A month is fleeting.

Wang Han looked at the calendar on the wall, tomorrow is January 5, 1949, Xiaohan.

This period was circled with a black pen, because it was the day of recruitment.

As soon as the training was completed early in the morning, the division commander announced that he would no longer organize collective activities today, so that everyone could adjust themselves, and those who reported for tomorrow's Space Force recruitment assessment could adjust their state well.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

There was a knock on the door, Wang Han opened the door, and saw a group of people standing outside, all of them were some captains and majors, his own comrades-in-arms of the same year.

"All come in, all come in."

"Brother Wang, we'll bother."

Seven people rushed in, crowding this small colonel-level officer's dormitory.

"Brother Wang, tomorrow is the recruitment assessment of the Space Force, a few of us just summed it up, I really don't know the bottom of my heart, look at your quiet appearance, is there any gossip."

A clever captain asked, and everyone was naturally curious about why Wang Han was able to keep his composure.

"Grapevine, that's not true."

Wang Han shook his head and smiled, "Half a month ago, the division talked to me, saying that an instructor from my old school, Southwest Aviation College, recommended me so that I could pass the recruitment assessment without examination.

He used to know me well and thought I was quite talented at driving. ”

"Yo, such a good thing, this can be regarded as an internal decision."

Everyone couldn't help but be happy for Wang Han, the so-called internal determination is not jealousy, after all, that instructor can't be favoritism, it can only be that Wang Han has that kind of talent.

"Hehe, there's nothing to hide from everyone. When I was in military school, I secretly participated in a virtual air combat game club with a Star Wars background, and the instructor happened to be our captain.

At the time, I was a space fighter pilot in the game, and I had some achievements. ”

Wang Han did not hide these comrades-in-arms for many years, and he also knew and was told that these things did not violate the principle of confidentiality.

"A virtual air combat game with a Star Wars background? Obediently, Lao Wang, you are terrible, I haven't heard you mention it for so many years. ”

A major squadron leader who entered the Army Aviation Brigade at the same time as Wang Han teased.

"Hehe, at the time we all thought it was just a game, although the reality was very high, now that I think about it, it should be a kind of virtual teaching similar to what the newspaper said. It was also a coincidence that I was later assigned to the Army Aviation Corps, and I was supposed to go to the Air Force, after all, I was probably best at flying space fighters. ”

Wang Han had some faint longing in his eyes, and couldn't help but think of the things that happened when he was in the Southwest Aviation School in those years, he participated in the virtual game club and joined the virtual game in accordance with the confidentiality regulations.

He vividly remembered the first time he learned to fly that strange space fighter, and if it was a very similar fighter to a certain new type of space fighter that the Empire had begun to publicize, he clearly remembered shooting down one enemy plane after another.

He even thought he was supposed to be the best fighter pilot, but when he actually flew the Denon Jet to take the test, his performance was very average, which was completely unequal to his performance in the game.

Later, the instructor's assessment was that he was too integrated into the role of driving a space fighter in a virtual game, because flying a space fighter has high requirements for brain waves, making him unsuitable for flying an ordinary fighter jet.

So, he went to the Army Aviation Unit, but he didn't expect that after four years of training, he got this opportunity to return to that seemingly virtual unit, the Space Fighter Unit.

"At the time, we all thought it was just a game, until my instructor told me that there was a basis for reality. I declined his invitation and decided to take the exam myself. ”

Wang Han said with a smile, perhaps because he had extreme confidence in himself, he did not feel panicked. He even guessed that when he became an army aviation pilot, it was also because the instructor didn't want to let himself die in vain on the air combat battlefield that he was not good at.

But this time, he'll use his efforts to get back to what he's best at, piloting a real space fighter and then, just like in the game, among thousands of virtual enemies, to become one of the top 10 ace pilots.

"You were born to be an ace pilot of space fighters, you have a terrifying consciousness and brainwave response, you can even throw yourself into air combat completely selflessly, come back, the instructor will be with you this time, piloting our empire's space fighters, fighting together. The era of conventional warfare is slowly passing, and you should not be relegated to the ordinary, the era that belongs to you and yours has just begun. ”

Wang Han knows that what the instructor said is not wrong, and the next career in the Space Force will be the era when he is most like a fish in water.

