At 13:30 on December 7, 1941, Hawaii time, the USS Wyvern

"Report Major General Yamaguchi! At present, the six aircraft carriers in the fleet have dispatched a total of 364 carrier-based aircraft, and the total loss of the two waves of attacks is 54 aircraft! The third wave of the offensive is ready! Give your order! ”

As soon as these words came out, Tawen Yamaguchi, who was still recuperating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, and then looked at the captain Kalai Jio with a look full of approval.

"Good! Very energetic! ”

"Pass my orders! Let the samurai go out at once! Hurry up for the third wave of the attack! Whether it's an oil depot or a shipyard in an ugly country, blow them all up for me! ”

"As much as I hate Army red deer, they have a policy that I personally agree with! Kill them all! Grab the light! Burn it out! Wherever the Combined Fleet goes, there must be no grass! ”

In the process of announcing the order, Yamaguchi Tashi had already entered a state of madness, and even threw a few drops of saliva from the corners of his mouth when he roared.

However, no one at the scene cared about his gaffe, because the other people were really not much better than their own commander.

Without him, because the gains of this operation were so great that the entire Pacific Fleet was almost hit hard by the raiding fleet.

"Hey!"

"I'm going to inform the captains of each formation, and by the way, I'll give Lieutenant General Nagumo a copy of the plan!"

Five minutes later, the Wyvern, through the flagship and semaphore, sent Yamaguchi's plan to the nominal commander-in-chief, and only then informed the entire fleet.

After getting the information handed over by the communications staff officer, Nagumo Tadaichi's face instantly turned the color of pig liver.

"Huh?"

"Who does that guy think he is? A junior really wants to command me? Mouse Eyed Guy? He even thinks about launching a third wave of attacks!? ”

Nagumo's anger is understandable, as there has never been a precedent in IJN for juniors to command seniors.

The first two waves of attacks are not counted, after all, he is not as experienced as Yamaguchi in aviation operations, and letting the temporary command of the family can be said to be a manifestation of taking the overall situation into account.

But now that the mission has ended beyond expectations, the other party still wants to launch a third wave of attacks?

No way! When pigs fly! If he relinquishes power, he will be regarded as a coward who is easy to bully by all the top brass of the navy.

What's more, even if the third wave of the plan is successful, only a small part of the post-war credit will be credited to oneself. But once he fails, he will have to bear the infamy of the whole country.

This kind of thankless thing, of course, Nagumo Tadaichi will not do.

"Tell me Yamaguchi that the samurai of the younger country need to rest, they are no longer capable of attacking again!"

"And my task is to bring the entire fleet back to the mainland safely, so that the kid doesn't have nothing to do, otherwise I'll let him remember the years on Etajima."

Hearing this, the communications staff officer immediately carried out the order of his commander and sent the above words out as they were.

In fact, in addition to not wanting to take the blame, Nanyun really has his own ideas.

First of all, the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is a very complicated matter. Under normal circumstances, you will fly out one batch of planes and take back another batch before you can continue the bombing mission.

In a situation like today, two batches have been dispatched in succession, which is a great test of the work efficiency and basic skills of the deck and ground crew, and even the elite of the elite is about to reach the limit.

If the third wave is dispatched now, it will most likely be night when the carrier-based aircraft are recovered.

Even if their HNA has the ability to take off and land at night, there will definitely be an accident when the time comes, and the precious plane and pilot will be buried in the sea.

Secondly, now every pilot of the six aircraft carriers has gone through several hours of flying and high-intensity combat, and almost all of them are fatigued pilots.

One more sortie will lead to an inefficient attack, and it will inevitably hit most of the Pearl Island's air defense. In this way, there is no need to engage in high-risk actions with unknown returns.

Although it is true that he is a battleship faction, the battleship faction also needs carrier-based aircraft to assist in combat.

What's more, the cost of more than 300 fighters is almost equal to the cost of one-third of the Yamato-class battleships. My brother country is so poor, and the ghost is crazy with you Yamaguchi Duowen.

In the end, the entire IJN focused only on combat forces, extremely neglecting supplies, and not understanding the importance of bases in the vast Pacific Ocean.

As long as there is a war, the primary target must be the enemy's battle fleet, and the supply transport ships and other things are simply ignored and never pay attention to the destruction of transport lines.

Otherwise, with the number of submarines they have, they can definitely play with the Americans and break the engagement. After all, in the naval national focus of a certain 7+ game, the Japanese line emphasizes submarine tactics.

That is, in the original plan, the raiding fleet did not have the idea of bombing such strategic facilities as oil depots and naval dockyards at all.

The boss of his own family said that once the war started, he would concentrate his firepower to attack the enemy's main fleet, so as to ensure that the key obstacles in East Asia would be invincible.

Therefore, some pilots who deviated from the course would rather drop bombs on the army barracks on Pearl Harbor, or even bomb schools, than try to attack critical shipyards, oil depots, submarine bases, and other targets.

