Chapter 84 Die-hard Japanese pilot

The first attack wave of the Japanese army consisted of 108 aircraft, 36 "Zero" escorted 36 "99" dive bombers and 36 "97" torpedo aircraft, and finally except for one that returned due to failure, there were 107 aircraft in total. The plane approached Midway. The Midway Island Fighter Squadron dispatched 25 fighters, including 20 "Buffalo" type and 5 "Wildcat" type.After encountering the Japanese attack planes, they rushed towards the bombers and torpedo planes, trying to stop them. The "Zero" type, which was guarding the sky above, was impatient, and immediately opened its bloody mouth to attack the American planes.

Although I have long heard that the "Zero" type is powerful, I only know it after meeting. The head is the same as the hands, and it has an advantage in air combat.The performance of American aircraft is far inferior. Using them to fight against "Zero" is like poking a tiger's nose with grass, and there is no bargain. "Wildcat" is slightly better, and "Buffalo" can be considered as a "coffin in the sky". It can often fly around it in circles.The pilot who survived the air battle talked about the "Buffalo" with disgust: "I think the pilot has been sentenced to death when the commander orders the pilot to fly the 'Buffalo'. It is not at all A fighter jet should be honestly used as a trainer at home!"

U.S. military pilots admitted that the "Zero" aircraft was indeed the most maneuverable aircraft on the battlefield at that time, and the fighter jets in use by the U.S. military could not be compared with it.In addition, the technical level of the pilots of the "Zero" aircraft is also quite high, and they are very accurate when shooting, almost without missing a shot. The U.S. planes were already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and their hardware was no match for others. The scene soon became extremely ugly. Most of the U.S. planes were in the predicament of being hunted down. They could only use the method of diving at full speed while trying to Get rid of the pursuit, while hoping to get the cover of ground artillery fire in order to survive, but very few succeed.

Ensign Brooks was one of the luckier ones.After he and his comrades shot down a Japanese plane, two "Zero" planes swooped towards him, and Brooks's instrument and cockpit were completely holed. Ran those two "Zero" type. Then Brooks saw two planes fighting, and he wanted to go up to help his partner in distress.But when he flew close, the two planes rushed towards him together. Brooks took a closer look and was shocked. It turned out that the two planes were both "Zero" planes, and they were just pretending to fight in order to seduce people. Brooks had no choice but to retreat at full speed, and the plane suffered a lot of bullets along the way. When his "Buffalo" landed on the island, a total of 72 bullet holes were left on the fuselage, and he himself was slightly injured.

Calmness can sometimes play a key role in critical moments.Lieutenant Corey was cornered by four "Zero"s. During the contest, he found that the "Zeros" were not invulnerable. As long as he was lucky and hit a certain part of it with a machine gun, the "Zeros" were even stronger than ordinary fighter jets. To be vulnerable. And the other lucky guy, Corey, was very skilled and lucky. He shot down a "Zero", and after avoiding the other three "Zero", he took the opportunity to beat a Japanese bomber into the sea, and finally He drove the battered "Wildcat" back safely.

The most important thing in the battle is that you can't be bitten by the tail of the "Zero" first. Once bitten, it will be difficult to get rid of. These stubborn creatures will chase you like ghosts and ghosts to heaven and earth.After a lieutenant pilot was bitten by the "Zero", he dived with all his strength at a speed of 300 knots per hour, from more than 10,000 feet to more than 3,000 feet. After leveling the plane, he still failed to get rid of the "Zero". "Mode. Dive again, to 500 feet, "Zero" is still biting.The lieutenant had no choice but to rush to the sea, and when he looked back, the "Zero" was still shooting there relentlessly.

Of course, it is not necessary to make a forced landing on the sea to escape.A captain pilot was also bitten by his tail and couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard he tried. Then he had an idea, suddenly lowered the throttle, and slid outwards. The "Zero" could not stop and immediately rushed over the head. There is not much suspense in this aerial duel.Only 15 minutes later, the U.S. plane was defeated. Of the 25 fighter jets, 17 were shot down on the spot, and 7 were severely damaged and could no longer fight. Among the 26 pilots who participated in the battle, 25 of them would never die when they were called. Shouted, the fighter squadron was almost wiped out.

Taking advantage of the U.S. fighter jets being entangled by the "Zero", Japanese dive bombers and torpedo planes broke into the sky over Midway Island.At this time, the torpedo plane does not need to be anti-ship, so it is used as a horizontal bomber and cooperates with the dive bomber. Midway Island is composed of two reef islands, Sand Island and East Island, and the Japanese planes also bombed in two groups.The weather was fine that morning, and the visibility was good for anti-aircraft artillery fire. Before the two Japanese planes had time to drop their bombs, the violent anti-aircraft artillery fire on Sand Island shot down two Japanese planes and hit the lead plane.

Japanese pilot Captain Rokuchi Kikuchi did not parachute after he found out that his plane had been hit. The unscrupulous behavior of the Japanese army in the war can be described as hurting others and hurting themselves. He was shot to death, maybe Kikuchi was also afraid of falling on the ground of the U.S. military and encountering the same fate, so he simply didn't jump. Knowing that he was bound to die, Kikuchi opened the hatch, waved his hand to his companions to say goodbye, then closed the hatch, and fell down with the fuselage. Another Japanese plane burst into flames after being shot, but instead of landing on the ground, it plunged into the lagoon.

Seeing that Kikuchi's plane crashed, a clever black US military soldier rushed to the wreckage of the plane and dragged Kikuchi's body out.Ramsay also came after hearing the news. He checked the pockets of the deceased, trying to find something of intelligence value. At the same time, East Island was also attacked by air, but before the raid began, the defenders saw an incredible and memorable scene.