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- . Over the waters near Hawaii, an air war is going on
"I hit him, I hit him!!!"
Looking at the Zero Fighter ahead that had begun to smoke, a pilot driving an F6F Hellcat shouted loudly on the radio. [The source of this book is Bai*Xiao*sheng]
While shouting loudly, the pilot also kept pressing the trigger.
When the pilot pressed the trigger, the six 12.7mm Browning M2 machine guns on the Hellcat fired simultaneously.
Although the smoking Zero Fighter in front is also avoiding firepower from the rear, the weak armor of the Zero Fighter itself has become a fatal flaw at this time. Soon, Zero War had to fly down towards the sea under the attack of Hellcat.
The F6F Hellcat fighter jet was a warship and aircraft that served the U.S. Navy during World War II. The f6f is more advanced than the old f4f wildcat in terms of internal structure and equipment, but apart from its larger body, it is almost the same in appearance, so it is also nicknamed the "big brother of the wildcat".
Beginning in the middle of World War II, the f6f gradually replaced the f4f as the main force of the US military with its excellent performance, shooting down a total of 5,171 fighter jets for the US military (8 of which were shot down in southern France). The F6F serving in the Royal Navy also shot down 52 aircraft. After the war, the F6F was still used by the US military until 1954. The US military squadrons were first equipped with night fighters before they were completely retired. Their service time in other countries was correspondingly longer. A total of 12,275 F6Fs were produced, of which 11,000 were built within two years.
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Grumman has already begun developing follow-up models for the F4F. After the start of the Pacific War, actual combat conditions showed that even though the F4F was structurally stronger than the Zero fighter and could withstand more attacks, its acceleration rate during dives was also higher (U.S. military pilots often rely on this advantage to recover from dives. Avoid. Zero combat attack), but it did not have advantages in maneuverability, control performance, and climb rate, which had a considerable impact on the later demand specifications of F6F and F4U.
??Same as the f4f, the design features of the f6f are also to facilitate production and maintain a strong and stable body structure. The F6F originally used Wright's R2600 engine. However, in order to improve combat effectiveness, Grumman was determined to make further improvements to the F6F to change the Zero's dominant position in the Pacific.
Grumman installed the Pratt & Whitney R2800 Twin Wasp engine on the F6F. The horsepower is increased to 2000, and the overall power is increased by 25%. The R2800's radial engine design also ensures that after any cylinder is hit, it can still maintain flight through the operation of other cylinders. Together with the cockpit protective armor, the total weight is 212 pounds (96 kilograms). Equipped with bulletproof glass, the sealed fuel tank and cooler are equipped with armor, which makes the F6F less likely to be attacked in battle and cause oil leakage, serious damage or even loss of power. It improves the return rate of damaged aircraft.
The basic armament of the F6F is also the same as that of the F4U, both of which are 6 Browning M2 heavy machine guns. Later modifications allowed the F6F to carry 2,000 pounds of bombs. Or carry an additional 150-gallon fuel tank. A total of six 5-inch hvars rockets can also be mounted on the wings to attack ground targets.
Compared with the f4f¡¯s small and difficult-to-control landing gear, the f6f uses a hydraulic landing gear to increase flexibility and strength. It can also make the landing gear form a 90-degree right angle and fold inward into the wing. The wing layout is lower. Make the F6F's landing on the flight deck more stable.
The first model of the F6F flew on June 26, 1942, and the XF6F3 equipped with the new engine took off for the first time on July 30 of the same year. at the same time. New improvements have followed. The xf6f2 was equipped with a one-stage two-speed supercharger, but its performance was not ideal. At that time, the Navy was not keen on further improving the high-altitude performance of its warships and aircraft. As a result, the xf6f3, which was equipped with a two-stage supercharger, was not taken seriously either. However, These tests provided experience for the later f6f4 and f6f5.
