At dawn on the 12th, the Japanese Combined Fleet appeared in the waters near Hawaii, and the danger descended as the radio waves of tigers and tigers were emanated, and the US troops were not yet aware of it, and they did not become nervous until they received a telegram from Washington -- Japan had declared war on the United States.

Unfortunately, it was too late, with the first rays of the morning sun, the rumbling sound pierced the Hawaiian morning, and Japanese warplanes appeared over Pearl Harbor and dropped carefully prepared bombs one after another, and the fierce explosion sound was like a thunderbolt in the sky.

The sleeping Americans suddenly felt deafening, fell out of bed, opened the window and saw that the outside world had become hell, full of explosions, fires, buildings were blown up, and humans fled in terror.

A pilot who had indulged in his lust last night rushed back to the airport and saw that the base was in a sea of fire, and the enemy wantonly dropped bombs in the sky, blew up the planes on the ground, and shot the ground crew.

As soon as the plane was pulled up, a burst of bullets came from behind, and the Japanese Zero fighter that pounced from behind smashed the American plane in the air!

A Zero fighter plane was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun, and the Japanese pilot gritted his teeth, and the plane dragged a long tail of smoke from the air and crashed into the ground building.

It was a very small number of downed Japanese aircraft.

I saw that there was a fierce explosion, and the building was razed to the ground, fragments were scattered, and everyone around them died.

In the harbor, the battleship aircraft carrier, the sea giant, was taken care of by Japanese fighters, the Arizona was blown up, the hull turned over, and this originally majestic sea giant became a dead fish.

Bang!

Another 500-kilogram bomb fell. Accurately landed on the USS Enterprise. Not only blast a big hole in the deck. It also blew through the inner hatch, and the sea water poured in, and the crew inside did not have time to escape, so they drowned the seawater.

The hull began to tilt and sink little by little!

"Oh God! FU/CK！

Damn Japan! ”

The general lay out of the window and cursed at the sky.

"General, the ship is sinking. Abandon the ship! "An officer reported the management damage to Rear Admiral Hudsee.

"Abandon the ship!"

Yamamoto Isoroku received the battle report from the Japanese Combined Fleet a few hundred miles away, and a smile appeared on his face, as if the huge pressure had been emptied at once......

The Japanese Combined Fleet successfully attacked Pearl Harbor and achieved great success, sending the entire Pacific Fleet to the bottom of the sea, and 8 battleships of the USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS Arizona, and USS Nevada were devastated, including 7 cruisers, and 28 destroyers were also sunk and damaged.

The three aircraft carriers USS Lexington, USS Enterprise, and USS Saratoga, which have survived the catastrophe in history, were not spared and were also sunk in port.

The losses of the Japanese Navy were minimal. Only more than three dozen aircraft were lost.

They left happily, leaving behind great pain and shame in another country.

Foot in the smash of the Beiyang Fleet. After overthrowing the Tsarist fleet with two punches, and now rushing thousands of miles to beat the US Pacific Fleet, there has never been a navy in the history of mankind that has created such a brilliant record in half a century, and it seems that the era of "the imperial kingdom is armed all over the world" is coming.

History has not changed, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is still so wonderful, history has changed a little bit, the US Pacific Fleet was completely wiped out, from Midway Island to Hawaii, to the west coast of the United States, almost a thoroughfare, as long as the Japanese are happy, they can land on the west coast of the United States at any time.

When Roosevelt learned of the disappearance, he was so stunned that he almost collapsed, trembling so much that he couldn't speak.

How so?

He looked at the portraits of American presidents on the wall of the White House, his expression was painful and regretful, and all kinds of tastes were intertwined, as if the pressure of 10,000 tons was pressed on his shoulders at once, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long, long time, until the staff came in and reminded him to make a radio speech......

He declared war on Japan on a national broadcast, angrily accusing "this is an extremely vicious and extremely shameless sneak attack." ”

The Americans were filled with righteous indignation and excitement, and when they had just received the news of Japan's declaration of war, many Americans ridiculed the Japanese for not being able to do their own thing, and even asked, "What are the Japanese?" I didn't expect it to be slapped in the face like this, and the Pacific Fleet would be "gone"?

