On the morning of 5 October, at the San Diego harbor on the west coast of the United States, a terrible siren pierced the clear sky and sounded through San Diego, and the military port was suddenly in chaos. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack! An unidentified fleet on the west coast is approaching San Diego.

The only aircraft carrier group in the United States, the USS Saratoga, is in San Diego Harbor for an emergency sortie, with four destroyers scattered around and six submarines underwater, which is all the naval forces of the US Navy on the West Coast.

Weak, how can the U.S. Navy confront the powerful warships that come to attack?

This has nothing to do with the size of the force, since there is an invading enemy, as the only naval force on the west coast of the United States, it will attack anyway.

What's more, is it safe for the fleet to hide in a military port?

If you don't take the initiative to go out to meet the battle, you may be even more miserable if you are blocked by the enemy in the harbor.

This is a tragic journey, and the US Navy has no hesitation.

This small aircraft carrier formation has not been out for long and has already entered a state of imminent battle.

"Report to the commander that the enemy situation has been discovered, and the fighters of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet are attacking this side."

Fleet Commander Arthur .. Bristol immediately issued an operational order: "The fighter plane immediately takes off, intercepts the approach of the enemy aircraft, orders the submarine to strike immediately, and freely chooses the target for attack." ”

USS Saratoga Full Displacement Tonnage: 10,000-50,000 Tons, Technical Data Crew: 43,400 Personnel, Length: 270.8 m Breadth: 32.3 m Full Load Displacement: 43,400 Tons Endurance Range: 10,000 nautical miles / 10 knots, Speed: 34 knots Armament CXAM-1 radar, 4 double-barreled 8-inch/55 guns, 12 single-barreled 5-inch guns, 24 .50 machine guns, 2 lifting platforms, 80 to 90 aircraft.

On the deck of the USS Saratoga, 6 dive bombers, 6 torpedo planes, and 30 fighters took off one after another.

The Japanese 1st Strike Wave Aircraft Group of 36 dive bombers, 36 horizontal bombers and 36 Zero fighters took off from 4 aircraft carriers at the same time, and 108 carrier-based aircraft attacked under the leadership of Captain Tokunaga.

Obviously, the Japanese navy was much stronger than the US navy, and there was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides in the air battle.

For the Japanese people, it is a bit of a feeling of killing chickens.

At this time, the commander of the Japanese air raid force, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, who was galloping toward the west coast of the United States, had already learned of the size of the American fleet and immediately gave an order with excitement: "Order the air force to gather and destroy the American air power, order the destroyers to attract the four destroyers of the other side, and order the submarines to start hunting the USS Saratoga from underwater." ”

Indeed, the U.S. navy is too weak, and Nagumo Tadashi's talk about hunting is not too much at all.

The warplanes on the USS Saratoga were still taking off one after another, and the Japanese fighters had already arrived, and the American planes could only rush into battle.

However, the huge disparity in numbers immediately put American fighters in a difficult position.

The Japanese fighters were almost all in a group, and several American fighters were shot down in a single shot.

Despite being at a disadvantage, the U.S. fighters were very valiant, trying their best to prevent the Japanese fighters from approaching the USS Saratoga and buying time for the takeoff of the follow-up fighters.

In the short air battle, the US fighters have lost eight fighters, and the air power is becoming more and more thin.

However, the American pilots were undaunted and heroically fought with the Japanese fighters and tried their best to prevent the bombers from threatening the aircraft carriers.

In addition to the threat from the air, the fleets of both sides were approaching, and they were already within the range of the artillery, and a huge column of water was lifted on the sea, and the landing point of the naval guns was getting closer and closer.

Destroyers were responsible for protecting aircraft carriers, but unfortunately, when the destroyers of the U.S. fleet discovered that the Japanese surface ships were approaching, they bravely rushed forward to meet the enemy, creating an opportunity for the Japanese submarines.

"Boom--boom--"

Several torpedoes from the underwater submarine hit the USS Saratoga, setting off a huge column of water in the water.

The USS Saratoga was shot, causing a wave of confusion on the American side, and the American air team fighting fiercely in the air was also affected by this, so much so that Japanese bombers took the opportunity to approach the aircraft carrier.

Japanese torpedo planes fired eight torpedoes on the port side of the USS Saratoga, all of which were avoided by the ship.

The bomber flotilla that arrived after began to dive and drop bombs on the USS Saratoga. An 800-pound bomb hit the flight deck near the ship's bridge, but was able to continue the fight.

When attacking the USS Saratoga, the Japanese torpedo fleet successfully used flanking tactics to deliver torpedoes from both sides of the ship's bow, at an altitude of 15-70 meters, and at a distance of 1,000-1,500 meters.

Due to the large tonnage and large circle radius of the USS Saratoga, the turning was inflexible, and two of the 13 torpedoes fired by the Japanese aircraft hit the port side of the ship, causing water to enter the boiler room in three places.

The USS Saratoga was scarred and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea, but they had to hold on.

All the officers and men of the U.S. Navy are unusually strong-willed, and in order to defend the United States they must hold on, and behind them is the mighty Millican, a kind of sacredness in the body of the officers and men of the Navy sublimated, fighting, for Millican!

Although the USS Saratoga was hit by torpedoes and bombs, it was able to rebalance and continue to accept returning aircraft.

At the same time, refueling fighters strengthens air supremacy.

Enemy planes were constantly dive-bombing, and strafing in the air, but this could not stop the will of the US naval air force, and in the face of a hail of bullets, one fighter plane after another took off from the deck to join the ranks of the Japanese air force.

The fighting continued, and the desperate struggle between the powerful Japanese navy and the weak US navy in such an unequal air battle demonstrated the tragic and stubborn spirit of the US navy and the spirit of the officers and men of the US navy, which is undoubtedly worthy of admiration.

In the nearly two-hour naval battle, the US Navy has been maneuvering with the Japanese and Japanese navies with a weak force, which is already very good.

However, due to a fuel leak, a sudden explosion occurred inside the USS Saratoga and caused a fire, which spread so quickly that it became uncontrollable. And the deck of the aircraft carrier is no longer able to refuel the US Air Force fighters, and if they want to survive, they may be able to survive by flying to the coastline.

At around 15 o'clock in the afternoon, the captain ordered all the crew to leave the ship.

The aircraft carrier is in the process of sinking, which means that the US aircraft carrier has lost its foothold for fighters.

The American pilots did not fly back to their homeland, they were going to play with their lives.

Those planes that did not refuel in time were still entangled with the Japanese air forces, and the 10 planes that took off later shook off the obstruction of the Japanese planes and went so far as to target the Japanese aircraft carriers.

At this time, the remnants of the American aircraft also understood that there was only a desperate fight.