As construction on Palmyra Atoll began to bear fruit, Halsey's Task Force 50 Commander did the same. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoOn February 28, Halsey handed over the fleet to the Normans. Vice Admiral Scott himself took Chief of Staff Callahan and the "Central Pacific Command" to Palmyra Atoll, and set up his own command center in a row of improvised houses next to the airport under construction and expansion on the atoll.

On March 1, Spruance, Kincaid, Fletcher, and Scott, four task force commanders, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Central Pacific Command's amphibious landing, Richmond. Turner, as well as the commander-in-chief of the amphibious landing force and commander of the 5th Amphibious Operations Corps, Holland. Smith, Hawaiian Islands Army Commander George Smith. Patton and the others were all summoned to the temporary station of the "Zhongtaiji" on the Palmyra Atoll.

In the midst of the noisy sound of machinery starting everywhere, the combat meeting of the "Zhongtaiji" was held.

Halsey, in his loud voice, almost roared to his group of generals, "Guys, we're finally back in the Hawaiian Islands!" On December 7, 1941, the Japanese miscellaneous attacked us by surprise. Now I'm going to call back and give them a little bit of a try. That's why I'm going to take a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor too! ”

Sneak attack on Pearl Harbor? It doesn't seem to be in the plan?

"Admiral, Pearl Harbor is probably the most heavily guarded place in the world right now," Lieutenant General Patton interjected, "and we're going to attack there, as if it's hard to use 'sneak attack' tactics, right?" ”

"George, I think so!" Halsey shrugged, "We can also hit the Japs by surprise...... In fact, the Japanese would not have thought that we would go straight to Pearl Harbor. Their next target was either Niihau Island or Christmas Island, but I was going to hit Pearl Harbor. ”

"Admiral," said Patton, "I'm not opposed to attacking Oahu, but the Japanese have been building Oahu for the last two years, and there should be a lot of large-caliber shore defense artillery and land forces there, right?" ”

"A lot!" "It's definitely dozens of times more than Palmyra Atoll," Halsey said. He looked at Lieutenant General Patton, "But there will be no shortage of defenders on Niihau!" If we don't send some wrong signals to the Japanese, Niihau will become our sad island. ”

General Patton nodded silently, the Hawaiian Islands would turn into a sad place for the Americans anyway...... Most of the 200,000-300,000 American lives will be lost here.

"And what method do we use to sneak attack?" Spruance asked, frowning. He is a cautious man and does not like to take risks.

But this time he will not oppose Halsey, because the war in the Hawaiian Islands is going very badly!

The expected decisive battle of the fleet and the frantic sorties of the Japanese shore-based air forces did not appear, which means that the Japanese army learned the lesson of Christmas Island and knew that it was necessary to preserve its strength.

However, if the Japanese air force does not mobilize, it will not be able to continue the loss-making transaction of exchanging ships for aircraft. However, if the Japanese air force in the Hawaiian Islands is not severely weakened, it will be difficult to fight the next offensive in the Hawaiian Islands.

"Let's go on a night raid." "We have night fighters...... There are a lot of them! I bet that the Japanese did not have any night fighters available.

We also have high-speed destroyers and submarines. The destroyer could approach Oahu under the cover of night and then carry out artillery bombardment, luring the batteries on the shore to open fire. Submarines can go and mine around Oahu and make it appear that we are going to blockade Oahu with mines.

Finally, we have the BQ-7 remote-controlled blow-up plane, which can be used to ram the ground facilities of the Japanese. I think...... It's going to be very shocking. ”

In fact, there were not a few Japanese warships in Pearl Harbor today, and although there were many planes on the nearby airfield, most of them were housed in reinforced concrete hangars. It is also unlikely to be destroyed by bombs, which at most destroy the runway. But the number of Japanese sappers on Oahu is definitely large, and it will not be too difficult to repair the runway.

As for the actions of destroyers and submarines, it is even less likely that they will do little damage to the impregnable Hawaiian Islands.

So Halsey's version of "Sneak Attack on Pearl Harbor" can only serve one purpose - to scare people!

The purpose of scaring the Japanese is, of course, to make the Japanese have a false impression and make wrong decisions.

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Admiral Halsey's concept of an "attack on Pearl Harbor" soon turned into a plan, and the U.S. fleet and shore-based air forces gathered near Palmyra Atoll and Midway Island were immediately busy with this bold plan.

At the same time, the Japanese Navy's Central Pacific Front Command and the Japanese Army's Hawaiian Front Command on Oahu were also busy preparing for the "final decisive battle."

On the Hawaiian side, there are two Japanese generals in charge, namely Army Admiral Yamashita Fumi, and Admiral Takasu Shiro, who has just been promoted.

