The last secondary wingman pilot flying in the four-finger formation, Tetsuo Iwamoto, was Genichiro Oshita, piloting the Zero Fighter 029. His lead aircraft was Takashi Miyazawa, the commander of the flight crew. At this time, as the second-in-command aircraft, The main wingman is Iwamoto Tetsuzo's wingman Hiso Shirou Masamune.
Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots below the warrant officer level, in order of military rank, are: flying cao commander, cao commander, first airman, and second airman.
Genichiro Ohshita has served on the aircraft carrier Hiryu for half a year. He was selected to attack Pearl Harbor this time because he has accumulated rich practical experience on the Chinese battlefield, participated in the Chongqing bombing, and his hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese people. The crime is extremely heinous.
As an escort fighter today, Genichiro Oshita has not yet started a killing spree. His executioner's heart is already ready to move. However, as the second wingman of the formation, he does not have the right to attack first and can only serve as the second half of the formation for defense.
Genichiro Oshita did a side roll on each side, but everything was normal on both sides and behind.
In his opinion, it can only be normal.
At this time, there were only 7 of the 24 American fighter planes left. They were forced to circle in the outer circle and did not dare to enter the inner circle at all. Only one Wildcat No. 214 was still hiding in front and did not dare to come out. At this moment, it was impossible to move from the rear. Enemy plane appears.
Even if there were enemy planes, no one would have the guts to follow a squadron in zero combat.
A squadron of Zero fighters is, at the moment, invincible.
In the skies above China's battlefield, a squadron of Zero fighter jets can swamp a mountain and defeat four or five squadrons of Chinese fighter jets without any damage.
A squadron of Zeros can do whatever they want over Chongqing, the capital of China, and suffocate more than 10,000 civilians to death in a large tunnel.
Thinking of the killing spree over Chongqing in September 1940, Oshita Genichiro's blood was racing.
He originally thought that this bloodbath at Pearl Harbor would be a killing spree to let his bloodthirsty heart drink. Who knew that his mission was to serve as a guard and defense in the air, which made him very unhappy, but there was no way, soldier Your duty is to obey.
Suddenly, Oshita Genichiro felt a cold air piercing his heart. His sixth sense made him raise his head suddenly and saw a black shadow 100 meters above him. In the hazy smoke, he saw a pair of cold eyes. Ruthless, like the twinkling eyes of cold stars, at this moment, his whole body felt like falling into an ice valley. Before he could react, he was hit by two shimmering bullet trails shot from the air. His mind was suddenly cold and hot, and red and white liquid sprayed all over the cabin. , becomes eternity in the eyes.
Just now, Zhou Zhihan activated the system. He no longer used tracer bullets and high-explosive incendiary bombs. He only used the small matchbox of the Zero. There was no need for high-explosive bombs at all. Instead, "De wilde" machine gun bullets were sufficient.
Wilde machine gun bullets have no conspicuous flash or smoke after being discharged, making them difficult to detect by opponents. They are suitable for sneak attacks and blitzes. The moment the bullet hits the target, it will explode with a flash point and then disappear. It is very concealed and the enemy cannot judge the bullet. Where did it come from.
However, this kind of bullet is only suitable for experienced veterans. When inexperienced pilots use this kind of bullet, it is difficult to find the best bullet path between themselves and the enemy aircraft, and they cannot find a reference for correcting their shooting.
It's like two racing cars flying head-on on a narrow road without a center line. The driver can't find the center line as a reference to correct his safe driving position.
Zhou Zhihan was firing bursts. As soon as the shells came out of the muzzle, he pulled up and performed a delicate bounce and escape maneuver. He was very confident about this.
When Wilde's machine gun bullet hit Genichiro Oshita's head, it hit the back of Zero Fighter's cabin in a row, blasting the ammunition depot, and the fighter plane exploded and disintegrated.
At this time, wingman Masamune Soshiro did not know that Oshita Genichiro had been shot down. He only knew that his rear hemisphere position was defended by his teammates. He focused all his attention on the left and right sides of the lead aircraft and the second lead aircraft, completely I don't know that the god of death is behind me, approaching quietly.
In a four-aircraft formation, the distance from the lead aircraft to the secondary wingman is between 350 and 400 meters. The lead aircraft and the secondary lead aircraft are separated by at least 100 meters from the front and rear. The horizontal and vertical distance between the secondary lead aircraft and the wingman is Both are no less than 150 meters, which is conducive to the turning of the four-finger formation (the turning of the four-finger formation was analyzed in detail during Dunkirk).
