if the houses here can be purchased now? I will buy two and leave one for uncle. When the war is over, uncle can bring aunt over to see the kingdom that uncle has built for her!"
I didn't expect Fang Lang to be so generous as to buy me a house. Although I didn't lack these things, his kindness was still very satisfying. It was worth recommending him.
"It seems like you have made a lot of money recently!"
Hearing that Brigadier General Jackson did not explicitly refuse, Fang Lang knew what he should do. He was never afraid of being at a disadvantage, but was afraid that others would not accept his gifts.
"This is all thanks to your care, uncle. I don't have the ability to do this on my own!"
Seeing that Fang Lang was smart enough not to continue to dwell on the property issue, Brigadier General Jackson smiled and said:
"You need to transfer some of your business skills to the military, otherwise such a smart mind wouldn't be wasted, right?"
Brigadier General Jackson's words made Fang Lang's heart move. It seemed that Jackson's initiative to meet him today was related to the Brazilian Navy's idea! He took the opportunity to tell him the news of his promotion.
"Oh! Uncle, don't underestimate me! I am now a captain! And there is news that the expeditionary force headquarters will award me the rank of major tomorrow!"
Jackson was originally thinking that Fang Lang's rank was not high enough and it would be difficult to support him, but he suddenly told him that he would be a major soon! Is it so easy to get promoted in the Brazilian army?
"What's going on? Weren't you only a lieutenant before you returned to Brazil? How come you were promoted twice so quickly?!"
Fang Lang did not hide anything and gave Brigadier General Jackson a brief account of what had happened.
"Hey! This is also thanks to my uncle. I accidentally caught two Japanese spies when I returned to Brazil. I heard that it was the first espionage case uncovered after China joined the war! Therefore, the country attaches great importance to it and sent a special telegram to commend me. The expeditionary force is preparing to promote my rank to major!"
Brigadier General Jackson was very surprised to hear that Fang Lang had actually caught a Japanese spy.
"You also have the ability to catch spies?"
Seeing Brigadier General Jackson's shocked expression, Fang Lang felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to have been too pretentious, so he quickly explained:
"I was just lucky. I saw the wanted posters of two spies and happened to bump into one of them. I recognized him at first sight! This is such a good thing that came right to my doorstep! I am helpless too!"
Fang Lang's words made Brigadier General Jackson a little bit amused and helpless. He pointed at Fang Lang with his finger holding the cigar and said:
"You are taking advantage of me, kid!"
As soon as he heard Brigadier General Jackson say that he had gotten an advantage, he immediately complained about the grievance he had just suffered at the hands of Graham.
"Uncle, you are wrong. This is not a good thing. My rank has been promoted, but my position will be changed soon! The transport ship you assigned to me will be taken away by these bastards! I am so angry!"
The expression of a child who had been wronged made Jackson laugh out loud:
"Haha... kid, I didn't give you this transport ship. It was allocated by the US Navy to the Brazilian Navy. It has nothing to do with me."
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