Chapter 288 Oahu Air Battle(2/2)
Most of the main force.
"Oh? Two reconnaissance planes carrying compound eye battlefield monitoring systems set off again."
Zhang Shusheng took over the telegram sent directly from the task force from the hands of the robot butler He Yi. The two Seahawk reconnaissance planes piloted by the Songzhou duo set out again to spy on the Japanese and Americans from high altitude.
A big air battle is about to break out.
According to Japan's own arrangements, the arrival time of the third wave of air strike fleet was almost the same as that of the US military's fleet.
After arriving over Oahu, the Seahawk reconnaissance plane flown by Song Zhou and Cai Gongcheng raised its flight altitude to an almost absolutely safe altitude of 8,000 meters. At this altitude, neither the US military nor the Japanese aircraft could match it.
Lacking radar fighters, they could not spot these Chinese reconnaissance planes peeking through the clouds at Oahu even if they flew through the clouds below the Seahawk.
It wasn't until the two reconnaissance planes circled for nearly ten minutes that the Japanese aircraft group first arrived in the sky. And just two minutes later, the radar detected a huge group of aircraft approaching from the eastern sky. About 150 aircraft were purely composed of ship-based fighter jets.
A fleet of US military aircraft rushed towards Oahu like crazy.
A major air war between the United States and Japan is about to break out.
"Dudu..."
When the compound eye system sounded a faint alarm, Zhang Shusheng saw the situation above Oahu from the slightly "colorful" image taken through the clouds.
I saw the [Japanese] aircraft group that was the first to arrive over the battlefield, and first rushed towards Pearl Harbor frantically. It carried out ultra-low-altitude bombing and strafing.
Perhaps it was because dozens of U.S. warships had been nearly completely destroyed before. The aircraft fleet that received Yamamoto Isoroku's latest order almost re-aimed at the U.S. warships that had been bombed all over.
A bombing.
Although it is unclear whether it was an imperial plane or a secret attack by the Chinese, Yamamoto Isoroku was not an idiot. The warships that were completely destroyed were a far cry from the previous ones that were only injured.
"This Isoroku Yamamoto is indeed a genius. Although the second wave of Japanese aircraft fleets are still *small bombs, the third wave of aircraft fleets are all 250kg and 500kg aircraft."
Zhang Shusheng frowned slightly when he saw this. Sanben, this little devil, is indeed a flag of the Japanese navy. He is bold and careful, and is good at grasping changes in the battlefield situation.
If the Japanese bombings before were aimed at total destruction, this time they were aimed at focused destruction.
[Japanese] himself has salvaged Russian Pacific Fleet ships for use. It is impossible for Yamamoto Isoroku not to know. If these US military ships are not completely destroyed, then within half a year, they will reappear in the US military's Pacific Ocean.
In fleet sequence.
And if it is completely destroyed, then the return of the US military to the Pacific will be delayed by at least a year.
"Hahaha... The little devil suffered a big loss this time. Without a radar early warning aircraft, we only relied on the naked eye to provide early warning. The loss this time was huge. The 150 fighter jets flown by the American soldiers will make a big profit this time.
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Zhang Shusheng looked from the perspective of the Songzhou aircraft and saw that the American fighter planes approached Pearl Harbor by diving from medium to high altitudes. This was the same method as the Seahawk reconnaissance plane, but the Americans did not know that the Chinese were approaching Pearl Harbor.
Watch the show above your head.
The Japanese fighter jets were wreaking havoc at low altitudes above Oahu. Although they left about a dozen Zero fighter warnings, they were still caught off guard by the US military jets that dived down from high altitudes.
Although more than thirty Zero fighters "have a single-machine performance advantage, they are surrounded by more than forty US F4 Wildcat fighter jets." The number of US warship fighter jets is more than a dozen, which is basically offset.
Japanese single-plane advantage on airplanes.
The remaining more than 100 US military fighter jets, like American bulls descending the mountain, rushed rapidly towards the Japanese aircraft group that was raging wildly below.
As the first Meicao Wildcat fighter jet opened fire in the 3. video, Zhang Shusheng became busy.
"One", two, three..."
Zhang Shusheng counted with pleasure. Over Oahu, Japanese planes were caught off guard one after another, and were fired wildly by four 127-mm aircraft machine guns of American Wildcat fighter jets.
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For a time, all the Japanese aircraft fell over the entire Oahu island. A large number of Nakajima attack aircraft and Aichi bombers fell victim to the US Wildcat fighter jets, trailing long black smoke and being shot down to the ground.
