October 31, 1940, Wangjiaao, north of Taiyuan City
Wangjia'ao was formerly the officer school of the Jinsui Army. Thanks to Jin Province's wealthy finances and sound industrial base, this regiment-level school is well built. The thick blue bricks are actually filled with cement. sewn. Although the watchtowers are not made of reinforced concrete, they are still made of concrete and iron frames. They are already very strong and cannot be easily destroyed even by small-caliber artillery.
As for the inside of the campus, it is even more eye-opening. Not to mention electric lights, running water, and telephones. There is a new refrigerator from Bald Eagle in the canteen of the military camp. The officers' dormitory is equipped with low-noise air conditioners from Hans. There are British cinema facilities.
Such a standard will not be outdated even in the 1980s in this time and space. After the Japanese army occupied this place, they changed the school into a place for senior officers to recuperate. There were beautiful women from the mainland and Korea. Red wine imported from country F, beef imported from Bald Eagle, caviar imported from the Alliance, and fresh fruits flown from southern China.
The ultimate enjoyment makes it difficult for you to think that this is something a poor country like Japan can achieve, but in fact, they have really done it, using the already insufficient military expenditures to provide consumption for senior military officers, even in During the period of Yoshio Shinozuka, this place was still operating normally. It can be seen that the degree of corruption in the Japanese Army has exceeded people's imagination.
It was not until Yamamoto Kazuki became the deputy commander of the First Army that he resolutely closed this place and established the Yamamoto Army Aviation Training School here, throwing off the shackles of the army aviation training mechanism and training pilots by himself.
Compared with the rigidity and inefficiency of Japanese pilot training, the Yamamoto Army Aviation Training School, which used the Eighth Route Army training program, seemed so alien.
First of all, they have a strong will. Due to the restriction of the expatriate population in Jin Province, the Yamamoto Army does not have the conditions to recruit a large number of junior high school students from schools. Most of the trainees here are recruited from the army, except for a small number of expatriate schools. Although The cultural quality of these people is generally not high, but their loyalty and willpower far exceed those of locally trained manipulation trainees.
Secondly, the threshold is not high. The Japanese Air Force is a top-level military unit, so the requirements for physical fitness have always been very high. Therefore, the population base in Japan that meets the pilot recruitment standards is not very large, and even if the physical fitness meets the requirements, It does not mean that you can successfully become a pilot, but these are not problems here in the Yamamoto Army. As long as your eyesight is up to standard and other things are not too bad, you can participate in the selection and training of pilots.
Again, there is no restriction on nationality, adhering to Yamamoto Kazuki’s idea of building a true Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The scope of admissions here is not limited to Japanese, as long as they are students from the empire or allied countries, with a clear background and a guarantee Everyone can become a pilot student, especially the traitors and their descendants in Jin Province. Yamamoto Kazuki paid special attention to it, and even used the rebellious Northeast Army pilots to open Chinese courses to train them specifically.
Finally, the academic system is extremely short. In Japan, the training of control trainees after shortening the training cycle still takes 7-9 months, which obviously cannot meet the needs of the war. Therefore, Yamamoto Kazuki simply copied the training plan of the Eighth Route Army and added The training cycle is shortened to two months, so that 40% of the students will be quickly eliminated within half a month after enrolling, but the remaining 60% can become independent after two months. pilot.
Before Yamamoto Kazuki expanded the school and moved it to Wangjia'ao, they had already trained the first batch of pilots, more than 500 people. Taking advantage of the absolute advantage in the number of aircraft, Yamamoto Kazuki quickly resumed control of the airspace in and around Jin Province. Absolute control forced the fledgling Eighth Route Army Air Force into the interior of the base area. In addition, these Japanese pilots were always willing to play tricks of dying together, which caused a lot of losses to the Eighth Route Army.
Encouraged, Yamamoto Kazuki recruited 1,700 students at once for the second time. After cruel elimination, there are currently 961 students in the school in Wangjia'ao. They have completed all theoretical teaching, and there are still 961 students. Within a week, they should be assigned to several airports in Shanxi Province for on-board training.
As for whether the plane is enough? Yamamoto Kazuki was not worried. Aircrafts used to be quite high-end in Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes, but after getting a few homemade aircraft from the former Northeastern Army from the Kwantung Army, he changed this view. What? Well, isn't it just a wooden shell and an engine? Well, there are also a few wheels and some metal components. But in the final analysis, the one with the highest technical threshold is just an engine.
The empire has been updating its air force fighter aircraft in recent years. While a large number of aircraft have been retired, a large number of engines and other spare parts have also been disposed of at low prices. Because the empire does not have a secondary market to digest these, a large number of three to four hundred horsepower engines have no one to care about. Through Thanks to Kuroshima Morita's relationship, Yamamoto Kazuki obtained a lot of Nakajima Hisaichi Type 2 air-cooled engines from the Navy. Currently, aircraft are being trial-produced at the Taiyuan factory, and the finished product will be ready in a short time.
Coupled with the decommissioned aircraft that Shinozuka Yoshio obtained from the Kwantung Army, the second batch of these pilots can also be digested. By then, the North China Expeditionary Force will have absolute air supremacy over the entire North China region, and will no longer have to worry about the Eighth Route Army aviation. 's rise.
As for the future, Yamamoto Kazuki has never thought about shutting down this place. He plans to establish his own reserve pilot system, using the size of the First Army to reserve at least 5,000 pilots with basic skills to deal with the outbreak of war that is likely to occur in the near future. Big war.
Originally, Japan's domestic clamor for marching south and north was just a voice, and those knowledgeable people in the cabinet were still trying their best to avoid this situation. However, as the war in Europe began, the unstoppable strength of its allies also greatly stimulated Japan. The domestic radicals, the navy and the army seem to be going crazy now, desperately preparing for war.
Preparations for war, which were originally secretive, were now carried out semi-openly. The navy and army all shouted the slogan "Asia is Asia for Asians" and advocated further expansion of the war.
However, Yamamoto Kazuki clearly realized that before the war in China ended, Japan did not have the ability to launch another war. Even the current war had no possibility of winning quickly. He also doesn't believe those voices within the army who believe that the war can be ended by just replenishing troops. Alas, just be happy.
