"These Chinese pilots are in China, and most of the time they are training with American fighters, aren't they?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Yes!" Harris nodded: "They use P40, although it is slightly different from the 'Wildcat' fighter, but they are all the same!" ”

This is the advantage of American equipment, which can be standardized as much as possible, because after standardization, it is not only easy to maintain, any fighter fails, and many parts can be used between different fighters, on the other hand, it is also very operable, such is the case with tanks, fighters, and aircraft carriers.

"That's it...... How long will it take you to get them into combat force? Zhang Chi asked.

"Shame...... A year for it! Harris replied.

"Are you by the standards of American pilots?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Yes!" Harris looked at Zhang Chi with some surprise: "Do you lower the standard?" No, no...... That's irresponsible for the pilot's life, and I don't think Colonel you would agree to do that! ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied, he appreciated Harris's serious and responsible attitude very much, you must know that Harris trains Chinese pilots, and he doesn't need to think too much about the lives of Chinese pilots.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi continued: "But the question is...... The quality of the Japanese pilots is not as good as before, and I think it is necessary to lower the standards appropriately! ”

Harris couldn't help frowning when he heard this, obviously he didn't quite agree with Zhang Chi's statement, although the quality of the Japanese pilots was indeed declining.

"But it's a battlefield after all!" Harris said: "Rushing to send these pilots into battle will only increase their battle loss rate!" ”

"I agree with you!" Zhang Chi replied: "But in addition, we also clearly know the weaknesses of the Japanese fighters, so we ...... When the American pilots fought against the Japanese army, they always seemed to do those few sets of unchanged actions! ”

"Oh yes!" Hearing this, Harris couldn't help but nod.

Of course, Harris knew that because he had mastered the bullet points of Japanese fighters, the U.S. military always maintained a high position when fighting the Japanese army, and then dived to attack, and then left the battlefield and waited for the opportunity to climb, and then launched another attack.

In this regard, not only the American pilots deeply felt it, but even the Japanese pilots also felt the same way, just as the Japanese pilots said...... Against American aircraft, as long as they can avoid their first wave of attacks, there is nothing to fear.

"So we can simplify our air combat training!" Zhang Chi said: "Or it can also be said that it is more targeted, as for what grappling techniques and the like...... Even if the American pilots with the best skills are entangled with the Japanese 'Zero' fighters in the 'Mustang', it is almost a dead end, so why do they still need to train? In other words, just a simple training is enough! Anyway, I don't need it in air combat, I don't know if I'm right? ”

Harris nodded excitedly: "That's right, Colonel, in this way, it is very likely to compress the air combat training to two to three months, and if you hurry up the training, it is very likely that the training time will be controlled within half a year." ”

"So...... Problem solved! Zhang Chi spread his hands, which is also what Zhang Chi is happy to see.

"......No," Harris said, "General Halsey has to agree to equip Chinese pilots with American fighters!" ”

"Do you think General Halsey and the other generals have any other options?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically.

Harris was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Zhang Chi is right, judging from the current situation, the US generals have only two choices, either to dispose of the "Xianghe" as garbage, or to agree to replace it with American fighters, otherwise...... The only way to do this was to let President Chiang drag the training progress until the end of the war, and this would not be of any interest to the US military at all, not only would it not be beneficial but it would also spend a lot of time, supplies and manpower to train Chinese pilots and seamen.

Therefore, the US military had no choice but to agree to Harris's request.

Zhang Chi is very confident in this, because Zhang Chi still knows a little ...... The new fighter "Hellcat" of the US military will soon come out, and it is also designed for the Japanese "Zero" fighter.

As a result, the US military's "Wildcat" fighters will soon take a back seat or even be eliminated, so why doesn't the US Navy simply "send" these fighters that will be eliminated to the Chinese army and put them on the battlefield?!

Of course, this is something that Zhang Chi will not and cannot tell Harris, otherwise Harris will be surprised...... Harris, as an American pilot, did not know that the "Hellcat" was about to enter service, and this was still a military secret, this was so that the "Hellcat" could have a kind of suddenness to the Japanese army after its service, so that the Japanese army could not cope with the powerful offensive of the "Hellcat", and how could Zhang Chi, a Chinese on the island, know?!

"Thank you very much, Colonel!" Harris saluted Zhang Chi and said, "Just now, I was still having a headache about these things, but I didn't expect it...... These are things that I find very tricky, and you can solve them in just a few words. Now, I think I'd better explain the situation to General Halsey and make a suggestion at once! Thank you so much! ”

"As it should be!" Zhang Chi shook Harris's hand and said, "Finally, I would like to remind you that it is best for you to continue to complain in front of Xu Zhengkai and pester him to make the Chinese side send better and more pilots over." At the same time, if you plan to abandon Japanese fighters and switch to American fighters, it is best to hide it from Xu Zhengkai and even the pilots, only saying that Japanese fighters still need to be repaired and studied, so you still need to use American fighters for training for the time being! ”

"Why?" Harris was a little confused.

Zhang Chi smiled and explained, "Principal Jiang's purpose...... It's to delay the progress, and if they know that you plan to speed it up with American fighters, then he'll find other ways to delay the progress, such as crew training, understand? ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Harris couldn't help but suddenly realize.

Looking at Harris, who left satisfied, Zhang Chi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, Zhang Chi didn't like to use those Japanese fighters very much from the beginning, and there is no need to say much about the reason...... Although the Japanese fighters at this time still had many advantages, especially the "Comet" fighters, their performance was quite good in all aspects.

However, the Japanese fighters without exception have a shortcoming, that is, there is almost no armor, and the pilots often do not even have time to parachute after the planes that are hit due to the lack of armor, so the pilot mortality rate is quite high.

Therefore, of course, Zhang Chi did not want the Chinese pilot to fly this kind of coffin flying in the sky, but it was a bit excessive to ask for the "Wildcat" fighter as Zhang Chi's Chinese, but he did not expect that ******'s move indirectly contributed to Zhang Chi's wish. (To be continued.) )