Chapter 019: Air Raid, It's Not a Drill!
thufeb1912:00:00cst2015
Most of the threat posed by the Soviet army has been nippled in the bud. Now all Ji Feng needs to do is find Ribbentrop and ask him to condemn the US government fiercely. Although Ji Feng now has the idea of starting a war with the United States, Germany can't bear it now.
Besides, "a country that only protests is a spineless country" Ji Feng also understands this truth, not to mention other people.
Now that the front line has basically returned to the pre-war level, the little advantage that the Soviets gained in the early stage of the surprise attack is no longer there. Compared with Stalin's helplessness now, Ji Feng is much more relaxed. Because the major affairs were handed over to Deputy Führer Goering and Deputy Führer Rudolph, now Ji Feng is really calming down on the front line to be a division commander.
The 1st Demonstration Panzergrenadier Division is now famous in the First World War, because the 1st Demonstration Panzergrenadier Division wiped out an entire Soviet army group artillery division with shells without injuring a single soldier. Moreover, this army group was also the most elite American army of the Soviet army, which not only repelled the enemy's attacks, but also found a good reason for the German Third Reich to go to war against the United States. However, because of the current problem of energy, Germany could not go to war with the United States for the time being. Even if Japan takes the initiative to attack.
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Due to the great trauma suffered by the German army in the early stage of the war, until November, the German army was only held in the trenches, on the other hand, the Soviet Union launched a number of small offensive battles because of the abundant resources of troops, although they all ended in failure, but these attacks still achieved some small results.
On November 31, 1940, most of the ocean-going ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet set fire to anchor and began to sail to the icy North Pacific. Radio silence was used throughout the entire process, and no U.S. military noticed this.
On December 6, 1940, the United Fleet waited 150 nautical miles north of Pearl Harbor.
The next day, Saturday, Japan took off the first carrier-based attack aircraft on attack mission. The Nakajima Type 97 carrier-based torpedo bomber carried by Nagajo City, the naval flight Osa, became the long plane of the fleet, and Nagasho City entered the Japanese Navy ahead of schedule because of the butterfly effect brought by Ji Feng, and entered the flight team of the short-legged aircraft carrier "Chicheng".
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The first wave of attack teams led by Nagajo included 12 A6M Zero carrier-based fighters, 66 B5N Kate carrier-based torpedo bombers, and 46 D3A Val carrier-based dive bombers. These units are already the main front-line forces in the Japanese Navy, which implements the policy of elite troops.
It can be said that this air raid was a huge gamble, and if the bet was won, Japan would be able to bring the Yankees to their knees; If the bet is lost, Japan and the entire Axis powers will be in a dilemma.
As a veteran gambler and the second gambler banned from the Monaco casino, Yamamoto believed that as long as the US aircraft carriers could be sunk in the military port, the US troops who had lost their capital ships would definitely surrender. At that time, it was not far from the Daijo position he had in mind, and then Yamamoto was sitting on the bridge of the Nagato-class battleship "Nagato" to yy his future. The large chrysanthemum on the bow of the "Nagato" marks the breaking through the icy waters of the Pacific Ocean and marching towards a never-ending war.
The Nakajima Type 97 torpedo machine in Nagajo City has three seats, a pilot, a bombardier/radio operator, and a rear machine gunner, and can carry either a Type 94 oxygen torpedo or an 800-kilogram aerial bomb. As the commander of the fleet and the captain of his own plane, Nagajo must concentrate his attention at all times. His plane was carrying a ton of aerial torpedoes, and any unwise climb could have caused the thin-skinned torpedo bomber to fall apart in the air.
Nagasho City is starting to envy those fighter pilots, they can completely avoid high-firing bubbles when they encounter them, and they don't have to worry about stalling or the like. But when he joined the Navy, he chose to become a glorious torpedo pilot, a torpedo bomber pilot who could not be improved even if he was slow. When you want to drop a torpedo, you have to not only be prepared, but also reduce your speed, which is simply a free target for anti-aircraft guns.
Oahu had already appeared in front of Ari Nagaga, and now he needed to concentrate on the battle. Because Japan's resources are extremely poor, it is impossible for Japan to lose any aircraft, otherwise the gap caused by this aircraft will not be filled.
The city of Nagajo and his bomber wingmen circled around Oahu and entered the attack course, targeting the Wasp-class aircraft carrier USS.CV-7.WASP [Note 1]. The aircraft carrier was unfortunate to be anchored in Pearl Harbor, and this misfortune would bring about destruction. The deck of the aircraft carrier is full of F2A and F3A carrier-based fighters that are being refueled and are preparing for Midway, as well as SBD "Dreadnought" carrier-based dive bombers. Although these planes did not carry ammunition, the aviation gasoline in the fuel tanks of these aircraft was undoubtedly deadly. [Note 2]
These neatly parked fighters on the deck became substitutes for the carrier, blocking the ship's keel from some of the impact of the explosion, allowing the carrier to barely escape its fate during the first attack.
