"Pull 5" does not need to make evasive movements, it only needs to ensure its own speed.
And you don’t need to worry too much that the life of the "Pull 5" engine will be reduced because it keeps maintaining high speed... The life of the "Pull 5" engine is only 50 hours. If the life is shortened to 30 hours due to long-term high-speed flight, then it will save one time. Overhauled and directly scrapped.
Based on this calculation, the cost is actually not much different.
What's more important is that using this tactic, the Eighth Route Army's Second Air Force can quickly form and form combat effectiveness.
If it were other countries, it would take at least several years to train a group of pilots who can fight enemies in the sky, because they have to learn various difficult movements and even consciously cultivate their reaction and adaptability.
But Wang Xuexin used this tactic coupled with "La 5" to train pilots very easily: as long as the pilot can fly the plane into the sky and perform some basic operations, he can almost participate in the battle and play a role.
Because they don't need to think about anything, all they have to do is fly at high speed, then hit and run.
This is not too difficult for student pilots, because they have already received relevant training during training at Wanxian Airport, and now they just need to put it into practice.
So in just over a month, the Second Air Force was already well prepared... It is not accurate to say that it was well prepared, because each pilot only had two opportunities to fly, and each flight lasted only ten minutes.
This is determined by the life of the "La 5" engine.
The trouble with the short engine life is that the training cost is too high. Each pilot flies the fighter plane for ten minutes. If it includes takeoff and landing, it will consume at least fifteen minutes of motorcycle time. Two flights are half an hour. 50 people It's 25 hours for a pilot.
That is to say, just such a short training will consume the service life of a "La 5" engine and make it enter the overhaul process.
At present, Mao Xiong only has 30 aircraft for the Eighth Route Army. Wang Xuexin has to save some, otherwise the old ones will be scrapped before the new ones arrive.
Fortunately, a month later, another batch of 30 Mao Xiong fighters landed on Dishipo.
At this time, Wang Xuexin eagerly hoped that Maoxiong's "La 5" production line could be set up, because after the "La 5" came off the production line, it would take about 10 hours to go through testing and fly from Mao Xiong to Toishipo Airport... For "La 5", this consumes one-fifth of its lifespan.
If the Eighth Route Army could produce it on its own, one-fifth of its lifespan could be used on the battlefield.
When he was ready, Wang Xuexin reported to the headquarters: "The Toishipo Airport is ready to carry out the mission!"
Wang Xuexin's words shocked the chief.
He had thought that the formation of the Second Air Force might be very fast, because the equipment of the Bears was always like this, cheap, rough, and easy to use.
What's more, there are no examples of Mao Xiong pilots flying fighter planes to the battlefield after just a few months or even weeks of extensive training. The Eighth Route Army should be able to do the same.
But the commander still believed that it would take at least two or three months to establish the Second Air Force.
Because the Eighth Route Army flight students are different from the Mao Xiong flight students. The latter is an industrial power after all, and its people's overall mechanical quality and knowledge level are much higher than those of the Chinese people. This determines that the foundations of the two flight students are different. , so the difficulty of learning is also different, especially the requirement to train to the level of being able to fight in the air.
Unexpectedly, just over a month later, Wang Xuexin reported that the Second Air Force was ready.
The leader thought for a while, then frowned and said: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, we can't be too hasty! Fighting the Japanese is important, the Daqingshan Steel Plant is important, and developing our military's automobile industry is also important, but there is a saying that '
I'm too anxious to eat hot tofu. It's only been more than a month. I'm afraid the pilots haven't fully understood the aircraft. Let them take off to fight against the Japanese? This is a very irresponsible approach!"
The commander took it for granted that Wang Xuexin was eager to regain the Daqingshan Steel Plant, so he rushed the immature Second Air Force into actual combat.
In fact, the Second Air Force is indeed immature, but immaturity does not mean that it cannot be put into actual combat.
Wang Xuexin explained it to the chief, and he understood the truth after he understood it.
"That's it!" The commander nodded: "So... the Second Air Force is ready for actual combat?"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin replied confidently: "Moreover, they can practice in actual combat. I believe this will accelerate their growth!"
There is nothing wrong with what Wang Xuexin said.
Although in theory, there is almost no danger for "La 5" pilots due to their speed advantage and "quick attack, quick retreat" tactics.
But that was a battlefield, with the enemy's "zero battle", the enemy's bullets and artillery shells whizzing in, and even the possibility of being attacked by the enemy's ground infantry... These are all realistic pressures, and if you are not careful, you will
Lose your life.
Under such pressure, how can students not work hard to learn skills and improve their flying skills?
For example, this month, Yu Ping told the pilots from the beginning that they would fly into the sky to fight the Japanese in more than a month, and the opponent would probably be a "zero battle" with the Japanese.
These words almost frightened the student pilots, and several of them spoke out against it at all costs.
This does not happen often. In the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, people like Li Yunlong usually dance with joy and shout "There is meat to eat" when they hear there is a battle. If there is no battle, they are so angry that they lift the table.
The main reason why student pilots behave like this is that most of them are educated student soldiers collected by the Eighth Route Army from various places. They have not been trained on the battlefield and do not understand the cruelty of the battlefield and the nature of orders.
The student pilots’ objections even made sense:
"Captain, aren't we going to die if we do this?"
"We are not afraid of death, but we must die with value. Is it worth dying in such an unclear way?"
"How many enemies can we defeat? Even one enemy plane!"
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Yu Pingping couldn't stand this scene any longer. He had always been a pilot and a patrol captain with only a few soldiers in single digits. Now he was leading so many people at once. He didn't know what to do.
How to explain.
Wang Xuexin walked into the conference room in a few steps and said word by word: "If anyone is afraid, you can choose to withdraw now, it's not too late!"
Wang Xuexin chose not to tell them the truth.
Because, if you tell them at this time... you have the speed advantage, there will not be much danger in the battle.
Then, the people left behind will only be those who are greedy for life and afraid of death.