Chapter 384 Who Is the Bullet Changing Immortal?
"Today, I'll finish writing Pearl Harbor. I'll hurry back to Suiyuan to work on my Northern Industry. I can't show my face in women's clothing!"
Time goes back to 45 minutes ago, at Ford Island Airport in Pearl Harbor.
In Yamamoto's original raid plan, the six aircraft carriers in the entire fleet had completely different divisions of labor.
Among them, Akagi, Kaga and two Soryu-class were responsible for attacking all large surface warships in the military port. Shokaku and Zuikaku needed to do their best to destroy several military airports on the island.
After all, in addition to aircraft carriers, there are also a large number of land-based fighters on Oahu.
If the more than 400 P40 Tomahawks were allowed to take off smoothly, it would inevitably bring a devastating blow to this operation.
When the troops carrying special torpedoes and armor-piercing bombs were about to enter the combat position, the attack formation composed of Zero fighters and 53 Type 99 carrier-based bombers had quietly arrived at the target airspace.
"Yoshi, the plan works! Everything is as expected by Major General Yamaguchi!"
"All crews are free to hunt, and don't let go of any ugly fighter planes, and nip the danger in the bud! If conditions permit, don't forget to deal with the enemy's ammunition depot and runway."
"Action begins!"
After receiving the order from their own flight captain, Major Takahashi Heyi, a group of Japanese naval aviation pilots quickly formed a three-plane formation and dived towards Ford Island Airport, Hickam Airport and Wheeler Airport in three directions.
As the carrier-based aircraft gradually lowered their altitude, the residents and soldiers on the island saw the eye-catching red logo.
The unexpected enemy aircraft made everyone panic.
Of course, some officers were still calm and mistakenly thought that their own aircraft were showing off at low altitude.
"Did you see the number of the plane just now? It caused a safety hazard. I will have a good talk with that person's superior later."
As soon as the voice fell, the fighter plane mentioned by the Ugly Navy Rear Admiral dropped a 250-kilogram high-explosive bomb in the direction of the military hospital.
Almost at the same time, the piercing air defense alarm sounded over Oahu.
In this situation, the major general and the staff officer beside him looked at each other involuntarily, and they all saw fear and confusion in each other's expressions.
A moment later, the two immediately ran towards the command center not far away, and went straight to the special communication room for sending and receiving important intelligence.
"Send an alert to all command posts! Pearl Harbor was attacked by air! This is not a drill! Repeat! This is not a drill!"
Unfortunately, everything is too late.
Faced with the long-planned surprise attack by the Japanese, the ugly Chinese who were still on vacation could not escape their destined fate.
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"Quick! Everyone, leave the dormitory! Enemy planes are coming!"
"Zero fighters! Bombers! They're going to blow up the hangar! Take your weapons and stick to your posts!"
"Get the machine gun bullets! Get the .50! The ground crew, hurry up! Let the boys take off and fight!"
It turns out that although the ugly country is not directly involved in the world war at this stage, the quality of their pilots is really good.
Under the command of dozens of school-level officers, the three military airports began to fight a few minutes after the air raid began. Even the most basic soldiers did not lose their courage, and they all took rifles and submachine guns to fight back against the enemy from the commanding heights.
However, the P40s that can take off are still a minority.
At this moment, most of these once extremely precious arms, whether they were veterans who participated in the Battle of Britain or new recruits who had just arrived on Oahu, died on the way to the hangar and the apron.
The neatly arranged fighter planes were swallowed up by fire snakes and bombs in an instant. In just a few minutes, hundreds of P40 Tomahawks were destroyed, and they didn't even have a chance to fight against the Zero fighters.
The hangars and runways were reduced to ruins, and despair gradually surged into everyone's hearts.
Just as the entire Ford Airport was about to be destroyed, a group of troops that no one on either side expected rushed into the battlefield!
"Reinforcements! We have reinforcements!"
"Good job! Kill those Japanese!"
"Quick! Hurry up! The carrier-based aircraft and bomber formations can't hold on for long! We can't waste the opportunity that our brother troops have given us."
That's right, this reinforcement force was the B17 strategic bomber formation flying from the Ugly country to Oahu, and several F4F Wildcats taking off from Enterprise.
Forget about the carrier-based fighters, but the intrusion of those flying fortresses immediately stunned the Japanese carrier-based aircraft.
There's no way, who would use a four-engine bomber to fight a fighter at low altitude? Poor militarism simply can't understand this kind of rich behavior.
Even if you have 13 12.7mm machine guns on one plane, you can't bully people like this!
In fact, the highest commander of the bomber formation is also suffering now. They have a group of twelve fighters that have traveled a long way from the Ugly country, and the fuel reserves have long been exhausted.
The little stock in the tank now is impossible to transfer to other military bases.
Fighting, they can also rely on the overall firepower of the formation to turn around the enemy. If they are lucky, they can even form a combat formation with P40 and F4F to face the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet.