"The Navy is useless!"

"White House idiot!"

"Kill the Japanese!"

……

The Japanese were not yet killed, the radio was the first to suffer, to pieces!

"Smack!"

Situ Nan turned off the radio, the sound of the president's declaration of war speech on the radio stopped abruptly, Thomas walked in, and Situ Nan immediately asked, "What is the situation?" ”

Thomas shook his head, his face pale: "The whole army is annihilated." ”

"Huh?"

Situ Nan couldn't help but open his mouth wide and looked surprised!

"Damn, it's a big game this time! Something big is coming! ”

Situ Nan took the information, and when he saw that the aircraft carrier of the Pacific Fleet above had also been sunk, his heart sank, his fingers couldn't help but tremble, and he finally felt a little scared.

After all these years, the emotion of fear finally appeared in him.

"How can you say that as long as the Japanese are happy, their warplanes can fly over William's Manor?"

After a while, Situ Nan said with some sarcasm.

This sense of humor and irony can only be experienced by himself, well, he still has a little bitterness in his heart.

"Yes, as long as the Japanese are happy, they can do it! No one in the Pacific can stop them! ”

Thomas said, suddenly stopping, "No, there are people who can stop them, China!" The Chinese also have a combined fleet! ”

"That's true, but there's no reason for them to surround Hawaii!" Situ Nan had already calmed down and reminded.

"No!"

Thomas affirmed, and then analyzed, "As long as the Chinese fleet exists for a day, the Japanese will not dare to land in the United States, and I think the Japanese combined fleet should hurry back home at this time to guard against a sneak attack from China." ”

"That's right. If the Japanese Combined Fleet is suspended overseas for a long time, the domestic defense will be empty, and once the Chinese Navy attacks. They're in trouble. ”

Situ Nan nodded.

Thought. I was too worried just now. Even if Pearl Harbor was turned around by the Japanese, the West Coast would still be safe.

Isn't it just the loss of three more aircraft carriers, with the powerful shipbuilding industry of the United States, it will be enough to build a new aircraft carrier in a year, and there is no need to worry that the Japanese fleet will patronize San Francisco and Los Angeles, and even if the navy is gone, there will be no land aviation?

As long as China does not support Japan, the balance of power between Japan and the United States will remain unchanged. The outcome of the war in the Pacific will not change either.

However, the Chinese side will definitely not declare war on Japan, and even if the Americans are cheap, even if they declare war on Japan, they will wait until Japan is about to die, and then rush up and stab the Japanese in the back.

Well, that's right, that's it.

Everything is under your control.

"Although the Pacific Fleet was devastated, Pearl Harbor was not a deep sea, and the warships sunk in the sea were salvaged and repaired. It will be less than a year to return to combat effectiveness. ”

The more Situ Nan thought about it, the more he felt that he didn't have to make a fuss, and after exchanging ideas with Thomas. He also called the Bethlehem Company and asked the company to send a group of engineers to Hawaii to repair the ship.

After Roosevelt finished his speech, he received a phone call from Situ Nan, who said that the William consortium supported the president's war against Japan, and as long as the funds were available, the Bethlehem Company promised to rebuild the Pacific Fleet within two years, and it would be stronger on a larger scale.

"One year, one precious year!"

Putting down the phone, Roosevelt had just thanked Situ Nan for his support, and after communicating with Situ Nan, he knew that the warships sunk in Pearl Harbor could still be salvaged and used, and as long as he got through the difficult moments of the year and a half in front of him, then the United States would ......

The American people were immersed in grief and indignation and worry, and the pot exploded in William's Manor, Laura and several children showed high patriotic feelings, and Situ Nan was not too excited, after all, he knew the result in advance, and he was already excited when he should be excited.

Sometimes, it's boring to live like this.

