"So that's how it is!" After hearing Zhang Chi's explanation, Harris couldn't help but realize it.

"Unbelievable!" Harris sighed after pausing for a while, "Your Principal Jiang will still have such thoughts at this time!"

Zhang Chi shook his head helplessly.

To a certain extent, Zhang Chi just told Harris that these were just disobeying orders, and even being charged with treason.

But Zhang Chi didn't care about this.

The reason is that at this time, the Chinese people were in dire straits under the attack of the Japanese army. Every day, they didn't know how many people died under the Japanese butcher's knife. However, Principal Jiang preserved his strength for his own selfishness... Preserving his strength may be beneficial to the Kuomintang, but it is not good for China and the Chinese people, because this will undoubtedly extend the time for the Japanese army to surrender or withdraw from China.

Zhang Chi was very clear that he should be considering national interests, not Principal Jiang.

From the perspective of national interests, air force and aircraft carriers should be able to form combat power as soon as possible, and these combat powers should be put into war to end the war and end the suffering of the people as soon as possible, rather than dragging the Japanese to surrender.

"So...what should we do now?" Harris asked: "Will let this happen? We train Principal Jiang to train an aircraft carrier battle group that is simply unable to enter the battlefield and play a role?"

After thinking about it, Harris said, "No, I have to report this to General Halsey. I think if Washington knows this, at least it will put some pressure on Principal Jiang!"

"Do you think this will work?" Zhang Chi said: "I suggest you better not do this!"

"Why?" Harris looked puzzled: "We can tell Principal Jiang the conditions. If we don't send better pilots and talents, then we won't give them these equipment. These equipment is for those who are willing to go to the battlefield to fight!"

Zhang Chi knew what Harris meant...used warships, fighter jets, and aircraft carriers as exchange conditions to force Principal Jiang to send more and better pilots.

This is indeed useful on the surface, but the problem is...

"Col. Harris!" Zhang Chi said: "If you consider the problem from the perspective of Principal Jiang, you will find that... If Principal Jiang compromises, that is, sending more and better pilots and talents to come, it will be of no benefit to him!"

"What?" Harris was a little confused about Zhang Chi's words: "He can have aircraft and aircraft carriers, and even destroyers that the United States is preparing to give him. Isn't this a benefit?"

"But if this happens, what will happen to these aircraft, warships and aircraft carriers in the end?!" Zhang Chi asked.

Harris couldn't help but realize it suddenly, and he opened his mouth for a long time and couldn't speak.

The answer is very obvious. These warships, aircraft and aircraft carriers will then be sent to the battlefield, and then...it is likely to disappear without a trace along with the pilots and talents sent by China.

Perhaps for the US Navy, an aircraft carrier battle group is not so easy to disappear, because the US Navy is a huge combat system and they can easily support each other. However, the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group... will undoubtedly be more likely to be treated as cannon fodder on the battlefield. This is determined by national interests, and there is only interests between countries.

Therefore, Zhang Chi was accidentally involved in the political gambling between China and the United States. What's even more sad is that Zhang Chi had to help the United States for the interests of the Chinese people.

"So!" Finally Zhang Chi concluded: "You should know that Principal Jiang will not compromise anyway, because if he does not compromise, he may still get some things, such as aircraft and aircraft carriers that the United States cannot use, but once he compromises, he will probably have nothing and lose a lot of talents out of thin air... Principal Jiang is not a fool, he will figure out the account clearly!"

"So what should we do?" Harris asked.

Harris could see that Zhang Chi obviously hoped that this aircraft carrier battle group could form combat power earlier.

"Obviously, there is only one way!" Zhang Chi said: "That is to use existing resources to make the aircraft carrier battle group form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible!"

"You mean..." Harris looked at Zhang Chi with disbelief: "Does he mean training these pilots?"

"right!"

"But this is impossible!" Harris replied: "Pilot training takes time! Just like I said just now, it takes a year and a half..."

"That's because they have to be familiar with Japanese fighter jets!" said Zhang Chi.

"you mean……"

"I have some questions." Zhang Chi asked back without answering: "If the 160 Japanese fighter jets we seized fail or are scrapped during training, can they be effectively repaired or replaced?"

Harris hesitated and replied: "Maybe repair can be done, because there are many parts in the airport warehouse, but replacement is just..."

This is obvious. The capture of the fighter jet was a small incident, especially the Japanese fighter jets, because Japanese pilots always hit US ships after the fighter jet was injured.

"Since there is no replacement or supplementary fighter jets, how can we ensure the combat effectiveness of the 'Xianghe'?" Zhang Chi asked.

Harris was stunned when he heard this.

As a pilot, Harris certainly understood what Zhang Chi meant... One day, the "Xianghe" formed combat power and went to the battlefield. It was inevitable that the fighter plane would be damaged, but if there were no fighter planes that could be supplemented, it would mean that one of these fighter planes would be less than one. Soon, the "Xianghe" would face the situation where there was no fighter plane available.

It’s not that the U.S. Navy generals didn’t know this, but that they didn’t think that the “Shokhe” under the command and control of the Chinese would persist until that moment, so they didn’t regard this issue as a problem.

In other words, the US Navy does have that plan to use these fighter jets and aircraft carrier waste, and bring Chinese seamen and pilots to the battlefield as cannon fodder...

It is no wonder that Principal Jiang will use the method of delaying training progress to counter the United States. In fact, neither side is at ease.

"But if it were replaced by the US military's 'Wild Cat' fighter jets and 'Dreadnought' bombers, it would be different!" Zhang Chi said: "First of all, they can be replaced and supplemented. Secondly, the size of these fighter jets is similar to that of Japanese fighter jets. To be precise, the wingspans such as the 'Wild Cat' fighter jets are smaller than that of Japanese fighter jets!"

Harris nodded. The wingspan of the Wildcat fighter was 11.58 meters, while the wingspan of the Japanese Zero fighter was 12 meters, so there was no big problem with the hangar of the "Shokawa" to be used to install the Wildcat.

"More importantly..." Zhang Chi continued: "Doing this can save time familiarizing yourself with Japanese fighter jets!"
Chapter completed!