Sinking or Damaging an Aircraft Carrier? Louis was not a military fan, and his knowledge of weapons was very simple, but he also knew how difficult it was to sink or damage an aircraft carrier.

The mission also requires you to fly the aircraft yourself...... He didn't know how to fly an airplane at all, and even though World War II-era planes were much simpler than modern jets, he didn't learn how to fly them.

"So I had the same trouble as Bruce, and I had to solve all kinds of problems first to get the job done. Louis sighed, not thinking that the task could not be completed.

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

"I remember that all of these carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway, which meant that I had to be an official pilot before the Battle of Midway and be able to participate in the war. ”

Still appearing in the alley of the deserted street, after Louis walked out into the street, he probably swept the surrounding environment, and the most conspicuous thing was the recruitment point for naval reserve volunteers.

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

"1938?" Louie looked at the year and began to think about the year of the Battle of Midway, but unfortunately he knew about this aspect as many ordinary people who watched war movies, and remembered that the next year after Pearl Harbor was the Battle of Midway, and the specific details were not clear.

"It's not long before Pearl Harbor, do I have enough time?"

To complete the mission, he must become an active naval pilot in three years, and he must serve on the three aircraft carriers Enterprise, Yorktown, or Hornet, or he will have to go to the air base in Midway Island as a roadbed pilot, otherwise he will not be able to fly the aircraft in this war.

Looking at the Navy volunteer registration point not far away, this is obviously a reminder to become a Navy pilot instead of the Army, as for why not the Air Force? (The U.S. Air Force only became independent in 1947.)

Throwing the newspaper back in the trash, Louis checked what he was wearing, and it wasn't particularly weird. As for identity, the country has never issued a uniform identity document, and his identity card only provides him with a piece of information: his parents are businessmen in Europe, and because of the situation in Europe and the death of his parents, young people who are forced to 'return home'.

After confirming the various information, Louis walked to the door of the registration point, still not in a hurry, he noticed a young man about his own age (physical age) walking out of it with a brochure.

The young man did not leave, but read it at the entrance of the registration point with the booklet in his hand, and in order not to block the people entering and leaving, the young man stood slightly to the side, right in front of Louis.

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

"Hello!" the young man was a little surprised, but still greeted Louie politely: "Is there anything you need help with?"

"I see the brochure you are holding in your hand, do you want to be a pilot?" Louie pointed to the brochure in the other person's hand, and introduced himself by the way: "My name is Louis Hunt." ”

"My name is Ted, Ted Johnson. Ted looked at the booklet in his hand: "Just a little curious, you're also interested in becoming a pilot?"

"A little interested. Louis wanted to know if this brochure was a brochure for recruiting naval pilots, and if so, it would be simple, and he would just go in and sign up: "But I don't know much about it, and I don't know how to become a naval pilot." ”

"I've just inquired about these things, and I can tell you. "Ted is very welcoming, maybe he doesn't have any friends with whom he has a similar orientation, and is it nice to see someone about his age and who has similar interests?

This was a good thing for Louie, who learned through Ted's introduction that there were not many ways to become a naval pilot at this time.

The first is to be admitted to the Naval Academy, and after completing the courses at the Naval Academy, you will be assigned to serve on a warship for a period of time, and then go to the Pensacola Naval Air Station to take relevant flight courses and eventually become a naval pilot.

This method was directly abandoned by Louis, and it was not appropriate in time to talk about whether he could be admitted to the Naval Academy. The courses of the Naval Academy, plus the service, and then the flight courses took a total of several years, and by the time I completed the training and became a real pilot, the four aircraft carriers sank early.

The second is to sign up as a volunteer aviation officer in the Naval Reserve, which does not require advanced naval academy study, and accepts the same flight courses as graduates of the naval academy.

According to what Ted knew - what he had just heard from the receptionist at the registration point was now relayed to Louis as it was: ordinary people who were not from the Naval Academy signed up to become a volunteer aviation cadet of the Naval Reserve, and would be assigned to a certain base of the Naval Reserve for a preliminary assessment.