Historically, the F6F went into battle for the first time on September 1, 1943. It took off from the USS ** aircraft carrier and shot down a Japanese Type II seaplane. On November 11, a mixed formation of F6F and F4U fought with the Japanese over Rabaul. The fighter fleet fought fiercely and shot down nearly 50 enemy aircraft. On November 23 and 24, 1311, F6F shot down 30 Zero fighters over Tarawa Atoll, while F6F only lost one. f6f also inherited the special combat organization of f4f, see en:thachweave for details. Since the first battle, the F6F has basically participated in all air battles in the Pacific War after 1943. Including the Philippine naval battle known as the "Mariana Turkey Shooting Contest", most of the air combat shootdowns were obtained from this aircraft.
Overall, the F6F won 75% of the U.S. Naval Air Force¡¯s air combat victories. After 1944, night F6F fighter formations equipped with radars were also put into the battlefield one after another. The F6F also participated in 66,530 small-scale air combat encounters, accounting for 45% of the total number in World War II. Most of them belonged to the Navy: 62,386 were dispatched from aircraft carriers. In these battles, the F6F destroyed 5,163 enemy aircraft at a cost of 270 sorties, accounting for 56% of the total number of naval combat victories, with a shoot-down ratio of 19:1. As for the shootdown ratio of Zero fighters, it was 13:1, Hayate was 9.5:1, and Thunder was 3.7:1.
The f6f has also given birth to the most ace pilots.306 in total. In addition to the advantages of the airframe, this good performance is also due to the declining quality of Japanese pilots and the appropriate strategies of the US military. As for ground attacks, the F6F dropped a total of 6,503 tons of bombs.
It can be said that for Japan's zero war, f6f is almost like a natural enemy.
In the Pacific sky, Zero War has no way to deal with these Hellcats.
but¡
¡°Damn, look behind you!!!¡±
Just when the pilot was still in the cockpit of the Hellcat, celebrating that he shot down a Zero Fighter. The wingman near the Hellcat said angrily from the side.
Hearing what the wingman said, the pilot quickly turned around and took a look.
What he saw almost shocked the pilot to the point where his dead soul emerged.
It turned out that behind the pilot, there was actually a Gale fighter jet chasing him. And it seems to be about to enter an offensive state
The A7M Gale is a new high-performance fighter successor to the A6M Zero fighter. This aircraft is designed to counter the US Navy's new Grumman F6F Hellcat and Vought F4U Corsair fighter jets. However, the choice of engine was controversial, which hindered development and production time.
As early as 1940, Kugoshi Jiro had fully realized that research work on the successor to the Zero fighter should begin, even though the Zero fighter had already achieved amazing success at that time. The overall layout of the new model he designed is similar to that of the Zero fighter.
The body of the A7M Gale is much larger than the A6M Zero Fighter. The empty weight is 3266 kg and the maximum weight is 4720 kg. The nose is a bit like the J2M Thunder and the rest of the fuselage is like an enlarged Zero Fighter. The A7M has a pair of large wings with an area of ??30 square meters and a wing weight of 130 kg square meters. The wings are divided into horizontal laminar flow wings and ordinary wings that rise two degrees upward. The air combat flaps originally used for the Zden modification were also installed.
However, unlike history, the emergence of Gale was not to deal with the American F6F and F4U, but to deal with the ZD20 and JZ10 of the National Defense Air Force.
What happened in the Taiwan Strait and the Philippines has made the Japanese understand that Type Zero alone is definitely not enough. Therefore, Japan invested a considerable amount of resources into the Shiden Kai and Gale, finally making these two types of fighter jets appear earlier than in history.
But what is ironic is that the opponents in their first battle after their appearance were not the zd20 and jz10 they were originally designed to deal with, but the American Hellcats and Pirates
Fortunately, whether it is dealing with China or the United States. Neither type of fighter is at a disadvantage
¡°That is, when the pilot turned back, the Gale behind the Hellcat was also ready to attack. At the moment when the pilot's soul was frightened. Gale's pilot also opened fire
¡°Da da da da da!!!¡±
The Gale fighter is equipped with four 20mm Type 99 Type 2 No. 5 cannons (each with 250 rounds), leaving aside the reliability of this Type 99 cannon. At least in terms of caliber, the 20mm cannon is still better than the Hellcat's 12.7mm Browning machine gun.
What¡¯s more, it¡¯s still a chase, and it¡¯s still being chased by the fierce wind, while the Hellcat is escaping.
