Chapter 984: 984
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Time goes back a few hours.
The Pacific Ocean is rippling with blue waves.
The waves beat warships. The front end of the warship split the waves and sailed to the West. This fleet is composed of more than a dozen warships. The most central one is the large aircraft carrier, Saratoga, which goes straight to the deck.
This time, they are completely to revenge the islanders. In the middle and rear section of the deck, B-25 bombers are neatly arranged there, looking dignified and solemn.
On the bridge, Doolittle looked at these bombers with some emotion that their bombing will go down in history!
After more than two months of practice, they finally tamed the B-25 and could take off from the narrow deck of the aircraft carrier. The country is still immersed in the sadness and anger of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and their bombing will greatly boost the morale of the country!
He turned his eyes and looked at the busy Navy personnel on the bridge. Doolittle had a quarrel with them for his plane to go on board, because they refused to let the last bomber go on board, thinking that there was insufficient space on the deck, and Doolittle argued and didn't come up until the moment before departure.
The one who argued with him was the lieutenant general who was smoking a cigar, William Halsey, nicknamed "bull", who was famous in the Navy.
"Jimmy, we are 650 kilometers away from the island." Just then, general Halsey spoke to him: "let's sail for another ten hours, and you can take off this evening."
According to the plan, they will be released more than 400 nautical miles from the island's mainland. It is only early in the morning. The fleet has a speed of 20 knots and arrives at the scheduled position in the afternoon.
Night bombing will also be much less dangerous.
Jimmy was Doolittle's nickname. When he heard general Halsey's words, he smiled: "the Navy also contributed a lot to our smooth bombing this time. Unfortunately, our plane is not long enough. "
If only the United States had bombers with sufficient range to take off directly from the United States and fly back after bombing! Doolittle sighed in his heart, and he knew that it was impossible.
Moreover, if we have such bombers, we don't have to look at the face of the Navy. In any country, there are disputes between the services.
Of course Halsey knew what Doolittle was thinking. He just smiled. The navy was also thinking about its own safety.
After all, the Pacific Fleet has been crippled. It will take a year or two for the navy to recover. During this period, they can only rely on their existing strength to defend, and there must be no mistakes.
Just when he was about to say something, suddenly, an anxious voice came from the radio: "report, an island patrol ship was found near our waters!"
Although it is still more than 600 nautical miles away from the island's mainland, the island's navy has been swimming around here. Now, the lookout on the island's patrol ship ridongmaru 23 cruising in this sea area has found a huge fleet in the misty water vapor in the morning.
It's not the flag of the island country!
"Quickly, send a telegram to the mainland immediately and find that the U.S. aircraft carrier formation is in the sea area near us!" Said the captain anxiously.
There were only eleven people on the patrol ship. The telegraph operator quickly started the transmitter. After preheating, Didi's voice sounded.
Almost at the same time, on one side of the US aircraft carrier formation, the main gun of the destroyer Nashville turned and the dark muzzle aimed at them.
"Boom, boom!" One salvo, shells hit the patrol ship, its middle began to catch fire, and the whole ship was slowly sinking.
The U.S. Navy responded quickly, but still did not stop the other side from sending a telegram.
"We can't move on." Halsey said, "I'm sorry, but you should be able to understand that we will enter the range of island aircraft, which is very dangerous for our fleet."
The Navy's fleet can no longer move forward. They are to escort bombers, but they also have to ensure their own safety.
Doolittle frowned, clenched his teeth and said, "OK, let's take off now."
"Right full rudder, full speed, ready to fly the carrier aircraft!" The captain on the other side gave orders.
The aircraft carrier formation turned its direction and drew an arc at sea. Now it's the east wind. They have to turn around and sail eastward.
Black smoke came out of the chimney behind the bridge, and the huge aircraft carrier of more than 30000 tons began to accelerate on the sea.
"Come on, come on, come on!" Doolittle shouted, "get rid of everything we don't use. We'll fly 300 nautical miles more!"
He pointed to the machine guns in front of the nose: "dismantle these machine guns, too!"
This is the only self-defense machine gun left. If these machine guns are removed, they will have no self-defense ability.
