While Lieutenant Colonel Mitsuo Fuchida led the torpedo pilots to practice torpedo attack accuracy day and night, the bomber pilots commanded by Major Takashige Egusa received arduous training at Tomigao Air Base in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Before dawn, Jiang Caolongfan appeared at the military base leading a strong wolfdog with fierce eyes.
According to his instructions, when he showed up at the base, his pilots must have completed a ten-kilometer cross-country run with load. This is the first training session that must be completed every day. If someone cannot persist, they can leave at any time.
Of course, you have to accept punishment before leaving, but no one knows what the punishment is.
Because, when being recruited into this bomber group, every pilot signed an agreement, and if he chose to quit, he would be punished.
During World War II, the training of Japanese soldiers was very cruel, which was one of the important reasons for their superior combat effectiveness.
Just a few days ago, a pilot Murakami couldn't accept the ultra-intensive training and asked to quit. From the moment he accepted the punishment, no one has seen him again until now.
Some people say that shortly after Murakami was brought into the punishment room, he saw Major Takanoge Egusa and his wolfdog with a flat belly walking in. When he came out, the fierce wolfdog was licking the corners of his mouth, with a big belly and a round waist. …
Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, since then, no one has said anything about quitting Bombers training camp.
Seeing the arrival of their superiors, the pilots who had finished running ten kilometers of cross-country and were drinking water and taking a rest were immediately summoned by the team leader to wait for the superiors' instructions.
Major Takashige Egusa led the wolfdog and walked past each pilot with a sullen face: "From the moment we entered this team, what we all pursue is no longer personal interests, but to be loyal to the Emperor and to serve the greater good. Fighting for the Japanese Empire and dying for our country is our highest honor!"
"Hai!"
All the pilots answered, then tapped their heels with a very neat "snap" sound.
Major Takashige Egusa walked to the front of the team and looked around at all the pilots: "Answer me loudly, what is our battle cry?"
All the bomber pilots responded in unison: "Fight bravely, fight for Japan and the Emperor, do not be afraid of death, and never surrender!"
"吆西!"
A smile finally appeared in Yinwu's eyes, and then disappeared, "During the battle, if your fighter plane is hit by the enemy, leaks oil and catches fire, what should you do?"
The pilots looked ahead: "Perish with the enemy! Never parachute! Never surrender!"
"Yoshi!"
As he spoke, Jiang Caolong stood under the military flag, clenched his hands into fists, and raised them above his head. The pilots made the same gesture as him, facing the national flag, and chanted in unison: "We are responsible for the rise and fall of the empire. We are responsible for it." The reason why I dedicated myself to the Navy is just to have this day where I can express my heartfelt devotion to His Majesty the Emperor to the death. As long as I am not dead, even if there is only a piece of flesh or a drop of blood left, I will fight with the enemy until the end. Even if only a drop of blood is left. I will bite the enemy with my next tooth and not let him go. I swear that I will serve His Majesty for the seventh time in my life!"
This impassioned "Seven Lifetimes of Serving the Country" has the touching power of an eruption from a small universe. It makes the crazy warriors who have accepted the oath of allegiance to the Emperor since childhood and sacrificed their lives for His Majesty the Emperor burst into tears when they read this.
Jiangcao Takashima also shed crocodile tears. He nodded, very satisfied with this: "Everyone has breakfast and then continues training!"
"Hai!"
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In order to improve the bomber's hit rate, Jiangcao Takaban came up with many novel training methods. He tried parking rafts in the sea as targets, and personally performed dive demonstrations for the pilots while flying the aircraft.
The pilots all thought that their battlefields would be China, India, and Burma. Only Major Takashi Egusa knew that their ultimate goal was Pearl Harbor, which was an American aircraft carrier and battleship.
To blow up aircraft carriers and battleships, bombers must dive and increase speed, so that the bombs can carry inertia and smash through the protective steel plates of aircraft carriers or battleships, causing fatal damage to the ships.
The order given to Takashige Egusa by Fleet Chief Instructor Mitsuo Fuchida was that even if the pilot's face was pressed against the deck, the bomb must be allowed to explode into the belly of the American aircraft carrier while in a dive, leaving the aircraft carrier or battleship without a single weapon. The value of regeneration turns them into a pile of worthless scrap metal.
