Seeing the Japanese planes dropping bombs wildly outside, the entire Pearl Harbor turned into a sea of fire. All the personnel in the telecommunications room panicked, and most of them fled outside. Several female operators sneaked into the inner room and were pulled by Logan Remsela. Come out and push outward.
After panicking, Logan Remsey quickly calmed down, grabbed a phone, and called his boss, General Bellinger: "The Japanese air raided Pearl Harbor."
Bellinger, who was shaving, thought his men had just woken up after being drunk last night: "Logan, are you drunk again? Today is not April Fools' Day. Are you kidding me?"
"It's true, General. The Japanese are bombing Pearl Harbor like crazy. We were attacked fiercely and were unable to fight back, suffering heavy casualties. Listen..." Logan Remsey said as he raised the phone and put it down. Outside the shattered glass window, at this moment, he saw the water around the cruiser Rayleigh, which had been hit by two torpedoes, suddenly sinking, and then the entire battleship suddenly jumped out of the water. The powerful explosive force knocked dozens of sailors away. It was thrown into the air three to forty meters high and turned into a rain of flesh and blood. Two huge fireballs rolled out on the starboard side of the ship. The [Raleigh] was like a drunkard who was hit in the chin by a heavyweight boxer. His whole body convulsed, convulsing on the surface of the water.
Logan Remsey's eyes reflected two huge fireballs, and he took back the call: "Oh God! The Rayleigh was blown into three pieces..."
Bellinger threw down his razor and ran outside, shouting to his adjutant: "Quick, quick, quick, go to the Navy Headquarters, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese..."
Two Type 97 carrier-based aircraft pilots who launched two torpedoes were pulling up when they heard two loud noises behind them. Knowing that they hit the target, they shouted "Long live the Emperor!"
All members of the torpedo plane squadron that launched attacks one after another were inspired by the explosion of the cruiser Rayleigh. They divided into two teams and broke in from several directions. 16 torpedo planes carried out the first round of torpedo attacks on the parked battleship, and the other 24 A torpedo plane entered from the southeast and flew at ultra-low altitude close to the east side of Ford Island, known as "Battleship Avenue", in preparation for the second wave of attack.
[USS Raleigh] The cruiser was severely damaged, and the sailor standing on the side of the ship lost his life in an instant
One of the torpedoes hit her vitals at the 58th rib, and seawater poured into the forward engine room and the boiler room of No. 1 and No. 2 boilers from the rupture of the raging fire. The battleship began to tilt, and the keel cracked with cracks. Voice.
Another torpedo hit the 37th rib behind the captain's cabin, almost blowing the front third of the ship off the hull.
The captain was knocked over by the huge shock wave and fell to the command platform. He was seriously injured and struggled to get up with bleeding from the corner of his mouth. He directed the crew to close the doors of the forward engine room and the No. 1 and 2 boiler rooms. The entire battleship tilted at 25 degrees, and the part above the water surface It became scalding hot under the powerful fire. As long as the crew members wearing single clothes touched the hull of the ship, their skin and flesh would immediately be torn apart.
Immediately, the surviving sailors, under the command of the captain, began to use the ship's anti-aircraft guns to fire at the Japanese. However, at this time, the battleship had tilted severely, and the anti-aircraft machine guns could only fire blindly into the air, posing no threat to the Japanese.
Although anti-capsize water was injected into the No. 1 and No. 2 engine rooms, the battleship continued to tilt. At the critical moment, Navy Captain Zings tried his best to organize effective rescue measures and temporarily saved the cruiser. Looking at the countless casualties among his comrades, the ship The sailors on board fired desperately in the air and fired back, and the shells as big as eggs fell on the deck of the battleship.
The steel behemoth at this time is comparable to purgatory!
The explosion and the violent shaking of the battleship woke up the sailors who were still sleeping due to the carnival last night. They fled in panic, but were blocked by a huge fireball at the cabin door. The sailors were choked by the thick smoke and returned. At the bottom of the bilge, the temperature in the cabin was getting higher and higher, and more and more thick smoke was pouring in, forcing them to be unable to breathe. They could only run out again, but at this time, the hatch was twisted due to the fire and explosion, making it impossible to pass through. , several sailors tried their best to push the hatch door, but suddenly screamed, and the flesh on the palms of their hands was stuck to the door. They struggled to retreat, and half of the flesh on the palms of their hands had been torn off.
I don't know who screamed in despair, "I can't escape..."
Immediately, the whole bilge was filled with crying and wailing...
