1090 Different Thoughts
A U.S. Navy bomber took aim at the Japanese battleships, which were changing course from left to right below to avoid enemy attack. It swooped down sharply, and then dropped the bomb mounted under its belly from a safe distance.
And the slender and huge Japanese warship it aimed at is obviously not slow now. It is trying to turn the rudder to the left, trying to avoid the torpedoes dropped by the American torpedo attack aircraft. In fact, battleships in the sea are far more flexible than imagined. Even the largest battleship can make a series of amazing evasive actions at high altitudes.
Coupled with their own anti-aircraft weapons, these warships are actually not in a panic when facing a small number of aircraft. As long as they use anti-aircraft firepower to disrupt the attack rhythm of the aircraft, they can calmly use the change and turn to avoid the attack of the enemy aircraft. It's a pity that this Japanese warship faced too many American planes, so it was being hit continuously by American planes while it was evading.
The bomb dropped by the American bomber rushed down along its proper parabola, and just hit near the bow of the battleship, and then a huge explosion occurred near the anchor mechanism of the battleship, and some temporary The installed small-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun and nearby soldiers were all thrown into the sea by the huge explosion.
"The battleship Haruna was hit! There are too many American planes!" A naval officer put down the binoculars in his hand and reported to the vanguard fleet commander Kurita Takeo who was on the King Kong. At this time, Kurita Takeo didn't have time to take care of Haruna's affairs at all, and his flagship King Kong was also turning urgently to avoid the entanglement of American planes.
"Baga! What the hell is the aircraft carrier fleet doing? Why are our planes getting fewer and fewer?" Since the Battle of Pearl Harbor, Japanese naval officers generally suffered from a kind of mania, and they would shout "Baga" at every turn. Yalu, and then I will say what I want to say next. This kind of frenzied symptom will appear after being stuck in traffic or losing 20 games in a row, and the specific manifestations are also varied.
The number of Japanese aircraft that came to cover Kurita Takeo's battleship assault fleet in the early stage was actually quite a few, and a total of 35 Zero fighters seemed overwhelming. However, under the strangulation of dozens of fighter jets in the US fleet, these new pilots of the Japanese Naval Air Force gradually began to fall into a disadvantage.
Battles are often like this. Soldiers who can still fight a battle when they are evenly divided, often can't even perform at one-tenth of their usual training level when they are defeated by the headwind. As a result, these Japanese pilots were thrown away by their American counterparts, and even self-protection became a problem.
When a large number of American carrier-based aircraft arrived and began to attack the Japanese battleship forces that were desperately advancing on the sea, Takeo Kurita's life began to become difficult. His fleet was forced to start turning frequently, and it took more and more time to rush into range.
"A call from the aircraft carrier fleet,
The second batch of Zero fighters for cover has already taken off, let's hold on for another ten minutes. The adjutant reported on the telegram just received from the electromechanical room. Koga Mineichi asked them to hold on for 20 minutes, but in order to prevent Kurita Takeo from rushing, he had to shorten the telegram asking Kurita to wait.
"Ten minutes? In ten minutes, the battleship Haruna may be sunk! Thousands of soldiers from the Empire of Japan will die here! Yaga, Yaga, Yaga! Give Koga Mine a command Send an official telegram, tell them that our speed has been delayed by the Americans, and let him think of another way."
The US aircraft carrier is not waiting in place, watching the Japanese battleships gradually approaching.
They are also moving, and the speed of moving is not slow. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for the fleet to draw in the distance between the two fleets while avoiding the harassment of American aircraft. Kurita Takeo can only hope that his carrier-based aircraft can drive away the American aircraft and restore him to a high-sprint state.
Two minutes later, Japan's vanguard fleet turned again, this time allowing them to align their course with the US fleet again, and then these warships, like rhinoceros, began to omnidirectional The direction of the US fleet rushed over.
Now it is impossible to try to get out of the battle. If you want to survive, you can only pin your hope on the premise of defeating the American fleet. Therefore, the Japanese forward fleet, that is, the attack fleet composed of battleships and heavy cruisers, can only follow the The attack plan prepared in advance launched a desperate attack.
