Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

At 13:30 on December 7, 1941, Hawaiian time, the aircraft carrier Hiryu

"Report to Rear Admiral Yamaguchi! Currently, the six aircraft carriers in the fleet have dispatched a total of 364 carrier-based aircraft, and the total loss of the two waves of attacks is 54! The third wave of attack is ready! Please give the order!"

As soon as these words came out, Yamaguchi Tamon, who was still resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, and then looked at Captain Kaku Tomoo with a look full of praise.

"Good! Very energetic!"

"Pass my order! Let the samurai go immediately! Hurry up and launch the third wave of attack! Whether it is the oil depot or the dock of the ugly country, blow them all up!"

"Although I hate the army idiots, they have a policy that I personally agree with! Kill them all! Loot them all! Burn them all! Wherever the combined fleet goes, there must be no grass left!"

In the process of announcing the order, Yamaguchi Tamon had already entered a state of madness, and even threw a few drops of saliva from the corners of his mouth when he roared.

However, no one at the scene cared about his loss of composure, because the state of others was really not much better than that of their own commander.

No one else, because the gains of this operation were too great, and the entire Pacific Fleet was almost severely damaged by the raiding fleet.

"Hi!"

"I will notify the captains of each formation right away, and by the way, send a copy of the plan to Vice Admiral Nanyun!"

Five minutes later, the Hiryu sent the plan of Yamaguchi Tamon to the nominal commander-in-chief through the flagship and signal lights, and then notified the entire fleet.

After receiving the information handed over by the communications staff, Nanyun Chuichi's face instantly turned liver-colored.

"Huh?"

"Who does that guy think he is? A junior actually wants to command me? A short-sighted guy? He actually wants to launch a third wave of attack!?"

Nanyun's uncontrollable anger is very understandable, because there has never been a precedent of juniors commanding seniors in the IJN.

The first two waves of attack were fine. After all, no matter what, he himself was not as experienced as Yamaguchi Tamon in air force operations, and letting him take temporary command could be said to be a performance of considering the overall situation.

But now the mission has been completed beyond expectations, and the other side actually wants to launch a third wave of attack?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! If I give up power again, wouldn't I be regarded as a coward who is easy to bully by all the senior naval officials?

Moreover, even if the third wave plan succeeds, only a small part of the credit after the war will be credited to me. But if it fails, he will have to bear the infamy of the whole country.

Of course, Chuichi Nanyun will not do such a thankless task.

"Tell Yamaguchi that the warriors of the younger country need to rest. They are no longer able to launch another attack!"

"And my mission is to bring the entire fleet back to the mainland safely, so that the kid will not make trouble for no reason, otherwise I will let him recall the years of Etajima."

Hearing this, the communications staff immediately executed the order of his commander and sent the above words intact.

In fact, in addition to not wanting to take the blame, Nanyun really has his own ideas.

First of all, the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is a very complicated matter. Under normal circumstances, you have to fly a batch of aircraft out and then take back a batch to continue the bombing mission.

Situations like today where two batches are dispatched one after another are very challenging for the efficiency and basic skills of the deck ground staff, and even the elite among the elite are about to reach their limits.

If the third wave is dispatched now, it will most likely be night when the carrier-based aircraft are recovered.

Even if their naval aviation has the ability to take off and land at night, accidents will definitely happen at that time, causing precious aircraft and pilots to be buried in the sea in vain.

Secondly, every pilot of the six aircraft carriers has gone through several hours of flying and high-intensity combat, and almost all of them are driving fatigued.

Another dispatch will lead to low offensive efficiency, and it will inevitably hit most of the complete Pearl Island air defense. In this way, there is no need to carry out high-risk and unknown-return operations.

Although it is true that I am a battleship faction, the battleship faction also needs carrier-based aircraft to assist in combat.

What's more, the cost of more than 300 fighters is almost equal to the cost of one-third of a Yamato-class battleship. My country is so poor, only a ghost will go crazy with you, Yamaguchi Tamon.

Finally, the entire IJN only focused on combat forces, extremely neglected supplies, and did not understand the importance of bases in the vast Pacific Ocean.

As long as they were fighting, the primary target must be the enemy's combat fleet. They simply ignored things like supply transport ships and never paid attention to destroying transportation lines.

Otherwise, with the number of their submarines, they could definitely play a battle with the Americans. After all, in the naval national policy of a certain 7+ game, the Japanese line emphasized submarine tactics.

In other words, in the original plan, the raiding fleet had no idea of ​​bombing strategic facilities such as oil depots and naval docks.

The boss himself said that once the war started, they would concentrate their firepower to attack the enemy's main fleet, so as to ensure that the key barrier in East Asia would be invincible.

So some pilots who deviated from the route would rather drop bombs on the army barracks in Pearl Harbor, or even bomb schools, rather than try to attack crucial targets such as shipyards, oil depots, and submarine bases.

Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the Vesta.

After the Arizona exploded, the repair ship was affected by the shock wave, and the captain was blown into the water.

But even so, the pilots of the First Air Fleet were unwilling to make the final move, thus letting go of the strongest nurse in the naval battles of World War II.

Soon, Yamaguchi Tawen, who was on the bridge of the Hiryu, received a reply from Nanyun. The crazy major general showed a disdainful smile, and then threw the letter in his hand into the trash can.

"Short-sighted? The raid on Oahu is a gamble on the fate of the country. We must win, and we must win in a stud style. Only in this way can we buy time for my brother's country."

"Pearl Harbor is now isolated and helpless. You, Nagumo, are holding back just because you are afraid of losing carrier-based aircraft and pilots! A national thief! He is a complete national thief!"

"I have an oral message from Admiral Yamamoto! Give me the order! Tenchu ​​national thief! Let Ryuunosuke Kusaka and Minoru Genda take over the command of the First Air Battle immediately! All responsibilities and consequences will be borne by me alone!"

Crazy?

Crazy indeed.

However, it is a traditional custom of the book to go down and go up. What's more, today is not the first time Yamaguchi has ordered grass Nagumo. Who makes him really have the hint of Yamamoto's seven times eight.

In fact, at the beginning, the reason why Yamaguchi Takan attempted to bomb the oil depot and shipyard was very simple.

After two rounds of attacks, there were no land-based fighter jets on Oahu that could take off to meet the enemy, nor was there an aircraft carrier battle fleet whose whereabouts were unknown.

I still have some remaining aerial bombs, so why not clear my inventory?

But after seeing Nagumo Chuichi's reply, a bold and cognitive idea suddenly flashed in the old devil's mind.

It seems that as long as the Pearl Harbor dock is blown up, the U.S. Pacific Fleet will have to go back to California if it wants to repair the ships. If we go back and forth, won't we be able to buy a few more months?

Facts have proved that Yamaguchi's idea was not wrong at all.

In the later Battle of the Coral Sea, the Yorktown underwent emergency repairs at Pearl Harbor before she could gain the title of unsinkable and join the battle again.

If York City had been missing from the Battle of Midway, it’s really hard to say who would be the final victor.

After making up his mind, Yamaguchi said to the waiting staff officer:

"A country thief easily broke into the rich man's estate, only to touch some silver tableware and then ran away in a hurry. This is what our Lieutenant General Nagumo did."

"Ignore him, and immediately let all carrier-based aircraft launch with aircraft."

"The third wave of attacks focuses on attacking the enemy's docks and oil depots. If you really can't find the target, you can bomb the remaining surface ships in the naval port."

Upon hearing this, the communications staff immediately passed the combat order to the entire fleet. Ryunosuke Kusaka and Minoru Genda also responded very effectively on the Akagi.

An hour and a half later, the third wave of carrier-based aircraft, totaling 155, took off from their respective aircraft carriers in an orderly manner.

Their targets are strategic facilities on Oahu.

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Facts have proved that Benzi's third wave of attacks did not go very smoothly.

The reason is just one word, that is poverty.

After the second wave of attacks, the entire assault fleet only had 310 rounds of 250KG high-explosive aerial bombs in stock.

Even if these gadgets all hit and add 800KG armor-piercing aerial bombs, under ideal conditions, they can only destroy one-tenth of the U.S. naval dockyard.

Fortunately, Mitsuo Fuchida had some real skills. After he found out that it was difficult to blow up the naval dock, he immediately led a team to rush to the oil depot on Ford Island.

There are several aviation fuel tanks there. If they are blown up, they will be enough to cause the subsequent aviation units to lose their combat endurance in a short period of time.

As for why not choose heavy oil for frying?

Very simple, because the damage effect is not very good.

Every oil tank over there has a mound of dirt surrounding it, making the foundations of the tanks themselves lower than the surrounding land. Even if the fuel leaks out after being hit, it will first be restricted and burned in the trench.

Secondly, there are fire embankments surrounding the oil tanks, which can provide good isolation.

Finally, there is pipeline equipment under the oil tank. In an emergency, the oil stored in the threatened oil tank can be drained out to isolate the possibility of explosion.

Moreover, most of the oil stored in port oil depots is heavy oil that burns less violently than gasoline, which will not produce deflagration effects and is relatively difficult to spread.

Rather than going to the trouble of blowing up the other three oil depots, it would be better to concentrate on the Stud at Ford Island.

Of course, due to the influence of wind direction and wind speed, the actions of Mizuo Fuchida and his party did not go smoothly. The black smoke caused by the aviation fuel greatly reduced the hit rate of the dive bombers in the formation.

After the entire third wave was fought, the effect can only be said to be like an explosion, which is better than nothing.

The real bombing of the shipyard depends on the performance of the Eighth Air Force in 1942. (End of chapter)