The train station did not suffer much damage, and the fire was put out by the Japanese soon... Although the train station is large and the nearby houses are densely packed, one advantage is that it can prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding area by blasting the neighboring houses.
There is a clear difference between bombs and gasoline, which can react violently everywhere in airports. This is also one of the reasons that affects the effectiveness of bombing.
However, Wang Xuexin didn't take this to heart. What he was dissatisfied with was the training situation, to be precise, the training situation of Yingjiang pilots.
Wang Xuexin stood unceremoniously in front of the Yingjiang pilots and said: "I think you don't seem to understand that this is a battlefield, a battlefield where you can die at any time. With your current training status, it is almost impossible to take off to fight the enemy.
If you are looking for death, even if it is not for Yingjiang or Huaxia, it is just because you can live, and you cannot have such an attitude!"
Then Wang Xuexin turned his attention to Major Doug.
After all, this was his subordinate, and Wang Xuexin thought it would be better for him to reprimand him.
Although Major Doug did not see it with his own eyes, he heard Alec talk about the training situation.
This is what Major Doug did not expect. He originally thought that the mission, which was to lead rocket fighters to bomb the train station, would be more difficult, but the training would be simpler and easier, especially training with Chinese pilots.
I didn’t expect this to be the result!
Major Doug had some embarrassment on his face, because this was not a glorious thing for a Eagle pilot.
However, Major Doug had no objection to Wang Xuexin's words.
"I completely agree!" Major Doug said: "This is war, gentlemen! Do you still think that you are doing the second-line task of transporting fighter planes in Eagle Sauce? No, we are already on the front line. Let's train a few more times.
You have to fly into the sky to face the enemy, and what's more, you're facing a 'zero battle'. Is there something wrong with your brains?"
"Major!" a pilot asked: "Is this tactic really possible? We have never heard of it!"
As he spoke, he also said to Wang Xuexin: "I'm sorry, Battalion Commander Wang! I don't doubt you, but I doubt your tactics."
Another pilot added: "I think so too. This tactic requires us to bite the tail with waves and shoot in advance, especially since we only have a few training opportunities. But we used it for at least a year before.
We have conducted a lot of air combat training during the period. What do you and Battalion Commander Wang mean, is that our training for a year or even several years is not as good as these few trainings now?"
Then Wang Xuexin understood that one of the reasons why Yingjiang pilots were unwilling to train seriously was that they believed more in what they learned.
This does make some sense.
Because air combat tactics rely on flight time and systematic learning, there is almost no situation where you can win a battle by just learning a tactic at the last minute.
So why are they now abandoning what they have learned over the years and adopting new tactics?
If the new tactics are useful, does it mean that the flight training of the Eagles is unnecessary or unscientific, because they will be defeated by one tactic and only need a few trainings.
These flight trainings are the experience accumulated by countless pilots in long-term training and actual combat.
All of these are not as good as the tactics that the Chinese battalion commander in front of me came up with in a flash?
In fact, not only the Eagle pilots, but also Doolittle on the other side of the ocean had this dubious idea.
Therefore, all Doolittle did was send additional planes and pilots and try to prove the practicality of this tactic.
Otherwise, if Doolittle believed that this tactic could work, he would have applied it to the Eagle Navy long ago.
Major Doug turned his attention to Wang Xuexin, meaning that you should explain this problem.
Wang Xuexin replied: "Very good question, soldier! Indeed, there are no shortcuts in air combat training. As you understand, it is almost impossible to achieve it quickly. Therefore, I admit that our trainings cannot last more than a year for you."
Even years of systematic study!”
Wang Xuexin's answer surprised Major Doug and the translator Li Yueying. They originally thought that Wang Xuexin would deny what the Yingjiang pilot said, but they did not expect that Wang Xuexin admitted their thoughts as soon as he opened his mouth.
However, then the turning point came.
Wang Xuexin said: "But, have you ever considered that the 'Zero War' is an extremely special model. It has great advantages in air combat, but it also has some fatal shortcomings. We Chinese people have an idiom
, it’s called ‘leverage strengths and avoid weaknesses’, I wonder if you know what it means?”
This idiom is explained by Li Yueying: "'Leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses' means to use our own strengths and avoid our own weaknesses, and do the opposite to the enemy, so that we can defeat the opponent!"
The Yingjiang pilots understood Li Yueying's explanation and nodded in agreement:
"Hans' blitzkrieg does the same thing. They always look for the enemy's weak points to attack!"
"We do the same thing on the battlefield."
"But what does this have to do with the wave tail-biting tactic? We think it's immature!"
…
"Of course it does matter!" Wang Xuexin asked instead without answering: "Think about it, why can Yingjiang's fighter planes not be able to defeat the 'zero battle'? They often lose to their opponents at a 1:6 disadvantage? Even after using the tactics I suggested, they are still
Can we only hit 1:3?”
Seeing that the Yingjiang pilots didn't speak, Wang Xuexin continued to add: "Do you think those Yingjiang pilots who can't fight the 'Zero War' in the Pacific battlefield are not as well trained as you? Or are your fighters more advanced and reliable than them? Or maybe
, do you have more fighter planes than they do?"
After asking this question, the pilot Yingjiang was completely silent.
Because they all know in their hearts that the opposite is true. The training and quality of the pilots fighting in the Pacific battlefield are much better. The overall performance of the "Wildcat" carrier-based aircraft is also better than that of the Hawker 81, and its number is also better than that of Wanxian Airport.
Much more.
"So!" Wang Xuexin added: "If you are still stuck to the old tactics and are unwilling to let go, why do you think you can do better than them? Why do you think you can fight a 'zero war'? Why do you think you can
Can you survive to be that exception?”
Major Doug nodded secretly.
This analysis is correct. Wang Xuexin is telling Yingjiang pilots that if they still hold on to a glimmer of hope and use old tactics to fight the enemy, they will undoubtedly die.
So, why not try a new tactic?
Although they are skeptical about the new tactics, although they are not familiar with the new tactics and are not used to it, at least it still has a glimmer of hope!