In 1940, Nazi Germany's Führer Hitler, who was far away in Europe, planned Operation Sea Lion against Britain. Britain was once the "empire on which the sun never sets", with a large number of economic and political entities around the world, and the flag of the Commonwealth flutters on all continents of the world. In order to bring down the old capitalist power once and for all, Hitler asked his little brother in Asia, Japan, to cooperate in action.

In the eyes of those in power in Japan, Nazi Germany was undoubtedly a powerful ally, and its industrial, economic, and military strength was incomparable with Japan's, and Hitler's demands could not be refused, and at the same time, it was also an excellent opportunity for Japan to show its strength in front of the European powers. As a result, the Japanese military began to expel British expatriates and confiscate British property in China and the countries it occupied in Asia. The interests of the "empire on which the sun never sets" in Asia, mainly in China, have been greatly violated.

Britain and the United States, for historical reasons, have always acted in unison at various times since Washington's Revolutionary War. Britain's interests have been infringed upon, as have America's rights and interests in Asia, which is absolutely unacceptable to proud Americans. In order to teach the new Asian power a lesson, the United States froze trade with Japan, including "high-octane oil," which was indispensable in the war.

Without oil, Japanese planes will not be able to take off, ships will not be able to go to sea, and cars and tanks will stop moving in their place. Japan is an island country, surrounded by the sea, and has no aircraft and ships, not only can they not continue their war of aggression, but even leaving the mainland is a problem, can Japan, which has already carried out the industrial revolution, return to the era of sailing ships and row wooden sailing ships to China?

Japan's oil reserves are only enough for half a year, which means that if the current situation continues to improve, Japan will really return to the era of sailing ships in half a year! It seems that in addition to stopping the war and turning to the United States, Japan is left with the only way to go to war with Britain and the United States and go to the oil-rich South Seas to find new oil resources.

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was a super gambler, his gambling skills were exquisite, proficient in poker, bridge, Go, betting, pai gow, dice rolling and everything else related to gambling, in order to gamble, he could not even take care of eating. The crisis gave Yamamoto a chance to take a chance.

Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean is a major hub for maritime traffic. Hawaii is between 2,000 nautical miles and 3,000 nautical miles from the west coast of the United States, Japan in the west, islands in the southwest, and Alaska and the Bering Strait in the north. Yamamoto believed that seizing air and sea supremacy in the Pacific Ocean first meant that the road to the south would be unimpeded, and the naval aircraft carrier battle group under his control was an excellent weapon for this sneak attack!

Admiral Yamamoto lobbied the emperor through various channels and persuaded the military department to decide to carry out a military operation to attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.

On December 7, 1941, just before the start of the Third Battle of Changsha, Yamamoto 56 commanded the task force and went to sea. Nearly 400 carrier-based planes from six aircraft carriers attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in two waves, destroying 232 US planes and 18 warships, killing and wounding 3,681 people.

The world war has turned the world upside down, but the United States has stayed out of it. Leisurely Americans drank beer and watched the nations of the world fight each other like in a movie, judging the winners and losers of each country. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the Americans, who had thought that the war had nothing to do with them, suddenly suffered blows and casualties, and the war suddenly befell them, and the surprise and sorrow were followed by a burst of rage!

I'm not going to hit you, you're going to hit me first! Today, the United States, both economically and militarily, has long been one of the world's leading economic powers, and how can arrogant Americans tolerate such humiliation and contempt from Japan, a small Asian country? As a result, the U.S. Congress unanimously passed a resolution declaring war on Japan with unprecedented efficiency, and the United States officially declared war on Japan!

From that day on, the US war machine was in full swing, and the most direct one was the increase in aid to China. China's Nationalist Government, as an ally of the United States in the war, received a large amount of advanced weapons and equipment from across the ocean. From American military uniforms, to airplanes, artillery, and machine guns. The 74th Army, which was armed with American-style equipment, and other elite units of the national army, armed with advanced guns and artillery, joined the battlefield of resistance against Japan. For the sake of the United States, and for the sake of our own humiliated motherland, the soldiers fought tenaciously on the battlefield and annihilated the Japanese invaders!

The United States has also repeatedly had fighter planes take off from aircraft carriers to help fight on the battlefields in China to bomb various strategic points on the Japanese mainland. The pattern of World War II changed dramatically from this day.

China's Ninth Theater won a great victory in the Third Battle of Changsha after the Pearl Harbor incident, and according to the statistics of the Theater Commander Xue, a total of more than 56,000 Japanese invaders were annihilated in this battle, which can be called an unprecedented victory!

After a great victory, it is natural to reward merit and deeds. In this battle, the 10th Army of the Changsha Defenders should be pushed to the greatest merit. He was awarded the "Taishan Army" flag, awarded the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal to Li Yutang, commander of the 10th Army, and promoted him to deputy commander of the 27th Group Army and commander of the 10th Army.

Zhang Lingfu, commander of the 58th Division, was awarded the Order of Baoding of the Second Class and the Navy, Army and Air Force Martial Arts for leading his troops to attack the regimental headquarters of the Japanese Sixth Division and killing the commander of the enemy division, Kanda Masazhong. Wang Yaowu, Li Tianxia, Yu Chengwan, and several generals of the 74th Army were rewarded. The 500th Army killed the commander of the infantry of the 6th Division, Major General Tokutaro Shisai, and killed the commander of the 23rd Wing, Okamoto Shinto. As the commander of the 500th Army, Gao Quan was once again commended by the Military Commission. Gao Quan was awarded the Order of Baoding of the third class and was rewarded with 2,000 silver dollars!

At the commendation meeting, Chief Xue once again picked up the shining medal and hung it on Gao Quan's chest. This is the second time in a few months that Chief Xue has awarded Gao Quan a medal!

The chief held Gao Quan's hand with a smile on his face, and said words of congratulations in his mouth, and he was really happy for this fierce general. The 500 Army is the unit of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and Gao Quan's honor is also the honor of the commander.

However, Commander Gao still lacks aristocratic temperament, although the lieutenant general said kind words in his mouth, his sparkling eyes glanced straight into the tray containing silver dollars next to him. When the award ceremony officer next to him handed over the tray to Gao Quan, Commander Gao couldn't even see his eyes with a smile on his face! I believe that if it weren't for the wrong occasion, Gao Quan would definitely count the silver dollars one by one!

Alas! The chief sighed secretly, sure enough, the dog meat that was born can't be on the table!

Gao Quan held the tray in his right hand, touched the silver dollar twice with his left hand and quickly put it down, his face always maintained a warm smile, and his cheeks were sour with a smile, he felt that his performance was already good, who knew that the sir's impression of him was even worse than in the past.