As it turned out, the temporary decision to replace the ammunition did not allow Yamaguchi to become a reload wonder man first.

After all, there is only one Dutch ocean-going oil tanker in the waters around Oahu, and it poses no threat to the Japanese raiding forces.

But!

The Ugly Nation soldiers at Pearl Harbor seized the fleeting opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's delay in reloading to reactivate most of the island's air defenses.

When the carrier-based aircraft of the book reappeared on Oahu, a large number of heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers suddenly opened fire, and the sky was instantly covered by a dense network of firepower.

The sudden counterattack,The books were more or less caught off guard.。

To add insult to injury, the weather is not on IJN's side.

Pearl Harbor, which used to be a sunny sky, is now shrouded in low clouds.

In such a harsh environment, even elite pilots in Hainan Airlines can hardly guarantee their actual combat hit rate. If you want to expand the results of the war, you must pay a certain price.

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"Your Excellency! Look! There's a battleship moving in the bottom left! ”

Hearing this, Mitsuo Fuchida immediately picked up the binoculars and began to observe. The battleship had its iconic triangular mast, and it seemed to have a fire control device on top.

This kind of illegal construction unique to the United States allows the old devil to guess which one the other party is even without looking at the intelligence and the gunwale.

"That's the Nevada! It seems that the ugly people have reached the point of exhaustion, and they actually tried to escape from the port. ”

"If we can sink it, there's a good chance that the shipping lanes will be completely blocked and Pearl Harbor won't be able to function properly for the next few months."

Unlike other capital ships, the Nevada keeps one boiler burning even on holidays when not on combat duty.

It is precisely because of her good habits that she has become the only surface ship in the military port that can be launched in a short time.

When Mitsuo Fuchida and others finally broke through the anti-aircraft fire network on the periphery, the battleship had already untied its cables and anchors with the joint efforts of the workers and crew, and was rushing towards the south of Pearl Harbor.

"Pass my orders and everyone except the first formation to act according to the original plan."

"Don't attack immediately in the first formation, wait until the Nevada arrives at Queen Emma's Horn before starting the formation!"

One thing to say, it is difficult to completely block the channel with only an old-fashioned Iron King Eight. In order to improve the feasibility of the plan, the old devil decided to put a long line to catch big fish.

After all, for the current ugly countrymen, the battleship standing still is bound to be a dead end. Even if they know that the calm in front of them is a conspiracy against them, they have to fight to the death.

As for whether it will be due to negligence, a high-value target will be let go?

No kidding, in addition to the six aircraft carriers, the assault fleet also has two Kongo-class battleships, Hiei and Kirishima.

It's the same fifth-class ship, the same 356 mm main gun, could it be that my sixteen pipes can't beat you ten? What's more, he still has Nagumo Tadaichi, an expert in mine warfare, what is there to be afraid of.

After receiving the order of his own captain, the 97 ships from Kaga and Akagi temporarily climbed the altitude and watched the Nevada go all the way south.

When the target arrived at the predetermined combat area, a dozen torpedo bombers and dive bombers began to reduce their altitude, baring their fangs at the enemy ship.

"The anti-aircraft artillery group is on full alert!"

"Stop those Japanese and don't let the enemy get close to our battleships!"

Unlike the original timeline, the captain of the Nedava did not spend the night on shore. It is precisely because of the presence of the backbone that the sailors can burst out with good combat effectiveness.

Seeing the appearance of the enemy plane, Colonel Scanlan did not hesitate to grasp the communication device and gave the battle order to the whole ship.

Every fighter stuck to his combat post and pulled the trigger when ordered by his superiors.

"Hit!"

As soon as the first enemy aircraft came into range, the anti-aircraft fire team on the battleship immediately opened fire, and one after another fired angry bullets and shells at the air villain.

The current USS Nevada, which has not yet undergone modern modifications. Most of the 127s on board are not high-level dual-purpose versions, and Erlikong and Bofors do not even have a shadow.

However, with only single-barreled 127 anti-aircraft guns, Chicago pianos, and some 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, the sailors still played the demeanor of American air defense, and even achieved quite good results.

Of course, the pilots of the First Air War are not rookies.

After the loss of three 97 ships, the bold book of the artist began to use the barrage in reverse, while diving to avoid the anti-aircraft fire network, while locking the position of the enemy battleship according to the fireworks.

"Boom!"

With bursts of exclamations and torpedo explosions, the port side of the Nevada was hit by a 91-2 aviation torpedo.

Although her hull below the waterline has a 38 mm thick mine belt.

