7:15 minutes.
25 people arrived at the airport as quickly as possible.
Damn Yankees... Seeing that there was not even a ground crew member beside the 25 fighter jets, Zhou Zhihan swallowed his curses and finally cursed again: "Where have all these damn ones gone?"
"Everyone takes it upon themselves to take off the skids from the landing gear of the aircraft, and everything takes off within 4 minutes. When a war breaks out, no one will be waiting to help you with the skids." Zhou Zhihan said, getting into the aircraft. He took off the skids under his abdomen, then jumped on the wing with a running approach, stretched out his hand to open the cabin, and jumped in easily, with skillful and graceful movements.
"Oh...so handsome..."
It was the first time the pilots saw such a cool entry into the cabin, and they immediately followed suit...
Two minutes later, all the fighter jets started up, released the brakes, pushed the throttles, and took off from the large airport, following the No. 214 F4F Wildcat's steep climb.
"Hell..."
A fat officer ran out from the tower, "Damn it, your take-off procedures are not according to the procedures, get out of here..." Looking at the fighter plane that had begun to climb at a high angle, the fat man jumped up, "You idiots, Just wait until you go to the toilet..."
Immediately, the ground crew who followed him laughed loudly. They had no idea that God would not be able to save them half an hour later.
The fighter plane climbed to 2,300 meters in the air. Zhou Zhihan glanced at his watch. The time came to 7:22. The takeoff just now was still delayed, these stupid Americans.
Fortunately, the Flying Tigers all took off and there was still enough time.
The fleet of aircraft rose into the air, as usual, and circled around Pearl Harbor.
As a general, the more critical the situation, the more stable you must be.
Zhou Zhihan looked down at Pearl Harbor below. The harbor was still filled with the calm of morning. The sky was vast, with a few thin white clouds wandering in the corner of the sky. There were several commercial airliners flying lazily not far away. Three The soldiers in the observation balloon obviously had too much partying last night and were dozing off. They didn't even set up their binoculars.
The fleet group looked peaceful and peaceful in the early morning sunshine. There were nine battleships parked in the waters near Ford Island in the harbor, and there were only a few sailors on the deck smoking cigarettes and chatting.
There are eight cruisers parked not far from the dock, and there are several sailors playing basketball on the bow.
The 29 destroyers responsible for the defense were swaying slightly in the water. There was not even an anti-torpedo net around them, and they were just lying with their doors wide open.
The five submarines floated quietly on the water, like black ghosts in the sun. Four rough rafts were fixed at the bow and stern of the ship. The hatches were wide open. A sailor sat on the hatch cover and looked into the distance.
There are also about 40 frigates, minesweepers, tugboats, etc., all of which are quiet.
There were a dozen B25 bombers parked at Kaneohe Airport, and a dozen more followed the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier to Midway Island.
In addition, all fighter planes belonging to the Pacific Forces are parked on six tarmacs on Oahu. There are 132 Navy aircraft and 250 Army aircraft, a total of 382 aircraft, plus the 25 aircraft they took off, inside Pearl Harbor. There are 407 fighter aircraft in total.
There were no aircraft carriers in Pearl Harbor.
The course of history has not changed.
It was an unlucky day for most people at Pearl Harbor.
Today is Sunday, and it seems more peaceful than usual. The vast waves are rhythmically crashing on the coast of Oahu. There are early walkers on the shore. A postman rides a bicycle on the path on the shore to go to the yards of houses. Throwing newspapers in the park, a dozen children were playing baseball on the lawn of the park. They were wearing baseball uniforms and baseball caps. Their postures for throwing and catching the ball were all similar. The Tantras Mountains also appeared in the distance. It is extremely quiet, with white mist lingering on the top of the mountain, a beautiful scene of paradise on earth, with fresh air and sunshine on everything.
Although Washington has warned all U.S. military units that war between the United States and Japan is inevitable and is only a matter of time, the U.S. officers and soldiers stationed in Hawaii do not feel that war is imminent at all.
After spending a happy weekend, most of the officers and soldiers of the U.S. fleet in the harbor have not yet gotten up. The battleships that rarely get together are neatly lined up in the harbor. Battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and seaplane carriers are lined up side by side. Together, this spectacular lineup brings an infinite sense of security to the officers and soldiers.
It was this deep sense of security that allowed them to sleep soundly before going to hell.
As the commander-in-chief of Pearl Harbor, Admiral Kimmel would never have dreamed that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor. At this time, he was still playing golf happily and waiting for relevant departments to verify and report the sunken submarine. nationality.
