Chapter 99 Finally found the "big fish"

Browning was giving orders to the Enterprise dive bomber group, which consisted of 33 Dreadnoughts, led by Group Captain Major McCluskey. McCluskey learned fighter jets in his early years and flew fighter jets, so he was very unfamiliar with bombers.Just over ten days ago, he had just been promoted to be the captain of the flight team and was in charge of commanding all the flight crew on the "Enterprise" aircraft carrier. From then on, he took a break from his busy schedule and began to work overtime to get familiar with the "Fearless" aircraft. performance. It should be said that he has no problem taking off and landing on the aircraft carrier with the "Dreadnought" aircraft, but he has never used this bomber to drop bombs.

It doesn't matter if you haven't voted before, you will know everything if you try it, but what is worse than this is that when he arrived at the expected interception point, he couldn't find where the mobile unit was. copied on him. Due to the large amount of fuel consumed on the way, the remaining fuel can only last for another 15 minutes of reconnaissance flights. After 15 minutes, if they do not want to fall into the sea, the bomber fleet must return. McCluskey made a quick judgment call. He concluded that the mobile force would only turn around and retreat, so he decided to fly another 35 nautical miles northwest.

His judgment was later called the most important judgment in the entire Battle of Midway Island, because if he did not do so, the U.S. task force would be doomed to be wiped out when the mobile force launched a full-scale counterattack, and the balance of the war would be over. Full tilt. After flying for a while, McCluskey suddenly saw a white track left by a warship passing by on the sea.He quickly grabbed the binoculars and found the warship. McCluskey recognized it as a cruiser galloping north, and he realized that the cruiser, traveling in such a hurry, must have fallen behind and was desperately looking for an organization.So, he immediately gave the order to use the cruiser as a guide, change the course from northwest to north, and follow along.

The warship that inadvertently led the way for the US plane was not a cruiser, but the destroyer "Arashi".It encountered a submarine in the lead of the task force before, and dropped 6 depth charges on the opponent. At that time, the entire mobile force was changing course. The destroyer "Arashi" dropped the bomb and turned around. What happened to the other warships? gone?Hurry up. If I knew that I would become a voluntary guide for the Americans, why bother to throw those 6 more bombs?Now it is Huang Ying who grabs the kite's feet and clasps the rings on both sides.

McCluskey came after him, and he soon saw a rather spectacular sight: a huge lineup of warships on the sea formed a huge circular formation, and among the guard circles, there were stars holding the moon. Among the 4 aircraft carriers, except for the "Flying Dragon" which is still hiding under the clouds and still holding a pipa half-hidden, the other 3 ships are listed outside with their stomachs open. What's even better is that there is no shadow of "Zero" above and around the fleet-the torpedo pilots did not sacrifice in vain. At this time, "Zero" is either frantically chasing and killing the remaining torpedo planes, or just returned On the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, they appear to be ignorant of the dangerous situation of the aircraft carrier.

The flight deck was bustling like a supermarket. Japanese planes were taken out of the hangar one by one and quickly lined up on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. At 10:20, Nagumo ordered that the plane take off as soon as the preparations were completed. "Akagi" began to sail against the wind. On its flight deck, the planes had already started, and all planes would be ready to take off in 5 minutes. The "Enterprise" bomber group actually included two bombing squadrons. McCluskey ordered Best VB-6 Squadron to attack "Akagi", and he personally led Gallagher VS-6 Squadron to attack "Kaga".

It was too late, but soon, McCluskey took advantage of the cover of intermittent clouds, followed the sun, and led the aircraft group to launch a swift dive to "Kaga" from an altitude of 10,000 feet. It's so close, it's frightening. When "Kaga" saw the bomber, it was too late to evade.The "Zero" in the air were all led to low altitudes because they were chasing torpedo planes, and none of them had such a fast speed that they could climb up to disperse the bomber formation. After the first batch of three bombs failed, the fourth bomb exploded on the starboard stern of "Kaga", and the deck was suddenly ablaze. , the fuselage became the flue of the chimney, constantly spewing fire and thick smoke.

The happy days of mobile units are finally over.