Not far behind them, Japanese fighter jets were also taking off one after another on their own aircraft carriers to fight more and more American fighter jets. Now Koga Mineichi pins all his hopes on his own suicide planes, hoping that these planes can help the Japanese army change the situation of the war.
"Tell Kurita, the original plan cannot be abandoned no matter what! The Americans are also suffering losses! This is certain. Now the two sides are comparing courage and perseverance. In this respect, the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire cannot lose!" Gu He Feng stood on the bridge and watched some fighter jets take off from the aircraft carrier in the distance. He didn't know whether he was comforting himself or Kurita: "Our plane is attacking the US fleet! Let him support me!"
On the deck of the Xianghe aircraft carrier, the scene just now is still being repeated. A new row of Japanese pilots with white cloth strips tied on top of their heads, under the watchful eyes of the officer, held up glasses full of sake in front of them. In front of them stood a photographer who was also taking pictures. The next last photo.
The same officer gave the same lectures, the same chanting of long live, the same drinking of the sake he was carrying, and the same difficult boarding of the plane to die with the U.S. Navy who had no vengeance. They were all anesthetized by the atmosphere, slogans, and alcohol. With fanaticism, unwillingness, and the air force, they embarked on the road of no return chosen by their chief early on.
The pale slogans of "Long Live His Majesty the Emperor" were swallowed up by the roar of the engine on the deck. The motherland and the Emperor they shouted, they didn't know if they really wanted to be better than their mother in their hearts. It's more important to have a wife. There seems to be no high-tech products such as black boxes in this era. If there are, maybe you can try to find out whether these people shouted "for His Majesty the Emperor!" This line.
In the last photos they left, there were immature faces, but the last letter they left to this world was filled with words that were not what they really wanted to leave behind. The cups they drank from were the remains of the last group of suicides, and they climbed into the planes with only half a tank of fuel without even a parachute.
In any case, the "black technology" of the cherry blossom suicide plane brought out by the Japanese at the moment of desperation was much better than the dog bomb played by the Soviets. At least human-controlled bombs are much more accurate than dog-controlled bombs, and they are more convincing in terms of human courage and desperation.
When the first batch of Japanese suicide planes to take off flew over the U.S. fleet, they were indeed intercepted by the U.S. fleet and aircraft at multiple levels. These Japanese novice pilots who have not experienced combat training are actually not many who managed to escape the pursuit of American fighter jets.
A Type Zero and a suicide plane modified by a ship attack finally broke through less than half of the U.S. aircraft defense line. Seventeen planes staggered into the air defense circle of the U.S. anti-aircraft guns, and then a dozen more were instantly submerged in the U.S. Among the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire.
One of the planes that managed to evade the U.S. Navy's air defense firepower network fell into the sea not far from the side of the U.S. warship due to limited technology, and then directly broke off its wings and sank to the bottom of the sea. The other two were shot down by American anti-aircraft artillery on the other side because they skimmed the American warship at high altitude.
Only two planes hit their target, and the United States immediately paid a heavy price for the serious injury of a cruiser and a destroyer. These improved aircraft carry more explosives, which can cause greater damage during a collision. The U.S. Navy has experienced this kind of guided weapon that spans the ages, and there is no good way for a while. Come fight this crazy and gorgeous Japanese cherry blossom.
"Damn it! Don't these Japanese lunatics never think about their own lives?" A captain of an American cruiser stood on his own bridge, and saw through the binoculars that the ship crashed into the bridge of an American battleship, and exploded into pieces. The Japanese plane, which was in a mess of fireworks, frowned and complained.
"You haven't seen how terrifying these damned Japanese are. I heard from the group of the Marine Corps 6 that after they ran out of bullets, they committed suicide with grenades or bayonets." The adjutant standing beside him curled his lips. , when these things were mentioned, the expression on his face was as weird as eating cockroaches: "I heard that this group of people don't know what surrender is at all, and they are only half alive when they are hungry, and they are shouting with bayonets to fight us desperately!" .”
These things seem to be commonplace for Japan, but for Americans, they are very worrying and scary. In the U.S. military, surrender is sometimes understandable, which is fundamentally different from the advocacy in most parts of Asia.
"Strengthen air defense alert! I don't want to be hit like this!" After a long silence, the captain finally squeezed out this sentence.
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