Strategic bombers bomb the surface fleet, which is a perfect professional match.
Although there is a high probability of heavy losses, at least they can control their own destiny.
Don't fight?
Then they can only climb to a higher altitude and wait for death.
Such a simple choice between two options, anyone would choose the former.
"Danny! It's time for us to start the aerial show! I need you, and a reliable wingman!"
"Okay! Got it! Let's go!"
At the moment of life and death, the most needed thing is courage.
Between being a target and fighting to the death, most of the Ugly pilots chose to fight to the death.
Unfortunately, due to poor coordination and hasty response, the 25 fighters of various types that took off from three military airports in succession could not escape the fate of being shot down.
Even the F4F on the Enterprise was killed by the Zero fighter.
Fortunately, Best was a dive bomber, otherwise there would be less drama in the future.
Not to mention the B17, it was only a matter of time before it was eaten by the entire formation.
What's more frustrating is that it's okay to be outnumbered, after all, the enemy is well-trained elite pilots. But several P40s were actually destroyed by their own ground anti-aircraft guns.
I can only say that the personal heroism in the original timeline is difficult to reproduce one-to-one in the current Pearl Harbor.
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Half an hour later, at 8:45 Hawaii time, the Japanese raided the Hiryu aircraft carrier.
"Major General Yamaguchi! Our operation was a great success! The first wave of attack formations has sunk two aircraft carriers, four battleships and several cruisers and destroyers."
"If it happens again, the Pacific Fleet of the Ugly Country will be wiped out."
Hearing this, a fierce light flashed in Yamaguchi Tamon's eyes.
After a moment, he moved to the front of the tactical board and crossed out the names of the above ships one by one.
In this operation, their fleet not only solved the Ugly Country aircraft carrier that they had been thinking about day and night, but also destroyed several battleships at one time, which can definitely be regarded as a great success.
As a loyal supporter of Yamamoto Seven-Eight, Yamaguchi Tamon was naturally extremely happy.
However, the good mood mentioned above did not last too long, because the old devil discovered a very serious problem, that is, the ammunition carried this time was somewhat insufficient.
This ammunition refers to the armor-piercing bombs modified with the main gun shells of the Nagato class.
There is no way. Rich countries will pursue both torpedoes and aerial bombs at the same time. As a poor country, this book cannot develop two technology trees at the same time. The current aerial bomb technology can definitely be ranked at the bottom among the participating countries.
Who makes the hit rate of horizontal bombing too low? Even if it is used to attack a large moving battleship in actual combat, it may not be possible to hit one out of a hundred bombs when you are unlucky.
On the other hand, torpedoes are released at close range and can severely damage the target once they hit. It is in line with the principle of preferring a cannon that hits 100 times than a hundred cannons that hit only one out of a hundred times.
This kind of cost-effective thing is suitable for the stingy IJN.
Similar weapons include Zero Fighter and Yamato. The former pursues high performance of fighters and tries to offset the disadvantage of quantity with high indicators. The latter is even more powerful and is the ultimate product of this view.
One ship against ten ships, the game is to hit the soul with one shot.
But the problem is that heavy bombs must be used to bomb surface ships.
Now the remaining 800KG bombs in the entire fleet are seriously insufficient, with only 23 rounds. If they are used to bomb the surviving Enterprise and battleships, the oil depot and naval dock will not be able to handle it.
If the Pacific Fleet is allowed to retain a large amount of fuel and repair equipment, the benefits of the assault fleet's trip will inevitably be greatly reduced.
After a moment, the old devil took a deep breath and made the final choice in his mind.
"Don't use 800 kg bombs first. Except for the first formation, let all Type 97 carrier-based attack and Type 99 carrier-based bombers be replaced with 250 kg bombs to make up for the remaining warships in Pearl Harbor."
"Especially the Enterprise! We must focus on attacking! We can't let the ugly people save any aircraft carriers!"
"Remember to let the warriors search for the location of the oil depot and make plans for the third wave of attack in advance. By the way, don't forget to notify Vice Admiral Nanyun and tell him my arrangements intact."
In fact, Yamaguchi Tamon's idea is very simple. After all, except for Pennsylvania, Nevada and Enterprise, the rest of the targets are not worth worrying about.
Among them, Pennsylvania is in the dock, and 800 kg bombs can be used directly to kill two birds with one stone. There are no ships blocking the south of Nevada, so all the remaining torpedoes can be used on her.
250 kg of bombs are definitely enough to deal with an old-fashioned aircraft carrier like Enterprise, and they can kill her with a pile of them.
As for whether changing bombs will delay time? Will he become a bomb-changing immortal before Nanyun?
Who cares? Pearl Harbor is now isolated and helpless, and no country or force can support it. Their assault fleet can stay for a day.
Half an hour later, the second wave of attack formations officially took off.
This time, Yamaguchi Tamon dispatched 54 Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft, 81 Type 99 carrier-based bombers and 36 Zero fighters. (End of this chapter)