Just when the cruiser [USS Rayleigh] was severely damaged, a fire broke out, the smoke was thick, and the water gradually tilted, Japan's Type 97 torpedo planes began to attack a giant battleship [Utah].
At this time, there were only a small number of sailors on duty on the battleship "Utah". Most of the sailors were brushing their teeth and washing their faces in the cabin, bragging about their affair last night. Due to the noise in the cabin, they thought the sirens outside just now were another drill, but they didn't. They heard clearly the combat siren issued by Lieutenant Colonel Logan Remsey. It was not until they heard the explosion when the cruiser USS Rayleigh was hit that they realized that the air defense siren just now was not a drill. After a few seconds of hesitation, everyone tried their best to He ran outside, but it was too late.
The fate of the cruiser [USS Raleigh] made the sailors on the battleship [USS Utah] dozens of meters away from them frightened. Looking at the sailors struggling on the ship, their faces were pale, their lips were helplessly trembling, and their limbs seemed to be filled with blood. The lead weight was inserted, it was extremely heavy, and my mind was almost blank.
"Everyone prepare to fight, machine gunners defend!"
In the absence of the captain, the temporary commander recovered from his panic. He roared and yelled ferociously to wake his sailors from their fear.
At this moment, the sailors on the battleship "Utah" saw three torpedo planes 400 meters above the sky making a high-speed drift turn on the sea 600 meters away. Their throats suddenly felt like they were being strangled by ropes, and all the sailors were stunned. We know that these three torpedo planes are about to attack them.
Sure enough, the three torpedo planes drifted and turned, quickly lowered their altitude, and flew straight towards them.
"Get ready, the enemy is going to launch a torpedo..."
The sailors' faces became ferocious with fear, and they howled loudly to alert their comrades.
The temporary commander rushed out of the captain's room, grabbed the sailors hiding behind the turret, then rushed over to grab an anti-aircraft machine gun, quickly turned the gun, and cursed loudly: "You cowards, get up and fight! Kill the Japanese torpedo planes quickly, or we will all die.
Come on, you cowards, fire with me and kill the Japanese sons of bitches..."
Several sailors with anti-aircraft machine guns on their shoulders also turned their guns desperately, trying to hit the three flying torpedo planes head-on.
Suddenly, a Zero fighter jet swooped down in the sky like a silent swift. It opened fire from the bow of the battleship Utah to the stern, leaving two bullet trails. Several sailors with machine guns were blown away. The temporary commander's left arm was broken and fell to the deck. He fainted and was immediately surrounded by blood.
Immediately several sailors went to the rescue, and some tried their best to replace the machine gunners. Everyone knew that if they could not kill the torpedo machine, everyone would die, because they had no way out, and there was gasoline everywhere on the water, burning with fire, even if they jumped into the sea. die.
"The enemy launched torpedoes, three!"
The observer standing in the battleship's command cabin yelled.
These are three improved Type 91 torpedoes with stabilizing fins. After jumping into the water lightly, the stabilizing fin switch rotates quickly after touching the water, lifting the torpedo upwards and pulling out three white traces, just like three people crossing the line. The player went straight to the battleship "Utah".
At this moment, the high-altitude bombers led by Mizuo Fuchida were also divided into several combat units and dropped bombs horizontally at high altitudes against the wind.
An 800-kilogram bomb smashed directly into the ammunition magazine of the cruiser "Rayleigh" with a sharp whistling sound. In the explosion that split the sky and the earth, the entire cruiser jumped up and split into three pieces, a turret. It was rushed into the sky nearly a hundred meters high by the powerful impact, and almost hit a diving Type 99. Then it fell, and once again hit the cruiser surrounded by flames.
Watching a squadron of Zero fighter jets separated from the sky above Pearl Harbor rushing towards him, Zhou Zhihan knew that the comer was evil, but he had no time to tangle with the Zero fighter jets until now. He knew that once entangled with the Zero fighter jets, the American pilots would It's hard to get out.
"Everyone, follow me and jump up. Try not to fight with the Zero fighters. Our main task is to disrupt the attacking rhythm of the Japanese bombers." Zhou Zhihan shouted loudly, and made a jump up. He knew that compared with Zero fighters, American fighters could only gain advantage at high altitudes.
Immediately, all American pilots followed Wildcat No. 214 and pulled up. At this moment, they saw the cruiser [Raleigh] suddenly jump out of the water, like a dying drunkard who was hit in the chin by a super heavyweight boxer. Flying up...
