"Destroy the oil depot in the first wave?" Nanyun Zhong frowned, as if he was thinking about it repeatedly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was no problem with the oil depot, and the Japanese agents in Hawaii had long since ascertained the location and defense of the oil depot. Although the Americans have put millions of tons of heavy oil and aviation gasoline in the oil depot on Oahu, the oil depot is relatively loosely defended, not a solid underground oil depot, and it is not surrounded by anti-aircraft artillery. All it takes is one squadron of dive bombers to blow up the oil depot on Oahu.

But if the oil depot caught fire, it would produce smoke that would obscure the harbor and make it difficult for Japanese pilots to attack American ships anchored in Pearl Harbor.

"Commander," Minoru Genda knew what Nagumo Tadaichi was hesitating, and he said, "the Americans must be prepared now, and a sneak attack is simply not possible to be fully realized." All they had to do was deploy anti-aircraft guns next to the battleship's berths in the harbor and lay down mine nets. It will be difficult for us to sink American battleships. Instead of bombing battleships that are difficult to sink, it is better to dedicate part of the firepower to destroy airfields and oil depots. Then use the Taiwanese mixed brigade that landed on Kauai as bait to attract the U.S. fleet in Pearl Harbor and the U.S. aircraft carriers south of the Hawaiian Islands to come to the decisive battle. ”

Minoru Genda's analysis is very reasonable, and the night attack on the port of Toulon in 1940 has already shattered the myth that shallow water ports cannot be air-dropped torpedoes, and it is impossible for the Americans not to know about it.

Now that Pearl Harbor is on guard, they will definitely put up anti-aircraft nets, and they will also set up anti-aircraft artillery positions near the battleship berths. The torpedo attack would not have worked at all, but would have cost the Type 97 torpedo bomber opportunity a lot of money.

By the way, the plan for a sneak attack with pocket submarines was also canceled because it was estimated that the Americans had laid mine nets around the battleships inside Pearl Harbor.

And the Type 99 carrier-based dive bomber's 250-kilogram armor-piercing bomb was not powerful enough to sink battleships with solid armor, so it was supposed to be used to destroy airfields and oil depots.

"The American battleships still have to be blown up," Nanyun Zhong thought for a while with a wrinkled bitter melon face, still thinking that he would blow up and sink a few American battleships, "Since the Type 99 dive bombers are not powerful enough, use them to bomb oil depots and airfields." The Comet dive bombers and some Type 97 torpedo bombers carried 800 kg of armor-piercing bombs against American battleships. ”

"One squadron of Type 99 is enough for the oil depot," Minoru Genda pondered, "and then use two squadrons of 'Comet' and two squadrons of Type 97 to bomb American battleships, and the rest of the planes to bomb airfields." ”

"Hay!"

Minoru Genda, who received the order, immediately revised the attack plan, the third attack wave was canceled, and all 48 "Comet" dive bombers were concentrated on the first attack wave. In addition to the Comet dive bombers, the first strike wave had 64 Zero fighters and 24 Type 99 dive bombers and 75 97 torpedo bombers as escorts. The first strike wave will have a total of 211 aircraft.

The second attack wave consisted of 203 aircraft, of which 64 were escort Zero aircraft, 64 Type 99 dive bombers, and 75 Type 97 torpedo bombers.

In addition, 72 Zero fighters piloted by German pilots were responsible for the security of the 1st Mobile Fleet. There were also 15 Type 99 dive bombers that acted as reconnaissance planes, searching for traces of American aircraft carriers in all directions while the first and second attack waves were sorting.

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At around 5 a.m. on December 7, 1942 (Hawaii time), five U.S. aircraft carriers, which had left many high-ranking Japanese devils unable to eat and sleep, ran into the waters of the Pacific Ocean about 200 nautical miles east of Guam and Saipan.

Like Japan's 1st Mobile Fleet, the U.S. aircraft carrier task force immediately exercised radio silence as soon as it left Pearl Harbor, and then avoided the Japanese-controlled Marshall Islands and quietly approached the Guam-Saipan line.

"Knock knock...... a staff officer knocked the door of Lieutenant General Halsey's cabin, "Lieutenant General! Lieutenant General! Pearl Harbor Emergency! ”

Halsey, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened from his dream, put on his pajamas and opened the hatch, and asked very unhappily, "Henry, what is the matter?" ”

"Lieutenant Admiral," said the captain named Henry, with a nervous expression on his face, in a hurried and quick tone, "war is about to break out!" The Japanese are about to declare war on us! ”

"Immediately?" Halsey's sleepiness disappeared without a trace, "When is it?" ”

"I don't know, but the Pearl Harbor telegram says that around 7 a.m. Hawaii time, war should happen! Admiral Kimmel ordered us to release carrier-based aircraft to bomb Saipan at 7:30 a.m. Hawaii time. ”

"Two and a half hours left?" Halsi laughed, "It's great that the yellow-skinned monkeys on Saipan are about to die, and that's delightful good news." ”

Vice Admiral Halsey was such an optimistic man, and although he had always been very dissatisfied with the poor technology of the carrier-based pilots on several aircraft carriers (mainly the dive bombers), he was adamant that his fleet would be able to wipe out all the Japanese devils on Saipan without much difficulty.

