605 Abyss

An American officer at Pearl Harbor looked at the secretary beside him at a loss and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze?" Go and send a telegram! Inform the President! Inform the locals! We were attacked by the Japanese! We were attacked by the Japanese! ”

He repeated it loudly, showing the fear in his heart. Although his voice was not small, the excessive tremor filled everyone who heard his voice with despair.

Yes, despair, despair is permeating Pearl Harbor, despair is dragging American troops to the abyss of destruction.

"Call the alternate airport! Let them take off the fighters and intercept the planes of the Japanese! Move fast! On the other side, Admiral Kimmel frantically gave orders to fight, trying to redeem the doomed defeat.

The American fleet in the harbor is finished, and now the US Navy is left with only one question to ponder, and that is when the Japanese will leave!

"Order, let all the ships around that can receive the signal search the Japanese fleet! Organize forces to fight back as much as possible! He instructed his men, and then looked out the window in the direction of Pearl Harbor.

There was thick smoke billowing there, and the whole port could not be seen clearly. The attacks of the Japanese Navy were very targeted, paying little attention to other facilities on the islands.

"Evacuate destroyers and cruisers as much as possible! Get the fleet into combat shape! Even if you only have half of the fleet, you have to fight to the end! He finally spoke, adding.

As he spoke, the American warships in the harbor were desperately fighting back. Unlike the first attack, the United States is now indeed prepared.

The anti-aircraft guns on the battleships were firing intensively, and the intensive anti-aircraft fire of more than 50 battleships really began to create difficulties for the Japanese aircraft.

Not long after, another Japanese 99 shipburst was intercepted and shot down by anti-aircraft gunfire, dragging a long black smoke and crashing into the sea not far from an American battleship.

The fighting is still raging, and the United States is desperately fighting back on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is desperately trying to save itself.

Countless sailors were trapped in the battleship that sank at the bottom of the sea, and there were countless sailors waiting for friendly rescue on the sea.

There were wounded soldiers on the shore drenched in blood, and most of the medical guards who were in charge of treating them had not yet returned to their designated combat positions.

"Phew! Bang! Phew! "The American anti-aircraft guns on the ground began to return fire fiercely, and the gunners, who were ready, began to fire revenge shells at the Japanese aircraft.

Their warships have been sunk, their fleets are all but gone, and now it's time for them to pay some of their blood debts.

As the small-caliber anti-aircraft gun positions on the pier suddenly opened fire, the Japanese pilots were caught off guard and were hit by shells. The plane staggered into the buildings in the harbor, where a huge cloud of black smoke immediately rose from it.

"Jun Cao! They're fighting back! They're starting to attack us! In the cabin of the Japanese plane, a pilot looked in horror at the anti-aircraft gun position of the American battleship with tongues of fire not far away, and called out to his commander.

Quite a few Japanese planes began to change the flight trajectory of their planes, looking for some battleships that did not open fire, and hurriedly dropped their own bombs.

But the attack on the American battleship Oklahoma did not abate, and the second batch of torpedoes rushed towards the American battleship, and the three white lines were very clearly visible on the sea.

There was simply no time to dodge, and these white lines crashed into the side of the battleship USS Oklahoma, where it caused a huge explosion.

As the battle dragged on longer, more and more American soldiers began to run towards their anti-aircraft gun positions.

This is the main military port of the United States, and the ground anti-aircraft fire is naturally absolutely dense and powerful. It's just that the Japanese have made a time difference, which has extended the reaction time of the United States.

Obviously, the second attack did not go as smoothly as the first, and the losses of Japanese aircraft began to rise in a straight line.

In anticipation of this, most of the anti-aircraft gun positions in the US port had been marked on the map by Japanese intelligence officers, and these anti-aircraft gun positions were the main targets of the Japanese Zero fighters this time.

It has to be said that the training of the American troops who have been absent from the battle for a long time is not very strict on weekdays, they are used to dealing with various exercises and are more lazy and procrastinating because of weekends.

It was not easy to regain the feeling of combat, but the Japanese air attack force, which had already formed a suppression, did not let the counterattack form a scale.

The battleship Maryland had sunk by this time, leaving only a few pointed masts, proving that a huge battleship had once been docked here.

At this time, the deck of the USS Yorktown was in flames, and the plane that hit it exploded and burned, and the entire battleship was like a chimney with black clouds.

