A series of small holes were punched into the B17's fuselage, and engine No. 2 began to smoke, but there was no sign of stalling. It was unrealistic to shoot down this behemoth with a machine gun, but the lieutenant just wanted to see the trajectory with the help of tracer bullets fired from the machine gun. The 20-mm shell fell badly at long distances, but at a distance of 2 or 300 meters, the trajectory was still similar to that of a machine gun. He pressed the button on the left and right throttle valves.

The shell penetrated the wing of the enemy aircraft, and one engine stalled. Too late to turn to another engine, the enemy attempted to flee with a quick sideways. But such a drastic maneuver did not suit the bomber, the damaged wing was immediately snapped, and the plane lost control and fell.

The rest of the B17s, seeing that the situation was not good, did not dare to land at the army airfield where the enemy planes were entrenched, and instead ran towards the sea, they had run out of fuel, but there might be a way to survive when they were forced to land at sea.

The Zero fighters, who were in a hurry to make contributions, chased after them all at once, and the officers commanding the operation tried to control them, but some of the Zeros in the second wave of attacks did not have a radio, and the air command was temporarily confused.

The brief confusion caused by the Japanese contempt for communications gave fighter jets, who were still hiding at remote airfields, a chance to take off.

Two well-concealed P40 fighter jets quietly slid onto the runway of Aeva Airport in the southwest of the island. Second Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor had been waiting for the opportunity to take off, and just now the enemy planes were scurrying overhead, and all the guys who tried to take off and fight hard did not fly. But the appearance of the B17 created a window for them, and he called Ensign Will on the radio and asked him to take off after him.

Legend has it that the Japanese were born with slanted eyes and could not shoot accurately, but the reality is that they are very good at shooting, and they can accurately hit the tanker truck parked on the side of the runway with a short point during the dive. This is the way those zero-battle saved shells played. But now the fighters are gradually leaving, and only one or two planes with fixed landing gear are still hovering nearby, coming down from time to time to strafe.

Not necessarily a perfect opportunity, Taylor's P40 began to accelerate, bypassing the flaming tanker truck in the middle of the runway, and then an amphibious Catalina that had been beaten down by the Japanese on the way back, which kept burning and didn't see anyone running out alive.

The smoke temporarily blocked the P40's view in front of him, and he continued to increase the throttle to burrow into the smoke. He needed all the cover now to block the sight of the Japanese planes like locusts, even for a few seconds.

As the plane accelerated, he looked up from time to time, and a Japanese bomber, with one*, was hovering, flying overhead, presumably trying to pick an ideal target nearby to drop bombs.

Satoru Kawasaki, who took off from Soryu, is choosing a target near the airport in Shiwa, and his intended target is a repair depot marked by spies, where there are usually 7 to 10 planes waiting for repair. He had just found his target, and the Zeros around him ran away with B17 as if they had lost their minds. He was ready to climb and start dropping bombs, but backseat scout Takahashi reported that he saw 2 enemy planes on the ground preparing to take off. So they were forced to abandon the bombing and destroy the enemy planes instead.

The enemy planes that are still able to move are naturally the priority option for attacking, and the 99 ship explosion itself has good maneuverability, and when it was on the battlefield in China, Kawasaki Tokio encountered the Curtis plane, and after a struggle, he did not fall behind, but he, like all Japanese in this era, was too greedy and was reluctant to throw away the only 250 kilograms*.

Maybe you don't have to throw it away* to be successful?

He swooped down on the enemy plane with a fluke mentality. Of course, the target is Taylor's plane in front, as long as the first plane is destroyed, the next one can only stop, or crash into the wreckage. But if he is sober enough, he should feel that attacking two destroyers with one attack plane, and carrying *, is too good in his calculations.

The 99 shipburst slowly accelerated and chased closely, watching the P40 jump on the runway in front, the first reluctant take-off seemed to fail, and the Japanese plane fired a long point shot, and the shooting exacerbated the clumsy attack aircraft, which was difficult to maneuver at low speeds. He couldn't precisely control the direction of a tracer bomb in a single sweep like a fighter jet would.

Taylor pressed the accelerator tightly, and the enemy plane's bullets shot everywhere, completely inaccurate. He pulled the lever again, and this time the plane successfully climbed up in the sparse fire net of enemy aircraft. He's not in a hurry to deal with the enemy, and must lure him away from Will while accumulating some speed. The panicked Japanese machine really chased after him, and the Japanese thought that they still had an advantage in height and speed, and those zeros did not run far, still carrying the gold ingot-like *, and were reluctant to throw it.

Taylor made a quick turn, easily passed the enemy plane at 3 o'clock, and 300 meters away, saw two Japanese pilots with white bands tied around their heads, staring at him.

He quickly took up the rear, and the pilots in the back seat of the enemy aircraft began to counterattack, using a measly 7.7 mm machine gun.

Taylor returned color with 2 .50 machine guns and 4 .30 machine guns. The fire instantly overwhelmed the lost hand, shooting the scout in the back seat, and 99 tried to roll and escape. But the .50 tracer bullet splashed over and hit the one under the belly*. The Japanese plane exploded in the air and exploded into a fireball.

