The U.S. military's attack on Oahu on the night of March 3, Hawaii time, gave the Japanese army a great shock!

The first is the appearance of the "American samurai" who launched suicide attacks!

The Americans, who originally thought that they were greedy for life and afraid of death, are now flying planes full of bombs and incendiary bombs to hit Japanese airfields...... Since the Americans can do such outrageous things, will they fly planes to ram the expensive battleship Yamato?

Secondly, it was the American carrier-based night fighters that allowed the Japanese to discover a major flaw in the air defense system of the Hawaiian Islands!

There are no really high-performance night fighters in the Hawaiian Islands, or in Japan as a whole. The night fighter needs to be equipped with airborne radar www.biquge.info, and Japan has no way to produce the core components of high-performance airborne radar -- in fact, even Germany cannot produce the best multi-cavity high-energy magnetron, and most of the multi-cavity high-energy magnetrons used in German radar are imported from Britain. Britain also demanded that Germany refrain from transferring relevant technology and components to Japan...... Until the Anglo-Japanese peace treaty was reached.

This request was very reasonable from the standpoint of the Europeans, although Hersmann gave Japan an open face and exported 84 Me264 bombers equipped with multi-cavity high-energy magnetrons produced by Germany using British patented technology. However, Japan is still unable to mass-produce multi-cavity high-energy magnetrons -- in fact, Japanese scientists have long been able to produce high-energy magnetrons in laboratories, but what can be built in the laboratory does not mean that they can be mass-produced.

Therefore, Japan not only does not have a good airborne radar (Japan has a poor airborne radar), but also does not even have a fire control radar that can be equipped with troops.

Therefore, in the night air battle on March 3, the Japanese Navy's moonlight fighters made people fight 8:0, and they lost so much that they didn't even lose their temper.

In addition, the performance of the Japanese batteries on Oahu on the night of March 3 was also disappointing. Because it was difficult to use seaplanes to drop flares, Oahu's large-caliber artillery could not hit American destroyers at all, and they had to be left to dangle twenty or thirty kilometers south of Pearl Harbor and Honolulu to cover submarine mines.

Therefore, Senior General Yamashita Fumi, who commanded the Japanese Army units on the Hawaiian Islands, came to a conclusion. It was believed that the Americans could cooperate with battleships and suicide planes to carry out the destruction of a large number of Japanese airfields on Oahu at night.

And if the airfield on Oahu is destroyed by the U.S. military, the defense capability of the Hawaiian Islands will be greatly reduced because 80 percent of the more than 2,000 shore-based aircraft deployed by Japan in the Hawaiian Islands are located on Oahu.

If these planes lose airfields, then US naval aviation will only need to suppress a few hundred Japanese aircraft to seize air supremacy over the Hawaiian Islands.

Without air supremacy, the fall of the Hawaiian Islands is only a matter of time. And the expected goal of giving the US military one million casualties is also likely to be impossible to accomplish.

Because the U.S. military is now not fighting island by island, but directly attacking Oahu after seizing Palmyra Atoll and Midway...... If this attack was not a feint, then the Japanese ground forces on Oahu, which had only 50,000 men, would not have been able to cause 1 million casualties to the US army in any case, and I am afraid that even a tenth of them would not have been killed!

"If we lose Oahu, will we be able to hold on to the other islands in the Hawaiian archipelago?"

At the base camp meeting held on March 5, Tokyo time, Ishihara Wanji, vice minister of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, asked a loud question.

"Able to hold on." Vice Admiral Ito replied with a frown, "At present, our side has stationed heavy troops on the main islands of the Hawaiian archipelago and Christmas Island, with a total of more than 300,000 troops on land and sea. Moreover, each island is well stocked and can hold on to it independently for more than 12 months. ”

"What about 12 months from now?" "If we don't get supplies, will we all starve to death in 12 months?" ”

"Not really," replied the Chief of Staff of the Army, Motoji Ito, "and the Imperial Army has tuntian ...... on the Hawaiian Islands and Christmas Island."

"Oh, by the way, the Imperial Army has a farm." Ishihara said with a wry smile, "If the Americans don't attack other islands after taking Oahu, then more than 200,000 imperial troops are farming in Hawaii like this?" Does this make sense for the war? ”

Yamamoto Isoroku and Ito Junichi also felt that something was wrong when they heard Ishihara's words.

It seems that the United States really does not have to take all the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago one by one. As long as you can take one Oahu, the other islands can be mined...... If the Japanese want to develop pollution-free ecological agriculture on those islands, let them be.

Relying on more than 200,000 Japanese devils to work hard to farm the land is an immortal American imperialism!

