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"boom!"
An armor-piercing shell hit next to the second turret of the USS Arizona, penetrated the deck, and caused an explosion at the bow of the ship.
With a loud and earth-shattering sound, the battleship was as unbearable to look at as human limbs were shattered. A hole nearly 30 meters long and more than 5 meters wide was torn on the hull. The side of the ship was almost torn off, and the exposed internal organs were tumbling. It gushed out, burned, and sprayed out blue flames dozens of meters away.
Mitsuo Fuchida smiled grimly and commanded the fighter planes to continue dropping bombs, and the bombs continued to fall like hailstones.
Aren’t you Zhou Zhihan amazing?
Didn’t Wildcat No. 214 want to protect the Arizona?
hehe,
You can't keep it.
What you Zhou Zhihan want to protect, the Japanese Empire must be completely destroyed.
Mitsuo Fuchida looked at the current results and was very satisfied. He had achieved a complete victory. How big a wave could a little Zhou Zhihan make...
The USS Arizona was battered.
In the next loud noise, a turret weighing hundreds of tons was thrown into the air forty or fifty meters by the powerful shock wave. After falling, it hit a corpse. Suddenly, blood was flying on the water, and the body parts were broken into pieces. Meat splattered everywhere...
Suddenly, an 800 kilogram bomb dropped.
"Boom...boom..."
The 800-kilogram bomb penetrated the USS Arizona's central protective steel plate, first detonating the black powder magazine of the seaplane catapult, and then detonating the smokeless powder magazine of the main turret.
This is a fatal blow.
With continuous loud noises, the [Arizona] suddenly jumped out of the water as if weightless, and then crashed back hard.
These two explosions could be heard even by the Japanese task force, which was more than 160 kilometers away.
All the window glass in Pearl Harbor was not spared. They were all shattered and crashed all over the ground.
The flames of the ship's bow rushed into the sky, as if it was about to burn a big gap in the sky. The scorching heat wave ignited the sailors' clothes, and many people were knocked into the water by the powerful shock wave. At this moment, the waves in Pearl Harbor were overwhelming. Wave after wave rolled in all directions, and many sailors who escaped in the water were knocked to the bottom and could never come up again.
The horror caused by these two explosions was several times more powerful than a volcanic explosion. The eardrums of many crew members on nearby ships were pierced by the explosions, and their ears bled. Many people on the Arizona were shocked to the point of having their mouths and noses shaken. There was bleeding and serious internal injuries. Some people fell to the ground and fell into coma. Some people vomited blood in their mouths.
The black-red smoke cloud, like a thousand-year-old devil released from a bottle, raged up and shot up a burning column of fire more than 2,000 meters high. Several anti-aircraft guns were blown into pieces, and the barrels were turned into twists and pieces by the shock wave. Several ships.
The USS Arizona jumped up and slammed back into the water. Huge waves instantly surrounded and engulfed it. After a few seconds, the water retreated from the ship. Suddenly, raging fire engulfed the giant ship.
Then, three torpedoes released by the torpedo plane arrived again, hitting the side of the ship one after another, and violent explosions occurred again.
After receiving continuous heavy blows, the giant ship was shaking all over, as if it was wailing. Kimmel was also wailing at the same time. His heart seemed to have been burned by a cigarette butt, and he staggered. Fortunately, he was supported by someone and did not fall. Then he struggled to push away the person who was holding him, his face was ashen, and he stared at the Arizona, but he could no longer see anyone escaping from the bottom of the bilge.
Kimmel's hands trembled: "God, save them..."
Immediately afterwards, three more bombs hit the burning Arizona.
Explosions continued, and the USS Arizona battleship was like a dying giant, tilting slowly, half of the ship's side sank into the water, and the other side was tilted up. The huge propeller was exposed out of the water, turning rapidly, making a "whoosh" sound. It was like playing a final farewell song for the more than 800 people who failed to escape from the bilge.
Sea water poured violently into the wounds on the side of the Arizona, and the battleship sank faster. The sailors who were knocked over on the deck no longer had the time or chance to save the more than 800 people in the bilges, because the explosion had already destroyed the ship. The crew passage completely melted together, the red steel soaked in the seawater, and white smoke bubbled toward the water, cutting off the last hope of the bilge sailors.
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Foco ordered the ship to be abandoned, and the rescuers tried their best.
As a result, the crew retreated towards the battleship USS Nevada.
Sailors on the USS Nevada lowered the ladder and rescued the crew of the USS Arizona.
At this time, the last 800 or so crew members who did not escape felt the sea water squeezing their remaining oxygen and slowly sank to the bottom of the water...
