Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 190 Naval colleagues

  In fact, it turned out that Fang Lang didn't know the strength of the Brazilian Navy, but he gradually gained a general understanding of the strength of the Brazilian Navy during his exchanges with Colonel Parisi, Colonel Tiche, and his own de la Torre.

  In addition to these two battleships owned by the Brazilian Navy, the most advanced battleship is the Bahia-class light cruiser, which was also ordered by the Brazilian government from the United Kingdom.

  The British built according to the specifications of the British reconnaissance cruiser Explorer, a total of two ships (Bahia and Rio Grande Doso), also veterans who participated in World War I.

   Unfortunately, there is only one left now. Because the Bahia was in the process of performing a fixed-point rescue mission for the US transatlantic transport plane after the war ended, specifically on July 4, 1945.

During the routine live-ammunition air-to-air shooting training, after a gunner operating a 20mm anti-aircraft gun hit the target drone, he didn't know whether he was greedy for success or addicted to it. Chase hard.

  Who would have thought that because the target plane fell in the direction of the ship, the shells fired by the gunner unfortunately hit the depth charges arranged on the ship. After a strong explosion, the Bahia sank to the bottom of the sea.

  Except for the remaining cruiser Rio Grande Doso, the Brazilian Navy only has eight old destroyers from World War I left.

   In other words, the current Brazilian Navy, except for Fang Lang's First Navy Fleet, has only eleven old-fashioned warships in total.

However, Fang Lang's First Fleet has one of the latest American Cleveland-class cruisers, three Fletcher-class destroyers, one Xiaosha-class submarine, one of Germany's most advanced U-shaped submarines, and two U.S. military gifts. tank landing ship.

   There are eight warships in total, and all of them are advanced warships that have just experienced World War II. Their combat effectiveness is not the same as that of the original old warships of the Brazilian Navy.

   This naturally made the other generals of the Brazilian Navy jealous, wishing they could carve up the warships of the First Fleet.

  It is a pity that the Navy General Staff is not willing to separate the warships of the First Fleet.

   This also caused Fang Lang to have a special status in the Brazilian Navy, although he is very powerful. But the relationship with other navies is not harmonious.

   Intersected with Colonel Teach or before the end of the war, when the First Fleet had not yet been established!

   Therefore, we can become friends.

  According to the admirals, Fang Lang is the youngest son of the Ministry of the Navy, while the others were adopted before their biological sons came out.

   Colonel Teach certainly knew about this particular situation. Therefore, I want to use this new president's inauguration ceremony to introduce Fang Lang to other naval officers and ease their friendship.

   "Fang, let me introduce you, our colleagues in the Brazilian Navy, this is Colonel Marcelino Orlando, captain of the battleship Minas Gerais,

  This is Colonel Emrey Little, the captain of the battleship St. Paul,

  This is Colonel Gonzalo Thorne, captain of the cruiser Rio Grande Doso,

  This is Colonel Przemeslo Doyle of Belém Naval Base,

  This is Colonel Gordon McCoy of the Salvador Naval Base,

  This is Colonel Gnard Berry of St. Paul Naval Base. "

  Fang Lang also saluted and shook hands with everyone one by one, appearing very humble and polite.

  However, standing among a group of middle-aged and elderly colonel officers with wrinkled faces and some with gray hair, no matter how humble and polite Fang Lang was, he looked a little out of place.

   Everyone looked at Fang Lang differently, some looked carefully, some looked playful, some simply looked disdainful, and there were various expressions.

  However, at this special time point, everyone still showed great restraint. Some people just nodded and ignored it, and some people still had fake smiles on their faces.

   There was also a warm handshake with Fang Lang. This person was Colonel Gnard Berry of the St. Paul Naval Base.

   "Colonel Fang, I am stationed in your hometown! Recently, Santos Port has become very lively because of the big move of the Fangyuan Group!

   Next time you go to Sao Paulo, you must remember to come and drink with me. "

  Fang Lang also hurried forward to communicate with him cordially.

   "Colonel Berry, hello! Hello! Our family's safety in Sao Paulo is thanks to your protection! Next time I go to Sao Paulo, I will definitely entertain you at home for a drink."

   "Haha. Why do you have to wait until next time? After Mr. President's inauguration is over, we will have a good get-together with Tiki."

  Hearing what Berry said, Fang Lang had some guesses in his heart, and looked at Colonel Teach beside him.

   Sure enough, he saw Colonel Teach smiling and nodding at himself.

  Fang Lang understood that this Colonel Berry might be a good friend of Colonel Teach, that's why he was so enthusiastic about him.

   "No problem, let's get together and meet new friends after Mr. President's inauguration is over."

  In fact, several naval base officers of the Brazilian Navy still have a little bit of power, because they are actually not just the officers of the naval base.

  During World War I, Brazil divided its navy into four theaters, namely the Belem theater in the north, the Salvador theater in the east, the capital theater in Rio de Janeiro, and the Sao Paulo theater in the south.

   Of course, there is now a Natal theater in the northeast of Fang Lang.

  Obviously, the chief of this war zone is the chief of each naval base.

