Chapter 12: The Air Raid on Pearl Harbor (Part I)

The discordant episode was only a small one, and it did not affect Sousuke Takayanagi's plan to start a war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the night of December 6th, Sousuke Takayanagi was enjoying the coffee brewed by Hanachiyo, quietly waiting for the passage of time. Obviously, the staff of the naval headquarters was busy, and the combat command headquarters under him Takayanagi Sosuke was also busy.

"Commander Takayanagi, I'm afraid the ambassador to the United States will not be able to submit the war report on time."

Hana Chiyo couldn't bear the anxiety of the subordinates of the combat command, but still conveyed the information.

Sousuke Takayanagi didn't answer, he just said.

"Admiral Nanyun has sent the last secret telegram, everything is going well for the time being, and he is about to arrive in the combat area."

I also know. At a time when others are deeply involved in anxiety about gambling on national fortunes, the big gambler is very quiet, focusing only on Newton's writings.

"Hana Chiyo, what do you think is the reason why a generation of mathematical physics masters indulged in alchemy in their later years?"

Closing the book, Sosuke Takayanagi only asked, as if he hadn't heard anything important about what Hanachiyo had relayed before.

"Uh...... Xia Guan didn't know. Possible...... It was science that couldn't give him the answers he wanted. ”

"Doesn't that make a lot of sense? Anyway, Newton couldn't have come alive to tell the world what he thought. ”

Hana Chiyo didn't react a little, why did Sosuke Takayanagi praise her casual answer. "But what I said is probably wrong."

"When the only correct answer is hidden under the loess, anything that can't be answered is a viable solution. Got it? We gamblers believe in this truth the most. A lot of times don't try to prove what is absolutely right, because that can't be done. Possibility is nothing short of magic, and the so-called Great Comearound is the most miraculous result that can be born. ”

Sousuke Takayanagi spoke words that people didn't understand, and drank the last bit of coffee. "Hanachiyo, go and call Nake and Kawauchi, let's play bridge tonight."

If Sosuke Takayanagi's words reach the naval headquarters, it is estimated that he will be able to kill an officer who has not even eaten a few bites of lunch, but everything is still going according to plan. Before dawn, the hole cards are not revealed.

At 3 o'clock local time on the 7th, there were only more than 300 nautical miles left from the northernmost point of Pearl Harbor. As Nagumo had promised, he could not guarantee 100 percent success in the air raids, but he could guarantee that he would bring six aircraft carriers beyond Pearl Harbor. He fulfilled his promise, and the rest was the destiny of the Japanese Empire.

"Once we are discovered, the losses in this operation will be significant."

The temporary pre-war discussion was conducted through the wireless contact of several ship girls, and Nagumo Tadaichi, as a powerful commander of the aircraft carrier faction, was appointed as the combat commander of the entire fleet this time. He himself was on the Akagi, the Yamaguchi of the Second Air War was mostly heard on the Flying Dragon, and the newly formed Admiral of the Fifth Air War, Yuan Tadaichi, was in charge of the Shohe. Although there was still a support fleet led by Hiei and Kirishima to provide support, they were still at least 500 nautical miles away for the time being, and Nagumo Tadaichi did not dare to send a message for directional communication.

There are also supply troops and alert troops, waiting on the scheduled retreat route, this air raid is only a one-way problem for the aircraft carrier's own oil depot, before departure in the single crown bay berth, a large number of oil barrels were carried at the single crown bay berth, stuffed with the crew's living quarters. If there is an emergency, there are great restrictions on how to escape, and once they deviate from the supply force, these six aircraft carriers will have to be moored in the Pacific Ocean and wait for death.

Previously, a wargame was conducted at the Imperial Naval Academy, and once it was discovered by the American anchored troops before the air raid and organized a strong counterattack, the six main aircraft carriers would lose at least one. And the most likely is the long-smelling dragon and flying dragon of Yamaguchi. The hull of the two of them was relatively weakly armored, and they were right in the middle of the main guns, and it was likely that they could kill them in a single round.

In order to express his determination before the war, Yamaguchi Tawen also made a suicide note with the flying dragon to fight.

"The fact that there is no enemy situation for the time being shows that the enemy is in a careless state, and we don't have to worry too much." Yuan Zhongyi seemed to be much more leisurely and much more relaxed, his two aircraft carriers did not carry oil drums to fight, and the speed was slightly faster than the first and second air battles, as the most advanced aircraft carrier in the world at that time, it was indeed the least dangerous. "Wait until the predetermined place and release the carrier-based aircraft. Oh yes. The submarine forces carried a new type of weapon? ”

Compared with the most leisurely Yuan Tadaichi, the second air war commander Yamaguchi was much more nervous, and he had eaten four canned beef meals excitedly since the early hours of the morning, and Feilong knew that his husband loved beef, so he specially purchased a large amount of canned food from Kobe and put it in the warehouse.

Not long ago, he also gathered the pilots for a short pre-war lecture, and many pilots in the Chinese battlefield had learned Yamaguchi's strictness, and before the war, they were inspired again, and all of them had high fighting spirit. After all, Yamaguchi Tashi gave the order in front of them in front of the flying dragon, and the pilot, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, directly threw the plane into the sea with people and people, without wasting fuel on the return trip.

At 6:10 a.m., everything was ready. Akagi took the lead on the deck, holding a bow and arrow, and fired a signal flare, and the rest of the aircraft carriers also opened their hangars one after another, assisting the carrier-based aircraft to take to the air. In the first wave, 86 Tien Shan, 62 Comets, and 35 Zero fighters, totaling 183 carrier-based aircraft, flew directly into Pearl Harbor.

