The Japanese sneak attack was fierce and swift, catching the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor by surprise, causing heavy casualties and causing the U.S. military to struggle for life.
At this time, Kimmel's wife was standing in front of the window. Also standing in front of the window like her were most of the residents of Pearl Harbor. They were completely stunned by the scene in front of them, and some of them covered their heads. Weeping, some people took their families into the basement to take shelter, and some even thought it was a nightmare and prayed to God to let this nightmare leave Pearl Harbor quickly.
The postman delivering the newspaper couldn't find a place to hide. He stood there with his eyes wide open, maintaining his posture, like a sculpture. The newspaper in his hand, like time, fixed the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Several teenagers who were playing baseball on the grass on the top of the mountain looked down at Pearl Harbor and turned into a sea of fire. They could not believe that the plane that flew over their heads a few minutes ago was actually the incarnation of the devil, and they could not believe it. The painful thing is that they once thought it was an American fighter jet, and put down their clubs, taking off their hats and waving in salute to those demons.
In the entire Pearl Harbor, the only happy people were probably the three- and four-year-old children, cheering for the Japanese fighter planes that were flying up and down like vampire bats.
As if in just an instant, the roar of Japanese fighter jets and the explosion of bombs tore everything that was originally peaceful inside and outside Pearl Harbor to pieces.
Bombs raining down like mayflies, and torpedoes flying around like ghosts, while blowing the neatly arranged U.S. fighter planes at the airport into pieces, they also destroyed the giant warships parked in the waterway.
In a matter of minutes, Pearl Harbor turned from paradise into an unbelievable hell on earth. The usually sparkling blue waves turned into a sea of black and red fire, and the blue sky in the past was replaced by thick smoke that obscured the sun.
The American officers and soldiers who had just woken up from their sweet dreams seemed to be suddenly in a nightmare that was difficult to tell whether it was true or false. The only difference was that some people were lucky enough to escape from the nightmare, while others slept in this nightmare forever. Didn't wake up either.
At this time, the entire Pearl Harbor was being destroyed and destroyed. There were tragic scenes everywhere, thick smoke and fire, dead bodies and broken limbs everywhere, forming a living slaughterhouse on earth.
In the low altitude, Zhou Zhihan faced off against Japan's two top aces, Nishizawa Hiroki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo, one against two.
Nishizawa Hiroyuki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo formed a two-plane formation, using double attack and double sparse tactics, taking advantage of the lightness and flexibility of the Zero fighter, and for a time they were inseparable from Zhou Zhihan.
Zhou Zhihan secretly complained, because when he was rescuing the battleship USS Utah and the oil tanker USS Neosho, his wildcat slowed down seriously, and it was difficult to increase its speed for a while. Moreover, there were too many enemy fighters in the air, so as long as he had the chance, he would He started shooting wildly at him, forcing him to be unable to make quick lifting and jumping maneuvers to increase his energy. He was entangled by two Zero fighter jets and gradually fell into a disadvantage.
This was the first time that Zhou Zhihan was suppressed by the Japanese since the 8.14 air battle against Japanese fighters. It was difficult to reverse the situation for a while.
At this time, all Japanese fighter planes regard him as a thorn in their side. Everyone wants to kill him. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will launch a surprise attack on him. If it were not for his superb skills, he might have been defeated long ago.
Especially Nishizawa Hiroki, relying on the superior performance of the Zero fighter, is like a dog-skin plaster, tightly wrapped around the No. 214 Wild Cat.
Nishizawa Hiroki knew that Zhou Zhihan must not be allowed to increase his speed. Now was the best time to shoot down the Chinese ace, and he must seize it.
Shooting this man down was comparable to sinking a battleship.
More than half of the 12 P40s and 12 Wildcats were lost shortly after they entered the battle, and the rest were still struggling to hold on. Their overall strength was far behind the Japanese pilots. All they could do at this time was to disrupt the Japanese. However, with the assistance of fleet artillery fire, they also successfully shot down several Japanese fighter-bombers, making an outstanding contribution to the defense of Pearl Harbor.
Fortunately, American fighter planes have thick skin and self-sealing fuel tanks. Those fighter planes hit by enemy planes will not explode on the spot. The pilots followed Zhou Zhihan's previous instructions and tried to make an emergency landing or parachute outside Pearl Harbor when exiting the battlefield. Most people were rescued.
Of the dozen or so "Flying Fortresses" that rushed into Pearl Harbor by mistake, two were shot down, and the rest flew away elsewhere, more or less attracting the enemy's attention.
Especially the 18 Dreadnought bombers. Although 7 of them were shot down as soon as they entered the sky over Pearl Harbor, and another 4 were damaged and escaped, they also successfully attracted some of the Japanese firepower and contributed to Pearl Harbor. Several ships The injured destroyer successfully escaped to the deep sea and launched a fierce counterattack against enemy aircraft in the air.
All this was clearly seen by Kimmel and senior officials of the Navy Department who were holding telescopes.
They all knew that without the 24 fighter jets and Dreadnoughts led by Zhou Zhihan to disrupt the Japanese offensive rhythm in the air, the losses at Pearl Harbor would have been even more serious.
If Zhou Zhihan hadn't rescued the oil tanker "Nioshao" at the critical moment, it is estimated that the Japanese could have called it a day by now. They only had to fly fighter jets at high altitude and watch the oil tanker "Nioshao" being blown up. The resulting massive fuel leak could have set the seawater in Pearl Harbor on fire.
The battleship "Utah" rescued by Zhou Zhihan released powerful firepower to effectively contain the Japanese fighters in the air.
Even when Pearl Harbor was in dire straits, most of the soldiers in Schofield Barracks north of Pearl Harbor were happily sitting at the dining table, tasting delicious Sunday pancakes and half a pint of milk that was rationed more than usual.
Listening to the rumble of explosions coming from the direction of Pearl Harbor, Private Mike stuffed his mouth with cake and muttered: "Those old guys in the Navy were still doing demolition on Sunday. I really don't know what these guys are doing." What do you want to do?"
"Who knows, maybe they are celebrating!" William, the squad leader sitting next to Mike, answered while drinking milk. "They are celebrating, but they give us milk?" As he said this, he put down the cup with dissatisfaction. , pointing to the milk in the cup, "That's it?"
Then, several other soldiers also complained. In their opinion, there must be a large-scale celebration at Pearl Harbor, and there must be more delicious food, but they can only sit here and drink half a pint. Milk, chewing the cake that I was tired of eating.
Suddenly, a soldier who was standing by the grass to urinate saw a plane flying in the distance, roaring over the canteen and rushing toward them. He was so angry that he puffed out his stomach and asked for urination with a provocative gesture. They rushed the plane down and the soldiers who led them started whistling and booing.
Suddenly, the gun of the plane began spitting flames, shattering the window glass in all directions. The frightened soldiers dispersed, held their heads and hid under the table, and complained together about the man who was peeing with his belly full. Soldiers, you shouldn't mess with those flying bosses...
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Just as a formation of 40 Type 97 torpedo planes and a formation of 50 Type 99 dive bombers launched a frenzied attack on [Battleship Avenue] and various airports, Lieutenant Colonel Mizuo Fuchida, the commander of this operation, led His high-altitude bomber group, as the third wave of attack camp, came with great momentum.