The eldest son Andy even threatened to join the army, but was opposed by Situ Nan and Laura, who persuaded Andy with words to persuade his nephew Tom: "You sell more war bonds and urge the family factory to produce more weapons and shells, which is much greater than your single-handedly contribution to the battlefield."

After all, our family is the sword and shield maker of the United States, and it has been tied to the national fortunes of the United States, and it is the first obligation to produce weapons to defend the freedom of the people. ”

"Okay, I'm going to work for the Bethlehem company." Andy agreed.

Situ Nan nodded, thinking, "After working in Bethlehem for a year, let Andy go to work at Wells Fargo." ”

After the outbreak of the war, the stock price of Bethlehem soared, and it was the time when the largest steel and shipbuilding company in the United States was at its peak and when Situ Nan began to shift investments.

So considering that three or four years later, the war ended, and the American steel industry went into decline, and the historical Bethlehem Company was one of the representatives, Stuart Nan began to sell Bethlehem Company shares, and as the war progressed, he sold more Bethlehem Company shares and bought war bonds.

This task gradually fell to Andy, a hot-blooded young man who was deeply moved by his father's patriotic feelings when he saw his father buy a large amount of war bonds, which amounted to $500 million.

Situ Nan didn't explain much, so as not to destroy the image in his son's heart.

At the emergency meeting of the White House, it goes without saying that the defense of the US mainland, the defense of the West Coast, and the transfer of the Atlantic Fleet to Hawaii will be deployed.

The Admiralty also came up with a large-scale shipbuilding plan, proposing to build at least 30 large capital aircraft carriers, which it is believed to be approved by a vote in Congress. Even Congress will demand that more be made.

"How to manage the relationship with China has become crucial." Roosevelt said grimly.

No matter how big the cost, we must stabilize the Chinese, let them contain Japan, and buy us time.

"The Japanese would go south and attack the Philippines, MacArthur would not be able to withstand the Japanese for long, and the Japanese would attack Singapore, India, or Australia, and go to war with the British.

Although Japan and Germany are not aligned, we can help Europe openly by forming an alliance with Britain and joining the war against Germany. ”

Army Chief of Staff Marshall Dao.

Although the Pacific War was in a grim form, what was the matter with the Army? He didn't want the government to devote its main energies to dealing with the Japanese, because the Germans were the great enemy, and if they defeated Germany, the Japanese would also lose.

But the Chinese are very troublesome.

Marshall had a bad attitude toward China. Think if there is no acquiescence from the Chinese. The Japanese did not dare to attack Pearl Harbor with great audacity.

Although forcing Japan to go to war was also a ploy of the Roosevelt administration. I just didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.

"The relationship between Germany and China is indeed very troublesome, but they have not formed an alliance after all, and even if they fight against Germany in the future, it is better not to add another strong enemy before defeating the Japanese."

Roosevelt said helplessly.

"That's right. We must obtain Wuhan's understanding, otherwise no one will be able to stop Japan. ”

White House Chief of Staff **** Sheng echoed the president, reminding, "Europe is of course important. But if we can't even guarantee security at home, even if we win Europe, the people will overthrow our ...... The Chinese may be our enemies in the long run, but now only they can help us, and as for the British, they can't even help with a penny except for opening their mouths to ask for things. ”

Hum!

Marshall snorted, not speaking, angry in his heart.

Whatever role Wuhan played in the sneak attack, the White House thought it over. Even if China cannot be an ally, it is better not to be an enemy.

"Yo-heh. Washington is in a hurry, the Japanese are so ruthless!

Since the Americans want to talk, let's talk about it! ”

Wuhan, the Prime Minister's Office, Soong Ziwen and others are also assessing the dramatic changes that Pearl Harbor has brought to Asia and the world.

"The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, the world is full of smoke, China wants to dominate the world, and there are more hole cards! It seems that the progress of the project is going to be accelerated! ”

Absinthe secretly plotted in his heart.

Under his leadership, China is developing super-large bombers as a means of delivering bombs of some kind.

The Battle of Pearl Harbor also stimulated the navies of China and South China.

