Chapter 265: Sunset (8)
"Hashimoto-kun. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info "Shao Zuo calmly spoke" You are honorable to dedicate yourself to the safety of the imperial country. In the future, it will be remembered in history and enshrined in Kudanzaka. ”
Because Japan at this time had not experienced several wars that could be said to have decided the fate of the nation, their bushido spirit was far from being comparable to that of modern time and space. Don't look at the joy of shouting at ordinary times, when it comes to life and death, all kinds of emotions quickly erupt. Between life and death, who can truly be fearless?
"Hashimoto-kun!" Seeing that the young college student was still wiping his tears, Shao Zuo's tone suddenly became gloomy: "Don't forget why your family was able to get special supplies!" ”
Because of the cruel blockade of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the poor resources of Japan. Japan's domestic supplies of all kinds have long been beyond the reach of money. In addition to the military and the privileged class, ordinary Japanese can only buy real money on the black market if they want to have enough to eat. But how many ordinary people can have this kind of capital?
Because of the bombing of the Ming Dynasty, even the countryside was not spared. A small amount of supplies had already been collected by the army in the countryside, and a large number of Japanese were killed by the army or simply starved to death because of hunger and looting. However, the family of the young kamikaze member Soichiro Hashimoto, who was crying out of fear, was able to receive special supplies from the army because he joined the kamikaze.
I thought of my young sister's yellow and thin face when she was starving, and I thought of my family who gobbled up and almost choked to death after getting the special offer. Soichiro Hashimoto's crying gradually stopped. He knew very well in his heart that if he refused to carry out the special attack, he would be executed as a deserter, and his family would lose their source of livelihood. They're all going to starve to death.
"Hashimoto-kun." Seeing that Soichiro Hashimoto's crying gradually stopped, Shaosa's voice softened, "Think of Miss Sakurako, who has been dedicated to you as a warrior these days and has served you with all her heart. Do you want to disappoint her? Show your manhood! ”
The Japanese took great care of the personnel who participated in the kamikaze. After all, it is to send people to death, and this kind of thing cannot be done by people who do not have great perseverance and courage.
In addition to providing assistance to their families, in addition to basic training, these special attackers were carefully selected by the Japanese army for comfort at other times. Women, they are alone. Standing alone inside the house. The Japanese army will also provide drinks and food. There is a constant supply of wine and beauty. In this cruel situation in Japan at this moment, it is definitely a fairy pleasure to be able to do this.
Of course, there are prerequisites for these enjoyments. When you really need to attack, you have to die.
Seeing that Soichiro Hashimoto raised his head and nodded vigorously, Shaozo patted his shoulder with satisfaction, "If you want to be west, go do it." ”
Looking at the pilots running towards the plane, Shao Zuo's originally smiling face suddenly turned cold, and he beckoned his subordinates to lean over, "Go and lock their cockpits." ”
On Monday, October 7, 1940, the sun was shining.
After breakfast in the morning, air defense fighters taking off from several escort aircraft carriers and shore-based fighters taking off from Jeju Island and other places built up air defense over the huge fleet. When the Japanese kamikaze approached, hundreds of fighters quickly approached.
"What's going on?" The pilots of the Ming fighters were surprised to find that the Japanese bombers dropped something similar to a giant bomb at a long distance from the Ming fleet, and then turned around and left.
And those Japanese Zeros, who were supposed to be escorts, began to desperately accelerate and rushed towards the Ming fleet. This abnormal practice made the Ming pilots a little confused. Soon they understood, though.
The giant bombs dropped by the Japanese bombers were actually Sakura special attack planes specially developed by the Japanese for kamikaze operations. This kind of special attack plane relies on a rocket engine for a short period of propulsion, and after performing a certain maneuvering flight, it dives and glides over the target, and finally dies with the target by direct impact. It is regarded by the Japanese as a decisive weapon.
The Sakura Special Attack Aircraft has a barrel with a constant diameter of a cylindrical cigar-shaped aluminum alloy structure, which greatly simplifies the manufacturing process. It has a load-bearing skin on the surface, a pair of wooden wings with very small aspect ratios mounted in the lower part of the fuselage, a high-speed airfoil, and only lateral ailerons and no flaps on the wings.
The Aluminium alloy H-shaped tail has a double vertical tail to avoid interference from the rear flow of the fuselage. The front fuselage, which served as a warhead, was filled with more than a ton of high explosives, which were loaded with multiple pilots to ensure that they could be detonated when hitting the target at any angle. At the very front of the fuselage is a semi-oval nasal mask. Because the cockpit is very rear, it is raised high on the fuselage. Because of its special purpose, the Sakura is not equipped with any weapons or landing gear, and is propelled by a small solid rocket engine. To put it simply, it's a one-time consumable. Not only airplanes, but also people.
