Sink or severely damaging an aircraft carrier? Louis is not a military fan and has a very simple understanding of weapons, but he also knows how difficult it is to sink or severely damage an aircraft carrier.

The mission also requires himself to fly the plane... He can't fly the plane at all. Even though the planes during World War II were much simpler than modern jets, he had never learned how to fly.

"So Bruce and I were in the same trouble. If you want to complete the task, you have to solve various problems first." Louis sighed, not thinking that the task could not be completed.

Since the task is given, there must be a solution, it depends on whether you can find it.

"I remember these aircraft carriers were sunk in the Battle of Midway, which means I had to become a formal pilot before the Battle of Midway and be able to participate in this war."

It still appeared in the streets and alleys where no one was around. After Louis walked onto the street, he roughly swept the surrounding environment. The most conspicuous one was the recruitment site of the Navy Reserve Volunteer.

Looking at this recruitment point, Louis knew that it must be related to his mission, but he did not rush to run over, but continued to observe the surrounding situation, and by the way, he found a discarded newspaper from the trash can on the street, and determined the current time from it.

"1938?" Louis looked at the year and began to think about the year of the Battle of Midway. Unfortunately, his understanding of this is similar to that of many ordinary people who watched war movies. He remembered that the year after the Pearl Harbor incident was the Battle of Midway, and he couldn't remember the specific details clearly...

“It’s not long before the Pearl Harbor incident, do I have enough time?”

To complete the mission, he must become an active naval pilot within three years and must serve on three aircraft carriers, Enterprise, York City or Bumblebee. Otherwise, he can only go to the air base on Midway to serve as a pilot for roadbed fighter jets, otherwise it is impossible to fly an aircraft to participate in this war.

Looking at the registration point of the Navy volunteers not far away, this is obviously a reminder to become a naval pilot rather than an army. As for why it is not an Air Force? Louis didn't think about it at all. (The US Air Force only became an independent army in 1947).

After throwing the newspaper back into the trash can, Louis checked his clothes, which was not particularly strange. As for the identity issue, the country had never issued a unified identity card. His identity card only provided him with a piece of information: his parents were businessmen in Europe, and because of the situation in Europe and the death of his parents, he was forced to "return to China".

After confirming all kinds of information, Louis walked outside the registration point and was still not in a hurry to go in. He noticed a young man of about the same age as his (appearance and age) and walked out of the inside with a brochure.

The young man did not leave, but read at the entrance of the registration point with a booklet. In order not to stop the people entering and leaving, the young man stood a little by aside, just in front of Louis.

Louis noticed that the young man was holding the brochure for this pilot training program in his hand, and deliberately pretended to be curious and said hello: "Hello."

"Hello!" The young man was a little surprised, but he still greeted Louis politely: "Is there anything you need help?"

"I saw the brochure you were holding. Do you want to be a pilot?" Louis pointed to the brochure in his hand and introduced himself by the way: "My name is Louis Hunter."

"My name is Ted, Ted Johnson." Ted looked at the booklet in his hand: "I'm just a little curious, are you interested in becoming a pilot?"

"Somewhat interested." Louis wanted to know was whether this brochure introduced the brochure for recruiting naval pilots? If so, the matter would be simple. He just went in and signed up: "But I don't know much about this, and I don't know how to become a naval pilot."

"I happened to inquire about these things and I can tell you." Ted was very enthusiastic. Maybe he didn't have a friend who had the same ambition as him. He seemed very happy to see someone who was about the same age as him and had similar preferences?

This is a good thing for Louis. Through Ted's introduction, he learned that there are not many ways to become a naval pilot at this time.

The first type is to be admitted to the Naval Academy. After completing the courses at the Naval Academy, you will be assigned to a certain battleship for a period of time, and then go to the Pensacola Naval Air Station to study related flight courses and eventually become a naval pilot.

This method was directly abandoned by Louis. If you don’t talk about whether you can get into the Naval Academy, the time is not appropriate. The Naval Academy courses, plus service, and then take flight courses for a total of several years. When you complete the training and become a real pilot, the four aircraft carriers will sink long ago.

The second type is to register as a Naval Reserve Volunteer Aviation Corps. This does not require advanced Naval Academy to study and accept the same flight courses as those of Naval Academy graduates.