Wuhan, Admiralty, Chen Shaokuan asked Lin Yurong: "If it is replaced by the Chinese Combined Fleet, can it be done to this extent?" ”

Lin Yurong didn't speak, thought for a while, nodded, and shook his head again.

"The decisive battle of the aircraft carrier fleet is like this, the first strike is the strongest, and if it is not good, it is a hammer deal." Chen Shaokuan shook his head, his heart was a little heavy, in terms of hardware, the Chinese Combined Fleet is not much worse than the Japanese Combined Fleet, but in terms of the quality of officers and soldiers, there is still a gap, "It seems that the treasure cannot be pressed on the fleet, and more countermeasures are needed."

For example, submarines! The German submarine forces ...... the British"

Not long after, Chen Shaokuan went to the Prime Minister's Office again and begged the Prime Minister's Office to approve the Navy's plan to expand the size of its submarine force.

For this reason, the navy and army quarreled again, and the army advocated using more materials on the battlefields of the western and northern fronts......

United States.

The Americans gradually calmed down and learned from the pain, Congress passed a bill to grant the president huge powers, the government began to dominate all aspects of American society, the United States is like a giant awakening, and the huge industrial strength is transformed into a huge military production.

The three major automobile companies, aircraft manufacturers on the West Coast, and giants in the steel and chemical industries across the United States soon received military orders from the government, and the survival plans of various tanks, planes, warships, guns and ammunition were distributed to factories large and small in almost unlimited quantities.

Giant's stockings, which were selling so well, had to be discontinued in favor of parachutes and other military supplies, such as explosives.

Tokyo, jubilant, Yamamoto Isoroku became a national hero.

The Japanese fell into a frenzied joy, swept away the pain and frustration of losing "Manchuria" ten years ago, and were extremely proud of the powerful Combined Fleet, and after defeating the powerful United States, Japan could expand at will and be invincible in whatever direction it wanted.

Well, it's an exaggeration, but it's all advertised in the newspapers, and the people naturally believe it.

The people were fanatical, the army was arrogant, and even the cabinet and the emperor were triumphant, and only a few sober factions, such as Isoroku Yamamoto and Ishihara Wanji, remained calm and worried.

A few hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched an attack on the Philippines, known as the Battle of Bataan. Fighter planes taking off from the island of Taiwan bombed U.S. airfields in the Philippines, and soon after, the Navy fleet covered the ground forces and successfully landed in Manila.

MacArthur, the Governor of the Philippines, fled in a hurry, taking his family and governess, as well as his beloved dog, on the submarine.

"I'll be back, I swear!"

MacArthur bid farewell to his deputy, Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, and after he left, Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright was appointed to command U.S. forces in the Philippines.

The United States cannot afford the capture of an admiral, who will make himself just a lieutenant general.

Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright thought with some humor.

He hugged MacArthur excitedly and said emotionally, "I'm sure you will." You will be back. ”

MacArthur's submarine soon disappeared from the sea. The U.S. forces in the Philippines led by Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright were defeated by the Japanese after resisting. I had no choice but to surrender.

"Are we going to Australia, passing through South China along the way?" In the submarine, MacArthur asked the captain.

"Nope. The waters of South China are no longer safe. It doesn't matter if a merchant ship is ordinary, it won't be seized if it docks in Nanhua, but we are warships after all. ”

The captain said.

MacArthur was pleased with this answer, and in the most difficult moments, he repeatedly asked South China for assistance, and the White House also lobbied South China and China to support Philippine American forces. The Chinese were indifferent, they had the opportunity to "catch the cicada and the yellow finch behind" and send the Chinese Combined Fleet to prevent Japan from attacking the Philippines and even the Japanese mainland.

After all, at that time, the Japanese Combined Fleet was still on its way to the Pacific Ocean and had not yet returned, and Japan was at its weakest moment.

But they didn't, they just watched from the sidelines, and the Japanese government and opposition were worried for a while, and it was not until the return of the combined fleet that they breathed a sigh of relief and began to celebrate with great fanfare.

