Seeing the Japanese leaving, the Americans who were still alive in Pearl Harbor finally woke up from their nightmare.
There were no more roaring bombs falling from the sky, but the explosions of battleships on the sea still occurred one after another. Many battleships were burned to pieces, and the entire Pearl Harbor was still full of smoke and flames.
"Thank God the Japanese finally left."
This is a statement from the heart of all Americans, including Kimmel.
Under the smoke screen, large white speedboats flew in from outside Pearl Harbor. These were all medical rescue boats.
The sea ambulance usually docked far away from large warships, and the boats were on duty 24 hours a day. The berths were also farther away from the bombing zone. When the Japanese began to attack, these medical boats quickly sailed out of Pearl Harbor.
Seeing the Red Cross medical flags flying on the speedboats, the Japanese, who wanted to destroy the large warships at Pearl Harbor, did not take these medical boats seriously. Bombing them was worthless and a waste of ammunition.
Therefore, when the Japanese left, these lifeboats, which were almost unscathed, immediately rushed into Pearl Harbor and began to rescue the wounded.
Those sailors and land-based soldiers who were lucky enough to be hiding in the bunker also ran out to participate in the rescue operation.
But the next second, all the rescuers found that they were in too much pain during the rescue process.
On the battleship, at the bottom of the sunken ship, and in the sea water, there are wounded soldiers who are still bleeding, struggling and wailing. There are mutilated corpses floating on the water. The blood has dyed the sea water red. Those who are drifting around with the waves stirred up by the ship. Broken limbs and arms were rising and falling in the bloody waves. In order to survive, the injured soldiers who were burned and thrown into the sea by the violent shock waves could only hold the floating corpses to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the sea.
The tragedy in Pearl Harbor was worse than hell.
If anyone has ever seen hell.
All the horrific scenes that humans can imagine were shockingly displayed in front of everyone at this moment. They were vivid, bloody, and struck people's vision and soul deeply, leaving no chance for them to avoid it. It makes people look at the scenes in front of them with fear and helplessness.
At this moment, unless the devil, unless the bloodthirsty maniac, or the creator of all this disaster, or the dead, no one will be indifferent to the tragedy in front of them.
After the enemy left, they felt that their lives were no longer under great threat. Those survivors were shocked when they looked at everything in front of them.
When they were bombed by Japanese planes just now, everyone only had eyes for escape. When the Japanese left and the threat became smaller, people looked at everything in front of them. Some people were at a loss and trembling all over. Some people were so scared that they covered their faces and cried bitterly. Others looked at them. The scene in front of them makes them think that they are entering hell after death. Most people cannot tell whether they are in hell or on earth at this time...
The scenes in front of them have left an indelible shadow in the memories of many people, so that in their future lives, they are often awakened by the horrific scenes that are deeply imprinted in their lives.
At this time, Pearl Harbor, after the Japanese left, nakedly displayed the hell on earth in front of the survivors.
At this point, almost all battered Americans naively believed that the Japanese would never come back.
Since most of the facilities were destroyed and the harbor was in chaos, it was difficult to rescue the warship quickly. The sailors could only watch the injured warship still burning, but they were powerless.
The sea water is full of fuel, which may set the unburned warship on fire at any time.
Therefore, those warships that could still move sailed out of the harbor.
The fire on the USS Oklahoma became more and more intense, and fuel leaked, fueling the fire and turning a 500-meter radius of the battleship into a sea of flames. The medical and rescue personnel could not get close at all, and could only watch helplessly as the survivors on the ship were forced to Jumped into the burning water and never came up again.
Most of the USS Arizona sank to the bottom of the water, leaving only a small part ravaged by fire on the sea. Surrounding it were hundreds of burnt or blown corpses, floating in the waves and sea of fire, emitting Waves of unpleasant burning smell.
The entire coast around Pearl Harbor is full of corpses, with broken limbs and arms everywhere, and internal organs that were blown into cotton wool, baptized by fire, and then washed by sea water, messy with the sand, forming a A disgusting scene of human tragedy.
At this time, only Zhou Zhihan knew that the current calm was only temporary and was a deliberate five-minute ceasefire by the Japanese.
Since the airport command center was destroyed by the Japanese and the signal from the control tower was lost, the communication system on Wildcat 214 completely failed. He was unable to alert the survivors of Pearl Harbor that the next wave of Japanese attacks would be even more violent than before.
Most of the airports were destroyed and the runways were littered with craters and plane wreckage.
Zhou Zhihan calculated it. He piloted Wildcat No. 214 to find a place to land, and then told the Americans that the Japanese second wave of attack was about to begin and would take at least 15 minutes.
Even if he landed as quickly as a helicopter, how many people would know his warning sound?
At this time, all the power systems in Pearl Harbor were destroyed, and even the sirens stopped working. In this nearly 100 square kilometers of Pearl Harbor, even if he screamed, how many people would hear him?
Zhou Zhihan estimated that when he found a place to land, the Japanese bombs also hit his head.
The best way is to lead the fleet to fire another warning before the Japanese second wave of offensive echelons reaches the sky above Pearl Harbor.
Seeing the Japanese leaving, the remaining six fighter planes of the Flying Tigers gathered towards Wildcat No. 214. Looking at what was happening, the pilots were frightened, some shed tears, and vowed to make the Japanese pay for their blood debt.
Another five P40s also flew towards Wildcat No. 214. They were completely conquered by Zhou Zhihan's skills.
Zhou Zhihan told the 11 pilots in simple sign language that based on his experience in fighting the Japanese for many years, the cunning Japanese were likely to have a second wave of attacks, so he asked everyone to be more vigilant and beware of another sneak attack by the Japanese.
Seeing Zhou Zhihan's god-level performance just now, Second Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor and others fell to the ground. After hearing this, Second Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor told Zhou Zhihan in sign language that their five fighter planes still had communications and could go to the direction of the Japanese plane's retreat to serve as a guard. .
Zhou Zhihan was overjoyed and agreed, and asked Second Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor to immediately notify the ground to sound the alarm and increase alert to prevent the vicious little Japs from making another sneak attack.
Unfortunately, Haleiwa ground staff told Second Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor that the air defense siren on the airport was damaged when the control tower collapsed and could not be repaired in a short time. Someone had been sent to repair it, and it was estimated that it would be repaired in at least an hour.
In this regard, Zhou Zhihan decided not to let Second Lieutenant Taylor and the others go on a risky reconnaissance mission. The Japanese were too cunning, and Taylor and the others were inexperienced and vulnerable to sneak attacks.
Taylor and others knew that the Chinese Air Force colonel was experienced and listened to him correctly.
