It was already the early morning of January 3, 1942, and the night was as thick as a picturesque ink at this moment. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info near Waikiki Beach, most of the U.S. Marines who kept vigil in the trenches had already fallen asleep, and only a very small number of particularly conscientious and responsible U.S. soldiers were still trying to keep their eyes open, enduring the constant onset of drowsiness, while watching the movement on the sea. But in this pre-dawn darkness, if it weren't for the Japanese "cat-eye warriors", ordinary people would be able to see at most a distance of tens of meters. Only when the searchlight from the rear sweeps across the sea can you see a peaceful water.

Of course, this American GI is not here to prevent a sneak attack by the Japanese army. Because that's impossible, right next to Waikiki Beach is Diamond Head, an extinct volcano that has been converted into a fortress. The fortress cleverly took advantage of the special topography of the crater, deploying 305mm and 203mm caliber mortars near the inner walls of the crater. It was a dead spot for the guns of the Japanese battleships!

In addition, there are many 155mm and 127mm cannons and howitzers deployed in the tunnels at the southern foot of the Kurau Mountains north of Waikiki Beach, and the firepower can completely cover Waikiki Beach.

So this Waikiki beach is simply not something that a handful of daredevils in kayaks can take.

The main task of the American GIs stationed here was to catch Japanese spies, because there were many Japanese immigrants and expatriates on the island of Hawaii, with more than 100,000 people, making it the largest ethnic group in the Hawaiian Islands. Many of them have not forgotten their home country of Japan, so they can easily be recruited as spies by Japanese intelligence agencies.

Now that Japan has invaded the Hawaiian Islands, these Japanese Americans who are nostalgic for their homeland are all hidden dangers. Now they were afraid that they would cooperate with the foreign Japanese invaders, so Admiral Short deployed many marines in the city of Honolulu on the one hand to prevent the Japanese residents from rebelling; On the one hand, it sent personnel to tightly seal off all beaches that might lead to the Japanese-inhabited area of Honolulu to prevent Japanese spies from infiltrating.

U.S. Marine 1st Class Baker was holding his rifle at this time, looking at the sea over and over again with wide eyes. He is a native white in Hawaii, his family lives on Oahu, and his mother and fiancée, although on the retreat list, are not the priority to run. So now he is fighting to defend his family, and he has to be extra careful.

There was a faint roar of motors on the surface of the sea, which could easily be ignored by the sound of gunfire coming from the warring plains of Oahu to the north. But Private Baker heard it, raised his rifle, leaned out of the trench, and squinted his eyes to examine it carefully. Only then did I vaguely see that there seemed to be a boat-shaped object moving on the sea! Private Beck's natural reaction was that the Japanese spies were coming, but in a blink of an eye, he found that there seemed to be dozens of these moving boats on the sea! And the boats were almost on the beach.

He hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "Sneak attack! The enemy is coming! As he shouted, he raised his rifle and pointed it at one of the dinghys! The sound of gunfire woke everyone in the trenches, and one of them poked out of the trenches, and one shot a flare that lit up over the sea outside the beach. With the help of the light of the flares, Private Baker actually saw a turret on a speedboat!

What is this? While Private 1st Class Baker was pondering, someone suddenly shouted in his ear: "Shelling! Take cover! ”

Before the shout could be heard, a 140mm shell fired by a Japanese Type B 1st class submarine exploded in front of the trench where the 1st class Baker was located.

Not only did the Japanese use submarines to transport tanks to land, but they also bombarded Waikiki Beach with the guns on their submarines before they swooped down before the U.S. artillery counterattacked at Diamond Head and the southern foothills of the Kurau Mountains.

This seemingly whimsical tactic was actually to make the American troops on the shore mistakenly believe that a Japanese destroyer was approaching the beach, so as to temporarily attract the artillery on the shore and buy a little more time for the surprise attack force -- in fact, there was not much way to rush from Waikiki Beach to Diamond Head, and it only took a quarter of an hour and twenty minutes to rush to a point. Moreover, according to the information that Japanese agents heard before the war, there were not many garrisons on Diamond Hill, and 900 Japanese marines and 30 tanks were still very likely to succeed as long as they were caught off guard.

At this time, less than 10 nautical miles from Waikiki Beach, hundreds of Japanese transport ships and dozens of escort ships had already formed formations. Thousands of officers and men of the Japanese Taiwan Mixed Brigade are also ready, and they will only be ready to launch a new amphibious landing operation when the Shandong Marine Corps succeeds in the raid on the drill!