"Brother Wang, then tell us how it will be assessed."

"Yes, Xiao Wang, let's talk about it."

……

"I don't know, let's see tomorrow's arrangement when the time comes."

Wang Han shook his head, although he had already guessed in his heart that the most effective assessment was the virtual test like the one when the virtual flight club first logged in to the game.

The next day, it soon came.

“…… The assessment method is very simple, these ten rooms, each time 300 people take turns to enter, and each assessment time is 30 minutes......"

Sure enough, the next day, an expert in military uniform came to the division headquarters and brought the troops to the ten heavily guarded rooms on the battlefield, where ten sets of virtual access systems had already been placed.

30 people at a time in each room, 300 people at a time in 10 rooms, and the assessment time is 30 minutes.

After a brief explanation of the rules, including how to use helmets, the expert announced that the first people would go inside.

The number of people in the entire army aviation division, even including non-combatants, is not as large as that of a field division, but who would have thought that the number of people who signed up for the space force recruitment assessment actually accounted for 96 percent, and the remaining 4 percent were not many injured, or they were too old, or the situation at home really did not allow them to continue to struggle in the army and were ready to retire, so they could only give up with regret.

Wang Han casually looked around, and found a lot of acquaintances, the division commander Wei Sanming and the political commissar were there, the two were not very old, in their early thirties, they were in the prime of life, and naturally they didn't want to give up the recruitment exam of the Space Army.

"Compared with the colonel of the regular army and the captain of the space force, once it can be successfully passed, it is clear that the latter is more attractive."

Wang Han estimated the exchange of military ranks, according to the recruitment method, although the military rank will be lowered all the way, there will still be a guaranteed military rank treatment, and military positions will be given priority in the case of competence, but the treatment of the division commander is already like this, and his military rank of major is converted, that is, a second lieutenant officer of the Space Force.

But it's all worth it, at least the division commander and the political commissar have chosen to sign up, instead of continuing to eat and wait for death in the regular troops.

When seeing those huge warships, huge and flexible space fighters, mechs, battle robots, self-propelled gunboats, and so on in various reports and promotional videos, everyone's blood boiled.

On a large monitor in front of thousands of people, the screen began to play a real documentary.

One or two thousand meters, or even longer and larger warships and transport ships, drove through the sky in obscurity......

Agile space fighters shuttle through the air like dragons on the sides of battleships, turning battleships into their own broods, and interstellar battleships are constantly spitting out a large number of space fighters as if they have transformed into real space carriers.

On the ground, self-propelled gunboats, land suspension gunboats, individual mechs, and bionic large fire support mechs...... The new type of space ground combat unit composed of mixed units is so majestic.

Most people dream of becoming a space fighter pilot, or a battleship soldier, or even a battleship captain. In the eyes of some logistics and ordinary soldiers who lack self-confidence, they naturally also noticed those large, medium and small transport ships and supply ships, and thought to themselves, no matter how bad they are, they can always have a goal to strive for.

Wang Han and division commander Wei Sanming were divided into a group and entered the same room.

"Commander, good luck."

Before Wang Han sat down, he raised his hand and saluted, and then put on his helmet.

With a soft bang, the familiar login interface, like a conditioned reflex, Wang Han directly skipped all the novice guidance process and adaptation process, looking at the familiar various instruments and equipment in front of him, he had a feeling that the beast had returned to the jungle.

"Start brainwave access...... Activate the fighter...... Take-off ......"

A series of commands, his brainwave access speed is obviously faster than that of ordinary space force pilots, and this series of instructions is completed quickly.

According to the data, the main space fighter of this generation is called the Shenlong-3 space fighter, which is the standard fighter on a certain battleship and is also a space fighter that has reached the advanced level of the second-level civilization.

Its operation is based on brainwave access, but it does not mean that you can fly a fighter plane while sitting still, it also requires the all-round input of the whole human brainwave and body, which is much more complicated than flying a traditional fighter.

If he is not wrong, those who sign up can not only freely choose the test items, but also be automatically grouped by the virtual master brain according to their brainwave characteristics and physical characteristics, interests and hobbies, etc., some participate in the assessment of space ground forces, some participate in the assessment of space fighters, and some participate in the assessment of battleship soldiers or battleship officers.

