The 606 won by a big margin
"The second wave of attacking forces is running out of ammunition, Your Excellency." An officer held a telegram in his hand and reported to Yamamoto Isoroku, who was standing aside.
The second wave of attacks was almost immediately followed by the first batch of attacks, but the preparation of the third batch took a long time.
Because the Japanese fleet no longer had any extra planes to attack directly, they had to wait for the first batch of planes to do a good job of inspection before launching a third wave of attacks.
Although the Japanese Navy relied on the German report to understand the important role of aircraft carriers, the habits of the Navy could not be changed for a moment.
Just as in the beginning, LΓΌtjans preferred to command the battle on the battleship Bismarck, and the admirals of the Japanese Navy were the same.
The flagship under Yamamoto's command was still the battleship Nagato, the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, not the aircraft carrier Tadaichi Nagumo.
"The US military port has been destroyed, and we are attacking the last American warship!" The Japanese officer bowed his head and said to Yamamoto Isoroku.
Seeing that Yamamoto didn't speak, he continued: "The enemy reaction is very fast, and they have begun to fight back fiercely. But our pilots fought bravely, and most of the planned enemy ships have already been sunk by our troops. β
In the end, he asked in a tone of inquiry: "General Nagumo is calling...... Now we have lost 59 aircraft, and the general asked if it was necessary for the third wave of attack forces to take off. β
Yamamoto Fifty-six pressed his hands on the information written in German, and said heavily: "Could it be that we don't even have the courage to trust others anymore? β
Glancing at the officer beside him out of the corner of his eye, he continued: "In the assessment of the Germans, the importance of the oil depot is even above that of the enemy battleship...... So...... Tell Nagumo-kun that the third wave of attacks must be launched. β
"Hey!" The officer behind him quickly stood up and bowed his head in reply.
Yamamoto wouldn't retreat now, and he certainly wouldn't give up the third wave of attacks easily, and then retreat as timid as a mouse.
Unlike in history, the Americans were able to threaten the warships of the Japanese fleet, but they did not go to sea for training.
Historically, Yamamoto did not know the exact location of the three American aircraft carriers, so he did not dare to risk continuing to stay and launch an attack.
In fact, the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier near Pearl Harbor, did send reconnaissance planes to search for the Japanese fleet, and Yamamoto's retreat prevented the Japanese fleet from the tragedy of the Battle of Midway ahead of schedule.
But now, those huge aircraft carriers are now in the harbor, or they have been sunk by Japanese carrier-based aircraft.
Under these circumstances, the Japanese Navy's assault fleet was completely devoid of natural enemies, and there was no need to retreat in a hurry.
"Martial arts for a long time! Bomb planes take off! Keep attacking! Nagumo Tadaichi, who received the order, had to give the order to continue the attack.
And as the order was given, the officers of the air force on the deck shouted an order to the Japanese pilots who had already left their photos in front of them: "Completely destroy the US Pacific Fleet!" Long live the Great Japanese Empire! β
"Hooray!" All the pilots who were ready to take off raised their arms and shouted back frantically.
Then these fanatical soldiers, who had long been ready to die for the country, each ran to his plane and started his engine.
Different from the previous two attacks, this time, whether it was the 97 ship attack or the 99 ship explosion, both aircraft only carried bombs under the wings, but not torpedoes.
They were planes that carried out only ground bombing missions, and under the escort of twenty fighters, carried out the third bombing mission against the oil depot at Pearl Harbor.
The third attack on Pearl Harbor before and the deadliest attack in history began.
With the roar of engines, Japanese fighters took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier one after another, flying in groups towards distant targets.
In the midday sun, the wings of these planes flashed with dazzling light, like locusts, and they rushed towards Hawaii again.
In Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planes of the second wave of attack still did not leave, and they were using the only ammunition they had left to maximize the results of the battle.
Another reason is that these Japanese planes, which are still attacking military ports, are also tasked with attracting the attention of the United States and covering the combat mission of the third group of attack troops.
These planes were responsible for continuing to entangle in the vicinity of the military port, allowing the United States' barely take-off fighter jets to concentrate on the military port one after another, thus ignoring the more important air defense near the oil depot.
Of course, they are now desperately attacking the only remaining battleship of the United States, the USS Colorado, in order to inflict as much damage as possible on the American fleet.
In fact, for the US Navy, the loss of Pearl Harbor was already quite enormous. Six battleships were sunk, and it is unknown whether the only one left can be saved.
In addition, all four aircraft carriers are now sunk or in the process of sinking, and about 7,000 U.S. Navy sailors have been killed.
