No. 655 When genuine meets copycat
"Oh my God, I'm not mistaken, am I?"
Kurishenko could not believe his eyes as he carefully steered the il-18 fighter jet, which had become inflexible due to some glitches, as he saw that eight battleships and three aircraft carriers were swaggering towards him in the distant sea, protected by dozens of cruisers and destroyers, and dozens of F2A Buffalo fighters had risen above the fleet.
"Great, the main forces of the US imperialist navy must be here, as long as they are killed, the world revolution will be half victorious! Now is the time to dedicate your whole life and all your energy to the most magnificent cause in the world! When Kurishenko secretly made up his mind, the sound of cheers and shouts had already sounded from the cockpit of every Japanese Red Navy carrier-based aircraft that participated in the attack.
"World Revolution onboard!"
"Chairman Takeda onboard!"
"Blow up and sink the aircraft carrier of the White Imp (US imperialists)!"
"Comrades, rush!"
After flying in the sky for more than an hour and searching for another twenty minutes, everyone was already impatient, even the battle-hardened Kurishenko was sweating profusely - searching for the enemy on the surface of the sea and attacking Pearl Harbor were really two different things, the latter was just an island that would not escape, while the former would cruise in the sea, and it would not be easy to find out. And it's almost 6 p.m. now, and in a little while it will be dark, and even if the American aircraft carrier is discovered, there will be no way to attack. Kurishenko thought of this, slammed down the joystick, and was the first to dive towards the opponent's aircraft carrier (this time his I-18 fighter also had a 150-kilogram bomb on board). Although the opponent has dense anti-aircraft fire and dozens of direct cover aircraft, Kurishenko still led all the I-18 fighters to launch a dive attack without hesitation!
According to the plan. The first wave of the offensive was launched by these IL-18 fighters, and after they finished dropping their bombs, they were also responsible for air combat with the opposing fighters to cover the second and third waves of the IL-1 attack. This time, Yamamoto Fifty-six really got out of the way, and took out 115 Il-18 and 298 Il-1 in one go, and the target of the attack was only the American (British) aircraft carrier! As long as he can blow up and sink the opponent's 2 (actually 3) motherships, even if he pays the price of another 200 planes, Yamamoto will admit it, and it is a big deal to be cheeky and ask Trotsky's father for help.
I don't know if it's because I was carried away by revolutionary passion. Or because the long flight and search paralyzed the eyes of these elite Soviet (Japanese) pilots, when one after another bomb-carrying I-18 fighters scrambled to start diving, they did not notice at all that in the clouds higher altitude, 18 British Sea Hurricane fighters that looked seven or eight points like the I-18 had shown their fangs and claws.
"Boys, rush!"
"Let these imposters see what a real hurricane ......"
It's a pity that at this time, Kurishenko's attention was on the F2A in front and the American ships below, and he didn't notice the Sea Hurricane fighter jet that suddenly burst out from high altitude. When he excitedly pushed the joystick, trying to rush through the group of intercepted F-2A fighters. At an altitude of about a few kilometers behind him, the 298 Il-1 dive/torpedo bombers, which had been lined up in a large triangle formation, had already begun to cause chaos.
It has to be said that the Soviet I-18 really looks a lot like the British Sea Hurricane, and ...... Most of the Soviet pilots sent to Japan did not know that the I-18 was copied from the Hurricane fighter. Because before they left the USSR, Hurricane fighters were only seen on the Middle East theater. Also not too famous, far inferior to the German Fokker and BF-109. Besides, the Soviet Air Force was reluctant to admit that the most advanced fighter of the Soviet Union turned out to be a copycat, and it did not expect that there would be such a way as a camouflage surprise attack in air combat!
Therefore, when most of the Soviet-Japanese pilots who flew the Il-1 saw the sea hurricanes diving down from the sky, they regarded these sea hurricanes with a very similar appearance and livery to the Japanese Red Navy's Il-18 as revolutionary comrades. Until the other side suddenly opened fire and turned an Il-1 into a hornet's nest and tumbled and fell.
"What's wrong? What happened? Are they legendary traitors?! â
Before these Soviet-Japanese pilots understood. The second Il-1 also turned into a ball of fire and fell into the sea, when the comrades around him were shot down one by one. After being killed, the Il-1 pilots finally reacted and were taken aback when they squinted and carefully locked onto a Sea Hurricane.
