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Chapter 89 Hunter Scissors

Bill didn't react because he was just an ordinary person. In fact, every pilot could do the series of operations that Louis had just done, but he couldn't do so quickly.

Especially when he suddenly slowed down and deliberately let the enemy plane overtake, the Zero fighter roared past the front for a moment, and normal people couldn't react at all. When Louis hung two Zero fighter jets, he raised his speed to a very high level. The planes on both sides rushed at a speed of nearly 400 kilometers.

Just like the pilot of the Zero fighter, Louis caught him off guard by the sudden maneuvering and slowing of the drum, and he had already rushed to the front when he realized it.

Of course, it is normal to change offensively and defensively during air combat. If you change positions, you can change the situation again with the flexibility of the zero-type fighter. No one would have thought that Louis could actually complete the counterattack at the moment of overtaking.

This is the advantage of the Jedi. The Jedi can use a lightsaber to rebound dozens of explosive beams in one second. Louis cannot do this reaction and sword-drawing speed now, but it is still very simple to deal with an ordinary human pilot.

Not to mention that he had already ‘foreseeed’ the flight trajectory of the Zero fighter. After making maneuvering actions, it seemed that the machine gun at the front of the plane was aimed at that position. In fact, all this was under Louis' calculation. All he had to do was pull the trigger and take down his first kill after becoming a pilot.

Louis, who returned to his normal flight speed, reunited with Dekins and his far-fledged wingman to support his colleagues who were trapped in a fight with other enemy planes.

After realizing that Pearl Harbor was really attacked and that many of the flying planes in the sky were enemy planes, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Yang asked the radio to inform Pearl Harbor of the direction: Be careful of the target of the anti-aircraft guns. Now the flying planes are not only the enemies, but also them! While commanding all the planes to fight against the rushing Zero fighter.

Historically, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Yang never thought he would be attacked, and even allowed the enemy plane to rush to a very close distance. Although Lieutenant Colonel Yang got rid of the Zero fighter with his good reaction and driving skills, the adjutant sitting in the back seat was shot and killed in this round of attack.

The entire Fearless Flight formation lost three fighter jets and sacrificed six people in this short-term contact battle. The result was whether it was shot down one Zero fighter jet or John Vogt crashed into the Fearless Flight.

Now that Louis's interference has caused the Zero fighter to fail to successfully "sneak" into this flight formation, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Young commanded the formation to bypass the anti-aircraft artillery fire at Pearl Harbor, looking for opportunities to intercept the enemy fighter jets that were preparing to retreat, and then after communicating with Pearl Harbor, the formation was then directed to land.

At this time, the enemy was retreating one after another. There were no overwhelming Japanese planes in the sky. The US military on the ground also changed from waiting for the enemy to rescue and extinguishing fires, and cleared a runway for Lieutenant Colonel Howard Yang's formation to land.

They could not have been flying in the sky. Even if their physical fitness was supported, the plane's fuel could not be supported. While maintaining a warning, the flight formation landed one by one at Pearl Harbor Airport, while Louis and Deakins were the last two pilots to land.

Until the plane stopped and stood on the ground again, Bill Miller was still in a state of confusion.

The war broke out unexpectedly, and he didn't expect to catch a real war in a daze; he didn't expect that he could experience such an "exciting" aerial combat in person.

Even if many people came over and patted him on their shoulders and said 'I did a pretty job', he couldn't come back to his senses. He still thought about what happened just now?

"Congratulations, Lieutenant Diggins, Lieutenant Hunter, as far as I have learned so far, we are the only pilots who have shot down the enemy fighter plane."

Pearl Harbor was attacked, and most of the planes had no chance to take off. The downed enemy planes were shot down by anti-aircraft guns, but based on the number currently known, plus the two shots by Louis and Diggins, less than ten were shot down.

It can be said that the Japanese completed the attack at a very small price.

"The enemy will likely conduct a second round of attacks, so we must be prepared to attack." This is not the idea of ​​Lieutenant Colonel Howard Young alone. The entire Pearl Harbor command layer can determine that there will be a second round of attacks. We are now working hard to clear the airport runway, fill the fighter with fuel and ammunition, and let the pilots be ready to take off at any time.

For their group of bomber pilots from the Enterprise, it does not mean that they are not doing anything. They also have to stand by in combat posts and take off to fight when necessary.