Since it was necessary to dive bomb a large ship, small bombs were not powerful enough to cause fatal damage to the aircraft carrier even if they hit it. After research, Major Takashige Egusa decided to use heavy bombs, that is, each bomber can only carry one 250kg special bomb.
Therefore, each bomber has only one chance. In order to preserve the quality of the attack and improve the hit rate, the bomber must start diving from an altitude of 4,000 meters+, and then start dropping bombs at a water height of 300 meters. This requires sufficient equipment for the pilot. His courage, super skills, as well as his perseverance and physical strength.
In Fuchida Mizuo's view, even if the bombers smash the bombs into the belly of the American aircraft carrier, it is still worth it. This is why Major Takashige Egusa has always instilled in his pilots that they must not be afraid of death, never surrender, and dare to fight The courage and belief to perish together with the enemy.
When Mizuo Fuchida discussed dive bombing with Takashimage Egusa, they decided that if it was under tailwind conditions, they could also dive at a larger angle, so that the hit rate could reach or even exceed 85%.
Of course, this bombing mode causes great losses to pilots and aircraft.
But if you can trade one or two bombers for an aircraft carrier or battleship, it's very worth it!
A soldier's destiny is to be loyal to the Emperor and the Empire. It is the honor of every Imperial soldier to die fighting for the Empire!
Since it is a long-distance attack, the number of bombers carried on the aircraft carrier is limited, so each pilot must be highly skilled and must have the ability to deliver a fatal blow.
Because after arriving at Pearl Harbor, the bomber formation will be divided into three squadrons to simultaneously attack Huile Airport where fighter jets are stationed, Ford Island Airport where torpedo aircraft are stationed, and Hickam Airport where heavy bomber B25s are stationed.
In order to successfully attack Pearl Harbor in the United States, the Japanese did everything they could.
Considering that once attacked by torpedoes and heavy armor-piercing bombs, large warships such as strategic ships and aircraft carriers will tilt even if they do not sink, and the underwater parts without armor protection will emerge from the water.
Therefore, after research, Mitsuo Fuchida and Takashige Egusa formulated a combat plan for torpedo planes and Fuchi bombers responsible for the second round of attacks during training, so as to completely destroy the naval warships at Pearl Harbor and never be able to fight again.
In battle, the position where the bomb hits the enemy ship is crucial to whether it can completely destroy the enemy ship.
In order to allow bomber pilots to accurately identify and destroy large American warships, every towed target on the water was made the same size as a battleship and aircraft carrier, and the logos of aircraft carriers and battleships were affixed on it, allowing pilots to In future battles, bombs can be easily dropped to hit the fatal positions of aircraft carriers or strategic ships.
These Japanese pilots, who were more outlaws than desperadoes, were led by Major Takashimage Egusa, who was more of a devil than a devil. After some desperate training, their bomb-dropping skills had been greatly improved. Many of them even reached the level of It achieves an accuracy of no more than four meters when dropping bombs at an altitude of three thousand meters.
In this era, it is indeed very difficult and extremely rare to fly a bomber to dive-bomb a ship with an 800-kilogram armor-piercing bomb to achieve such a high hit rate.
The 800-kilogram armor-piercing bomb mounted on the bomber is equipped with a delayed fuse, which is enough to ensure that it can penetrate the armor of a battleship or aircraft carrier and then explode inside the ship, thus completely destroying the enemy ship with its super power.
It can be said that in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese have achieved the ultimate level of precision.
In order to prevent our own side from being counterattacked by the U.S. Navy and Air Force when taking offensive actions, while ensuring our own attack and safety, and further ensuring air superiority in the combat airspace, two fighter groups led by Nishizawa Hiroyuki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo are also in full swing. The practice of acting as a cover ensured that when the Imperial Air Force launched an attack on Pearl Harbor and nearby American airfields, those American fighters that were taking off or had already taken off were destroyed to ensure the safety of the Imperial bomber force.
The plan given by Lieutenant Colonel Mitsuo Fuchida is that during the successive waves of bombers, the Zero fighter must always remain over the bombing site to ensure that no American fighter planes are allowed to take off. This is the reason why the fleet quietly approached Pearl Harbor. Finally, the most important thing is whether the continuous attack can be completed.