"Tanks! It's a tank! Tanks of the Japanese! ”

"Oh my God! How did they get out of the sea? ”

"Hurry, stop them!"

"With what?"

"I don't know ......"

"They're up, they're coming!"

At this time, the beach of Waikiki was already in chaos, and the sudden appearance of 30 tanks made the American soldiers guarding here dumbfounded. Although they know that there is the concept of amphibious tanks, but the ships that can transport amphibious tanks are big ships, how can they sneak close to Waikiki Beach and not be discovered? Although you don't know how to look at the sea, how can you find nothing when you have a searchlight sweeping the sea over and over again?

But now the dumbfounded American GIs don't have the time to think about it, because they are all running away in the direction of downtown Honolulu. Having not thought that tanks could be transported by submarines, the marines guarding the Waikiki beach did not carry anti-tank guns. Although the anti-tank guns of the Marine Corps are also motorized, it will not take long to pull them over with a car. But looking at the current situation, I'm afraid it's a bit suspenseful!

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"What? Japanese tanks washed up on Waikiki Beach? How is this possible? When Admiral Schott heard the bad news, his heart was already a little broken.

He had high hopes for tonight's counterattack, and the troops dispatched were also very strong, with five regiments of infantry alone and more than 150 tanks to support them. And the artillery of the 24th and 25th divisions of the US Army was also concentrated by him and put into a counterattack. But they just couldn't gnaw at the defense line of the Japanese soldiers who were short, wore ridiculously uniform uniforms, and had no good weapons other than battleships.

But the results of the attack were disappointing. Not only could it not be gnawed down (in fact, it was not that it could not be gnawed at all, the US army still forced the Japanese army back a few kilometers, but they couldn't hit their second line of defense), but also broke their big teeth. After several waves of offensives, the M3 tanks of the 24th and 25th divisions have lost more than 100 units! What puzzled Admiral Short was that the anti-tank guns deployed by the Japanese behind the positions were obviously running out, so how could they still open their tanks one after another?

And just then, the bad news came that Japanese tanks rushed to Waikiki Beach!

"The Japanese landed on Waikiki Beach in a big way?"

The staff officer who reported to him replied: "General, it should be a big landing!" The Marines reported that dozens of Japanese tanks, covering thousands of infantry, rushed behind the top of Diamond Hill, captured several artillery positions at the southern foot of the Kurau Mountains, and are still climbing Diamond Head! ”

Finished! Admiral Short's eyes went dark, and he almost fainted. Artillery positions at the southern foothills of the Kurau Mountains were lost, Diamond Hill was under siege, and the plains of Oahu were unwinnable...... Now the U.S. troops on Oahu are going to be attacked on their backs!

"Admiral, Admiral, look at this!" Colonel Collins rushed to Short with a sledgehammer on his shoulder.

Short, whose mind was blank, glanced at the guy in Colonel Collins' hand and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Admiral, this is the anti-tank weapon of the Japanese, and they used this to destroy a lot of our M3 tanks."

It turned out that some American GIs who were fighting on the front line picked up some Japanese "Iron Fist" anti-tank grenade launchers and handed them over to Colonel Collins.

"Admiral, this should be an improvised grenade launcher." Colonel Collins said, "The range of such a weapon must not be very long, perhaps only a few tens of meters, and at most more than a hundred meters." ”

"So what?" Admiral Short asked.

"We just need to send infantry to clear the way in front of the tanks, and we can defeat those hateful little Japan!" Colonel Collins said, "At least you can beat them hard tonight!" ”

"No, we lost!" Admiral Short smiled bitterly, "The Japanese have just landed on Waikiki Beach...... Their tanks had washed up on the beach, the navy's artillery positions in the southern foothills of the Kurau Mountains had been destroyed, and Diamond Hill was under siege. ”

"What!?" Colonel Collins was stunned, and quickly turned his head to look south, only to see bursts of red light flashing in the sky there, apparently a cannonball or something exploding.

"General, the fighting continues, let's immediately send troops to reinforce it." Colonel Collins immediately suggested.

Admiral Short just shook his head, raised his hand and pointed weakly at the place where the fierce battle was going on, "Do you think the Japanese devils there will allow us to go for reinforcements?" ”

"But...... Admiral, what do we do now? Did you watch Diamond Head fall? ”

"We'll retreat to Wahiava and Scaffield Barracks first," Admiral Short sighed, "and then we'll gather our troops...... Retreat to the Kurau Mountains and hold on. He gritted his teeth, "I don't think the United States will give up on Hawaii!" We'll be able to wait for reinforcements! (To be continued.) )