Someone once said, "Combat is the best training." Zhang Yun didn't remember who said it, this sentence sounded a little plausible, but he fully appreciated the taste.

Three or four hours of continuous ground-to-air combat, non-stop entanglement with the enemy, flipping, circling, climbing, diving...... All this made Zhang Yun, who had no training at all a few hours ago, and could only fight completely on that inexplicable instinct, quickly mature - now he rarely makes such a low-level mistake as "suddenly in a daze".

And the gradual maturity of piloting skills also made his inexplicable talent highlighted, Zhang Yun felt that the plane gradually became handy, his coordination, balance and sense of space were originally very strong, and now it seems that the whole plane has become his hands and feet, and he fits perfectly into one.

Piloting the fighter to make a parabolic spiral, Zhang Yun lassoed the target in front of him, the sound of fried bamboo bean-like machine guns was coherent and crisp, and a series of long point shots caused it to drag out a long black smoke, wailing and falling to the ground, and finally fell into the mountain, turning into a large mass of fragments in the loud bang.

"The second one." Zhang Yun counted silently in his heart.

He scanned the surroundings, and there were no more Japanese planes around him, and they were all flying in the direction of six o'clock in the northwest, and farther there were more black dots that were getting smaller and smaller in that direction.

He glanced at his watch again, and the time on it was ten o'clock in the morning.

As a traverser, Zhang Yun certainly knew what this meant - the Pearl Harbor incident was over, and the Japanese planes were all evacuating Pearl Harbor and returning to the mothership. There is no third wave of attacks.

From 4:30 a.m. to now, the attack has only lasted for more than five hours, but the scene they left behind is catastrophic, from Zhang Yun's point of view, you can see that the entire Pearl Harbor has almost become a ruin, and dense black spots are floating everywhere on the sea - those are soldiers who have fallen into the water waiting for rescue; The wreckage of the battleship was everywhere, the "Oklahoma" and the "West Virginia" were almost blown in two, and the "Arizona" was directly overturned.

On the coast, the port facilities were almost completely destroyed, the ruins were everywhere, the ground was covered with thick smoke, and all kinds of corpses were lying on the ground, including sailors, aviationmen, marines, and even doctors and nurses...... The moans of the dying and the wails of the wounded could be heard clearly even by Zhang Yun, who was high in the air. The shock of seeing this scene in person is completely incomparable to any Hollywood blockbuster.

"Well done, boy!" The bearded voice came over the radio again, "I could shoot down two enemy planes with such an urgent sortie, which I can't do when I'm your age." ”

“…… Thank you, sir. Zhang Yun smiled tiredly.

He doesn't feel self-righteous that the other party has been secretly paying attention to him - those things that get the attention of his boss as soon as he crosses over are only plots in novels. The reason why the bearded man can notice his record is simple:

The US military did not take off a few planes at all.

"Now let's go home," said the bearded man, "if that place can be called home." ”

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After returning to the ground, Zhang Yun took off his flying helmet and sat directly on the sandbag on the side, not wanting to move at all.

The wound on the left shoulder was still aching for a while, the wounded around were crying heartbreakingly, the doctors and nurses were shouting in a hurry, and the fire brigade was running back and forth, and the rescue team was temporarily organized...... It's all as if they belong to another world. He hung his head and looked at his hand blankly.

It has only been a few hours since he crossed over, but what he has experienced in these few hours is more than what Zhang Yun has experienced in the past few years in his previous life, and it is even more exciting - so exciting that even now, he still can't believe that all this is real.

remembers the era when he came, and the screen was full of all kinds of dramas. The war in people's imagination is beautiful, the hands can tear devils, stones can blow up planes, bows and arrows can be seconds, the soldiers are all superpowers, and the enemies are brain-dead and incompetent. Although Zhang Yun thought this was very strange, he never felt how cruel the war was.

In his eyes, war is more like a magnificent epic.

It wasn't until now, at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, that he knew what war was.

He felt someone behind him suddenly pat him. Zhang Yun raised his head and found that the bearded man was looking down on him. His face was blackened with smoke, and there was a blood mark from a bullet on it, and the blood mixed with sweat ran down his face, leaving a white trail on his face...... is more real than the special effects of those war blockbusters that Zhang Yun has seen in his previous life, which can't help but make him feel so close to the war again.

"What's wrong?" He handed over a cigarette.