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Arinagajo flew to 700 meters from the flank of the "Wasp", and after a second, he pressed the torpedo release button, and a round torpedo fell off the plane and fell towards the sea. After some splashes, the torpedo was successfully dropped and rushed towards the "Wasp".
Subsequently, the city of Nagajo pulled up the plane and flew over the bridge of the "Wasp".
Arigajo City, who wanted to confirm the results of the battle, looked behind him and found that he was followed by a Curtis P-40 fighter, and his back was suddenly covered with cold sweat. Fortunately, there were no bullets on either side, and the P-40 pilot tried to cut the tail of Ari Nagajo with a propeller.
Arinagajo took out a cartridge tray from the storage box under his feet and threw it to the rear machine gunner, and after a short burst, the P-40 fell down with black smoke, and no one parachuted when it fell.
When he saw that Pearl Harbor was full of smoke, the city of Yongzhang gave one last order: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The sneak attack was successful! ”
Then he saw a huge column of water appear on the side of the "Wasp", needless to say the work of the torpedo he launched. The "Wasp" was injured because of its own hull, and the torpedo protection was very poor, a big loophole appeared in the hull of the "Wasp", and thousands of tons of seawater poured in instantly. The Wasp is sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it looks like it is running out of gas.
Subsequently, a shell from the ground hit the left wing of the torpedo machine, leaving a large hole. Because the aerodynamic structure was destroyed and the plane kept stalling, Yongzhang City had to choose a forced landing.
After a violent impact, the plane stopped, and just as Nagajo was about to take out their weapons and fight the Americans to the death, a group of American Marines were already looking at him with a Springfield M1903 with a wicked smile.
As a result, the crew of Yongzhang City had to surrender.
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Nagumo Tadaichi of the Mobile Unit stood in the captain's command compartment of the "Chicheng" and waited for the returning plane. The gains from these two waves of attacks were enormous: the USS Lexington was seriously wounded, the USS Saratoga was lightly wounded, the USS Ranger was not in port, the USS Yorktown was seriously wounded, the USS Enterprise was not in port, the USS Wasp was badly wounded and sunk, and the USS Hornet was not in port. Most of the U.S. aircraft carriers in active service were injured in different ways, but the advanced aircraft carriers were not in the harbor, and the Japanese did not realize that they had been pitted at the moment. (The advanced aircraft carrier refers to the "Yorktown" class aircraft carrier, and now the "Essex" class has not yet been built)
USS Oklahoma (Nevada-class battleship) sank with serious injuries, USS Utah was seriously wounded (Florida-class battleship), USS Arizona (Pennsylvania-class battleship) was sunk with heavy injuries, USS Nevada (Nevada-class battleship) was seriously wounded, USS Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania-class battleship) was seriously damaged, USS Tennessee (Tennessee-class battleship) was lightly wounded, USS California (Tennessee-class battleship) was critically wounded and capsized, "Maryland" (Carryona-class battleship) was lightly wounded, " USS West Virginia (Carryona-class battleship) was slightly wounded.
In addition, dozens of auxiliary ships and hundreds of aircraft were destroyed. The misfortune in the misfortune for the Americans was that the machine repair plant and oil depot at Pearl Harbor were not hit. Otherwise, millions of tons of heavy marine fuel oil in the oil depot alone would make Pearl Harbor history.
Three hours later, President Roosevelt delivered his famous Day of Shame speech: "Your Excellency, Vice President, Fellow Parliamentarians,
Yesterday, 7 December 1940 - a day of shame that must always be remembered - the United States of America was subjected to a sudden and deliberate attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force. The United States and Japan live in peace and, at Japan's request, are continuing talks with their Government and the Emperor with a view to maintaining peace in the Pacific. In fact, just one hour after the Japanese Air Force began bombing the United States island of Wahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his associates submitted to our Secretary of State an official reply to the latest message from the United States to the Japanese side. While the reply stated that the continuation of the ongoing diplomatic negotiations seemed futile, it did not contain any threats or hints of war or armed attack.
History will bear witness that, because Hawaii was so far from Japan, it is clear that the attack was orchestrated over many days and even weeks. During the mediation, the Japanese Government deliberately deceived the United States with false statements and expressed desire to continue maintaining peace.
Yesterday's attack on the Hawaiian Islands caused severe damage to US Navy and Army forces. I regret to tell you
, many Americans lost their lives, in addition, according to reports, American ships were torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu (Honolulu).
Yesterday, the Japanese government launched an attack on Malaya.
Last night, Japanese troops attacked Hong Kong.
Last night, Japanese troops attacked Guam.
Last night, Japanese troops attacked the Philippine Islands.
Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island.
This morning, the Japanese attacked Midway.
