"What?" Zhang Chi was stunned when he heard this. He could hardly believe his ears. He paused and asked Halsey with difficulty: "General, you mean..."

"Aircraft carrier!" Halsey said: "It is the Japanese aircraft carrier you seized... the 'Shokhe', it belongs to you!"

"You mean...it really belongs to us?"

"Of course!" Halsey replied: "And the planes you seized, the Japanese fighter planes!"

"But..." Zhang Chi was stunned for a while before saying: "We don't have pilots, no one can drive aircraft carriers, and there are still many destroyers that have not escorted the aircraft carriers.

Zhang Chi knew that the purpose of aircraft carriers to form combat effectiveness is not as simple as carrying fighter jets to the sea.≯

"None of these are the problems!" Halsey said: "We have discussed with China to give all the aircraft carriers and fighter planes to China. In addition, we will send several destroyers. China will send pilots and crew members to fly the aircraft carriers and destroyers. Of course, we will also provide them with necessary training!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but couldn't speak for a long time. He really didn't expect the result to be like this.

However, Zhang Chi soon understood the intention of the Americans... Americans are shrewd businessmen, of course they would not be so kind to give so much equipment for free and even equipped with destroyers for aircraft carriers. Then they worked tirelessly to train Chinese pilots and crew members.

Their purpose is only one, that is, to make full use of the seized equipment and put it into the war as soon as possible, especially when the US aircraft carrier was in trouble.

Doing so will only benefit the United States but not the least, because it is obvious that the "Shokhe" has formed combat effectiveness and can relieve the pressure of the US Navy. To put it bluntly, the Americans do not even think that the aircraft carrier and fighter aircraft seized from the Japanese can survive until the end of the war... The reason is that the training and quality of Chinese pilots and crew are limited, and the second is that these seized aircraft carriers and fighter aircraft, because they were seized from the Japanese, will be regarded as a shame by the Japanese. It can be imagined that the Japanese will definitely sink this aircraft carrier and shoot down those fighter aircraft at all costs.

For Americans, there is nothing to pay for... Fighter jets and aircraft carriers are paid by Chinese people, crew members and pilots are also Chinese, but the gains may be great.

After figuring this out, Zhang Chi calmed down because he realized that getting this batch of equipment might not be a good thing.

In fact, Principal Jiang also considered this when he received this news. That is, the Americans seemed to be kind enough to "give" China a big gift, but in fact they transferred the pilots and crew, who were originally not many in China to the Pacific Ocean for use by the United States... How smart Principal Jiang was? How could he not understand this? At this time, China was even under the blockade of the Japanese army and had no coastline or ports for aircraft carriers to be parked.

However, that is an aircraft carrier, and not just an aircraft carrier, but also several destroyers can form a complete aircraft carrier battle group... This is the symbol of a military power!

Principal Jiang dreamed of becoming a member of the Western powers, or improving his status internationally.

On the other hand, he also knew that if the war continued to fight according to this situation, it would be only a matter of time before Japan was defeated. Now, receiving more equipment will be beneficial to himself after the war.

So Principal Jiang thought about it over and over again and finally agreed to the US's suggestions.

But Principal Jiang has Principal Jiang's means... Americans obviously underestimated him in this regard.

Before formulating the list of outbound pilots, Principal Jiang personally met with Chennard, who was training the **** pilot, and then asked some questions:

"General!" Principal Jiang asked Chennard: "Our pilot training is okay!"

Principal Jiang never asks questions directly, especially when he doesn't want others to guess his thoughts.

"Of course!" Chennard replied proudly: "They train very hard and very serious. I believe that in the near future, they can fly into the blue sky to fight the Japanese!"

The Flying Tigers were founded in 1941 and have only been more than two years now, so it will take some time for pilots to develop combat effectiveness under the Flying Tigers' training.

Of course, more than two years is far from enough for training a pilot... Japan's training time for pilots was five years. Later, due to the shortage of flights on the battlefield, it could only repeatedly shorten the training time of pilots. Many pilots were sent to the battlefield in less than three years, but these pilots were sent to the sky to participate in air combat. They were not opponents of US pilots at all. Their mission was very simple, which was to drive a plane full of bombs to crash into US warships.

The reason why Chinese pilots can reach the level of "fighting the Japanese in the near future" in two years is not that Chennard puts gold on his face, but that the Kuomintang consciously trained pilots before the establishment of the Flying Tigers... Of course, the planes used to train them are old-fashioned fighters, Bi, Yi 15, etc.

Although these old fighter jets have poor combat capabilities, they finally ensured the training level of a group of pilots, allowing them to grow rapidly under the training of American pilots. Therefore, they could only fly into the sky for more than two years of training to fight against the Japanese army.

"Yeah!" Principal Jiang nodded with satisfaction, and then asked again: "If they were asked to fly a Japanese plane... how long would it take to form combat capabilities?"

"The Chinese pilots have a long flight time!" Chennard replied after thinking about it: "And most of them have experienced flying several different aircraft, which is their advantage, so I think... it only takes a few months to adapt to it and develop combat effectiveness! But I don't recommend doing this, because the Japanese aircraft have great flaws, and the survival rate of pilots in air combat is very low!"

Chennard only thought that Principal Jiang had seized the Japanese planes and wanted the pilot to fly these planes.

"Yes!" Principal Jiang nodded and stopped asking anything.

In fact, he had an idea in his mind at this time... it may take a few months or even a shorter time to form combat power, which is not possible. This will make them devote themselves to the battlefield too early and in the end, it is very likely that none of them will come back.

So Principal Jiang decided to send a group of "tender" pilots. At the same time, in order not to make the Americans think that he is dealing with the situation, these pilots cannot be too "tender", and it is best to develop combat effectiveness in about a year.
Chapter completed!