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TRAINING BRITISH

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPE

December 7, 1940.

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How Serious Are

In peace-time it takes two years to train a British Army officer, but to-day so intensive is the course, that it is compressed into five months. At school in the Southern Command, where artil-

Those Nazi Losses?lery officers are trained, fully trained officers are

By Air Commodore L.E.O. Charlton THERE is no easing-up fighter force exclusively to meet and overcome each succeeding in the air war over onrush. Britain, in spite of odd

sent into the Army every fortnight.

A would-be officer to-Off duty the cadets dine in day must first go their own messes and they through a period of ser- soon learn the customary vice in the ranks unless officers' mess discipline un- When the day's results are he possesses

der the guidance of a senior high a ours is a mixed-bag.

calm. The numbers of only fighters.

spells of comparative compute une ly need eco school Officers' Training serving officer who sits at Corps certificate. He the head of the table. At must also be selected the end of the five months' course the cadet learns The Final

for training by his com-

whether he is to be gazetted; Reckoning manding officer. Keen-

and if successful he is

planes brought down each day have reached a

high level, and this is being maintained,

.

The effect, therefore, in the ness and efficiency are granted fourteen days "kit" I hear more and more aggregate, is that the enemy the-sole-steps-to-a-com- leave before-being-posted to

There are a unit. people asking each other takes toll of our fighter fore

we diminish hi mission. how long "he" can keep it alone, while

up.

I presume they mean

Hitler,

strength by destroying bomber: schools for infantry, ar- Thus there is emerging as well as fighters.

Britain's training Thus his total loss is sprear tillery and mechanised from

but the Royal camps a regular flow of of- over both types of aircraft, an units,

But what are the true in the final reckoning it may be Air Force and Royal En- ficers, highly trained, keen, facts about these daily losses that he is losing not many mor

gineers have their own courageous and efficient in -the losses to both sides? fighters than we are. It is as well to study the stance, we destroyed 293 enemy

In a recent week, for in specialised methods of every branch of the Service. They command the respect of the troops who never fail figures now, calmly, neces- machines for a loss to ourselves training. sarily pessimistically, but of 113 fighters.

The cadet has to attend to render willing service But of the enemy totul it is sensibly.

probable, on close analysis, that lectures on military stra- when they know that their

Hitler has also inflicted on 165 were bombers, leaving 128 tegy, map reading, tactics, leaders will never give an fighters to balance against our military law and kindred order which they could not

us a certain loss.

Method In His

own 113,

If the week's operation be re-subjects. If destined for carry out themselves. garded as a battle apart of the artillery, he is also giver fighter versus fighter, then we a thorough grounding in cannot claim a decisive victory mathematics. His instruc Against this we have inflicted if it be borne in mind that we tors are highly experienced

Madness

on the Nazi Air Force losses have not yet reached parity officers, most of whom have out of all proportion to our own, with the enemy in the air.

it appears, while our repeated night flights over Germany and elsewhere are hampering his concentrations and reducing the German war potential.

It

had practical experience of mobile Our Fighter

warfare and are capable of giving instruction reinforced by their

Strength

that perience overseas.

may be argued

Hitler is slowly using up his numerical superiority, and to bombers are as good as fighters

ex-

Smartness on parade is

the ordinary observer his plan in the total bag. But it is not reeks of purposelessness. so, for if our fighter strength insisted upon, and cadets, But on closer scrutiny there became seriously diminished our obeying the command "Eyes is method in his seeming mad- country would largely lie at the right-Dress", are seen in mercy of the Nazi bombers, of

usual The waves of Nazi air at which there are such large picture (1). The tackers are composed of fighters numbers that the present, loss physical and rifle drill are and bombers. We engage our can be faced with equanimity, not neglected and a high de- A true reading of the present gree of ducipline is de phase of operations, then, might manded. A well camou- read like this:

Our fighter force is well hold-flaged troop Command Post ing its own, though not much is depicted in picture (2). more. If we can continue to withstand the impact of the Landscape models in sand waves of attack and on this are used as an introduction point we need not feel despon- to operation training, and dent-then the future is good. in picture (8) an officer is

For we are at the point of parity, and the next step will be pointing out battery posi Superiority.

tions to his class of cadets.

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Once that is attained we shall At this training school the the air with overwhelming loss s be beating back the enemy in cadets leap to mr heavy and preparing, In our turn, that guns and they are shown in offensive, which will be the de picture (1) hauling Icisive phase of the war.

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