At the end of November 1941, most of the world was plunged into war. Only a few countries such as the United States were still enjoying peace and tranquility, with vitality everywhere.
The day after arriving in the United States, Zhou Zhihan first called his teachers to greet him, and then wrote a letter of greetings to Mr. Laughlin Corey.
Mr. Laughlin Corey was very happy to receive Zhou Zhihan's letter. He called Pearl Harbor and chatted with Zhou Zhihan for a long time, and invited Zhou Zhihan to visit the White House when he had time.
Laughlin Corey admired Zhou Zhihan very much. When he suggested that Roosevelt support the Chinese Air Force, he was opposed by some people in the White House. Seeing that his suggestion was about to become a lever for Zheng Zhi's opponents to attack him, Zhou Zhihan's words completely dispelled the idea. In response to Roosevelt's doubts, he provided pilots and fighter aircraft assistance to China without hesitation, which also made his position as chief adviser more secure.
In the days that followed, Zhou Zhihan coached Army and Navy pilots at Pearl Harbor and other bases during the day, and returned to his single room at night to continue studying how to help the Americans on December 8.
Zhou Zhihan's training methods were an eye-opener for Americans. Whenever he gave lessons to the students, many instructors would always come to observe. Even a week later, many flight instructors from other bases also came to listen to the lessons.
The practical knowledge Zhou Zhihan handed over to American instructors and pilots was the essence of what he had distilled from thousands of battles, large and small. From the key points of single-plane reconnaissance, two-plane formations to large-group operations, he explained them thoroughly, making it difficult for those who have never studied before. It was an eye-opener for American pilots on the battlefield.
He often flies various types of fighter planes into the air to demonstrate his flying skills, especially when he performs a stunt of landing without fuel in a fighter plane, which makes Americans cheer every time.
The U.S. Navy has vigorously promoted this ship landing technology.
This trick is both practical and can show off skills, so pilots have the patience to learn it. Only God knows when their fighter plane will run out of fuel or the engine or propeller will fail. This trick can save their lives.
This trick also applies to Army aviation pilots, such as forced landing without fuel, or the landing gear is damaged and cannot be lowered.
If you learn this trick, you will not be overwhelmed when making a forced landing, and you can also minimize the damage to the fighter plane.
Holding a big top is the nightmare of all land-based pilots.
Of course, if you want to learn this trick, you must first learn the relatively simple land aviation landing, and then gradually transition to ship landing.
While the Japanese fleet was preparing intensively for war, Zhou Zhihan, who was far away in Pearl Harbor in the United States, was also constantly improving his plan.
Zhou Zhihan was an instructor specially invited by the Navy. He was a student at the West Point Military Academy and Principal Randolph's favorite disciple, so he was very popular at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base.
There are many officers in the Pearl Harbor Naval Base who come from West Point and Randolph, and naturally they have a close relationship with their alumnus Zhou Zhihan, which opens more doors for Zhou Zhihan's next plan.
Not long after Zhou Zhihan arrived, Mr. Laughlin Corey, President Roosevelt's chief adviser, made a special call and invited him to the White House. Everyone knew this.
What an honor it would be to be invited by the President's chief adviser to the White House.
This backer is big enough.
Zhou Zhihan was generous and had no official quarrels. He could smoke, drink, gamble and make money when he was with everyone. Coupled with his outstanding combat experience, he was welcomed by American pilots who aspired to become aces.
Young people, who doesn’t want to become an ace pilot one day and feel proud in front of their parents and beautiful girls in their hometown?
Pilots all have dreams, and this is a group of rich, handsome people, and everyone wants to be the best among them.
Being able to communicate more with people like Zhou Zhihan will allow them to quickly improve their air combat skills and learn many things that they cannot learn from American instructors.
Air combat confrontation exercises are often held at the Pearl Harbor base, including single-aircraft battles and small formation confrontations.
Everyone likes to see the air combat drills between two fighter planes. Zhou Zhihan mostly flies American fighter planes such as Messerschmitt, Spitfire, Hurricane, Zero, and Type 97 naval attack aircraft, because he has flown all these fighters.
At this time, the pilots and sailors in the base are either sitting on the ship, sitting on the dock, or sitting on the beach with beer, waiting for the red and blue sides to start a fierce confrontation.
Generals and commanders sometimes smoked cigarettes, drank beer, and watched aerial combat with the sailors.
In every confrontation, Zhou Zhihan used different tactics, and various exquisite maneuvers emerged one after another, making people look dazzled.
Some pilots who had never had actual combat experience but thought they had good air combat capabilities only realized that all their theoretical knowledge and simulation exercises were empty talk in front of veterans in air combat.
So much so that the sailors at Pearl Harbor laughed at the pilots: "You rookies who have never participated in actual combat are at best a group of guys who can fly airplanes."
Every simulated air battle ended in Zhou Zhihan's victory, and his "opponents" also benefited a lot.
In short, due to his arrival, the flying techniques and tactics in the base have become much richer, the enthusiasm of the pilots has also been mobilized, and the enthusiasm for training has been unprecedentedly high.
Sometimes, Zhou Zhihan would organize a small group of aircraft to fight, which was also a major attraction. At this time, the four-finger formation was no longer mysterious, but its changeable turning techniques and excellent tactical coordination still made the pilots talk about it and discuss and learn from it. .
Zhou Zhihan is currently just an ordinary instructor. In fact, even the captains of several aircraft carriers regard him with special regard. As long as he puts forward training requirements, they are basically approved immediately, and he is allowed to lead the team out for training at any time.
McCluskey, the carrier-based aircraft commander of the USS Enterprise, often invites Zhou Zhihan to the ship to give lectures to the pilots.
Facing the applause and glory, Zhou Zhihan remained calm. He knew what his mission was.
The United States is now at peace. Many fighter jets and bombers on the island usually do not carry live ammunition. Fighters in particular only carry a small amount of live ammunition when they go out to fight. This makes Zhou Zhihan feel troublesome.
Without enough ammunition, these fighters flew into the sky and could only become target drones for the Japanese.
Seeing that the day when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was getting closer and closer, Zhou Zhihan was a little anxious. If he could not find a reasonable reason to load the American fighter force with ammunition, his plan would be equivalent to a tiger without claws.
He knew that the Americans were unprepared when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, which was one of the main reasons for the heavy casualties at Pearl Harbor.
If the base is informed of the Japanese attack 2 minutes in advance, the losses will be greatly reduced.
But how to provide an early warning that would not make anyone suspicious, even more so to Zhou Zhi.
Everything must be reasonable and natural, and must not arouse any suspicion, otherwise it will be counterproductive - you know that the Japanese will make a sneak attack, why not warn you 2 hours in advance?
The meaning of 2 minutes and 2 hours is like the story of a bowl of rice becoming a favor and a bucket of rice becoming an enemy.
