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ps: Some readers say that the description of the US military is forcibly increasing the difficulty... The naval warfare is completely written according to historical facts. The mistakes made by the US Navy and even the casualties of warship aircraft carriers are real, but there are some differences in some details. For example, due to the needs of subsequent plots, the Japanese army's aircraft carriers were slightly changed in this naval battle. For details, please refer to the Santa Cruz Naval Battle.

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Nine o'clock.

The first wave of Japanese carrier-based bombers rushed out of the clouds and dived towards the aircraft carrier 5,000 feet from the stern of the Hornet.

The 5-inch caliber anti-aircraft guns on the US aircraft carrier fired one after another, and black clouds exploded in the air. A Japanese fighter plane was hit by a shell and instantly turned into a ball of fireballs and disintegrated in the air.

The remaining seven Japanese bombers tore open the US air defense firepower network.

The first bomber first threw a bomb at the Hornet, but failed to hit it.

The second frame then dropped a 550-pound half-armor piercing bomb. The so-called half-armor piercing bomb is also called armor-piercing explosion bomb. It is a type of ammunition between armor-piercing bombs and high-explosive bombs with a solid warhead, built-in explosives and bottom fuses. Under the same caliber and speed, the armor-piercing ability is weaker than that of solid armor-piercing bombs, but the damage range and effect are better.

Its advantage is that its sturdy warhead can smoothly penetrate the strong armor of the warship, and then its built-in explosives explode inside the warship, which is a very effective type of missile to deal with warships.

The semi-armor-piercing bomb hit the center of its flight deck from the straight direction of the island of Bumblebee, and penetrated the three-layer deck of Bumblebee exploded inside the Great Huang Peak, causing a fire.

The third bomber also successfully hit the back of the aircraft carrier's flight deck, landing only 20 feet from the starboard edge of the Bumblebee. The explosion's shock wave left an 11-foot-long break on the flight deck.

After dropping the bomb, the Japanese bomber was shot down by the 20mm caliber artillery fire on the aircraft carrier. The bomber fell into the sea with the pilot... The dramatic thing is that the pilot located behind the bomber actually survived. He floated on the sea with a box floating in the sea and was accidentally rescued by a patrolling destroyer on the next day.

The fourth bomber was destroyed by the US air defense artillery before it even came. This bomber was not as lucky as the one before. It turned into a fireball before it fell into the sea. I don’t know if the pilots inside were eventually burned or drowned.

The fifth aircraft cleverly bypassed the US aircraft carrier's air defense firepower and entered the attack position in front of the aircraft carrier, then dropped a half-armor-piercing bomb after diving.

The semi-armor-piercing bomb broke through the four decks and exploded inside, causing many US crew members to be killed and killed in the aircraft carrier.

At this time, the "Wild Cat" fighter jet led by Major Griffin rushed up in time. Under the interference and attack of the "Wild Cat" fighter jets, the remaining two Japanese bombers could only drop bombs in a hurry and then go away. None of the bombs they dropped were hit.

Eight carrier-based bombers launched an attack, three of which hit... This hit rate should be said to be not high. Especially when the wildcats failed to catch up in time.

Following the bomber were the eleven Japanese torpedo aircraft.

Kincaid immediately ordered the Bumblebee to turn and keep its back facing the Japanese torpedo aircraft... This is to try to reduce weight as much as possible to attack the small enemy aircraft.

At the same time, the "Wild Cat" fighter jets and the anti-aircraft guns on the aircraft carriers aimed at the Japanese torpedo aircraft almost at the same time.

The disadvantage of torpedo aircraft is that it must slow down before throwing the torpedo, and the attack position of the torpedo aircraft must be adjusted... This makes it easy for the "wildcat" fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns to grasp the trajectory of the torpedo aircraft. Therefore, with a "boom" explosion, the Japanese torpedo aircraft were shot down one after another.

But the Japanese pilots were also desperate. Even though they knew that it would be a life-threatening attack on the aircraft carrier under such circumstances, they still risked bullets and shells to slow down and entered the attack position, and then dropped torpedoes...

"Chi" three torpedoes were successfully dropped into the sea, drew several water lines directly to point to the "Hornet".

Two of them hit:

One hit the center of the tail of the Bumblebee Island.

Another hit the cabin of the stern machine.

The attack result was immediate. Due to the influx of water from the aircraft carrier, the front cabin and the two boiler cabins were unavailable. Therefore, the cabin lost its power and could not move in the cabin, and it tilted 10 degrees to the starboard direction.

Most of the remaining Japanese bombers and carrier-based aircraft were blocked by the Wildcat fighter jets and destroyers on the cover mission of the US Navy, and cruisers were blocked by the periphery.

Because a considerable number of the Zero fighter jets that the Japanese army flock were responsible for covering were separated from their missions and blocking the US bomber swarm, this caused heavy losses to the Japanese bomber swarm and torpedo aircraft swarm.

But this does not mean that these Japanese fighter jets are not dangerous...

The Japanese military commanded the pilot: if the fighter plane is injured, it should fly the plane to crash into enemy warships and aircraft carriers.

So one fighter jet after another burst into black smoke crashed into US warships and aircraft carriers, the main target of which was the USS Hornet.

A Japanese bomber had caught fire. The pilot rushed towards the aircraft carrier at high speed. Its right wing hit the aircraft carrier's chimney. The bomber bounced up like a ball and then hit the aircraft carrier's flight deck. Since there was a lot of aviation fuel in the Japanese bomber, the fire caused lasted for two hours.

Another Japanese bomber was already smoking. The pilot on it was skilled. He was flying the bomber and flew past the US cruiser... This would prevent it from being attacked by the Wildcat fighter. If the Wildcat fighter was fired at it, the bullet would likely hit the cruiser beneath it.

Then it turned and rushed towards the Hornet... The bomber rushed from the front end to the port side of the aircraft carrier, and the fuselage penetrated the deck of the turret and landed in the front elevator position and exploded, causing a fire in the elevator.

In addition, there are many attempts to crash into warships or aircraft carriers but are shot down by US anti-aircraft guns or "wildcat" fighter jets on the way.

From this point of view, Major Henderson, who drove a fighter plane to crash into the enemy warship during the Battle of Midway... This has long become the norm for the Japanese aviation army.

However, for the Japanese Navy Air Force, it is hard to tell whether this is a pro or a disadvantage.

It's a disadvantage. Their lifeless style of fighting has indeed caused a blow to the US military.

It's good to say... What the Japanese Navy aviation really lacks is pilots. Letting experienced pilots drive planes into enemy ships instead of choosing to escape is definitely a loss in the long run. However, the Japanese military has never noticed this. What's even more ridiculous is that in the early days of the "Kamikaze Special Attack Team", the Japanese army also ordered Japanese aviation companies with flight experience to launch special attacks on fighter jets. They believed that experienced pilots would be more likely to avoid the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and crash into targets.

It was not until later that there were not enough instructors to train new pilots that this incredible stupid approach was stopped.
Chapter completed!