And the Americans had to swallow the results of the defeat.

The Americans did not get nothing. Both China and South China have pledged to protect American nationals and take in American citizens in Southeast Asia. It provides shelter to U.S. warships and fighters entering South China, but U.S. warships have to leave within the specified time after completing their supplies in South China, which can be regarded as a relatively friendly neutral country!

In order to strike at Japan, the United States ordered a large amount of rubber and petroleum supplies from South China to prevent these production capacities from falling into the hands of the enemy, just as the British could not prevent American merchants from selling supplies to Germany, so they used money to buy Americans.

The United States was in dire need of rubber, and after the William consortium reached a large deal with Acorn International, the largest rubber company in South China, it was not satisfied, and began to control the rubber resources of South America, so as not to let Brazilian rubber fall into the hands of the Germans.

So the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was preparing to land in the northeast of Brazil to fight the pro-Nazis there, Brazil is a major source of German descent, Brazil is Germany's main source of rubber, and Britain and the United States will not let South America become a source of resources for Germany.

How the Brazilians are frightened and how to deal with the aggressive Americans is another interesting topic.

The ABC of South America, either the backyard of Britain or the United States, can generally only honestly play the role of a good soy sauce crowd on the side in the world war.

If we look back at the western Pacific, we will find that the newspapers in Tokyo are constantly advocating Sino-Japanese friendship and jointly building a circle of common prosperity in East Asia, and the newspapers in Shanghai are also echoing it.

It seems to have witnessed an era in which Asia rose, the yellow race rose, and they worked together to defeat the white powers.

This feeling of hello and hello is particularly strong in the hearts of Chinese and Japanese expatriates living abroad in Southeast Asia (except South China), who are worried about being affected by the war.

Historically, Japan has massacred overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and such a thing cannot have happened.

However, the proud whites suffered a lot, and the frenzied Japanese army forced the American and Filipino prisoners to march and tortured the prisoners.

Originally, MacArthur had a chance to taste it, but unfortunately he escaped.

The situation is very good, and in this case, Yamamoto Isoroku and Ishihara Wanji meet.

"If we knew the navy was so powerful, we should have occupied Hawaii at that time." Ishihara said with regret.

"The battle of Pearl Harbor was brilliant, but the gap between the strength of the empire and the United States is still obvious, we only bought two years of precious time, if we do not seize the favorable opportunity to negotiate with the United States as soon as possible to end the war, I am afraid that it will be ......"

Yamamoto Fifty-six said sternly, without much excitement on his face.

"Moreover, the attitude of the Chinese is not clear. Their navy, well, the Combined Chinese Fleet did not have a single battleship, but the aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft were no worse than the Imperial Combined Fleet in quantity and quality. "Yamamoto fifty-six, Yamamoto fifty-six and said.

Ishihara's heart sank, and he tried: "Can you ...... the United China Fleet again?"

The latter words were not spoken, but the meaning was obvious, and Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head: "The Chinese are very cautious and deeply guarded, and they also have rich experience in aircraft carrier operations. To enter the South China Sea and the Java Sea, it is not easy! ”

"The attitude of the Chinese is very soon to see, I think, they will not let the empire occupy Singapore, Japan will soon have a conflict with South China." Yamamoto Fifty-six said calmly.

"This—" Ishihara hesitated, frowning, troubled.

The most terrible thing is that China and the United States colluded to sell the empire to the United States.

This possibility exists.

However, because China fought against the Soviet Union, sided with Germany, intervened in the Middle East, and had a strategic conflict with Britain and the United States, it was not easy to unite!

Ishihara also couldn't grasp the trend of the war in his heart, and the only thing he could grasp was to seize the favorable opportunity in the past few years to go south and expand the living space of the empire as much as possible!

The Strait of Malacca, the oil producing area of South China is close at hand, and the southern port of Sumatra, Palembang, is still the industrial center of South China and one of the military port bases, how can Japanese aircraft be easily deployed on the Malay Peninsula across the sea?

(To be continued.) )