Chang Kaishen agreed very straightforwardly. This compensation was completely beyond his expectations. He had earned a lot!
What was lacking in planting flowers? Talent!
What was the reason why Great Qin was so powerful that even after being besieged by the western countries for several centuries, it could not be defeated?
Great Qin's education system was perfect, and its education model was advanced. It continuously nurtured talents, allowing Great Qin's technology and economy to develop at a high speed. This was why it was able to withstand the attacks of the western countries and not fall.
For example, after repelling the alliance of the four countries, Great Qin's Air Force's new fighter planes crushed the western countries 'fighter planes and slaughtered everyone in the air above Xianyang Port. Together with the advanced submarines, they scared the alliance of the four countries into retreating in panic and averted the threat of their country being destroyed.
It was just as Qin Zhen had said in his speech to tens of thousands of teachers and students during his inspection at Xianyang Imperial University of Technology last year: a country with strong education, strong technology, and strong talent!
Chang Kaishen knew how important it was for the 100,000 students to study in Great Qin for free every year.
"Alright, the immigration issue is decided. There's one last big topic! Great Qin sent a military consultant team to help the Chinese army reorganize the new infantry division!”
"Chairman, how many people do you think are suitable? There were many candidates. It was not a problem to have hundreds or thousands of people.”
After Qin Zhen finished speaking, he picked up his cup and took a sip of tea.
Chang Kaishen thought for a moment and asked tentatively,""Your Majesty, it's easy to reorganize the army, but what about the air force and navy?”
"This! The air force would definitely be reorganized along with the land force. After all, the navy could be done without. The air force would be the main force in future wars. If you lost control of the air, there was a high chance that you would already lose the war.”
" The problem is that training Air Force pilots takes time and costs a lot. We also have to recruit educated young people of the right age. And educated young people are children of rich families. Are they willing to join the army?”
Eh, something was wrong!
Qin Zhen suddenly thought of the tragic history of the Republic of China's Air Force. Those pilots were the children of rich second-generation families!
Why are all the children from rich families becoming pilots? It would have to start from the development of the world's aviation industry.
Although the Wright brothers invented the Flyer 1 in 1903, the world's first aviation company was established in 1917, the Great Qin Royal Airlines. After that, the western countries all established their own aviation companies, and the early air transportation market began to take shape.
Under the influence of this trend, the government of the Republic of China decided to set up its own airline in 1929. However, considering that there was no foundation in technology, talent, and operation, it decided to cooperate with a company in the United States to set up a joint venture airline. This was the Flower Planting Airline.
Beauty Nation's partner was Curtis Corporation, which held 45% of the shares. It was responsible for providing aircraft, maintenance, and training Chinese pilots, flight attendants, and maintenance personnel. Flowers took up 55% of the shares.
Back then, this contract could be said to be a life-saving straw for Curtis Corporation, which could save it from the predicament of the Great Recession.
Therefore, during the operation of the flower planting company, Curtisse Company had put in a lot of effort to carry out a wide range of technical training for flower planting.
At the same time, they also invested in the construction of two civil aviation airport, Donghai Hongqiao Airport and Jinling Minggong Palace Airport. They first opened a direct flight from Donghai to Jinling, and then slowly covered the whole country.
However, plane tickets were extremely expensive. Not only could ordinary people not afford it, but even high-paying university professors could not fly as they wished.
Because the ticket price between Shanghai and Nanjing was as high as 200 yuan, in the early 1930s, it was almost the living expenses of ordinary people for several years. For example, Xu Zhimo seemed to like to travel by plane, and only such rich people could afford to fly.
Initially, the pilots of the Flower Plantation Airline were mainly from the United States and were considered foreigners. Later, Curtis Company began to cooperate with the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of China to train the flight crew of Flower Plantation Airline. The main reason was that the salary of the pilots from the United States was too expensive.
As for training pilots, they had to have a university degree, major in science, be fluent in English, be healthy, and be under 24 years old.
As for the flight attendants, they were female, had a college degree, were 20 to 25 years old, were 160 to 170cm tall, and weighed 50 to 59kg. They were fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
All the flying cadets went to the Beauty Nation for flight training. After passing the assessment, they would return to the Flower Plantation Airline to join the company.
The other airline was the Euro-Asia International Airlines, which was a joint venture between the Republic of China government and Lufthansa. The general situation was similar to that of the Flower Planting Airline, with Flower Planting taking a large share.
Flower Airlines and Euro-Asia International Airlines were two of the best in the civil aviation industry during the Republic of China. The former specialized in domestic routes, especially in cities along the Yangtze River. The latter specialized in domestic flights to Europe, taking into account the routes from the mainland to the northwest.
In the later period, the government of the Republic of China reorganized the European-Asian International Airlines. After removing the Germanic factors, it was reorganized into Zhongyang Airlines, and the United States became Pan Am Airlines.
Therefore, the aviation industry in the Republic of China was a high-tech field. The government itself did not have the ability to play around. It often needed foreign support, from aircraft procurement to operation.
Under such circumstances, the training of pilots must be raised to the standard of studying abroad by the government, and the best students would be selected from the domestic university students.
During the Republic of China, the students who could study in universities, especially the national universities in Jinling, Donghai, Wuhan, and Peiping, were either rich or noble.
How many people in this group would be willing to give up their bright future and choose to be an Air Force pilot with a death rate of more than 50%?
Moreover, even if you pulled all the university students who met the requirements to fly the plane, the number would still be far from enough.
Among the main countries participating in World War II, Japan had the weakest foundation and overall strength. It was far inferior to Great Britain, Polar Bear, Germany, and even more so to the beautiful countries.
However, there were tens of thousands of pilots in Fusang. It was not bad!
In the end, planting flowers still had to raise the national cultural level first before they could select more pilots.
Chang Kaishen knew that Qin Zhen had hit the nail on the head, so he did not refute!
Air Force pilots were not like Army soldiers, who could be pulled into the battlefield with just a little training and a gun.
Learning how to fly a plane and being an elite pilot were two different things. They needed a lot of time to train, and the cost was very high!
However, the expansion of the air force was urgent, and the importance of air superiority was self-evident.
Chang Kaishen racked his brains and finally came up with a perfect solution.
"Your Majesty, I have an immature suggestion…"
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