Chapter 1068: The Americans Retreated
"I hate this war!" Chennault looked at the pirate at the end of the airport who fell on the lawn before it had time to land, and couldn't help but hate it.
At the beginning, because Meng Xiang formed a Flying Tigers team dominated by foreign mercenaries in advance, and robbed Chennault's name, the flying team formed by the Americans and Lao Jiang took the name of the Flying Dragons, and in the subsequent anti-Japanese battlefield, because of the outstanding performance of the vanguard army, this Flying Dragons team was not outstanding. When the coalition government was later formed, the Americans were on their honeymoon with the Vanguard, and the Wyverns were quickly incorporated into the Flying Tigers of the Vanguard.
To be honest, no matter what the purpose of the Americans is, the help of the Americans to China during the Anti-Japanese War cannot be erased. In the previous life, if there were no Americans, I am afraid that the course of the Anti-Japanese War in China, which did not have a golden finger, would have been extremely long.
Meng Xiang also understands very well, but this time and space Huaxia is rising too fast. The status of the hegemon of the earth, even if Huaxia does not take the initiative to grab it, the Americans will regard Huaxia as a thorn in their side.
Conflict with the United States is inevitable no matter what. Even if later generations of China shouted for peace and lowered their posture, it was not the same as being trampled on by the United States.
The rise of a great power involves various conflicts of interest, some of which can complement each other and achieve win-win results, while others are unavoidable.
Even when Meng Xiang was an otaku before, he had already understood the irreconcilability of Huaxia and the United States in many aspects in the various Sino-American conflicts in his previous life, and he had cultivated an angry temperament, and at this time, he needed to consider the long-term interests of Huaxia in a high position. Even if you still have in your heart the goodness of the United States to China in another time and space, you must turn your face when it is time to turn your face.
Between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. What's more, the friendship between the United States and China in this time and space is not as deep as in another time and space.
However, although Huaxia and the United States have turned their faces, Meng Xiang still has a good impression of those Americans who have contributed to China's anti-Japanese resistance in another time and space.
No matter how high the salary of the Flying Tigers in the previous life was, how much treatment they were beyond the ordinary Chinese people, or the instructions of the struggle between the interests of the United States and Japan behind them, after all, they had paid sweat and even blood for the anti-Japanese cause in China. It is much better than those Western friends who are just surprised.
So when Lao Jiang's Flying Dragons were incorporated into the Flying Tigers of the Vanguard Army. Meng Xiang also gave Chennault a high courtesy, and even served as the captain of the Flying Tigers for a while in the normal rotation.
Chennault was also very grateful for Meng Xiang's appreciation, approaching Meng Xiang, who had nearly 10 million troops and a world-class air force at that time, was not an old Jiang Kebi who needed to beg him.
Chennault's time in the Flying Tigers was a happy time, and he also saw the strength of the Huaxia Air Force.
After the gorgeous rebellion. A large number of pilots from the Allies in the Flying Tigers had to leave early. Chennault also led his group of American boys, bid farewell to the friends made in China, returned to the United States, and began to serve in the American Army Aviation as the war progressed. In the end, because of this aerial battle, I had to face some Chinese friends who had studied air skills together and drank wine together in the past.
As a soldier of a different country. With different positions, you can only be helpless with your friends.
In addition to this helplessness, Chennault also has a heavy worry in his heart.
In addition to performing some special missions, the Flying Tigers team composed of pilots from all over the world often play the role of the Blue Army, sharpening the novices of Chinese pilots.
As far as Chennault knows, it seems that there is more than one similar blue army in China, and there are similar mercenaries in the army and navy, and they are active all over the world. Only because of the peculiarities of the Air Force. Therefore, it is mainly based on the Flying Tigers specially named by Chairman Meng.
Therefore, they were very impressed by the many excellent Chinese pilots who practiced their targets.
Because of the familiarity with Huaxia. Chennault, who returned home, also wore a title such as a Washington consultant. It's just that Chennault's remarks that the Chinese Air Force is strong and the Chinese pilots are strong are not liked by the Americans.
Many Americans regard these remarks of this American major general as his alarmist remarks. Even after suffering setbacks in front of the Huaxia Air Force one after another, they only admitted that the Huaxia Air Force was strong and had reservations about the level of the Huaxia pilots.
"If I could fly the same plane as them, I'd beat them in the ass!" Just as many Westerners are particularly concerned about the advanced nature of tools and machines, many Americans attribute China's victory to China's advanced fighters.
But Chennault knew that a series of flying geniuses would emerge from the Chinese flight cadets every year, and the Flying Tigers would be deflated again and again.
