Within two hours, the Japanese Marines who landed on San Marino Island suffered a devastating blow. Nine thousand Japanese soldiers covered the beach with blood. Seeing this, the commander of the Second Fleet, Kondo Nobutake, immediately requested the First Air Force of Admiral Nagumo Tadashi.
With fleet support, Admiral Nagumo Tadashi decided to send his aircraft carrier battle group to approach San Marino Island, preparing to launch an air attack on San Marino Island and even the entire Hawaii Island. Just like the first sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military was wiped out in one fell swoop.
The main force of the aviation force was completely destroyed on the ground and the air superiority over the Hawaiian Islands was seized.
In fact, the situation facing Chuichi Nagumo is very serious. There are about 400 carrier-based fighter jets in his aircraft carrier fleet. According to intelligence, the US military has about 600 fighter jets on the Hawaiian Islands. However, Nagumo
Chuichi was still very confident in winning the air superiority over Hawaii. This was because although the Japanese fighter jets lagged behind in quantity, the Zero fighter jets were superior in quality to the P-40, which was the most commonly equipped by the U.S. military.
The pilots of the Japanese army are all experienced veteran pilots. Many of them participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. They have ace pilots such as Shima Katsuzo. However, the US military pilots suffered heavy losses in the Pearl Harbor incident and the Battle of Midway.
, most of the pilots are novices and are lagging behind in combat skills and experience. This can be seen in the previous air battle on San Marino Island, where Japanese pilots such as Shima Katsuzo easily defeated the U.S. fighter planes.
Therefore, Chuichi Nagumo was not in a hurry. He planned to seize air supremacy over the Hawaiian Islands first. With air supremacy, his own bombers could bomb San Marino Island and even the entire Hawaii, providing strong air support.
At dawn the next day, Nagumo Chuichi's fighter group covered the bomber group and began to fly towards Oahu, preparing to attack the US Air Force Base on Oahu.
Since there were too many Japanese aircraft, they were divided into two batches to advance, with half an hour's interval in between. At this time, the US military knew nothing about the upcoming air raid by Japanese fighter planes.
Oahu, radar station on the top of a mountain.
Radar was first used in the United Kingdom. In the air battle when the German Air Force attacked Great Britain, the British were able to defeat the weak and the strong and defeat the German aircraft with a small number. It was because of the help of radar that they could give early warning and prepare for war in advance, because the radar was in
Due to the excellent performance of Great Britain in the air battle, the United States also adopted it extensively. During the Pearl Harbor incident, radar was the first to discover the Japanese aircraft fleet, but it was artificially ignored, leading to the disastrous defeat of Pearl Harbor.
After the lessons of the Pearl Harbor incident, the Americans vigorously strengthened radar construction and made radar more widely used.
At this time, at the radar station located on the top of Oahu Island, Sergeant Tom was yawning. Corporal Jason came to take over the station. He saw a bright spot on the radar screen. Jason was shocked and shouted: "Sergeant Tom,
Come and see what that is?"
Tom stretched and looked at the screen. The next moment, Tom's eyes widened in shock and he said, "There are so many, are they seabirds?"
Jason said: "There are so many seabirds in this season. This must be a Japanese plane!"
"So many planes, my God, report to your superiors immediately!" Tom stood up, his eyes instantly turned red...
"What? Found out that a large number of Japanese planes are flying towards Oahu?"
MacArthur, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a rapid ringing of the phone, and was shocked when he heard the report.
"General, judging from the radar display, there are hundreds of Japanese aircraft. It seems that the Japanese want to create a second Pearl Harbor incident."
"Immediately order all aircraft to take off to fight. Americans cannot fall twice in the same place!" MacArthur ordered.
"yes!"
The phone call stopped abruptly, and MacArthur put down the phone. He knew that the battle to determine the fate of Hawaii was about to begin!
Almost at the same time, air raid sirens sounded everywhere on Oahu. Although it was dawn, most people were asleep, but after the lessons learned from the Pearl Harbor incident, the entire Hawaiian Islands were already on high alert, so when the air raid sirens sounded
Soon after, the entire island of Oahu took action. Citizens entered air defense bunkers one after another. Hundreds of anti-aircraft guns continued to adjust their angles, and searchlights shot into the sky.
The airport is a busy scene. Fighters take off one after another. The largest air battle in human history is about to begin!
Shouzou Shima flew the plane to Oahu with excitement on his face. Just more than half a year ago, Shouzou Shima flew over Oahu and attacked Pearl Harbor without any precautions by the Americans.
Shima Shengzo still clearly remembers the scene at that time. The Americans were not prepared at all. In the military port, a US military band was playing. After seeing the Japanese plane, the stupid Americans thought it was their own plane and kept being friendly.
Said hello to the sky, and then, Shima Shengzo excitedly sent out the "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger!" signal that the sneak attack was successful.
