Chapter 2 Air Raids
The air raids continued, and Pearl Harbor groaned in flames and explosions. The Japanese seemed determined to wipe Pearl Harbor off the face of the earth, and countless bombs poured down as if they didn't want money.
There were raging Japanese planes in the sky, crowds of people fleeing in all directions on the ground, and some people were still eating breakfast when they were blown down by whizzing dive bombers. Some people are even sleeping, and they are knocked down before they even have time to put on their pants.
And in the harbor, one after another warships also began to tilt, and black smoke rose into the sky.
The battleship "Arizona" was almost unrecognizable by the violent explosion that ripped off the entire horizontal structure of the hull and the hull above the armor columns, and many people were trapped inside the ship howling in despair, but their voices were soon drowned in the sea with the sinking battleship.
The battleship "Nevada" was also hit by a torpedo, two or three bombs, and the bow sank. It attempted to escape Pearl Harbor, but was pursued by more than a dozen Japanese planes, and the hull of the ship burst into flames. Ironically, until it was beached at Naval Hospital Point, the bombed-out loudspeaker was still playing the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner Never Falls."
Zhang Yun mingled in the crowd of people fleeing in all directions, dodging bombs falling from the sky, while looking for any possible cover - as for counterattacking or something, Zhang Yun didn't think about it at all - you must know that he was an ordinary college student a few hours ago!
And just now, Zhang Yun witnessed a brave soldier pick up a machine gun and fire desperately at the Japanese machine from the side, but then it was blown into the sky, and then scattered into pieces like paper, one of which happened to fall on Zhang Yun's body, and he almost didn't throw it out at that time.
Now he just wants to find a safe place to escape this damn day.
However, it did not work, the whole of Pearl Harbor has been completely reduced to purgatory, explosions and deaths everywhere, and the air is filled with the smell of gunpowder and burning.
Zhang Yun looked around, there were devastated ruins and remnants everywhere, and the stumps of the human body hung on them, and the smell of blood made people want to vomit. The hand-cranked anti-aircraft sirens finally sounded, and the poignant whimpering sounded so futile.
A sharp and piercing whistling sound swept through the air, and he quickly hugged his head, and then a deafening explosion began, and the earth shook violently, as if the whole world had been distorted.
The concussion slammed into his brain, pounded his heart, and ripped his spleen, lungs, and kidneys! Zhang Yun put his knees on his chest, his mouth wide open, and protected himself as much as possible, he didn't know how long he would live, and now he had to resign himself to his fate except praying to God.
Fortunately, the explosion has passed, and he is still alive.
Zhang Yun struggled to get up, trying to rush across the streetβhe had just seen a half-collapsed restroom there, and if he could hide inside, it should help him hold up for a few more minutes.
But this small wish soon turned into a luxury. He had barely stood up straight when he was stopped by a bearded officer.
"What are you doing here?!" He shouted at Zhang Yun, "Follow me to the airport!" β
"Airport?"
"You have to give those Japanese guys a little bit of power!"
Zhang Yun had a bitter face: It seems that this bearded man not only knows the original owner of this body, but is also likely to be his direct boss.
But Zhang Yun has just crossed over, where will he fly the plane?
But this kind of thing is obviously impossible to explain to the bearded officer in front of him.
"The airport has been blown up!" He had to make a casual excuse, "I just came from Hickam Airport, and all the planes there are reimbursed!" And the runway was also destroyed. β
Boom β
Another earth-shattering explosion knocked the two to the ground, sand and gravel fragments and severed limbs flying in the air, and the air waves mixed with the mud and gravel showed their violent nature.
"Are you alright?" The bearded man took the lead in getting up, shook off the soil on his body, and then dragged Zhang Yun up.
ββ¦β¦ OK. β
"Let's go to Wheeler Airport." "There are fewer air strikes there, and there should still be usable aircraft." β
Zhang Yun opened his mouth and just wanted to argue, but the bearded man had already grabbed him indiscriminately and ran in the direction of Wheeler Airport.
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Wheeler Airport.
