It turned out that the Allied Command informed the Brazilian Expeditionary Force of the outstanding performance of the Brazilian destroyer House in escort and its excellent record of sinking four German submarines.
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force Command was extremely excited, especially the Brazilian Navy, which had always lacked a sense of presence in the expeditionary force and was somewhat unknown, and suddenly achieved such an excellent result.
This made the senior naval officers in Brazil ecstatic and proud.
It can be said that from this moment on, the Brazilian Navy is no longer the same fleet as before. Now it has actually fought against the most powerful naval force in the world, and defeated the opponent with a score of zero to four.
In particular, the British Royal Navy sent a special letter of thanks to the Brazilian Navy, thanking the Brazilian destroyer HMS House for extending a helping hand to HMS Harry on the battlefield.
This is a thank you letter from the most powerful navy in the world to the unknown Brazilian Navy! How could the Brazilian Navy officers not laugh out loud?
Almost the entire Brazilian Navy instantly agreed to frame the thank-you letter and put it on display in a museum.
The biggest contributor to this incident, Lieutenant Commander Fang Lang, the only one in the entire Brazilian Navy with a record of sinking a ship in actual combat, will be trained as the future star of the Brazilian Navy.
He skipped the rank of lieutenant colonel, a position that many people could never reach in their lifetime, and became a powerful colonel in the Brazilian Navy. There were even rumors that when Fang Lang returned to China, he would be personally received by the President of Brazil and awarded the country's highest medal of honor.
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Fang Lang, who was a little dizzy after being overwhelmed by Colonel Parisi's good news, finally sorted out his thoughts and reported the difficult situation he encountered to Colonel Parisi.
Unexpectedly, Colonel Parisi smiled bitterly and told him that from now on, his direct superior was no longer Colonel Parisi, but was under the dual leadership of Major General Frederick Crook, Chief of Staff of the Navy General Staff, and Major General Morais, Commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
Colonel Parisi will return to China with the first batch of expeditionary soldiers. The specific time of return will depend on the arrangement of the expeditionary headquarters. Moreover, he may retire directly after returning to his hometown to retire.
As for Fang Lang's concern about whether the submarine would be taken back by Britain and the United States, Parisi gave Fang Lang a personal suggestion, that is, not to return home with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
Instead, he took the initiative to apply to the United States to lead his newly captured German new submarines to help the United States continue to shine on the Pacific battlefield.
In this way, the ownership of the submarine will be diluted. Moreover, Colonel Parisi also hinted to Fang Lang that this kind of voluntary help to the Americans could allow the Americans to support two more new warships.
Most importantly, it can temporarily avoid the impending political storm in Brazil.
After all, according to Colonel Parisi, Fang Lang is no longer the simple destroyer captain.
Instead, he is the youngest colonel officer in the Brazilian Navy and even in the world's navy, and the commander of Brazil's most powerful naval fleet.
Such figures have begun to have a strong influence in the navy camp. Colonel Parisi directly advised Fang Lang not to choose sides easily as long as he had a powerful fleet in his hands and the support of the Americans behind him.
This political storm will not have any impact on him, and may even be a significant help.
Obviously, Colonel Parisi also thinks that he is a natural pro-American. The current Brazilian army is generally pro-American. He is the only Brazilian officer who is known to have clear ties with the United States.
This time, Fang Lang will automatically get a piece of the cake even if he does nothing in the political storm caused by the pro-American military officers who have been baptized by American ideas of freedom and democracy. As for the size of the cake, it depends on Fang Lang's own ideas.
Colonel Parisi's personal suggestion made Fang Lang excited, but the reason why Fang Lang was excited had nothing to do with the political interests that Colonel Parisi mentioned.
Instead, if he really joined the Pacific battlefield, he would have the opportunity to directly participate in the war against Japan, or even a US-led landing against Japan.
This is Mount Fuji on horseback! It’s the dream of all Chinese men! If you have the chance to realize it, how can you refuse it?
