Zhou Wen looked at the principal and said sincerely: "The war between China and Japan is a war related to the survival of the Chinese nation. The entire nation should be mobilized, united, and united to fight against the outside world. Only in this way can we persist until the day we see the dawn.
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"Therefore, I suggested to the principal that the Military Commission not only not to blackmail and suppress the warlord forces of different forces in the country, but should also provide certain assistance. When conditions permit, help them reorganize their troops and conduct guidance training and tactical training.
Etc., we will even provide material, equipment and policy support to some local troops who understand the general situation and have national awareness."
"At this time, even if the combat effectiveness of some warlord forces has been strengthened, the tense situation between China and Japan and the short period of just a few years do not allow them to do things that are contrary to national unity and ethnic unity."
"When the Sino-Japanese War breaks out, these troops will become an important force in the country's fight against the Japanese aggressors under the general trend of the entire nation sharing the same hatred of the enemy and rising up to fight."
"Only in this way, by using every strength of our country and nation, can we achieve a protracted war and persist until the final victory."
Looking at the principal who was deep in thought, Zhou Wen certainly knew that the principal would not make major adjustments to his inherent political strategy because of his words.
But it would be good as long as some local improvements can be made.
For example, Marshal Yan always wanted to develop the air force, but was blocked by the principal for fear that his political opponent would become powerful and pose a threat to him.
In addition, the Gui Army, which is famous for its bravery and fearlessness in the country, has been guarded and hijacked by the Central Army. It can only live in Guangxi Province, with no information and no opportunities for external exchanges. As a result, the overall tactical thinking of the Gui Army has been limited to domestic wars.
That kind of relatively single combat mode lacks understanding of modern warfare, let alone any targeted training.
Moreover, although warlord armies such as the Jin Army and the Gui Army claim to have a troop size of hundreds of thousands, due to the inherent characteristics of the warlords and limited economic conditions, the only troops with real combat effectiveness are about 100,000 troops.
Due to backward tactics and command errors, these troops were basically exhausted in the Taiyuan Battle and Songhu Battle in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. They relied on second-line troops with poor equipment and extremely poor training. Naturally, it was difficult to achieve anything.
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This is also the reason why in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, the Jin and Gui armies had almost no chance of success.
But the most regrettable thing is the Northeastern Army, which was once the most powerful army in terms of equipment and combat power in the country. However, due to various reasons (which I will not go into details here), it was finally dismantled and reorganized, and was finally lost in the long river of history.
If during this period, the principal could put aside his past grievances, try his best to help these warlords reorganize and organize their troops, and organize grassroots officers to conduct tactical training against the Japanese army, then there would be countless reserves for China's war of resistance.
"So, you also want to develop the air force?" the principal thought for a while and suddenly asked.
"How dare you talk about the development of the air force with such strength in this humble position, which means building an aircraft guerrilla force. If you can fight, you will fight. If you can't fight, you will harass and run away. At most, it will only be a few airplanes." Zhou Wen said with a bitter smile.
"Oh? What kind of guerrilla method?" the principal continued to ask.
Zhou Wen couldn't help but feel funny when he saw that the principal was meticulous about everything and wanted to know everything.
But even if I tell you these complicated air force tactics, you may not understand them!
"To be specific, it means not to fight head-on with the Japanese aircraft, but to just hit them and run away. The purpose is not to compete for air supremacy, but to make the Japanese feel afraid and not dare to bomb us unscrupulously."
Zhou Wen could only briefly talk about his ideas. But he couldn't go into details, which involved the selection and protection of the airport, the performance of the aircraft, the quality of the pilot, the accuracy of the intelligence, the timing of the attack, and the use of methods in different situations.
What kind of tactics, etc. Generally speaking, it will be very difficult to explain to those who do not have any professional knowledge of aviation, and they may not be able to explain clearly.
"Where did you get your pilot?"
Fortunately, the principal did not intend to discuss aviation tactics too much and began to ask the most critical question, which was how to train pilots.
The principal may not understand the tactics of the Air Force very well, but he is deeply aware of the difficulty of the process from establishing an Air Force to developing its combat effectiveness.
Not to mention that the Air Force itself is a service that invests huge amounts of money. The most important thing is that pilots cannot be trained even if you have money.
This is because the requirements for personal qualities of pilots are so high. Not only must they have a high level of education, but they must also have physical health, weight, height and vision requirements.
With the current extremely low education level in the Republic of China, it is simply more difficult to systematically train a large number of pilots and their reserve teams.
Not to mention the poor and weak Republic of China, even in Japan during this period, the discovery and training of its flying talents was also a headache for the Japanese government.
This is because although Japan's education popularity is higher than that of China, it is still at a low level compared with other developed countries.
The selection base is already low, and there are also physical requirements, so qualified people are rare.
For example, during this period, Japan's HNA's alma mater, the Etajima Naval Academy, graduated more than 300 officers in a year, and only about 30 were from HNA.
Although more than 1,500 talents apply for the aviation school every year, the selection rate is only less than 5%.
Moreover, if you are selected, you may not be able to pass various assessments and graduate. You also have to consider the group of people who were eliminated for various reasons. The final success rate is estimated to be less than 60%.
This is why little Japan still had an advantage in air combat in the early stages of the Pacific War, but in the middle and late stages, when its ace pilots continued to lose, the Japanese aviation force, which lacked the supply of skilled pilots, was no match for the large number of American aviation forces in the battle.
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Continuous defeats also turned the wind god worshiped in the hearts of the Japanese people into a turkey hunted by the Americans.
Japan is like this, so China during this period is even more unbearable.
During the Republic of China, there were very few airplanes, and even fewer pilots. Training was conducted abroad, mainly in developed countries such as the United States, and English requirements were extremely high.
In this era, those who are good at English basically have good family conditions.
In addition, pilots must master basic mathematics and have an understanding of meteorology and geography. This way, when calculating the heading, they will not be wrong by a thousand miles.
Especially when technology was not yet developed, pilots who received a good education from an early age were basically from fairly wealthy families.
Therefore, aircraft pilots in the Republic of China were all descendants of aristocratic families, second generation rich, returned overseas Chinese, etc. They were the proper social elite.