The USS Arizona was like a big bowl, half of it was sunk to the bottom of the water, leaving only a small part burning on the surface of the water. Thick smoke rose thousands of meters into the sky!
When the USS Arizona sank into the sea, the hearts of all Americans were suddenly piqued. They knew that with the sinking of the battleship, there were more than 800 people waiting for rescue.
Hearing the devastating explosion from the USS Arizona, Zhou Zhihan turned around and saw the giant ship sinking, his heart convulsed. He did not expect that as soon as he left, the giant ship would come to an end under the wheel of history.
This scene brought tears to his eyes just like the eight hundred warriors in Sihang Warehouse.
The USS Arizona and the USS Nevada are moored side by side.
At this time, the fuel continuously flowing out of the hull of the USS Arizona ignited with the fire, seriously threatening the USS Nevada.
In fact, when the [Arizona] was hit by a blast, the [Nevada], which was hit by several bombs and caught fire, had been trying to escape, but was blocked. Now the former is sinking, and a line of tens of meters automatically flashes out from the side. wide channel.
As a result, the battleship USS Nevada, which was covered with wounds, began to break out. The sailors on the ship and the sailors who had escaped from the USS Arizona, under the command of commanders Colonel Francis Thomas and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Foco. , turned on the ship's anti-aircraft fire, and launched a fierce counterattack against the bombers in the air.
The machine gunners on both sides of the ship stood ready, and the sailors held rifles to help defend, staring at both sides to prevent the Japanese torpedo planes, while the remaining people put out the rekindled fire.
The survivors on the surrounding warships saw the Nevada breaking out and asked for help. They were pulled to the ship by the soldiers on the ship.
Colonel Thomas knew that it would not be easy to bypass the infernal USS Arizona. If this huge ship had another big explosion, the USS Nevada that happened to be passing by would also be shattered into pieces.
Knowing the danger of breaking out, the USS Nevada had no choice but to stay where it was and there was no way to survive. The port side of its bow was affected by a torpedo and a large hole opened up. Fortunately, Captain Thomas had good command and all the officers and soldiers actively rescued the ship and organized their forces. Air defense and anti-capsulation flooding were implemented to maintain the stability of the ship.
Captain Thomas calmed down and commanded the battleship to slowly bypass the Arizona. At this moment, a terrible scene happened.
It turned out that a bowl-thick iron chain tied to the tail of the "Nevada" was still tied to the dock and had not been removed. Suddenly, the "Nevada" hovered seven or eight meters away from the burning "Arizona". It made everyone tremble.
Because the "Nevada" was also attacked and scarred, a large hole was blown out of the stern of the ship, and the chain tied to the stern sank in the water and was never found...
At the critical moment, sailor Edwin Hill risked his life and jumped into the burning water, dived underwater to the dock, removed the rope, and then the Nevada slowly slid out.
At this time, Edwin Hill, who could have escaped, did not abandon his beloved battleship to escape alone. He jumped into the water again and swam towards his warship. Suddenly, the Arizona sank again, and a huge The whirlpool swallowed Edwin Hill...
The "Nevada" finally bypassed the death-like "Arizona" and accelerated to break out of Pearl Harbor, turning the burning "Arizona" into the background.
When the USS Nevada successfully and proudly entered the waterway leading out of Pearl Harbor from the dangerous waterway, it immediately brought unparalleled spiritual encouragement to the nearly 10,000 American officers and soldiers at the scene. Several warships followed closely to break out, and at the same time Weaving defensive artillery fire.
However, the "Nevada" still has a long way to go before it can lead everyone out of Pearl Harbor and escape. The battleship not only has to avoid enemy aircraft in the air, but also because the most dangerous part is right ahead - passing through Cross the narrow channel in front of the Navy Yard.
The waterway in front of the shipyard was full of dirty oil. A sunken torpedo boat was burning with its belly upwards. The fire burned the steel so much that it made a "cracking" sound. Only God knows whether the eight torpedoes it carried would survive. Will be detonated by its own fire.
[USS Nevada] has no way out but to move forward. The Japanese in the air have discovered that it is escaping out of the port, and the bombers are swooping in like a swarm of flies.
At this moment, the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was first attacked by the Japanese, also let out its death wail.
Time goes back to the beginning of the attack.
As the captain of the Japanese torpedo squadron, Goto was subordinate to the commander of the Kaga. After the battle started, he recognized the battleship Oklahoma at a glance in the air.
He had fought with this giant ship in his dream. That was because all the pilots who participated in the sneak attack had to remember the appearance and names of all the US warships in Pearl Harbor every day.
Goto pushed the stick, and the torpedo plane dropped altitude and headed straight for the enemy he had seen in his dream.
