The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse: The End of the Battleship Era by Patrick Mahoney & Martin Middlebrook

Author:Patrick Mahoney & Martin Middlebrook
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781473838529
Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd
Published: 2014-06-22T07:00:00+00:00

I focused my glasses at about 090 degrees to port and there, like dots on the horizon, I could see a formation of about ten planes skimming low on the water towards us. I had, of course, seen this low type of V formation before and awaited with excitement the massacre of this echelon monster that would frighten the life out of lesser mortals. But, no, not us; let them get nearer, catch them on the upsweep. A deafening crescendo of noise erupted into the heavens. Eight 5.25s fired simultaneously. I watched the shells burst – but not a plane was hit. To me they seemed well off target. The planes came on remorselessly as all the pom-poms, machine-guns and the Bofors gun opened up. All hell seemed to be let loose at once but nothing seemed to stop them and, as they passed over the masts, I could see the faces and goggles of the Japanese pilots looking down at us. Johnny King with his machine-gun might as well have had a pea-shooter for all the effect that he had on the oncoming horde.

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