In my eyes, it is obviously an I-18 fighter of the Japanese Red Navy! From the outside, it is the I-18, from the fuselage paint, it is the white livery of the Japanese Red Navy, and there is also the logo of the golden sun on a red background! But why would they attack themselves? A few comrades who were a little quicker to react quickly discovered the problem.
Wrong! This I-18 is a two-seater fighter jet, and it also has a cabin cover!
Oh my God, imperialism actually copied the I-18! It's despicable to disguise them as fighters of the Japanese Red Navy to carry out sneak attacks!!
But they had no way to tell their comrades about this new discovery, because there was no radio on their plane!
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"Boom ......"
Another huge ball of fire rose up behind the island of the USS Lexington, and the huge shock wave shook everyone on the island, and the quick-eyed captain Colonel Halsey grabbed the handrail beside him, and finally did not fall.
"Captain, the stern deck has been shot again, and one of the elevators has been damaged......"
"The Saratoga reported that the aviation deck was hit by two bombs and a large hole was blown through!"
"It's the light cruiser Raleigh, and oh my God, its ammunition depot was blown up......"
"Captain, do you want the Buffalo to come back to cover us?" The eyes of Lieutenant Commander Stewart, the first mate of the Lexington, were red as he watched the Japanese I-18 fighters who easily broke through the F2A block drop bomb after bomb on the heads of the USS Lexington, USS Saratoga and USS Brave, as well as the escort ships around them. Loud Jarsey ordered the fighters to return to the defense.
"No, their target is the enemy's Il-1."
Halsey shook his head. The current tactic is that he himself proposed, disguising the British Sea Hurricane as the Japanese I-18 and lurking at high altitude, waiting for an opportunity to surprise the Japanese Il-1, while the F2A Buffalo on the Lexington and Saratoga also ignored the opponent's I-18 as much as possible and concentrated on hitting the Il-1. Because, after all, the I-18 is a fighter, even if the bomb is hung. The heavily armored USS Lexington and Saratoga and the British aircraft carrier HMS Valiant were also not a great threat, and at most they were unlikely to be sunk with damage, let alone those eight battleships. It's a different story with the Il-1, which can carry 1,000 pounds of bombs and torpedoes, and in this morning's attack on Pearl Harbor, it did eight battleships! His own Lexington is simply not enough to see.
Fortunately, the Japanese were confused by their own deployment, and they also used the I-18 to hang bombs to fight the first wave of attacks. As a result, their Il-1 attack/bomber group was confused by a sea hurricane disguised as an Il-1 due to the lack of fighter protection. They were knocked unconscious at once, and many Il-1s threw away bombs and torpedoes and fled in all directions. Seeing that the F2A had a chance to take advantage of it, he also left the I-18 alone, and pounced on the I-1 who was in a hurry. As a result, hundreds of planes were in chaos in the air. Seeing that the signs were wrong, some of the Il-18 fighters who had dropped the bombs hurriedly returned to help, but what was waiting for them was not only the firepower of the Sea Hurricane and F2A, but also the bullets fired by the dizzy Il-1 pilot! In such a chaotic situation. It is not surprising that some people regard genuine goods as knockoffs, but they suffer from the elite pilots of the Soviet Union (Japan) who flew the I-18, and they did not dare to fight back after being beaten, and the most hateful thing is that they themselves sometimes do not recognize the genuine counterfeits......
"I'm my own! It's your own people...... You idiot! "Kurishenko is so depressed in his heart now. Just now he was the first to finish dropping a bomb, dropping a 150-kilogram bomb on the deck of an American aircraft carrier. Later, when he saw that the Americans' F2A was attacking the Il-1 on his side, he hurriedly flew a plane back to help. As a result, before he could engage the Yankees' planes, several Il-1s opened fire on him! Fortunately, these guys' marksmanship is not good, so they didn't take the life of Comrade Kulishchenko.