As a result, Japan launched a sudden offensive throughout the Pacific region. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have formed their own opinions and are well aware that this is at stake for the security and survival of our country itself. As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have instructed to take a number of measures for our defense.
However, the nature of this raid on us will always be remembered by our entire country. No matter how long it will take to defeat this premeditated invasion, the American people will surely win an absolute victory with their own righteous forces.
We now prophesy that not only will we do our best to defend ourselves, we will also ensure that this form of perfidy will never endanger us again. When I say this, I believe that I am expressing the will of the Congress and the people.
Hostilities have already existed. Needless to say, our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
Believe in our armed forces - relying on the firm determination of our people - that we will achieve inevitable victory - God help us!
I ask Congress to declare that there has been a state of war between the United States and the Empire of Japan since Saturday, December 6, 1940, when Japan launched its unprovoked and despicable attack. ”
The battleship detachment of the Pacific Fleet (here the United States sent a battleship to join the Pacific Fleet because of Japanese ambitions) was almost completely wiped out in the attack, thousands of American sailors or pilots were killed, and the American aircraft carrier force was also greatly weakened. But what made people very angry was that the Japanese army had lost only 21 fighters and 76 pilots, including the captured ones, of course.
However, due to the conceit of the Japanese and other reasons, the declaration of war was still submitted with a delay of an hour. Ji Feng was speechless, because the little devil was a dou who couldn't help up, he beat the Soviet Union and made people cry and cry and call his father and mother, and the Republic of China ended up dragging people into a war of attrition, which hit the United States and turned out to be a state of peace and brutally yin the US military all of a sudden.
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Roosevelt stressed the threat of fascism more than once, and promised Churchill that he would join the World Anti-Fascist League. But Ji Feng didn't make any statement like a grandson, but immediately followed up and declared war on the United States.
The United States replied to Japan and Italy with declarations of war. But the problem that was very difficult under Roosevelt was that Germany had not declared war, and in this case, if it had unilaterally declared war, the people of the world would have regarded it as a warmonger. Therefore, Roosevelt reluctantly said that he was at peace with Germany for the time being.
At this moment, Hiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Germany, was already in Ribbentrop's office to promote his Empire of Japan and the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", hoping to fool Germany into declaring war on the United States. But Ji Feng clearly said to Ribbentrop: "It doesn't matter what Hiroshi Oshima says, you can just give him a vague reply, and don't promise him anything substantial." ”
Hiroshi Oshima and Ribbentrop began a diplomatic meeting.
"Your Excellency should know about the great victory of our Imperial Japanese Navy, right?"
"yes, what a victory? Kicked a sleeping lion awake. ”
"What do you say? Our Japanese empire declared war on the United States under the threat of the United States! ”
"A declaration of war? What can Japan compare to them? The output of steel is 7 times that of yours; 6 times the production of aircraft; 11 times the ...... of coal production Oil production is 50 times higher. What capital do you have now? ”
"I believe that when the German Empire enters the war, our level of production will be on par with that of the United States."
"Haha, what about the Allies? They also have the United Kingdom, who doesn't know the world's factory? We're still fighting with people. The USSR, their various productions were several times greater than ours. ”
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"By the way, according to the Axis of Five Treaty, when any one of the five powers is attacked, the other four countries should come to the aid of the best of their ability. But where were you when we were invaded by the Soviet Union? Still want us to declare war on the United States? When you first declare war on the Soviet Union and let the Kwantung Army go north, we can declare war on the United States. ”
"Diplomacy, Mr. Ribbentrop, is not about selling champagne! It can't be child's play. ”
"Whoever said that, I think this is selling champagne, I don't think you don't want the USSR to declare war, our Führer will declare war on the United States."
The two stood up directly in the end, because the Japanese were naturally short, and Hiroshi Oshima had to scold while wiping the saliva on his face. This made Ribbentrop happy.
In the end, Hiroshi Oshima returned in vain.
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[1] The Wasp-class light fleet aircraft carrier was a hapless aircraft carrier - under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, its tonnage and so on were reduced again and again, making it very similar to the Yorktown-class. But in reality, the Wasp class is just as painful as the Ranger class: very poor torpedo protection, low axle horsepower, and so on. In 1940, he began to transport aircraft for the British, and repeatedly attacked German ships as an "escort", and was sunk by the Japanese during the battle on Guadalcanal in 1942. Here, YY appeared at Pearl Harbor because of Ji Feng's butterfly effect.
[Note 2] Most of today's aircraft use aviation kerosene, which has a high ignition point, is not easy to explode, and is not easy to volatile. Most of the aircraft during World War II used diesel or gasoline, of course, there was more gasoline. Aviation gasoline is similar to the current gasoline composition, low ignition point, volatile, explosive, and even a violent explosion will occur under a little pressure. And aviation gasoline is very difficult to extinguish after burning.