These assessments and evaluations are aimed at judging whether these trainees have the potential to become pilots, because naval aviation has high requirements for the personal quality of pilots, so the elimination rate is quite high.

After the age, physical fitness and knowledge level are all met, the cadets will be given basic physical training, basic military skills training and naval customs education.

In addition to this, there is basic flight training, which is considered to have been completed after accumulating 10 hours and successfully completing a solo flight.

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

In Pensacola, you will truly become a reserve cadet of naval aviation, where you will first receive a thirty-three week ground course, in addition to basic military training, you will also learn the principles of flight, aerodynamics, aircraft structure, aviation history, ballistics, aircraft type identification, and other theories.

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

This is just the beginning, after completing the theory course, you will receive a real flying lesson.

Flying lessons in Pensacola are divided into five phases...... Louis quietly waited for Ted's next words, but after waiting for a while, he turned his head and found Ted looking at him with an embarrassed face: "I felt dizzy when I heard this just now, and I didn't remember what I said clearly." If you want to know more details, you can ask those inside. ”

"Thank you, at least for letting me know what to do. Reaching out and shaking Ted in thanks, Louie turned around and walked into the registration booth.

The reception staff at the registration point was very welcoming, and even more enthusiastic when they saw that Louie was a strong young man, and asked if Louie was interested in the navy?

"I want to know something about naval pilots. ”

"Oh, it's a coincidence that you're here, our navy happens to have a plan to train pilots, do you want to know more about it?" The smile on the reception staff's face became even brighter, and the white teeth seemed to be shining.

"Some interest. ”

Under the introduction of the reception staff, Louis heard more details, the first part was similar to what Ted said, and the second was about the training content of the Pensacola Naval Air Station.

In addition to the theory courses already known, students receive five stages of flight training here:

At the first stage, nine weeks of basic training in junior seaplanes were received in the 1st Squadron.

In the second stage, students enter the 2nd Squadron to receive 18 weeks of primary land aircraft pilot training, including aerobatics, formation flight, night flight and other courses.

In the third stage, enter the third squadron and receive nine weeks of training, which can be regarded as an intensive improvement course for the previous foundation.

In the fourth stage, entering the fourth squadron, it is still nine weeks of training, and the flight is still a seaplane, but there are more courses, and after completing this stage, you can be regarded as a qualified reconnaissance pilot.

In the fifth stage, the 5th Squadron, which is the final course, is the only place where you can learn about carrier-based aircraft, take-off and landing on aircraft carriers, the use of various carrier-based aircraft weapons, flight training of dive bombers and torpedo planes, and related tactics.

Including the ground course, all the courses add up to 18 months, 300 hours of flight time, plus the assessment and basic training of the naval reserve base, and it will take two and a half to three years to become a pilot at the earliest.

After graduating from Pensacola, he will not directly become a full-fledged naval pilot, but will serve in the Navy as a flight cadet for three years, after which he can become a naval reserve captain.

"Is it in the reserves?" Louie didn't care if he was a captain or a flight cadet, what he wanted to know was where he was serving, and if he was serving in a reserve unit, then this path would not work, and he would have to find another way.

Fortunately, according to the receptionists, the number of pilots in the Navy is currently scarce, while the number of aircraft of all kinds is increasing rapidly, and the pilots trained only by graduates of the Naval Academy have long been unable to meet the needs of the Navy, and it is for this reason that a recruitment program for ordinary people has been introduced.

In other words, as long as you can successfully pass all the flight courses, there is a high probability that you will be directly assigned to serve in the regular army, and if you perform well in your studies, you will definitely enter the front-line army, that is, a certain aircraft carrier.

Unbeknownst to Louie, Congress and the Navy would soon make changes to the curriculum: shortening the training time, streamlining the curriculum, and awarding graduates the rank of second lieutenant on active duty in the Navy and sending them directly to the frontline.

As long as Louis signs up and graduates, he will definitely be able to board the aircraft carrier as a pilot.