But before he could remember the number of the plane that fired, more Il-1s fired at him, and several Il-1s dropped bombs/torpedoes and fled for their lives. I don't know what medicine I took wrong? If there was a radio station on his plane, he would have to ask and the truth would have come out. However, the Soviet Union's shortwave radio production was limited and of poor quality, so neither the Il-18 nor the Il-2 were installed on the aid to Japan. In this case, no one will pay attention to waving a small flag, so the entire fleet can be regarded as completely losing command.
Fortunately, Kurishenko is a time-tested GC fighter who was able to stay in danger in such a situation and quickly found out the problem. It turned out that the cunning and despicable imperialist enemy disguised himself as an I-18 with a Hurricane fighter (he knew there was such a thing)! However, just because he found a problem does not mean that all the I-18 pilots have found out. Soon a dazed I-18 chased his ass and opened fire!
Seeing strings of tongues of fire scurrying around him, Kurishenko didn't know how many times he had cursed this stupid guy in his heart! But what does the curse do? The fool couldn't hear again, and Comrade Trotsky couldn't hear either, as for God...... That's not zĂ i!
"Damn broken planes!" Kurishenko's comrades-in-arms who had finished cursing the GCISM began to curse the GCIST plane he was flying, which had some minor glitches shortly after takeoff, and it was very difficult to maneuver, and many difficult tumbling operations could not be done. And the I-18 that chased after itself and fired did not have this problem......
Two 20mm cannons and two machine guns have locked on Kurishenko, and at the same time roared violently, he only felt that he and the plane seemed to have fallen into a rainstorm of bullets and shells, no matter how to dodge it was in vain, and finally the fuselage shook violently a few times, the right wing had disappeared, and the plane involuntarily fell down. Kurishenko shook his head with a wry smile, ripped off his seat belt and jumped out of the cabin. His parachute finally didn't fail, and it opened smoothly. He was safely sent to a Yankee prisoner of war camp. He fought a series of battles against US imperialism in a prisoner of war camp, and finally became a reactionary American citizen after the end of World War II.
"Roar. It's another fight! â
Minoru Genda is one of the few elite Japanese pilots who is qualified to fly the I-18 fighter! He...... It is indeed very elite, there are already four results today, two P-26s were laid down in the morning, one F2A was laid down just now, and now the commander of his own flight regiment has been laid, it is really a trump card!
After defeating his immediate boss, Genda found another sea hurricane (this time there was no mistake). Compared with the "enemy plane" that had just been knocked down, this Sea Hurricane was significantly more flexible. Although it was also locked by Genda. But he made all kinds of difficult dodge moves left and right, Genda's teeth were about to crush, he didn't expect this fighter plane that looked almost exactly the same as his own I-18 to be so flexible, it seems that the level of copying and imitation by US imperialism is really very set.
At this time, the good fortune of the American (British) aircraft carriers seemed to be coming to an end, and although the British Sea Hurricane and the American F2A Buffalo tried their best to stop their opponents, they could not withstand the Japanese Il-1 too many. The huge fleet was broken up and almost the entire sky was filled. And the I-18, who returned after dropping the bomb, also began to fire after the F2A's ass. More and more Il-1s also recovered from the initial panic and began to penetrate from high altitude and low altitude according to the original plan.
"Assert ......"
The Il-1 dive bomber, like the HS-111 and Stukka, emits a piercing screech when making a sharp dive. The American sailors who heard this sound for the first time were immediately panicked and aimed their anti-aircraft guns at the dive bombers, but at this time, the Il-1 torpedo bombers swooped down against the sea again, and the American sailors who were in a hurry had to allocate half of their anti-aircraft fire to deal with the torpedo planes.
Although there is no unified command. There were no radio stations to communicate with each other, but these elite Soviet-Japanese pilots still played a wonderful cooperation in this extremely chaotic battlefield. Halsey, who was standing on the island of the USS Lexington, changed his face drastically.
It is clear that these enemies are better than their own lads, and they are determined to sink their own aircraft carriers!
Strings of fire poured out from the Lexington's anti-aircraft fire, and the cruiser destroyers around it fired desperately to stop it. It's a pity that there are too many enemies from the air, and the anti-aircraft fire of American ships is not too strong at the moment. This is the evil consequence of slowing down naval construction for a long time by pretending to be the leader of the world's navies. Now it's up to Halsey, the best American aircraft carrier captain, to taste it.
