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At 4:15, each ship notified the flagship Katsurachi with light signals: the second attack wave was ready.

The huge fleet was about 515 kilometers away from Pearl Harbor, and Hori Teiki issued an attack order without hesitation. The second attack wave had a total of 164 aircraft, and they were still carrying bombs to Pearl Harbor. The focus was on US military airports and various aviation facilities.

Hori Teiki studied the entire situation of the first Pearl Harbor campaign in depth. At that time, the mobile troops took off about 400 kilometers away from Pearl Harbor. First, because the plane was not as fast as it is now and had poor performance, it was more certain to assault a little closer. Second, although he had some understanding of Pearl Harbor at the beginning, he still lacked the confidence to succeed, and being closer was more conducive to assault.

This time, the attack distance he chose was 150 kilometers longer than last time, because there were many favorable conditions:

First of all, the situation is familiar, and the tactics of entering from the north are still fresh in the pilots (of course, referring to the figures who participated in the first assault);

Secondly, the climate is favorable. Now, in late October, although the North Pacific has turned colder and the wind and waves have increased, it is much better than the one on December 7;

Again, the equipment improvements. Not only did the main fighter jets of the Japanese army have been changed to new aircraft such as Purple Electric, Fierce Wind, and Meteors, but they even had Night Color Clouds (the German search radar was installed based on the Color Clouds, with a detection distance of more than 120 kilometers. It can not only detect targets above 2 meters on the sea surface, but also detect airplanes). Germany used it as a defense early warning aircraft and search reconnaissance aircraft, but after Japan got it, it turned into an attack early warning aircraft to open the way in front of the attack group. On the one hand, it helped to discover the enemy fleet, and on the other hand, it assisted the aircraft group to avoid the enemy interceptor group.

Finally, the morale was like a rainbow. The first time he fought Pearl Harbor was like a tiger eating the sky. He was worried. Before this attack, the joint fleet won consecutive battles, and everyone was already very enthusiastic.

There are many adverse factors:

First, the effect of this sneak attack will definitely not be good. Last time, Japan and the United States have not officially declared war. The United States is paralyzed and is completely neglected to prevent it. Not only has it been fighting for nearly three years, the joint fleet has been wandering on the west coast every day recently, and the possibility of sneak attacks turning into strong attacks is indispensable;

Second, the pilot's elite level is not as good as the first time. Putting aside the aircraft's performance, for example, the pilot level of the first Pearl Harbor battle was 100 points. Currently, the main pilots of the joint fleet in Tsukahara and Kakuda can score at least 90 points. Many of the pilots of the first attack group sent by Hori Teiki are newcomers who have just graduated from preparatory courses. During the first Pearl Harbor battle, they had not even entered the military academy. Even though most of the officers who led them were veterans, the average level could only score 75 points at most and then they could not complete the mission;

Sanshe heard that Pearl Harbor is now very tight in defense. Not only does it have a large number of aircraft and anti-aircraft guns, but it is estimated that the defense facilities such as radar stations will also be tighter. Fortunately, the main force of the US fleet was tempted as he wished, otherwise it would be difficult to fight.

After the second attack wave was released, most of the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier were empty. Two aircraft transport ships moved closer to the Yunlong class and prepared to provide emergency aircraft supplies. The ground crew, who had been busy for more than three hours, once again worked hard to assemble all reserve aircraft. Matsuda Chiaki told Hori Teiki: "The third attack wave is ready at about 6 o'clock. Do you need to take off?"

"Take off the fighter plane at 6 o'clock, and the rest of the attack planes are on standby!" Hori Teiki pondered for a moment, "wait for the news coming from the front, and decide whether to take off depending on the situation!"

Hori Teiji took great pains to deal with this tactical arrangement: the first attack wave sent a total of 174 aircraft. Except for 4 Yecaiyun, the other 170 targets were all one US military oil depot; the second attack wave was 164, except for 2 Yecaiyun, the targets of the other 162 were not sure. If the first wave failed to complete or only completed the task of destroying some of the oil depots, the second attack wave would replace the first attack wave to complete the task; but if the first attack wave was completed well, the focus of the second attack wave was on US aviation facilities.

As for the third attack wave, he thought that if he fought well in the front, there was no need to send it out. This logic sounds strange, and it seems to be repeating the mistakes of Tadakaichi Nagamo. If he carefully analyzed it, it has a deep meaning:

First, there is no fleet in Pearl Harbor. The third attack wave has no value except for bombing the army and buildings. It will lose in vain. Once the pilot is shot down, it will be a loss;

Second, Pearl Harbor, which has been destroyed most of the fuel, is a dead port. Even if the army and facilities are retained, as long as the fuel is cut off, no matter how much the US military can jump up;

Third, supporting the fleet attack group to cooperate with other main forces to block Pearl Harbor is much more useful than simply eliminating some enemy troops, and must not be consumed in meaningless ground attacks;

Fourth, if the previous two waves of attack groups cannot complete the task of destroying the US military oil depot, it means that there are major problems in the tactics of relying on aviation power to attack the oil depot, and the strategy must be changed.

