According to Chiaki Matsuda's analysis, the proportion of active pilots in the United States the day before the July 7 Incident was about 2500:1500, and the proportion of active and emergency mobilization reserves (referring to the first mobilization to report and perform missions) was 7 times that of Japanese HNA (10,000+:1500), because Japan is already in full swing war, and the reserves that can be symptomatic have already been symptomatic.

In order to meet the war needs and expand the number of pilots, the Japanese Navy Preparatory Training carried out its first expansion and reform in 1937, and established the Preparatory Training Type A (abbreviated as Flying) and the Preparatory Training Type B (abbreviated as Flying) and the Preparatory Training Type B (abbreviated as Flying) and Flying A. Flying A recruits graduates aged 16-19 and completed junior high school courses. They mainly train junior flight officers, and need to complete one and a half basic education and one year of flight training; Flying B continues the practices before the reform and recruits highs aged 14-16.

Primary school graduates need to complete 3.5 years of basic training and 1 year of flight training. After October 1940, the preparatory training was expanded for the second time, and the original system of manipulating trainees (5 months of flight training) was incorporated into it, called Category C preparatory training (abbreviated as CF). In early 1943, in order to make up for the loss of frontline combat, the Navy recruited volunteers among the Fly B students and conducted quick training according to the Fly C standards, becoming Category B preparatory training (special), referred to as CFF.

In layman's terms, it is: A Fei is the backbone of flying elites (it is particularly good to study in the Naval School and can become a middle- and senior officer in the future); B Fei is an elite pilot who is caught from a baby; C Fei is a crash course for older young people who did not have the chance to study A Fei before, but now he has passed the crash course for older young people who are aged B Fei (actually only 18 years old). Special B Fei is to train half of the semi-finished products that have been trained in B Fei in advance and then release them.

From 1937 to the Pearl Harbor Incident, Japan and the United States were expanding their pilot ranks. Although the United States expanded its number more, Japan's base was small and it grew faster. By the eve of the war between Japan and the United States in 1941, the gap between the number of HNA pilots in Japan and the United States narrowed from 1:7 to 1:3. Although the United States has a large number, Japan still has an advantage in quality.

As the war entered its fourth year, the gap between HNA pilots on both sides who served and survived before the war has become 2:3. The United States is said to have less than 50 carrier-based pilots left (basically in aviation schools). After Japan transferred some of them to aviation schools, there were nearly 200 people (Note: The so-called statistical survivor rate refers to the use of pilot proportions, the injured cannot recover, and those captured by the enemy are not counted, although people may still be alive).

"The conclusion drawn from this is that the difference in the number of pilots in the number of US naval forces in Japan before the war has been basically leveled so far, and our army has an overwhelming advantage in the field of elite carrier-based aircraft pilots." Matsuda Chiaki explained, "Of course, the low survival rate of US carrier-based aircraft pilots is not entirely caused by Japan. The bloody battles between Germany and the British and American Atlantic Fleets also broke the backbone of US carrier-based aircraft pilots."

The reason why the number gap at the beginning was so large and the elite contrast was so large was entirely caused by Japan's strict training system.

Taking A Fei as an example, in 1930, the Japanese Navy first held a unified examination nationwide, with the Navy and the Ministry of Navy setting the questions and closed-book exams. The candidates must first complete the mathematical ability test within 15 minutes (the number of questions is 50 questions), and then complete the reading and writing ability test within 20 minutes (the number of questions is also 50 questions). Only when the average score reaches more than 85 points can they pass the exam.?

Then a physical examination and aviation adaptability test were conducted. The standards were very strict, including height not less than 151 cm, weight not less than 41 kg, bust circumference not less than 74 cm, naked eyesight vision above 1.2, lung capacity 2,600 ml, and grip strength of both hands 22 kg. After that, the aviation adaptability test mainly tests whether the candidates have the potential to become HNA pilots. The subjects examined include balance ability tests, memory ability tests, anti-vertigo tests, etc. If one fails, it will be eliminated.

Then a more detailed physical examination and aviation adaptability test were conducted. Students who passed the two levels went to Yokosuka Air Team (later changed to the Takara Air Team) for field tests. They usually lasted 3-4 days. Only after all passed are all considered preparatory training students. After 5 years, they have to pass many levels after graduation (if those who cannot complete the middle of the journey, they can be transferred to ground staff according to their voluntary transfer). More than 8,000 people in Japan passed the cultural examination and participated in the selection. In the end, 79 successful graduates were successful, with an elimination rate of 99% (the elimination rate in the United States during the same period was less than 30%).

Therefore, Hori Teiki wanted to directly award Jia Fei the title of officer, and even Fumimi Miyaki Hirokyo and others had no objection. With Jia Fei's ability, he could be selected even if he went to the Naval Military Academy.

The reason for being so tight is very simple. Japan has no money! It is impossible to train pilots without falling planes and not consuming fuel. One Type Zero is equivalent to the salary of 20 generals a year. Even the cheap trainer is equivalent to the salary of more than a dozen intermediate officers a year. If hundreds of them are dropped a year, how can the military expenditure hole be filled?