When attacking, the lead aircraft and the second lead aircraft are responsible for all-out attack, while the wingmen and second lead aircraft focus on defense.
In Japan's military hierarchy, where superiority and inferiority are clearly defined, wingmen must not take the initiative to attack without the command of the leader.
Slowly speaking, it only took a few seconds for the 214th Wildcat to volley and destroy the 0029th Zero. Pearl Harbor exploded one after another, and the flames shot into the sky. The 11 Zeros in front had no idea that Genichiro Oshita had already left. Met their emperor.
Killing with one strike, Wildcat No. 214 flew upside down and followed Hitso Shirou Masamune to the right rear, silently.
When the weather is clear, the lead aircraft can use the peripheral vision and rearview mirror to check its wingman. At this time, the visibility in the air is extremely low, and Shirou Masamune simply gave up using the peripheral vision to check the position of Genichiro Oshita.
Those who come to Pearl Harbor this time are all the elites among the elites. Genichiro Ohge is rich in experience and will definitely not be left behind.
Since there is no communication between the squadron fighters, Masamune Shirow, as the wingman, while defending the left and right sides, also has to keep an eye on the flight dynamics of Major Tetsuzo Iwamoto, who is the main attacker at the front, and change the course at any time.
Zhou Zhihan gently pressed the stick left, and the No. 214 Wildcat was directly behind Shirou Masamune's No. 026 Zero. Then he made a light stretch jump and reached the top of the Zero. He pushed the stick lightly, and the Wildcat nose was lowered.
The attack distance was too close, so there was no need to calculate the advance or look at the sight, just fire directly. Bullets from the Wilde machine gun spurted out and followed the same pattern, hitting Shirou Masamune in the head and then blowing up the ammunition depot behind the cabin.
"boom!"
Zero war disintegrated.
At this moment, several deafening explosions were heard in succession. The seaplane carrier "Curtis" parked on the left side of the Pearl Harbor Naval Command was hit by a nine-member aircraft numbered AI-225. The Type 9 high-altitude bomber hit the crane, causing a big explosion.
It turned out that during the fierce battle, the dense anti-aircraft guns on the "Curtis" hit two Type 99 carrier-based bombers.
When the two unlucky Japanese pilots saw this huge seaplane carrier, they thought they had found a big cake, but they forgot that the US seaplane carrier was full of anti-aircraft artillery. One of them was hit by an engine and caught fire before it had time to drop a bomb.
Before taking off, the pilot, who swore allegiance to the emperor and did not even carry a parachute, was forced to have no choice but to fly the plane in a roaring dive and hit the equally unlucky seaplane carrier.
Before the Japanese raid fleet took off, many pilots did not even bring parachutes in order to show their loyalty to the emperor.
Of course, at present, this is a personal behavior, and those pilots carrying parachutes will not be condemned for it. After all, Japan has many pilots at this time and is very valuable, unlike the later "Kamikaze" pilots who were all improvised. Rookie, life is worthless, if you go out, don't even think about coming back.
The huge explosion not only destroyed the crane of the seaplane carrier, but also destroyed an unlucky 0S2U-2 "Kingfisher" reconnaissance and observation seaplane and the unlucky pilot.
The pilot originally had a chance to escape, but accidentally ran into the cabin and tried to fly the plane away. He lost his life before he could fly.
Before another Type 99 carrier-based bomber was shot down, it had dropped a 250-kilogram bomb, accurately hitting the hangar of the "Curtis", and then penetrated three decks before exploding. The aircraft carrier was immediately bombed. A large hole nearly ten meters wide appeared, immediately paralyzing it.
Hearing the successive explosions, Tetsuzo Iwamoto and his team members subconsciously turned back almost at the same time to see which American warship had been destroyed.
When Iwamoto Tetsuzo turned around, he saw a fighter jet with a different appearance, following behind and above his deputy commander Takashi Miyazawa, the commander of the aircraft. The two wingmen disappeared without a trace, and then two weak bullet trails were shot out. It hit the head of Miyazawa Takashi who happened to be looking back.
At this moment, Tetsuzo Iwamoto looked at Miyazawa Takashi's head and thought of the watermelon that he punched when he was thirsty.
Immediately afterwards, Miyazawa Takashi's fighter plane exploded, producing a large fireball.
In the light of the fire, Tetsuzo Iwamoto saw the huge shark mouth flashing away.
Tetsuzo Iwamoto knew something was wrong, pushed the throttle hard, accelerated towards the middle of the two four-machine formations ahead.
