Chapter 388: Raid on Pearl Harbor

When the time for the attack came, the radio waves of the Japanese assault fleet came out: "Samurai, for the sake of the longevity of the empire's military fortune and the glory of the empire for a hundred years, His Majesty the Emperor is on board." Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ……”

Admiral Kimmel wakes up early in the morning as the commander of the U.S. Pacific, and he has a habit of standing on a high vantage point looking down on Pearl Harbor. As usual, he stood on the top floor of the Pacific Fleet Command, looking at the three aircraft carriers slowly moving out of port.

In the distance, the sun that had just risen happened to shine on the bridge of the aircraft carrier, imprinting the entire aircraft carrier with golden brilliance.

"What a powerful scene, these majestic warships are officially the backbone of the American galloping across the oceans. If it weren't for the temporary transfer of the USS Missouri Iowa to the USS Iowa, the scenery would have been even more spectacular. ”

Every time he saw these battleships, Kimmel sighed with emotion. It's just a fly in the ointment, there is not an Iowa class here, otherwise he would be even more excited.

But even without the Iowa-class battleships, the battleships in Pearl Harbor were still majestic and full of steel.

At this moment, under the light of the morning sun, a plane seemed to suddenly fly out of the sun, and the fuselage was filled with golden afterglow. It gave Kimmel a sense of sacredness, but it didn't last long, as more and more planes skewed out of the sun, and the golden afterglow filled the distant sky.

Before he could react, several violent explosions were heard in the distance. When he turned his eyes to the direction of the explosion, there was a violent explosion of the three aircraft carriers that were just about to leave Pearl Harbor. Especially the Enterprise that is at the forefront. In just a few seconds, the hull had already begun to tilt. Subsequently, another explosion was heard, and the aircraft carrier Enterprise had been covered by thick smoke, and the sparks rising from time to time on the ship reflected each other with the rising sun.

Kimmel immediately looked up at the sky in the distance, the group was already so close that even the dazzling sun flag under the wings was clearly visible.

"Cake sellers! Enemy attack! Kimmel roared sharply.

At this moment, the phone also rang, and he hurriedly grabbed the microphone, and did not wait for him to speak. Then I heard a hurried report.

"Our aircraft carrier was torpedoed by submarines. Oh, God! It's the planes of the Japanese, a lot of them, and they have already begun to attack the fleet of our ports. ……”

No need for a report on the phone. Kimmel saw it too. Eighty Japanese Type 97 torpedo attack planes had already begun to dive and drop torpedoes. The 1,000-kilogram heavy armor-piercing bombs carried by 40 Type 99 dive bombers also began to roar down over the US fleet in the harbor. A hundred Zero fighters roared by, don't think about it. It must be the trouble to go to the rear land-based airfield.

Kimmel did not need warning at all, and at this time shrill sirens sounded throughout Pearl Harbor. A large number of ground personnel, naval soldiers, and guards appeared in the open space. At this time, they were dressed in disarray, and many of them ran out in a hurry before they even had time to put on their clothes.

The Japanese began to attack, and because the American troops were still in a state of consternation, they had little ability to counterattack, and the Japanese fleet carried out their own tasks unimpeded. For the Japanese, the U.S. fighters had to be destroyed first to protect the other bombers, while the Zero fighters joined the attack on the airfield because there was no enemy in the air.

As soon as the Japanese carrier-based aircraft group arrived at Pearl Harbor, they began to attack the airfield. Wheeler Airfield, with 100 P-40s and P-51s, destroyed three-quarters of its aircraft in the first attack, bombed barracks and hangars, and completely lost the ability to fight back. Shigam Airport was the base for the bombers, with about 90 bombers parked, 12 of which were B-29 Flying Fortresses and the rest were B-17 Flying Fortresses, which were damaged to the same extent as Wheeler Flight.

The U.S. military immediately made a broadcast to the harbor through Ford Island: "Pearl Harbor was attacked by air, this is not an exercise!" ”

The message was then sent by PACOM and then to Washington, but it was 2 p.m. Washington time by the time it reached the president and the State Department

The Japanese fleet confirmed all ships upon arrival, which deviated from the estimated number, with a total of 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 30 destroyers, 4 submarines, 9 minelayers, 14 minesweepers, 1 gunboat, 12 torpedo boats, 2 supply ships and 2 tankers. The three aircraft carriers have already been attacked by submarines, and at this time there is no time to think about anything else, and they have also lost their combat effectiveness.

The planes began to attack the intended targets, and most of the battleships were attacked by more than 3 bombs. The battleship Arizona suffered the most casualties as a bomb pierced the deck and exploded in the boiler and ammunition depot. Soon the U.S. forces began to counterattack, with sporadic anti-aircraft fire and a handful of aircraft taking off.