If nothing else, let's talk about the female stove god.

After the destruction of the Arizona, the maintenance ship was affected by the shock wave, and the captain was shocked into the water.

But even so, the pilots of the First Air War refused to mend their swords, and they spared the strongest nurse in the naval war during World War II.

Soon, Tawen Yamaguchi, who was on the bridge of the Flying Dragon, received a reply from Nagumo. I saw the crazy major general smile with disdain, and then threw the letter in his hand into the trash.

"Rat-eyed? The raid on Oahu is a gamble on the fortunes of the country, and we have to win, and it has to be a stud win. Only in this way can we buy time for our brother country. ”

"Now that Pearl Harbor is isolated, you Nagumo is stopping just because you are afraid of losing carrier-based aircraft and pilots! Traitor! He's a national thief through and through! ”

"I have the dictation of Admiral Yamamoto! Pass my orders! Heaven punishes the national thief! Let the two of them, Ryunosuke Kusaka and Minoru Genda, immediately take over the command of the First Voyage Battle! All the responsibilities and consequences are borne by me alone! ”

Crazy?

It's crazy indeed.

But it's the traditional custom of the book.,What's more, today isn't the first time Yamaguchi has ordered grass Nanyun.,Who made him really have a hint of Yamamoto's seven-by-eight.。

In fact, in the beginning, Yamaguchi Tawen's reason for attempting to bomb the oil depot and shipyard was simple.

After two rounds of attacks, Oahu had neither land-based fighters that could take off to meet the enemy, nor an unaccounted aircraft carrier battle fleet.

I still have some aerial bombs left, so why not empty my inventory?

But after seeing Nagumo Tadaichi's reply, a bold and cognitive idea suddenly flashed in the old devil's mind.

It seems that as long as the dock at Pearl Harbor is blown up, the ugly Pacific Fleet will have to pull back to California if it wants to repair the ship. Wouldn't this one go back and forth buy a few more months?

As it turned out, Yamaguchi's idea of smelling more was not wrong at all.

In the later Battle of the Coral Sea, it was at Pearl Harbor that the Yorktown underwent emergency repairs to receive the unsinkable title and rejoin the battle.

If the Battle of Midway had lost Yorktown, it was impossible to say who would have won the battle.

After making up his mind in his heart, Yamaguchi said to the staff officer who was waiting:

"A thief from the countryside easily touched the manor of a rich man, only to touch a little silver cutlery and slipped away in a hurry, this is what our lieutenant general Nagumo did."

"Leave him alone, and immediately let all the carrier-based aircraft take the plane and move out."

"The third wave of the offensive, focusing on the enemy's docks and oil depots. If you really can't find a target, you can go and bomb the remaining surface ships in the military port. ”

Hearing this, the communications staff officer immediately transmitted the combat order to the entire fleet. And Kusaka Ryunosuke and Minoru Genda also responded very strongly on the Akagi.

An hour and a half later, the third wave of carrier-based aircraft, totaling 155 units, took off from their respective aircraft carriers in an orderly manner.

Their target is strategic facilities on Oahu.

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As it turned out, the third wave of the book's attack didn't go very well.

The reason is just one word, and that is poverty.

After the end of the second wave of the offensive, the entire assault fleet was fully stocked with only 310 rounds of 250KG high-explosive aerial bombs.

These gadgets, even if they all hit and add 800KG of armor-piercing aerial bombs, in an ideal state, can only destroy one-tenth of the dock of the ugly country's navy.

Fortunately, Mitsuo Fuchida had some real skills, and after finding that it was difficult to blow up the naval dock, he immediately led a team to pounce on the oil depot on Ford Island.

There were several aviation fuel tanks there, which, after being blown up, would be enough for the subsequent aviation units to lose their combat endurance in a short time.

As for why not choose heavy frying oil?

Quite simply, because the damage isn't very good.

Each tank over there is surrounded by a mound of dirt, making the foundation of the tank itself lower than the surrounding land. Even if it is hit by a fuel leak, it will first be confined to the trench for burning.

Secondly, there are fireproof embankments around the oil tanks, which can play a good role in isolation.

Finally, there is a pipeline equipment under the tank, which can pump out the oil stored in the threatened tank in case of emergency, and isolate the possibility of explosion.

In addition, most of the oil depots stored in the port area are heavy oil, which does not burn more violently than gasoline, so it will not produce a deflagration effect and is relatively difficult to spread.

Rather than bothering to blow up the other three oil depots, it is better to concentrate on the Stud on Ford Island.

Of course, due to the influence of the wind direction and wind speed, the actions of Mitsuo Fuchida and his party did not go well. The black smoke caused by those aviation fuels greatly reduced the hit rate of dive bombers in the formation.

After the entire third wave, the effect can only be said to be like a bomb, which is better than nothing.

The real bombing dock depends on the performance of the Baye Air Force in 1942. (End of chapter)