As an experienced air force commander, Li Mei could certainly see that if those nine Chinese air fortresses had no follow-up means, they would be destroyed one by one.
Didn't Xue Yongliang and the others see this American Golden Eagle? The answer is of course no. Or maybe they are so incompetent that they can't think of a way to crack it? Of course it's impossible.
However, because they had made a decision long ago, their target was only the American aircraft carrier on the sea ahead that was less than fifteen kilometers away from them, so for them, it didn't make much difference whether they were destroyed earlier or later.
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Just as the pilot of the American Golden Eagle showed a ferocious smile on his face, shouted "Long Live America" and stepped on the accelerator, Xue Yongliang almost used all his strength to shout this sentence: "Accelerate! Dive! Go down.
!kill!"
The captain of this aircraft carrier, named USS Princeton, was named Henderson, with the rank of colonel. After the Chinese air fortress appeared in sight, Henderson rushed out of the command room and deployed air defense in person. The Princeton was in
It was also damaged in previous night attacks, and because its damage was less severe than other aircraft carriers, Li Mei placed it at the front, hoping that it would serve as the mainstay.
It was a matter of life and death, and Li Mei and Henderson didn't need to say too much. Every American soldier on the Princeton aircraft carrier and surrounding ships acted as if they had been drugged and acted extremely excited. After looking at the performance of their men,
, Henderson's tense heartstrings relaxed a little, and he thought: "The Chinese people's word "united as one" refers to our current performance! If this cannot defeat the Chinese, then we will have no regrets even if we die!
"Then he looked up at the sky, looking at those friendly fighter planes that were acting particularly active. A rumor he heard inadvertently flashed through his mind, and he thought: "If the rumor is true, the pilots have all been injected with stimulants.
They should be able to suppress the Chinese fighter planes, right?"
The doping incident that happened to Japanese soldiers in Northeast China was not "widely spread" for various reasons. Therefore, at least at the moment, the real harm of doping has not aroused Americans' vigilance. And because the US military generally has a fighting will
It is not a common problem that people are not strong and have a strong desire to win, so most American generals do not reject stimulants and even regard them as a panacea that can change their own combat effectiveness.
I don’t know what Li Mei’s mentality was about letting the pilots use stimulants, but he did not inform generals like Henderson who seemed to have the right to know. Therefore, Henderson could only learn about it through “hearsay.” So, Li Mei
Why is May secretive about this matter? The only reasonable explanation is that he should be aware of the dangers of doping. In fact, just when Henderson was feeling complacent about doping his own pilots
At that time, Li Mei was also paying close attention to the performance of her own pilots.
Yes, as the only person qualified to issue this order, Li Mei was actually opposed to doing so from the bottom of his heart. However, because this battle is of great importance, mainly everyone in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, starting from him and below, has confidence.
Insufficient problem. So after careful consideration, he still made a decision against his will.
"...Although I didn't know the side effects of stimulants at the time, out of consciousness, I always felt that the glass vial containing the transparent liquid had a strange smell all over it, as if it did not contain stimulants, but a kind of monster.
The same. For me, the most painful thing in my life was making the decision to inject doping into the pilots! Looking back, my intuition at the time was obviously correct. Unfortunately, I did not
I couldn’t hold on to my heart…”
The above text is a passage written by Li Mei in his memoirs several years later. From these words, it is not difficult to see that Li Mei was not very resolute in ordering the US military pilots to inject doping at the time. It can also be seen that at that time,
The US military pilots who were injected with stimulants carried great hopes for Li Mei and others.
However, no one expected that Li Mei's seemingly desperate move would not only fail to help improve our own situation, but on the contrary, it would become an accelerant that led to the defeat of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Americans' stimulant technology comes from Japan, and even this new stimulant, which has been greatly improved and was judged as "very safe" by Toshiichiro Koizumi, still has many shortcomings.
When military historians of later generations studied this historical fact, many people felt dumbfounded. This is precisely why.
The so-called second-generation stimulants by the Japanese have indeed greatly improved safety for ground troops. At least, the onset of its sequelae has been delayed a lot. However, for air troops, because pilots often
A high degree of tension must be maintained at all times, and the body is always in passive intense exercise for a long time, and the brain will suffer from short-term hypoxia due to violent turning movements. Therefore, the causative factors that steadily induce sequelae are
The stability of the drug can be easily destroyed, and the pilot's own resistance can cause "disordered command" due to the temporary lack of oxygen in the brain. This allows stimulants to induce sequelae in advance and cause serious damage to the brain.
The consequences for the pilot were extremely serious.
From the current point of view, the performance of American pilots is better than usual. Their bravery (actually overexcitement) allowed them to take the initiative from the beginning. Under their pressure, the Chinese side, whether it was the Golden Eagle or the Sky Fortress,
Seems very passive.
After observing carefully for a while, Li Mei's heart fell back into his stomach. Just as he was about to take a deep breath, the exclamations of several staff officers around him made his heart rise again. He followed the gaze of his staff officers.
In the past, when he saw a Chinese flying fortress dragging thick smoke and crashing onto the deck of the USS Princeton aircraft carrier and causing an earth-shattering explosion, Li Mei's face instantly turned red. He waved his hand angrily and shouted: "Shameless!
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It is indeed a bit shameless, of course, only from the perspective of Americans. From the perspective of Chinese people, Xue Yongliang's actions are too great.
Yes, from the very beginning, Xue Yongliang and the others had the idea of dying together with the enemy aircraft carrier. In Xue Yongliang’s words: “Special attack tactics are not only practiced by the little devils, we can also do them! Brothers, we are China.
Members of the National Unity Party, why should we join the Chinese National Unity Party?! We have only one purpose, and that is to defend China to the death! Brothers, the party has given us too much glory, and now it is time for us to repay her! Do it!