The four P38s with excellent combat performance were divided into two teams, and each team of two attacked the two "One" land-based attack planes of the Japanese army, and a few seconds later, the four P38s spat out tongues of fire at the Japanese fighters.

Because the Japanese "One" land-based attack planes were slowing down and preparing to land, they did not even have time to react and evade...... This is also the shortcoming of the "One" type land attack and all Japanese fighters, which have almost no armor and are easy to catch fire after being hit.

Even though the "One" land attack was already on fire, Michel did not give up, he drove the plane to turn around and continued to pursue the two "One" land attacks, and it didn't take long for one of the "One" land attacks to staggering into the sea, and the other "One" land attack crashed with purple flames, and the wreckage was scattered in the jungle below.

At this time, the five Japanese Zero escort planes arrived, and Michel did not have the heart to fight them at all, so he handed over these Zero Battles to his subordinates, and he circled twice over the two crashed "One" land attacks...... Due to the low altitude when the "One" land attack was destroyed, Michel was a little worried that the crew in the land attack would be lucky enough to survive, and if there was Yamamoto Fifty-six among the survivors, then their operation would be considered a failure.

But there was only a cloud of smoke and wreckage below, and on the other hand, the Japanese reinforcements from Balel Island were about to arrive, so Michelle had no choice but to order a retreat.

The whole battle was fought very crisply, from start to finish in just three minutes.

At 9:38 a.m., the U.S. fighter planes returned to the direction of Kuah Island, and the Japanese Zero Battle was unwilling to give up after only chasing P38 because the speed was far from that of the P38, and calm was restored over Balair Island again.

After leaving the battlefield. The first thing Michelle did was not count the casualties and count the results as usual, but couldn't wait to get in touch with the destroyer.

"Beaver, beaver!" Michelle called the destroyer's code name: "Are we intercepting Yamamoto Isoroku's group?" ”

"Did you do it?" A voice of surprise and joy came from the walkie-talkie: "Yes, we all saw it on the radar, that is Yamamoto Fifty-six's landline!" ”

“YHEA！” The pilots shouted excitedly, and some clenched their fists and cheered loudly.

Michelle didn't have any expression. He just said coldly to the destroyer in the walkie-talkie: "The mission is over, guide us back!" ”

"Yes!"

Michelle knew that even if they succeeded in shooting down Yamamoto's plane, it didn't mean that they killed Yamamoto Fifty-six, especially the plane that fell into the sea...... Because of the buffer of seawater, there is a high chance that its occupants will survive.

Thinking of this, Michelle regretted why he didn't just shoot at the sea surface of the "One" land-attack crash plane for a while...... While this is contrary to the spirit of the battlefield, it should not be taken into account in special circumstances.

The "battlefield spirit" mentioned here refers to an unwritten rule that both US and Japanese pilots have. That is, if each other's fighters are shot down, then the air battle will end there, and neither pilot will shoot at the pilot who falls to the ground or parachutes.

Of course, this unwritten rule is a big advantage for US pilots...... Japanese pilots usually do not have parachutes in their fighter planes, and they usually fly their planes towards warships before crashes, so few Japanese pilots survive this situation.

Facts have also proved that Michelle's worries are justified, and most of the crew members of the "One" land attack who were shot down in the sea were indeed rescued, but the US military was lucky...... This "one" land attack was the plane on which Yamamoto's 56th chief of staff, Ugaki, was flying. He struggled to swim to shore before the plane sank to the bottom of the sea, narrowly surviving.

This also means that the other "one" is Yamamoto 56's landline...... It was a fall to the ground. The chances of survival are much smaller.

Sure enough, the Japanese search team found the wreckage of the plane in a jungle, and they also found the body of Isoroku Yamamoto...... Yamamoto Fifty-six was still tied to the seat by his seat belt, with only one bullet going through his jaw and then through his temple, one thing is certain. He was dead before the crash.

SINCE THIS BULLET IS A 12.7MM BULLET, YAMAMOTO FIFTY-ROKU'S DEATH IS EXTREMELY TERRIFYING, HALF OF HIS SKULL HAS BEEN OPENED, RED AND WHITE LIQUID EVERYWHERE, AND HIS WHOLE FACE HAS BEEN DEFORMED AND COMPLETELY UNRECOGNIZABLE. However, the Japanese soldier could still identify him from his uniform, medals, and sword.

An hour later, Michelle, who was in a state of mind, returned to Kuah with his P38 squadron...... When going out on a mission, it was to avoid the reconnaissance of Japanese destroyers and seaplanes, so it was necessary to make a detour, and there was no need to make a detour when returning home, anyway, the Japanese did not have a plane to catch up with the P38, so the range was reduced by more than half.

Before Michelle could climb out of the cockpit, he was pulled out by the jubilant crowd and thrown into the air.

At this time, Michelle was still a little baffled, because until now he himself was not sure whether he had killed Yamamoto or not, so he didn't understand what his comrades were happy about.

But soon he was told: "Don't you know yet? You guys succeeded, we intercepted the Japanese telegram and confirmed that Yamamoto Isoroku was dead! ”

Michelle danced with joy when he heard the news, completely losing the steadiness of the command just now.

"We did it!" Michelle cheered with all her might: "We did it!" ”

General Nimitz was also very happy when he got the news, and he sent a telegram to Halsey: "Congratulations on your successful battle with Colonel Zhang, and the hunters!" Among the 'ducks' killed this time, it seems that there is also the corpse of a 'peacock'! ”

The "duck" refers to the destroyed Japanese fighters, and the Japanese army was shot down a total of three "Zero" fighters and two "One" land-based attack planes in this operation, and the "Peacock" refers to Yamamoto 56 of course.

Since then, this unprecedented air ambush has been passed down to future generations as the reputation of "hunting peacocks".

As for the Japanese side, of course, because of the death of Yamamoto Isoroku, they suffered a heavy blow, and the Japanese army base camp regarded this incident as a "Class A incident", and they did not even dare to transmit the news of Yamamoto Isoroku back to China, because they were worried that it would affect the morale of the domestic people and their support for the war, and it was not until more than a month later that they could no longer hide it, and they had to announce Yamamoto's death: "Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, commander of the Combined Fleet, was attacked by enemy troops on the way to guide operations on the front line in April, and died heroically on a combat plane!" ”

(To be continued.) )