"Woo! Woo! Woo......"

As the piercing sound of air defense sirens resounded over Pearl Harbor, this seemingly sleeping military port suddenly woke up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Thanks to the internationalist fighters, Pearl Harbor was on the highest alert long ago. Although it was Sunday, not a single American GI was drunk at the weekend's prom and drinking party. No one was given a chance to take a vacation, and they were all locked up in the barracks complaining and preparing for war.

And when the air defense sirens sounded, the American GIs in Pearl Harbor were rising in formation, and in the middle of the melodious American national anthem, Japanese planes came.

"There was an air attack on Pearl Harbor, this is not a drill! Pearl Harbor was hit by an air strike, and this is not an exercise......"

After the air raid siren, loudspeakers in various parts of Pearl Harbor began to warn in words, adding the phrase "This is not an exercise."

Of course, at this time, even the sluggish American GIs knew that "it was not an exercise." Because fierce aerial battles have been fought over Hickem, Wheeler, Kanuuhi and Ford Island on Oahu!

It turned out that shortly after the first Japanese attack wave arrived over Pearl Harbor, eight P40, eight P51 and eight F4F "Wildcat" fighters on standby on the runways at four major airfields (two of which belonged to the Army and two belonged to the Navy) rushed into the air.

Due to the tuning of German foreign aid, Shigeru Itaya and others are very familiar with the performance and tactics of the P40 and P51, but they have never seen the F4F, but this does not hinder their operations. The 64 Zeros, which were in charge of air superiority on the battlefield, immediately dropped the bombs they carried, and then divided into four large formations and swooped down on the US fighters that took off from the four US airfields.

While swooping away, some of these Zeros continued to gain altitude, taking up positions in the air as soon as they came up, and then condescendingly began to dive to attack the American planes that had just taken off. Seeing that something was wrong, these American planes immediately flipped their fuselages and began to dive. If you want to take advantage of the excellent dive performance to get out, this is the knock on the door taught by the British masters of the Americans. The British told the Americans not to fight the Fokker Zero, but to pull up the dive attack, or dive up and escape. As long as you keep diving and pulling high, you can always compete with the Fokker Zero.

But when these American pilots flying the P51, P40 and F4F swooped down, they realized that something was wrong, and there were Zeros waiting for them below! As soon as they rushed down, they were hit by the Zero plane on the ass and bombarded with a cannon, and 6 were shot down on the spot!

Seeing a P40 shot down by himself falling headlong to the ground, Shigeru Itaya's mood suddenly improved, and at the same time, he also felt that Captain Hersmann of Germany was still a relatively reliable teacher, and he could really shoot down American planes with the methods he taught!

Thinking of this, he retracted his gaze and looked at the Hickam Airport below, and was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

On the taxiing curve between the runway and the tarmac of the airport, at least 100 planes are densely packed together!

There were twin or four-engine bombers, as well as single-engine P40 and P51 fighters. All of these expensive, brand-new-looking planes don't end up in hangars, they sit casually at airports.

It's humid and rainy Hawaii, and if the plane is not stored in the hangar, it can be easily damaged by the wind and rain all day long. Hundreds of planes are worth at least tens of millions of yen, and if they are thrown here casually, Americans don't take money seriously, right?

Itaya Shigeru's shock didn't last long before it was interrupted by a violent explosion. It turned out that the Type 97 torpedo bombers and Type 99 dive bombers that arrived later had already begun to drop bombs.

The effect of the bombing was surprisingly good, and I don't know if these planes were parked too densely, or if these planes still had a small amount of fuel in their fuel tanks, and as long as one bomb exploded, it would quickly spread to all planes!

A series of explosions soon occurred at Hickam Airport, and most of the planes worth 10 million yen were reduced to wreckage in a very short period of time. Just when Shigeru Itaya and all the Japanese pilots were in a hurry, clouds of black smoke suddenly dispersed in the air - it was the anti-aircraft guns on the ground firing, and the fire was quite fierce!

Itaya Shigeru knew that the Zero he was driving was not beaten, so he didn't dare to stay at a low altitude for a long time, so he hurriedly raised the altitude. At that moment, he saw a Zero fighter set on fire, tumbling and falling.

"See you at Miyakesaka!" Itaya looked at the rapidly falling plane and muttered in his heart that Hesmann Jr.'s suggestion of "broadsword and parachute" had no effect. All the pilots of the "Akagi" flight team that made the attack today did not carry parachutes, and the officers among them all carried knives......