The focus of the dispute between the Aviation and Fleet factions is whether to award Yifei the title of officer, because Yifei is theoretically selected from high school graduates, and after studying, it is only equivalent to the junior high school level. It is still a long way from the golden diploma of the Naval Military School. However, Hori Teiki believes that during the war, his ability is the first, and no matter how high his diploma is, he cannot fight a war, and no matter how high his diploma is, he is useless. He is the chief of the Navy Army. He is justified and said that no matter how high his diploma is, it is useless. Others dare not say so directly that the first graduate of Tsinghua University dares to publicly say that studying is useless. Do you dare to say that studying is useless? Even a poor student who cannot even pass the third-rate university?

Hori Teiki, who is in power, made the final decision: Yifei graduates who have military achievements and have served for more than 4 years or have served for 8 years, and have performed at the upper and lower levels will be awarded the ranks of second lieutenant to the lieutenant to the lieutenant to the lieutenant, and those with outstanding military achievements will be given a separate statement (Sashiaki Akamatsu belongs to a different category); if they serve for more than 2 years, they will be awarded a reserve officer (warrant officer); if they have served for 1 year and have made meritorious performance, they will be awarded a reserve officer (warrant officer).

The second step of analysis is to compare the training system and survival rate of pilots after the Pearl Harbor Incident.

"At present, the most solid pilot trained by HNA is the trainees who recruited the army during the Pearl Harbor Incident, but only formally graduated after 1942. The data shows that it recruits 200 flight students every month and still undergoes 14-month cycle training, that is, not only cultivates the students' team ability, discipline awareness, and obedience awareness, but also cultivates their various abilities. This group of trainees are trained according to generalists. Each person will drive fighter jets, attack aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft, and has good survival ability in the field. Even the training subjects include long-distance swimming and diving at sea (because it may require escaping under the burning oil layer). It is estimated that this part of the force is about 2,000."

After the Pearl Harbor Incident, the United States expanded its military force on the one hand and reduced some training subjects on the other hand: 92 conventional flight schools conducted cadets with 3 months of basic training to learn basic flight knowledge; and received 3 months of navigation training, including operation and theoretical learning. This was equivalent to compressing the original 9 months of military training to 6 months. Then the trainees were assigned to 16 junior aviation schools for flight training. If the training was qualified (the elimination rate was only 15%), they were sent to Pensacola or Corpus Christi for intermediate flight training.

Only flight cadets with excellent performance at this stage have the opportunity to board a carrier-based aircraft, and then go to the Great Lakes to train on aircraft carriers after training for 2 months. The cumulative flight time of each carrier-based aircraft flight cadet must reach 360-450 hours. Overall, after 1942, the US military compressed the 14-month training course to 9 months (if it is a carrier-based aircraft, it is 11 months). This system was persisted until early 1943, and a total of more than 20,000 pilots were trained, including nearly 5,000 units of carrier-based aircraft.

During the same period, Japan's HNA also expanded its army, and the scale of A flight remained unchanged, expanding its level and pass rate, and increasing its recruitment efforts for C flights. Many pilots who were not selected for A flights many years ago have now entered C flights again, but after doing their best, the number of people has expanded less than 5,000.

If Japanese pilots had obvious quality advantages before the war, and the mass was half a pound of 80% in the early stages of the war, the training quality of Japanese HNA, especially carrier-based pilots, began to be inferior to that of the United States. After comprehensive weighing, the quality of Japanese carrier-based pilots still had significant advantages. Taking the Midway Battle as an example, Japan lost 4 regular aircraft carriers and the United States lost 1 regular aircraft carrier, but the ratio of the number of pilots lost (deaths) between the two sides was 121:208.

As the number of new pilots in Japan and the United States expanded, if the war of attrition was fought, Japan would soon be dragged down. During the Guadalam Battle in history, because there were not many Japanese aircraft carriers, the remaining outstanding pilots even changed to land-based aviation and US military land aviation to deal with the consumption. However, the historical process began to reverse from the second half of 1942, and the Guadalam Air War, which caused Japan to suffer heavy losses, ended in a hurry after only one starts, saving the crucial carrier-based pilot.

At the turning point of history, the Joint Fleet not only won the Battle of the South Pacific under the leadership of Hori Teiki, but also cooperated with Germany to quickly improve the development of new aircraft, maintaining the crucial foundation and quality. Although the quality of the newcomers added by the Japanese army after the Battle of Midway has decreased, the veterans are still in the team. The experience they lack has been supported by their predecessors in subsequent battles.

During this period, the Allies were undoubtedly tragic. The South Pacific Naval Battle was defeated, and the Allied Fleet in the Horn of Africa was almost completely wiped out, which caused the British and US dollar to be seriously injured. At that time, many of the pilots on the escort aircraft carriers were stronger than those on the fleet aircraft carriers in 1944. The personnel advantage accumulated several times in the early stage disappeared without a trace. In addition, the rise of HNA in Germany began, and HNA in the United States, especially the carrier-based aircraft pilots, no longer had an overwhelming number advantage. The total number was only slightly larger than that of Japan and Germany, but the quality was much worse.

In order to further expand the pilot scale, the United States launched a reform of the pilot training system in the spring of 1943: compressing subjects, no longer emphasizing general training (that is, fighter pilots only cultivate fighter piloting capabilities), the overall training cycle was reduced by 2 months (ordinary HNA 7 months, carrier-based aircraft 9 months), and the fifth-class evaluation system of LV1-5 was used. This group of pilots was put into service in large quantities in early 1944. Due to the fact that Japan and the United States had fewer fights during this period, most of them were consumed by Germany HNA and Britain and the United States, and Japan did not fully grasp the relevant details until now.
Chapter completed!