His men did it without hesitation. At the same time, barrels of extra gasoline were also carried up. If you want to fly more, you have to refuel more.
Soon, Doolittle was in place and sat in his cabin. Doolittle waved to the tower, and then he started the engine.
Before that, he had taken off from the aircraft carrier deck twice. The runway of 60 meters was not a challenge for him.
Push the accelerator to the maximum and release the brake. At this time, the aircraft carrier has provided him with an airspeed of 30 knots. His bomber almost flew to the head on the short deck.
Pull up, pull up!
When the wheel was about to leave the deck, he kept the operating lever backward, but the bomber could not lift the front wheel. In this way, the whole fuselage fell half a meter down at the moment of leaving the deck, and then the nose finally began to tilt up.
It's flying!
With the first, there are the second and the third. The farther back, the longer the runway to take off. All the bombers left the deck and entered the sky.
"Good luck!" Lieutenant general Halsey shouted from inside the bridge. As a senior commander, he must know what to give up. Sometimes, he must give orders knowing that his orders will lead his men to death.
There are tens of thousands of people in the whole fleet. We can't let these people fall into greater danger. The range of bombers can complete the bombing of island countries, but after the bombing
Halsey asked himself to stop these imagination. As long as he could throw the bomb over the head of the island country, his side would win! This will greatly boost domestic morale. At the same time, this bombing force of Doolittle will always live in the hearts of the people.
Well, that's it.
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Time goes back a few hours.
The Pacific Ocean is rippling with blue waves.
The waves beat warships. The front end of the warship split the waves and sailed to the West. This fleet is composed of more than a dozen warships. The most central one is the large aircraft carrier, Saratoga, which goes straight to the deck.
This time, they are completely to revenge the islanders. In the middle and rear section of the deck, B-25 bombers are neatly arranged there, looking dignified and solemn.
On the bridge, Doolittle looked at these bombers with some emotion that their bombing will go down in history!
After more than two months of practice, they finally tamed the B-25 and could take off from the narrow deck of the aircraft carrier. The country is still immersed in the sadness and anger of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and their bombing will greatly boost the morale of the country!
He turned his eyes and looked at the busy Navy personnel on the bridge. Doolittle had a quarrel with them for his plane to go on board, because they refused to let the last bomber go on board, thinking that there was insufficient space on the deck, and Doolittle argued and didn't come up until the moment before departure.
The one who argued with him was the lieutenant general who was smoking a cigar, William Halsey, nicknamed "bull", who was famous in the Navy.
"Jimmy, we are 650 kilometers away from the island." Just then, general Halsey spoke to him: "let's sail for another ten hours, and you can take off this evening."
According to the plan, they will be released more than 400 nautical miles from the island's mainland. It is only early in the morning. The fleet has a speed of 20 knots and arrives at the scheduled position in the afternoon.
Night bombing will also be much less dangerous.
Jimmy was Doolittle's nickname. When he heard general Halsey's words, he smiled: "the Navy also contributed a lot to our smooth bombing this time. Unfortunately, our plane is not long enough. "
If only the United States had bombers with sufficient range to take off directly from the United States and fly back after bombing! Doolittle sighed in his heart, and he knew that it was impossible.
Moreover, if we have such bombers, we don't have to look at the face of the Navy. In any country, there are disputes between the services.
Of course Halsey knew what Doolittle was thinking. He just smiled. The navy was also thinking about its own safety.
After all, the Pacific Fleet has been crippled. It will take a year or two for the navy to recover. During this period, they can only rely on their existing strength to defend, and there must be no mistakes.
Just when he was about to say something, suddenly, an anxious voice came from the radio: "report, an island patrol ship was found near our waters!"
Although it is still more than 600 nautical miles away from the island's mainland, the island's navy has been swimming around here. Now, the lookout on the island's patrol ship ridongmaru 23 cruising in this sea area has found a huge fleet in the misty water vapor in the morning.
It's not the flag of the island country!
"Quickly, send a telegram to the mainland immediately and find that the U.S. aircraft carrier formation is in the sea area near us!" Said the captain anxiously.
