Emergency Doctor Mercenary Road: Chapter 322 Decisive battle ship sinks

Chapter 322 Decisive battle ship sinks

Chapter 322 The sinking of the decisive battleship

The time goes back to 9:35 a half hour ago.

A large number of fighter jets took off from the USS Enterprise for the second attack wave, including 2 bomber squadrons, a total of 33 dreadnought dive bombers, led by Major McCluskey, arrived in the mission briefing according to the order of the established mission. When they arrived at the interception point, they found that there was nothing on the sea surface within a few nautical miles.

Commander McCluskey was very anxious when he saw that he was about to run out of fuel to turn back, and his subordinates were constantly asking where to go next.

He gritted his teeth and made a decision that was later considered by General Nimitz to be the most important decision in the entire Battle of Midway.

"Guys, I think Nagumo's mobile unit must be located further north, it's 9:35 and everyone and I change the direction of flight to 315 degrees, we fly in this direction about 50 miles to 10 o'clock, Then change the flight direction to the northeast, and then return to the mothership after a short flight."

Although fuel was running low, McCluskey was determined to continue the search at the risk that the plane would not be able to return.

They hovered over the vast sea for nearly 40 minutes. The emperor paid off, the US aircraft group accidentally discovered the Japanese destroyer Arashi sailing alone in the sea.

Because of dealing with the Nautilus submarine, the light cruiser Nagara and the destroyer Arashi in the Japanese mobile formation stayed in place and threw depth charges. Before long, the Nagara could not wait for long, and went to pursue the main fleet to make achievements.

After searching for the Nautilus in place and dropping depth charges for nearly two hours, the Arashi also hastily, and regardless of whether the Nautilus sank or not, he increased his horsepower to pursue the main fleet.

At this time, the Arashi was chasing the main fleet with all its strength, and the ultra-high running speed left a conspicuous white wave on the sea, which was accidentally discovered by the passing American fleet. Commander McCluskey immediately judged that the solitary Japanese destroyer must be chasing the main fleet, so the U.S. fleet followed the direction of the Arashi destroyer and began to follow the clues, and then logically and fortunately found Nagumo's main fleet.

When the dreadnought dive bomber squadron led by McCluskey was chasing Nagumo's aircraft carrier maneuvering formation with all their strength, various US bomber groups that were not afraid of death bombed the Nagumo fleet.

Because of their attack like moths to a flame, the Japanese Zero fighters were pinned down at low altitudes.

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At 9:25, a formation of 15 "Avengers" torpedo bombers (numbered VT-8, commander John C. Waldron) from Hornet took off from the Nagumo fleet. Unfortunately, they were running out of fuel and were not escorted by fighter jets (due to miscommunication, the VF-6s that were supposed to be in support did not receive a call for help and instead waited for Major McCluskey's formation as originally required). In the suicide attack, it was shot down by Zero fighters and anti-aircraft fire, killing all 30 pilots except George H. Guy who survived.

At 9:30, 28 U.S. fighter jets taking off from the Enterprise and Yorktown followed one after another (it should be the VT-6 formation, commander Eugene E. Lindsay) and attacked the Canglong and Hiryu. However, when the flight formation attacked the Nagumo fleet, it suffered heavy losses and lost 20 torpedo bombers. Commander Lindsay was killed.

At 10:10, Major Lance Massey's Yorktown 3rd Dive Bomber Squadron began attacking the Dragon, and the commander of his six F4Fs, Major Joan Saatchi, took his "Saatchi Shear" tactical face for the first time. Against 15 Zeros, although the results were impressive (1 lost, 5 Zeros shot down), 10 of the 12 TBDs were shot down, and the rest were forced to land at sea. None of the five torpedoes fired at Hiryu hit.

At 10:20, due to the attack of the US military, the aircraft decks of the four Japanese aircraft carriers began to refuel and reload the escorting Zero fighters and could not prepare for the counterattack. While Japanese fighter jets were busy driving off American torpedo planes at low altitudes, 33 dreadnought dive bombers, led by Major Clarence McCluskey, took off from the USS Enterprise over the Nagumo Fleet. When they were about to give up their search, they found the destroyer "Arashi" that had stayed in place to prevent the USS "Nautilus" submarine from surfacing, and followed the course of the destroyer to find the Japanese aircraft carrier.