Their target was not fighter jets in the air, but searching for enemy submarines hidden near the port and even infiltrated the port.

Japanese submarines were discovered during the first round of attack, so you should still be careful about the underwater enemies.

In addition, another possibility is that if the enemy aircraft carrier is discovered, then their group of bomber pilots can come in handy and launch a counterattack against the enemy.

Unfortunately, although the second round of attacks arrived soon, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Yang and his group seemed to have been forgotten. They could only wait here dryly, and they did not receive an order to attack until the end of the battle.

In fact, they were just forgotten. Pearl Harbor is now in chaos. Everyone is fighting on their own. The commanders try to mobilize their subordinates to defend and counterattack. No one remembered these pilots from the Enterprise.

In addition, the order I received before was "standby", and everyone could not act on their own and could only wait in the base honestly. It was not until the battle was over that the base discovered that there was an established flight formation on standby.

When counting the results, we also discovered that this fighter jet that took off from the Enterprise and returned to Pearl Harbor successfully shot down two enemy fighters in the air.

After having substantial firefighting with the Zero fighter jets, the US military has discovered the strength of the enemy fighter jets. At this time, Louis and Dickins's record was very prominent. They want to know how Louis and Dickins did it? Are they simply lucky?

Deakins and Louis were called over and told themselves about the entire battle.

“Have you ever considered driving a fighter?”

At the end of the report, Louis, who contributed his "temporary invention of Hunter Scissors" tactic, unexpectedly heard such an inquiry.

"I still prefer to throw bombs on the homes of those planes." Of course I don't want to, Louis's mission is not to shoot down many Zeros.

"What a pity, I originally hoped to see more scissors in the Pacific sky." This sentence also ended the conversation, and Louis was promoted to lieutenant of the Navy on the spot, and Diggins was also promoted to captain of the Navy.

As the only two pilots on the Enterprise who shot down Japanese fighter jets, everyone was not surprised by their promotion, and even Louis himself didn't think it was a big deal.

"Sure enough, soldiers want to be promoted quickly and have to fight." If it were a peaceful era, Louis would have to survive and climb up slowly. Although pilots like him who have never attended the Naval Academy and who are ordinary people will not be discriminated against, it is difficult to climb up.

This is not a matter of ability. You should know that the top and middle-level naval leaders basically have academic backgrounds. Under the same conditions, they will definitely be more willing to promote their descendants. How can you prove that you are much better than your competitors in peacetime?

Only real war can reveal a clear gap, because those with poor abilities or strong enough and bad luck will die. People with truly strong abilities and good luck will have no competitors at all.

"Louis, boarded the ship!"

After the battle at Pearl Harbor, the Enterprise also entered the port. However, the Enterprise will not stay in the port for too long. The port will supplement various needs for the Enterprise overnight. Once these tasks are completed, they will immediately return to the Pacific Ocean to perform search and reconnaissance tasks.

In this short time, Dick and Dick attended the funerals of many classmates and friends. It was not such a pleasant experience. After returning, Dick seemed to be a powder barrel that was about to explode at any time, and he wanted to drive the plane to rush towards the Japanese aircraft carrier immediately.

"There will be a chance, Dick!"

"I hope those idiots in the intelligence department will become smarter this time!"

The Enterprise only stayed in Pearl Harbor for a short time and went out to sea again. All soldiers who were about to take a holiday returned to the ship. Because of the sudden outbreak of the war, their rotation time will be extended indefinitely. The specific time to be extended must be judged based on the situation.

No one complained at this time, everyone had a fire in their stomachs, which was enough to support them to make another long sailing at sea.

Louis was different. His stomach was full of Force. The feeling that he felt when he went to sea again was that he could be "can be dazed at the sea with turbulent conditions again." If possible, he hoped to encounter some bad sea conditions and experience more "the great power of nature". This behavior seemed to give him a new understanding of Force.

Although this perception can easily cause some sequelae: even if you are strong, some pilots will still feel uncomfortable, which will lead to Louis, who is in better physical condition, increasing his workload and flying into the sky more frequently to perform reconnaissance missions.

This is nothing, after all, you can occasionally play with high-altitude diving and frying fish.

"Congratulations, Lieutenant! He sank the submarine accurately."

The air-fried Japanese submarine was caught by Louis who was in the air with Hawkeye. Louis became the pilot who killed the most enemy troops by the Enterprise.

"I would rather find those guys' lair."
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