Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 516 The Destiny and Departure of Autonomous Destroyers

Author: Durian Shield

Chapter 516 The Destiny and Departure of Autonomous Destroyers

General Nero Mora turned back to Fang Lang and forced a smile, nodded, turned around and opened the small door of the balcony, and quickly walked into the lively banquet hall.

Fang Lang just smiled and stopped paying attention to this.

To say that the impact of this incident is definitely not limited to this, but for him, the benefits have been solidly secured, and he really has no interest in participating in the remaining battles.

Based on his understanding of General Crook, the other party will definitely find ways to expand the navy's influence, and the target will definitely be next year's military budget.

Now Fang Lang has no interest in getting too involved. After all, if the navy's military expenditure really increases, even if his fleet cannot get any benefits, his shipyard will definitely get some benefits.

Logically speaking, he should stand up to support his Navy Minister, but in the current Navy, his power is already strong enough, plus the Marine Corps has been expanded to 5,000 people this time.

If he continues to charge upward, his comrades in the Navy will think that he is greedy and wants to pull things into his arms. This may be counterproductive and make his comrades dissatisfied.

Therefore, it is king for him to keep a low profile now.

Just when he set a fire in Air Force General Nairo Mora's heart and wanted to hide here for some peace and quiet, someone else soon came to him, but this time the person he came to could be considered one of his own.

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The new deputy chief of staff of the Navy, Captain Adams Teach, has been paying attention to Fang Lang's whereabouts for a long time. Due to their relationship, there is no need to deliberately get close to Fang Lang at the banquet, but this time he still wants to express his gratitude to Fang Lang in person.

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"Haha. General Fang, it turns out you are hiding here."

Hearing the voice behind him, Fang Lang smiled, stood up, shook hands with the other person and said:

"Brother Tiqi, if you don't make more friends inside, why are you coming here to me?"

Adams Teach, who was shaking hands with Fang Lang and smiling broadly, took a step closer and lowered his voice after hearing Fang Lang's words:

"Didn't you come here specifically to thank me?

You reported your military exploits, but I was just sitting in the office, and the credits fell from the sky.

The chief of staff also specifically asked me when I participated in the formulation of your action plan, which almost made me reveal my secret."

When Fang Lang heard this, he waved his hand and motioned for the other party to sit down and chat. Then he also lowered his voice and said:

"Since I promised to promote my brother to the position of chief of naval staff, I naturally have to find a way to give you more credit! Otherwise, how can you stand out!"

After saying this, I couldn't help laughing.

Upon hearing this, Adams Teach quickly raised his glass, bowed slightly and clinked it against Fang Lang's glass, and then lowered his voice and said:

"I won't say thank you for your kindness. From now on, no matter where I go, I will always follow my lead."

Fang Lang picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then smiled casually and said:

"We are all brothers. We don't need to make such a clear distinction. In the future, when you become the Chief of Staff of the Navy, I will have a lot of trouble for you!"

In Adams Teach's heart, he had long regarded himself as Fang Lang's man. But in such a public place, he couldn't show it too obviously, so he pretended to be affectionate and called him "brother."

If the two of them were in private, he would rather call Fang Lang his boss. After all, he knew very well that whether he could be promoted or not would depend on the other person's attitude.

And I am just a pawn assigned to the staff by the other party. I just need to do what the other party asks me to do.

But Fang Lang's attitude towards him has always made him feel like a breath of fresh air, treating him as a good friend of equal status. Therefore, he has always been very grateful to Fang Lang.

After hearing Fang Lang's words, he stopped being polite, casually pulled out the chair next to Fang Lang and sat on it. He glanced at the banquet hall behind the balcony door and whispered:

"Just now, the new Secretary of the Army was secretly competing with General Crook in front of Marshal Moraes! I heard what the other party meant, and it seemed that he wanted to place a few army officers into your Marine Corps."

Fang Lang's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and his face was still calm and he said:

"Mr. Secretary of War, he has a pretty good idea."

Adams Teach also laughed when he heard this and said:

"General Crook didn't give him a chance to mix in the sand, he just rejected him directly.

In front of Marshal Moraes, he said that he was afraid of affecting the combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps, which made the Army Minister very angry."

Fang Lang smiled, held the wine glass to his lips, and said calmly:

"What did Marshal Morais say?"

"Hehe. Your Majesty the Marshal just shook his head and said that this is an expansion, not a new build, and there is no need to transfer people. When recruiting troops this year, the Navy can just recruit enough recruits according to the manpower gap.

It seems that he is not very satisfied with the new Minister of War."

Adams Teach took a sip of wine and said with a wicked smile on his face.

Obviously, Marshal Morais was very aware of the War Ministry's intentions, so he rejected the other party's proposal without hesitation.

Hearing this result, Fang Lang also smiled and at the same time became more vigilant in his heart.

"It seems that these army generals may not let go so easily. If you hear any news about our fleet in the Navy Department, please inform me as soon as possible.

So that I have time to prepare."

Upon hearing this, Adams Teach patted his chest boldly and said:

"Don't worry about this, as long as I receive any news about your fleet, I will report it to you as soon as possible.