Zhou Zhihan couldn't remember where the Japanese started to attack Pearl Harbor, but he was certain that the Japanese task force was sailing somewhere north of Oahu at this time.
Before that, Zhou Zhihan judged based on the topography of Pearl Harbor that the Japanese would definitely avoid the Tantras Mountains on the east side of Oahu, because there is white mist over the mountains all year round, which is not suitable for the Japanese army to launch an attack. If it were him The commander will definitely direct the fleet to turn right from the Tantras Mountains, enter the coastline, and turn to the west side of the island to launch an attack.
Of course, Zhou Zhihan did not know who the air commander of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was, but he knew that the person who could serve as the air commander in such a sneak attack was by no means an ordinary person. He must have already understood the terrain of Pearl Harbor and the warships. Know exactly where the queue is parked.
Whether Pearl Harbor was big or not, given its geographical location, the Japanese commanders could certainly think of the attack routes he could think of.
The main target of the Japanese attack is four aircraft carriers, but now that the aircraft carriers are not in the port, the Japanese will retreat and attack the nine battleships.
For a long time, in order to save space in the harbor, eight of the battleships have been parked side by side every two, so Japanese torpedoes can only attack four of them.
Because no matter how the torpedo attacks, it is impossible to turn the four battleships parked outside into powder, and the torpedoes they launch cannot attack the four battleships parked inside.
Therefore, Zhou Zhihan concluded that the Japanese would definitely use torpedo planes and dive bombers to attack these nine battleships at the same time, while high-altitude horizontal bombers would bomb destroyers, frigates, submarines, torpedo boats and other ships.
Zero fighters would cover the attack fleet at high altitudes and shoot down any fish that escaped the runway.
After circling twice over Pearl Harbor, the time came to 7:28. No. 214 F4F Wildcat led two squadrons of fighters and flew towards the left side of Ford Island, because it was closest to the sea area where the battleships were placed, waiting for the Japanese to launch In the first wave of attacks, they can return to defense in time.
Zhou Zhihan had been planning this plan for a long time, and he thought of everything he could think of. Everything had to be done flawlessly, everything had to be taken for granted, and he could only leave others with clues and excuses.
"We flew forward for 10 minutes, then turned, 20 kilometers south of Pearl Harbor, and continued to practice the use and maneuvering of the latest four-finger detachment formation, as well as the flow of four aircraft and sparse combat formations, and then practiced the two-finger formation Defensive tactics, and finally practice the defensive tactics of a single aircraft against multiple aircraft...
After the above tactical drills are completed, we head to the Tantras Mountains and the north side of Oahu to practice live ammunition shooting! "
"clear……"
"receive……"
The pilots replied, following F4F Wildcat No. 214 and flying forward.
Someone secretly complained:
"God, it's another defensive tactic of one machine versus two machines..."
"Oh, my God... Those guys on the battleship are still sleeping, but we have become hard-working Haiyans. Our spirit is really touching..."
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"Joseph, that huge spike on my screen is getting closer and closer to us."
Second-class recruit George shouted again that he discovered this huge pulse at 7:02 minutes, which was 210 kilometers away from Pearl Harbor, but Joseph said it was a B-17 bomber.
"I said George, can you please give me a little more refreshment? First, take a look at last night's report form. It contains the number of fighter planes taking off today." Private Joseph had his face covered with a playboy and didn't even look up as he complained. He said in a tone of voice, "Those are 25 fighter jets, 12 P40s and 13 Wildcats that just flew out of the base. The flight instructor is from China, the instructor Zhou who beat up a Japanese sumo wrestler last time."
At 4 o'clock in the morning, Joseph was sleeping soundly, but he was woken up by George making a fuss. Now it comes again, which is really unbearable.
George said: "I'm not talking about the 25 fighter jets flying out from the base, but the huge pulse coming from the northeast, which is now only 47 kilometers away from us."
"God! You are such a persistent guy George." Joseph took the playboy away from his face and shrugged at George, "I have called the duty officer Taylor before, and he said it was a B-17 coming back from California. Bombers. I said, George, stop being so nervous, it’s okay, the planes flying out and flying in are our own planes.”
"You see, that's the wrong direction... Okay, okay!"
Recruit, Private George said helplessly as he looked at the approaching fleet of aircraft. The veterans said it was okay. He, a recruit, shouldn't be so wordy.
At this point, all the opportunities that Lady Luck gave the Americans to escape from hell were wasted. When the two radar soldiers watched the huge pulse suddenly split into two at 7:39 and disappeared from the radar screen, Pearl Hong Kong's misfortune cannot be avoided.
