In early 1936, at 6 o'clock in the morning, the wake-up call of the West Point Military Academy, located about 30 miles away from New York State, sounded on time in every dormitory.
The students of Class 17, Grade 1 of the 35th Class, immediately got up from the bunk bed, yawned and put on their clothes one by one, complaining, calling the person who blew the Reveille number a piece of shit, and cursing the person who invented the Reveille number to be worse than a smelly piece of shit.
A few minutes later, a big instructor strode into the dormitory like an angry duck. He hit a bunk bed with a pointer and yelled at an unlucky guy who had just put on his shirt and fell asleep and snored. Roaring: "You stinking piece of shit, if you don't want to get up, go home."
Zhou Zhihan has long been used to this. American soldiers have always been lazy. Almost every day, students are scolded by their instructors for sleeping a little longer and going back to their cages.
Zhou Zhihan wiped his saliva and muttered: "It's okay if I don't get up to sleep and train for a morning run. What the hell are you messing with and delaying my sweet dreams?"
After saying that, he covered his head and fell asleep again.
Seeing that stinking piece of shit crawling out of the dormitory, the big instructor followed him out angrily, without even glancing at Zhou Zhihan, who was sleeping with his head covered.
Zhou Zhihan and more than 20 other international students are the first batch of flight cadets sent by China to the United States Military Academy at West Point. They came to the United States three months ago, carrying with them the future hopes of the Chinese Air Force.
Since the September 18th Incident, the High Command of the Chinese Air Force has begun to prepare for rainy days. They believe that there will eventually be a war with the Japanese in the future. On the future anti-Japanese battlefield, those who win the air force will win the world.
In order to deal with the aggressive navy and air force of the Japanese, the Chinese military could only purchase hundreds of military aircraft from Western military powers.
The planes were purchased, but the pilots had no way to purchase them, so the Air Force Headquarters selected some good candidates from active servicemen and invited Western pilots to serve as flight instructors.
The Air Force Headquarters is clearly aware that if the domestic air force is to grow rapidly, it must have a group of excellent domestic air force instructors.
Therefore, in the winter of 1935, the Air Force Headquarters decided to select some elites from the military and universities to go to the United States Military Academy at West Point to learn advanced air combat technology, so that they could teach more outstanding pilots after returning home.
Without excellent pilots, no matter how good the aircraft is, it is just a pile of scrap metal.
The Chinese Air Force, which is about to usher in the inevitable war of resistance in the precarious situation, is in great need of a group of outstanding pilots.
Like other international students, Zhou Zhihan, who is currently studying in college and is proficient in English, obtained this publicly funded study abroad place through many connections.
In the Chinese military in 1935, pilots were the most in-demand talents. They were the best young masters among the rich and handsome, and the grand marshals among the elites. Being able to study flying skills abroad was an honor among honors, and they had a bright future after returning to China.
The international students with Zhou Zhihan all have strong family backgrounds. Some of them have been in the army for many years, and some of them have only joined the army for a few months just to get into the West Point Military Academy. Zhou Zhihan only joined the army a few days before leaving the country. I joined the army without training for a day, never touched a gun, and got the rank of sergeant without even being able to salute.
Originally, Zhou Zhihan and the other twenty-odd students were supposed to be assigned to the West Point Military Academy's branch, Randolph Air Force Base, fifteen miles west of San Antonio, Texas, to learn flight technology and theory.
But just one week after entering the Randolph Air Military Base, half of this group of students were kicked out of the Randolph Air Military Academy and sent to the lowest level non-commissioned officer school, including Zhou Zhihan.
They were sent to the Infantry Sergeant School to practice physical fitness because they failed to meet the basic military indicators in all aspects and did not meet the most basic recruitment standards for air force cadets.
Without a good physique, a strong will, and a calm mind, it is simply impossible to be competent in air force training, let alone flying on a plane.
Physical fitness is the basis for supporting the above indicators. Without good physical fitness, it is impossible to pull off dive bombing, rolling fighting and bombing.
Pilots admitted to the Randolph Aviation Military Academy must undergo three to six months of basic military training. During this time, the trainees cannot get on the plane and can only learn theoretical knowledge.
Therefore, sending Zhou Zhihan and the others to the Military Academy will not conflict at all in their future courses.
After two months of hard work, the physical indicators of the other dozen international students who were sent to the grassroots level of the military academy together with Zhou Zhihan barely met the enrollment standards of Randolph Air Force Academy, and they returned to study at Randolph Air Force Academy.
In the past two months, no matter how hard Zhou Zhihan worked, he could not make any progress. His physical indicators were still at the same level as two months ago, so he could only stay at the Infantry Sergeant School, but the school gave him an ultimatum. Disk, and give Zhou Zhihan another month. If his physical fitness still fails to meet the basic requirements of Randolph Aviation Military Academy, he will be expelled and returned to China.