The Japanese mass-produced this decisive weapon by scattering it into small workshops and underground factories, and put it into use immediately after the Ming army launched a landing operation.
"Those are not bombs! It's an airplane! The sharp-eyed Ming pilots finally discovered that the strange things that flew straight towards the Ming naval formation were not giant bombs, but a new type of aircraft that had never been encountered before!
"Those Zeros all have bombs! They became bombers! Soon, the Ming pilots also discovered that the Zero War, which was originally considered to be an escort fighter, had been transformed into bombers. Bombs are hanging under the belly of the Zero-Fight!
The Daming fighters who had just woken up from a dream began to chase after those Japanese fighters quickly. However, the loss of the previous preemptive hand made a large number of Japanese fighters smoothly break into the air defense circle of the Ming fleet.
"Knock Knock Knock !!" Anti-aircraft gun emplacements on various ships began to fire wildly. The yellow bullet casings emitted white smoke and fell everywhere on the deck, making a crisp sound. Anti-aircraft fire, which had been fully reequipped with safer and closer-capable fuse-blowing shells, dealt a devastating blow to Japanese aircraft. The Japanese kamikaze special attack team made its first attack, and more than half of the more than 600 fighters that were divided into multiple waves of attacks were shot down by close-up fuse shells.
"Damn it! What is that?! On the bridge of the aircraft carrier Malta, Lin Luo watched with a shocked face as several strange Japanese planes in the distance fell into the sky like bombs, and pounced straight on an escort aircraft carrier in the distance. A moment later, thick black smoke rose from the aircraft carrier, and the column of smoke was mixed with the continuous glow of fire!
"I don't know." Li Ru, who also had an ugly expression, gritted his teeth and said, "It may be a secret weapon newly developed by the Japanese army." ”
The Japanese achieved astonishing results in this kamikaze operation. They completely caught the Ming army by surprise and inflicted heavy losses on the Ming escort fleet with a surprise attack.
Two escort aircraft carriers of the Ming Navy escort fleet were sunk during the attack, and four escort aircraft carriers were damaged. In addition, a large air defense cruiser, a light cruiser, two heavy cruisers and more than ten destroyers were sunk. There were also many wounded battleships.
At the same time, the Japanese kamikaze also launched an attack on the transport fleet of the Ming Dynasty. Because of the weak anti-aircraft fire, the transport fleet suffered heavy losses. A large number of ships were sunk and damaged, and huge quantities of supplies, including heavy artillery tanks, sank to the bottom of the sea. The casualties of the Ming navy were as high as thousands. It even affected the offensive launched by the land forces against the port of Nagasaki.
In the special offensive operation, which lasted for nearly a morning, most of the Japanese kamikaze fighters were lost. In addition, more than a hundred escort Japanese fighters and bombers were shot down. However, compared to the loss of hundreds of aircraft, the Japanese believed that they had taken advantage.
But this kind of thing generally only has one chance to be proud, because the Ming army does not understand. But once the Ming army was prepared, it was almost impossible for the Japanese army to repeat this kind of thing again.
And it was no one else who made the Ming army quickly understand the Japanese special offensive operations, but a Japanese special attack fighter who was unwilling to die.
Soichiro Hashimoto watched the vicious-looking ground crew lock his engine room with iron chains, and the courage that he had just mustered up dissipated in an instant, and tears suddenly couldn't help but flow, this is going to die!
After all, he Hashimoto Soichiro is just a young college student in his early twenties. Originally, he would have a good job and life after graduation, but the damn war sent him to the point of no return.
When Soichiro Hashimoto followed the large army to the sky above the Ming fleet, he looked at the overwhelming artillery fire, and looked at the friendly planes that were constantly falling into the sea with flames and black smoke. In the headphones, I listened to the crying, shouting, screaming, screaming, mother's screams, and the onboard of those colleagues who used to train and drink together! Soichiro Hashimoto, who was born in a middle-class family, collapsed.
In tears and a trance, Soichiro Hashimoto miraculously landed on the deck of the escort carrier Durban in a zero-battle plane with a 250-kilogram bomb attached to it. Then, Soichiro Hashimoto turned off the engine and shrunk into the cabin crying.
After the surprised and inexplicable officers and sailors of the Ming Navy cut the chains, dragged Soichiro Hashimoto out of the cabin and beat him violently. Soichiro Hashimoto came back to his senses, crying and shouting "I surrender!" I give up! "As a Japanese, being proficient in Chinese is one of the necessary learning skills.
The miraculous survival and surrender of Soichiro Hashimoto soon tore the veil of mystery over the Japanese kamikaze, and Daming quickly obtained detailed information about this force. This will be of great help to future battles.
Soichiro Hashimoto, who voluntarily surrendered, also survived, and lived incognito in the 11th ward with the woman named Sakurako after the war, until he died quietly in his eighties.
Until the moment of his death, he never told his family about that hellish experience. (To be continued.) )