Chapter 144 Understand
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"Thank you!" After the unhappy dinner, Zhang Chi handed Harris a cigarette.
Harris shook his head worriedly: "I'm just telling the truth!"
"What are you worried about?" Zhang Chi saw some problems from Harris' expression.
"He's a bastard!" Harris replied: "And I actually want to cooperate with such a person! Colonel, are you Chinese officers like this?"
Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile awkwardly.
"Well, sorry!" Harris realized that he had made a mistake and quickly explained: "Of course I am not referring to you. In fact... I originally thought that this young man would be an officer like you, but obviously he is not!"
"It's okay!" Zhang Chi replied.
"I'm worried..." Harris sighed: "In future training and cooperation, you guys and I will be very unhappy!"
Zhang Chi just smiled.
In this regard, Zhang Chi is not convenient to say anything, because no matter what, it is his own country. Xu Zhengkai also went to the top, and it is not a taboo to discuss behind the scenes that he went to the top.
But Zhang Chi knew in his heart that the Kuomintang army was as Stilwell said: "China has the best soldiers, but they fight under the command of the most bastard officer!"
Of course, this is a bit extreme, and there are still officers who can fight, such as Du Yuming.
But even if Du Yuming is like this, he can only be the second son of a thousand years... As mentioned before, he always serves as a deputy, and his military merits are the ones who are responsible for his mistakes. [Almost all the books he wants to read are, which are much more stable than ordinary websites and updates are faster, and there are no advertisements in the full text.]
This trend is very prevalent in ****. Whether a military officer can get ahead is not military merit or ability, but relationships, factions, flatteries, etc.
However, war is cruel.
The only criterion used by war to test the army is... whether it can fight!
Therefore, it is inevitable that **** will be eliminated in the war in the end.
At this time, Zhang Chi had a doubt in his heart... With Principal Jiang's wisdom, it was impossible for him to send a cash bag like Xu Zhengkai to command the aviation army, because this is the battlefield, these fighter jets and aircraft carriers are to be driven to the front line to fight against the Japanese. If these fighter jets and even aircraft carriers are easily destroyed in the hands of Chen Zhengkai, what are the benefits for Principal Jiang? Reas;!
Later, Zhang Chi realized that it was actually Principal Jiang who was intentional.
Harris's worries became a reality the next day.
Originally, Harris didn't want to start training in such a hurry, but Harris had an ominous premonition. He felt that training would not be as simple as Halsey told him... Let Chinese Flying, which already had a flying foundation, be familiar with the Japanese fighter jets, then do ship training, and try to form combat effectiveness within half a year.
Harris originally thought there was no big problem with this training because he had examined the USS Xianghe aircraft carrier in the past few days. It was a very excellent aircraft carrier, and its flight deck was almost similar to that of the USS York City-class aircraft carrier (Note: the flight deck of the US York City-class aircraft carrier is 242.7 meters long, and the flight deck of the USS Xianghe aircraft carrier is 242.2 meters long).
Japanese fighter jets are lighter than US fighter jets... This is determined by the fact that Japanese fighter jets do not wear armor and do everything possible to reduce weight, so this means that pilots are more likely to learn to land. Of course, in addition to the new Japanese bomber "Case", which has a higher landing speed.
But this is not a big problem. Harris has already figured out that he can use the same method as the Japanese, that is, to temporarily delay the use of Comets as a carrier-based aircraft but as a land-based bomber. It is not too late to transfer them to the aircraft carrier after the pilot is truly familiar with Comets.
However, what Harris didn't expect was... the first day of the survey training left Harris stunned. Most of these Chinese pilots had only more than three years of flight experience. They could only be said to have a preliminary mastery of flight knowledge. It would be too early to do various flight actions in the air to achieve the level of being able to fight the enemy!
Harris found Zhang Chi at the first time.
"Zhang..." Harris frowned and said, "Tell me what's going on? These pilots are not as good as I know. They already have combat skills and only need a short period of training to form combat power!"
Zhang Chi spread his hands helplessly: "I don't know either!"
After pausing, Zhang Chi asked, "What do you say about Major General Xu?"
Harris sighed: "His answer is that China's aircraft are limited and the fuel provided by the United States is limited, so the pilots usually have very little training. Although they have five years of flight time, they can only reach the three-year flight level I have required..."
Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but frown.
This excuse is good, because as Myanmar was occupied by the Japanese army, China's only channel to the outside world was blocked, so domestic strategic materials such as fuel were indeed in short supply.
But Zhang Chi felt that the problem would not be so simple.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chi asked: "According to the current progress, how long will it take for them to form combat power?"
Harris replied: "First you have to be familiar with the driving of Japanese aircraft, then you have to carry out landing training and air combat training... it will take at least one and a half years!"
"One and a half..." Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile.
Japan in history surrendered two years later, and Japan's aviation force was basically destroyed one and a half years later. If there was anything left in the Japanese aviation force at that time, it would be a rookie pilot with undertrained training that crashed into the US warship in a suicide plane.
And the time was so well controlled... Zhang Chi suddenly understood Principal Jiang's intentions.
Just as Principal Jiang was not very interested in opening up the China-Myanmar Highway, Principal Jiang was also deliberately delaying the formation of combat effectiveness of the Rabaul Air Force.
The reason is that once the China-Myanmar highway is opened, Principal Jiang can no longer be able to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army under the pretext of insufficient materials and ammunition.
Nowadays, once the Rabaul Air Force has formed combat effectiveness, it will immediately enter the battlefield under the pressure of the Americans.
And all this is not what Principal Jiang wants to see. He just wants to preserve his strength, preserve his strength or preserve his strength...
At this time, Zhang Chi received a call. What surprised Zhang Chi was that the call was Xu Zhengkai.
"Colin!" Xu Zhengkai said in an orderly tone on the phone: "I heard that Harris has come to you. You are a smart person. You know what to say and what not to say... Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Zhang Chi hung up the phone before Xu Zhengkai could finish speaking.
What Zhang Chi understood was why Principal Jiang sent Xu Zhengkai, who had no knowledge of aviation combat, to command the aviation brigade.
"Col. Harris!" Zhang Chi looked up and said to Harris without any hesitation: "This matter is not as simple as it seems!"
Chapter completed!