So soon, under the attack of Gale's 20mm cannon, the Hellcat, like the Zero Fighter just now, also smoked and fell towards the sea.
"What should we do now?"
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer of our own fighter planes around us, while there were more and more Japanese planes, a squadron leader asked over the radio.
"Waiting for orders"
The order did not come, but Japanese reinforcements arrived.
After the encounter between the two parties, reinforcements from the Army Aviation were soon felt.
When he saw two to three hundred Type 3 and Type 4 fighter jets flying towards this side, the face of the squadron leader who just spoke also turned pale.
Fortunately, the commander at the rear also learned about the situation here, and quickly ordered the pilots to return. For the Americans, the loss of fighter jets was nothing, because with the industrial capabilities of the United States, It is easy to make up for the lost fighter jets, but it is not easy for pilots with actual combat experience to make up for it.
When the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet began to return, the Japanese fleet also returned to Hawaii.
"It still doesn't work"
Listening to the news coming back from the front, Nimitz frowned.
No one knows better than him that the current situation is serious.
"Now the Chinese are getting closer and closer to Australia. If we can't get ahead of them, I'm afraid we will"
Thinking of the possibility of Australia falling into the hands of China, Nimitz's face became increasingly serious.
"This is also something that can't be helped."
Looking at Nimitz's serious expression, Halsey shook his head.
"Those Japanese devils just won't give way, what can be done?"
On December 7, 1941, when Japan launched the Pearl Harbor attack on the United States, Halsey and his flagship, the USS Enterprise, were on a mission to transport aircraft to Wake Island. After learning that Japan launched a raid. Halsey is rumored to have commented: "After the war is over, Japanese will only be spoken in hell."
Later in the war, Halsey visibly showed his contempt for the Japanese to his subordinate officers and soldiers in order to boost the morale of the army. One example of this is his slogan. The more famous ones are "Kill the Japs, kill the Japs, kill more Japs!" (killjaps, killjaps, killmorejaps!) and "Kill more short, yellow-skinned bastards, and we will get home faster!" (themoreofthelittleyellowbastardsyoukill,thequickerwegohome!) etc.
Therefore, when talking about Japan, Halsey usually calls Japan the Japs.
However, Halsey¡¯s ¡®short, yellow-skinned bastard¡¯ remarks once caused a lot of controversy, and even caused a diplomatic dispute between the National Socialist Government and the United States, so I heard Halsey say this. Nimitz could only smile bitterly.
"It would be nice if I could have more time"
Looking outside the bridge, Nimitz sighed.
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Compared with the heavy atmosphere over Nimitz, the atmosphere here in Hawaii is obviously much more relaxed.
Because during the American attack. The Hawaiian defenders again repulsed them.
Of course, the failure to detect the U.S. fleet during the naval battle also gave many Japanese a headache. After all, only by finding the U.S. fleet and sinking them can the victory of the war be ensured.
But no matter what. Now another victory can indeed allow the Japanese to celebrate.
Therefore, when the war alarm was extinguished and sufficient defense forces were left, many Japanese soldiers went to some entertainment venues opened by locals to have a carnival.
? Hawaii is the most recent state to join the United States. It is obviously different from other states in the United States: it is the southernmost state in the United States. It is also the only state in the United States that is entirely located in the tropics; it and Alaska are the only two states in the United States that are not connected to other states. It is also the only state in the United States that does not have any land on the American continent. As far as all U.S. territories are concerned, the State of Hawaii is excluding the U.S. overseas territories and islands. The southernmost state, but not the southernmost territory (the southernmost territory of the United States is in American Samoa). In terms of ethnic distribution, it is one of two states with a majority of non-white people. Compared with other states, Hawaii has the largest proportion of Asians. Among them, Caucasians account for about one-third, and the rest are Japanese, Polynesians, Filipinos, Chinese, and Koreans.
According to 1990 U.S. Census figures, people from Asia or the Pacific Islands accounted for 62% of Hawaii¡¯s 1.1 million people. Japanese are the largest Asian minority in Hawaii, followed by Filipinos, Aboriginals, Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Laotians and Thais.