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"Long live America...
On the island of Oahu, the already desperate U.S. military and civilians saw Japanese planes with sun flags printed on them being shot down one after another. They immediately shouted excitedly into the sky and even tried to repair the air defenses regardless of the danger.
position, or remove the machine gun and shoot directly into the air.
"The Americans did catch the [Japanese] people off guard. But they obviously underestimated the [Japanese] Type Zero." Looking at the 3 images, "the Japanese planes were shot down after about fifty aircraft were shot down.
The damage speed began to drop sharply, and most bombers and attack aircraft began to hurriedly drop under the cover of the Zero, preparing to return home.
After losing nearly twenty of the original 120 or so Zeros, they began to form a standard air combat formation with the remaining 130 or so U.S. military aircraft, and started fighting each other frantically.
Climbing, diving, crossing at ultra-low altitude, shooting, parachuting...
From the "Japanese" plane falling crazily to the moment when the American plane was quickly shot down more than ten minutes later, this air battle lasted less than thirty minutes. "From the beginning to the end, there were multiple aircraft almost every minute."
The plane fell downwards.
It was like watching a grand air combat movie. Zhang Shusheng finally saw the power of the Japanese New Zero in person for the first time. He had to admit that due to the attack and suppression by China, the Japanese Zero was more powerful than the Japanese.
Originating in history
.It’s not a little bit powerful. Although there are still some differences compared to the new J-2 model, and it can’t keep up with the performance of the HJ-3 Blue Shark fighter, but compared to the U.S. Navy’s naval aviation force that has not yet completed the replacement.
.The advantage is not a little bit.
Just before Zhang Shusheng was about to lose his patience, this huge air battle finally came to an end.
The Japanese attack planes and bombers were the first to leave the battlefield. Although more than 100 US wildcat warships and aircraft desperately tried to chase these clumsy guys who were far inferior to themselves in speed, they were almost defeated by the Japanese.
The same number of Type Zeros bite hard.
As a result of the air battle, the Japanese themselves lost approximately 60 attack aircraft and bombers, and more than 50 Zeros, but the losses of the US military were equally great. In the end, although the Japanese army fled the sky above Oahu first, the US military fleet left when
, Zhang Shusheng probably counted
After counting, and then comparing it with the radar data of Seahawk 02, there were less than 70 remaining aircraft in the US military that could still fly back to the aircraft carrier, as well as those that were seriously injured and could only make an emergency landing on Oahu.
, losing almost half of the aircraft.
The Japanese themselves were at an absolute disadvantage at the beginning, but once they recovered, the remaining more than a hundred Zero aircraft actually burst out with huge power, beating the US military ships and aircraft to pieces.
Although the Japanese suffered more heavy losses, Zhang Shusheng knew that with Yamamoto Isoroku's cautious character, the number of Type Zeros in the entire 11-carrier group must be quite large.
Then, it is difficult to guarantee that Yamamoto Isoroku will not use Oahu as a bait next and carry out the fourth wave of air strikes on Oahu, looking for an opportunity to annihilate the remaining US Pacific Fleet forces.
However, in a short period of time, there was no big movement over Oahu. Zhang Shusheng asked the housekeeper Zhang Yi to keep an eye on the Compound Eye monitoring system while he went to handle some government affairs.
About two hours later, after Zhang Shusheng quickly handled those matters, he received the report.
"Report, Chairman, the Seahawk Squadron has found the remaining main force of the American Pacific Fleet." Chief of Operations Su Yuren personally reported this important information to Zhang Shusheng.
"Great." Zhang Shusheng stopped what he was doing. He walked to the chart and looked where Su Yuren pointed. He picked up the ruler and measured it. He couldn't help but smile. "The Americans were indeed cautious and retreated to two hundred
Out at sea, I thought the Seahawks team had missed a certain sea area.
Haha... this time, I want to see where Shou and the others escape."
Zhang Shusheng was not just talking about the plan to attack the US aircraft carrier group in vain. It was triggered by the historical incident of the US military escaping from the aircraft carrier. Therefore, in addition to radar early warning aircraft and radar reconnaissance aircraft, the aircraft used by the task force this time were
There is also a big killer.
A fleet of ships and aircraft with combat-level night combat capabilities.
Zhang Shusheng knew that to destroy these six aircraft carriers, the Japanese combined fleet was unreliable. This task must be completed by the Chinese task force. And the night would "confuse" the United States.
Chapter completed!