At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of December 7, 1941, Hawaii time, after repelling 19 of the 50 US fighters that took off from the aircraft carrier "Raider" and wounding 8, the day's fighting basically came to an end in the sea near Hawaii.
It was not that the pilots on the Japanese aircraft carriers could not fight at night, but that the fighting was too fierce throughout the day today, and all the pilots were exhausted and needed a good night's rest.
And for Nagumo Tadaichi, the commander of the 1st Mobile Fleet, the night of December 7 must have been another sleepless night.
There were two reasons why Nagumo Tadashi couldn't sleep, one was that the loss of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilot on December 7 made him a little painful.
Not counting bombardiers, operators, etc., just the captain, the 1st Mobile Fleet lost 69 men in this day, and one German foreign aid was killed.
Of course, it wasn't Hersman Jr. who died.
Hirschman Jr. had a tough life, and he scored his 27th victory today, shooting down an American F4F "Wildcat" fighter and landing on the "Akagi" intact.
At this moment, he was wearing a crisp uniform of the German Naval Aviation, sitting at a long dining table, listening to beautiful European classical music played by a military band, while enjoying a delicious Western-style meal, which he had come to the Commander's Hall as a guest of Commander Nagumo.
Such treatment he enjoyed neither in Germany nor in Italy, although everyone knew that he was the son of Marshal Hersmann.
But in Japan, Hersman Jr. clearly felt the meaning of "privilege" and "superior n".
It is not the first time that I have sat in the commander's hall and dined with a bunch of generals and adjutants like now.
And in order to take care of little Hesman, who didn't understand Japanese, Nagumo Tadaichi and the Japanese officers in the commander's hall all spoke fluent English.
"Your Excellency," Hesman Jr. paused, as if he knew that he should not say anything related to tactical matters in front of these high-ranking Japanese naval officers, but he could not help but point out, "In today's operation, many excellent Japanese pilots have died because of some low-level mistakes, which is very harmful to the war potential of the Japanese Empire" Nanyun Zhong let out an "oh" and did not show any unhappy expression.
Hersman Jr. went on to say: "The lives of pilots are very valuable, and this has been proven time and again on the European battlefield.
The disadvantage that Britain is in now is largely due to the fact that in the battles of 1940 and the first half of 1941, they lost too many excellent pilots, which caused the overall quality of the pilots to continue to decline, while our German Empire, because of the large number of excellent pilots, could give full play to the maximum performance of combat aircraft, and was able to firmly control air supremacy for a long time. ” Little Hersman glanced at the expressionless Nagumo again, and said: "The current Japanese Empire seems to be following the old path of the British, your pilots are too careless of their own lives, they even go to the battlefield without parachutes, and besides, your Zero fighters are too thin and lack the necessary protection, and it is difficult to make a forced landing once they are hit."
If the pilot does not parachute, he will sacrifice his life in vain.
On the American side, the situation is the opposite, not only do their pilots parachute, but they also fly planes that are sturdy and can protect the pilots well.
In addition, the Americans attach great importance to the search and rescue of parachutists, which allows them to maximize the protection of the rare resource of good pilots. ” Nanyun Zhongyi let out a soft "oh" again, noncommittal.
In fact, he knew everything that Little Hersman said.
However, Japan has its own national conditions, and he, the commander of the First Mobile Fleet, has nothing to do.
Of course, it is still possible to order the pilot to bring a parachute on the plane, but it is difficult to say if these young people who think they have a bushido spirit will not listen "Captain Hersman, do you think those American planes this afternoon came from aircraft carriers?"
Nagumo Tadaichi suddenly opened his mouth at this point, shifting the topic from "pilot support" to the American planes that followed the returning planes to find the Japanese aircraft carrier this afternoon.
The 50 or so American planes certainly did not pose any threat to the Japanese aircraft carriers, and even before they could get close, they were driven back by 60 Zero fighters piloted by German foreign aid.
The Americans lost almost 20 aircraft, and the skills of the Germans were really speechless, only 2 planes were shot down, one of the pilots parachuted and rescued, and one pilot unfortunately died.
But then Hersmann Jr. and several other German officers who participated in the war submitted reports with similar content, and they all agreed that the object of today's engagement was carrier-based aircraft "Yes," Hesman Jr. nodded, "the Americans must use carrier-based aircraft, and the American SBD Dreadnought dive bombers are also divided into carrier-based and shore-based, and we have fought with both SBDs in Europe and know the difference between the two."
