Zhou Zhihan followed the instructor and saw from a distance that the recruits were uniformly dressed and practicing goose steps on the playground. They were all full of energy and energy, as if they had heard or heard something exciting before.
It must be that they heard the good news from the Air Force, so these rookies were so happy.
These students, whose hair has not completely faded from the corners of their mouths, walked in a neat goose step. There were several instructors holding instructor sticks in their hands and patrolling with their hands behind their backs. Any student who did not walk well in the goose step would be severely corrected.
Zhou Zhihan looked at the more than a hundred new air force pilots and couldn't help but sigh to himself. The young faces were full of excitement and longing for the future of the air force, but he didn't know the casualty rate of the Chinese air force during the Anti-Japanese War. It is the highest among all branches of the military.
Although Zhou Zhihan knew that the Chinese Air Force was almost completely wiped out in the Battle of Songhu, he had no right to prevent these young people from joining the Air Force.
After all, someone has to fly a plane into the sky to fight with the Japanese army to protect the country's airspace. In the war, someone will bleed and someone will pay the price with their life. No one can change what is happening and what is about to happen.
Is it because you know too much? It was too deep, so the pain in his heart was also the deepest.
Zhou Zhihan actually didn't want to be a chief flight instructor. He didn't want to watch the students he taught go to the blue sky one by one and never come back.
This morning, although the young Chinese Air Force showed enthusiasm and bravery, their old-fashioned and backward tactics were also a major reason why they did not sink the Izumo today.
Among the Air Force pilots, except for Gao Zhihang, Zhanhuo, Zhang Mufei, and the captains and squadron leaders of each group, the other pilots are basically inexperienced rookies.
For example, when the No. 903 bomber kicked open the defense door of the Izumo, several other bombers actually went to bomb the small ships on the water, failing to concentrate their firepower in time. When they reacted again, the sky above the Izumo had already been attacked. The other ships of the Third Fleet that came to support covered it with firepower.
Many of these newly recruited trainees appear to be from poor backgrounds, and few are rich or handsome. This is why the recruits are happy. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, most of the Air Force pilots were rich and handsome, and poor people had to be very good to enter.
For example, Zhou Zhihan himself, in order to go to the Randolph Air Force Academy, almost robbed his relatively wealthy family.
In the past, air force pilots were composed of many rich and handsome men who flew planes in the blue sky and envied the dead.
Now that there is a war between China and Japan, powerful families know in advance that pilots are most at risk when the enemy is strong and we are weak. Therefore, the vast majority of these more than 100 trainees are outstanding elites from poor backgrounds selected from various armies. soldier.
At this time, children from poor families in China were generally malnourished, with sallow complexions, thin bodies, and short statures. They looked very empty in military uniforms. Many of them joined the army just because they could have enough to eat. After joining the army, they always admired the pilots flying in the air. Soaring majestic, I heard that I could join the Air Force after being selected, so I signed up for the selection.
air force.
He is the proud son of heaven.
It is the dream of many young people. In the past, children from poor families could not even dream of it. Now it is just around the corner, and many soldiers have signed up enthusiastically.
Just looking at the size of these rookies, you can tell that they need to train hard. Without a strong body, they will not be able to control the fighter plane.
I heard that the temporary chief instructor was here, but all the students didn't dare to show their anger and stood at attention.
All students know that the chief instructor is a top student who returned from the United States. He is the favorite student of the principal of the Randolph Air Force Academy. He completed the studies in one and a half years that took others three years to complete, and he graduated with excellent results. During his stay in the United States, , even the U.S. Marine Corps wanted to recruit him, but he chose to return to China, which was in dire straits, to teach the Air Force.
In the past few days, what the students heard most was how the chief instructor flew the Martin 139WC heavy bomber and how to forcefully take off the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber in heavy winds and rain to bomb the Japanese airstrip in Shanghai.
Today, everyone heard that the chief instructor fought against two Japanese carrier-based aircraft one against two, and used a super giant spin to forcefully fly back, instantly killing the Type 95 carrier-based aircraft behind him. This shocked all the Japanese pilots and immediately Great military exploits.
Zhou Zhihan did not give all the new students a slap on the wrist like his instructor did when he was at Randolph. Instead, he directly told the students that they do not need to practice goose-stepping in the future. They should practice strength directly after warming up before each training. Physical ability, eyes, spin.
The Air Force of World War II was not as well-trained as the Air Force of the 21st century.
Especially at the Jianqiao Aviation School, which was poorly equipped at the time, there were not many training methods. Basic training was mainly to practice physical fitness, endurance, eye concentration, and simple training such as avoiding dizziness when rotating.
In military academies, students are asked to practice goose-stepping. This is for the sake of uniformity and good looks, and for them to be shown to their superiors when they come to inspect them in the future. It is of no use in actual combat and is a complete waste of the students' time and energy.
Now that China and Japan are at war, there is no time for pilots to practice goose-stepping to please the big guys who come to inspect.
In peacetime, student pilots can start with various footwork exercises and progress in cycles, because some time is wasted. Now is the troubled time, when hiring people, it is also necessary to find new ways to train students.
The Japanese army has thousands of reserve pilots at its disposal, but the Chinese Air Force currently has no reserve force at all. All pilots are missing one, so a group of excellent pilots must be trained in the fastest and most practical way.
Zhou Zhihan directly asked the students to do push-ups. He wanted to see the physical reserves of these students in the army.
Although these students are selected from a thousand, their physical condition does not look very good. After all, children from poor families have weak physical foundation since childhood. Compared with European and American flight students, the physical condition of Chinese students is at an absolute disadvantage. Even for the same students, The physical fitness of Japanese pilots who belong to Asia far exceeds that of Chinese pilots.
This is an indisputable reality.
The students looked at each other in shock when they heard that the chief instructor asked them to do push-ups.
What the hell are push-ups?
There are actually many students who don’t know what push-ups are or how to do them. They have been here for a few days, walking forward and practicing military posture every day, and have no idea what push-ups are.
Zhou Zhihan almost rolled his eyes.
Let the students run a switchback run to check their physical reserves, as well as their speed and agility when running.
Turnaround?
Won't.
Deadlift?
Won't.
Not jumping obstacles, climbing obstacles, etc.
The students said they don’t know these things and have never heard of them.
As for the most basic training methods such as standing medicine ball throws, deadlifts, various push-ups, fifty-meter sprints, dragging hard objects underwater and holding your breath, horizontal bar hanging leg curls, and five-kilometer cross-country, I have never trained at all.
Never even heard of it.
Zhou Zhihan's mouth twitched, "You don't know anything. Were you just messing around in the army before, or did the army teach you nothing?"
