Chapter 404: The Tragic U.S. Navy
With the start of these planes, the other US planes that were still fighting in the air shook off their opponents one after another, chased after the 10 planes, and flew quickly in the direction of the Japanese fleet. The purpose of the American pilots was very clear, they wanted revenge, they wanted to retaliate, and they wanted to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier no matter what.
Of course, the Japanese pilots understood that the opponent's purpose was nothing more than to attack their own mothership, and they seemed to have the same purpose of dooming.
They did not dare to slack off and closely pursued the American planes.
This scene in the sky is a bit interesting, the American planes are in front, and the Japanese planes are closely chasing behind, and the target is the aircraft carrier battle group.
Commanded by Vice Admiral Tadaichi Nagumo, there are four aircraft carriers, including the "Akagi," "Kaga," "Soryu," and "Flying Dragon," and the other two aircraft carriers have already gone to the east coast of the United States to bomb them.
At this time, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi also seemed to sense that the Americans were probably crazy, and hurriedly ordered the fighters to take off to intercept them, and the planes on the deck of the aircraft carrier were still taking off urgently to intercept the American planes.
However, there was little time, and by the time the American fighters approached, fewer than ten planes had taken to the skies.
The only 33 fighters and "dreadnought" dive bombers of the USS Saratoga were divided into two squadrons to attack the USS Akagi and USS Kaga respectively.
Unfortunately, the aircraft carrier Akagi was hit by a bomb and exploded, causing a large explosion of planes, fuel and ammunition stacked on the deck, and the flames went straight into the sky, and in just 5 minutes, the Japanese aircraft carrier was completely blown up.
And the defense line of the aircraft carrier Kaga is still in a fierce battle, and it has not been broken, and at this time, the American fighters are almost exhausted in terms of aviation fuel and ammunition, and they must die whether they succeed or fail.
As more and more Japanese fighters grew, the situation of US fighters became even worse, and planes were constantly hit by bullets and exploded, and fewer and fewer planes capable of air combat were available.
Even so, the American pilots are still insisting that they will blow up and sink an aircraft carrier if they have the chance.
Seeing that the hope is getting smaller and smaller, at this time, a plane that has run out of ammunition has cleverly evaded the interception and rushed over, the problem is that this plane has no more bombs.
Looking at the bigger and bigger target, the young man was unwilling, and finally approached the Japanese aircraft carrier, but there were no bombs, and he was sad that there was a mistake!
Suddenly, the Japanese aircraft carrier with a huge chimney caught his eye, well, this is the only chance.
The pilot gritted his teeth and plunged headlong into the chimney of the aircraft carrier Kaga.
There was a loud "boom", and the aircraft carrier Kaga made a huge explosion.
Sacrificing an aircraft in exchange for heavy damage to the aircraft carrier Kaga is a very good deal.
It seems that the originators of suicide attacks were Americans, who were no worse than the Japanese warriors in bushido, and they were very determined to die with their enemies.
Those pilots who don't have aviation fuel are also enlightened, and they are all dead anyway, so it is better to choose this way to commit suicide.
The remnants of the US fighters tried their best to get rid of the entanglement of the Japanese fighters and seized the opportunity to dive down on the Japanese aircraft carriers.
After all, there were too many Japanese fighters, and most of the American fighters had already been shot down by the Japanese fighters before they flew over the aircraft carrier.
But there are always one or two fighters that slip through the net, crash into the aircraft carrier, and explode and catch fire.
The American aircraft carrier group was completely annihilated, and they chose the most tragic result.
While the West Coast was still in the middle of a major war, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt had already received a report that the Japanese navy was attacking the West Coast of the United States.
However, Roosevelt did not seem to have a better coping strategy, so he could only send more planes to support.
What a depressing thing this is, the U.S. Navy has no warships to stop the Japanese attack, Roosevelt looked up to the sky and sighed, extremely desolate, when did our beautiful Jian fall to such a point!
The fate of a country without a navy is to wait to be beaten passively.
The Japanese maritime forces could attack the US mainland at any time, but the United States had no way to do so.
Fortunately, the U.S. government has already begun to implement the shipbuilding program, and Roosevelt believed that a large number of warships will be launched in the near future, and by then, hum, the United States will definitely destroy the Japanese people.
It was useless to be ruthless, and the only aircraft carrier in the United States eventually sank.
Now it was clean, and the U.S. Navy was completely wiped out by the Japanese.
The bad news is not limited to this, just as a large number of US troops were sent to the west coast to support, on October 10, a Japanese aircraft carrier formation attacked the east coast of the United States.
Oh my God, this is terrible.
The east coast of the United States is concentrated in more industrial categories, more shipbuilding enterprises, and the Japanese not only attacked the west coast, but also did not let go of the east coast, which is the rhythm of trying to kill the Americans.
This attack by the Japanese and Japanese has dealt a devastating blow to the few US warships on the east coast and coastal port facilities, especially shipbuilding enterprises.
After hearing the news, Roosevelt was furious and ordered the US Air Force to blow up the Japanese aircraft carrier.
The bombing of the east coast of the United States was carried out by two aircraft carrier formations, the Japanese Japanese Shotsuru and Zuizuru, who did not participate in the attack on the west coast, but made a detour to the Atlantic Ocean to attack the important coastline of the east coast of the United States.
The Japanese authorities knew that the US shipbuilding enterprises were very large-scale, and once the shipbuilding program was launched, the United States would certainly rebuild its naval strength, and this would certainly be a disastrous consequence for the Japanese and Japanese ships.
Well, the destruction of American shipbuilding enterprises will be a priority.
The U.S. government did not expect that the Japanese would be so bold and so crazy that they would run to the doorstep of the United States to carry out an attack.
Of course, it is too late to say anything, and the last bit of hope for the United States has been dashed.
The Japanese aircraft carrier formation was still looking for an opportunity on the east coast to attack the ports and cities where they had birth, but the Americans who had been cornered were going crazy, and they were also looking for an opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese aircraft carrier formation.
If the planes taking off from the Japanese aircraft carriers can fly to the coastline, then the planes of the United States taking off from Route 6 can also hit the aircraft carriers.
Perhaps, the Japanese were carried away by the victory and were arrogant, and as a result, not long after the Japanese air force took off to bomb the US coastline, hundreds of American warplanes suddenly approached the Japanese aircraft carrier.
The Japanese radar showed its target, the terrible sirens sounded incessantly, and the fighters took off urgently to meet the enemy planes.
However, there were too many US fighters, and the two aircraft carrier formations, the Japanese and the Zuihe, fled while resisting, and the bombs dropped by the US planes were like dumplings, and several bombs exploded one after another in the two aircraft carrier formations, the Japanese and the Zuizuru.
In this sea and air battle, the two aircraft carriers of the Zuihe fled from the scene of the naval battle with injuries, while the aircraft carrier Xianghe was seriously injured and sank in the sea before running far.
In order to wipe out the Japanese aircraft carriers, nearly 100 US planes crashed into the sea because they ran out of fuel.