At 6:01, the First Attack Fleet traveling southwest of Hawaii received a battle status report from the fleet commander. Two Yorktown-class aircraft carriers and two Lexington-class aircraft carriers had all sunk, and two of them were on fire.
Fire and internal explosion occurred, 2 North Carolina-class battleships, 1 Colorado-class battleship,
One Tennessee-class battleship capsized, one Colorado-class, one New Mexico-class, and one Pennsylvania-class battleship exploded and burned, and four cruisers caught fire and burned. Currently, two cruisers and three destroyers are heading out of the port. The first attack group
While returning, two attack planes were shot down and their injuries were unknown.
Due to the emergency telegram received from the commander of the attack group, there were two American Lexington-class aircraft carriers missing in Pearl Harbor. The first attack fleet did not dare to devote all its strength to the attack. After sending away the second attack group, it began
Refueling and reloading fighter jets, accurate
The fleet's submarine warning circle and destroyer warning circle have also expanded outward by 20 nautical miles, and more than 30 reconnaissance aircraft have also formed a fan shape to patrol the north, east, and south directions of the fleet in an effort to be the first.
Found the remaining 2 US aircraft carriers.
But when the first attack group flew back over the fleet, no reconnaissance aircraft had sent back a message. The attack fleet could only put its heart in its stomach, because soon the surroundings of the fleet would become an ocean of crashed planes, and some destroyers
We need to devote ourselves to the work of rescuing the pilot. At this time, we can only pray to heaven for blessings and the enemy plane will not come.
If American planes really want to fly near the First Federal Attack Fleet at this time, they will see a scene that will never be forgotten. A group of Federal Navy attack planes lost control on the periphery of the fleet and plunged into the sea.
Small white flowers bloomed in the sky. In order to prevent the pilots on the water from being hit by the falling plane, the planes behind them would crash farther away. On the southern sea surface of the entire fleet, waves of gray-white planes hit the ground.
When entering the water, some of them disintegrated directly and some were still floating on the water.
This profligate behavior lasted for more than 30 minutes before it ended. When the last attack group commander's plane plunged into the sea, the destroyers and traffic boats waiting nearby began to sail towards the crash area. Relying on the naked eye and the sea surface
Use the rising red smoke column to search for the pilots who fell into the water and rescue them on board.
"Who came up with this unlucky idea? The enemy only shot down 2 aircraft, but we lost more than 200. It's unlucky." The fleet commander standing on the Annan aircraft carrier watched the entire crash process with a telescope. It was very disappointing.
Said to the captain of the Annan next to him.
"It was Sandro who first proposed it. The president also expressed his support. He said that if the aircraft are gone, they can be rebuilt. The offensive cannot be weak. The American aircraft carrier must be destroyed. Even if we lose half of the fleet and all the aircraft,
No hesitation. It seems that our mission has not been completed yet. Where will the two American aircraft carriers go? What are the submarines responsible for watching the port doing?" The captain of the Annan was relatively calm, and he was more concerned about his warships.
's safety.
"A submarine responsible for monitoring the port has lost contact. It should have reported it before we arrived, but there has been no news until now. The submarine force has notified nearby submarines to search, but there are minefields near the US military port. Now
It's wartime again, so it's hard to find." The fleet commander shook his head.
"When will the second fleet arrive?" the captain asked again.
"There is about an hour left. I have told them that two US aircraft carriers have been lost and asked them to strengthen their vigilance." The fleet commander said as he returned to the control tower. Not only did he have to worry about these pilots, he also had to pay attention to the ongoing battle.
Second wave of air strikes.
Compared with the first wave of air strikes, the second wave of air strikes was slightly more difficult. Although three US military airports were blown up and most of the anti-aircraft artillery positions were cleared, there were still a few American fighter jets whose origins were unknown.
Where did it take off? In addition, there are more than 20 American destroyers and cruisers in the port. At this time, most of them have fired up and boosted their pressure. Some are evacuating outside the port, and some are lingering in the port area, using their shipboard anti-aircraft weapons.
