Chapter 20 Buying People's Hearts
As soon as dawn the next day, Fang Lang received an order from the Brazilian Navy: take all the crew members at 9 o'clock in the morning and go to the dock to hold a ship teaching ceremony.
Fang Lang did not dare to neglect his team. After sorting out his own team, he lined up to the dock in an orderly manner. The navy's comrades were already making arrangements on the site. The ship was also covered with ribbons, and the boat's name "Giras" was sprayed on the head of the bed.
Fang Lang didn't understand the naming rules of the Brazilian Navy, but it can be seen that the name of the ship was named in the form of a person's name. He would be the captain of the Gillas in the future. He was also a little excited. After all, this was the first time he had become a formal captain in two lives. Although the tonnage of the ship was not as small as the size of the container freighter he worked in his previous life, why was it also a formal captain, right?
Fang Lang's team lined up neatly by the boat, waiting for the start of the entry ceremony. Everyone was looking at the positions that were about to fight in front of them with their own eyes, and everyone felt a different feeling in their hearts.
It was soon nine o'clock in the morning, and several naval officers led by Colonel Attilio Parisi to the side of the ship at the dock. No one expected that a simple transport ship would come in person.
A naval lieutenant colonel walked to the team of Fang Lang and others step by step, and ordered loudly: "Fang Lang comes out!"
Fang Lang also took the lead according to the etiquette of training of US military instructors in memory and came to the lieutenant colonel. He only heard the lieutenant colonel say: "According to the Order No. 101 of the Brazilian Naval Expeditionary Force Command, there is a naval lieutenant Fang Lang, who is brave and decisive, has skilled ship driving skills, and has successfully passed the assessment. He was appointed as the captain of the Brazilian Naval Expeditionary Force Fleet Giras. He was promoted to the Navy Lieutenant. The Brazilian Naval Expeditionary Force Fleet Command Order."
Fang Lang couldn't help but be stunned. What's going on? He just turned from a sergeant to a second lieutenant, and he didn't make any contribution! Why did he become a lieutenant? He was only twenty years old! Is it not good for such a young lieutenant? Is the rank of the Brazilian army so easy to improve? He didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly stood at attention and saluted and accepted the order.
He looked at Colonel Attilio Parisi not far away, and saw the Colonel's mouth smiling, his brow jumping, and he nodded slightly, obviously telling Fang Lang that it was his credit. Fang Lang suddenly realized in his heart, and couldn't help but deeply agree with the noble character of these Brazilian officers doing things with money.
Seeing the lieutenant colonel changing from one flower to two on the epaulette he had replaced for himself, I suddenly realized that it was probably because he told the colonel that he had compensated the flower he had broken and the local specialties he gave made the colonel think that he was here to buy a flower. I couldn't help but admire the colonel's imagination and felt ashamed of it.
Soon the Colonel began to speak again. Fortunately, it was during the war, everything was simple, and the ceremony ended in less than half an hour in total. If it were normal, Fang Lang's calves would not have ended without cramps.
After the ceremony, the Giras freighter officially belonged to Fang Lang. After arranging the crew to board the ship in order, they gathered all the crew on the deck and began their first lecture 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 who are on the same boat. Today I will only say one thing, that is, from now on, there is no allowance for subordinate 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 sympathy to talk about. Of course, I also understand the difficulties of everyone's life, so from now on, I will give certain allowances every month based on everyone's performance and work performance.
.This allowance is outside of military pay. The amount of allowance will be different based on the different positions and ranks of everyone. The minimum is 20 US dollars per month and the maximum is 100 US dollars per month. Of course, this is only when your performance meets my requirements. Please don’t spread the things I give to you. After all, other troops do not have such allowances. Then the superiors directly pay my income, and everyone will have no allowances to take. And I only have three requirements for everyone. The first is obedience, the second is obedience, and the third is obedience, do you understand?"
When the soldiers heard that there were such good things, they were simply not too happy and shouted in unison: "I understand!"
This time, Fang Lang's eardrums were already hurting.
After Fang Lang announced his dissolution, the soldiers were talking.
"Brother, are you talking about what the captain said true?"
"Did you say you can't give gifts? This is really hard to say. Is there any place in our Brazilian army that doesn't need to give gifts? The captain doesn't accept gifts himself, and it is inevitable that other commanders will not accept them!"
"Anyway, the captain has said that he is not allowed to send it, so I won't give it. Isn't the money my own military pay fragrant? If the commanders have any objection, ask him to find the captain."
"That is, if I see a chief receiving gifts, I will go to the captain to report it to see if the captain will actually send them into the military court."
"I feel that the captain is serious. Let's take a look first. If we really can't give it away, then our future life will be better."
"Don't worry! I heard that the captain's backstage was American, and this ship was directly from the Americans. General Morice found the Americans many times but failed to let go. In the end, the Americans agreed to allocate the transport ship to us because of the captain's face."
"Wow! Brother, are you serious about your information?"
"Tsk, who do you think of me? I'll tell you my news is absolutely reliable, but I can't tell you the source of the news."
"That would be great. With the support of the Americans, the captain will definitely do what he said. At least he must have the final say on our ship. Then we will have a good life in the future, and we will have subsidies if we perform well! Then we will be treated the same as American soldiers."
"Yes! Other commanders are asking their subordinates to collect them. The captain not only doesn't ask us to collect them, but also gives us subsidies. I have never heard of such a good commander again."
"Don't go around to promote such good things! Then the brothers from other ships will try their best to squeeze over to our ship and squeeze out our own positions, which will be troublesome."
"If you can't promote it, don't promote it, but I will follow such a good commander. I will go wherever he told me to go, and I will definitely obey."
"Didn't the sir? The requirement to us is to obey, obey, and obey. I'm afraid the future will be difficult."
"It's not easy, you can do it! Just apply for transfer. If you dare not listen to the orders of the Captain, you don't have to do it. I will deal with you first!"
"That's right, we will firmly support the Captain's leadership in the future. If anyone dares to do anything bad, I will shoot him in a bad way."
Everyone was talking about it, and in general it was all good things. However, Fang Lang would not mind the discussions of everyone. Even if they were not convinced, they had to follow their own requirements, because this was not another place, this was the army, and obeying orders was the duty.
Even if someone dares to disobey his orders, Fang Lang has many means to deal with him. In fact, this is because the Brazilian army has no political commissar, and the Brazilians have not learned the history of Fang Lang's motherland. If any modern person knows that Fang Lang has paid privately for the soldiers' allowances, he will sue him to the superior department and directly let Fang Lang eat the gun.
This kind of behavior is a way to buy military morale. Should the soldiers below listen to the country or Fang Lang? I think this trick that Yuan Datou used when he was training troops at the Tianjin Xiaozhan. Everyone only knew that Yuan Datou didn’t know the Qing court, so they finally let Yuan Datou take the lead.
In other words, Brazil's history is too short and has no historical background, so no one understands the twists and turns in it. However, Fang Lang, the initiator, knew it clearly, but he wouldn't say it either!
Fang Lang was taking the manager on the ship to familiarize himself with the various places of the ship according to the ship manual. Since many places are in Italian, no one knows what it means, Fang Lang could only apply for an interpreter to his superiors and paste the positions of various functional switches on the ship with Portuguese marks to avoid damage to the ship due to incorrect operations.
Chapter completed!