Such losses are more than three times the actual losses of the United States in the Pearl Harbor attack in real history - the entire Pacific Fleet has been destroyed.
The bombing would not end early because of the confusion of the Americans, and in fact, because of the confusion of the Americans, the number of bombings and the efficiency of the attacks of the Japanese were greatly improved.
The dense third wave of Japanese planes, which suddenly appeared inland from Pearl Harbor, surprised everyone.
The Japanese planes in the sky began to attack the important fuel reserve base, and when they heard the explosion of the earth shaking the mountain, General Kimmel froze in place, unable to speak for a long time.
The fuel was ignited and exploded, and the troops and supplies that the Americans had carefully deployed in Pearl Harbor were completely wiped out - whoever bears this responsibility is the most scorned person in American history.
If the United States were defeated because of this loss, then this man would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever and spurned by all the American people.
Kimmel shook and nearly fell to the ground in despair. He held his hand to the table, and even felt the tremor from the distant explosion.
The huge oil storage equipment was not protected at all, and the surrounding anti-aircraft guns were completely unable to intercept the onslaught of the Japanese planes.
The Japanese fighter pilots, who were not afraid of death, flew their planes into those important fuel reserve facilities even if they died.
Therefore, the interception of Japanese aircraft did not work well, and with the explosion of fuel and fire, the US troops on the ground collapsed in the first place.
The fire spread, where did anyone dare to stay at the anti-aircraft artillery positions near the fuel reserve facilities? Everyone fled as desperately as they could, as far away as possible from the burning buildings.
Just as when the port of Benghazi in Italy was attacked by British planes, the fuel was ignited by a bomb, and the port was almost completely scrapped.
Pearl Harbor was like a huge firework at this moment, and the brilliant explosion was in full bloom, destroying everything on the island.
The harbor is not necessarily better than the fuel zone, because of the sinking of the battleship, there is a heavy amount of oil floating on the sea, and in some places it is burned because of the explosion.
The smoke rising from the explosion of the battleship obscured the view of the Japanese bombers, but the choking smoke also affected the Americans' own rescue efforts.
Everywhere there were voices calling for medical personnel, and the wounded soldiers fell to the ground crying wolf, but there were too many wounded people to ask the doctor in time.
The wounded soldiers cried and screamed, and then shouted and shouted and there was no sound, their blood flowed out and stained the docks red, and the ground of the harbor was washed with blood, and it was heart-wrenching to watch.
Something even more catastrophic happened, and with an explosion at a fuel-stocked base in the distance, the soldiers in the harbor began to realize that perhaps the subsequent disaster would be more deadly.
Against the backdrop of explosions and burning, an American destroyer sped out of the harbor.
Obviously, it is a wise choice to leave this hopeless port first while you can still save yourself.
Following this destroyer, an American cruiser also accelerated away. Although the soldiers on the ship had not received the order to retreat, they had already made up their minds to leave here.
There was chaos everywhere, the soldiers could not find their superiors, and the commanders could not see their soldiers.
Everyone seemed to be covered in oil, and many more were just running desperately, running towards the outside of the base, as far away as possible from the area bombed by the Japanese planes.
However, after seeing a huge explosion like a volcanic eruption at the base in the distance, these people ran back to the port, because they seemed to be standing by the sea, and felt a little safer......
"Oh my God...... Do you really want to let the suffering below the Americans? Putting down the phone in his hand, an officer looked at the mountain fire burning in the distance and prayed softly.
"Japan...... This enmity is not shared! Kimmel gritted his teeth and threw off his military hat and shouted loudly from his back.
He was foul-mouthed, certainly not so urbane. However, no amount of abuse can change the fact of defeat.
Therefore, he could only reluctantly give the order to let his fleet leave the harbor: "Let the fleet retreat with as many people as possible!" β
Because, once the burning port is swept away by the fire, there will be nothing left at all. Pearl Harbor is over, it's completely over at this moment.
One after another, American destroyers left the harbor to scoop up as many officers and men as they could. Transport ships are also desperately rushing to transport personnel to the sea.
The sea was busy, but fortunately, the Japanese planes never returned, and it seemed that there was no intention of making trouble again.
The Americans began to save themselves, and the beating of the soldiers in the Arizona was not taken into account in the state of confusion.
The people who originally rescued the port have now looked at the fire in the distance and are as far away from the island as possible.
In the end, the battleship Colorado still did not escape the fate of sinking, the capital ships of the United States Navy were completely destroyed, and Japan won a complete victory in the Battle of Pearl Harbor.