Seeing that Roosevelt did not speak, Ernest continued: "And General Stilwell is right, Chinese pilots have almost no use in the country, and it is a great waste for them to stay in the country......"

There is no doubt about this, because President Chiang lost two important airfields in the Battle of Henan-Hunan and Guizhou, namely the Guizhou and Liuzhou airports, which forced the 14th Air Force of the US Air Force in China to withdraw completely. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info (Note: The Flying Tigers have been disbanded around 42 years and reorganized into the regular army of the US Air Force in China, that is, the 14th Air Force of the Task Force in China, which is still customarily called the "Flying Tigers" by the Chinese side)

Roosevelt nodded and said, "Now, I'm only worried about one thing, will Chiang agree to transfer the pilots?" ”

"Mr. President!" Ernest replied with some disdain: "I don't think Jiang has a choice!" ”

"How?"

"Because of the failure of the Battle of Yuxianggui!" Ernest said: "We have given so much aid, but what we have received is Chiang's refusal and failure again and again, and many officers are complaining...... What's the point of passively supporting a regime that is increasingly unpopular and untrusted in China, and at the same time incapable of bringing benefits to the United States?! ”

Roosevelt nodded, and he was also very indignant about this...... He didn't expect Chiang's army to be so low in combat.

"I see what you mean!" Roosevelt said, "If Chiang does not agree, we can choose to abandon them at any time!" ”

"Yes!" Ernest replied: "We can put our chips in places that are more worth betting, such as the Chinese Expeditionary Force......"

Roosevelt agreed, saying that the U.S. investment in the Chinese Expeditionary Force was less than one-thousandth of Chiang's, but the benefits were much greater than Chiang's, and it was foreseeable that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would play an unexpected role in the future.

The United States is a typical commercial country, and they naturally know which is cost-effective and which is not.

So Roosevelt didn't say a word, and immediately sent a telegram to President Chiang.

In the telegram, he unceremoniously said to President Chiang: "Because of the needs of the war, we need pilots who have been trained in China before." They're a fortune that should be put into the battlefield, and you don't need it anymore, do you? ”

When President Jiang received this telegram, he felt so bitter in his heart......

You must know that these pilots have been trained by him with great effort and countless efforts...... Not to mention the time and money invested, at the extreme moment when the China-Myanmar highway was blocked, they were also guaranteed fuel for flight training. But now...... The U.S. side said it was going to be!

Principal Jiang's first thought was to refuse.

But after all, Jiang was still old and spicy, and he read the message again...... Although there was nothing in the message, Principal Jiang could still see that his tone was not good, and then turned the whole situation around in his mind a few times, and soon understood what the problem was.

"Alas!" Thinking of this, Principal Jiang couldn't help but sigh and said, "That's it...... Give it to them! ”

President Jiang is indeed smart enough, in the past, only President Jiang was the only one in China, and if the United States wanted to consume the US military, it would only support President Jiang, so President Jiang could "arrogantly" reject the United States again and again......

But now, after the expeditionary force took the northeast and stationed in Okinawa, the situation of President Chiang's "one big family" has come to an end.

Although the Chinese Expeditionary Force was still nominally President Chiang's troops, the Americans could choose to fully support the Chinese Expeditionary Force and abandon President Chiang, and President Chiang would not even receive American aid at that time...... It was only a matter of time before it was captured by the Japanese.

Of course, this is also not in the interests of the United States...... The existence of President Chiang can somewhat drag down the Japanese, so the United States will not do this unless it is absolutely necessary. It's just that Principal Jiang didn't dare to gamble with his own fate.

As a result, Stilwina quickly replied: "The first batch of 180 Chinese pilots is expected to arrive in a month!" ”

Stilwell looked at this telegram and couldn't help but look at Zhang Chi in a daze, he couldn't believe that the difficult Principal Jiang had such a good solution, you must know that he had dealt with Principal Jiang countless times before...... There has never been a telegram like this!

Zhang Chi just smiled...... Only he knows in his heart that this seems to be a simple thing, but there are actually many twists and turns!

On the other hand, Zhang Chi's heart blossomed again: there are 180 pilots, and they are also pilots who have been trained by the Flying Tigers for several years and still have actual combat experience...... As long as you have a little training, you can fly into the sky, and this basically solves the problem of insufficient pilots in Okinawa and even in Northeast China.

Of course, Zhang Chi will not be satisfied with this.

Zhang Chi also knows from this crisis...... For a branch of the armed forces with a long training cycle like pilots, it is necessary to prepare as early as possible, otherwise once they are to be used, they will almost be pushed into a desperate situation.

Therefore, Zhang Chi turned around and sent a telegram to Li Huakun, commander of the 50th Division sitting in the northeast, asking him to actively recruit and train talents in the northeast.

This talent includes not only pilots, but also mechanics, engineers, returnees, etc.

Of course, such talents are extremely rare in China these days, especially in Northeast China, which was once under the rule of the Japanese army...... The enslavement and brainwashing of the Japanese army prevented most Northeasterners from getting a better education.

But you must know that there are more than 36 million people in the Northeast at this time...... There are always some fish that slip through the net, such as landlords, relatives of traitors, and sons of merchants.

Among them, the relatives of the landlords and traitors cannot be beaten to death with a stick, thinking that they will be the same as the traitors...... In fact, they tend to be more open-minded because they have the conditions to receive a better education or even study abroad rather than being brainwashed by the Japanese at home. For example, in the historical "Anti-Japanese Murder Gang", there are several backbones in it who are relatives of big traitors.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi also considered whether he could select some highly educated soldiers or people with special talents from the expeditionary force to send them to the United States for further study, such as mechanical manufacturing, medicine, mechanical maintenance, and shipbuilding......

"Development" is a thing that is easy to solve in other aspects, such as capital, resources, etc., which may be obtained in a short time, but it is the talent that cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry, and it must be prepared for the future with foresight.

It was at this time that Zhang Chi realized that what he needed to consider was far beyond his imagination......