The "really useful" aid required by Nagano's slim self-cultivation is not the weapons and equipment such as aircraft, tanks and warships, but the pilot, the German ace pilot!

Although Japan's industrial strength is very weak compared to the first-class powers such as the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union and Britain. However, because Japan has always implemented the "first-military politics", they did not lack aircraft and aircraft carriers in the early stages of the war.

According to the plan, by the end of 1941, the Japanese Navy will own more than 10 aircraft carriers, including 6 large fleet aircraft carriers (Achimasa, Kaga, Aolong, Feilong, Shochi, and Ruihe), 3 light aircraft carriers (Ryuka, Fengxiang, Ruifeng), and 1 escort aircraft carrier (Daoying). In terms of the absolute number of aircraft carriers, Japan is now the world's number one!

However, Japan, the world's number one, has a very limited time to maintain, and the United States and Germany now have very large aircraft carrier construction plans.

Regardless of whether the construction of an aircraft carrier is like dumplings, the United States, which has not yet completed the integration of European industrial strength, is now 5 fast cruise ships are undergoing modification (aircraft carriers), 6 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers are under construction, and 17 C-ships with a standard displacement of 12,000 tons (a bargain cargo escort aircraft carrier with a speed of 18 knots) under construction.

In addition, the already built aircraft carriers include two "Sedlees" class and one training aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 7,500 tons.

Therefore, making full use of the number of aircraft carriers in the early stages of the war became the key to whether Japan can achieve a decisive victory.

However, aircraft carriers themselves have little combat effectiveness, and the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers lies in carrier-based aircraft. Although Japan does not lack carrier-based aircraft, it does not have enough carrier-based aircraft pilots.

The total number of commonly used aircraft owned by the Japanese Army and Navy is only more than 3,000, and the scale of Japanese pilot training is limited by oil, and the scale has always been small, so it is difficult to provide a large number of carrier-based pilots in the short term.

Therefore, although Japan could have 10 aircraft carriers by the end of 1941, it was unable to equip these aircraft carriers with enough carrier-based pilots so that they could exert their maximum combat effectiveness.

Taking the USS Chicheng aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 41,300 tons as an example, after adopting the carrier-mounted deck method of some aircraft, the USS Chicheng aircraft carrier can carry up to 91 carrier-based aircraft. However, now the commonly used aircraft of the USS Chicheng carrier-based fleet is only 18 Zero fighters, 18 Type 99 dive bombers and 27 Type 97 torpedo attack aircraft, a total of only 63. Although there are some backup aircraft, the number of 63 commonly used aircraft is too small, and it is impossible for the backup aircraft to have 28 as many.

Therefore, the "Chichen" aircraft carrier is now unable to exert its maximum combat effectiveness, and the carrier-based aircraft of the other Japanese aircraft carriers is almost the same. The number of commonly used aircraft of several "old aircraft carriers" is only 70%-80% of the maximum number of aircraft carriers, and the situation of newly built aircraft carriers is naturally worse.

Among the 10 aircraft carriers that Japan already owns or will own, the maximum number of carrier-based aircraft of "Chichen" is 91, "Kaga" can carry up to 90 aircraft, "Canglong" and "Flying Dragon" can carry 72 aircraft, "Shokhe" and "Ruihe" can carry 84 aircraft, "Ryuxiang" and "Ruifeng" can carry 30 aircraft, "Fengxiang" can carry 21 aircraft, and "Big Eagle" can carry 27 aircraft. The 10 aircraft carriers can carry a total of 601 aircraft carrier-based aircraft, and if 61 of them are backup aircraft, the remaining commonly used aircraft that can be used for combat can also reach 560.

However, the excellent carrier-based pilots (captains) that the Japanese Navy can now produce are only more than 400 at most, and the difference is about 100. Now there are only more than two months left before the planned surprise attack, so it is definitely too late to rely on Japan to train itself, so Germany can only support carrier-based pilots.

"You want 100 carrier-based aircraft captains?" Hessman looked at Jisaburo Ozawa who was visiting again and asked in English, "Did we provide 100 carrier-based aircraft captains, and you will occupy Hawaii?"

"Marson, if my imperial navy has received enough support, I will consider occupying Hawaii." Ozawa Shisaburo did not say anything, "but whether this goal can be achieved depends on the situation."

Jisaburo Ozawa really wanted to get 100 German ace pilots, but he had reservations about occupying Hawaii.

In fact, there are already many oppositions within the Japanese Navy for the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and many people think it is too risky. If the "Occupy Hawaii" operation is to be implemented with a few times more risky, the opposition will probably be even louder.