The situation was even worse with the USS Saratoga, where at least four torpedoes from Japanese aircraft hit the giant ship, which sank faster than the West Virginia on one side.

Frankly speaking, the US Navy's Pacific Fleet is completely finished, 7 of the 7 battleships are sinking or have capsized and sunk, 4 aircraft carriers have been sunk 3 and a half.

At this time, the fleet almost completely lost the need for rescue, except for the battleship Nevada, which was still a hundred kilometers away, and only the Colorado was left intact.

Unfortunately, Japanese planes are desperately attacking the last remaining American warship, and they seem to want to destroy the last remaining threat before retreating.

"Boom!" The battleship Colorado was hit by an aerial bomb, and the solid armor and the location of the hit did not matter, allowing the battleship to escape again.

Because the scattered American anti-aircraft firepower nearby was frantically returning fire, the bombs dropped by Japanese bombers were not as accurate as expected, which left many American warships with a chance to struggle.

One after another, U.S. warships were sinking, and U.S. Navy soldiers began to jump overboard, trying to escape from the sunken ships.

Japanese planes that saw this scene flew low over the American soldiers on the surface of the sea and fired into the sea with the machine guns of their planes.

"This is the Pacific Naval Fleet! Our fleet was attacked by the Japanese! The port is in chaos! Request support! Request support! "The captain of a destroyer, pinching the radio microphone, kept calling out to friendly forces.

Unfortunately, his allies were struggling on their own, and no one could spare time to reinforce them.

In the field airfield, rows of P-40 fighters parked in rows have simply become the best targets for Japanese fighters.

Japanese planes flew from one side to the other, simply flying non-stop, and then strafing the American planes parked on the lawn of the airport with their cannons.

Hundreds of American fighter jets, before they could take off, became piles of scrap metal, paralyzed in the open space of the airfield.

On the ground, the American pilot, who was preparing to take off, was strafed and attacked by Japanese planes, and was so frightened that he hid in Tibet.

Farther away, a P-40 fighter that had managed to take off, under the teasing of two Japanese Zero fighters, quickly crashed to the ground with a long trail of black smoke.

In the ground tower, the commander of the US Army Air Corps pinched the microphone of the radio communication equipment and looked at the burning and smoking planes in the distance, and his mood was so complicated that he could not say a word.

Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is over, and under the sneak attack of the Japanese, the powerful war machine deployed by the United States here will be completely destroyed in this wave of sneak attacks.

"Shameless! They do not declare war! It took a long time for the American officer to hold back such a sentence to express his indignation.

"There are about 10 planes taking off from the alternate airfield, and they are rushing to the port area!" An officer ran over and reported the latest take-off of the fighter.

10 American fighters, to face three times the size of the Zero, think about it to know what the outcome will be.

Now, however, even if only one American fighter plane flies over the harbor to participate in the battle, it is a great encouragement and support for the American fleet.

"Let them take off as fast as they can! We have so many places to protect! The officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps sighed and commanded.

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"Mr. President! Just got the exact news...... Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan! In Washington, a secretary grabbed the phone receiver and looked at his boss, President Roosevelt, with complicated eyes.

Just now, what he said on the phone almost frightened him to cry out, because until this moment, he couldn't believe that the United States would be suddenly attacked by Japan.

All he knew was that things were in trouble. The attack was on Pearl Harbor, the most important military port in the United States, and if it was lost, the American fleet would be completely finished.

Roosevelt could not see any expression when he heard the news, and he himself did not know whether he was excited that the United States could finally find an excuse to enter the war, or whether he should mourn the destruction of the American fleet in Pearl Harbor.

Even if the excuse to get the United States into the war was exchanged for the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, it would be too expensive.

"The aircraft carrier fleet was heavily damaged, and several battleships were sunk...... Japan's air raids are not over until now. The secretary's voice trembled a little and said, "The specific news has not been confirmed...... Mr. President! ”

"God! What are you sitting here in a daze? As if coming to his senses, Roosevelt looked at his secretary and commanded, "Immediately order a counterattack!" Can't sit still! ”

The American president motioned for his attendant to push his wheelchair, and then ordered General Marshall, who was standing beside him: "I am going to make a speech, and the United States will immediately declare war on the enemy who provokes us!" ”

Inside Pearl Harbor, an American flag fell gloomily, covering the sea, and with the undulation of the waves, it sank little by little into the dark abyss.