Pearl Harbor local time.

Just after 10 o'clock, Tadaichi Nagamo and his chief of staff, Kusato Ryunosuke and others stood on the bridge of the Akagi aircraft carrier, staring at the south sky.

According to the plan, at this time, the first wave of aircraft attacking Pearl Harbor should be back.

In order not to expose the movements of the second wave of attack aircraft and prevent the Americans from knowing the location of the special-mix fleet, the special-mix fleet, which is only 160 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor, remains silent on the radio.

Natsuki, who was cautious by nature, has always been worried that the traces of the fleet would be captured by four US aircraft carriers that were not anchored in Pearl Harbor. After research, it was decided that only when the first wave of attack aircraft group returned safely to the aircraft carrier, communication with the second wave of attack aircraft group would be started.

"Here, the crew is back."

The soldier shouted loudly with the telescope in his hand.

About 10 minutes later, small black dots appeared in the sky to the south.

Seeing that the group still returned in large numbers, Tadichi Nagamo and Kurokuno showed joy when they were exposed. The plane for the first round of attack mission finally returned.

The relevant personnel on the ship had been in place and were waiting for a long time, preparing to command the fighter jets to land in an orderly manner.

Some of the returning fighters flew in formations, while others were completely single-aircraft, with all Zero fighters flying at the end to cover the injured bombers.

No matter which method was it, these aircraft soon landed on six aircraft carriers one after another. After each fighter landed, they received warm applause and welcomed them. All the Japanese troops were arranged on both sides of the warships to send the triumphant heroes with the highest respect.

According to the previous agreement, when all the first wave of fighter jets landed, the special mixed fleet will open communications to let the second wave of attack aircraft know that the first wave of attack group has returned safely.

All officers of the first wave of attack aircraft group landed on the Akagi aircraft carrier. They went to the statistics room as soon as they landed on their feet and reported to Harada Shizunasa, who was responsible for aviation affairs, and reported the results of his squadron and the losses of the fighter jets.

Harada Shizunasa collected all the information one by one, verified that he wanted to count the exact report and give it to Tadaichi Nagamo who was eagerly waiting for the final statistics.

During the flight, there were 184 aircraft, except for one that fell into the sea during takeoff, and a total of 183 fighter jets participated in the first wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor. 142 were returned and 41 were lost. Among them, 8 were injured by the American counterattack during the air strike and fell into the sea on the way back.

Harada Shizuka Sa nodded with satisfaction, the loss rate was completely beyond his expectations.

Before the war, Nagamo Tadaichi and Shirata predicted that the loss rate of the first wave of attack aircraft would be within one-third, which was completely normal, and the loss of two-fifths was acceptable.

"Why didn't Iwamoto Takamikun and Nishizawa Hiroyoko?" Harada asked the commanders who were sitting in the statistics room drinking tea, smoking and resting.

The captain of the torpedo aircraft brigade, Mass Murata, said: "We encountered a fleet led by the Chinese man Zhou Zhihan over Pearl Harbor. Hiroyo Nishizawa and Toruzo Iwamoto were shot down by Zhou Zhihan to death!"

"Why is this person again?"

Harada Shizukazusa frowned, "This person is like a ghost and should have been removed long ago."

"Hayi!"

Major Murata continued, "If this surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, if this Chinese had not blocked it, we would have lost at least half of the fighter jets. I estimate that at least more than 20 Imperial fighter jets would have been shot down by this man."

"Baga!"

Harada Shi hit the table with a punch, and the teacup lid was shaking. He was usually taciturn and could calm down. "You must find a way to kill him... Baga... He shot down at least 20 fighter planes by himself. Is he a devil..."

At 9:40, Mizuo Fuchida, who was hovering in the distance of Pearl, suddenly rang out. According to the previous agreement, he knew that the first wave of fighter jets had successfully returned to land, so he ordered all the pilots over Pearl Harbor to prepare for retreat.

This air strike lasted for more than an hour and was time to retreat, but what made Fuchida regret was that the US oil depot and submarines were never bombed.

But it doesn't matter. Rentian thought to himself that more than 80% of the US fighter jets and warships in Pearl Harbor were hit hard, and the US military could no longer organize an effective counterattack ability. The Imperial Air Force will launch another wave of attacks and blow up the oil depot and submarine base, which will be a perfect ending.

After Mizuo Shinda issued an order, when all the pilots began to assemble, the special-mix fleet closed the communication again to prevent being noticed by the US aircraft carrier.

In recent minutes, Mizuo Furida has never seen Wildcat No. 214. He wondered if Wildcat No. 214 was injured and it was possible to fly elsewhere to land.

In fact, as the force of the Japanese aircraft group dropped bombs became smaller and smaller, Zhou Zhihan also hid in the thick smoke in the air.

He thought that today's gains were almost done. He shot down and injured about 40 Japanese aircraft in front and back. It would be a bit unreasonable if he continued to shoot.

Last night, Wildcat No. 214 had 6 machine guns in stock, with a total of 600 rounds of bullets per machine gun and 3,600 rounds of bullets to shoot down 40 fighters, which is unique in the history of war. Although he used two of them to shoot each time, every point of the fighter jet fired about 40 rounds, and 3,600 rounds of bullets shot down 40, which was already at the peak.

Stop when you see it is good!

In this wave of defensive battle, Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor suffered heavy losses, 6 of which were shot down and 2 were injured and left the battlefield. Fortunately, the pilots were all rescued safely.

After receiving a notice from Mizuno Nakasa Mizunata, all Japanese fighter jets gathered over Cape Caena on the west side of Oahu. This is a gathering place for Pearl Harbor residents. Without the anti-aircraft guns of the US military, it is the most ideal gathering place.

During the bomber assembly, Zero fighters always maintained suppression of ground artillery fire. Since the Wildcat No. 214 no longer appeared, Zero's pressure dropped sharply.

All Japanese planes were assembled and, under the leadership of Shigeshimazaki and Major, flew 70 kilometers southeastwards, and then flew northwards in a large circle, and headed northwards to the east to attack the west, in order not to expose the direction and position of the special mixed fleet.

Some damaged aircraft were equivalent to long journeys during their return journey, which made the pilot very tired. Coupled with the tense nerves, some improper landing operation accidents were caused when landing, resulting in plane damage and people being killed.

Those fighter jets that barely landed and were too damaged were pushed into the sea by the staff on the deck. During the war, all the staff had too much work and had no time to repair the seriously damaged fighter jets.

On the deck of the aircraft carrier, those without missions rushed over to help the pilots get out of the cabin with difficulty. After a long-distance raid, the pilots were extremely tired, and most of their fatigue came from tension and anxiety.

Soon, the second group of attack aircraft returned and landed. Half an hour later, the last plane, the command plane of Mitsuo Nakasa Fushida, finally landed safely on the deck of the [Akagi].

All the Japanese soldiers raised their arms and shouted "Long Live" and even Tadichi Nagamoto followed.

As soon as Renda crawled out of the severely damaged fighter plane, a messenger immediately came to convey Nagashi Tadaichi's order and asked him to go to the conference room immediately.
Chapter completed!