"Sir, Japanese planes have broken through into our anti-aircraft fire circle!"

"Sir, the Japanese bombers maintained an altitude of 3000-4000 meters, which should not be torpedo machines. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Sir, the destroyer Amen reported that the bow of the ship was shot, and the bomb caused a fire!"

"Sir, the USS Bush destroyer reported that an armor-piercing bomb had been hit in the stern, and the bomb exploded in the engine room, causing the ship to lose power."

"Sir, there was an explosion on the USS Callaghan, probably from a bomb hitting the ammunition depot...... Oh God, it's sinking! ”

"Sir, the stern of the destroyer Corhang was hit by a Japanese plane, and it's ...... finished."

Vice Admiral Fletcher, commander of U.S. Task Force 51, heard all sorts of bad news. The two new fighters of the Japanese are surprisingly sharp!

The fighter in it has strong firepower and a sturdy body, which can "face the nose" with the F4U. At the same time, the flexibility is not below the F6F, which is enough to entangle with the F6F at an altitude of less than 6,000 meters.

And the new bombers of the Japanese are no less sturdy, and the 12.7mm machine guns of the F4U and F6F are almost ineffective against them! Even the 40mm anti-aircraft guns on the "Fletcher"-class destroyers are difficult to beat them to death at once, and even if they hit a few 40mm shells, as long as they are not critical, the aircraft can still barely complete the bomb drop or impact!

As a result, several Fletcher-class destroyers on the outer line of Task Force 51 were quickly damaged, sinking 2 ships and severely damaging 2 ships in a short period of time.

At the same time, the number of Japanese aircraft reported to be shot down was far less than expected, and by now, the losses of the Japanese army in the first attack wave were probably less than 20%. And the American F4U and F6F fighters that intercepted them lost no less than 30 units! The two sides are almost 1:1 in the exchange.

And due to the very strong firepower of the new Japanese fighters, the survival rate of the pilots on the hit F4U and F6F also decreased compared to the previous major battles.

Lieutenant General Fletcher, holding his binoculars, wrung his eyebrows at the fierce battle that was taking place in the sky and sea to the north. It was quite a spectacular scene, with thick plumes of smoke slashing through the air from time to time, rushing into the sea. Four or five pillars of blue-black smoke had already appeared on the surface of the sea, and from time to time columns of water and fire were rising. It seems that a couple more destroyers were hit by Japanese bombs!

However, compared to the huge Task Force 51, the losses now suffered are only scratching the surface.

"Where is the second wave of Japanese attacks?" Lieutenant General Fletcher put down his binoculars and asked the staff officer beside him.

"We have broken through three volleys and will arrive in about 20 minutes."

"Arriving one after another?" Fletcher asked, "They're scattered?" ”

"Yes, sir." The staff officer replied, "The second attack wave of the Japanese was poorly organized, it was scattered by our F4U, and now several clusters are formed." ”

The second attack wave from Oahu was a plane of the Japanese Army, and the Japanese Army Aviation was actually not bad, but there was no army in the world that was good at fighting naval warfare -- the profession was not right!

The main business of the Japanese naval aviation is anti-ship in addition to the struggle for air supremacy, while the main business of the Japanese army aviation is ground tactical bombing in addition to air combat. The enemy's ground forces, armored clusters, artillery positions, logistics and transportation lines, and so on are the targets that the Japanese army aviation has to deal with in its daily training.

And this kind of mission is carried out in small squadrons, and there will be no super-large formation of 700 planes at all -- the US Army Air Force may do this and send 700 B-17s and B-24s to bomb somewhere. But where can the Japanese Army afford strategic bombing?

Therefore, the planes of the Japanese Army are not very good at maintaining large formations, and they are easily scattered by the American F4U.

"It's not easy to deal with it in several clusters......" Lieutenant General Fletcher frowned, and didn't say anything further.

It is clear that the "turkey beating" from the Battle of Christmas Island will not be repeated today. But so what? It's nothing more than a little more loss of planes and warships, Hawaii...... Sooner or later, you can still fight it!

……

"Emperor, onboard!"

The crit god Edusa Shiruma pointed his nose at a Fletcher-class destroyer on the sea that was frantically firing anti-aircraft shells into the sky, and shouted loudly.

The plane dived down at a 60-degree angle at a speed of more than 650 kilometers, and the destroyer on the surface of the sea became larger and larger, and countless orange-red rays of light swept through the sides of the cabin cover at great speed.

"Ready...... Put! ”

As bombardier Yamada came from the earphones, the fuselage suddenly lightened, as if it had jumped up dozens of meters at once. Jiang Cao, who was blackened in front of him, knew that four 250-kilogram bombs had been dropped. He hurriedly pulled up the joystick and pulled up the nose of the plane he was piloting.

"Boom ......"

A loud bang came from behind him, followed by the cheers of the bombardier Yamada: "Hit, onboard!" ”

Another American destroyer is finished!

