Chapter 160: Air Strike! Burning Pearl Harbor! (c)

In just half an hour, the main fleet of the US Navy suffered terrible losses.

The largest and newest "Arizona" in the fleet after eating seven torpedoes in a row, within a few minutes it was seriously tilted, and the bottom of the ship was exposed to the sea; although the captain ordered to urgently inject water into the starboard side to level it, it was powerless, and the battleship sank rapidly, and the hull of more than 30,000 tons was finally tilted 30 degrees to the left and slanted into the seabed at a depth of 12 meters.

The "Oklahoma" and the "Texas" each ate six torpedoes, the former being able to slowly sink vertically because the watertight door was closed in time and water was poured into the starboard side of the Lu, and the side was close to the "Nevada"; The latter sank to the bottom of the sea tilting before any remedial measures could be taken.

The "Arkansas" was hit by five torpedoes, and due to the effective damage management measures, the hull was controlled at a 5-degree tilt, but it lost power due to water ingress in the boiler room.

Shielded by four armored cruisers docked at the dock on the east coast (the tall masts prevented the access of the torpedo machines), the "Utah" ate only three torpedoes, and the "North Dakota" ate four, the former did not lose power, and under the command of Vice Admiral Emley, commander of the second detachment of battleships, began an intense fire and anchor operation; Although the latter controlled the tilt, it was unable to operate due to damage to the steering gear and propeller.

The 5 warships on the outside of the West Mooring Yard sank quickly without exception!

As the first class of American dreadnought warships, the 16,000-ton "Michigan" did not improve much in terms of underwater defense compared with the previous old warships.

Not to mention the fate of the other four old battleships: after the "Louisiana" ate the fifth torpedo, there was a sudden explosion in the front, and in an instant, the entire hull almost popped out of the sea, and a thick column of smoke suddenly rose several hundred meters into the air...... The battleship broke in half and sank to the bottom of the sea, and the explosion swept away the entire starboard side of the USS Connecticut, which was moored inboard.

"Minnesota" was hit by as many as seven torpedoes in a row, and the entire starboard side completely fell apart, almost at a standard 90-degree angle to the bottom of the sea.

Protected by the cruisers near Cape Pearl, the New Jersey had only four torpedoes, but such a blow was too much for an old warship with extremely weak underwater protection - in just a few minutes, it was plunged diagonally to the bottom of the sea.

The Georgia was hit by three torpedoes, and although the water was filled in time, the sinking was inevitable, and the foredeck of the battleship was quickly submerged in the water - until the muzzle of the 305mm main gun on its strange double turret plunged into the sea.

The cruisers near Cape Pearl were also attacked, and the 10,000-ton armored cruisers "Frederick" and "Huntington" were each hit with a torpedo, which, although tilted at one point, did not cause too serious damage.

The Ford Island seaplane base and Hickam airfield were repeatedly swept by Chinese fighter jets with machine guns and bombs, and tents that served as makeshift hangars were set on fire, and although some bravely pushed several planes out of the tents, none of them managed to take off successfully - either the pilots were hit or the planes were set on fire.

As the torpedoed attack planes flew off the sea northwest of Pearl Harbor to allow the group to return, there was a brief silence in the harbor - only a few fighters were still stubbornly strafing Hickam airfield south of the harbor.

Taking advantage of this short interval in the attack, the ships in the harbor that had not been seriously damaged urgently raised their fires and anchors, the sailors rushed to the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine gun positions with ammunition on their shoulders, and the working barges quickly drove towards the damaged ships - long jets of water were sprayed from high-pressure faucets.

The damaged new dreadnought began to leak a lot of heavy oil, and the officers and men who fell into the water struggled desperately in the viscous oil slick, fortunately, the oil layer had not yet caught fire, however, the few battleships that sank quickly produced a huge suction, countless sailors were swept into the death vortex, and many more sailors were trapped alive in the sunken and capsized ship......

Looking at the harbor with thick smoke billowing out, Admiral Evenley viciously ordered: "The enemy is coming from the north, order Rear Admiral Dresy and Commodore Duke's cruiser force to immediately turn to the north of Oahu to search!" All the ships that can move out of port as fast as they can, ready to launch a counterattack on the enemy! ”

Rear Admiral Dresy's four armored cruisers were patrolling 300 nautical miles southwest of Oahu at this time, and Commodore Duke's four protective cruisers were 250 nautical miles west of Oahu.

The silence was quickly broken.

At 08:55, the second wave of the Chinese army arrived over Pearl Harbor.

The second attack wave was each dispatched by the "Dapeng" and "Yunpeng" with 21 ship attackers, 6 ship battles, and 4 ship reconnaissance planes, and the "Golden Falcon" and "Saker" each sent 12 ship attackers, 6 ship battles, and 4 ship reconnaissance planes, totaling 104 ship attack planes, 24 ship battles, and 16 ship reconnaissance planes, of which except for 4 squadrons and 24 ship attack planes carrying torpedoes to carry out supplementary attacks, the rest of the aircraft all carried bombs (the "Thunder Eagle" ship attack carried 1 250 kg bomb, 4 50 kg bombs, and the "Dongfeng" The ship scout carried one 250-kilogram bomb and the "Sea Lightning" fighter carried two 25-kilogram bombs), and it was planned that while the "Sea Lightning" fighter suppressed the enemy's anti-aircraft fire with machine guns and small bombs, the "Thunder Eagle" and "Dongfeng" carrying bombs would carry out horizontal bombardment of enemy ships that could not be attacked by torpedoes.

As the two red flares on the command plane jumped high, the attack aircraft group divided into several groups, each selected a target and entered the attack course.

"Pearl Harbor! Here we go! ”

Facing the harbor with thick smoke, Lieutenant Cai Guolan of the 504th Ship Battle Squadron shouted excitedly.

Pull down the goggles, lower the nose, the main mooring is to the north, the biggest fat pig is ...... "Pennsylvania"! That's right, it's you! You're the one you're going to slaughter today!

There was a sudden loud bang in her ears, and the fuselage shook violently for a while, and Cai Guolan felt that her intestines were about to shake out - what? Flak?

I saw clearly, on the small platform behind the chimney, the smoke was filled, and the red light flashed rapidly - it should be right, there it was!

Press the lever, step on the accelerator, and get on!

Yankee, eat me and talk about it!

Closer, closer, in addition to the sound of the wind and the sound of bullets, the enemy's machine guns are firing in this direction! Never mind that, the only task now is to take out that anti-aircraft gun!

Don't be afraid, baby, I'll help you mend the skin when I get back—

Enough distance! Fire! Two eight-year-old heavy machine guns in the nose spewed a dense stream of bullets from between the propellers, firing for a second or two? I didn't have time to think about it, I pulled down the bomb throwing handle hard, and the fuselage suddenly floated lightly, it's time! Pull rod! Give me a head up!

When the picture of the warship and the harbor was completely replaced by the blue sky and broken clouds, Cai Guolan looked back, and two weak plumes of smoke disproportionate to the huge hull slowly rose.

Did it hit?

The question flashed, the red light flashed in his eyes, and while the plane shook violently, his shoulder ached!

"Oops......"

After all, it was a girl, Cai Guolan couldn't help but scream, and what was worse was that the engine stopped spinning after a few fluttering sounds......