Japanese planes began to attack Hawaii. In a short period of time, most of the U.S. Pacific Fleet was destroyed. Almost all U.S. aircraft parked at the airport were destroyed on the ground. The few U.S. aircraft that took off in an emergency were also destroyed.
Shot down, Japan achieved an unprecedented victory in that battle.
Of course, Shima Katsuzo wants to repeat the scene half a year ago. Everything is still vivid in his mind. Will he win a big victory this time as easily as last time?
Shima Katsuzo kept adjusting the angle of flight. When the sky was getting brighter, he finally flew near Hawaii. At this moment, Shima Katsuzo felt the plane shake, but an anti-aircraft artillery shell landed next to his plane.
Explosion. Next, Shima Shengzo saw black clouds of smoke exploding in the sky. He knew that each cloud of smoke was an explosion of anti-aircraft artillery shells. In other words, his flight formation
Discovered by the American anti-aircraft artillery unit!
"boom!"
Shima Shengzo saw that a fighter jet in front of him had one of its wings knocked off by an anti-aircraft gun, and then the plane crashed directly into the mountain on the ground, with a bang and a ball of flames exploding.
Shima Shengzo's eyes tightened, and he shouted at the airborne communication equipment: "Rush over and attack the American airport!"
Since the U.S. Pacific Fleet was almost completely wiped out at this time, the main goal of the Japanese aircraft was to eliminate U.S. aircraft at various airports in the Hawaiian Islands.
Haokongyi broke through the anti-aircraft artillery blockage. At this moment, Shima Shengzo discovered that countless small dots were flying in the distant sky. These small dots were getting bigger and bigger, and they were constantly approaching his aircraft formation.
Shima Shengzo finally saw clearly that it was a large U.S. military flying formation. Judging by the number, there were at least two to three hundred aircraft.
A cold gleam flashed in Shima Katsuzo's eyes, and he shouted to the airborne communication equipment: "A large number of US military aircraft were spotted ahead, and each aircraft immediately climbed up to occupy a favorable position in the air!"
The next moment, more than 200 Zero fighter jets began to climb upwards. Because of their light body, the Zero fighter aircraft climbed much faster than the US military aircraft. After a while, the Zero fighter jets occupied the air at extremely fast speeds.
From a favorable position, they launched an attack on the group of US military aircraft flying in the distance.
Although the U.S. military has a large fleet, it is at a disadvantage because the Zero occupies the commanding heights in the air, and aircraft continue to be shot down.
George Welch was the first ace pilot produced by the US military in World War II and one of the few US military pilots to survive the Pearl Harbor attack.
During the Pearl Harbor incident, George Welch flew a P-40B from Wheeler Field and shot down four Japanese aircraft in two takeoffs. Later, he flew a P-38 in combat in New Guinea, where he shot down a total of sixteen Japanese aircraft.
At this time, George Welch had been promoted to the squadron leader of the US military flying squadron, leading fighter jets to resist the attack of Japanese aircraft.
At this time, the aircraft flown by George Welch changed from the P-40 "Tomahawk" to the P-51 "Mustang". The P-51 "Mustang" fighter jet is the latest fighter aircraft in service in the US military. Many people don't believe it.
The design, production, and test flight of this aircraft took only one hundred days in total, which created a miracle. More importantly, the superior performance of this aircraft is unmatched by any fighter aircraft currently in service.
The "Mustang" fighter has a larger fuel load, excellent flight performance, uses advanced British Merlin engines, and has a greatly increased range. It has the reputation of "the greatest fighter in history".
However, since the "Mustang" had just been equipped with troops, the number was not very large. Therefore, there were only about fifty of these fighters to attack the Japanese aircraft. Among them, George Welch, as an ace pilot, was naturally assigned to fly one.
"Mustang" fighter jet.
Seeing that the Zero had climbed above the fleet, he launched an attack from a high position. George Welch pulled the joystick and began to climb quickly. It must be said that the "Mustang" fighter was ahead of the Japanese "Zero" in all aspects of performance.
The Americans once got a Zero by accident. After research, they found that although the Zero has super maneuverability and fast climbing capabilities, these are almost all the advantages of the Zero fighter.
The Zero's high maneuverability and climbing capabilities are achieved entirely at the expense of the aircraft's protection. In other words, although the Zero looks good, it is very invulnerable. As long as it is hit, the Zero is very vulnerable.
The Type 89 will be shot down, not injured. Compared with the "Tomahawk" fighter, the "Zero" will have some advantages, but compared with the "Mustang" fighter, the Type Zero can basically be exploded into rubbish.
Not long after the battle between the two sides, George Welch piloted a "Mustang" fighter jet and shot down three Zero fighter jets in succession. However, this also exposed him. Then, Shima Shozo stared at George Welch like a ghost.