Mizu Mitsuo Nakasa, the captain of the "Akagi" flight team and also the commander-in-chief of the first attack wave, was leading a Type 97 torpedo bomber to fly to the dock where the American battleship was anchored at Pearl Harbor. It was the densest anti-aircraft fire in the entire Pearl Harbor, and not only were the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the battleships desperately throwing a rain of bullets, but dozens of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were erected on the docks next to these battleships, and they were now firing at the highest rate of fire.

Seeing the dense black smoke in the air and the rapid orange-red rays, Mitsuo Fuchida gasped, fortunately his plane today was hung with 800 kg of armor-piercing bombs (modified from shells from the main guns of the battleship Nagato) instead of aviation torpedoes, otherwise today would probably be his day of becoming a god!

Thinking of this, Mitsuo Fuchida turned on the airborne radio (the radio stations of lightning strikers and bombers are not allowed to be removed), and began to issue orders: "Attention to the attack troops of the Akagi and Kaga, the 3200 height penetrates, the Type 97 lightning attack aircraft is responsible for the first wave of attacks, and the 'Comet' dive bomber is responsible for the second wave of attacks. ”

According to Minoru Genda's attack plan, the first attack wave would deploy 40 Type 97 torpedo bombers and 48 Comet dive bombers to bomb eight American battleships anchored in Pearl Harbor. Therefore, all the "Comet" and Type 97 will attack in five-plane squads, each with a predetermined target - the Japanese pilots who participated in this attack are elites accumulated over many years, and each of them can visually identify the type of American battleship at an altitude of 3,200 meters, so there will be no repeated attacks and waste of ammunition.

The first was the attack of the Type 97 mine-strike aircraft, which dropped 800-kilogram armor-piercing shells horizontally at an altitude of 3200 meters. A squad of 5 planes will form a formation of 5 planes, one in front of the other, and drop bombs one after the other. Then there were six Comet dive bombers diving down from a height of 3,200 meters to drop 500 kg of armor-piercing bombs. Whether it is an 800-kilogram bomb dropped from an altitude of 3,200 meters or a 500-kilogram bomb dropped by a dive, it can deal a fatal blow to the American battleship moored in Pearl Harbor!

After Mitsuo Fuchida gave the order, he piloted his own plane and led a 6-plane team to search for the flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the USS Pennsylvania, which was assigned a task to Fuchida.

According to previously received information, "Pennsylvania" should be docked side by side with its sister ship "Arizona". Because the two ships were of the same class and could not be distinguished at an altitude of 3,200 meters, the team led by Fuchida and the team led by Captain Kusumi (responsible for attacking the Arizona) that took off from the aircraft carrier Wyvern attacked the two "Pennsylvania"-class battleships on the inside (near the dock) and on the outside, respectively.

However, when Mitsuo Fuchida approached the berth of the American battleship, he suddenly found that there were only seven large warships on the surface that looked a bit like battleships, and there was only one "Pennsylvania" class.

"Nakasa, there's only one 'Pennsylvania' class!" Bombardier Yasuda reported loudly to Fuchida.

In fact, the "Pennsylvania" was undergoing repairs in the shipyard at this time, so it escaped disaster. What Fuchida saw was the battleship "Arizona".

"That's it!" Mitsuo Fuchida said, "We're going to attack this Pennsylvania-class, then let the Wyvern's Yukusumi team attack, and finally let the dive bombers get on board!" ”

Fuchida immediately adjusted the bombing sequence, first dropping bombs by two Type 97 squads, and then attacking by "Comet" dive bombers.

Five Type 97 torpedo bombers then circled in the air and formed a formation of five planes, braving anti-aircraft fire from a nearby pier on the sea and pounced on the "Arizona" on the water.

Since the VT fuze (the British made a prototype in 1940, the United States has now obtained this technology, but has not yet completed the final design work) has not yet begun to equip the troops, and the US Navy is not equipped with a replica Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun, so at an altitude of 3200 meters, the fire power of the anti-aircraft guns is not very strong.

"Target 'Pennsylvania', put!"

At 8:05 a.m. on December 7, 1941 (Hawaii time), Fuchida felt the plane move upwards as the bomber shouted, the effect of the sudden reduction in the weight of the plane after the bomb was dropped.

Five 800-kilogram armor-piercing bombs fell rapidly from an altitude of 3,200 meters, one of which (I don't know who dropped it) impartially hit the front of the "Arizona" turret No. 4, but the bombs did not penetrate the turret due to the angle, but slipped through the sloping tower wall, drilled through the back deck into the commander's compartment on the lower level, and then exploded there.

Only 1 minute later, 5 planes led by Captain Kusumi also completed the bombing, and this time there was also an 800-kilogram armor-piercing projectile that pierced the foredeck of the "Arizona", and then I don't know if it penetrated the ammunition depot and caused a huge explosion! (To be continued.) )