1077 Busy Deck

This is no wonder that Nagumo Tadaichi made such a choice, because until now, he has not received a reconnaissance report on the exact location of the US aircraft carrier fleet - no one can determine when the attack aircraft unit will need to take off!

Since there is no accurate information on when the attack aircraft unit will take off, it is a matter of course that priority should be given to arranging the fleet of aircraft that are already out of fuel.

The commander of the air fleet gave the order, and the decks of the three Japanese aircraft carriers suddenly began to get busy.

On the aircraft carrier Akagi, Japanese ground crews wearing white overalls began to push the bomb-mounted 99 ship bomb and the torpedo-mounted 97 ship attack away from the deck.

"Be careful! Be careful! Attention pinning! Right! The plane on the lift must be secured! The officer in charge of dispatch loudly reminded his subordinates to pay attention to safety.

After all, planes carrying bombs and torpedoes are fragile and dangerous. Careful care must be taken to ensure that they are properly placed.

Because a large number of carrier-based aircraft were sent out or lost, the interior space of the hangar of the Japanese aircraft carrier warship was very spacious.

Therefore, for the sake of simplicity, the ground crew recovered the aircraft on standby directly into the hangar. It's a pity that there are too many planes on standby, and it is impossible to place all of them in a moment.

In the distance, 22 Japanese planes, which had run out of ammunition and were running out of fuel, had come into view, and the entire aircraft carrier fleet was in chaos.

On the control tower, the Japanese dispatch officer repeated it over and over again with a walkie-talkie, telling the planes waiting to land in the sky to hold on a little longer.

On the deck, the ground crew, who had been urged countless times, continued to move the planes on the deck as fast as possible under the urging of the commander.

I can't wait to use one person as a few people, these hard-working ground staff, no matter how much they scold their mothers in their hearts, they are still desperately completing the tasks in their hands.

In the eyes of the Japanese military, logistics soldiers are not counted as soldiers. In the minds of the Japanese top brass, these logistics personnel are by no means as important as pilots.

This is also a set of erroneous theories that Japan, a small country with limited resources, was forced to develop. It's not that Japan doesn't pay attention to logistics, it's that they can't rely on logistics to decide victory or defeat like the big powers.

Once the outcome of the war is gambled on logistics and resources, a small country like Japan will undoubtedly lose.

Therefore, what Japan attaches more importance to a quick victory, and what they have in their minds is the decisive battle mentality of relying on the bravery and ferocity of the front-line soldiers to solve the enemy as soon as possible and gain an advantage.

"Yaga! Hurry up! Our valiant pilots have returned! How can they land if the deck is not cleared? The commander pressed his command knife, his eyes widened angrily, and he scolded the ground crew viciously.

He didn't know that less than half an hour ago, according to the order of Marshal Yamamoto 56, these ground crews in front of him had just debugged and prepared these planes.

No sooner had the soldiers hung the bombs and torpedoes under the planes than they received an order from the fleet commander to push the planes back into the hangar.

The USS Akagi has only three elevators, and it can only transport three planes back to the hangar at a time.

In the same way, I can only talk about the three planes in the hangar at a time, and send them to the deck. It is not the speed of the ground crew that restricts the speed of deck clearing, but the speed of these lifts.

Seeing that 22 Japanese carrier-based planes were approaching in the distance, the radio channel was filled with desperate cries for help.

The Zero fighter is slightly better, and the Type 97 and Type 99 carrier-based attack planes loaded with bombs and torpedoes are about to run out of fuel.

The pilots asked for landing on the radio with a crying voice, they had seen their aircraft carrier for the rest of their lives, but they could not land, and only they knew what it was like in their hearts.

Finally, the Akagi aircraft carrier relied on the long enough deck to finally clear the aft deck.

Some carrier-based aircraft, which were too late to be transported back to the warehouse, were also pushed to the bow deck by the ground crew, moving out of the landing strip on the rear deck.

A 97 ship attack was the first to land, and amid the cheers of the ground crew, the plane hung up the blocking lock and stopped in the middle of the deck.

Before they had time to think about it, the Japanese ground crew, who were already very tired, rushed up and pushed the plane to the reserved position in the bow as fast as possible.

It is necessary to move the planes behind as soon as possible to get out of the landing runway so that all the planes can land safely.

In the distant sky, American carrier-based planes were fleeing in the sky, and Zero fighters were desperately trying to intercept these American planes, so that they could not get close to the Japanese fleet.

From time to time in the sky, American planes dragged long black smoke down to the sea, and no one on the busy Japanese aircraft carriers here cared about the battle in the sky.

The second plane landed, and the battle-hardened pilot skilfully parked the plane on the deck.

These well-trained and experienced Japanese pilots were the most elite strike force of the Japanese Navy. They were familiar with aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings, so they wasted almost no time.

There are fewer and fewer Japanese planes hovering in the sky, but more and more planes are piled up on the deck. Just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a Japanese 97 ship attack lost momentum and crashed into the sea.

After all, it was still a little late, and the remaining 3 Japanese planes had already run out of fuel. They were no longer able to land on the deck of the aircraft carrier, and could only make a forced landing on the surface of the sea under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Even if he was unwilling, Nagumo Tadaichi still lost 3 more planes. And for him now, it seems that every plane is a valuable combat force that cannot be easily abandoned.

"Yaga...... After all, it was still a step too slow. Looking at the Japanese plane that had landed on the sea in the distance, Nagumo Zhong complained bitterly.

Being able to salvage 19 planes is already a blessing in misfortune. If Nagumo Tadaichi does not change Yamamoto Isoroku's order, these planes will be lost.

Unfortunately, now is not the time to breathe a sigh of relief, because the Zero fighters that intercepted the B-25 have returned, and they also have to land to replenish ammunition and fuel.

Although it was not urgent this time, the deck was already full of planes, so it was necessary to move some more planes into the hangar.

In desperation, the ground staff on the deck could only get busy again under the insults and reprimands of the commander. They got up from the corner of the deck, and without resting, they began a new round of busyness with sweating profusely.