Wildcat No. 214, under the attack of two peerless masters, Nishizawa Hiroki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo, gradually showed its defeat.
Compared with the lightness and sharpness of the Zero fighter, the Wildcat can be regarded as a heavy fighter of this era. Therefore, when fighting at low altitudes and zero speeds, even a fighter as strong as Zhou Zhihan will inevitably fall into a disadvantage.
Wildcat and Zero are pure alien machine battles.
Relatively speaking, the Wildcat is a fighter with a high thrust-to-weight ratio. It needs to turn quickly with the help of the thrust-to-weight ratio to reduce the fighter's entry angle and always keep the enemy aircraft within the sideslip angle. This is in line with the first element of air combat - always Keep enemies in sight.
The Zero fighter is the most typical low-wing load fighter at the moment. It has unparalleled agility advantages, especially in low-altitude dogfights, and can maintain an overwhelming turning advantage over any fighter.
Due to the continuous rescue of the oil tanker USS Neosho and the battleship USS Utah, the speed of No. 214 Wildcat dropped too fast and was bitten by two Zeros. Moreover, because there were too many enemy aircraft in the air, collisions were prone to occur, making Zhou Zhihan unable to The growth rate is getting rid of, and gradually narrowly outperforming the environment, it is about to be bitten to death.
Now, it is equivalent to using the Wildcat's disadvantage against the Zero Fighter's advantage. This kind of trade-off is very disadvantageous for Zhou Zhihan.
After comparison, one can imagine how difficult it would be for the No. 214 Wildcat to lose its speed and height ratio under the attack of two peerless Japanese masters.
The Japanese fighter planes in the sky were like black vampire bats galloping back and forth, their wings covering the sky and the sun, and their bullet trails flying criss-cross. Every Japanese pilot wanted to shoot down the No. 214 Wildcat, a thorn in their side, if they had the chance.
Zhou Zhihan was oppressed. If he hadn't relied on his superb skills and unparalleled experience, he would have been shot down long ago. Even so, there were many marks of bullet burns on the fuselage of No. 214 Wildcat. Fortunately, They were all minor injuries and had no major impact on the fighter's flying attitude.
Seeing that their own fighter planes were getting fewer and fewer under the siege of the Japanese aircraft fleet, the American sailors on the battleships that were breaking out of the harbor were anxious, especially when they saw the No. 214 Wildcat being forced by two Japanese fighter planes to defend themselves at low altitude. Maybe being shot down, the sailors just wanted to keep fighting, and Zhou Zhihan just lost his life in vain. Many people shouted: "Colonel Zhou, break out quickly, we will be forever grateful to you... hurry up... let's go..."
When the war reached this point, the Americans completely regarded Zhou Zhihan as one of their own. They were unwilling to watch helplessly as the No. 214 Wildcat, which had caused the Japanese so much misery just now, was shot down by the Japanese.
Because the No. 214 Wildcat and the two Zeros were too tightly entangled, the sailors were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people and did not dare to use machine guns to block the Zeros' pursuit.
Several officers took out their pistols and aimed at the path of Wildcat No. 214. They wanted to wait for Zhou Zhihan to pass and then use their pistols to block the two pursuing Zero fighters. However, the power of the pistols was not enough for even the matchbox Zero fighters. That said, it has no lethality.
"go to hell!"
Nishizawa Hiroyuki found an opportunity, pressed the attack button on the throttle with his left thumb, and the red tongue of flames hit the tail wing of the No. 214 Wildcat at close range.
At the same time, seeing Nishizawa Hiroki firing, Iwamoto Tetsuzo, who was forming a dual-machine double attack with him, took the opportunity to stretch and jump and push the stick slightly. The nose of the aircraft pointed down slightly, blocking the No. 214 Wildcat by pulling up or rolling left and right to get rid of the attack. route.
While still training in Japan, Mitsuo Fuchida specially called for Nishizawa Hiroyuki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo and asked them to promise that when Zhou Zhihan appeared over Pearl Harbor, he must be shot down.
In order to shoot down Zhou Zhihan, Nishizawa Hiroyuki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo visited many Japanese pilots who had seen Zhou Zhihan's air battle, and collected any information about Zhou Zhihan's air battle from their ally Germany, and then studied day and night, so what happened just now appeared The formation - two machines and two attacks.