Although the Hawaiian Islands now look like they are under siege, Yamashita and Takasu Shiro are not panicking.

This is because as early as when Japan occupied the Hawaiian Islands, the top brass of the Japanese army and navy knew that the United States would attack the Hawaiian Islands sooner or later. And if the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands is successfully fought, it will be the "Final Battle of the Pacific".

So in the past two years, whoever is in charge of the Hawaiian Islands will spare no effort to stockpile supplies and build various defenses.

Air raid shelters, underground oil depots, batteries and airfields on Oahu are the focus of all construction projects. In the past two years, there has been no time for various projects to stop.

By March 1944, Oahu had become impregnable by the Japanese, and there were 220 heavy coastal guns of more than 250mm on the island!

There were 36 410mm guns alone (the same as the main gun of the Nagato), and all of them were housed in twin armored turrets - these armored turrets were exactly the same as the main turret of the battleship Nagato!

In addition to these 18 armored turrets, there are 184 other large-caliber guns on Oahu placed in reinforced concrete bunkers, all of which were also modified from old battleship guns (254mm, 305mm, 356mm and other calibers).

Then the enemy ships that want to get close to Oahu will undoubtedly have to be mentally prepared to be smashed to pieces.

In addition to the powerful artillery, the fortifications on Oahu are also extremely dense. There are enough dugouts and artillery bunkers to hide all the people and weapons on the island (not including ships and shore artillery, of course) underground or in caves.

The bunker, which was used as a wartime command post for the Navy's Central Pacific Fleet Command and the Japanese Army's Hawaiian Front Command, was built inside a hollowed-out hill near Pearl Harbor, which could not be destroyed by even the main guns of the Yamato.

After the U.S. captured Midway, Takasu Shiro and Yamashita moved their headquarters to this mountain bunker codenamed "Jade".

With sharp shore guns and sturdy bunkers, Takasu Shiro and Yamashita were not actually worried about an attack on Oahu. In fact, they are still hoping that the Americans who don't know how to die will come and touch Oahu.

In this way, the 50,000 Japanese troops on the island will be able to kill and teach the American ghost animals a hard lesson.

But such a good thing should not happen...... Strange to say, the Empire of Japan has spent no less than 500 million yen on Oahu in the past two years, turning it into the most fortified island in the world. However, none of the Japanese army and navy leaders thought that the U.S. military would land on Oahu (a rare agreement between the Japanese army and navy).

Because in the eyes of the Japanese military leadership, the Americans will suffer a lot in the places of Christmas Island, Niihau, Kauai Island, and the Big Island of Hawaii, and will suffer heavy casualties and completely lose the spirit of attack. Then it was completely annihilated by the counterattack of the invincible Imperial Japanese Army......

"Kuroshima-kun, people who haven't seen you for a day today, are you going to test the motorboat again?"

As night fell on March 3, Commander of the 8th Fleet, Mikawa Gunichi, who had been doing nothing in the Central Pacific Front Fleet Headquarters, asked with a smile when he saw the Chief of Staff of the Front Fleet, Kuroshima, walking with a black face.

Kuroshima was originally the chief of staff of the 10th Fleet on Christmas Island, but later the 10th Fleet was abolished, and Kuroshima was transferred to Oahu by Takasu Shiro to continue to serve as Chief of Staff (Takasu's original chief of staff, Ryunosuke Kusaka, was a person that Nagumo Tadashi was used to, and now he is the chief of staff of the Combined Fleet). However, there is really nothing to "consult" on the Hawaiian Islands, and everything has been planned for a long time. So Kuroshima put a lot of energy into a suicide bomber motorboat.

"Commander Mikawa," said Kuroshima Turtleman, shaking his head, "I didn't go to a motorboat today, but I went to see Midway and Palmyra Atoll today, and I went there on the Army's Hyakushiki Scout." ”

The Hyakushiki Division Reconnaissance is the Hyakushiki Command reconnaissance aircraft, which is the best reconnaissance aircraft of the Japanese Army, with a very high speed, and the latest model can reach 630 km/h. Because of its high speed, it can be used to scout areas under the enemy's tight control.

"Oh, how's it going?" Mikawa asked.

"It's not very good, the Americans are moving faster than expected. The airfield at Midway had been completely repaired, so the Hyak-100 approached and was blocked by the P-51s. There are 4 docks in Palmyra Atoll......"

As soon as the words of the turtle man on the black island were said here, the air defense siren suddenly sounded. Immediately after that, the first staff officer of the front fleet walked quickly into the war room and bowed to Kuroshima.

"Chief of Staff, the detectives have just warned and detected several unidentified aircraft."