This is the knock-on effect of the Nautilus's death, single-handedly, and a heroic attack like Don Quixote. Thirty-three Dreadnought dive bombers arrived when they were needed most.

At this time, the Japanese ship was turning to the windward direction and was in an extremely vulnerable position. Only a few Zero fighters were parked on the deck.

At 10:24, when the first air defense Japanese fighter jet left the flight deck, the 33 "Dreadnought" dive bombers of the Enterprise were divided into two squadrons to attack the aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga respectively. Since the leader of the VS-6 squadron, Major Michael Kraski, was a fighter pilot by training, he was not familiar with dive bombing procedures - he should have led the lead formation to attack the farther carrier rather than the near one, resulting in almost all bombers (30 The aircraft carrier) concentrated fire to attack the Kaga. Captain Best, who led VB-6, realized that there was still one aircraft carrier that had not been attacked.

They pulled off the prettiest and deadliest bombing of the campaign!

Of the three 1,000-pound aerial bombs, the first and the third were close to each other after falling. And the second bomb dropped by Best hits precisely! The 1,000-pound aerial bomb accurately smashed through Akagi's flight deck and detonated the ammunition, creating a brilliant record of sinking the aircraft carrier with one bomb. Then came 17 "Dreadnought" dive bombers (VB-3) that took off from the USS Yorktown to attack the USS Soryu. The three Japanese aircraft carriers turned into three fireballs almost instantly. The planes, fuel and ammunition piled on the deck caused a big explosion, and the flames shot into the sky.

In just 5 minutes, three Japanese aircraft carriers were dealt a fatal blow and a raging fire was ignited.

This is the most coincidental, scariest and deadliest 5 minutes in the history of World War II!

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is preparing to participate in the big scene. The Nautilus, which is going to assist, doesn’t know anything about it. They are rushing to the battlefield at full speed. After more than half an hour, at the last moment of the drama, they finally arrived at the waters around 5 nautical miles outside the battlefield.

When the radar soldiers found a lot of radar images, the Nautilus dived early.

"Keep the depth at the periscope position! Hurry up!" Brockman thought and said loudly. Then he quickly put his eyes on the periscope and turned to find the target on the sea.

"My God! They're diving! Blast! Fire!" Major Brockman shouted and made an oral broadcast.

"Sir, let the Nautilus go up. This way, the line of sight will be better. Now the battlefield is so chaotic, no one is taking care of us. Besides, we are now breaking into the Japanese ships, and it would be too unfair if we were sunk by our own bombs or torpedoes. So we'd better watch on the sidelines for a while, wait for the brothers of the bombers to withdraw, and then try to fish in troubled waters to get a big vote." The first officer suggested.

"That sounds reasonable, Jack, did you hear anything?" the major asked, turning his head.

"There are no Japanese destroyers or cruisers cruising near us. The waters ahead are like boiling pots. There are explosions everywhere in the water. The explosions made my ears almost deaf. Let's float up and watch with binoculars." Lu Fei rubbed his ears and said in pain. .

A few minutes later, the Nautilus floated silently on the surface of the sea 5 nautical miles away from the battlefield.

The major and the first mate all boarded the deck of the Nautilus, which was half surfaced, and used binoculars to observe the Japanese fleet ahead.

"I count, one, two, three Japanese aircraft carriers are on fire! One more is fine. It's so exciting! This kind of scene can only be seen once in a lifetime. Hey, the rest of the Devil's aircraft carrier is taking off to deal with it. Our aircraft carrier! Alas, we can't stop it, it's really desperate."

"Major, this wave of our bombers has all flown away. Now the Japanese are busy putting out fires and saving people. The chaos has turned into a pot of porridge. Captain, should we take advantage of the chaos?" .

"The waves start so soon? But I like it, everyone gets off the boat, let's rush up and do it again!" The major raised his eyebrows and waved his orders.

The Nautilus, which rose to the surface for less than 10 minutes, quickly dived again.

"Jack, these submarine masters are really generous. There are dozens or hundreds of devils' warships in front of them. Aren't they going to kill themselves? Are we just out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den?" In the cabin, Carl Sen was eating canned beef and asked vaguely on the seat next to the sonar operator.

"This analogy is inappropriate. It should be about escaping from the dead, and now he is going to die." Lu Fei said indifferently.

