Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The UK not only lacks fighter jets, but also lacks high-quality fighter pilots.

It is not easy to train a fighter pilot. In a popular sense, the money spent to train a fighter pilot is roughly equivalent to the weight of the pilot in gold.

For the UK, this is pretty much the case.

For southern Africa, the cost of training fighter pilots is much lower.

The mechanism for training pilots in Southern Africa is completely different from that in the UK.

The training of pilots in the UK is entirely paid for by the British government. During the last world war, the UK even mobilized truck drivers to participate in pilot training, which shows how low the requirements for pilots are.

Southern Africa relies on flying clubs all over the states to train pilots. After completing the training in the clubs, pilots can apply for employment with major civil aviation companies. Only those who are particularly outstanding are eligible to accept the assessment of the Southern African military. Only those who pass the test are eligible.

The requirements for entering the next stage of selection are very strict.

Under such a selection mechanism, the technical level of southern African fighter pilots naturally far exceeds that of British pilots.

When Britain declared war on Germany, there were only 3,500 qualified pilots in the country.

This is still based on British standards, and all types of pilots are included.

If we use southern African standards, we don’t know how many people are left out of 3,500.

Southern Africa has 35,000 pilots.

This is an excellent pilot qualified to fly fighter jets.

It meets club or civil aviation standards, but does not meet military standards, and the number of pilots in training is unknown.

When Britain declared war on Germany, the number of domestic fighter jets was about 1,000.

In contrast, the UK has less than 1,000 fighter pilots.

There are not as many pilots as planes!

This kind of thing probably only happens in the UK.

As time went by, Britain's need for pilots became more and more urgent, and southern Africa became a target of the British government.

In Queens, Los Angeles, Sergio Rodri, who has become a Southern African citizen, lives happily with Erica.

After the Spanish Republican government tore up the order, most of the Spanish pilots who had been trained in Southern Africa became disillusioned and became Southern African citizens.

The same goes for Sergio Rodri. He bravely expressed his feelings to Erica and stayed in southern Africa. He married Erica the year before last and their daughter is now almost two years old.

With his outstanding skills, Sergio Rodri successfully joined the Southern African Air Force and became an outstanding fighter pilot with an annual salary of 1,200 rand.

1,200 rand is quite a lot. The annual salary of a senior ministerial official in Nyasaland is only about 1,200 rand. Sergio Rodri is very satisfied. He has brought his family to southern Africa and bought a piece of land in Australia.

farm and become a standard southern African.

Jose Luis, who is also from Spain, is not so lucky. Jose is less skilled and works for the Los Angeles Aero Azul Club.

After the European War broke out, Jose's heart felt like it was on fire. He was tired of the life of flying a training aircraft and was eager to go to Europe to participate in the war.

"Sergio, the United Kingdom is recruiting fighter pilots in southern Africa. The annual salary is 2,000 pounds. Are you interested?" Jose Luis took the initiative to come to Rodri. 2,000 pounds a year is still attractive to pilots in southern Africa.

If you go to Australia, you can buy a farm of about 250 acres for 2,000 pounds.

This attraction also varies from person to person. For Rodri, the attraction of 2,000 pounds is obviously not as attractive as 1,200 rand.

R1200 is actually quite a lot.

The key is various benefits.

Moreover, the cost of living in Southern Africa is not high, and it has an excellent environment, superior education and medical conditions, which are all very important to Rodri.

Of course, going to the UK does not mean becoming a British citizen. The pilots going to the UK are still southern Africans. They are essentially mercenaries.

"Don't be stupid. The high price offered by the United Kingdom means how risky this job is. I don't want to fight for the British." Ruben Mendez, a pilot from Portugal, does not like the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal.

Although the relationship between the two countries is very bad, the Spaniards and Portuguese can live in peace in Los Angeles. This is the charm of Los Angeles.

"José, are you going to the UK?" Rodri was surprised. Although the British government offered a very high price, there were not many pilots willing to go to the UK to fight.

the reason is simple.

British fighter jets are not outstanding or even worse than German fighter jets. No matter how superb the flying skills of the southern African pilots are, the performance of the aircraft is lagging behind.

The British side has also been aware of this problem and negotiated with Nyasaland Airlines a few months ago, hoping to introduce advanced technology from Nyasaland Airlines to improve the performance of British fighter jets.

This is originally a good thing, but it takes a long time.

The negotiation process was long and arduous.