"It's nothing," Zhang Yun shook his head, "I feel like I'm dreaming." ”

As a World War II military fan, Zhang Yun used to like to talk to enthusiasts on the Internet, saying that the Japanese army's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was not so miserable, the US shipyard and oil depot were not lost, and the casualties were not so serious...... I will also cite scriptures and list a bunch of literature for this purpose. He never imagined that one day he would actually go to war and face the scenes that he had teased countless times. It's like a dream—a nightmare that you can never wake up from.

The bearded man smiled reluctantly and sat down next to Zhang Yun: "Dreaming...... Who isn't? Until last night, I didn't believe that the Japanese would really sneak up on us. ”

Mr. Zhang didn't speak, and he didn't know what to say — the bearded man reacted the same way as most Americans. I remember that when the Japanese planes first began to attack, the battleship "Nevada" at the end of the column was engaged in a flag-raising ceremony, but as soon as the national flag was raised, it was torn to pieces by the Japanese planes in an instant, and the frightened flag-raisers did not react to what was going on at this time, and several Star-Spangled flags were raised one after another, but all of them were broken.

This is what he saw in the historical materials in his previous life, when Zhang Yun also laughed at those Americans for being stupid: everyone shot at you and was still confused, but now he can't laugh.

"You did well today." The bearded man suddenly said, "I used to think that there was no other smell in the reserve barracks except wine and butt - if I didn't find anyone today, I wouldn't have caught you in battle." But your performance has changed the way I think about reservists. How's that, are you interested in transferring to my men? ”

So, it turns out that he is just a reserve pilot?

Zhang Yun finally knew his identity, and he also knew that the bearded man was not his boss, but if so, how would he know that he was a reservist?

"Your uniform told me." The bearded man saw Zhang Yun's confusion and pointed to the clothes on his body.

Zhang Yun suddenly thought that he had no head and brainless to follow a strange officer and almost lost his life, he felt a little funny.

But......

Transferred to the bearded man's men?

Zhang Yun didn't know, he had only been in this world for a few hours, except for a name, he didn't even know who he was, let alone what he should do, the future was just a blank sheet of paper for him, and his heart was at a loss.

Seeing that he was sullen and silent, the bearded man thought that Zhang Yun was still immersed in the afterglow of shock. He was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled gently at Zhang Yun:

"Okay~, at least we're alive, aren't we? A little luckier than those guys. ”

He pouted at the stretchers not far away, covered by canvas bags.

Zhang Yun was gloomy for a while, and under each canvas was covered with a disappeared soul. At this moment, he suddenly had a strange thought:

"I don't know if the female doctor is in there." Zhang Yun thought to himself, "She was the first person I saw when I came to this world, and it can even be said that she saved my life, but I didn't have time to ask her what her surname was......"

Maybe that's war.

"That's the reality. Is there a saying that is not often said? Life is always full of accidents. The bearded man reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "So it's not about the past, it's about the future, it's what to do in the future." ”

"Later...... What to do? Zhang Yun repeated the bearded words softly.

The bearded man frowned slightly: "You don't want to stay in the reserve all the time, do you?" ”

Zhang Yun shook his head.

Of course, he didn't want to stay in the reserves for the rest of his life, he was a time-traveler, and he naturally knew the background of the times, what was happening all over the world now, and what would happen later.

"Hey~ Listen," the bearded man continued, "Today's incident is actually not a good thing, and now we will definitely go to war!" The despicable and shameless Japanese will never know what kind of country they have provoked, and the military uniform will soon begin to shine. ”

He paused when he said this, paid attention to Zhang Yun's expression, and then continued: "But you will not have a future if you stay in the reserve, even if you are transferred to active duty, they will only let you do ground handling and maintenance." Unlike the Army, the old guys in the Air Force always prefer to recruit graduates from aviation schools. ”

Zhang Yun still didn't speak—in fact, he didn't know what to say.

Since he has crossed over and become a soldier, there is no doubt that he needs to defend his family and country - people of insight should indeed take responsibility for their own nation.

But the problem is that Zhang Yun is a Chinese in his bones, and he is more concerned about the country on the other side of the ocean - the country that has been fighting Japan alone for four years than participating in this war for the interests of the United States on this side of the ocean.

If he had a choice, Zhang Yun would rather do something for her - even if they were also devils.

But now he doesn't seem to have that option in his life.

“…… Think about my words. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yun still didn't react, the bearded man sighed helplessly: "I will stay in the 'Night Return' bar in Honolulu City for the next two days, you can find me there, and I will introduce you to a great person when the time comes—of course, if you want." ”

After he finished speaking, he patted Zhang Yun on the shoulder and walked away silently.