When leaving, Brigadier General Jackson did not go with Fang Lang, but was kept behind by Lieutenant General Chambers.
"Jackson, the person you recommended is very good. I am very satisfied with him. I will recommend him to General Marshall!"
Brigadier General Jackson was also very satisfied that the candidate he recommended was favored by Lieutenant General Chambers. He said modestly:
"It's all in the service of His Excellency the General's plan!"
Chambers was very satisfied with Brigadier General Jackson's performance and began to ask for his opinion.
"What kind of destroyers do you think we should provide Brazil with?"
There is actually no final decision on what kind of destroyers to provide to Brazil. At this time, the most advanced destroyer in the United States is definitely the Gearing class. It is impossible to provide such destroyers, of which there are not many in the US Navy, to Brazil. After all, Brazil is not that important.
The main warships equipped by the US Navy now are the Allen Sumner-class destroyers, which number about 70. They are enlarged models of the Fletcher-class destroyers and the best destroyers in World War II. They were not gradually retired from the US Navy until 1975. Many of them were sold to third world countries after retirement, and they were not completely retired until the 1990s.
The largest number of destroyers is of course the Fletcher class, with more than 170 ships, which were the absolute main force in the battle against the Japanese in the South Pacific. It was not until the 1970s that they began to be gradually retired.
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"If we are to provide Brazil with them, my suggestion is that the Fletcher class is enough. After all, this is the destroyer we have the most. If we provide more advanced ones, it is obviously not in the interests of the United States. If they are too backward, it will hurt the feelings of the Brazilians."
After all, Commodore Jackson is an American general. There is no way he would be willing to provide the most advanced warships in the United States to Brazil, even to its British ally.
"Since we have the same idea, I will send a telegram to the country to request the allocation of a Fletcher-class destroyer to the Brazilians. Since the Brazilians have a new type of destroyer, they must join our escort operations on the Atlantic route. I hope our young captain friend can show us his ability. Otherwise, we will not be able to find a better reason to continue to support him in the future."
Lieutenant General Chambers took a deep puff of his cigar and said.
At this time, Fang Lang, who had returned to the Gilas, was calling his crew members to his side one by one, having individual conversations with them, asking if they were willing to serve on the destroyer. After all, the destroyer was to be sent to the front line, and he had to choose those crew members who were willing to fight with him.
Although he served as the captain of the Gilas for only two months, his work ability and the allowances he provided to the crew made many of them his loyal fans.
After an in-depth conversation, twenty crew members of the Gilas were willing to follow Fang Lang to serve on the destroyer, including First Mate De La Torre and Chief Engineer Amar Reina.
Obviously, twenty crew members were just a drop in the bucket for a destroyer that needed more than 350 people. In the next few days, Fang Lang was busy interviewing various people every day, including the fifteen people on the list provided by De La Torre and the people provided by Colonel Parisi.
There were also people led by Lieutenant Colonel Graham. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Graham didn't know that he was now a complete bastard in Fang Lang's mind, and Fang Lang would not let his men in again.
Finally, Fang Lang used Colonel Parisi to get two childhood friends he brought back from São Paulo into his team.
While Fang Lang was forming a destroyer team for himself, in a cigarette factory far away in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Yang Zong and others finally produced several cigarettes with unique flavors based on the ideas provided by Fang Lang.
"Everyone try these cigarettes and see which one you think is the best!"
There were five flavors of cigarettes in front of Yang Zong, all of which were made according to a new production process and with different flavors added.
After trying it, several factory technicians were greatly surprised. They never thought that cigarettes would have such changes after being treated in this way.
"I didn't expect this kind of cigarette to have such a sweet taste, it's amazing!"
"I don't like the sweet one. I like this one. It's mellow enough and has a long aftertaste."
"But I like this light fragrance! It has a floral scent, it smells so good!"
"This rose scent smells better! I will only smoke this kind from now on!"
"Don't you like this mint flavor? I bet it'll be a big hit!"
Everyone was discussing the different feelings about the different flavors of cigarettes. Almost all of them were positive, which made Yang Zong very excited. He directly announced that the cigarette test was successful and began to readjust the production line and formulate a new production process.
Following Fang Lang's instructions, he founded the Good Luck cigarette brand, made new packaging for each flavor of cigarette, and began organizing production.
The acquired newspaper has also begun to re-typeset according to Fang Lang's instructions, renamed "Brazil Times" and distributed throughout Brazil. In the early stage, it was distributed free of charge to government, major schools, hospitals, banks and other places.
Following Fang Lang's guidance, the Brazilian Times often used sensational headlines to attract customers, and the actual content was no longer boring, which was completely different from the current newspapers. Therefore, it quickly gained a foothold in Brazil and only needed to wait for the new printing press purchased by Fang Lang from the United States to arrive, so that it could quickly occupy the Brazilian public opinion position.
Although the Brazilian Times attracted customers with its headlines, it never had any political inclinations and often told news events in a story-telling format, which greatly surprised the Propaganda Department, which had just abolished book and newspaper censorship and began to pay close attention to the development of the Brazilian Times.
After a week of repeated screening, Fang Lang, who was far away in Italy, finally built his own team. Some special positions, such as radar, sonar and other branches that require relatively high professional skills, will be organized to go to the United States with Fang Lang to receive a month-long professional skills training.
A group of twenty people boarded a U.S. military transport plane and arrived at the east coast of the United States. Fang Lang and the new deputy captain De La Torre were sent to the West Point Military Academy in New York, USA, for a one-month pre-job training.
Other crew members were also sent to different locations for training in their respective positions. In the United States, they mainly received training in new technologies such as radar, sonar, fire control, and engine. Others studied on destroyers of the US Navy in Italy.
After arriving in New York, they were taken to a temporary training course at West Point Military Academy by a special car from the U.S. Navy. Because it was only a short-term training, they were not arranged to live on campus. Fortunately, Fang Lang had informed Wan Chongxin before departure and rented a small apartment for the two of them near West Point.
Because the journey was long and took more than thirty hours, it was already midnight when they arrived in the United States, so after packing their luggage, the two fell asleep directly.
The next morning, when Fang Lang was still sleeping soundly, Wan Chongxin had already knocked on Fang Lang's door.
"Boss, good morning! I brought you a special breakfast from Chinatown. I wonder if you have ever eaten it!" After Wan Chongxin entered the house, he casually placed the oil paper bag he brought on the table and took out the contents one by one.
"Hey, Ashin! Are you up so early every day?" Fang Lang glanced at the sun rising outside the window and said in surprise.
"That's definitely not the case. It's just that I haven't seen you for such a long time, and I have a lot of things to report to you. I'm also afraid that you will have to go to class soon, so I can only come here to disturb you before your class."
After saying that, he pushed a bowl of breakfast in front of Fang Lang.
"This is preserved egg and lean meat porridge and fried dough sticks. Would you like to try it?"
"Okay! I haven't eaten these things for a long time. Let's talk while we eat!" Fang Lang looked at the breakfast in front of him, and without being polite, he looked at De La Torre who came out of another room and said:
"Lao De, this is my friend Ashin. Here is the breakfast he brought. Come and have a taste."
After the two nodded to each other, De La Torre sat directly next to Fang Lang, looked at the porridge that Fang Lang pushed in front of him, and started to eat it without hesitation.
He made clicking sounds from time to time, obviously being very satisfied with this breakfast.
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