In April 1942, in order to avenge a single arrow from Pearl Harbor, the Americans launched an air strike on the Japanese mainland. To be honest, the destructive power of this Doolittle air strike on is very limited, no matter whether it is the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor half a year ago or the later strategic bombing of the Super Fortress B-29 on Japan.
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First, the Americans' "innovative spirit" made the Japanese unexpectedly. Of course, Japan has some understanding of the huge military potential of the United States. Yamamoto Izuru , who has lived in the United States for many years, is clearer. However, it takes time to burst out with strong strength. The US Pacific Fleet has just suffered a heavy blow less than half a year.
In contrast, Japan was extremely rampant at that time. The Japanese fought from Pacific to the Indian Ocean, from the northern hemisphere to southern hemisphere , defeated the Americans in Philippines , defeated the British in Malay Peninsula , and defeated the US, British, Dutch and Australian coalition forces to a great extent in the Java Navy. Western powers who had been arguing for many years were all dealt with by the Japanese.
While establishing the so-called absolute defense circle, in order to ensure local security, Japan also built three maritime defense lines eastward. Everything seemed to be fine. According to the voyage of the aircraft carrier-based aircraft at that time, it was almost impossible for the United States to arrive near Japan's coast to carry out air strikes. However, the Americans have innovated and actually thought of using the aircraft carrier to carry the land-based bomber to attack. This is indeed unexpected for everyone. Not to mention that the performance of the aircraft carrier at that time was not advanced, how could more than a dozen twin-engine land-based bombers get on the aircraft carrier? You should know that the large bomber body of the B-25 is dozens of meters long, the net weight is close to 10 tons, and the wings are spreading dozens of meters wide, while the aircraft carrier deck is only more than 200 meters long. How did they take off?
Yamamoto was also very confused about this. Early in the morning of April 18, the Japanese patrol ship Nito Maru discovered the US aircraft carrier and issued an early warning to the local area before being sunk. However, Yamamoto did not report to Tokyo after receiving the information. In his opinion, the US aircraft carrier is more than 600 nautical miles away from the Japanese mainland, which is about 1,200 kilometers. At the time of the aircraft carrier's speed of about 30 knots, it was impossible to reach the coast of Japan that day, and Japan had enough preparation time. In order not to cause panic among the people, Yamamoto suppressed the intelligence and dispatched forces to fight. Unexpectedly, the Americans kept doing it, and the B-25 on the Hornet took off early and rushed straight to Japan. They also passed by the special plane of Tojo Hideki in the air. After the
air strike, the Japanese were also puzzled where these American fighter jets came from. At the press conference, the answer from Roosevelt made the Japanese shudder: from Shangri-La. On the one hand, Yamamoto Iroku felt deeply guilty about this and apologized to the frightened emperor for this; on the other hand, Yamamoto suspected that these American fighter jets took off from an island in the Pacific Ocean, and there were indeed some islands between Hawaii and Japan. Therefore, Yamamoto decided to expand defense eastward and actively sought the main force of the US fleet to fight a decisive battle. In this way, this small air strike launched by the Americans inadvertently changed the direction of Pacific War .
The second reason is that Americans are not afraid of death when fighting, which should have shocked the Japanese. Why did Japan dare to provoke the Pacific War back then? On the one hand, it was because of the time difference. It was the time difference. It was to gain an advantage as soon as possible without the United States recovering its vitality, forcing the Americans to return to the negotiating table, so that Japan could gain greater benefits; on the other hand, the Americans cherish their lives and are unwilling to fight, which seems not only the Japanese think so. Besides, Americans shouldn't fight like this through the vast Pacific Ocean, but the fact is not the case. Americans are just fighting the Japanese this time.
It is not difficult to analyze from the situation at that time. This is likely to be a mission without returning. However, the Americans were determined. Even the American pilots who were later arrested by Japan and sentenced to death were righteous and calmly executed. It is troublesome enough to have a huge potential for opponents. It is even more terrifying to be able to "innovate" in adversity and not be afraid of death when fighting. In fact, by this time, the Japanese should have been able to predict the end of this war.
text/Tian Ruian Original is not easy, please pay attention; the level is limited, please correct me.
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