There were only eleven people on the patrol ship. The telegraph operator quickly started the transmitter. After preheating, Didi's voice sounded.
Almost at the same time, on one side of the US aircraft carrier formation, the main gun of the destroyer Nashville turned and the dark muzzle aimed at them.
"Boom, boom!" One salvo, shells hit the patrol ship, its middle began to catch fire, and the whole ship was slowly sinking.
The U.S. Navy responded quickly, but still did not stop the other side from sending a telegram.
"We can't move on." Halsey said, "I'm sorry, but you should be able to understand that we will enter the range of island aircraft, which is very dangerous for our fleet."
The Navy's fleet can no longer move forward. They are to escort bombers, but they also have to ensure their own safety.
Doolittle frowned, clenched his teeth and said, "OK, let's take off now."
"Right full rudder, full speed, ready to fly the carrier aircraft!" The captain on the other side gave orders.
The aircraft carrier formation turned its direction and drew an arc at sea. Now it's the east wind. They have to turn around and sail eastward.
Black smoke came out of the chimney behind the bridge, and the huge aircraft carrier of more than 30000 tons began to accelerate on the sea.
"Come on, come on, come on!" Doolittle shouted, "get rid of everything we don't use. We'll fly 300 nautical miles more!"
He pointed to the machine guns in front of the nose: "dismantle these machine guns, too!"
This is the only self-defense machine gun left. If these machine guns are removed, they will have no self-defense ability.
His men did it without hesitation. At the same time, barrels of extra gasoline were also carried up. If you want to fly more, you have to refuel more.
Soon, Doolittle was in place and sat in his cabin. Doolittle waved to the tower, and then he started the engine.
Before that, he had taken off from the aircraft carrier deck twice. The runway of 60 meters was not a challenge for him.
Push the accelerator to the maximum and release the brake. At this time, the aircraft carrier has provided him with an airspeed of 30 knots. His bomber almost flew to the head on the short deck.
Pull up, pull up!
When the wheel was about to leave the deck, he kept the operating lever backward, but the bomber could not lift the front wheel. In this way, the whole fuselage fell half a meter down at the moment of leaving the deck, and then the nose finally began to tilt up.
It's flying!
With the first, there are the second and the third. The farther back, the longer the runway to take off. All the bombers left the deck and entered the sky.
"Good luck!" Lieutenant general Halsey shouted from inside the bridge. As a senior commander, he must know what to give up. Sometimes, he must give orders knowing that his orders will lead his men to death.
There are tens of thousands of people in the whole fleet. We can't let these people fall into greater danger. The range of bombers can complete the bombing of island countries, but after the bombing
Halsey asked himself to stop these imagination. As long as he could throw the bomb over the head of the island country, his side would win! This will greatly boost domestic morale. At the same time, this bombing force of Doolittle will always live in the hearts of the people.
Well, that's it.
Time goes back a few hours.The Pacific Ocean is rippling with blue waves.The waves beat warships. The front end of the warship split the waves and sailed to the West. This fleet is composed of more than a dozen warships. The most central one is the large aircraft carrier, Saratoga, which goes straight to the deck.This time, they are completely to revenge the islanders. In the middle and rear section of the deck, B-25 bombers are neatly arranged there, looking dignified and solemn.On the bridge, Doolittle looked at these bombers with some emotion that their bombing will go down in history!After more than two months of practice, they finally tamed the B-25 and could take off from the narrow deck of the aircraft carrier. The country is still immersed in the sadness and anger of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and their bombing will greatly boost the morale of the country!He turned his eyes and looked at the busy Navy personnel on the bridge. Doolittle had a quarrel with them for his plane to go on board, because they refused to let the last bomber go on board, thinking that there was insufficient space on the deck, and Doolittle argued and didn't come up until the moment before departure.The one who argued with him was the lieutenant general who was smoking a cigar, William Halsey, nicknamed "bull", who was famous in the Navy."Jimmy, we are 650 kilometers away from the island." Just then, general Halsey spoke to him: "let's sail for another ten hours, and you can take off this evening."According to the plan, they will be released more than 400 nautical miles from the island's