[Shoukaku] The aircraft carrier had zero combat due to an explosion on the deck, and the few remaining carrier-based aircraft that were not on fire were unable to take off. They were dodging left and right under the siege of the American fleet. It was very embarrassing. Fortunately, the American pilots were all first Once during an actual battle, the bombing sight was uncannily off target, and only three bombs hit from dozens of bombs, causing no damage to the aircraft carrier.
[Zuikaku] The aircraft carrier had a large roll angle. When making a snake-like evasion, the Zero barely took off, but was shot down two times by the No. 214 Wildcat occupying the bow position.
The gunners on the Zuikaku felt like they were stuck in their throats. Since there was no anti-aircraft cannon on the bow of the ship, they were unable to do anything to the No. 214 Wildcat that was blocking them head-on. They could only watch the Wildcat perform various exquisite maneuvers. Always stay directly in front of the bow of the ship, firmly blocking the exit for Zero Fighter's take-off, and fire continuously to kill the sailors on the ship.
However, Wildcat No. 214 could only restrain the carrier-based aircraft from the Zuikaku aircraft carrier from taking off, but could not prevent the carrier-based aircraft from the Akagi and Kaga. After taking off from an aircraft carrier, McCluskey was forced to lead a squadron of wildcats to challenge the attack.
At this moment, the Zero Battle on the "Flying Dragon" and "Canglong" had already left the warehouse and were preparing to take off, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards the task force.
The Flying Fortress dropped bombs again, but the bombs were still not collected. The pilots could only curse and leave in the direction of Pearl Harbor.
Zhou Zhihan was speechless about this. He had originally hoped that these Big Macs and B25s could sink an aircraft carrier. Who knew that the air fortress with the radar sight was just a support? Number】.
However, everyone including Zhou Zhihan could accept such a result.
Everyone went into battle hastily and had no actual combat experience. Facing the tiger and wolf division's task force fleet, it was not easy to defeat the "Xianghe" and abandon its armor.
More and more Zero fighters were taking off, and the Japanese destroyers, which had lost their wildcat fire suppression, formed a tight fire network, forcing the B25 and SBD Dreadnoughts to be unable to drop bombs at low altitudes.
[Shokaku] The aircraft carrier was still billowing with smoke, and the sailors felt the pressure drop and rushed to put out the fire.
Zhou Zhihan knew that B25 and SBD would not be able to leave if they didn't leave, so he opened the cabin and fired a red flare in his busy schedule.
Seeing the commander sending out the "retreat" signal flare, the B25 and SBD dropped the remaining bombs, then quickly pulled up and accelerated away. Several Zeros went to catch up, but were stopped by Lindsay's Wildcat Squadron, and a fierce battle began.
Withdrawing from the suppression of the battleships and protecting the retreat of the fleet, McCluskey led his wingmen to take up positions on the left side of his own fleet. He found two Zero Fighters appearing on the left and right sides of the rear. In order not to be bitten by the Zero Fighters, he quickly pulled up to get rid of them. , and kept shouting on the radio: "Turn, turn, turn."
The signal at the Pearl Harbor base was repaired and three squadrons of Wildcats were able to communicate with each other.
Seeing no one responded, McCluskey turned around. It turned out that the wingman was hit by the fleet's artillery fire on the wing, and the tail antenna was also cut off by shrapnel. He flew toward the outside of the aircraft carrier battle group with black smoke. It seemed that he could only stay on the sea. Made an emergency landing.
McCluskey, who was pulling up alone, found a Zero on his lower left. He clung to an SBD and was intercepted by the rear gunner. He performed a snake-like maneuver to avoid it.
McCluskey dived and fired a burst at the Zero Fighter.
After discovering it, the Zero fighter immediately made an extended maneuver to avoid it, and the bullet trail pulled out a red virtual tail and flew into the distance.
"Damn it!"
McCluskey cursed and then continued to raid Zero War from an altitude of 1,400 meters.
The battle-hardened Zero made a light, small-radius turn and immediately broke McCluskey's raid.