According to the information Ted knew - what I just heard from the hospitality staff at the registration site, it is now passed on to Louis: After ordinary people from non-Naval College sign up to become volunteer aviation cadets in the Navy Reserve, they will be assigned to a base in the Navy Reserve for preliminary assessment.

These assessments and evaluations are to determine whether these cadets have the potential to become pilots. Because the Navy Air Force has high requirements for the personal quality of pilots, the elimination rate is quite high.

After all age, physical fitness and knowledge level meet the requirements, students will be subject to basic physical training, basic military skills training and naval customs education.

In addition, there are basic flight training. After accumulating ten hours and successfully completing a single flight, you will be considered as completing the basic course.

After completing these courses and passing the test, you can enjoy the same flight course training as Naval Academy graduates: Go to Pensacola Naval Air Station to study.

Only when you arrive in Pensacola, you will be considered a truly reserve cadet for the Navy Aviation Corps. You must first receive 33 weeks of ground courses in this place. In addition to basic military training, you also need to learn theories including flight principles, aerodynamics, aircraft structure, aviation history, ballistics, aircraft model identification and other theories.

Louis felt his head swelling when he heard this...

This is only the beginning, and you will only receive a real flight course after completing the theory course.

Pensacola's flight course is divided into five stages... Louis quietly waited for Ted's following, but after waiting for a while, he turned around and found that Ted looked at him with awkward face: "I just heard this and I felt dizzy, and I didn't remember what I said later. If you want to know more details, you can ask the people inside."

"I still have to thank you, at least let me know what to do." He stretched out his hand and shook Ted to express his gratitude. Louis turned his head and walked into the registration point.

The reception staff at the registration site were very enthusiastic. Seeing that Louis was a strong young man, he became even more enthusiastic. He asked Louis if he was interested in the Navy?

"I want to know something about the Navy pilot."

"Oh, then you're here by chance. Our Navy happened to have a plan to train pilots. Do you want to know more about it?" The smile on the receptionist's face became even brighter, and his mouth was full of white teeth as if it was shining.

“Some interest.”

Under the introduction of the reception staff, Louis heard more details. The previous one was similar to what Ted said, and the following was the training content about the Pensacola Naval Air Station.

In addition to the theoretical courses that are already known, students will receive five stages of flight course training here:

In the first phase, the first squadron received nine weeks of basic training for junior seaplanes.

In the second phase, the second squadron was admitted to the 18-week primary land aircraft pilot training, including aerobatics, formation flight, night flight and other courses.

In the third stage, entering the third squadron and receiving nine weeks of training, it is considered an intensive improvement course for the previous basics.

In the fourth stage, when entering the fourth squadron, it still takes nine weeks to train. You are still flying a seaplane, but if you have more courses, you will be a qualified reconnaissance pilot.

In the fifth stage, as the fifth squadron in the final course, only here can we learn about carrier-based aircraft, knowledge about takeoff and landing on aircraft carriers, the use of various carrier-based aircraft weapons, flight training of dive bombers, torpedo aircraft and related tactics.

Including ground courses, all courses will accumulate 18 months and 300 hours of flight time. As well as the assessment and basic training of the Shanghai Military Reserve Base, it will take at least two and a half years to three years to become a pilot.

After successfully graduating from Pensacola, you will not become a formal naval pilot directly, but will serve in the navy as a flight cadet for three years, and after three years, you can become a naval reserve captain.

"Do you serve in the reserve?" Louis didn't care about the identity of the captain or the flight cadet. What he wanted to know was the place where he served. If he served in a certain reserve force, the road would not be possible, and he had to find another way.

Fortunately, according to the reception staff, the number of naval pilots is currently small, while the number of various aircraft is increasing rapidly. Pilots trained by graduates of the Naval Academy have long been unable to meet the needs of the navy. It is precisely for this reason that a recruitment plan for ordinary people has been launched.

In other words, as long as you can pass all flight courses smoothly, you will most likely be assigned to serve in the regular army. If you perform well in your studies, you will definitely enter the front-line army, that is, to serve on a certain aircraft carrier.

What Louis didn't know was that Congress and the Navy would modify the course soon: shorten the training time, streamline the course content, and at the same time grant graduates the rank of active Navy lieutenant, and directly sent to the front-line troops for service.
Chapter completed!