mainland. It is only early in the morning. The fleet has a speed of 20 knots and arrives at the scheduled position in the afternoon.Night bombing will also be much less dangerous.Jimmy was Doolittle's nickname. When he heard general Halsey's words, he smiled: "the Navy also contributed a lot to our smooth bombing this time. Unfortunately, our plane is not long enough. "If only the United States had bombers with sufficient range to take off directly from the United States and fly back after bombing! Doolittle sighed in his heart, and he knew that it was impossible.Moreover, if we have such bombers, we don't have to look at the face of the Navy. In any country, there are disputes between the services.Of course Halsey knew what Doolittle was thinking. He just smiled. The navy was also thinking about its own safety.After all, the Pacific Fleet has been crippled. It will take a year or two for the navy to recover. During this period, they can only rely on their existing strength to defend, and there must be no mistakes.Just when he was about to say something, suddenly, an anxious voice came from the radio: "report, an island patrol ship was found near our waters!"Although it is still more than 600 nautical miles away from the island's mainland, the island's navy has been swimming around here. Now, the lookout on the island's patrol ship ridongmaru 23 cruising in this sea area has found a huge fleet in the misty water vapor in the morning.It's not the flag of the island country!"Quickly, send a telegram to the mainland immediately and find that the U.S. aircraft carrier formation is in the sea area near us!" Said the captain anxiously.There were only eleven people on the patrol ship. The telegraph operator quickly started the transmitter. After preheating, Didi's voice sounded.Almost at the same time, on one side of the US aircraft carrier formation, the main gun of the destroyer Nashville turned and the dark muzzle aimed at them."Boom, boom!" One salvo, shells hit the patrol ship, its middle began to catch fire, and the whole ship was slowly sinking.The U.S. Navy responded quickly, but still did not stop the other side from sending a telegram."We can't move on." Halsey said, "I'm sorry, but you should be able to understand that we will enter the range of island aircraft, which is very dangerous for our fleet."The Navy's fleet can no longer move forward. They are to escort bombers, but they also have to ensure their own safety.Doolittle frowned, clenched his teeth and said, "OK, let's take off now.""Right full rudder, full speed, ready to fly the carrier aircraft!" The captain on the other side gave orders.The aircraft carrier formation turned its direction and drew an arc at sea. Now it's the east wind. They have to turn around and sail eastward.Black smoke came out of the chimney behind the bridge, and the huge aircraft carrier of more than 30000 tons began to accelerate on the sea."Come on, come on, come on!" Doolittle shouted, "get rid of everything we don't use. We'll fly 300 nautical miles more!"He pointed to the machine guns in front of the nose: "dismantle these machine guns, too!"This is the only self-defense machine gun left. If these machine guns are removed, they will have no self-defense ability.His men did it without hesitation. At the same time, barrels of extra gasoline were also carried up. If you want to fly more, you have to refuel more.Soon, Doolittle was in place and sat in his cabin. Doolittle waved to the tower, and then he started the engine.Before that, he had taken off from the aircraft carrier deck twice. The runway of 60 meters was not a challenge for him.Push the accelerator to the maximum and release the brake. At this time, the aircraft carrier has provided him with an airspeed of 30 knots. His bomber almost flew to the head on the short deck.Pull up, pull up!When the wheel was about to leave the deck, he kept the operating lever backward, but the bomber could not lift the front wheel. In this way, the whole fuselage fell half a meter down at the moment of leaving the deck, and then the nose finally began to tilt up.It's flying!With the first, there are the second and the third. The farther back, the longer the runway to take off. All the bombers left the deck and entered the sky."Good luck!" Lieutenant general Halsey shouted from inside the bridge. As a senior commander, he must know what to give up. Sometimes, he must give orders knowing that his orders will lead his men to death.There are tens of thousands of people in the whole fleet. We can't let these people fall into greater danger. The range of bombers can complete the bombing of island countries, but after the bombingHalsey asked himself to stop these imagination. As long as he could throw the bomb over the head of the island country, his side would win! This will greatly boost domestic morale. At the same time, this bombing force of Doolittle will always live in the hearts of the people.Well, that's it.