Even if the I6th General Yamamoto was able to implement the plan in the end, he would definitely formulate a relatively conservative plan, not to throw all the old capitals of the joint fleet into it. Instead, he would let the main force and landing troops follow hundreds of miles behind the First Air Force and decide whether to take further action depending on the air strike.

In addition, the Army's attitude towards landing operations in Hawaii is still unclear. It seems a bit unpaid to invest 4-5 elite divisions at a time, and to give up the two relatively low-risk operations of Philippine operations and occupying the Dutch East India. So Jisaburo Ozawa has no way to give any guarantee now.

Hessman and Marshal Radell, the commander-in-chief of the German Navy who attended today, exchanged glances with each other. Marshal Radell of course did not agree to hand over 100 German HNA carrier-based aircraft pilots to Japan for use, but Hessman has agreed to draw a group of aces from the shore-based pilots for aircraft carrier take-off and landing training to replace these elites drawn from aircraft carriers. So he is not good at opposing it.

"Give it up to 60 carrier-based pilots," Raidel said, "and they are all Fokker Zero pilots because we don't have many experienced carrier-based dive bombers."

The main mission of Germany's two official aircraft carriers, the Seidlitz and Seickt, is to escort the main fleet. Therefore, there are more carrier-based fighters, fewer carrier-based dive bombers, and sometimes all-fighter configurations are adopted. Therefore, among the current German naval carrier-based aircraft pilots, fighter pilots account for the majority.

Moreover, Germany has more ace pilots in fighter jets and is easy to draw aircraft carriers. Now, the Luftwaffe Air Force and HNA have more than 300 fighter jet pilots who have won the "Blue Max" alone, which means more than 7,500 shots have been shot down. However, because of the sufficient fuel supply in this time and space, the Luftwaffe will no longer use the ace to death. Generally, if you take the "Blue Max", you will be transferred to an instructor or promoted to a higher position to leave the most intense battlefield. Therefore, many of the Luftwaffe Air Force and Navy aviation companies now have "Blue Max", but the "Super Ace" with more than 50 shots are very limited.

"There are too few 60 people, at least 80 people are needed." Ozawa Shisaburo thought for a while and said, "But we can make a guarantee that these German pilots will only undertake direct cover and instructor tasks, and in principle, they will not assume the mission of escorting the attack aircraft fleet."

"Straight cover" means covering the fleet, which is a relatively safe combat mission. Even if you are shot down, there is a high chance of surviving. As an instructor, you don't have to go to the battlefield. There are basically no instructors with rich practical experience in the pilot schools of HNA and Land Airlines. If you can get a German ace pilot as an instructor, you can improve your training level.

"And I want to select the pilot myself." Ozawa Jisaburo put forward the conditions again, "I hope to watch them take off and land from the aircraft carrier and various air combat actions, and then talk to them one by one."

Ozawa didn't seem to believe in the Germans very much. Hessman frowned slightly, but he nodded and said, "I can agree to your request, but if you don't start the battle to occupy Hawaii in the end, we will recall these pilots."

He paused and said, "Lieutenant General Ozawa, I will give you 7 days to go to Kil Port to select people. The Imperial Navy will provide full cooperation. Then we will arrange these personnel to travel to Japan through the Soviet Union as soon as possible. As for other aid supplies, it is difficult to deliver them to Japan safely now. We can only wait until the Indian Ocean route is opened before we talk about it."

Although Germany has occupied Gibraltar now, Britain has also occupied the Canary Islands and the Madeira Islands, and has laid a large number of mines at the exit of the Strait of Gibraltar. Therefore, the Atlantic route has not been opened yet. As for the Suez Canal, the canal is unobstructed, but the Gulf of Aden is still blocked by Britain. The Italian and French fleets without aircraft carriers cannot rush out.

As for the transportation of goods to Japan through the Soviet Union, it was completely interrupted since August 1941. However, personnel can still pass, otherwise Ozawa Jisaburo and Teraunuchi would not be able to come now.

"In addition, we can also provide you with a staff team, composed of German engineers and artillery experts, who have participated in the capture of fortresses in Europe. They know how to capture a strong-defensive fortress like Oahu." Hessmann then made another suggestion.

He said: "And we have a lot of information about the deployment of the Oahu Fortress that can be provided to you... In fact, the Oahu Fortress is not as strong as imagined. Its most terrifying shore defense turrets are the two 14-inch cannons of Randolph Fortress, the two 16-inch cannons of Williston Fortress and the two 16-inch cannons of Hatch Fortress. But these cannons cannot theoretically strike your Yamato, and the Yamato 460mm cannons can definitely destroy the defenses of these cannons. Moreover, all the large-caliber shore cannons on Oahu are deployed in the direction of Pearl Harbor, and there are no large-caliber shore cannons on the north side of the island.
Chapter completed!