Of course, there were not that many foreign populations during this period. The indigenous people of Hawaii were mainly Hawaiians, who also called themselves Kanakas. Distributed in the Hawaiian Islands in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It is a mixed type of southern Mongolian race and Australian race, and is a branch of Polynesian people. Native people of Hawaiian descent from Polynesia. Hawaiians have long been invaded and ruled by European and American colonists, and their population dropped sharply. The population has gradually rebounded in recent years, but most of them are mixed race people. Only some people retain their traditional culture and language, and most people are proficient in English. Due to land encroachment, Hawaiians can only work in sugar cane and pineapple plantations, or speak Hawaiian, which belongs to the Polynesian language family of the Austronesian language family. Believe in Christianity. He earns a living and is at the bottom of society.
It is also for this reason that when the Japanese who were not Caucasian landed in Hawaii, the Japanese did not encounter resistance from these aborigines.
On the contrary, the Japanese were warmly welcomed by these indigenous people and regarded them as liberated. As for the Japanese? Since the number of Hawaiians was not large, they would not threaten Japan. At the same time, they did need some people in Hawaii to provide them with some necessities, so there was no persecution of Hawaiians like other areas.
As for the white people? Because it was clear that Hawaii could no longer be defended, almost all the white people in Hawaii were taken back to the country by the U.S. government. Now almost all those who stay in Hawaii are yellow people or Hawaiians. Therefore, compared with other Japanese war zones, Hawaii is quite harmonious.
At this moment, in a tavern run by Hawaiians,??The Japanese pilots returning victoriously. Just gathering here and drinking
It has been more than a year since I came to Hawaii. During this time, the Japanese soldiers stationed in Hawaii have been somewhat influenced and assimilated. At this moment, these pilots are reveling in the tavern.
Of course, not everyone is like this, there are also some people gathered in the corner to discuss the current situation
"The news I just heard from Matsuyama-kun, it seems that the Nanyang Islands are about to fall!!!"
? said so. The officer who spoke drank the white wine in his glass in one gulp.
And when the officer said this, the people surrounding him all took a breath.
¡°Has the situation gotten that bad already?¡±
"Oops? Hey!" Hearing his companion say this, the officer said with some disdain. "I heard that the Chinese have also used chemical weapons, and they seem to be more powerful than the mustard gas we currently have. Even those troops hiding in the jungle will be completely wiped out if they are hit by this chemical weapon. At the end of the day, I heard that everyone there is dead!"
¡°The gas mask is useless?¡±
"It's useless" The officer shook his head. "It is said that this kind of chemical weapon will not save even a little bit of skin contact, and we don't have protective clothing"
"this¡"
¡°I heard what the officer said. The people around looked at each other.
Just when the whole scene was about to cool down, an officer with the rank of major also spoke.
"I also heard that India seems to have suffered a big defeat. Now General Yamashita Fengwen is commanding the troops to retreat to the coast. I'm afraid he is planning to give up on India"
Hearing what the major said, everyone around him was speechless.
It is different from another time and space. Because China in this time and space is very powerful, Japan has no idea of ????ruling China. But apart from China, India has become the target of many Japanese.
First, it is because of India¡¯s excellent resource conditions.
You must know that even in later generations, India's cultivated land area will be larger than that of the entire China, and the conditions will be much better than that of China's land. If India can be developed rationally, it will not be a problem to feed more than one billion people. In fact, even without hybrid rice, India can not only support a population of 1.2 billion people, but it is also going to be 1.3 billion people. Billion is approaching, this is because India's efficiency is too low.
In addition to arable land, India is also extremely rich in other resources.
India has the fourth largest coal reserves in the world. Other major natural resources include iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, oil, diamonds, and limestone.
In later generations, India, like some other countries, was also exporting iron ore to China.
If you win India, it will be like winning another Australia.
And unlike Australia, where a considerable part of the land is desert and desert, almost the entire area of ??India is suitable for human survival¡ª¡ªas long as the Indians can change their habit of throwing corpses into the river.
In addition to resources, another very important thing is India¡¯s history.
Indian civilization is one of the earliest ancient civilizations in the world. As early as 2500 BC, there was a civilization created by ancient Indians in the Indus River Basin. The earliest sites of discovery of this civilization were in Harappa and Morocco in what is now Pakistan. Henjodaro, so this civilization is also called the Indus Valley Civilization or Harappan Civilization.
