604 intelligence from the Germans
This is a document, a valuable document from Germany - the "shadow", the secret intelligence unit of the highest rank of the German Führer, providing an important piece of intelligence from Pearl Harbor!
In fact, Japan also has reconnaissance and intelligence analysis of Pearl Harbor, but compared with this intelligence analysis in front of us, it is simply a pile of waste paper!
Yamamoto Isoroku looked at the information in front of him, and suddenly felt that Germany seemed to be an even more terrifying existence than the United States.
Being able to infiltrate the Pacific Ocean without the knowledge of the Americans, and obtaining so much unexpectedly important information, the German intelligence officers are really amazing.
Not to mention anything else, the report from Germany even contains a detailed analysis and summary of the total amount of oil stored by the United States at Pearl Harbor.
And on the basis of this analysis, a feasible attack plan was drawn up for Japan: attack the oil base, the ships in the port.
Obviously, in this sneak attack, in which Japan was only able to dispatch more than 400 planes to attack, it was completely nonsense to attack and destroy the docks and docks at Pearl Harbor and paralyze the United States' maintenance capabilities.
Germany had flown thousands of sorties to bomb the British port of Portsmouth, but the results were not ideal.
It was not until the German Army landed in Britain and occupied Portsmouth that the Germans confirmed the results of the attack - Portsmouth Harbour was still operational, and the dockyard was less than 50% damaged.
So, in March, the rebuilt port of Portsmouth was able to handle a lot of transport from mainland Europe to the UK, and the poor bombing effect was evident.
Because of this, the Japanese top brass also understood that it was absolutely unrealistic to want to destroy the United States' construction and repair capabilities in Pearl Harbor at one time.
But...... There is a breakthrough in all this! That is the 4 million tons of heavy oil that the United States has stockpiled for the use of the fleet in Pearl Harbor!
A place capable of storing 4 million tons of heavy oil is, of course, not a small place. And such a huge place is not a place that can be heavily fortified.
Such a deadly but almost naked life, of course, Japan will not let go! As long as these oil depots are blown up, then the rest of the destruction of Pearl Harbor will be left to the fire.
The burning and exploding oil depot will set the whole of Pearl Harbor on fire and completely destroy it. The United States estimated that Pearl Harbor would not be able to be rebuilt by 1943, let alone use it as a base for conquest in the Pacific.
Previously, Japan did not pay attention to logistics and materials, so it did not pay attention to oil depots at all.
They've been making a fuss about ports and airports, and they've not taken into account the logistical facilities that don't matter.
However, this time they were reminded by the Germans that by bombing the oil depot, they could get more results, enough for Japan to completely destroy Pearl Harbor, something that they had not been able to do before.
Thinking of this, Yamamoto Fifty-six was very excited. He was really grateful to the Germans for the report, which he had always treasured.
If he hadn't cared so much about it, he wouldn't have carried the original version of this German document with him even at such an important time as the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Of course, another reason for carrying the original version of this document is also because this document is so valuable, so precious that the Japanese Empire can't help but feel pain.
Not to mention the actual centrifuges used to purify nuclear materials and various drawings that were transported to Germany by submarine.
Even the gold bricks that were transported from Japan to Germany were loaded with a whole submarine that was not full!
Even so, the Germans were reluctant to sell the document, and eventually knocked out a Japanese offshore oil supply ship and its full set of manufacturing drawings.
This is the latest research result of the Japanese Navy, and even the United States, a maritime power, has just come up with it.
With such supply ships, the German Navy could expand its combat radius and gain combat capability for ocean-going naval battles and even the seizure of islands from a distance.
But when the Japanese got the report from the Germans, no one said anything regretful.
For Japan, which is eager to take out the US Pacific Fleet, this report is definitely worth the money.
"Amazing...... No wonder the Germans were able to defeat France and defeat Britain in a short period of time, they were really strong and invulnerable in the collection of intelligence and the formulation of tactics......" Looking at this document, Yamamoto Isoroku sighed in his heart.
In his mind, perhaps one day, Germany would compete with Japan for world hegemony. Such a dangerous enemy does not seem to be much easier to deal with than the tough United States.
Looking around the world, Germans and Americans seem to be inherently stronger than Japan. This made Yamamoto Fifty-six very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.
"The second wave of attacks has begun! Your Excellency, General! An officer walked into Yamamoto's operational command room and reported on the latest military developments.
