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PS: Some readers said that the description of the US military is to forcibly increase the difficulty...... The naval battle was completely written in accordance with historical facts, and the mistakes made by the US Navy and even the casualties of warships and aircraft carriers were real, but there were some discrepancies in some details, such as the slight changes in the aircraft carriers of the Japanese army in this naval battle because of the needs of the follow-up plot. For details, please refer to the Battle of Santa Cruz.

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Ten past nine.

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

The 5-inch anti-aircraft guns on the US aircraft carrier opened fire one after another, exploding black clouds in the air, and a Japanese fighter plane was hit by a shell, and in an instant it turned into a ball of fireball and disintegrated in the air.

The remaining seven Japanese bombers tore through the anti-aircraft fire network of the US military.

The first bomber was the first to drop a bomb on the Hornet, but missed.

The second one immediately dropped a 550-pound semi-armor-piercing projectile, the so-called semi-armor-piercing projectile, also known as the armor-piercing blasting projectile, is a kind of ammunition with a strong warhead, built-in explosives and a fuse at the bottom of the bullet between the armor-piercing bullet and the high-explosive projectile, and the armor-piercing ability is weaker than the solid armor-piercing projectile under the same caliber and speed conditions, but the damage range and effect are better.

Its advantage lies in the fact that its sturdy warhead can smoothly penetrate the solid armor of the warship, and then its built-in explosives explode inside the warship, which is a very effective type of ammunition against warships.

This semi-armor-piercing projectile hit the center of the flight deck of the "Hornet" from the transverse direction of its ship island, penetrated the three decks of the "Hornet", exploded inside the "Great Yellow Peak", and caused a fire.

A third bomber also managed to hit, with a high-explosive bomb hitting the rear of the carrier's flight deck just 20 feet from the starboard edge of the USS Hornet. The blast wave of the explosion left an 11-foot-long breach in the flight deck.

THE JAPANESE BOMBER WAS SHOT DOWN BY 20MM CALIBER ARTILLERY FIRE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER AFTER DROPPING THE BOMB, AND THE BOMBER FELL INTO THE SEA ALONG WITH THE PILOT...... Dramatically, the pilot, who was located behind the bomber, survived. He floated on the surface of the sea by a box that floated in the sea, and was accidentally rescued by a Japanese patrol destroyer the next day.

The fourth bomber was destroyed by the US anti-aircraft artillery before it could drop its bomb in a hurry, and this bomber was not as lucky as the previous one, it became a fireball before it fell into the sea, and it is not known whether the pilot inside was burned or drowned in the end.

The fifth, on the other hand, cleverly bypassed the anti-aircraft fire of the US aircraft carrier and entered the forward attack position of the aircraft carrier, and then dived and dropped a semi-armor-piercing projectile.

The semi-armor-piercing shell broke through four decks and exploded inside, resulting in many casualties among American crew members inside the aircraft carrier.

At this time, the "Wildcat" fighters led by Major Griffin caught up in time, and under the interference and attack of the "Wildcat" fighters, the remaining two Japanese bombers could only hurriedly drop bombs and fly away, and the bombs they dropped failed to hit.

Eight carrier-based bombers attacked. Three of them hit...... This is not a high hit rate, especially since they still dropped the bomb when the wildcats failed to catch up in time.

The bombers were followed by eleven Japanese torpedo planes.

Kincaid immediately ordered the "Hornet" to turn and keep its back to the Japanese torpedo machine...... This is to try to slim down the target of the attack of small enemy aircraft.

At the same time, the "Wildcat" fighters and the anti-aircraft guns on the aircraft carrier almost simultaneously aimed their fire at the Japanese torpedo planes.

The disadvantage of the torpedo machine is that it must slow down before throwing the torpedo, and the attack position of the torpedo machine must be adjusted...... This made it easy for the "Wildcat" fighters and anti-aircraft guns to grasp the trajectory of the torpedo planes, so with a burst of "boom" explosions, the Japanese torpedo planes were shot down one after another.

However, the Japanese pilots were also fatal, knowing that launching an attack on the aircraft carrier under such circumstances would be a life and death, but they still braved bullets and shells to slow down into the attack position, and then dropped torpedoes......

The three torpedoes were successfully thrown into the sea, and several waterlines were drawn directly at the "Hornet".

Two of them hit:

One hit the center of the tail of the island of the ship "Hornet".

The other hit the stern engine furnace compartment.

The results of the attack were immediate. Due to the flooding of the aircraft carrier, its forward engine room and two boiler rooms were unusable, so the cabin mother lost power and could not move in the cabin and tilted 10 degrees to starboard.

Most of the remaining Japanese bombers and carrier-based planes were stopped by "Wildcat" fighters and destroyers and cruisers of the US Navy as cover.

Because a considerable part of the Zero fighters covered by the Japanese aircraft group broke away from their mission on the way to block the American bomber group. This resulted in rather heavy losses from the Japanese bomber group and torpedo group.

But this does not mean that these Japanese fighters are not dangerous......

The Japanese military gave the pilots an order that if the fighter plane was injured, he should drive the plane into the enemy's warship and aircraft carrier.

As a result, one after another black smoke fighters crashed into US warships and aircraft carriers, the most important target of which was the USS Hornet.

A Japanese bomber was already on fire, and the pilot drove the bomber to the aircraft carrier at high speed. Its right wing crashed into the chimney of the aircraft carrier, and the bomber bounced like a ball and then crashed into the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, as the Japanese bombers had a lot of aviation fuel in them. The fire lasted for two hours.

Another Japanese bomber was already smoking, and the pilot on it was highly skilled, and he drove the bomber close to the American cruiser...... This would prevent it from being attacked by the Wildcats, who would have shot the cruisers below them if they fired at it.

Then it turned and rushed towards the Hornet...... The bomber rushed to the port side of the aircraft carrier from the forward end, and the fuselage penetrated the battery deck and landed in the forward elevator position before exploding, causing a fire on 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" fighters on the way.

From this point of view, the U.S. military produced Major Henderson who drove a fighter plane into an enemy warship in the Battle of Midway...... This has long been the norm for the Japanese air force.

However, it is not clear whether this is an advantage or a disadvantage for the Japanese naval aviation.

Let's say that there are drawbacks, but their lethal style of fighting has indeed dealt a blow to the US military.

Let's say it's advantageous...... The real shortage of Japanese naval aviation is pilots, and letting experienced pilots just drive their planes into enemy ships instead of choosing to escape is definitely a loss in the long run, but the Japanese military has never noticed this, and even more absurd is that in the early days of the "kamikaze", the Japanese army also ordered Japanese air forces with flying experience to launch a special attack on fighter planes, believing that it was easier for experienced pilots to avoid the enemy's anti-aircraft fire and crash into the target.

Only later, when there were not enough instructors to train new pilots, did this unbelievable stupidity stop.

Ps. chasing more children's shoes, are there any free appreciation tickets and starting coins~ The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is over, I'll pull a ticket, ask for an increase and appreciation vote, and finally rush a handful! (To be continued.) )