As the bearded man expected, there weren't many air raids, and although it looked equally devastated and miserable, at least the runway was mostly intact, and one of the two hangars at the end of the runway was largely intact.
The bearded officer's eyes lit up: "Thank God, we guessed right!" β
But for Zhang Yun, this is definitely not good news. But he couldn't help it, the bearded hand was so strong that he couldn't break it at all.
Zhang Yun was dragged in the direction of the hangar, while nervously thinking about a way to get out, but before he could come up with any good ideas, he found that he had been placed in the cockpit of a "P40".
"It's time to take off!" The voice of a ground officer came to his ears, "Go! Teach us a hard lesson to those hateful Japanese! β
Zhang Yun was dumbfounded.
It wasn't because he was dazzled by the rows of machinery in front of him that he couldn't even name, but because ......
He found that he felt very familiar with the place.
Zhang Yun didn't understand why, this sense of familiarity seemed to be innate, when he sat in the cockpit, he had this feeling, obviously there were a lot of instruments and joysticks near the driver's seat, he hadn't even seen them, but Zhang Yun just completely understood their purpose and understood what he should do.
What's going on?
Zhang Yun couldn't figure it out, he sat in the cockpit in a daze, and it wasn't until the person from the ground crew raised his tone and called him several times that he finally reacted.
"Ah, I'm sorry." He quickly explained, "I just got distracted, you know...... The Japanese came so suddenly, and I haven't recovered yet. β
"There's no time to recover!" The staff member gestured to the sky in the distance, "They're here again!" β
Zhang Yun turned his head to look, and his face suddenly changed greatly!
The Japanese machine is really here again.
The hideous motor makes a "sharp" roar, and the winged "Zero" is like death from far and near.
Time does not allow Zhang Yun to think too much, once the Japanese machine catches up, then there is only one fate for him - that is, the plane is destroyed and people die!
"Damn it!"
Zhang Yun cursed hatefully, stepped on the accelerator suddenly, and the "P40" rushed out of the hangar like a sharp arrow off the string.
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The "P40" continued to accelerate along the runway, but unfortunately it was still a little slower, and the Japanese plane arrived, and immediately spotted the opponent who was taking off. They swooped down from the sky, ready to strangle the dying creature in the cradle.
The attack began, a series of tracer bullets dragged a long flame tail past Zhang Yun's cockpit, and several stray bullets hit the nose of the plane, making a crisp "bell" sound of gold and iron clashing, more like the call of death, shaking Zhang Yun's nerves.
Fighters are the most vulnerable before takeoff, and Zhang Yun has almost no way to evade them, so he can only become a live target for enemy planes, allowing the Japanese to constantly rain bullets around him.
"Hurry up! Faster! β
Zhang Yun stepped on the accelerator desperately, desperately praying that his "P40" could reach take-off speed a little faster, and the dense firepower of the Japanese plane was almost uninterrupted, and every bullet that crossed his head seemed to immediately open a black hole in his head, or hit his engine, blowing him up into a ball of fire.
His nerves were stretched to the extreme.
"Hurry up and pull it up! You idiot! β
The bearded man's vicious voice came from the radio communicator, and Zhang Yun tasted the taste of grievance and resentment flawlessly. He turned his head to glance and saw that another "P40" had also slid into the runway.
The new plane attracted the firepower of some Japanese planes in time, Zhang Yun suddenly felt a light pressure, but he didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in his shoulder, and a bullet pierced the windshield and hit him in the shoulder.
"it!"
The severe pain made Zhang Yun's hand loosen, and the plane almost lost control, but at this moment!
"Da~Da~Da~"
Suddenly, there was a continuous burst of gunfire outsideβa slight difference from the 7.7mm machine guns of the Japanese planes, and it did not come from the sky.
Then he saw that the ground crew was covered with bullet belts, carrying a machine gun that had been removed from an unknown plane, and was there with gritted teeth.
The sudden attack disrupted the formation of the Japanese planes, and they had to disperse, Zhang Yun did not dare to wait any longer, he endured the sharp pain in his left shoulder, and suddenly pulled up the joystick, and his "P40" staggered behind the bearded man and rushed into the blue sky.