At the same time, Nagumo Tadaichi and others did not know that the submarine team that had been arranged to block the exit route after the war had been discovered by American destroyers. The Yi 8 ship came back to her senses, and the miniature submarine she launched had lost contact. The death of two divers is a small matter, causing the entire submarine team to be exposed, and even the main fleet is exposed, and she can't afford to take responsibility.

"Third Submarine Special Operations Team, obey orders! Changed to Plan C and stopped releasing Bid A. ”

I-8's order was passed on to her sister ships in a special way, and it has to be said that her impromptu decision caused an unexpected change, but at least it saved the need for the Captain to die.

The formation that had been formed was forced to disband, and they began to retreat to the periphery, ambushing on the two branch waterways.

In fact, the captain of the destroyer on the other side was also surprised when he found an unknown submarine at first, thinking that there was an enemy submarine group blocking the channel, but when he saw a large torpedo blown up by a mine, it was regarded as a target of a mine that had not been removed from the theater in the port.

He described the situation as blowing up an unexploded unknown torpedo and reported it to the Pearl Harbor command.

7:10 a.m. A radar station outside the harbor spotted the approach of an unknown group of planes, and the panicked technicians immediately woke up the stationmaster, who was still sleeping. After all the members of the radar station were assembled, their station commander said that it was nothing more than a group of B-17 bombers flying from home. "Lao Tzu has been working in the radar station for more than 30 years, and he has seen more planes than any bird you have ever seen! Can professionals be wrong? Fuss! ”

Just as the stationmaster finished his lecture and was about to go back to sleep, the roar of the airplane motor came from the sky. "It's flying fast, it's already here. Listen, those flying in the sky are our country's excellent B-17 bombers. ”

Some soldiers at the radar station who were not worried told that the unknown plane was coming, but the staff made the same reply, because according to the original plan, a large number of B-17s did fly from California, as if God was also blessing the Japanese Navy, and this time the American Federation made a very wrong judgment.

Once the Black Pressure fleet reached Pearl Harbor, it was a catastrophic result. It was a weekend, which was Sunday, and according to the practice of the American Union Army, all but the officers on duty were allowed to take a day off.

In the case of a series of early warning errors in Pearl Harbor, Nagumo Tadaichi felt that the first wave of carrier-based aircraft was likely to have been discovered by the enemy, and what he could do was to destroy the enemy's confidence in counterattacking in an instant. As a result, the second wave of planes, which was supposed to be sent out again at 8 o'clock, took off just an hour before the previous wave. A total of 167 carrier-based aircraft flew along the same flight route to Pearl Harbor.

So far, the six aircraft carriers have dispatched a total of 350 carrier-based aircraft, and only more than 100 carrier-based aircraft can be used. It can be said that in just one hour, the two waves of planes carried most of the excellent pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the ambition to dominate the world.

At 7:30, the six aircraft carrier girls all switched their vision to the planes of the captains of their respective flight groups, and since Akagi was the flagship of the fleet, its flight captain Fuchida Shaosa was also responsible for transmitting the signals of the first wave of air raids.

"Dawahu can already be seen, the wind direction and speed are normal, and the visibility is slightly low. For the time being, it is not possible to judge the hit rate of the bomb. ”

After receiving the communication from Fuchida Shaoza, Akagi also saw the specific situation, visibility greatly affected the hit rate, and it was also easier for low-flying planes to cause tragedy of plane destruction and death.

"It's here, I think you understand what to do. I will do my best to assist you. "Akagi also treats pilots as treasures, rather than the older generation of naval concepts that equate pilots with naval gunners.

"Victory is engraved on the level of dawn."

Taking a deep breath, the island of Dawahu in front of me is getting bigger and bigger, and you can already see the huge fleet in the waning moon harbor and the fortress-like defenses.

The time reached 7:45, with Akagi giving a clear command. Fuchida Shaoza fired a signal flare, and since sacrifice was inevitable, there was no need to change tactics and bravely advance for victory. Fuchida Shaozuo's plane took the lead and flew in front of all the attack planes on the Tianshan ships.

"Huh? What the? How could it be ......" Akagi seemed to have received some unexpected information, and she said to Fuchida anxiously: "Fire another signal flare, and the pilots of the Second Air War and the Fifth Air War have not seen the signal. ”

The fighting spirit that was originally raised cooled down a lot in an instant, and Fuchida Shaozo hurriedly launched the second one.

As a result, the planes subordinate to Ruihe in the Fifth Air War turned one after another, accelerated and rushed to the attack target on the left, and some of the planes affected in the Second Air War also flew to the right.

The private communication channel of the six aircraft carrier mothers suddenly exploded, and Kaga opened his mouth with a sentence of "scum of the Five Air War", and Zuihe unceremoniously retorted that she did see two signal flares, and she didn't know that Akagi didn't plan to change her plan. Now the planes are speeding down, and there is no way to change their movements. Shozuru tried to persuade her sister, but Kaga didn't give face at all, so she ordered her formation to carry out Mizuzuru's bomber hangar runway. The dragon was completely at a loss for what to do, and the dragon listened to her husband's judgment and let her planes scatter to attack the small and medium-sized ships on the periphery.

The battle plan that is unanimously agreed upon in the deduction is not worth mentioning in reality, and everyone has their own judgment.

At this moment, Fuchida Shaozo turned on the full-band radio and shouted. “Tora!! Tora!! Tora!! ”