Moreover, if the Americans are using shore-based aircraft, then they will definitely use Mustang 51 fighters to escort them.
The Mustang is a very good fighter that can compete with the Zero, and it has a great range.
But today we do not see a single Mustang, which indicates that the planes took off from American aircraft carriers. ” That is, there is at least one American aircraft carrier in the waters near the Hawaiian Islands Nagumo Tadaichi's face finally changed, and this time he looked a little excited.
If the six aircraft carriers of the U.S.
Pacific Fleet are all near the Hawaiian Islands, then Nagumo Tadaichi will definitely retreat as soon as he sees well.
But if there is only one, it is an opportunity to destroy the enemy "Nineteen planes were shot down and 31 made it back, eight of them wounded but repaired."
Kimmel is now finishing his meal, a sandwich with meat and lettuce, and a cup of coffee, discussing military information with his subordinates in the operational command center of the Pacific Fleet Command.
"When will the Pennsylvania be able to start, and what is the situation with the Tennessee and Nevada, can they be dispatched?"
asked Kimmel with a frown.
"Admiral, the Pennsylvania has been launched, it will be able to move in the early hours of tomorrow morning, the Tennessee is fine, the bow of the Nevada is flooded, and the speed may drop a little, but it will not affect the sortie."
The Pacific Fleet was about to be dispatched, and Kimmel probably thought that the Japanese would come to bomb tomorrow, so he couldn't let the fleet stay in the harbor and be bombed.
Therefore, it is planned to lead the ships that can leave the port before dawn to join the aircraft carrier "Raider".
"Okay," Kimmel nodded, "then move the headquarters to the Pennsylvania."
He thought for a moment, and then commanded, "As for the West Virginia and Maryland, which are still fighting, let the tugboats tow them to the edge of the Williston Battery and run aground." ” The USS West Virginia and the USS Maryland were both Colorado-class battleships with 4 twin 16-inch guns, and the two battleships together were 16 16-inch cannons, plus 2 16-inch cannons from Williston Battery, for a total of 18 16-inch cannons And the Williston battery is in an excellent position, it can fire 360 degrees without dead angles, of course, it is impossible for all 18 cannons to fire at the same time, naval guns always have dead ends, let the two Colorado-class battleships run aground there, you can use large-caliber artillery to support the defense of Oahu, although Kimmel still does not believe that the Japanese will really attack Oahu, but he can't not be prepared at all.
"The commander, Lieutenant General Tsukahara 243, reported that the Kaohsiung airport was hit by a US airstrike, 22 planes were blown up and damaged on the ground, 4 Navy Zero fighters and 9 Army Type 1 fighters were shot down" In the "Yamato Hotel", Yamamoto Isoroku was also enjoying a sumptuous Japanese meal while listening to the staff officer's report on the latest progress of the war.
The war did not go as smoothly as expected, except that the Guam Raiders ended before the start of the bombing by American planes, and the attack on the Philippines also started unfavorably.
As soon as the planes that took off from Taiwan to bomb the first attack wave at the US Clark airfield had just taken off from the airfields in Kaohsiung and Tainan, the American bomber group arrived in Kaohsiung and bombed indiscriminately That's 36 B17s and 36 B25s, which can drop hundreds of tons of bombs at a time, but fortunately, the level of bombing dropped by American pilots is not good, and only a small part of the bombs fell on the Kaohsiung airport, and the damage caused was not large.
But 13 Japanese fighters that took off to engage American planes were shot down "How could there be 13 Zero and Type 1 shot down" Yamamoto Isoroku's face rose when the achievement board rose, "How did Tsukahara 243 do it, why were so many planes shot down, and the American fighter jets were so powerful" "Commander, most of the planes were not shot down by American fighters."
Ugaki wrapped up the telegram sent by Tsukahara, frowned, and said, "There are 2 Zeros and 5 Type 1s that were shot down by the American B17" "Baga" Yamamoto Fifty-six was so angry that he threw the chopsticks, and he didn't even have an appetite for tuna sashimi.
"Actually shot down by a bomber, these pilots are stupid, they should all be seppuku."
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"Commander, none of the pilots on the downed fighter planes carried parachutes, and they have all become gods" Ugaki did not frown, and said, "But our Zero and Type 1 planes were shot down not because the pilots were stupid, but because the American B17s flew too high, they flew more than 10,000 meters" t1706231537: