Umsebenzi AL, ingxenye 2
Isikebhe esinzima i-USS Louisville (CA-28) sisuka eFist Bay e-Adak Island ngo-April 1943.
Ubusuku obuzayo abuzange busho ukuthi kubantu baseMelika ikhefu lokuphumula emzabalazweni we-Aleutian Islands. Kwakwesatshwa ngokufanelekile ukuthi ukuhlasela okuyinhloko kwesitha kwakuzokwenzeka ezinsukwini ezizayo, ngakho-ke kwakufanele kubone abathwali bezindiza baseJapane ngaphambi kokuqalisa kabusha ukusebenza komoya. Ngaphezu kwamaCataline amaningana, amabhomu amasosha nawo athunyelwa lapho ehlola ebusuku. Njengoba izisebenzi zabo zikhumbula, izimo zezulu eziyingozi zabusa phezu kwe-Alaska neziQhingi zase-Aleutian ngalobobusuku. AmaCatalina amabili, avivinywa oLieutenants Besibili beNavy uGene Cusick no-Eugene Stockstone, abangabonisanga zimpawu zokuphila futhi ababebhekwa njengabalahlekile kanye nezisebenzi zabo, abazange basinde ekudluleni kwesiphepho.
I-Rally yesibili e-Dutch Harbour - Juni 4.
Ukuhlulwa kunqanyulwe isikebhe endizayo esishayelwa umphathi wefulegi u-Marshall K. Frirks. Ngo-6:50 ubesemoyeni amahora ayisishiyagalombili waphuma esiphepho ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka okukhulu. Ohambweni lokubuya cishe amakhilomitha angu-160 eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Umnak, isikrini se-radar ye-ASV sathintana nento engaziwa ebusweni bamanzi. AbakwaFrears babazi ukuthi kwakungeke kube isiqhingi noma umkhumbi waseMelika, ngakho wanquma ukwehlisa ukuphakama futhi ahlole indawo. Ngokumangala kwakhe, wagijima waqonda ku-2 Kido Butai, kodwa amayunithi aseJapane ngokwawo awazange amthole.
Umkhumbi obhemayo waseNyakatho-ntshonalanga ngemuva kokushaywa ibhomu lasemoyeni.
UmMelika washesha wathumela umlayezo esisekelweni mayelana nesithwali sendiza esisodwa kanye nababhubhisi ababili abanezixhumanisi ezingu-50°07'N 171°14'W, ezihamba ngendlela engu-150°. Ngemuva kokuqinisekisa ukuthi umlayezo wamukelwe, uCatalina kwadingeka abheke neqembu laseJapan. Kungakapheli nehora, uFriks wayalelwa ukuthi abuyele esitobhini nguPatrol Wing Command. Nokho, ngaphambi kokushiya isitha, American wanquma ukuzama inhlanhla futhi ibhomu omunye imikhumbi Japanese. Ukungena kwakhe akuphumelelanga ngokuphelele, futhi yena ngokwakhe walahlekelwa enye yezinjini ezivela emlilweni wokulwa nezindiza.
Ngemuva kwe-2nd Kido Butai Frirks u-Catalina wayezokhululeka, ehlolwe nguLieutenant weNavy u-Charles E. Perkins, owasuka e-Dutch Harbor. Ngalesi sikhathi, isikebhe endizayo sasihlome nge-torpedo eyodwa kanye namabhomu amabili angama-227 kg uma kwenzeka sinethuba lokufika kude nesitha. Cishe ngo-11:00, u-Perkins walandelela iqembu lase-Japan futhi wabika esisekelweni ngokubonwa kwenkampani yendiza eyodwa, abagibeli ababili abasindayo abangamamayela angu-215° 165 ukusuka e-Dutch Harbor, esifundweni esingu-360°. U-Catalina wayezolandelela i-2nd Kido Butai kuze kufike amabhomu Ahlangene. Kodwa-ke, ukubambezeleka kokudluliswa kwe-radiograph kwasho ukuthi isamba sama-B-26A ayishumi nambili ase-Cold Bay nase-Umnak athathe isikhathi esingaphezu kwehora ngemuva kwesikhathi.
NjengoFryrky, uPerkins naye wayefuna ukuzama inhlanhla futhi waxabanisa uCatalina noJunyo. AmaJapane awazange abonakale emangala futhi avule umlilo wokulwa nezindiza. Okunye ukuqhuma kwacekela phansi injini efanele yesikebhe esindizayo, okwathi okwesikhashana salahlekelwa ukuzinza. UPerkins wayenokukhetha: ukuqhubeka nendlela yokuzibulala noma ahambe. Ngaphandle kokufaka impilo yabasebenzi engozini, umMelika waphonsa i-torpedo namabhomu womabili emanzini, ngemva kwalokho wanyamalala efwini lemvula. Lapho eqiniseka ukuthi wayengasukelwa amasosha aseJapane, waphinde wathulula amathangi akhe kaphethiloli phakathi ukuze afike esisekelweni enenjini eyodwa kuphela eyayigijima.
Ama-B-26A ayisithupha asuka e-Umnak, eholwa uKaputeni u-Owen Mils, awakwazanga ukuthola abathwali baseJapan ngokusekelwe emibonweni evela kumathelegramu akhona. Akekho noyedwa kwabaqhubi bebhomu owayehlome nge-radar, futhi uPerkins 'Catalina wayesebuyela emuva. Isimo sezulu esiguquguqukayo saphinda sazizwa. I-squall nenkungu ewugqinsi kwenze kwaba nzima ukusesha ngezinsimbi zokubona. Okuwukuphela kwendlela ephephile kwakuwukuhlala ngaphezu kwamafu, kodwa ngaphansi kwezimo ezinjalo, ukuthola imikhumbi phezu kwamanzi kwakucishe kube yisimangaliso. Kwadlula imizuzu elandelayo uMils engasenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokunquma ukuhlehla.
Uhambo lokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu oluya eCold Bay lwalumangalisa kakhulu. Eziyisithupha. B-26A eholwa ngqo nguColonel William owayemagange
Ubaba u-Irekson wayehlome ngama-torpedoes ngokuyalelwa ngamasosha asolwandle. Ngemva kokusuka, leli qembu laqonda endaweni ekhonjiswe uPerkins, kodwa nakulokhu, inkungu emnyama ewugqinsi yazenza yazwakala. Izindiza zaseMelika zalahlekelwa ukubonana komunye nomunye futhi kwadingeka zikhulise ukuphakama kwazo ukuze ziyibuyisele. Nakuba ukukhuphuka kwathatha imizuzu embalwa nje, ibhomu elalishayelwa uKaputeni uGeorge Thornbrough lalahleka phakathi nalolu hlelo. Njengoba eyedwa kuleli qembu, wanquma ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe futhi waqhubeka efuna abathwali bezindiza baseJapane. Ngokusobala u-Fate wavuza ukubekezela kwakhe njengoba esheshe wathola owesibili we-Kido Butai.
Nge-torpedo eyodwa kuphela, uThornbrough wayazi ukuthi leli kwakuyithuba eliyingqayizivele. Ngokusobala wayengenaso isikhala esanele nesikhathi sokuhlasela kwe-torpedo, ngakho wanquma ukutshuza. UmMelika wayethemba ukuthi okwamanje angahlomisa i-torpedo futhi ayisebenzise njengebhomu. Wakhetha umthwali wendiza ye-Ryujo njengenhloso yakhe, izisebenzi zayo ezabona usongo ngokushesha. Izikhali ezilwa nendiza zaduma, kodwa kwase kwephuze kakhulu ukuphakamisa uZero emoyeni ukuze kunqandwe indiza yesitha. UThornbrough waphenduka ngokucijile wazithola ebhekene ngqo nelinye izinhlangothi zenkampani ethwala indiza. AmaJapane ayengenakuzisiza njengakuqala, ayengathembela kuphela izibhamu zawo ukudubula phansi noma okungenani ahlakaze i-B-26A, kodwa umshini waqhubeka nendlela yawo eyingozi. Ngesikhathi sokunquma, umMelika wakhulula i-lever, futhi i-torpedo yakhe yashelela ngasemphemeni kaRyujo. Lapho esondela eduze kwalapho ayeqondiswe khona, kwaba yilapho indlela yakhe yokuphila yashintsha nakakhulu, futhi ekugcineni wawa ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-60 ukusuka emkhunjini, ephakamisa insika enkulu yamanzi ngemva kwakhe.
AmaJapane aphefumula ngokukhululeka. UThornbrough wayethukuthele egane unwabu ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uphuthelwe yithuba elilodwa ekuphileni lokucwilisa umthwali wendiza. Nokho, wayengeke athethelele isitha sakhe kalula kanjalo. Wabuyela esizindeni eyothela uphethiloli, ahlomise indiza, aphinde ashaye umgwaqo. Edabula amafu aminyene, esikhundleni se-Otter Point, kwadingeka afike eCold Bay. Kuso leso sikhathi, wabhala i-akhawunti enemininingwane yokuhlasela kwakhe futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wathola ukuthi amabhomu amahlanu asele eqenjini ayebuyele ephephile ku-base4. Ngaphandle kokulinda isinqumo somyalo, yena nezisebenzi bagibela ibhomu base bendiza beyobheka amaJapane enkungu ewugqinsi. Bekungokokugcina bebonakala bephila. Ngaphambi kwaphakathi kwamabili, indiza yaseThornbrough yabonisa umzamo wokudabula amafu isuka endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angu-3000. Ngemva kwenyanga, ogwini lolwandle e-Unimak, cishe amakhilomitha angu-26 ukusuka eCold Bay, kwatholakala izidumbu ezingama-40 nezidumbu amabhande esihlalo. Abantu baseMelika baqambe imigwaqo yezindiza e-Cold Bay Thornbrough Airport ukuhlonipha lolu hambo lobuqhawe.
Ngalo lolo suku, abathwali baseJapan baphinde babonwa ama-B-17B, amamodeli amadala amabhomu okuhlola. Bahamba baya endaweni ebikwe ngokulandelana kwabo nguFreaks, uPerkins, noThornbrough, futhi besebenzisa irada yabo ye-ASV, bathola iTeam Kakuta. Umholi, uKaputeni Jack L. Marks, wehla ibanga elingamamitha angu-300 kuphela futhi waphonsa amabhomu amahlanu eqenjini lemikhumbi ebonakalayo, konke okwabonakala kunganembile. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uphiko lwakhe, uLieutenant Thomas F. Mansfield, wabeka amehlo akhe kuTakao. I-American ihlose ukwehlisa ukuphakama ngangokunokwenzeka futhi ishaye okuhlosiwe kweyodwa yemicibisholo elwa nendiza ngokuqondile. Ibhomu lithungele ngomlilo laphahlazeka phezu kwamanzi, endaweni eseduze nethimba elihlaselwe. Iningi labasebenzi lalingenaso isikhathi sokushiya indiza, njengoba yasuka yaya phansi ngokushesha. Owasinda kuphela wabanjwa nguTakao6. UMarx akakwazanga ukusiza ozakwabo nganoma iyiphi indlela futhi wabuyela esisekelweni, ebika ukuhlaselwa kwebhomu okuhlulekile.
Izindaba zokuthi abaqhubi bamabhomu abalandelayo bashayisane nezisebenzi zikaKakuchi nazo zafinyelela e-Otter Point, lapho uKaputeni Mills enquma ukunikeza izisebenzi zakhe elinye ithuba ngemva kokusesha kwasekuseni okungenazithelo. Ama-B-26A ayisithupha ayehlome ngama-torpedoes futhi ahlukaniswa ngamaqembu amabili ngemva kokusuka. Omunye wabo, oholwa nguMils ngokwakhe, wathola bobabili abathwali bezindiza baseJapan. Izindiza ezimbili eziqondise e-Ryujo neyodwa e-Junyo. Nakuba abaseMelika kamuva bathi bakwazi ukucwilisa i-cruiser eyodwa, awukho umkhumbi waseJapane owalimala ngenxa yalokho.
ukuhlasela kwe-torpedo.
U-Kakuta wesaba ukuhlasela kwesitha, kodwa wayengalindele ukuhlukunyezwa amaqembu amancane abaqhubi bebhomu isikhathi esiningi sosuku. Kwaba lula kakhulu kumaJapane ukugwema ukuhlasela okukodwa kunezenzo ezididiyelwe zalo lonke uphiko lomoya oluzinze e-Aleutian Islands nase-Alaska. Kwakungenye yezinto ezimbalwa ezinhle ezenzeka kumaJapane ngoJuni 4. Ngokohlelo lwangempela lomsebenzi, i-2 Kido Butai yayizogasela izindawo zezitha e-Adak Island ekuseni kakhulu. Izimo zezulu ezimbi eziye zahlala phezu kwesisekelo saseMelika ubusuku bonke kanye nengxenye enkulu yasekuseni yaqinisekisa uKakuta ukuthi kungaba ukuhlakanipha ukubuyisela emuva eDutch Harbor, ikakhulukazi njengoba isimo sezulu endaweni sasibonakala ngokucacile.
kushintshile kwaba kuhle.
Uma kwenzeka, ngo-11:54, uKakuta wathumela i-Kate ephuma endizeni yezindiza i-Ryujo, eya ekutholeni ulwazi emkhakheni we-46 ° ebangeni elingamamayela angu-144 ukuze ihlole izimo zezulu e-Dutch Harbor9. Amabhomu aseJapane ahlangana nendiza yesitha eyodwa endleleni, kodwa ayengafuni ukulwa nayo. Ngehora lesine ihora leshumi nambili base bephezu kwesizinda saseMelika futhi bathumela ucingo oluncoma ukugasela. UKakuta wayesangaqiniseki ukuthi isimo sezulu sizoba sibi futhi wayegwema ukwenza izinqumo ngokuxhamazela. Ngo-13:00, wathumela i-"Kate" yesibili emkhakheni wokuhlola u-13 ° ngamamayela angu-44 ukuqinisekisa isiteleka e-Dutch Harbor. Ngemva kwehora, ngo-49:150, izisebenzi zamabhomu zanikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukuze ziqale ukundiza. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, leli qembu laziswa mayelana nokutholakala kombhubhisi oyedwa wesitha eningizimu yesiqhingi sase-Unalaska14.
