Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 122 Return

   On the way from the U.S. Naval Command in Japan to the military port, a heavily armed convoy was led by two Willys jeeps, followed by a Nissan 70 officer's car, followed by two trucks.

  Although all the fighters are equipped with American equipment, they have a cobra armband with a pipe hanging on their arms.

  Yes, this is Fang Lang's team.

  Fang Lang in the car heard what John said, and couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and said:

   "I didn't expect you to make such a big move. You don't have to be sad. I believe that uncle is not the only general who retired. Since he chose to retreat bravely, he must have his own considerations.

  I think this is actually good. Think about it, is the major general in an army of more than 10 million people better, or the colonel in an army of more than one million people?

  I think your father is really a shrewd person. He used his retirement to send you to a higher position. You must not let him down! "

  John looked Fang Lang up and down carefully before saying:

   "Fang, chatting with you always allows me to discover problems from different angles. I have to say that your analysis is very reasonable. Now I am in a much better mood."

  Fang Lang didn't want to continue discussing the matter of General Clark's retirement, after all, it wasn't a happy thing.

   "Then now, shouldn't you show me the warship you prepared for me?"

  Hearing Fang Lang's words, John smiled, and directly took out a file bag from his briefcase and said:

   "According to the decommissioning plan, the number of the first batch of decommissioned warships is quite large. But you must also understand that the latest and best warships will definitely not be decommissioned directly now.

  So, I can only find you the best warship among the first batch of decommissioned warships, I hope you can understand. "

   Fang Lang had expected this situation, and the first to be eliminated must be the worst. If you choose the best from the worst, you can only choose the general from the dwarfs.

   "No problem, I trust your eyesight. I only wear eyes when I come here today. If you let me see the ship, I will see that ship."

  Fang Lang said this not to mean that he was really completely resigned to John's arrangements, but based on his understanding of John, the more he expressed his trust in John, the less John would let him suffer.

   He will never really make the decision for Fang Lang. After all, this is not a private matter between two people, but a major event between two countries.

  According to normal procedures, for such a big matter, it is definitely not that Fang Lang can directly decide which warship to want, but a huge investigation team should be sent to conduct a detailed inspection of each warship.

   Then, after lengthy discussions, the target warship is finally determined.

  However, in this special period, domestic affairs are too busy.

  The Ministry of the Navy is obviously not in the mood. The most important thing is to delay this matter for too long, and to cut the mess quickly and drive the warship back.

   And the U.S. military obviously knows the current situation, and the relationship between Fang Lang and John must be clear, otherwise, how could it be so coincidental to arrange for John to meet Fang Lang!

  Actually, according to Fang Lang's mind, he hopes to wait until the domestic situation becomes clear before taking over the warship.

  Because General Dutra, who overthrew President Vargas, is also a pro-American figure.

  Once it is determined that General Dutra will rule Brazil, then the support of the United States for Brazil will definitely be different from what it is now.

   Judging from the fact that the United States was able to promote Brazil to become the fourth permanent member of the United Nations besides the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom after General Dutra came to power, the United States should treat Brazil as its own son.

   Of course, this proposal was not adopted in the end.

  Think about how absurd this proposal is. Regardless of whether Britain will agree, Brazil is obviously the younger brother of the United States and has no corresponding political status at all.

  Based on the position of the Soviet Union at the time, it was impossible for this matter to have the slightest hope.

   Maybe someone is wondering if it is not the five permanent members? How did it become three?

  The reason is that after the United States proposed that Brazil was opposed by Britain and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom proposed France as the fourth permanent member for the benefit of Europe.

  At that time, Charles de Gaulle in France was very anti-American, so the Soviet Union directly voted in favor, thus becoming four permanent members of the Security Council. Obviously, the four countries tend to have the same number of votes when they vote.

   This is how the current Wuchang came into existence, of course this is a long way off.

   From this, it can be seen that the relationship between the United States and Brazil was very good during General Dutra's administration.

  Of course, the reason why the Brazilian military wants to receive warships as soon as possible is that the military is not sure that General Dutra will be able to succeed.

  As a latecomer, Fang Lang knows history, but he can't say that I know that the army is about to succeed in a coup d'etat!