Thinking of this, Fang Lang no longer cared about the new submarine! His mind was completely occupied by the horse trampling Mount Fuji. As for the previous idea of not caring about the war and only making money, it was thrown out of the window.
After finishing the communication with Colonel Parisi, Fang Lang reported the news of the new submarine to Major General Friedrich Crook, Chief of the Naval General Staff, and General Moraes, Commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, in accordance with Colonel Parisi's request.
However, he received two different replies. General Moraes implicitly suggested that Fang Lang should not let a new submarine affect his relationship with his allies, and suggested that Fang Lang report the matter directly to the United States to see what the United States' attitude was.
Rear Admiral Crook said that he must take control of the warship, and asked Fang Lang to send the submarine back to Brazil. It seemed that the Navy would take it over directly.
How could Fang Lang ship this new destroyer directly back to Brazil and hand it over to the Brazilian Navy? Wouldn't it be that the Navy would take all the benefits and he would be the one to take the blame? Don't even think about it.
Therefore, Fang Lang directly followed General Moraes' order and contacted Brigadier General Jackson first to explain to him how he obtained this new submarine.
When asked about his opinion on the submarine, Commodore Jackson said that he personally had no objection to its affiliation, but was very pleased that Fang Lang had informed him of the matter.
He also suggested that Fang Lang ask Lieutenant General Chambers for his opinion. Fang Lang had no objection to this. It would be great if he could get the support of a Lieutenant General of the Ming army.
"General Chambers, I am Fang Lang, the captain of the Brazilian Navy's HMS House. I would like to ask for your opinion on something."
"Oh! Fang, I heard about your performance in the Atlantic Ocean. It was quite amazing! What is it that you want to ask my opinion about? Please tell me directly."
General Chambers' tone was quite relaxed. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with Fang Lang's performance and that he himself was a man with a good eye for talent.
"General, thank you for your compliment!"
Fang Lang would not be modest and say anything like "compliment" at this time, after all, foreigners don't like modesty. Then Fang Lang rescued the Harry.
In order to express gratitude, the Harry invited Fang Lang to join in accepting the surrender of the German Navy submarine force. As a result, they captured a new German submarine.
He wanted to seek the US Navy's opinion on this new submarine and whether he could incorporate it into the Brazilian Navy's combat sequence.
Lieutenant General Chambers was silent for a while, then he smiled and said:
"Fang, you didn't simply rescue the Harry!"
Fang Lang didn't know how to respond to Lieutenant General Chambers' words, but Lieutenant General Chambers didn't wait for Fang Lang to answer and continued:
"Don't worry, we have also captured the new submarine you mentioned. Since it is a gift from the British, you can accept it with confidence! As for whether to incorporate it into the Brazilian Navy's combat sequence, what do you think?"
I never expected that the new submarines that were so valuable to me and the Brazilian Navy seemed insignificant in the eyes of the Americans. Actually, this is no wonder.
The United States has its own complete equipment system. It is impossible for this submarine to be directly added to the US Navy's combat sequence just because it is advanced. Its fate is to be dismantled and studied after it is shipped back.
As a capitalist country, if the US military puts the captured submarines into service, wouldn't the US arms companies lose one submarine order? This is absolutely not allowed.
Hearing that General Chambers did not directly agree to incorporate the submarine into the Brazilian Navy's battle sequence, but asked Fang Lang about his own thoughts, Fang Lang's heart moved and said:
"The Brazilian Navy hopes to ship it directly back to Brazil and arrange for personnel to take over, but I personally still hope to bring this submarine under my command."
Lieutenant General Chambers laughed and said:
"You want to build your own navy fleet! Just relying on your one destroyer and one submarine is not a complete navy fleet!"
When Fang Lang heard what Chambers said, he immediately said:
"My two ships are definitely not suitable for building my own fleet. Isn't this because I have the support of General Chambers?"
General Chambers was obviously amused by Fang Lang's words.
"What good things are you thinking! The Germans have surrendered. Do you think the US government will agree to equip you with new warships?"
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