In 1941, japan suddenly launched an air strike on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. military base in Hawaii, which destroyed 188 U.S. aircraft and killed more than 2,400 people. The Americans were very vengeful, and the main commander of this sneak attack, Isoroku Yamamoto, became the object of their hatred, and they found the opportunity to send 18 fighters to carry out the revenge operation. What was the outcome of the revenge operation?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Yamamoto planned a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor</h1>
Isoroku Yamamoto graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy and studied at Harvard University in the United States, which played a huge role in the development of the Japanese Naval Aviation. In fact, Yamamoto did not support Japan's attack on the United States, he understood the strength of the United States, but the Japanese high-level constantly put pressure on him, and he could only obey the order.
On December 7, 1941, Yamamoto sent more than 350 aircraft to launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, dropping several bombs and torpedoes in an attempt to blow up the main U.S. naval force in the Pacific, while Yamamoto predicted that this operation would bring a year of strategic advantage to Japan and greatly damage american morale, but the development of the war situation far exceeded his imagination.
First of all, the indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese army did sink the battleships and destroyers of the US army, but the US aircraft carrier did not stop here at that time, which completely disrupted the original plan of the Japanese army, and the long-planned bombing operation was chaotic. Second, it was Sunday morning, many American soldiers were not at the base, and many of the more than 2,400 people killed by the Japanese were ordinary people. In the end, the Japanese failed to blow up the dock, causing the damaged American warships to be repaired, and later warships also had a place to stop.
The most important point is that Yamamoto misestimated the strength of the enemy and us, he did not really recognize the strong productive forces of the United States, and the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor did gain a strategic advantage in the short term, and indeed caused a great shock to the American people. But in the long run, this sneak attack put the United States completely on the opposite side of Japan, and also made Yamamoto Isoroku a thorn in the eyes of the Americans, which can be said to be a completely wrong decision.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > Second, the United States deciphered Yamamoto's whereabouts and planned revenge</h1>
On April 13, 1943, the U.S. military intercepted and deciphered a Japanese telegram, the content of the telegram is Yamamoto Isoroku's detailed itinerary, including the time and place of travel and transportation methods, the U.S. military already has a grudge against Yamamoto, and now this telegram is not a pie in the sky? Commander Nimitz immediately decided to carry out revenge according to this schedule.
Yamamoto did not know about the whereabouts exposed, when he saw the fiasco of Midway and Guadalcanal, he had long realized that Japan's defeat had been decided, but now there was no way back. Yamamoto, who had been revered as a god of war by the Japanese since the attack on Pearl Harbor, decided to personally go to the front line to appease and inspire his soldiers.
In the itinerary, Yamamoto planned to go to the northern Solomon Islands on the 18th, departing at eight o'clock, accompanied by 6 Zero fighters, such a detailed plan, saving the US military a lot of time.
In order not to be discovered by the Japanese that they can decipher their codes, the US military chose to pretend to meet the Japanese planes. Nimitz was ordered not only to kill Yamamoto, but also to destroy all the information in the telegram, and if the Japanese found that the code was leaked, changing the code would become very difficult in the future.
In addition, Nimitz also had concerns, Yamamoto was a known enemy, if killed, the Japanese army replaced with a better, never seen general before how to be good, but this worry was quickly dispelled. Since Yamamoto is known as the god of war, and the Japanese army has not changed its commander after repeated fiascoes, it means that in the short term, Japan will not find anyone who can beat Yamamoto with military talent. Once the mountain itself was killed, the Japanese troops, which had already experienced a crushing defeat and a sharp drop in morale, would surely be severely damaged again.
On the 18th, Nimitz sent 18 P38 fighters, which showed the importance he attached to the operation. Before setting off, the pilots received the final order that the operation must succeed at all costs. Yamamoto was sitting in the plane, six Zero fighters escorting him, unaware that danger was approaching.
Suddenly, an escorting Zero fighter deviated from course under the chase of several P38s, and the pilot of Yamamoto's No. 1 aircraft immediately realized that they had been discovered by the US military, and in order to protect Yamamoto, the pilot urgently descended, and the escort Zero fighter was facing the US P38. Seeing that the escort plane dragged the US plane, Yamamoto thought that he had successfully escaped from danger, but this was only a plan for the US military to move the tiger away from the mountain.
The U.S. military's plan is that 12 aircraft will be responsible for towing the escort aircraft, and the remaining 6 will be responsible for sniping. The planes in charge of sniping needed to avoid the radar of the Japanese aircraft, they could only fly close to the sea, and because of the top-secret nature of the mission, the pilots could not use radio, they could only identify the direction according to the compass, and they quietly waited for the time to come.
As soon as the No. 1 plane fell, the snipers immediately launched a charge at it, and the escort aircraft found that they had been calculated, and quickly swooped down to protect Yamamoto, but the snipers paid no attention to these Zero fighters, and their eyes were only the bomber where Yamamoto was. Captain Lan Fei'er personally piloted a sniper plane, he was quick,aimed at the No. 1 aircraft and fired a long series of shells, hitting the right wing of the landline, the landline lost its balance, fell into the jungle, Lan Fei'er chased after it, continued to launch an onslaught on it, he could not give Yamamoto the slightest chance to survive. Just like that, Yamamoto's landline crashed in the jungle.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="40" > Third, the United States revenge success</h1>
Receiving the news of the crash of Yamamoto's landplane, the Japanese army launched an emergency search, looking for two days, the Japanese army finally found the crashed bomber, but also found the dead military god Yamamoto, Yamamoto held a saber, sat straight, quite a general style.
The news of Yamamoto's death was blocked by the Japanese army for a month, but the paper package could not hold the fire, and when the Japanese soldiers and civilians learned of this news, they were very unbelievable, and Yamamoto, who was as powerful as a god in their eyes, actually died like this. The incident dealt a great blow to Japan's arrogance, and the United States successfully avenged Pearl Harbor.