   Therefore, it can only be carried out according to the order of the Ministry of the Navy, and come to receive the warship.

  John really did as Fang Lang thought, took out two documents from the file bag and said:

   "I have already selected other warships directly for you, but this Cleveland-class cruiser has decommissioned a total of five ships this time. I am hesitant between the two warships. You should see for yourself and make a decision!"

  After listening to John's words, Fang Lang was not polite, and directly picked up two documents to check. After all, this is his future flagship, so he can't be sloppy.

  Although the Cleveland-class cruisers in the United States are light cruisers, their displacement has reached 12,000 tons, even surpassing many heavy cruisers.

  The ship is 180 meters long, 20 meters wide, and has a maximum speed of 32.5 knots.

  During the war, due to the lack of aircraft carriers, the U.S. military directly converted the nine unfinished Cleveland-class cruisers on the berth into Independence-class light aircraft carriers.

   From here, it can be seen that the Cleveland-class cruiser is a big guy.

  And the reason why John let Fang Lang decide for himself is also very simple, two Cleveland-class cruisers.

   One was built in the first batch in the early days. Because it is experimental in nature, the warship has many defects. But it was very lucky during the war, it didn't receive any damage, it was a lucky warship.

  The other one is newly built, and many early defects have been improved. It's a pity that I was hit by a kamikaze plane once in the Pacific naval battle. Fortunately, the injury was very light. After returning to the factory for repairs, I just returned to the army and the war was over.

   Seeing these two warships, Fang Lang hesitated a little. In fact, the navy is quite superstitious. The lucky attribute of the first warship is very pleasing.

  But the defects of the warship made Fang Lang very entangled. Fang Lang looked at the two documents again and again, and finally chose the latest one.

  Although he was slightly injured, fortunately the location of the injury is not important. And has been completely fixed without any impact.

  Fang Lang really wanted to learn the American way of building ships on this warship.

   Seeing that Fang Lang had chosen his target, John was relieved, and he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

   In this way, the two have not yet arrived at the port, and the future warships of the Brazilian Navy's First Fleet have basically been determined.

  The rest of the thing is basically a cutscene. After the two visited several warships, John dragged Fang Lang to see the other warships that he had not selected.

   And commented and analyzed each warship. After all, it was from a naval family. The warships John selected for Fang Lang were indeed generals drawn from dwarfs.

  In order to express my gratitude, I did not return to Tokyo that night, but under the guidance of John, I had a good experience of the Japanese izakaya culture in Yokosuka.

   These are two completely different styles from what Fang Lang experienced in his previous life. When Fang Lang walked into the private room of the izakaya under the guidance of a petite Japanese girl in a kimono.

  Two Japanese girls, also wearing kimonos standing by the sliding door, knelt on the ground, beckoned Fang Lang to lift his feet, and lightly hugged Fang Lang's legs in his arms and took off his military boots

   John, who looked at the other side, had a calm expression, obviously not like Fang Lang who had never seen the world at all.

   "Hey John, you should have brought me here sooner, you know?"

   "Don't you already have Lilith? What do you want to do here?"

   "Didn't you invite me to drink? It doesn't matter."

   "But you just told me that you won't go back tonight."

   "I came to you, I must follow your arrangement! Where should I go back?"

   "Fang, you look like me when you are shameless! Haha"

   "It is impossible for an upright person like me to be corrupted by beauty. If you don't believe me, you can call some more to test me."

  Both of them laughed. On such an occasion, they would definitely not talk about business.

  As good brothers, it was the first time that we came together in such a cool place. Fang Lang unconsciously felt that his relationship with John had taken another step.

   No wonder people say that there are four irons in life! It really makes sense!

  In the early morning of October 16, before the mist in Tokyo Bay cleared, the First Fleet of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force led by Fang Lang had already set off from the Yokosuka Naval Base.

  They need to join the House from Osaka and the supply ship full of trophies, take the marines to Hawaii and then return to Brazil.

  As for the reason for going to Hawaii, Fang Lang wanted to join the first batch of immigrant ships from his hometown.

  (end of this chapter)