novelaction Chapter 203: Disaster Day
Chapter 203: Disaster Day
"General, we have entered the pre-attack position! 200 nautical miles away from Tanshan Island! Please give the order!"
Fleet Chief of Staff Asano Takushi said respectfully.
"The fleet raises the imperial flag! Everyone! The life and death of the empire depends on this battle! Please redouble your efforts! I declare that Operation Z begins!" Nan Yong Xiangnan said in a firm tone!
"Long live the Emperor! God bless our Emperor!" Shouts rang out throughout the bridge!
As the imperial flag rose, the entire joint fleet entered attack mode!
The battleships took up their positions!
The decks of the six aircraft carriers suddenly began to boil like a boiling pot!
Fighter planes were pushed out one after another, filling up the flight deck! Ground crews were busy mounting torpedoes on carrier-based aircraft!
Each huge torpedo had various slogans written on it by the ground crew.
At three o'clock in the morning, the commander of the carrier-based aircraft force, Colonel Fuchida Hirano, fired the first flare!
The first wave of attack begins!
Major Umezu Ogasawara, who was sitting in the cockpit of the fighter plane, stepped on the throttle of his fighter plane, soared into the sky with the evil torpedo, and disappeared into the vast night sky!
Following closely behind, 183 fighter jets of various models took off one after another!
These more than one hundred planes were organized into three bombing squadrons and one escort squadron, heading straight for the Honolulu Island military port in the south!
Twenty minutes later, the formation successfully arrived over Tanshan Island without encountering any obstacles!
Umezu Ogasawara looked down at the ground through the cockpit window, and saw a brightly lit area! The stupid Texans were really not prepared at all!
According to the codeword agreed upon in advance, Mei Jin shouted three short "Tiger Tiger Tiger!" into the microphone.
Then each team rushed to dive down according to the pre-drill!
At this moment, the Honolulu Naval Base was quiet and peaceful. Because it was the weekend, most people were attending a cocktail party! Although the aircraft carrier fleet had set sail and there were rumors that the Japanese might attack here, everyone thought this was pure nonsense!
Life on board is boring, and we just look forward to going ashore to relax on weekends! So even though there are orders to hold our positions, many people ignore them!
At this moment, the sailors on duty on the York Star Shield battleship suddenly heard the roar of a huge motor!
He suddenly lost all sleepiness, ran out quickly, looked up at the sky, but found nothing!
The weather today is very bad and the clouds are very low, but he feels like there seems to be something behind the clouds approaching him at a very fast speed!
"Sir, sir, there's a situation!" The sailor shook the officer on duty hard to wake him up.
But the officer on duty was still drunk. He looked around dazedly and cursed with displeasure: "It must be the damn carrier-based aircraft unit! These sons of bitches, why don't they follow the aircraft carrier out! Like a fly!"
Before he could finish his words, a huge explosion sounded, which woke him up instantly!
The huge shock wave pushed him out fiercely! Not far away, a huge flame shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire night sky!
With the help of the firelight, he finally saw clearly that there were countless fighter planes dropping bombs in the sky! The planes were flying very low! He could almost see the pilot's face! And the eye-catching plaster flag on the fuselage!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Sound the alarm!" the officer shouted in despair, but it was too late!
A huge torpedo was dropped next to this behemoth! It started working immediately after entering the water and crashed into the warship! The huge explosion directly penetrated the lower armor of the warship!
"Fight! Fight quickly!" an officer shouted, and rushed straight to the anti-aircraft gun position! But he found desperately that there was no ammunition!
Before he could even curse, a string of heavy ammunition from an aircraft-mounted machine gun shot him in two!
Explosions continued to sound all around! The entire Honolulu Naval Base was engulfed in flames!
At the same time, the Conon Air Force Base, thirty kilometers away, was also attacked by aerial bombs! Fifty horizontal bombers fired a ton of crazy bombs at the airport!
They didn't even need to look for targets, because rows of carrier-based fighters were neatly lined up on the runway!
"Tug, tug, tug!" According to the prior agreement, Umezu Ogasawara sent a signal to the fleet, indicating that the first wave of attack was successfully completed!
At this time, Fuchida was anxiously waiting. After receiving the news from Umezu, Fuchida immediately jumped into the cockpit! He wanted to personally lead the second wave of fighter planes to continue the bombing!
The second batch of 135 fighter jets of various types took off one after another!
When Fuchida arrived over Tanshan Island, it was already daybreak. Fuchida suddenly discovered that there was not a single aircraft carrier in the naval port!
But I can’t care about that anymore!
He pushed the joystick hard and dived straight down! The picture of the huge ship on the dashboard was right in front of him!
Battleship Texas! The flagship of the Eastern Ocean Fleet, the pride of the Texas Republic! Today I will make you completely lose your pride!
Under the leadership of Yuantian, torpedoes rushed towards the battleship Texas! At this time, the Texas had been hit three times, but its huge tonnage and advanced design made it still safe!
Unfortunately, at this moment, this steel giant is like a lamb to be slaughtered. It has no means of counterattack and can only allow torpedoes and bombs to hit it!
After being hit by eight torpedoes and four bombs, the Texas finally could not hold on. The hull was flooded with water, lost its balance, and sank to the bottom of the sea with more than a thousand naval officers and soldiers!
Fuchida was flying his plane recklessly over the island of Tanshan. He was observing the damage!
He wants to completely destroy this beautiful island!
"Bang, bang, bang!" Fuchida ordered.
At this moment, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier also completed the ammunition replenishment again. After receiving the order, they took off again!
Carry out a bombing mission on facilities on Honolulu Island!
Based on the target information marked in advance through reconnaissance, the pilots launched the attack skillfully as if they were carrying out a training mission!
Airports, oil depots, ammunition depots, hospitals, command posts, and any military facility on the island became a bombing target.
At this moment, Mombasa was sitting in his office with a depressed look on his face.
The adjutant rushed in regardless of everything, grabbed Mombasa and ran out.
"General, leave quickly! It's too dangerous here! Damn Japanese! Their planes are everywhere!" the adjutant cursed!
"We were sold out! We were betrayed! These bastards! These shameful politicians!" Mombasto kept muttering!
He knew that Honolulu Island was completely finished! This was a disastrous day! It was a disastrous day for the entire Eastern Ocean Navy Fleet! It was a disastrous day for the entire Republic of Texas!