In addition, I am not far from the Army Department now. Through this period of interaction, I have also met two grassroots officials of the Army Staff Department. If there is any news about us, I will inform you as soon as possible."

In fact, Fang Lang's intelligence department had already begun arranging manpower for the army, navy and air force, some of whom were serving as spies to spy on intelligence.

Some grassroots officials who have been inspected and shown to be capable will be supported by the Investigation Department of Fangyuan Group so that they can obtain better promotion opportunities in relevant departments.

When these people slowly grow up, they will become a huge interest group.

Fang Lang's business is so big that he is unwilling to leave the army. The reason is because he knows very well that in an environment like Brazil, the army has a very special status.

Only by mastering military power can we ensure that no one dares to infringe on our own interests.

What's more, Brazil had a period of military rule in its history. By that time, as long as the Fang family had enough influence in the military, no one would dare to attack the Fang family.

They would be thankful if the Fang family didn't attack them.

It is not even impossible to be more ruthless and make the military government a government that serves the Fang family.

Therefore, Fang Lang never dared to relax his infiltration into the army.

Seeing Adams Teach's bold look, Fang Lang smiled and patted the other man's arm and said:

"Good brother, thank you!"

"Since we are good brothers, what kind words can we say, haha."

Adams Teach looked very happy when he heard Fang Lang calling him a good brother. He laughed and raised his glass to Fang Lang again.

The two of them clinked glasses and laughed tacitly.

"How is the destroyer design work you have been following up on lately going?"

Next, the two began to enter chatting mode. During this period, Fang Lang focused mainly on the Navy's Special Tactics Research Group and paid a lot less attention to the company's affairs.

It's a little overwhelming to take into account the work progress of the shipyard and the aircraft factory, so I took this opportunity to learn about it from Adams Teach.

"Haha. Of course it went very smoothly. I have to say that your Fangyuan Shipyard is really very powerful now. The entire destroyer project was completed in one month from the completion of the design drawings.

Of course, according to your shipyard designers, this is just copying work, so there is no difficulty at all.

If it weren't for leaving room for future modifications based on your requirements, they said the design could be completed in just over a week."

In response to this, Fang Lang smiled noncommittally. You must know that the current Fangyuan Shipyard has the technical support of Global Shipbuilding, which has branches in the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy, and wants to imitate a World War II-era US military ship.

Destroyers are really not that difficult.

"Oh! Now that the design has been completed, when will the production of the first ship start?"

"The production plan was finalized last Wednesday. Now the shipyard has placed an order for special steel for warships to Fangyuan Steel Plant. It is expected that the steel will be in place by the middle of next month.

According to the production plan, our first independently designed destroyer will be launched in mid-March next year."

Compared with the war period, this progress is definitely a little slower, but after all, this is Brazil's first attempt to produce modern all-steel warships. The team needs to run in, and this speed is acceptable.

Fang Lang nodded when he heard this, and when he saw Adams Teach next to him, he seemed to be particularly excited when he mentioned this warship. He looked at the other person with some humor and said:

"What's wrong with you? I feel like you are very happy."

Hearing Fang Lang's words, Adams Teach's smile became even more unrevealing, and his molars were almost exposed when he smiled.

"Haha. Of course I am very happy. Although this destroyer is said to be an imitation of the American-made Fletcher-class destroyer, after integration by the designers, the performance of the warship is higher than that of the original Fletcher-class destroyer.

First of all, in terms of power, we are also using two steam turbines produced by General Motors Group, but this model is an upgraded product based on the original Fletcher class. The power is more powerful and can bring greater power to the warship.

The design speed reached 38 knots.

For protection, chromium-nickel alloy steel surface-hardened by the Krupp carburizing process is used as the side protective armor. The main deck armor is made of molybdenum-vanadium alloy steel. The performance of the steel is 100% higher than that of the original American Fletcher class.

Twenty-five.

The only pity is that the weapons and equipment are basically the same as those of the Fletcher class."

Looking at the other party's rather Versailles expression, Fang Lang smiled and shook his head:

"It seems you have a lot of confidence in this destroyer!"

"I am the only one who has full confidence in this warship. Even the Minister of Defense is very fond of our first independently designed and built warship!

According to General Crook, when Marshal Moraes asked him to be present in person when the warship was launched, he wanted to witness this great moment with his own eyes.

Brother, having said this, I have to thank you again. This work has made me famous in the entire Navy Department.

Several other brothers at the naval base originally thought that my brother had made a wrong move, but now? They all came over to flatter me, just thinking about taking this new ship under their command!

Hey. Don’t even think about it, I am the real hero! When the time comes, priority will definitely be given to equipping my aircraft carrier formation!"

Colonel Adams Teach was overjoyed, and Fang Lang couldn't help but become happy when he saw it.

When he heard the other party saying that this imitation destroyer should be given priority to equip his fleet, he smiled and waved his hand indifferently and said:

"Brother, you don't have to think about leaving this warship to our fleet. Now our fleet is already strong. If you continue to equip me with all the good stuff first, other navy brothers will have objections."

(End of chapter)