"Henry, you go to the bridge and pull the alarm." Halsey smiled and said, "I'll be there as soon as I'm dressed, and then I'm going to address the entire fleet and tell the guys the good news...... Now that the United States of America is finally able to join the war, it is a good thing, and our children and grandchildren will be proud of our generation of American soldiers! ”

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It was still noon in Washington, the capital of the United States, and President Roosevelt was in the Oval Office at this time in a meeting with Secretary of State Hull, Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy Knox, Army Chief of Staff Marshall, Chief of Naval Operations Stark, Secretary of Commerce Hopkins, White House Intelligence Coordinator Donovan and other senior officials and generals to discuss how to make the United States suffer a despicable and shameless sneak attack!

"The president, Japanese Ambassador Nomura has asked to meet with me at one o'clock this afternoon," Secretary of State Hull told Roosevelt, "and I think he's going to hand me a declaration of war." ”

"Postponed until two o'clock in the afternoon," Roosevelt said in an emotional tone, "the Japanese are good at sneak attacks, and they must have attacked the Clark and Cavite bases in the Philippines...... It was the most despicable and shameless sneak attack in the history of mankind, and hundreds of unprepared American servicemen lost their lives as a result! ”

Then the president of the United States glanced at Donovan, the head of the secret service, and Donovan understood, stood up and said: "Mr. President, I have some important personal matters......

Roosevelt smiled and said, "Go ahead, go about your business." ”

Donovan got up and left, going to arrange a "private matter". Roosevelt, on the other hand, continued to discuss business with the public, and business was, of course, how to turn the war with Japan into a world war.

This does not seem to be easy, because the despicable and shameless country that attacked the United States was Japan, not the terrible-looking German Empire.

"I am afraid that it will be difficult for the members of Congress to approve a declaration of war on Germany because of a sneak attack by Japan." Commerce Secretary Hopkins said, "Unless we can produce convincing evidence of complicity between Germany and Japan." ”

"You can get a telegram, just like you did in the last war." Someone was right away to make a suggestion.

"That won't work, because Germany looks much better now than it did in 1917."

"So...... Perhaps we could join forces with the Soviet Union to attack Japan. Secretary of State Hull then suggested, "It is very likely that Germany will attack the Soviet Union in order to rescue Japan." Since we and the USSR were allies, it was natural to be obliged to declare war on Germany. ”

"That won't work," said Marshall, the chief of staff of the Army, shaking his head, "that Germany will most likely betray Japan, conclude some treaty with the Soviet Union, and then attack the British mainland." ”

"And Stalin will not risk a war on two fronts," Roosevelt shook his head, "and once he goes to war with Japan, he will definitely compromise with Germany...... The Russians have basically never fought on two fronts in history. ”

A room full of American bigwigs discussed for a long time, but they couldn't think of a way to drag Germany into the water. Unless the Germans themselves are willing to declare war on the United States, there is still no way for the United States to declare war on Germany in the short term.

Of course, once the United States declares war on Japan, then the whole country is in wartime. Roosevelt was also a wartime president, and his power would be far greater than that of a peacetime president, enough to drag the United States into hostility with Germany step by step.

"Haven't you found a Japanese aircraft carrier yet?"

Pearl Harbor, inside the Pacific Fleet Command, Admiral Kimmel has just given an order for martial law and first-class combat readiness. Prior to this, starting on December 1, the Pacific Fleet, the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps stationed in Hawaii all canceled the leave of officers and soldiers, and tens of thousands of troops were already on alert.

But Admiral Kimmel was still a little apprehensive, because the Japanese aircraft carriers, which had disappeared for many days, had not yet appeared! These aircraft carriers seem to have evaporated from the world.

"Admiral, no trace of them has been found." Immediately the staff officer answered.

"Have you sent a submarine to the east of the Philippines to search for it?"

"The 22 submarines of the Asian fleet have been wandering there for 2 days without any findings."

"Where's the neighborhood of Guam?"

"Only a small Japanese fleet was found to have arrived on Saipan, and no aircraft carriers were found."

"Did they go to the South China Sea?" Kimmel thought for a moment, "It must be the South China Sea!" The Japanese must have wanted to open the Strait of Malacca first, and then join the Germans in the Indian Ocean. Immediately send electricity to the Asian fleet, tell them to leave the port of Singapore and take refuge in the Indian Ocean. ”

"Admiral," a young staff officer suddenly reminded Kimmel of the moment, "will the Japanese aircraft carriers be coming to Hawaii?" ”

"Coming to Hawaii?" Kimmel was stunned for a moment, and just as he wanted to say that it was impossible, he saw a staff officer hurrying in and reported loudly: "Admiral, the radar station in the north of Oahu reports that an unknown plane has been found 50 kilometers north of the island!" (To be continued.) )