Nyasaland Airlines must demand the most benefits, and it is best to be produced by Nyasaland Airlines. For this reason, the price offered by Nyasaland Airlines to the British is cheaper than that to the French and Spanish.

The British hope to obtain advanced technology at the lowest price, preferably for free.

So the negotiations have not been completed yet.

"I want to give it a try. I'm tired of flying trainer aircraft," Jose Luis said eagerly. In southern Africa, it was difficult for Jose to get the chance to fly a fighter jet.

Both are pilots, Jose, Ruben and Rodri are in different situations.

Reuben and Rodri are both official pilots with the Southern African military.

Reuben flew bombers, so the technical requirements for pilots were not high.

Rodri is treated as a "quasi-ace" within the Southern African military. As long as Southern Africa participates in the war, Rodri has a high chance of becoming an ace pilot.

Jose's skills are inferior and he can only work in the aviation club. This job is actually pretty good and many people only dream of it.

"José, even if you want to fly fighter jets, I don't recommend you go to the UK. The UK is not just inferior in technology." Ruben was dismissive of the British Air Force.

Just like the Royal Navy, it has a huge psychological advantage no matter it faces the navy of any country.

The Southern African Air Force also has a huge psychological advantage compared with the air force of any country.

Although the aircraft appeared relatively late, it has been more than 30 years.

Southern Africa is the first country in the world to develop its air force as an independent service. Over the past two decades, it has accumulated huge advantages.

The Air Force is not just about advanced aircraft performance, but also ground support and maintenance, logistics organization, systematic training of pilots, technology research and development, etc. This is a huge and systematic project that cannot be completed in a year or two.

, Southern Africa is also exploring.

"You are a man who is full but you are a man who is hungry." Lewis was a little sad. He had applied for the military fighter pilot position several times, but unfortunately he had never been able to do so.

In fact, Lewis's skills were not bad, but the main difference was in his mental quality. His legs became weak at critical moments, which was a fatal flaw for a fighter pilot.

Two fighter jets were approaching at high speed in the air, covering hundreds of meters in one second. Life and death depended on it in an instant. If your hands shook just a little, the bullets would fly to nowhere.

Sometimes when two planes are approaching head-on, the pilots have to be prepared to die together. It is not uncommon for two planes to collide directly in the air. At this time, the battle is not only about technology, but also about courage and the spirit of sacrifice.

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"José, there is a chance to stay in southern Africa," Rodri said meaningfully. As a military pilot, he must know more about the situation.

Southern Africa is not currently involved in the war.

Therefore, the pilots heading to the UK were not organized by the federal government of Southern Africa, but acted spontaneously.

After all, southern Africa was once a British colony, and some southern Africans still have feelings for Britain.

Coupled with the patriotic education provided by the federal government of Southern Africa, it is inevitable that some enthusiastic young people will become enthusiastic if they are fooled by the British government.

What I want to explain here is the long-standing mercenary tradition in southern Africa.

Therefore, southern Africans do not object to being a "volunteer".

What's more, the price offered by the British government is still very high.

"What do you know?" Luis found an opportunity in Rodri's words.

Rodri and Ruben looked at each other and kept silent in a tacit understanding.

Luis is not a member of the military and is not qualified to know some things. By speaking to such extent, Rodri is actually suspected of leaking secrets.

Within the southern African military, there has long been a decision on when to participate in the European War.

We definitely cannot join the war now. Southern Africa also has an agreement with Germany. The Germans can tear up the agreement at will, but Southern Africa cannot overextend its national credibility at will.

The Germans also pay great attention to their relations with southern Africa. Some time ago, the "Graf Spee" attacked merchant ships everywhere, and the "Terola" passenger ship was sunk even near Cape Town, but there was no single southern African merchant ship.

was attacked.

Some British merchant ships and French merchant ships now fly southern African flags, with the purpose of confusing the Germans.

Since the Germans are so sensible, southern Africa is naturally happy to watch from the other side.

Isn't it good to do business selling arms like this? The Germans are still looking to Southern Africa to buy oil. The prices they offer are very high and they are paid in gold. The only requirement is that Southern Africa should be responsible for sending the oil to Germany.

Germany also has oil tankers, but they dare not go out. Once they leave a German port, they will be seized by the Royal Navy.

Southern Africa also does not want to cause dissatisfaction with Britain and France because of oil.

Fortunately, there are Americans who have even less bottom lines.

American merchant ships are treated the same as southern African merchant ships and have unimpeded access.