Chiaki Matsuda only has one concern: if the third attack wave is not sent to attack the US military fleet, the possible counterattacks that the US military may come later will pose a great threat to the fleet. After all, they estimate that Pearl Harbor should currently have more than 1,000 aircraft (actually more than 1,400 aircraft, including nearly 1,000 aircraft in China, more than 400 aircraft in HNA, and nearly 200 aircraft in HNA were trained by escort aircraft carriers). It is difficult to completely destroy the second attack wave, but after the story tells the story, Hori Teiki didn't care: "Counterattack? OK, come on! Let's see how many crews the US military has to replace with us? This time I'm more generous, and I won't use tankers and Americans to consume. I'll use aircraft carriers and them! Let's see how much energy they consume!"

It sounds quite arrogant, but he knows that this is Hori Teiki's true thought.

The support fleet has a total of 2 Yunlong-class fleet aircraft carriers, 2 Qiansui-class light aircraft carriers, 5 escort aircraft carriers, 6 escort aircraft carriers (10 aircraft carriers, special aircraft carriers with 7,000 tons of oil), and 4 aircraft transport ships transformed with large rapid tankers (it looks like aircraft carriers, but except for water reconnaissance, the rest of the aircraft have no ability to take off at all). Looking at a huge crowd of not very valuable, this bottomless pit of the Chinese battlefield, after completing the Indian battle, Japan is now much more relaxed. Not only does it protect the aircraft carriers, but it is hard to build the aircraft carriers, but even the Yunlong-class has begun to be used as consumables.

There are three army flight divisions in Midway Island, with a total of more than 400 aircraft on standby, and there are more than 300 carrier-based aircraft in the form of scattered parts on multiple transport ships. Hori Teiki only cares about personnel losses, but is not afraid of aircraft consumption.

Before the end of this year, Japan will have two Giant Classes, and will get two new Yunlong Classes early next year. It will also get a lot of axial Classes in transactions in Guinea. In addition, there are continuous Yunlong modifications and axial Classes on the ship platform, which will inevitably give people the feeling that Japan is now wider, with more aircraft carriers than the United States!

But this is not an illusion. After deducting the escort aircraft carrier, Japan does currently have more regular aircraft carriers than the United States, and the United States is distracted from both oceans. Japan can only deal with the Pacific Ocean one end. Besides, the remaining Pacific Fleet is not enough to fight the joint fleet. I didn’t see Tsukahara, who led the fleet to park 1,000 kilometers outside Panama, did the US Army Airlines dare not come out?

4:35, the first attack wave arrived 180 kilometers away from Pearl Harbor. After three consecutive declines, the attack group's height has dropped from 1,000 meters to about 120 meters. They will also reduce the last drop from 120 meters to 40 meters.

Night formation flight is the unique skill of Japan's elite pilots. After communicating with German colleagues, I mastered many other methods. The most prominent one is the method of following the leading aircraft: there are 3 night navigation lights on the leading aircraft, one on the upper part of the abdomen and one on the rear. If the rear aircraft sees 2 lights on the back, it means that your height is higher than the leading aircraft and you need to lower the height further; if you look upward, you see 2 lights on the top, it means that your height is lower than the leading aircraft and you need to pull it up; only when you look straight, you see a light on the top means that the height is exactly the same as the leading aircraft.

However, this requires a high level of demand for preamble. Other aircraft have preambles as references. The preamble can only rely entirely on feelings. Once the preamble is not flying well, the entire fleet may be over. Therefore, the selection and determination of preambles are the top priority. All of them are the only remaining old pilots who have achieved the fruitful results in the Pearl Harbor Campaign.

Before the last descent flight, not to mention 40 meters, or 120 meters, the scale displayed on the aircraft altimeter is almost equal to zero. Flying in seafar at ultra-low altitude cannot rely on instruments (at least the instrument is not good now), but only on human feelings and experience. In aviation schools, in addition to mastering other basic subjects, the last level is following flight. If you are not good at following flight, you can only act as a land-based or first-line reserve team.

Following the flight first learns the following and low-altitude seafly under sunshine conditions, and then learns the following and low-altitude seafly at night. Ito, who is under 18 years old, has an beyond imagination talent in night flight. Not only can he complete the following without any mistakes, but he can even fly a leading aircraft that no one dares to imagine at this age (usually three years of practical experience). More importantly, during training in the Seto Inland Sea (very calm and small waves), his supercritical flight of 15 meters high means that he can drill through most bridges through the bridge holes.

Behind the talent is endless accidents: every time the sea siege training is over, someone will fall into the sea. If you are lucky, you can save it. If you are not lucky, even the plane will sink into the sea. Especially when the torpedo attack aircraft flies at ultra-low altitude, they will pin their heads on their belts anytime and anywhere. Even if the casualties are constant, the aviation school training subjects will not be simplified. The film "Space Decisive" truly reproduces the scene of Murata Shigeji passing through the bridge hole and using torpedo to destroy the New York Bridge. It was re-flying with the whole class. Every time I see this, the theater is full of standing and cheering audiences. The preparatory students are crying when they see it. They fully understand the meaning of ultra-low altitude flight.

"All formations should pay attention, now perform the last drop, at a height of 40 meters!"

Gently plucking the joystick, Sato kept the plane steadily at about 40 meters, almost no different from the leading aircraft. He couldn't help licking his lips. At the night sky at the head, there was the turbulent North Pacific Ocean below. He could clearly feel the water droplets splashing on the plane's wings and belly. Pearl Harbor was already in front of him.

"The whole army is careful and prepare for the penetration!" r
Chapter completed!