The nearby Japanese Zeros, only then did they notice it and swarmed over. But by this time Taylor and Will had both turned and climbed. The enemy plane chased a section and turned back, which gave the Americans the opportunity to climb. Most of the Japanese planes are at low altitudes, so they always have a chance.

Yamamoto returned to the conference room, and his previously gloomy face had recovered a little; He was a man who believed in the unknowable. So it's easier for him to accept a bunch of guys who claim to be from the future than other rigid guys in the military department. A few days ago, he was still trying to resist the war, hoping that the emperor's evasion would have a role in calming down the unrealistic militants, but Tojo got the hang of the situation in time, and in short, the time to come has come. In his report, Onishi mainly emphasized Asano's prophetic abilities, and of course, as a dutiful staff officer, he still mentioned Makino's description of the defeat of the war,

Of course, now history cannot simply repeat itself, and outside of the combined fleet, he seems to have one more variable, and he seriously considered Asano's proposal, which seems to be reasonable. In fact, Yamaguchi's second air battle was indeed his first choice to deal with such a sudden turn of events, and he had never told anyone else, but Asano clearly knew. Things are really getting more and more interesting.

Now it's up to Rear Admiral Kio to see if Rear Admiral's fleet will actually be blocked on tiny Wake Island. If he could take advantage of the situation and turn such a small setback into a big victory to solve the enemy's aircraft carriers, he was willing to take the risk and make the four aircraft carriers wait a few more days near Wake Island.

"Sir, at present, two have been integrated, 4 warships have been severely damaged, except for the aircraft carrier, the main force of the Pacific Fleet can be said to have been eliminated."

A staff officer excitedly reported that during the time Yamamoto and Onishi had left, there had been a new victory, the Utah, which was perhaps the most certain sinking that the plane could confirm, because Yuzaki reported that the ship was completely overturned and the keel was facing the sky.

"Sir, the fleet has been slow to prepare for a third attack. Isn't it, send a message to urge it? ”

"I estimate that the planes that are currently recovering from the first wave of attacks are not being able to empty the deck, and there is no need to rush."

Yamamoto still trusts Nagumo very much and is not prepared to restrict his movements, of course, everyone can see that the signs of Nagumo giving up the third wave of attacks are already clear.

Onishi glanced at Chief of Staff Yuhuan, who was sitting on the sofa and smoking, and he smiled and said nothing. Now is obviously not the time to disturb the commander's will, and of course it is not necessarily a bad thing for him to see Nagumo give up the third attack, because this is also what Asano predicted.

As for the long-term damage that may be caused by the shipyards, oil tanks, and barracks on the ground that have escaped the attack, Onishi does not care about it, and the value that Asano may play must be not worth mentioning.

300 kilometers north of Oahu, six aircraft carriers remained in place. The attack lasted for two hours, and no enemy aircraft or submarines were found approaching, but luck continued.

The planes returning from the first attack wave have already returned one after another, and according to the rough statistics of the various aircraft carriers, only 5 have been lost. However, Nagumo did not order preparations for a follow-up attack. For the third wave of attacks, the Navy took great pains to rehearse the reloading of aircraft below deck to ensure that the third take-off could be completed before the second wave returned. These walkthroughs even break some of the necessary norms to compress time.

Nagumo has always had doubts about the entire attack plan, he is afraid that the chaos of deck operations will create opportunities for the opponent, and he is always worried that the enemy will judge his position from the signs of the fighters' return, and the nearby enemy aircraft carriers and submarines will immediately arrive. Of course, in fact, the chaotic US command center has not thought about this at all, and if they wanted to judge the position of his fleet, they would have been able to make a judgment from the radar information a long time ago. Another thing he didn't know was that there were no carrier-based aircraft on the nearest U.S. aircraft carrier.

In the midst of the delay, the second wave of attack on Pearl Harbor was still continuing, and Nagumo's determination was still unmade, which was tantamount to abandoning the follow-up attack from the point of view of actual flight deck operations. The news coming back from the front showed that the number of planes shot down in the second attack wave had increased considerably, and it was obvious that the enemy was coming to his senses, which deepened Nagumo's judgment of the hostile situation.

Mizu Yunakasa Fuchida jumped off the plane and went straight to the command bridge, where he found that there were no ammunition stacked on either side of the deck, and if there was a third wave of attacks, a part of the bomb hanging work would be carried out on the deck to increase operational efficiency, which was part of the entire tight plan drawn up by Kuroshima Staff Officer.

He pushed the door and entered the command room, glancing at Minoru Harada at the door, who sighed and shook his head.

Nagumo turned around slowly, as if he had something to ask Fuchida, who had returned from the battlefield.

"Nakasa, in your judgment, how long will the enemy's Pacific Fleet be paralyzed?"

"I don't think it will cause us problems for at least half a year, but if we launch the next attack and destroy those docks and oil depots, we will be able to paralyze them for more than a year."

"Half a year is enough. I think we've done our job adequately. Notify the ships and prepare to return home. ”

"But sir!"

"This war has just begun, and it is my responsibility to bring this precious fleet back to Japan."

Fuchida still wanted to argue, but in the end he held back, one was because of his rank, and second, since he was not prepared for the third attack at all, it could be said that it was useless to say that Mu had already completed the boat.