"Oahu isn't that easy to fight either," said Ito, "We have a large number of shore guns on Oahu, including 18 twin 410mm armored turrets, enough to fight the most powerful American battleships!" Moreover, the Army has deployed tank brigades on Oahu, armed with powerful Soviet-made T-34 tanks. ”

"But without the cover of aviation, the Americans could still destroy those 18 armored turrets with dive bombers, which was nothing more than the loss of some aircraft." Ishihara shook his head repeatedly, "If the United States destroys the airfield on Oahu, the Jet-1 operation will fail, so we can't watch this happen." ”

This time, Ito did not disagree, because after thinking about it, he also agreed with Ishihara's judgment - the airfield on Oahu cannot be destroyed, otherwise how many American troops can you fight with 50,000 defenders? 100,000? 200,000? 300,000?

How many American dive bombers can 18 armored turrets on Oahu spell out? 200? 300?

It won't work!

Even if we do not take into account the shore-based aircraft deployed by the United States on Midway and Palmyra Atoll, there are now at least 3,000 US aircraft carriers near the Hawaiian Islands, just talking about carrier-based aircraft.

Without shore-based aircraft on Oahu, the hundreds of aircraft on the other islands of the Hawaiian Islands plus the hundreds of carrier-based aircraft of the Combined Fleet would not be a match for anyone else.

And if air supremacy is gone, what is the use of the four Yamato-class? Can you withstand the bombing of 1000 American planes?

After all, the Japanese Navy does not have the perverted air defense capabilities of the American Navy!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, it seems that you can only prepare for a decisive battle in advance!" Yamamoto Fifty-six also made a decision at this time, and he said in a low tone to Hideki Tojo, who was presiding over the meeting, "I have to admit that the Americans have fought very intelligently since the Panama Campaign, fully exploited their own strengths, and hardly showed any flaws, relying on their own strength to fight a tough battle with us. Although there is no truly excellent command and strategy, it is very difficult to defeat such an enemy...... The Hawaiian Islands are going to have a tough battle! ”

Yamamoto has almost seen through the Americans now, their combat methods are simple and crude, what lure the enemy, what ambushes, what surprise attacks, in fact, they can't talk about it, some are crushing in strength. The fleet of several hundred square nautical miles pressed directly in front of Oahu, and when it could not fight the Japanese shore artillery during the day, it attacked at night, and airborne radars were installed everywhere like cabbage, turning carrier-based aircraft into night fighters. The magnetic mines were thrown into the sea as if they didn't want money, and they directly blocked Pearl Harbor. And that's not even counting, there are countless submarines that have gone to the western Pacific, off the coast of Japan, and on the islands of the South Seas at the same time to drop mines and torpedoes, and it is said that long-range bombers as powerful as the Me264 (in fact, the B-29 is more powerful than the Me-264) will be deployed in Australia to bomb the oil fields in the South Seas......

When this series of combined punches came out, Japan was forced to change its original plan, abandon the "stage of attrition of the islands," and directly enter the "decisive stage of the main island."

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"Sir, Task Force 51 reports that a large number of Japanese warplanes are taking off on Oahu."

At 2 p.m. on March 4, Hawaii time, Admiral Halsey, who was eating ice cream at the headquarters of the hot Palmyra Atoll, received a report of a Japanese fighter sortie - it was discovered that the Japanese fighter was flying a Fletcher-class destroyer hovering near Oahu!

Because Pearl Harbor had been sealed with mines the day before, the Japanese Eighth Fleet could not come out for the time being, so that the American Fletcher-class destroyers could move freely in the waters near Oahu.

And the radar on this class of destroyers was used to illuminate the sky over Oahu, and the Japanese planes flew together, and before the formation began, Halsey was reported.

In fact, it's not just Fletcher-class destroyers circling around Oahu, but every island in the Hawaiian Islands where an airfield can be built, including Christmas Island, is watched by American destroyers.

Japanese planes flew together, and the Americans knew right away!

In addition, in order to ensure that the fleet of several hundred square nautical miles under his command would not be attacked by the Japanese, Halsey also mobilized more than 100 destroyers to set up a circular destroyer cordon on the periphery of the four task forces. In the waters west of Midway, Halsey also placed a scattered patrol brigade, which also formed a cordon.

At the same time, hundreds of Catalina seaplanes patrolled the skies around the U.S. fleet to ensure that the fleet would not be attacked by the Japanese.

"Hehe," Halsey smiled happily when he heard the report of the Japanese fighter taking off, "the Japanese are finally coming to die!" ”

"Sir," Maj. Gen. Callaghan, chief of staff of the U.S. Central Pacific Command, seemed slightly worried, "the Japanese have suffered in the Battle of Christmas Island, so maybe there will be some different tactics this time, right?" Moreover, there were far more Japanese planes on the Hawaiian Islands than on Christmas Island. ”

Halsey snorted lightly: "It's nothing more than the loss of some ships, the key now is to exhaust the Japanese planes and pilots in the Hawaiian Islands, as long as this goal is achieved, the loss of 100 ships is not important."

And tonight, my fleet will go to Oahu again to destroy the airfield, and the Japanese aviation will not be arrogant for long! ”