Jiang Cao Fanlong did the math: the first attack wave sank or severely damaged at least 7 American destroyers, which is certainly nothing for the huge American fleet. But as long as you insist on fighting a few or even dozens of rounds, you can still inflict heavy losses on the American fleet.

As long as the shore-based aircraft of the Hawaiian Islands are able to seriously weaken the American fleet, then the combined fleet has a chance to deal a fatal blow to the Americans.

After all, the Hawaiian Islands are only used to consume the US military, and the real decisive game still depends on the powerful combined fleet!

……

"Sir, another batch of Japanese planes is approaching!"

Lieutenant General Fletcher's ears rang with the radar officer's report: "Azimuth 300, number more than 100, altitude 6000, distance 150!" ”

Fletcher hurriedly raised his telescope to search the air, and after a while, he saw hundreds of small black dots getting bigger and bigger from far and near. At this time, a similar number of small blue American planes suddenly appeared in Fletcher's telescope, colliding with the dark green Japanese fighters.

However, not all Japanese planes were flanked, and about thirty or forty twin-engine bombers actually ignored the fire of the F6F and rushed towards them - of course, a few were shot down, but the American F6F was also knocked out by two.

"Sir, enemy planes are rushing at us!"

I don't know what happened, but this wave of Japanese planes did not attack the periphery of the 51st Task Force again, but penetrated the core of the 51st Task Force from an altitude of 6,100 meters.

"Height, what is their height?" Fletcher suddenly noticed that something was wrong and asked loudly.

“6100……”

"So tall?" Fletcher was stunned for a moment, and the roar of anti-aircraft guns roared.

The 127mm antiaircraft guns on the "Iowa" and several large surface ships in the vicinity were firing -- the 40mm antiaircraft guns and 20mm machine guns could not reach the enemy planes at an altitude of 6,100 meters, so now the 127mm antiaircraft guns were firing radio proximity fuse shells. Because of the radar fire control, the fire was quite accurate, and after a while, several Japanese planes were planted in smoke. But at the same time, Japanese bombs were also whirring and falling from the sky.

"High-altitude horizontal bombardment?" Fletcher was stunned and stunned, what happened to the Japanese? I didn't play very well just now, and now I'm confused again?

"Sir, the 51.6th Destroyer Patrol Group reports an attack by a Japanese heavy torpedo attack aircraft!"

At this time, the staff officer reported another incredible news.

"Heavy torpedo machine?" Fletcher asked, "A lighter?" ”

"No, it's not, I haven't seen it before, it's a new type of aircraft, but it also weighs more than a dozen tons!"

"What?"

The torpedo machine weighing more than ten tons was already an antique thing in 1944, and it was okay to deal with a merchant fleet with little anti-aircraft fire - it was better to attack at night, and in this era Europe and the United States had radio altimeters, and large torpedo machines were generally used for night battles, and were basically useless during the day.

The U.S. 51.6th Destroyer Patrol Group was placed in the northernmost part of the 51st Task Force's air defense formation, and five destroyers were sunk and two were heavily damaged. If it encounters another round of attacks dominated by "Galaxy" bombers, it is very likely that the entire brigade will lose its combat effectiveness, not to mention that it will be annihilated.

But at this moment, a group of large planes of more than ten tons came and threw torpedoes into the water.

Speaking from the heart, the torpedoes of these Japanese planes were quite good, and when they threw mines, they also paid attention to slowing down their flight speed, and at the same time reducing the altitude to meet the requirements, that is, the places where the mines were dropped were a little farther away from the American warships, all of which were 4,000 meters away.

However, the "Swallowing Dragon" and "Flying Dragon" fighters piloted by the Japanese Army's red deer were still heavily damaged. The destroyers and air defense cruisers of the Americans on the surface knocked out 18 in a row, but the torpedoes fired only hit a mere 6 and damaged only 2 American destroyers.

The "strange attacks" on the 51.0 Battleship Group (Vice Admiral Fletcher's group) and the 51.6 Destroyer Group were just the beginning.

Only five minutes later, the 51.5th Aircraft Carrier Group was again hit by bombs dropped by "Swallowing Dragons" bombers from an altitude of 5,000 meters, and this time a 250-kilogram bomb actually hit an escort aircraft carrier, and the Japanese paid the price for the downing of 16 "Swallowing Dragons".

Less than 3 minutes later, the 51.3rd Heavy Cruiser Group was also torpedoed by a group of dazed Japanese "Wyvern" heavy critters. As a result, in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, the Japanese lost 28 "Flying Dragons", only 8 of the torpedoes thrown hit, and the American side had 2 destroyers heavily damaged and 1 heavy cruiser broken.

A few minutes later, Task Force 50, which was close to Task Force 51, was also attacked by a combined Japanese torpedo attack by opportunistic horizontal bombers. However, their fate was not much better, as 38 Dragon-Swallowers and Wyverns were shot down by the elite Task Force 50 carrier-based fleet, 11 Hurricanes were shot down by American F6Fs, and Task Force 50 had an Essex-class aircraft carrier torpedoed, 2 destroyers were heavily damaged, and 12 F6F fighters were lost.