This dual-machine dual-attack tactic was tailor-made by Iwamoto Tetsuzo and Nishizawa Hiroyuki for Zhou Zhihan. It can be called the combination of two swords, and its power is increased several times, leaving no opportunity for Zhou Zhihan to take advantage of.
There was a private agreement between Iwamoto Tetsuzo and Nishizawa Hiroki. When they met Zhou Zhihan, Nishizawa Hiroki would first avenge the Chinese. If the latter could not shoot down the Chinese alone, the two would immediately form a two-plane formation and join forces. Kill Zhou Zhihan.
Moreover, the two of them have made an agreement to always maintain a uniform and flawless double-machine double-attack tactic. They must not advance alone out of greed for merit, and the Chinese will find an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Therefore, when Wildcat No. 214 was severely slowed down due to rescuing the Utah and the oil tanker, the two immediately seized the golden opportunity and worked together to force Zhou Zhihan into a dead corner.
Just as Zhou Zhihan was being forced into a desperate situation by Nishizawa Hiroki and Iwamoto Tetsuzo, another secret battle was quietly beginning on the water in Pearl Harbor.
A Japanese mini-submarine that had quietly sneaked into Pearl Harbor before the war and laid an ambush in advance took advantage of the fact that the US warship was focusing on the air and had no time to take care of the water. It quietly revealed its periscope and circled northwest of Ford Island in a clockwise direction. One week, they were preparing to attack the USS Pennsylvania, which was moored in the dock, but before they could enter the attack position, they were discovered by Major William Beaufort's destroyer USS Monaghan, and the two sides immediately started a fight.
Major William Beaufort gave up the opportunity to lead the Monaghan to deep water and immediately commanded the destroyer to turn around, risking being sunk by bombers to pursue the Japanese mini-submarine.
At this time, the two sides were fighting in a melee, and the United States suffered heavy losses. Except for the destroyer USS Monahan, other warships were engaged in air defense, and no one noticed the Japanese submarine.
Although this submarine is small, it carries two heavyweight torpedoes that can paralyze two battleships.
Seeing an American destroyer quickly turning around and firing at himself, Captain Seiji Inahashi, who was commanding the submarine, immediately ordered to fire a torpedo, hoping to sink the USS Monaghan destroyer first, but the destroyer dodged it and the torpedo hit the shoal.
Since Pearl Harbor was almost entirely occupied by its own warships, the USS Monaghan did not dare to release torpedoes or depth bombs. It could only attack the submarine with anti-aircraft guns at a small angle, with little effect. Therefore, Major William Beaufort ordered to ram and sink it with a destroyer. This small submarine will never give the Japanese a chance to attack any American ship.
The officers and soldiers on the destroyer witnessed the inhumane bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese planes and the heavy losses. They were filled with anger and drove the destroyer to ram the Japanese submarine without hesitation.
But at this moment, one of the torpedo planes among the Japanese planes covering the sky above Pearl Harbor discovered that the destroyer USS Monaghan was chasing their small submarine, so the torpedo plane immediately lowered its altitude and prepared to use it. Torpedoed and sunk the Monaghan.
Prior to this, four of their five small submarine kamikazes had been sunk by the Americans, so the Japanese wanted to keep this last remaining achievement.
This small submarine entered Pearl Harbor in advance, reconfirmed the parking locations of all American warships in the harbor and reported them to the Combined Fleet. It made great contributions to the bomber group's immediate launch of precision strikes after arriving at Pearl Harbor.
The Type 97 torpedo plane made a drift turn when it was 900 meters above the water and dropped to an altitude of 600 meters. The nose of the aircraft was pointed directly at the port side of the destroyer USS Monaghan and continued to decrease in altitude.
At this time, the destroyer USS Monaghan was concentrating on chasing the small submarine and ramming it, completely unaware that the god of death was approaching them.
The Type 97 torpedo aircraft continued to descend.
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The pilot positioned the throttle valve, then put his left hand on the handle that released the torpedo. At this time, the height of the torpedo aircraft reached 50 meters. He adjusted the attack angle while continuing to descend in altitude, striving for a fatal hit.