Added a barrier to the port area.
The main task of the second wave of attack aircraft groups is to finish the damage. Those large ships still floating on the water and the ships that are not seriously injured are their targets. In addition, they will confirm whether there are any fish that have slipped through the net and deal with them as well.
However, there is currently too much smoke in the port area. Since this is a low-lying terrain and the wind was very light that day, the smoke from explosions and burnings filled the water. Not only was it impossible to see the situation in the port clearly from the air, but even the American destroyers
It's also difficult to get close to a burning ship.
When the attack aircraft group arrived at the port area, there was no good way to face the smoke. They could only cross the target area first, then climb up, barely aim at the target from the air, and rely on experience to carry out dangerous dive bombing. The interference of thick smoke and a few
Anti-aircraft weapons are added to the second attack aircraft group
To increase the difficulty, after about 20 minutes of dive attacks, the second attack aircraft group gave up continuing to strafe ground targets and began to return. What made the commander of the aircraft group uncomfortable was that the five attack aircraft lost contact. It is not known whether they were shot down or because of
He misjudged the distance and headed towards the warship.
As the second wave of attack planes departed, calm gradually returned to the sky above Pearl Harbor. The entire port area was paralyzed. Most of the main ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet parked here were blown up on their berths, especially the four ships.
wide and long aviation
The mothership, now they have burned into a ball of fire, and the remaining battleships have also collapsed in the water, with only the upper part of the hull exposed. There is also a Pennsylvania-class battleship lying sideways in the sea, exposed
The bottom of the boat was full of shells.
During the first wave of air strikes, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command on Ford Island was strafed by federal aircraft. Together with the Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Kimmel, the minelayer commander Rear Admiral Furlong, and the port commander Bu
A group of senior U.S. Navy officials, including Rear Admiral Locke, Lieutenant General Brown, the captain of the USS Lexington, and Rear Admiral Spruance, the captain of the USS Enterprise, hid in the underground air defense bunker of the headquarters and commanded the remaining warships through radios and telephones.
Evacuate outside the harbor.
But not long after, the second wave of air strikes came. Faced with so many enemy aircraft, the Pacific Fleet senior officials judged that the South China Sea Federation probably dispatched more than 6 aircraft carriers this time, or even more. Currently, the Pacific Fleet only has 2 aircraft carriers left.
Together with two battleships and some cruisers and destroyers, they are temporarily unable to compete head-on with the Federal Navy in the South China Sea. The aircraft carriers Saratoga and Davenport should be allowed to quickly escape this area and head to the San Diego Naval Base on the west coast.
The two aircraft carriers originally stayed in Pearl Harbor, but three hours before the air attack, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Kimmel ordered them to go to the San Diego Naval Base to receive the aircraft. As a result, their two ships and two other battleships formed a small
The formation left Pearl Harbor in the middle of the night.
When the fleet left the port, it was discovered by the federal submarine responsible for monitoring the movement in the port. The federal submarine quietly followed the fleet for a distance. After confirming that they had sailed eastward, it planned to launch an attack on the federal attack fleet.
Report this important news.
Since it is within the control of the U.S. Navy, federal submarines generally do not surface and move, so it released a towed antenna and prepared to send a message. Coincidentally, the submarine's towed antenna cable was entangled in a string of American fishermen.
It was attached to the steel cable of the crab pot, but it turned out that it could not be opened no matter how hard it was, so it had to be cut off. As a result, the submarine was discovered by a patrol destroyer of the U.S. Navy and attacked.
Although this federal submarine relied on its excellent performance to escape the pursuit of destroyers many times, it could not resist the fact that it was at home and could call for reinforcements, so three destroyers and a federal submarine began to battle wits outside the port, resulting in the submarine
Never been able to
It floated up to generate electricity for the attacking fleet. It was not until the end of the first wave of air strikes that the three American destroyers reluctantly returned to Pearl Harbor. After the federal submarine continued to escape for several nautical miles, it took the risk to float up and finally sent this telegram.