  In fact, what each naval base can sell is two old-fashioned destroyers from World War I, and there are only eight old-fashioned destroyers in the four theaters.

  As for the two battleships and the remaining cruiser, they are directly under the jurisdiction of the Navy General Staff.

   When the battles in each theater are needed, assign them to the corresponding theater to participate in the battle.

   Fang Lang doesn't even know what two destroyers can do in one theater, who can be driven out?

   Therefore, after the end of World War II, it became inevitable for the Brazilian Navy to buy new warships from the U.S. Navy to arm itself.

  The Brazilian Navy in history really started to start at the same time that Brazil purchased dozens of warships from the United States after the end of World War II.

   Adhere to the road of localization of ships, and develop many ships on its own, so that the strength of the navy has rapidly improved, surpassing Chile and Argentina successively, and becoming the number one maritime power in South America in one fell swoop.

  Of course, although Fang Lang now has the First Fleet, the Brazilian Navy is actually still a rookie.

   Just in Fang Lang's mind, he was thinking about the strength of the Brazilian Navy at this time, and guessing why Colonel Berry was so enthusiastic.

   Colonel Teach had already explained the reason for Fang Lang first.

   "Haha. Berry, if you want a new destroyer, you should go to the Ministry of the Navy. It's useless to find Fang Lang."

  When Fang Lang heard this, he still didn't understand why Barry was so enthusiastic.

   This must be the last time I revealed to Colonel Teach that I could get him an American Fletcher-class destroyer.

   And Colonel Teach told Colonel Barry the news.

  The officers of the other two naval bases were stunned when they heard what Colonel Teach said.

   Soon his face became very enthusiastic and he came over and said:

   "How can you miss us if you want to eat? Right! McCoy."

   It was Colonel Puzemeslo Doyle of Belém Naval Base who spoke, and Colonel Gordon McCoy of El Salvador Naval Base who was questioned by him also nodded repeatedly:

   "That's right! Drinking can't do without us!"

   This is completely different from the expressions of the two when Colonel Teach made the introduction just now.

   Colonel Tiche saw it, smiled, and didn't say much.

  The captains of the other two battleships still had a haughty and disdainful expression, as if they looked down on the performance of several people fawning on Fang Lang for the sake of the small destroyer.

   On the contrary, Colonel Gonzalo Thorne, the captain of the cruiser Rio Grande Dosso, showed a little interest after hearing the conversation of several people, but hesitated for a while, and did not take the initiative to join in.

  Fang Lang saw the changes in the attitudes of several people, and he seemed very enthusiastic, and he didn't treat them differently because of the bad attitude of the other party when he greeted earlier.

   After all, the customer is God!

  Everyone has demand for new warships so he can do business!

  Whether he wants the retired warships of the US Navy or builds new warships in Brazil, there is no way to escape his business scope.

   "Okay, I'll treat you tonight's meal, and we must all stay drunk."

   Several people laughed when they saw Fang Lang being so proactive, and expressed that they would not return home if they were drunk.

  General Morais in the distance saw the movement of several people from a distance, smiled slightly, and asked General Leta beside him:

   "Letta, I heard that Fangyuan Group's military-industrial group hastened to trial-produce a few cannons this time, is it true that they are used as a gift to Mr. President?"

  General Leta heard the Minister of Defense asking about his work, and quickly said with a serious expression:

   "Yes, Your Excellency, General. This trial production is an American M2A1 105mm howitzer, which completely adopts imported American artillery technology and is completed under the guidance of American experts throughout the process.

  After the test of our logistics department, there is no difference with the original American artillery.

  However, American experts said that this is only a trial production, and the artillery still has certain flaws, and it needs to continue to improve the process before it can be officially put into production. "

   "Oh! Did the American experts explain, what are the specific flaws, and what craftsmanship needs to be improved?"

  General Morais was a little curious, why the Brazilian logistics department had already passed the acceptance, but the American experts still said that they would continue to improve the technology.

   "Your Excellency, as far as I know, the artillery expert named Girard Bull said that the current artillery is a complete imitation of American artillery.

  However, when Colonel Fang recruited him from the United States, he specifically stated that he should be given the right to research artillery, and now he is already making new improvements to this type of artillery.

  He wants to produce this gun through the new electroslag remelting and barrel self-tightening technology. It is expected that the barrel of the gun will be stronger than the original American version, with a longer service life and lighter weight.

  At the same time, he expressed his intention to apply chrome plating to the inner bore of the artillery to further extend the service life of the artillery.

  So, it is not ready to mass-produce this artillery. "

  General Leta actually doesn’t know much about these manufacturing techniques, and this can be regarded as learning and using it now, which has given General Morais a little limelight.

   "You mean, he wanted to produce a better gun than the American original, right?"

  General Morais didn't understand these crafts, but he still grasped the key point easily.

   "Yes, Your Excellency the General."

This was obviously beyond the expectations of General Morais. In everyone's perception, the current American products are the most advanced and the best. Unexpectedly, the artillery expert Fang Lang found could still be able to sell American products. based on improvement.

  (end of this chapter)