The second wave of the attack echelon, the tasks are exactly the same as in history. They were going to continue to suppress airfields, attack American ports, and destroy as many American warships as possible.
The difference this time is that they attacked more targets, including three American aircraft carriers!
To be exact, there is only one left...... The USS Enterprise has sunk into the waters of Pearl Harbor along with dozens of planes on board; And the aircraft carrier Lexington has also capsized on its side.
In the current port, thick smoke billowed and exploded, and there were as many as three battleships sunk, and two more were in the process of sinking.
It was only the first wave of attacks, and the Japanese naval aviation, which was more well prepared and more targeted, played a more brilliant performance than they did in real history.
The United States had a total of 7 battleships in the harbor, and 3 aircraft carriers, and at this time there were not even half of them left.
If it weren't for the Maryland going out for training, the Tennessee was transferred to the Philippines to escort a batch of important supplies to India, and the United States might have suffered even more losses this time.
On the way home, the first wave of the Japanese attack echelon swept through the American field airfields and destroyed a group of American planes that were taking off urgently.
As a result, the US airfield was paralyzed, and it was simply unable to return to a combat state in a short time.
The second group of Japanese bombers and fighters overtook the Japanese battleship forces.
On the battleship Nagato, Yamamoto Isoroku looked at the more than 170 carrier-based aircraft flying over his battleship, and let out a satisfied exclamation: "Yo Xi! ”
The sequence of attacks was perfect, and the second wave of attacks sank all the main American warships in the harbor, establishing Japan's battlefield supremacy after the start of the war.
They were also not prepared to invade the continental United States, and as long as they could lose the support of the American fleet west of Pearl Harbor, they would have won more than half of the victory.
Under the cover of the navy, the army will annex regions such as the Philippines and Malaya in one fell swoop. The whole of Southeast Asia will become Japan's bag, and it's a little exciting to think about it!
When Japan completes its pre-war deployment and captures the key defensive islands, it can rely on the combined fleet for flexible defense in accordance with the pre-war strategy and force the United States to sue for peace.
As soon as he thought of such a result, Yamamoto Fifty-six felt that his life had really reached the peak - he could finally kill Heihachiro Togo and become the real number one god of war in the Japanese Navy!
From now on, every Japanese household only needs to remember one name, the name of the god of war of the Japanese Navy "Yamamoto Isoroku" and that's it!
The third wave of attacks certainly won't be canceled as it has historically been, because the Japanese have found the third target they had to attack – the oil depot.
Fighting for the loss of 50 aircraft, the Japanese naval aviation only needs to set fire to the US Navy's oil depot in Hawaii, then Hawaii will be completely finished!
Fires will burn, oil depots will explode, and the whole of Hawaii will be in flames, and it will be impossible to restore its original function for a year.
The reason why the oil depot was attacked last was because once the oil depot was ignited, the smoke from the fire would obscure the ground targets, which would of course affect the effect of subsequent air strikes.
Thus, the task of bombing the oil depot was set for the last wave of air raids, which was repeatedly emphasized in the intelligence plans of the Germans.
Although there are some discrepancies in the details, the attack report from Germany is so detailed that it could not be more detailed.
It was precisely because of this report from Germany that the Japanese Navy was able to draw up such a thorough battle plan and achieve such dazzling results.
Before the Americans could react, a second wave of Japanese bombers arrived as scheduled and appeared over Pearl Harbor.
The 97 ships attacked and the 99 ships exploded, and the two planes rushed to the American warships that were still parked in the harbor.
Because many American warships have already been killed, this time the attack is even more intensive.
The Americans, of course, were not going to sit still, and on the few remaining warships, American sailors really organized an orderly resistance.
Although the battleship still did not move, the anti-aircraft guns on it had formed a dense anti-aircraft fire network and frantically attacked the Japanese planes overhead.
The losses of the Japanese naval aviation began to increase, and a 97 carrier-based attack aircraft was hit by shells from anti-aircraft guns and crashed into the sea full of American corpses.
Because many American warships have already been killed, this time the attack is even more intensive.
The Americans, of course, were not going to sit still, and on the few remaining warships, American sailors really organized an orderly resistance.
Although the battleship still did not move, the anti-aircraft guns on it had formed a dense anti-aircraft fire network and frantically attacked the Japanese planes overhead.
The losses of the Japanese naval aviation began to increase, and a 97 carrier-based attack aircraft was hit by shells from anti-aircraft guns and crashed into the sea full of American corpses.