At dawn the next day, Fang Lang received an order from the Brazilian Navy: take all crew members to the dock at nine o'clock in the morning for the ship-handing ceremony.
Fang Lang did not dare to neglect it. After organizing his team, he lined up neatly at the dock. There were already navy comrades on the dock making on-site arrangements. The boat was hung with ribbons and the name of the ship, "Gillas", was sprayed on the head of the bed.
Fang Lang didn't understand the naming rules of the Brazilian Navy, but he could see that the ship was named after a person. He would be the captain of the Gilas from now on. He was actually a little excited. After all, this was the first time he became a formal captain in his two lives. Although the tonnage of the ship was not even a fraction of the container ship he worked on in his previous life, he was still a formal captain, wasn't he?
Fang Lang's team lined up neatly beside the ship, waiting for the commissioning ceremony to begin. Everyone was looking at the battlefield where they were about to fight, and everyone had a different feeling in their hearts.
Soon it was nine o'clock in the morning. Several naval officers, led by Colonel Attilio Parisi, came to the ship at the dock. No one expected that Colonel Parisi would come in person to attend the commissioning ceremony of a simple transport ship.
A lieutenant colonel walked up to the team led by Fang Lang and others and shouted, "Fang Lang, step out!"
Fang Lang followed the etiquette of the US military instructor training and came to the front of the lieutenant colonel. He heard the lieutenant colonel say: "According to the Order No. 101 of the Brazilian Naval Expeditionary Force Command, Ensign Fang Lang, who is brave and courageous, skilled in ship handling, has successfully passed the assessment and is appointed as the captain of the Brazilian Naval Expeditionary Fleet Gilas. He is also promoted to lieutenant. Order of the Brazilian Naval Expeditionary Fleet Command."
Fang Lang was stunned. What was going on? He had just been promoted from a sergeant to a second lieutenant, and he hadn't made any achievements! How could he become a lieutenant? He was only 20 years old! Would it be bad to be such a young lieutenant? Is it so easy to be promoted in the Brazilian army? He didn't have time to think about it, and he stood at attention and saluted to receive the order.
He looked at Colonel Attilio Parisi who was not far away. He saw the colonel smiling, his eyebrows twitching, and nodding slightly, obviously telling Fang Lang that it was his credit. Fang Lang suddenly understood and couldn't help but deeply agree with the noble character of these Brazilian officers who did things for money.
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Seeing that the lieutenant colonel had changed the original one flower on his shoulder strap to two, he suddenly realized that he probably thought he was buying a flower because he had told him he was going to compensate for the flower he had stepped on. He couldn't help but admire the colonel's imagination and felt inferior to him.
Soon the colonel began to lecture again. Fortunately, it was wartime, so everything was kept simple. The ceremony was over in less than half an hour. If it were normal times, Fang Lang would probably not have finished without cramping in his calves.
After the ceremony, the Gilas cargo ship officially belonged to Fang Lang. After arranging the crew members to board the ship in order, he gathered all the crew members on the deck and began his first speech on the ship.
After waiting for the soldiers to line up and salute each other, Fang Lang slowly spoke: "Brothers, from now on, we will live on this ship and truly become brothers in the same boat. Today I will only say one thing, that is, from now on, it is not allowed for lower-level soldiers to bribe and give gifts to superiors on my ship. Once discovered, both parties will be sent to the military court. There is absolutely no mercy. Of course, I also understand the difficulties in your life, so from now on, I will give you a certain allowance every month based on your performance and work achievements. This allowance is in addition to the military salary. The amount of the allowance will vary according to your position and rank. The minimum is 20 US dollars per month and the maximum is 100 US dollars per month. Of course, I will only give you the allowance if your performance meets my requirements. Please don't spread the news that I give you allowances. After all, other troops don't have this kind of allowance. When the time comes, the superior will directly hand over my income, and you won't have any allowances to take. And I only have three requirements for everyone. The first is obedience, the second is obedience, and the third is fucking obedience. Do you understand?"
When the soldiers heard about this good news, they were so happy that they shouted in unison: "Got it!"
This time, Fang Lang didn't even need to repeat the sound; it already hurt his eardrums.
After Fang Lang announced the disbandment, the soldiers were talking about it.
"Brother, do you think what the captain said is true?"
"Are you saying that gifts are not allowed? That's hard to say. Is there any place in our Brazilian army where gifts are not needed? Captain, if he doesn't accept gifts himself, it's inevitable that other officers won't accept them either!"
"The captain has already said that I can't send it, so I won't. Isn't it better for me to spend my own salary? If the officers have any objections, tell them to go to the captain."
"That's right. If I see an officer accepting a gift, I will report it to the captain and see if the captain will actually send them to a military court."
"I feel the captain is serious. Let's observe and see. If we can really not send him, then our future life will be better."
"Don't worry! I heard that the captain's backer is an American. The captain asked the Americans for this ship directly! General Morais approached the Americans many times but they refused. In the end, the Americans agreed to allocate this transport ship to us just for the captain's sake."
"Wow! Bro, you are so well-informed, are you serious?"
"Tsk, who are you looking down on? I'm telling you my information is absolutely reliable, but I can't tell you where it came from."
"That would be great. With the support of the Americans, the captain will definitely be able to do what he says. At least on our ship, he has the final say. Then we will have a good life in the future. We will get allowances if we perform well! Then we will be treated the same as American soldiers."
"That's right! Other officers would extort money from their subordinates, but the captain not only doesn't extort money from us, he also gives us allowances. I've never heard of such a good officer before."
"Don't spread the word about this kind of thing! If that happens, the brothers from other ships will try every means to squeeze onto our ship, squeezing out our own spots, which will be troublesome."
"If I can't promote it, then I won't promote it. But I will follow this good leader. I will go wherever he tells me to go and I will obey him absolutely."
"Didn't the commander say that all we are asked to do is obey, obey, and obey again. I'm afraid our days ahead will be difficult."
"It's not easy, but you can choose not to! Just apply for transfer. If you dare to disobey the captain's orders, I will deal with you first without the captain having to do anything!"
"That's right. We will firmly support the leadership of Mr. Captain from now on. If anyone dares to do bad things, I will shoot him in the back."
Everyone was talking about it, and generally speaking, they were all good things. But Fang Lang didn't mind everyone's comments. Even if they didn't agree, they had to follow his orders, because this was not any other place, this was the army, and obeying orders was their duty.
Even if someone dared to disobey his orders, Fang Lang had plenty of ways to deal with him. In fact, this was because the Brazilian army did not have political commissars, and Brazilians had not studied the history of Fang Lang's motherland. If any modern person knew that Fang Lang paid for soldiers' allowances privately, they would report it to the higher authorities and Fang Lang would be shot.
This kind of behavior is a way to buy the hearts of the soldiers. At that time, will the soldiers listen to the country or Fang Lang? I remember that Yuan Datou used this trick when he was training troops in Xiaozhan, Tianjin. Everyone only knew that Yuan Datou didn't know the Qing court, and finally let Yuan Datou sit in the top seat.
That is to say, Brazil's history is too short, there is no historical background, and everyone does not quite understand the twists and turns here. However, Fang Lang, the instigator, knows it clearly in his heart, but he can't say it!
Fang Lang was leading the ship's management staff to familiarize themselves with various parts of the ship according to the ship's manual. Since many parts were in Italian, no one understood what they meant. Fang Lang could only ask his superiors for a translator to put Portuguese labels on the locations of various function switches on the ship to avoid damage to the ship due to incorrect operations.
Next, everyone’s main task is to familiarize themselves with the various equipment and functional areas on the ship, and eat and live on the ship every day.
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