To Li Zhan's disappointment, there were fewer freshmen who met the requirements than expected. The Northeast region can be said to be the most fertile place for pilot training, and the first air force unit in Chinese history was born here. Soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the vast majority of the newly-born Chinese Air Force was stationed here, and the phrase "Northeast Old Aviation School" has become an important mark in the history of our Air Force.

However, in the past few years, the flight education industry in the Northeast seems to have shrunk like their heavy industry, and at least there are many fewer freshmen in the local areas who meet the requirements for new recruits in the Flying Shark Force than expected.

Cheng Da took the list of most of the names drawn, shook his head and said, "It's not ideal, if you eliminate some of them in the interview, I'm afraid you won't be able to recruit enough people." ”

Li Zhan rubbed his temples and said, "Yes, this gap is unexpectedly large. ”

"It's better to recruit a few more at the Air Aviation University." Cheng Da said.

"We have to leave more seedlings for the Air Force, and we can't let the old units go unremarkable, they are constantly expanding, and there are not enough pilots at all." Li Zhan said.

Lao Lu has been disarming, not to mention other non-combat units. The Air Force and Navy are not so simple, a few units have been cut here, and the number of units has been expanded there, and the comprehensive reorganization work has been going on. For example, Li Zhan's old unit, the Western Broken Wang Division, all three flying regiments under its jurisdiction were expanded into brigades, and the divisional organs were directly upgraded to air defense bases at the deputy army level.

A large number of pilots are needed, and they are highly qualified pilots, and being able to fly third-generation aircraft is the most basic requirement. Some junior college students may have a hard time understanding theoretical knowledge, let alone flying the world's advanced fighters.

Not every recruit who enters the flight profession will eventually be able to fly a fighter, and the process before they leave the army is a whole elimination system, and only a few people can go to the end after all.

Cheng Da naturally raised his hands to support Li Zhan's approach, his feelings for the Air Force are very deep, and he has reached the highest level of deputy chief of staff of the Big Red Eagle Division, if he does not come to the Flying Shark Unit, he will be the chief of staff in two or three years, and his future is very good. In order to support the Flying Shark units of naval aviation, he did not count returns. It can be seen that the support of the aviation units of the whole army for the flying shark is unreserved.

"The Beichun area is the first and most important station, if we don't recruit enough people here, our recruitment task will be suspended, and we have to think of a way." Cheng Da said.

Li Zhan nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "Yes, I have to find a way." Go back to the guest house first, discuss and discuss, and then ask Mr. Zhang. ”

The head of the school's personnel and armed forces was called over and watched them reseal the files of the freshmen who were going to participate in the interview, and then they were taken to the archives room to set up a separate place for them. After finishing it, Li Zhan and Cheng Da returned to the guest house and called Pei Lei over, and the three of them had a small meeting, each expressing their opinions, smoking cigarettes one after another, and drinking tea cup after cup.

Pei Lei didn't understand, following the meeting was to brush up on a sense of existence to pass the time, so he took on the work of making tea, and it happened that the TV was playing an advertising program of cheongsam beauties making tea, so he learned from other people's methods and tossed the bagged green tea in the guest house like that.

The guest house is a guest house inside Beichun University, not open to the public, usually live are the parents of students who come to the school, peers who come to exchange or something, the scale is not small, and even the bagged tea in the room is very elegant. Of course, there is also the small tin can of tea, with the price on it - fifteen yuan.

Li Zhan felt that there was no need, so he drank free tea.

Cheng Da said, "This is the case in the Beichun area, will other areas be better or worse? If you expand the scope, from freshman to sophomore, I think it's a good way to meet the age requirements, but I'm not sure if this contradiction can be solved well. ”

"No." Li Zhan shook his head, "Sophomores are relatively impetuous, and their learning ability is not as good as that of freshmen, so it doesn't mean much." And age is also an obvious issue. ”

Cheng Da nodded slightly in agreement.

The flight life of a pilot is limited, and the maximum age for flying a fighter plane is not more than 45 years old, and the maximum age for flying a transport plane is not more than 50 years old. A pilot is usually able to fly independently at the age of twenty-four or five, because they have been learning to fly since they were eighteen. On this basis, when entering the school, being one year older means one year less flight life.

The age requirements of the army are quite strict, such as taking the entrance examination, and you cannot participate if you are over the age of 23, no matter how good your performance is.

Li Zhan took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice, "The last time you said that your division commander was originally from the old army artillery unit, I was thinking if we could expand the scope to new cadets in military academies. ”

"You mean non-flying military academies?" Cheng Da was stunned and said.

Li Zhan said, "Yes." ”

Cheng Da thought about it quickly, shook his head and said, "It's unlikely to happen." First of all, there is a lot of preparation that needs to be done, and it takes a lot of time and a lot of manpower just to organize the exam, which is not something that the two of us can handle. Second, the procedures are also very troublesome, because the procedures have to go to the leading organs of the Navy, and they also need to be coordinated by the leading organs of the Air Force, and finally they must be approved by the Supreme Command Headquarters for the record. In this way, I didn't have two or three months to prepare, and I couldn't do it at all. ”

Immediately, Li Zhan was disappointed, he really didn't know what the whole process was like, and asked, "What about us this time, we will also take a dozen people from the Air Aviation University." ”

"The preparations have been done for a long time, don't believe me, ask Mr. Zhang." Cheng Da said with a smile, "This is across the military branches, and the transfer of personnel relations is very troublesome." ”

Li Zhan was helpless, "It seems that there is no good way." ”

The range of pilots to choose from is too narrow, but in comparison, Lao Lu's special forces are much easier to operate, even if there are not enough suitable people in the army, there are so many retired soldiers.

The two picked up the cigarettes and stuffed them in their mouths, Pei Lei hurriedly picked up the lighters and lit them one by one, at this time he could show his face in front of the camera, and after filling up the tea for Li Zhan and Cheng Da, seeing the dull atmosphere, the two leaders frowned, and he felt uncomfortable, and he didn't know how to pretend to understand, "It's better to increase the scope of recruitment in local colleges and universities, as long as it is a freshman in an undergraduate college, all of them will be included, and they will be recruited according to the procedures of winter conscription. ”

Cheng Da shook his head and was about to speak, but Li Zhan glared suddenly, the action startled everyone, he patted Pei Lei on the shoulder, Pei Lei thought he had said the wrong thing, but he heard Li Zhan say, "This idea is good, wake up the dreamer with a word!" ”

"This ......" Cheng Da hadn't figured it out yet, but when he figured out the joints, he also cheered up, "Yes! Hi! I didn't think of that! As long as the physical fitness is passed, the theoretical learning ability is really not a difficult task for the students of these colleges and universities. ”

Li Zhan showed a big bad wolf smile, "Hey, hey, hey." ”

"However, there is also a question, are those students from key colleges and universities willing to join the army?"