However, due to design flaws, there is no waterproof area on the inside of its defensive next door, and the rear is directly the core cabin in the ship.

After being hit by a torpedo, a large amount of water entered and the hull tilted towards the bow. The ensuing bomb attacks frequently interrupted the actions of the damage management team.

"Captain! The main fuel tank was ruptured. The lower cabin was flooded, and the hull was tilted to an octave. ”

As soon as these words came out, Colonel Scanlan immediately ran out of the bridge and looked at the deck below and the main turret and other important parts.

"Now in this situation, we will definitely not be able to pass through the strait. If the ship sinks here, there is a high probability that it will block the exit of the channel, and she will have to dock to the shore! ”

In the end, the Nevada, which had suffered three torpedoes, eight aerial bombs, and several near-misses, ran aground on the beach at the Naval Hospital Point.

After the air raid, the crew also had to fight the fire and water to prevent the Akagi from achieving the merciless achievements of the water and fire.

However, even the most optimistic maintenance personnel have to admit an ironclad fact: continuous flooding will cause the ship to sink in shallow water sooner or later.

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"Lieutenant General Halsey! Colonel Murray calls! ”

"At present, the Enterprise, under the cover of the wreckage of the Lexington and Saratoga, is fighting the enemy's carrier-based aircraft formation. With her shipboard weapons, she cooperated with the USS California and ground forces to temporarily stabilize her position. ”

"Except for the deck and hangar, which were a little damaged, there was nothing wrong with the rest of the area."

As soon as these words came out, Halsey finally put the hanging heart back in his stomach.

At present, there are only three aircraft carriers in the entire Pacific Fleet, and if the Enterprise is destroyed by the Japanese carrier-based aircraft formation, then it will be no different from the commander of the light pole.

The big E is indeed damaged, but since the aircraft carrier is not in a state of combat readiness, there will definitely be no oil and gas explosions or chain explosions of hangar ammunition.

The deck was unarmoured, so it was not a hassle to repair at all. As long as the carrier-based aircraft are replenished, a month later he will be a good man again.

Of course, a large part of the reason the company was able to survive the air raid was because Yamaguchi miscalculated the ammunition.

In the old devil's original assumption, even if the damage of a 250KG bomb to the battleship is limited, it is definitely more than enough to destroy a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier.

But here's the problem.

To deal with surface ships with pure wooden decks and open hangars, armor-piercing aerial bombs with a small charge coefficient can only smash a hole in the flight deck.

Even if a 250KG bomb explodes in the hangar, it is difficult to cause any substantial damage.

Fire in the ship?

The U.S. damage management will take care of everything, and the big deal will be to push the burning carrier-based aircraft into the sea.

The most correct choice for Yamaguchi Duowen should be to let the 99 ship-explosive formations of each aircraft carrier carry four 60KG or two 120KG high-explosive bombs.

Lightweight bombs do not penetrate too much during the fall and can explode close to the bottom of the flight deck.

In fact, the problems of the Japanese raiding fleet in the second wave of the offensive were far more than that. The most serious mistake is that many pilots choose the wrong target.

The ninety-nine type 25 armor-piercing bombs carried by the book,The damage to the battleship is negligible,Light cruisers and destroyers are the most suitable targets。

But most of the pilots who raided the fleet were young brutes in their twenties, and no one wanted to tell their families when they went home that they had only bombed a light ship with a tonnage of less than 10,000 at Pearl Harbor.

In addition, there was the first wave of attack Zhuyu in front, so they desperately threw 250KG of aerial bombs on the battleship, and they scraped for almost half an hour.

There are even a few outrageous second-hand goods who try to blow up Pennsylvania in the dock with the gadgets in their hands, but the result is naturally in vain.

As for Phoenix, St. Louis, and an Omaha-class moored northeast of the harbor, they really didn't even want to look at it, and let them and a few destroyers rush out of the harbor.

It can only be said that Phoenix City is worthy of being Mai Dashuai's flagship in the future, and even the posture of turning in is extremely similar.

After a moment, Halsey let out a heavy sigh.

"Tell me to go down and strengthen the defenses around the Enterprise. No one knows whether the Japanese will launch a third wave of attacks and must keep the last aircraft carrier. ”

"God, I don't know how I'm going to spend my days."

In the original timeline, the Enterprise had to wait until 1943 to fight alone.

Of the only three aircraft carriers left at that time, one was deployed in the Atlantic, one was still lying in the dock, and the only one that still had the strength to fight was the big E.

It's good now, the three aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet were almost wiped out by the book, how can this keep Halsey from worrying. (End of chapter)