Although he showed near-perfect technique in his own operation, the 38,000-ton aircraft carrier was as agile as a destroyer, and the stern pulled out a graceful S-shaped wake on the sea, but there was still a 1,000-pound bomb that pierced the stern's flight deck and hangar armor.
"Boom!"
The bomb exploded in Hangar No. 3, which was full of BT-1 dive bombers, and immediately tore all the more than 30 planes inside, and by the way, it also tore a lot of holes in the top of the hangar, and ignited a small amount of fuel and oil and other flammable materials in the hangar.
Before Halsey could come to his senses and give the order to inspect the damage, someone yelled in his ear: "Torpedo! 1000 meters on the port side, 5 pieces! â
Halsey hurriedly turned the rudder to dodge, the huge aircraft carrier twisted its body on the sea, almost a 90-degree turn, just when Halsey thought his aircraft carrier could dodge, someone shouted: "Bomb!" Bomb! "It's coming. Hearing this voice, the admiral really wanted to cry without tears, it was a torpedo and a bomb, and little Japan didn't let people live? And it's not just three aircraft carriers worth bombing here! There are also 8 battleships with rough skin and thick flesh are also quite expensive, why don't these little Japan bomb them?
"Boom ......" and two more dazzling fireballs rose from the Lexington. A 1,000-pound bomb hit the deck of the ship's amidships, causing a massive explosion in Hangar No. 2. In addition, a torpedo hit the stern, opening a large hole in the butt of the aircraft carrier, and hundreds of tons of seawater poured in, and the aircraft carrier instantly appeared a 15-degree tilt, and Halsey had no choice but to order the water injection to maintain balance.
"General, it looks like the Lexington is in danger!" On the USS Pennsylvania, Nimitz lowered his binoculars and said to Vice Admiral Bullock, "The battleship should be brought close to the aircraft carrier for cover." â
"Cover? Colonel, a battleship is not a light cruiser and a destroyer, this is a far more expensive weapon than an aircraft carrier! â
Vice Admiral Bullock, who has been a battleship faction all his life, is quite satisfied with the current battle situation, the results of the air battle are better than expected, 18 Sea Hurricanes pretending to be Il-1 really have a miraculous effect, the downed Japanese planes seem to have exceeded 100, and his 8 battleships are still intact, although 3 motherships are not damaged by different courses, but there is no intention of sinking.
Just as Vice Admiral Bullock was pondering whether to use a fleet night battle to establish himself as the next commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, the USS Saratoga, which was the target of the attack, was also heavily damaged, with four 1,000-pound bombs and three torpedoes hitting the giant aircraft carrier one after another.
The first armor-piercing shell hit the island of the aircraft carrier, breaking through the armor on the top of the island, and there was a big explosion inside the island, killing all the main officers, including the captain and first mate of the Saratoga, on the spot!
The second armor-piercing bomb went straight through the Saratoga's massive chimney. The aircraft carrier has a strong power of up to 180,000 horsepower, so the chimney is also very large. The bomb that managed to burrow into the chimney exploded in the boiler compartment of the mothership, destroying six Babcock-Wilcox type heavy oil boilers and causing a fire.
The third and fourth armor-piercing bombs pierced the flight deck, then passed through the lower horizontal armor and entered the hangar, where they came directly to the middle and ignited another fire.
Three aviation torpedoes did not do much damage to the aircraft carrier, which was converted from the hull of a battlecruiser. Solid waterline armor and waterproof compartments withstood the test, and three not-so-large breaches and a few hundred tons of seawater were nothing to the mothership. But the combination of the explosion and the growing fire in the boiler compartment and hangar, as well as the loss of effective command, made the mothership completely incapacitated.
The two sturdy and somewhat unspeakable American aircraft carriers, although they were heavily damaged, did not sink after all, but the British Brave did not have such good luck. This mothership is nothing more than the foundation of a large cruiser, and it simply cannot withstand 1000 pounds of bombs and 450 kg of aviation torpedoes in turn.
At 6:35 p.m. on December 21, 1933, the Japanese Navy finally reaped a heavy victory, after hitting 5 torpedoes and 8 bombs, Colonel Stevenson, the captain of the British aircraft carrier Brave, tearfully gave the order to abandon the ship.