And he understands Huaxia's investment in training pilots better.
Originally, the population of China is large, and the probability of selecting talents who are more suitable for flying is greater. And Meng Xiang also attaches great importance to air power, relying on the cheap supply of sub-bases, the investment is so costly that Chennault is staggered.
In this era, except for the Americans, the pilots of other countries except for those who were prepared at the beginning, and those pilots in the later period were all trained in a hurry, and the rest needed to be sharpened on the battlefield. It is impossible to help the Russians rely on 20 hours of flying cannon fodder to support the war, and even the Germans were no exception in the later stages of the war. When the war is fought in a state of emergency, it is necessary to give full play to the role of every fighter that can fly.
In the European and American countries of this era, under the desperate pressure of the capitalists, human life is not as valuable as that of later generations, let alone in the context of this national war.
Except for the Americans who have leisure and can practice and train more step by step, how much leisure do other countries have when the war has burned their eyebrows?
Only Huaxia, which also has a strong air force and the support of its bases, can also strictly implement the basic training syllabus for pilots, and even more stringent requirements, which impressed Chennault. He understood that the number of ace pilots in China was not as conspicuous as that of the Germans, and it was only because of the system of rotational operations in China, coupled with the fact that opponents such as Japan were slightly inferior, they participated in fewer wars, not their poor level.
To fight with such a group of pilots who can be trained in hell drills, Chennault is still a little uncertain in his heart.
This time the decisive battle, that is, thanks to the fight with more and less in a short period of time, made Huaxia, who suffered a loss in numbers, unable to take care of it. If it really dragged on for a long time, Chennault had absolutely doubts that the United States would be able to win.
Of course, wars are always based on strength. The Americans' big gesture this time is also a manifestation of their strength, relying on a stormy fierce attack, so that Huaxia could not deal with it. Although in some key target areas, the Americans were beaten by Huaxia fighters and suffered heavy losses, in more places, Huaxia fighters did not have time to escort them at all, and could only rely on ground artillery fire to passively defend them, and even in some areas, there was not much air defense artillery fire, so they could only hide in air-raid shelters and be passively bombed.
It was only after hearing the news that the Americans had the advantage of the overall situation that Chennault breathed a sigh of relief. After all, as an American and a newly promoted major general in the U.S. Air Force, Chennault naturally hoped that his homeland would win.
However, the situation changed too quickly, and when the US military continued to wreak havoc near the evening of the 18th, suddenly, groups of fighters appeared in some places where some Chinese fighters could not take care of them.
These new forces may be a little more immature in technology, but they have the courage to fight to the death, and they have even overturned many American aces by relying on the moves of the newborn calf at the expense of the same end.
The performance of their fighters is not bad, the worst ones are pirates, mustangs, hellcats and the like, and jet fighters are the mainstream.
Although Meng Xiang agreed to the nestling plan, he would not use the lives of those students to fill the ash pit in vain.
With a base in hand and the names of the world's two major super arms companies, Meng Xiang will never lack fighters in his hands, otherwise he would not directly use a large number of military fighters such as Mustang and pirates for rookies to practice, and see the extravagant behavior that Chennault sighed.
Of course, with the cheap production of the base, the cost of these fighters is about the same as the cost of those old training aircraft, which is also one of the aspects. Therefore, in addition to the need for trainer aircraft to assist flight projects, those flight rookies who have got rid of the novice stage directly go directly to the military aircraft with slight modifications, which are cheaper and more convenient.
Even when he understood that jet fighters were going to be popular, Meng Xiang even demanded that every qualified pilot master the skills of piloting jet fighters, transferred many jet fighters directly to various flight schools, and smashed out batches of jet fighter pilots with jet fighters that Americans would be hot to see.
So when the nestling plan was implemented, there was no shortage of fighters in the hands of those novice rookies. What's more, Meng Xiang took into account the accident at the base and stockpiled tens of thousands of various fighters early.
When nearly 10,000 cadet rookies, retired pilots, and even hired pilots from the Flying Tigers joined in, the final moments of the decisive battle on the 18th took a dramatic turn.
Although the quality of the American pilots was very high compared to the uneven US Army, and the enthusiasm and desire to fight were also very strong, in the big battle on the 18th, there were too many casualties to extinguish all enthusiasm. Even if there is no place where the Chinese jet fighters are terrifyingly roaring, there are dense anti-aircraft artillery nets with the color of death in China, and even fireworks displays among the repeated targets of missiles.
And the Americans' 40,000 fighters in one breath also made their logistics extremely bad.
In the face of the counterattack of this group of new forces in China, the Americans were the first to retreat. (To be continued.) )