My own war game

Chapter 204 Pirates! Robbery!
Time goes back 12 hours ago, northwest of Pearl Harbor.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! They're American bombers!!!" A lookout on the Kaga on the periphery shouted loudly, and then shook the alarm with his hand.

The 16th century method of searching for the enemy using lookouts was still being used by the Japanese Navy in 1941. The reason was that the ignorant people in the Navy Ministry believed that radar was a unorthodox method and that the role of humans should be maximized in war.

Therefore, almost every large Japanese watercraft had a few unlucky guys who drank cod liver oil all day long, standing on the watchtower, holding binoculars and using their eyes to search for possible enemies in all directions.

After all, the Bushido spirit is not omnipotent. No matter how much he risks his life, he cannot improve his eyesight. In addition, the time approaching dusk further affects the lookout's ability to search for the enemy.

Therefore, the timing when the US bomber attack squadron was discovered was much closer to the Japanese fleet than expected.

Of course, the Japanese Navy was still very professional. After the alarm sounded, the ships on the sea quickly began to maneuver and formed an air defense fire network.

In the direction of the US fighter planes' raid, the ships responsible for guarding were the battleship Kirishima and the light cruiser Nagara.

BANG BANG BANG!!! BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!
"Shoot! Shoot! Target, American planes ahead, shoot!!"

The sound of the 25mm triple-mounted anti-aircraft gun resounded all around. This rapid-fire anti-aircraft gun equipped with a simple shield is the main weapon against dive bombers.

However, compared with the US military's anti-aircraft guns, this weapon was designed with a very strange position. There was an independent platform next to the shooter, on which a special low-level officer held a command knife in his hand, constantly waving it toward the sky, and shouting at the shooter to shoot into the sky.

The problem is that the shooter has his own eyes and doesn't need anyone next to him to give him directions. From a third-party perspective, it would be better to have an ammunition handler standing in such a large position with someone who can only shout.

According to official Japanese military statements, this position is called the gunnery sergeant position, and its main function is to ensure that the firepower of each gun is operated correctly, and to convey orders to shoot or adjust targets by waving a command knife.

But in fact, until the end of the war, American soldiers did not understand what this thing was used for.

A group of fearless bombers are roaring in!

The pilot pulled the plane up to an altitude of about three thousand meters and then began to dive. The brake plates on the upper and lower surfaces of the aircraft's wings were opened, which reduced the downward speed of the aircraft and gave the pilot time to aim.

The pilot controlled the plane in the rain of bullets, suddenly dropped a bomb at an altitude of 1000 meters and then pulled the plane up, drawing a beautiful "U"-shaped trajectory in the air.

boom! ! boom! ! ! boom! ! ! !
Several splashes of water rose up around the Kirishima, while the Nagara next to it was hit by a 250-kilogram bomb on the bow, and the deck was instantly filled with fire!
Boom! ! ! ! !
Diving and slowing down to drop bombs also poses great risks to bombers.

A diving Dreadnought bomber was hit by anti-aircraft guns and plunged into the sea, splashing huge water, while the fighters behind it continued to complete their dives one after another.

Puff puff puff!!!!!!

Machine guns fired and shot down two Dreadnoughts that were halfway up their climb. A total of 20 Zeros took off from the Zuikaku and Shokaku and began hunting down American bombers in the air.

The Wildcat fighters escorting the US military were alone and could not provide adequate cover.

American fighter planes turned into fireballs and kept falling from the sky, and it seemed that the original raid was about to turn into a one-sided massacre.

Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da!
A bullet was fired from the clouds, piercing the wing of a Zero, and a red figure flashed across the sky.

"Red Wing!! It's Red Wing!!!" The Japanese radio was filled with the pilot's shouting. At this time, the entire First Air Force knew that the US military had a red fighter plane, piloted by a super ace.

The Japanese lost less than 40 aircraft in the entire Pearl Harbor attack, and the "Red Winged Dragon" accounted for one third of them.

At this time, the red Corsair fighter plane climbed to a high point on the battlefield and turned around to hunt down the Zero fighter plane in the air. "Asshole! Shoot him down!" Captain Okada Jisaku of the Kirishima saw the battle in the sky, and was so angry that he drew out his command knife and cursed, urging his subordinates to operate the large-caliber quadruple anti-aircraft gun to attack the red fighter plane in the sky.

No effect at all!

Just when the Japanese gunners were at a loss, the strange red plane actually lowered its altitude and rushed towards the center of the fleet where the firepower was the most concentrated.

Not only the Japanese, but also the remaining American pilots were shocked.

No matter how great your skills are, once you enter a dive bombing position, whether or not you are shot down depends entirely on luck.

But just when everyone thought that the "Red Wing" was determined to fight to the death, it swung its nose, made a big circle and flew in another direction.

? ? ? ? ?

Did he get scared at the last moment? Was this highly skilled pilot actually a coward in terms of courage?

Nanyun Zhongyi, who had been watching the battle with a telescope, suddenly felt a huge danger.
"Asshole! Send a signal quickly and go protect Yunyingwan!! Hurry up!!!"

Yunying Maru, an oil tanker exclusively equipped for the Japanese First Air Fleet, was used for long-distance cruising. Due to rigid tactical thinking, this inconspicuous non-combat ship was not in the core air defense circle of the aircraft carrier, and was only accompanied by two destroyers, the Isokaze and the Akigumo.

That's too late!

Pirates are robbers, and the Red Pirates' initial target was this oil tanker that had almost no resistance.

The red fighter used its extremely high speed to cut through the battlefield like a knife, completing a dive on the Yunying Maru before the other ships had time to adjust!

BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!!
A 450 kg bomb hit the main deck of the Yunying Maru, and another hit the stern at the waterline.

Fire and thick smoke soon surrounded the 2000-ton ship, which began to leak and list.

The red pirates were not satisfied yet and used their machine guns to repeatedly shoot at the Japanese sailors who ran out to perform damage control.

Watching his fleet's supply ship slowly sinking, Nan Yunzhong could no longer maintain his composure and gritted his teeth and spat out his country's national quintessence.

"idiot!"

Amid the lieutenant general's scolding, the remaining US bombers had already begun to launch the final wave of bombing.

On December 1941, 12, the U.S. Pacific Fleet launched an unexpected raid against the Japanese Combined Fleet's First Air Fleet, which attacked Pearl Harbor.

In this battle, only 21 of the 3 planes sent by the US military returned safely, and the rest were all shot down.

However, the Japanese First Air Fleet also suffered heavy losses. The light cruiser Nagara was sunk and the bridge of the battleship Kirishima was damaged. Because the supply ship Kumotaka Maru was sunk, the aircraft carrier formation lost its fuel replenishment and had to return home passively.

What worried the Japanese Navy was that in the final desperate bombing, the U.S. military hit the Kaga aircraft carrier near its waterline at the cost of five bombers being shot down, and two boilers were damaged.

The Kaga's maximum speed dropped to 18 knots, and it gradually fell to the last position of the First Air Fleet.

(End of this chapter)