The battleship Nevada tried to escape to the open sea, but at the moment the port was blocked by three aircraft carriers and could not get out at all. The U.S. fleet could only stay in the harbor and become a live target for Japanese carrier-based aircraft. The moving Nevada also became the target of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft at this moment, and it did not take long for it to be besieged by the carrier-based aircraft, and it was scarred. In the end, the battleship was buried by an armor-piercing bomb, a one-ton bomb that drilled directly into the battleship, detonated the ammunition depot, and blew the entire battleship into two sections with the keel and sank directly.

The B-17s flying from the continental United States also arrived at Higam Airport at this time, but they were shot down or forced to land due to lack of fuel, tired pilots, and some were not even armed. Those bombers that made a forced landing were also quickly blown up by the Zero that fell from the sky, and became a burning flame.

The entire military port was full of rumbling artillery and the whistling of aircraft, but the Japanese side was not without losses, and a small number of American planes had already taken off, although there were some achievements and a few Japanese planes were shot down, but under the siege of Zero, they were quickly shot down by the Japanese. Since it was impossible to organize an effective firepower network in a short time, the loose anti-aircraft fire also withered quickly under the attack of the Japanese army.

Subsequently, the second wave of Japanese carrier-based aircraft has appeared, which is an even more disastrous scene for the United States. They quickly joined the attack, and the main targets were not only the warships, but also the airfields.

By the time the third wave of carrier-based aircraft arrived, the entire Pearl Harbor harbor was full of burning warships, and more were the wreckage of battleships, and all those capital ships had been sunk.

Those small ships, such as destroyers, are also in danger. The four Japanese submarines that had already been squeezed in, although they had also completed their mission, none of them were able to get out. All of them were sunk in the harbor by American ships.

The sky and land are lively, and the sea is also very lively. At this time, almost an hour had passed since the attack began, and the three US aircraft carriers had also sunk to the icy bottom of the sea under the joint attack of submarines and carrier-based aircraft.

For Liu Anshun, the battle has only just begun, and one of his goals has been accomplished, but there is another goal. Kill these four Japanese submarines outside.

"Attention, all silent, no talking, no fart, no sneezing." Liu Anshun's heavy command echoed in Ting.

"Radar, report on the position, speed of four Japanese submarines."

"The first A, five hundred meters ahead. The second B, eight hundred meters to the southeast. The third C, four hundred meters to the southwest. The fourth, D, is one kilometer due south. All four submarines are stationary. ”

"Load the torpedo and enter the position of the submarine into the wire guide control interface. The line guide controls the hand, aiming at the opponent's propeller part and giving them a chrysanthemum residue. Liu Anshun ordered.

"The first goal is to adjust the angle data and kill the farthest D and B first. Torpedo No. 1 and No. 2 ready! ”

"Torpedoes No. 1 and No. 2 are ready, the pressure has reached the launch target, and they can be launched at any time."

"Launch!" Liu Anshun gave the final order to attack.

The torpedo tube commander pressed the launch button, and two oxygen torpedoes with a thin line of tow were shot out of the bow launch port of the Zhou-class submarine, without bubbles or ripples, and sped silently towards the Japanese submarine that was also lurking in Haiti.

Inside the Zhou-class submarine, two wire-guided torpedo operators stared at the display in front of them, constantly using the joystick in their hands to control the direction of the torpedo. In the display, two rectangular torpedo-shaped symbols are constantly advancing, and in the four directions ahead, four submarine-shaped symbols are flashing one after another. Each of the two controllers operates a torpedo and pounces on their target.

A thousand meters came in an instant, and both torpedoes hit the target accurately. Two huge splashes suddenly erupted on the calm sea, and then wreckage fell to the surface. The two Japanese submarines were disintegrated in an instant under the attack of torpedoes, and the Japanese sailors inside, I am afraid that they didn't even know how they died, went to meet their yin and yang Aunt Amaterasu in a daze.

The Japanese on the other two submarines felt the explosion and soon learned what was going on. Two submarines were destroyed, because in sonar, there were originally three sounds, and now only one remains. They didn't know what had caused the demise of those two submarines, and fear was surrounding them at the moment. Because the sound of a destroyer is not heard from the sonar, and the sound of other submarines is not heard. Facing unknown dangers can make people feel more frightening.

Since the beginning of the Shang-class submarines, China has attached great importance to the concealment of submarines. Especially in the area of submarine engines and propellers, the demand for excellence has reached a very perverted level. As a new class of submarines, the noise reduction standard of the Shang-class submarine is higher than that of the previous two submarines. Although it can't reach the noise of more than one hundred and twenty in later generations, it can also reach between one hundred and thirty and one hundred and twenty.

The use of composite materials for submarine engines, and the entire engine is surrounded by soft materials, so that it is not in direct contact with the hull, which has a good noise reduction effect. The propeller is also an important source of noise, and the requirements for precision industry are high. The seven blades must be super smooth, and there must be no concave or convex convex, no matter how small they are, they must be smoother than a mirror. Otherwise, it is easy to produce blisters, and the blisters are easily detected by sonar. (To be continued.) )