The appearance of the "Zero" fighter planes, although it was just two "Zeros" making an appearance over Wanxian Airport, was enough to cause a great psychological shock to the Yingjiang pilots.
In fact, the same is true for Chinese pilots. Although many of them saw the "Zero War" for the first time, as pilots, they had already learned about the "Zero War" achievements in the Pacific battlefield from the Yingjiang pilots.
It's just that the Chinese pilots are somewhat used to it. They have known since the beginning of the War of Resistance that China's equipment is inferior to the Japanese in all aspects, and they are used to fighting the Japanese with backward equipment... If the equipment is better than the Japanese, then they are not used to it.
Therefore, the Chinese pilots did not react at all and did whatever they were supposed to do with a calm look on their faces.
The Eagle Sauce pilot was different. Some people complained at the time:
"Fuck it, no one told me that there is also a 'zero war' on the Chinese battlefield!"
"We are just transporters and have no air combat training. Will they let us deal with 'zero combat'?"
"I don't think Major Doug would give this order!"
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Alec knew better. He said to the pilots: "In the past Chinese battlefield, there may not have been a 'zero war', but now that we are here, of course a 'zero war' will also appear!"
So the Yingjiang pilots all understood that these "zero battles" were just for them.
Some Yingjiang pilots even thought deeper and knew that the reason why Yingjiang was so keen to send fighter planes to reinforce the Eighth Route Army instead of Mao Xiong or the stubborn army was probably to distract the enemy from the "zero war" and reduce the pressure on the Pacific battlefield.
...Although the enemy sent only 12 "Zero War" aircraft, the mass production of the enemy's "Zero War" aircraft at this time was no more than 300 aircraft. 12 aircraft is not a small number, not to mention that there may be more in the future.
At this time, Wang Xuexin and Major Doug appeared in front of the commotion of the pilots.
This is not a coincidence, but both Wang Xuexin and Major Doug know that the emergence of "zero combat" will definitely cause panic among the pilots.
If we were in modern times, this situation would be unlikely to happen, because most pilots have gone through thousands of trials and even various psychological trainings to be able to "do not change their expressions even if the mountain collapses in front of them", and they will be required to maintain their composure at all times.
Stay calm and find the best solution.
But pilots in this era were different.
The training of pilots in this era was relatively rough, especially since Yingjiang had no actual combat pressure before and lost a large number of well-trained pilots as soon as the war started.
Not to mention that these Eagle Sauce pilots sent to China were still second-rate pilots.
Major Doug saw that the Yingjiang pilots were in a mess while the Chinese pilots were in order. He was very dissatisfied with the Yingjiang pilots. He sarcastically said to the Yingjiang pilots with a black face: "Ah, it seems that you instructors
, the instructors are all very qualified, aren’t they? Do you need me to remind those Chinese pilots to let them learn from you?”
As he spoke, Major Doug raised his head in the direction of the Chinese pilot.
The Yingjiang pilots looked at the Chinese pilots, with guilt on most of their faces.
However, some people defended this:
"Major, that's because they don't know about Zero War and what kind of plane it is, so they are not afraid!"
"At the same time, they also know that it is impossible to send them into the sky to fight against Zero War, so there is no need for them to be afraid!"
"Yes, if we are going to fight in the air, it's us, isn't it?"
Major Doug's face was ashen, regardless of whether what they said was true... In fact, this answer is not important. What is important is that his subordinates were already timid before the war started. How could they fight this battle?
In particular, Major Doug still knew the facts very well... All they wanted was to teach the Chinese pilots to fly planes instead of flying into the air to fight. Yingjiang chose to preserve his strength as a pilot. As for attracting the enemy's attention, let the Chinese pilots do it.
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"What a brave statement!" Major Doug gritted his teeth and said: "I participated in the First World War and know an eternal truth. If you are timid, if you don't want to face the enemy, if you
If you don't dare to go to the battlefield, then you can find a hundred reasons, right?"
The pilot Yingjiang was stunned speechless.
Major Doug is right, they are looking for reasons not to go to the battlefield.
Major Doug continued: "If you tell me directly that I am scared and I don't want to go to the battlefield because it means losing my life, then at least you still have some respect because you told the truth. But now, you are
Tell me another answer in such a shameful way. Not only are you cowardly, but you are also shamefully putting the blame on your students! Well done, gentlemen, well done! I'm proud of you!"
Although Major Doug said this, his face showed a different look. He felt that he simply could not face those Chinese pilots and Wang Xuexin who looked so composed.
Wang Xuexin had been listening to Li Yueying's translation, and then stepped forward to take over Major Doug's words: "No, Major, I have to clarify for them that it is not shameful to be afraid!"
Major Doug looked at Wang Xuexin doubtfully. He didn't understand what Wang Xuexin meant.
"Fear is instinct, gentlemen!" Wang Xuexin turned to face the Yingjiang pilot: "Every one of us will be afraid, and they are no exception!"
Speaking of this, Wang Xuexin also shouted to the Chinese pilots: "Comrades, are you afraid? Or is it like the foreign devils said, you don't know about 'zero war' at all, so you are not afraid?"
The Chinese pilot was silent for a while, and then someone answered one after another:
"We know about the 'Zero War', Yingjiang told us about it!"
"Battal Commander, didn't you give Yingjiang some tactics to deal with the Zero War? We've all heard about it, why don't we know about it?"
Wu Guozhi also said with a disdainful expression: "I heard that during the 'Zero War', the foreign devils were still living and drinking in Pearl Harbor! Before they even started the war, the 'Zero War' prevented the stubborn military aircraft from taking off!"
Wang Xuexin spread his hands to the Yingjiang pilots and said: "Did you hear that? They even knew about the 'zero war' earlier than you. In fact, before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 'zero war' appeared on the Chinese battlefield. We
Everyone knows it’s dangerous!”
One of the Eagle pilots interjected: "But you don't need to deal with them, at least not now!"
Wang Xuexin smiled and asked: "Aren't we the ones fighting them all this time? We may not have dealt with the 'zero war', but we have used broadswords and spears to fight against the enemy's tanks and machine guns.
We only had ten rounds of ammunition but went to the battlefield without hesitation. We once dared to fight the enemy with just a grenade hanging on our waist. Do you think... this will be easier than driving a Hawker 81 to face the "zero battle"