Chapter 3 Reports
"Report to the Chief, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Second Lieutenant Fang Lang, come and report!" Fang Lang shouted at the door of the US Fourth Fleet Brigadier General Neo Jackson. This was when John told Fang Lang that Brigadier General Jackson wanted to talk to Fang Lang before he arrived at his post.
"Please come in!" A majestic voice came from the door.
Fang Lang had a military appearance again, reached out and pushed open the door. He saw a tall, blond, blue-eyed, middle-aged man sitting at him, looking up at him behind a wide desk inside the door.
Fang Lang walked to the desk in a standard military posture and saluted: "God of General, the second lieutenant Fang Lang reported to you!"
Fang Lang was still very nervous at this moment. It was the first time he had seen such a big officer in his two lives. Although John said General Jackson was easy to get along with, it was because he had a good father, and he was just a soldier from a small third-rate country, and he was not much different from his identity as a colonial servant. He might just send him to the corner if he was not good at performing well.
"I heard John say you saved his life, right?" Brigadier General Jackson asked directly without letting Fang Lang sit down.
"Report to General, yes." Fang Lang was worried that he would make many mistakes, so he could only ask what he would answer.
"Have you always been familiar with him?" Fang Lang understood that he was wondering if he had other intentions to save John.
"Report to the general, he didn't know him before saving him. When he woke up, he realized that he was the one who saved him, so he gradually became familiar with him."
Brigadier Jackson, who had been staring at Fang Lang's expression, could have let go of his doubts after hearing Fang Lang's answer.
"I heard from your commander that you performed very bravely on the front line, why did you want to be transferred to the Navy Logistics Department?" Brigadier General Jackson once again raised his question, obviously suspected that Fang Lang was afraid of death and asked John to transfer him to the logistics department.
"I reported to the general, mainly because of this injury, I always fainted suddenly. John was worried that my body would be very dangerous in the combat troops, so he recommended me to your command." Fang Lang couldn't say that John was to repay the life-saving grace. On the battlefield, everyone was originally the relationship between you and I saved you. If you had to transfer the benefactor to the logistics department because of a life-saving grace, this might make General Jackson feel that John was not mature enough. Of course, Fang Lang felt that John was immature, but the more immature John was, the more beneficial the other party was.
"Then will you still have such sudden fainting now?" Jackson obviously didn't want anyone under his command who could faint at any time.
"Report to General, I don't know about this problem. I haven't fainted for three days. I personally feel that I have no problems with my physical condition now and can work at any time." Fang Lang didn't want to be returned to the hospital to continue lying down.
"Okay! If you feel unwell in your body, do you have to report it in time?" Jackson was also worried that if Fang Lang had any physical problems with him, John would cause trouble for him.
"Understand General!" Fang Lang couldn't tell Jackson that his health is so good now that he can kill a cow. He doesn't know if it's a sequelae of time travel. His physical fitness is at least turned over than before. His body, which was originally thin, is now beginning to show more and more obvious muscles. His spirit is even better. Fang Lang feels that he can persist without sleeping for at least three or four days.
"Then tell me what you know, I'll arrange a job for you." Brigadier General Jackson decided to accept the job of this relationship.
"Report to General, I can also conduct some basic oral communication in English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish and Italian. If I have skills related to the navy, I can be competent for the shipwork of large transport ships." Fang Lang knows so many languages, of course, it is the knowledge wealth he has brought to him by two lives. The shipwork of large transport ships is even more of the old business in his previous life. Of course, today's ships are definitely not as advanced as their ocean container cargo ships, but not relying on automated driving of ships across the ocean is also a necessary skill for their crew. And more than 20 years of ocean navigation skills are enough to be comparable to the excellent captains of this era.
Fang Lang's answer obviously surprised Commodore Jackson: "Aren't you the son of a Brazilian farmer? How could you have so many languages and sailing?"
Obviously, Brigadier Jackson's background was investigated. Unexpectedly, his answer was very different from what Brigadier Jackson learned, but Fang Lang could not be said to be his skill in his previous life! After thinking for a long time, he could only answer weakly: "Uh! Report to General, these are all learned by myself. My dream before joining the army was to own a ship of my own. I want to drive the ship to my hometown of China."
"Okay! It seems that I will arrange another job for you. You go to the carriage ship Charles Jos at the dock first and report to Major Lacker Cross! Their transport ship will be back to the United States soon. I will ask Major Cross to assess you. If you can pass the assessment smoothly, I will allocate one from the transport ship we seized for you to serve as the captain to satisfy your captain's dream. How about it?" Brigadier General Jackson heard that Fang Lang was confident that he could be competent for the shipping work of the ocean transport ship, and was secretly happy.
Because General Mascarre, the commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, has found Brigadier General Jackson many times, hoping to arrange a transport ship for the Brazilian Navy so that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force can open a route between the Expeditionary Force and Brazil alone to transport the wounded and killed soldiers back to Brazil.
There are only a lot of transport ships seized in his hands, but the captains whom he can trust are unwilling to work for the Brazilians alone, and the brigadier generals of the seized ships are not ready to sell them to merchants at a low price. If Fang Lang is really qualified as he said as the captain of an ocean-going transport ship, wouldn’t he beg for someone to give him a pillow if he wants to be sleepy?
"Yes! Your Excellency General! Thank you for your cultivation, I will never let you down." Fang Lang was ecstatic to hear that he could directly allocate a warship to the Brazilian Navy through the test and let him serve as the captain. At this time, although the transport fleet will often be attacked by German naval submarine forces, every time he sails, he is actually escorted by the naval fleet.
Moreover, with Fang Lang's military rank and qualifications, he should not have arranged large transport ships, and small transport ships would not have become the main target of the German army.
Soon, Fang Lang followed the messenger under the arrangement of Brigadier General Jackson and came to the Navy Pier in Naples with his transfer order.
In fact, this place is not far from the Naval Hospital, but warships are parked near the Naval Hospital, and Fang Lang is currently located at the parking berth of the transport ships.
The Charles Jos transport ship in front of us is obviously a freewheel with a service age of less than two years. The freewheel is actually a ship type that Fang Lang is very familiar with, because it is so famous that it started to be built in 1941. By the time Germany's defeat and surrender in 1945, more than 2,700 ships were built in the 18 U.S. docks.
I don’t know if this is an improved Victory Wheel, but Fang Lang still hopes to board the Victory Wheel, because the initial Freewheel was powered by an old steam engine, with a speed of only a pitiful eleven knots. The German submarine's speed reached 17 knots, so if it is discovered by a German submarine, it will not be able to escape. The Victory Wheel has improved its power based on the Freewheel, and its speed can reach 18 knots. At least it will not be caught by a German submarine, so its life is more secure.
Of course, the Freewheeler is also armed. Each Freewheeler has six anti-aircraft cannons and one anti-submarine cannon, which is a comforting moment. If you really encounter the German Navy, you will definitely have to rely on escort the fleet.
Passing through the crowd who were using hoisting equipment to transport supplies, Fang Lang followed the messenger to board the freewheeling ship that was about to return to the United States to transport strategic supplies through the gangway.
Chapter completed!