"Then you are still so indifferent? Shouldn't the emotion you have now be fear? Is it fear? I don't think you were afraid to die on the plane, and you didn't seem like a foolish and bold person who put life and death aside." Carlson asked suspiciously.

"You're so scared to death! To be scared on TBF 05, that's a distrust of your flying skills! Seriously, I think this ship is blessed by gods, and it's definitely a lucky ship. We won't If something happens, do we still have a place to go now? Why don't you ask the major to leave the submarine and continue to float on the sea? I don't want to, so it's safe to do so as soon as it comes."

"It's not because you said you learned sonar for a year before you recruited it. Otherwise, we would have returned to Pearl Harbor with the Nautilus."

"At that time, I was not afraid that there would be a problem with the submarine and I wouldn't be able to go back. Besides, it's so much fun to fight the Japanese devils. This is the war of the century. If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life. I don't know why, as long as you fight the Japanese devils, you will be all over your body. The blood is boiling, and the thought of killing them makes them cool, it's more fun than picking up girls."

"Are you a pervert? I still like to pick up girls, but the fire that the bomb exploded on the Devil's destroyer was so gorgeous!"

The two were still beeping, and Major Brockman had begun to issue orders.

"Now the whole ship remains silent, the speed is 5 knots, the direction is straight ahead, and the depth is 30 meters." The major ordered.

"Received, speed 5 knots, depth 30 meters, heading straight ahead."

After the Nautilus sank into the sea, the bow was slightly downward, and the ghostly Sunward fleet was killed. Half an hour later, taking advantage of the chaos of the Japanese ships, the Nautilus dived into dozens of Japanese ships from the sea again.

"Above us are many destroyers and cruisers on the periphery of the Nagumo mobile formation. Now is our most dangerous time." Lu Fei listened to the sounds of various Japanese ships' engines and propellers in his earphones, and said softly.

"Don't make a sound, even if you want to fart, hold it back for me." The major said in a low voice with a solemn expression, pressing his hands down to the words, and making quiet gestures to the crew.

"屩屩, 喤喤", the sound of the flow of sea water above the head is unusually hollow, and the silence in the submarine is suffocating.

The Nautilus slowly sneaked forward. After a few minutes, Lu Fei said softly: "We have entered the Japanese ship defense circle, and there is an aircraft carrier about 3,000 yards ahead."

Major Brockman frowned and considered for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth and said, "Go up to the height of the periscope, raise the periscope, and prepare to launch the torpedo tubes 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the bow!"

The sailors acted immediately, and the Nautilus began to rise rapidly. Half a minute later, the periscope rose.

Major held the periscope with both hands, his eyes were attached to the lens, and after observing for a few seconds, he ignored the exposure of Xingzang and shouted:

"3000 yards away, azimuth straight ahead, 1, 2, 3, 4 torpedo tubes open underwater passage."

"Received, 1, 2, 3, 4 torpedo tubes open underwater passage."

"Prepare No. 1, let go!"

"Whoosh", a torpedo rushed out of the torpedo tube.

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"Prepare No. 4, let go!"

In an instant, four torpedoes were launched one by one, and the four front and rear torpedoes rushed towards the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu from underwater at a speed of more than 40 knots.

Like several poisonous arrows in the ancient battlefield, they secretly shot at the opponent's main general.

Major Brockman looked nervously at the periscope, hoping that these torpedoes would be successful.

Lu Fei listened intently with his earphones on. In theory, all the torpedoes would arrive one after another in more than a minute. Whether you can hit or not depends on luck. At this time, Guizi's aircraft carrier has been damaged, and the probability of quick evasion is not high.

After a minute and a half.

"Hit, there is a fire, but it doesn't seem to sink." Major Brockman yelled.

After a while, Lu Fei also heard the sound of the explosion.

"It exploded, there was only one explosion, only one torpedo hit, and the others didn't hit. Major! Not good! Several destroyers are rushing towards us, hurry up." Lu Fei raised his head and shouted.

"Put away the periscope, make an emergency dive, make an emergency dive, set a depth of 80 meters, head due east, and move forward at full speed! Quick!" Major Brockman responded and quickly ordered.

The Nautilus sank quickly, the bow slanted down, and desperately went to the deep sea.

After a while, the sound of depth charges exploded from the back of the submarine.

(end of this chapter)