In front of him was a virtual interstellar battleship, and Wang Han read out its level without thinking: "From the level of science and technology of the second-level civilization, the G-class interstellar battleship, the high-equipped Shenlong-3 space fighter......"

The next moment, he had already activated the space fighter, and through the instrument display, 99% of the other pilots in the battleship's hangar were still familiar with brainwave access and accepted the primary assessment.

"Whoosh......"

The Shenlong-3 space fighter drew a beautiful arc and flew away from the G-class interstellar battleship and into space.

"I've found the feeling I had back then, it's so beautiful......"

When looking at the huge battleship under the fighter plane, as well as the deep starry sky, Wang Han couldn't help but clench his fists, changing from automatic driving to brainwave + manual dual piloting, an arc into the starry sky, and began to do all kinds of complex maneuvers, and he even overcompleted the launch, fighting and other actions.

Extremely smooth, Wang Han completely found the feeling of being in the virtual game back then.

"Although this is just a virtual educational game, it is so realistic, maybe soon, I will be able to reach real space and fly the real Shenlong-3 space fighter."

Wang Han drove the fighter plane to soar in the space of the virtual teaching game, but he didn't know that after several examiners saw it through the monitor, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This kid is Wang Han?" Perhaps, he is qualified to fly the newly improved Shenlong-3 space fighter and become one of the trump cards among the pilots of the space force fighter at the fastest speed. ”

Of course, these examiners also know that most of the current Imperial space pilots are robot instructors, and a very small number of Imperial pilots are not the most elite, and those elites and geniuses have been sent out for exercise, because the chairman of the committee said that a real trump card, at least he must have rich experience, tenacity that has experienced many things, and is accustomed to life and death, etc., instead of tying them to death on the training ground of the Space Force all the way.

Now, they are qualified, at least Wang Han, who has been away for four years, has not been rusty at all.

……

At the same time, Hou Xiaoshan, who was dressed in the uniform of a major general in a certain group army station, gritted his teeth and tore off the general brochure on his shoulder, he refused the opportunity to be promoted to lieutenant general of the regular army, and also chose to sign up for the Space Force, he was eager to go to the Space Force as a lieutenant colonel, because he longed for the starry sky and a higher level of combat.

"It's my turn!"

Hou Xiaoshan didn't say much, he recently learned that his cousin Wu Peiqiang had quietly joined the Space Force, and he had long been a squadron leader in the Space Force's ground forces, with a high rank and neither low rank, but a captain of the Space Force.

Ground combat units, pilots, battleship troops, logistics troops......

"I choose the assessment of the battleship officer!"

In the end, Hou Xiaoshan chose to participate in the assessment of the battleship officer, that is, the future captain of the preparatory candidate.

There are many people who have made the same decision as him, and the highest rank even has active generals, real emperor [***] generals. After all, the two generals, General Wang Zheng and General Hu Jing'an, are both about 40 years old, and after receiving life transformation, they are in the prime of life.

However, once these people pass the assessment, they will abide by the unified ranks of the Space Force, that is, relative demotion, and, in terms of promotion, they will be consistent with others, and they must speak of strength, not in the conventional war years, and they may also be promoted if they follow the large army.

In principle, the creation of the Space Force puts the vast majority of people on the same starting line. Time entered 1949, the space force in the whole army recruitment of unprecedentedly hot, according to statistics, in the end 82.5% of the emperor [***] people signed up for the recruitment examination.

Many colonel-level officers and even generals have failed the list, while some small soldiers have successfully passed the exam, they may not shine on the regular battlefield, but in the future interstellar battlefield, they are likely to make a contribution after long-term training and the cultivation of surnames.

Of course, those colonel-level officers and generals who have not been on the list can still serve in the regular army and still belong to the emperor's [***] list.

A large new barracks have been established, a set of the latest teaching equipment, actual combat equipment began to be distributed, and life transformation has been carried out at the fastest speed, all of this, just like a few decades ago when Zhang Shusheng first started, he is training again, but this time the soldiers are not millet plus rifles can become an army, but to go through highly scientific long-term training. Although a year is too short and all this has just begun, the prototype of the Space Force will be produced in these units with the surnames of cadet soldiers.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, in 1950, the news of the imminent arrival of the Garimos also reached Earth, and Zhang Shusheng was ready to fight.

(To be continued)