In the middle of the 3rd century BC, King Ashoka of the Mauryan Dynasty unified the entire Indian Peninsula except for the Mysore region in South India. But after the death of King Asoka, the Maurya Dynasty declined. Since then, India has entered a long-term era of nations. Among them, the Kushan Empire and the Gupta Dynasty briefly unified northern India. Various religions began to rise during this period, including Buddhism and Hinduism. This period was also the golden age of Indian science, art, and culture.
Among them, Hinduism is probably similar to heresy, but Buddhism was successfully introduced into China and spread to North Korea and Japan through China.
In Japan, there are a considerable number of Buddhist temples.
Therefore, if they can successfully conquer India, it will be a very glorious thing for the Japanese. After all, India is also an ancient civilization with a long history. Although they cannot conquer China, conquering such an ancient civilization is not bad for the Japanese who have low self-esteem.
So when the Japanese Expeditionary Force entered India and successfully expanded a considerable part of its territory, almost all Japanese people were excited.
But now, they are going to be driven out of India.??How can this not make the Japanese present uncomfortable?
"Do we really have any hope of winning?"
Just after the scene cooled down for a while, an officer whispered.
??First the Indochina Peninsula, then Taiwan, then the Philippines, India and the Nanyang Islands
Until now, they have hardly heard a piece of good news, which naturally makes many officers have a pessimistic mentality.
If it were normal, some officers might scold him and think he is not worthy of being a Japanese soldier. But under the current situation, almost no one is willing to do this.
"well¡"
??Sighed, the major didn't know what to say.
For a time, almost everyone fell silent. This scene seemed very strange compared with the carnival Japanese soldiers around them.
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While the Japanese were still celebrating another victory in Hawaii, in Chennai, far away in India, a large group of Japanese soldiers were waiting for the ship to Australia.
After occupying Calcutta, the Indian National Defense Forces were almost unstoppable and quickly captured many cities occupied by Japanese troops.
Immediately afterwards, in order to lock the Japanese army in India, He Zhuguo ordered the mobile troops to begin an encirclement along the coastal area, intending to eat all the Japanese troops in India.
Since most of India is a plain area with extremely developed transportation, He Zhuguo's orders were fully implemented.
On the other side, Yamashita Fengfumi also quickly realized this.
It¡¯s just the troops sent out by Yamashita Fengwen, who can¡¯t stop He Zhuguo¡¯s armored troops at all. Facing the steel torrent composed of thousands of tanks, the little armored force in Yamashita Fengfumi's hands was simply vulnerable.
Coupled with the powerful air power in He Zhuguo's hands, Yamashita Fengwen's troops were soon killed and abandoned. What makes Yamashita Fengfumi even more sad is that after his troops were defeated, their escape speed was not even as fast as the National Defense Forces
Seeing that the losses of his troops are increasing and the territory is getting smaller and smaller, there is no possibility of stopping He Zhuguo. In the end, Yamashita Fengfumi, who had no other choice but to contact the mainland, planned to withdraw from India.
Of course, the responsibility for the loss of India must be borne by Yamashita Tombumi, not to mention that he was not dealing with Tojo Hideki. But even this is better than all the hundreds of thousands of troops in India being annihilated.
¡°The ship is coming!!!¡±
Just when Yamashita Fengfumi was thinking about how he would be treated by Tojo Hideki in the headquarters, a shout suddenly came from outside.
When the ship docked at the pier, the Japanese soldiers on the pier began to walk toward the ship one by one.
Fortunately, although they were almost frightened by the National Defense Forces, the Japanese army was still in order, so there was no chaos.
But on the other hand, the air defense forces at the Chennai port are also on standby, fearing that the Chinese air force will suddenly come out at this time and sink all the ships on the pier.
Fortunately, this situation did not occur. About a week later, all Japanese troops in India withdrew from India. Although He Zhuguo lost the possibility of encircling and annihilating the Japanese army, he finally succeeded in occupying most of India
The next thing that remains in India is how to argue with the British and how to divide India
When the Spring Festival comes, the first thing that comes back is this good news (To be continued)
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