It’s not that the U.S. Military Academy at West Point can’t tolerate a loser, but it can’t let a loser ruin the prestigious reputation of the West Point Military Academy.
After long-term efforts were not rewarded, Zhou Zhihan gradually lost confidence in himself. He began to become anxious, lazy, and self-defeating. Later, he simply did not participate in any training and went to wander outside the school after getting enough sleep every day.
As Zhou Zhihan gave up on himself, the instructors also lost confidence in him. They had many students to teach, and they did not have the time and energy to waste on a student who gave up on himself, so they gradually turned a blind eye to him.
There is another reason. Zhou Zhihan is an international student from China and cannot attract the attention of the school's senior officials at all.
Among the Chinese students who graduated from West Point before, the most famous was General Wen Yingxing.
At that time, the U.S. Congress passed a special bill to approve whether West Point could accept Chinese students.
However, the influence of General Wen's group of students at West Point was only average, because they were not many in number at the time and the country's influence was limited and could not provide them with strong backing.
At this time, China's international status was still there, and the social status of many Chinese Americans in the United States was second- or third-class citizens.
If the country is weak, its diplomacy is also weak, and naturally the status of its expatriates and students abroad is also weak.
Half a month ago, Zhou Zhihan's soul was replaced by a soul piercer named Fan Wenbin.
Now, Fan Wenbin has gradually adapted to his new identity - Zhou Zhihan.
Fan Wenbin is now Zhou Zhihan, and Zhou Zhihan is Fan Wenbin.
When the sounds of students running and chanting came from the playground outside, Zhou Zhihan climbed out of bed and performed a set of military boxing in the spacious dormitory. He sweated a little and felt more energetic. When I first crossed over, my predecessor had a weak constitution.
After traveling through time for half a month, Zhou Zhihan's physical fitness improved at such a rate that he felt like he was reborn every day, although from the outside, he still looked like a frail scholar.
Feeling the confidence and joy brought by his body, Zhou Zhihan was sure that this was the Golden Finger.
Strength is confidence.
His absolute strength, explosive power, endurance, shifting speed, vision, smell, alertness, and judgment have all undergone earth-shaking changes. Every time he exhales and inhales, he can feel the indescribable subtleties brought to his body by the golden fingers. Changes, especially his IQ, have reached the state of photographic memory, which has given him super confidence.
Suddenly, among the noisy running sounds, Zhou Zhihan discerned five footsteps walking through the corridor and heading towards his dormitory.
Listening has improved again.
Life is different with a golden finger.
If it had been anyone else, he would have been caught in the act. Oh, other students are out running and doing morning exercises, and you are hiding in the dormitory alone to practice military boxing. What do you want to do?
The footsteps of several people were light and heavy. The footsteps of three of them were familiar to him, but the footsteps of the other two were completely unfamiliar.
Zhou Zhihan's mind was racing, and he judged the purpose of these people in two seconds. He quickly returned to bed, covered his head and pretended to continue sleeping soundly.
Zhou Zhihan's judgment was completely correct.
Sure enough, he knew three of the five people who came in, including dormitory administrator Sergeant Jink White, squad leader Steven Goode, and instructor Lieutenant Jonas Hansen.
Second Lieutenant Jonas Hansen is the instructor of Class 17, Grade 1 of the 35th Class. He was a big instructor who never looked at him before. He held a pointer in his hand, walked like a big duck, and liked to call students shit.
The other person, Zhou Zhihan, was unknown to him. He was wearing casual clothes, tall and thin, with brown hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and a black pipe in his mouth. He looked very elegant.
There is also a student with an Asian face carrying a military bag on his back and carrying washing utensils in his hand. He looks like a new student at first glance. He is tall and has a short chin. He looks very resolute. His legs are slightly spread apart and he has a military look. Wei Yang was very confident, with an arrogant sense of superiority in his eyes.
"Bang bang bang!"
Second Lieutenant Jonas Hansen swung his pointer and knocked three times on Zhou Zhihan's bedside, then lifted his quilt.
Damn, it’s a good thing I didn’t have a sleeping habit, otherwise I would have suffered a big loss.
Zhou Zhihan scolded the other party for being rude and rubbed his eyes at the same time. He pretended to be confused for two seconds before he came to his senses. He got up and saluted the instructor with a military salute.
Steven Goode, the squad leader of Class 17, is an upright man with a strong body. He wears a purple beret and is very energetic. He takes good care of Zhou Zhihan from China, but there is really nothing he can do about Zhou Zhihan. carving.
"Zhou!" A trace of sympathy flashed in Steven Good's eyes, "Because you are unable to meet the requirements of Randolph Aviation Military Academy, the Military Academy Instruction Office requires you to leave West Point Military Academy today."
Zhou Zhihan remained calm, his judgment was correct, and the ultimatum from West Point Military Academy was due.
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