"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, he almost couldn't believe his ears, and after a pause, he asked Halsey with difficulty: "General, do you mean ......?"

"Aircraft carrier!" Halsey said: "It's the Japanese aircraft carrier you captured...... 'Shozuru', it belongs to you!" ”

"You mean...... Does it really belong to us? ”

"Of course!" Halsey replied: "And those planes that you have captured, Japanese fighters!" ”

"But ......" Zhang Chi was stunned for a while before he said: "We don't have pilots, and no one can drive an aircraft carrier, and there are no destroyers escorting aircraft carriers, and there are many, many ......."

Zhang Chi knew that it was not as simple as carrying fighter planes to the sea to form combat effectiveness for aircraft carriers.

"None of this is a problem!" Halsey said: "We have already negotiated with the Chinese side to send the aircraft carrier and fighter planes to China, and we will also send a few destroyers, and the Chinese side will send pilots and crew to fly the aircraft carrier and destroyer, and of course, we will also give them the necessary training!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be speechless for a long time, he really didn't expect the result to be like this.

However, Zhang Chi soon understood the intentions of the Americans...... The Americans are shrewd businessmen, and of course they would not be so kind to give away so much equipment for nothing, and even equip aircraft carriers with destroyers, and then work tirelessly to train Chinese pilots and crews.

They have only one purpose, that is, to make full use of these captured equipment and put it into war as soon as possible, especially at this time when the US aircraft carriers are still in short supply.

This would only be good for the United States, not bad, because it was obvious that the formation of the "Shozuru" would reduce the pressure on the US Navy, and to put it mildly, the Yankees did not even think that the aircraft carrier and fighter planes captured from the Japanese would survive until the end of the war...... The first reason is that the training and quality of the Chinese pilots and crews are limited, and the second is that these captured aircraft carriers and fighters will be regarded as a shame by the Japanese because they were captured from the Japanese, and it is conceivable that the Japanese army will definitely sink this aircraft carrier and shoot down those fighters at all costs.

For Americans, there is nothing to give...... Fighters and aircraft carriers are all paid by Chinese, and the crew and pilots are also Chinese, but the gains may be great.

After figuring this out, Zhang Chi calmed down, because he realized that getting this batch of equipment might not be a good thing.

In fact, President Chiang also took this into account when he got the news, that is, the Yankees seemed to be kind enough to "give" China a big gift, but in fact, they were transferring China's small number of pilots and crews to the Pacific Ocean for the use of the United States...... How shrewd President Chiang was, and how could he not understand the fact that China at this time was even under the blockade of the Japanese army, and there was no coastline and ports for aircraft carriers to dock.

However, it is an aircraft carrier, and not just an aircraft carrier, there are several destroyers that can form a whole aircraft carrier battle group...... This is the sign of a military power!

President Chiang dreamed of becoming a member of the Western powers, or to raise his international standing.

On the other hand, he also knew that if the war continued according to this situation, Japan's defeat would only be a matter of time, and it would be beneficial for him to receive more equipment now after the war.

So President Jiang thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to the American proposal.

But Principal Jiang has Principal Jiang's means...... At this point, the Americans clearly underestimated him.

Before drawing up the list of expatriate pilots, President Jiang personally met with Chennault, who trained **** pilots, and then raised some questions:

"General!" President Chiang asked Chennault: "Our pilot training is okay!" ”

Principal Jiang never asks questions directly, especially when he doesn't want others to guess what he thinks.

"Of course!" Chennault replied with some pride: "They train very hard and seriously, and I believe that in the near future, they will be able to fly into the blue sky to fight the Japanese!" ”

The Flying Tigers were founded in 41 years, and it has only been more than two years now, so it will take some time for the pilots trained by the Flying Tigers to form combat effectiveness.

Of course, more than two years is not enough for the training of a pilot...... Japan's training time for pilots was five years, and in the later period, because of the shortage of flights on the battlefield, the training time for pilots could only be shortened again and again, and many pilots were sent to the battlefield before they were able to participate in air battles, but these pilots were not sent to the skies to participate in air battles, and they were not opponents of US pilots at all, and their task was very simple, that is, to crash into US warships with planes full of bombs.

The reason why I was able to achieve the level of "being able to fight the Japanese in the near future" as Chennault said in two years was not because Chennault put gold on his face, but because the Kuomintang consciously trained pilots before the Flying Tigers were founded...... Of course, the aircraft used to train them are old-fashioned fighters, such as ****, Yi-15, etc.

Although the combat capability of these old fighters is not very good, they have finally ensured the training level of a group of pilots, so that they can grow rapidly under the training of American pilots after obtaining the advanced American fighters, so that they can fly into the sky to fight the Japanese army after more than two years of training.

"Hmm!" Principal Jiang nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "If you let them fly the Japanese plane...... How long does it take to develop combat capabilities? ”

"The flight time of the Chinese pilots is very long!" Chennault thought for a moment and then replied, "And most of them have experience flying several different aircraft, which is their advantage, so I think ...... It only takes a few months for them to get used to it, and they can form combat effectiveness! But I don't recommend it, because the Japanese planes have great flaws, and the survival rate of pilots in air combat is very low! ”

Chennault only thought that President Chiang had captured the Japanese planes and wanted the pilots to fly them.

"Hmm!" Principal Jiang nodded, and then asked no more.

In fact, he already had an idea in his heart at this time...... It may take a few months or even less to form combat effectiveness, which is not good, it will make them throw themselves into the battlefield too early, and in the end, it is likely that none of them will come back.

At the same time, in order not to make the Americans think that he was coping with things, these pilots should not be too "tender," and it would be better for them to form combat effectiveness in about a year.

(To be continued.) )