In early 1942, a few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt formulated a counterattack plan to bomb Tokyo. In the plan, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier flew bombers to Japan, however, the aircraft carriers "Enterprise" and "Hornet" were discovered by Japanese ships the day before the execution, that is, in the early morning of April 18. As early as April 10, 1942, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto, received a report that an abnormal signal was found, suspected of being an enemy aircraft carrier.
In the face of the two menacing US aircraft carriers, how did Yamamoto 56 respond?He decided to put his troops on hold for the time being, full of confidence in his own defenses, believing that unless the US aircraft carrier came within 300 nautical miles of the Japanese mainland, it would not pose a threat. Yamamoto planned to counterattack the enemy as he penetrated deep and wiped it out. However, he did not expect that the US military on the aircraft carrier would have the legendary pilot Doolittle and long-range bombers.
The aircraft carriers "Enterprise" and "Hornet" on board the American aircraft carrier went into radio silence. Doolittle announced to the pilots the mission that had been kept secret for nearly 100 days: "The purpose of our trip is to plunge the dagger into the heart of the Japanese Empire——— Tokyo!.""The pilots happily drew cards and decided that the targets of the bombing would be military factories, airfields and ports, not people.
However, the sudden arrival of two Japanese ** complicates the situation. Captain Michel urgently told Doolittle: "The enemy ship is coming, either you take off early, or abandon the mission!Hurry!Doolittle was caught in a dilemma, taking off 450 nautical miles from the Japanese mainland as originally planned, and was already facing an ambush by the Japanese army. Either take off, but it is difficult to fly to Tokyo;Either abandon the task, and the entire fleet may be subjected to a Japanese surprise attack.
How will Doolittle make his choice?Please pay attention to the headline of "Hubei Satellite TV Big Secret" tomorrow.