McCluskey secretly marveled at the Zero fighter's superior turning radius. Now he finally understood why Zhou Zhihan repeatedly warned everyone not to fight with the Zero. He didn't dare to fight. He pulled the Wildcat from the dive, passed through the thin clouds, and reached 2,800 meters. At a high altitude, I saw a Zero appearing directly above, clinging to a B25 that was pulling up after dropping bombs.
McCluskey quickly pulled the stick and climbed to catch up. When the Zero rolled to the left to avoid the fire of the B25 rear machine gun, he pulled the trigger and fired the lead. The tracer bullet accurately penetrated the Zero's fuselage. The Zero Fighter There was a shudder, the engine emitted thick black smoke and flames, and it lost control in an instant and fell towards the sea.
"Wow……"
This was McClusky's first victory in his life, and he excitedly waved his left hand and shouted in celebration.
Seeing his squadron fighting with the Zero, Lindsay made a roll, quit suppressing the destroyer, jumped out of the thin cloud, and continued to climb. Suddenly he saw a Zero passing above the thin cloud 300 meters below and to his left. He pressed the stick quickly, rolled sideways, changed the direction of the aircraft's nose, and quickly approached the target.
Ling Zhan found a wild cat biting behind him, so he climbed and turned at a 45-degree angle to get rid of it.
Lindsay fought against the Zero for the first time, and was startled by the opponent's 45-degree climb and turn. Fortunately, he blocked the attack position in advance and fired two consecutive bursts. Black smoke came out of the tail of the Zero and then caught fire. Caught in a spin.
Lindsay was so excited that his whole body was shaking a little. He secretly said that it was a fluke. The Wildcat would never be able to escape from the turn that the Zero made just now. He warned himself not to get entangled with the Zero.
At this moment, two Wildcats not far away were hit like flies by the Zero War. They broke away in the distance despite billowing smoke and relying on their rough skin and thick flesh. One of them exploded during the breakaway, and the other one exploded. The pilot was so frightened that he quickly parachuted out and kept praying to God not to be captured by the Japanese.
Lindsay watched as the Zero he hit lost control and exploded on the way to the sea. He resumed level flight. Suddenly, a bullet flew from the left side. He quickly pressed the right stick and rolled in the opposite direction. After leaving, he looked back to observe the situation in his busy schedule and saw a Japanese fighter jet just behind and to his left, already occupying an offensive position.
Lindsay was frightened. At the critical moment, he remembered Zhou Zhihan's instructions and quickly pushed the stick into a dive to gain speed. Watching the Zero escape from the rearview mirror, he pulled the stick to climb and cover the retreat of the bomber group. This process took a minute. It was still a few seconds. Lindsay, who was too nervous, didn't know. Anyway, he saw another Wildcat being injured and exiting the battlefield.
While leading the SBD's fearless retreat, Riddick Best found out and was pursued by Zero Fighter. Machine gunner Morley opened fire to block it.
"The enemy is following us again, sir, get rid of him quickly."
Molly shouted loudly, firing another burst that didn't even touch the edge of the Zero.
Dick Best made two consecutive extended maneuvers. Not only did he fail to get rid of the Zero, but he was approached: "Damn it, Molly, the Japanese fighter is too fast, you have to knock it down..."
Molly “…”
In order to get rid of the Zero as soon as possible, Best immediately rolled and flew to the left side of the clouds, and finally passed under the clouds. He had just returned to level flight and was about to ask Morley if he had gotten rid of the enemy plane, but he heard Morley yelling from behind: "An enemy plane penetrated the clouds and cut into our rear... Damn the Japanese... ta ta ta ta..."
"Hell..."
Best could hear Morley's anxiety. He pushed the throttle forward, hoping to get rid of his opponent, and shouted, "Inform Morley of the distance of the enemy plane."
Molly was breathing rapidly, holding the machine gun in both hands, staring at the approaching Zero with wide eyes: "700 meters... 600 meters... 550..."
"Damn it... I can't get rid of it... Sit tight Molly..."
Dick Best could only push the stick again to dive, and after accelerating, he made a sharp turn, hoping to get an attack position and bite back. However, Morley yelled that the enemy had left and was attacking others.
