Chapter 402: Is America Ready?

It was the attack on Pearl Harbor that angered the United States, and American isolationism came to an end, with national public opinion overwhelmingly supporting war against Japan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The U.S. Congress complied with the will of the people and immediately approved President Roosevelt's declaration of war.

Roosevelt's declaration of war on Japan was no longer in the way, and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippine Islands, almost destroying all American military forces in the Pacific, and the Americans were furious.

Angry Millican could not tolerate this humiliation, and the Americans took to the streets to punish and exterminate the Japanese and set off a huge wave of protests. Public opinion in China has changed from its usual isolationism and is now frantically venting its hatred for the Japanese people.

War!

The U.S. military must wipe out the Japanese and wipe them off the face of the earth.

A nation that had been at odds with each other and had different opinions on whether or not to go to war quickly united and vowed to exterminate the Japanese people.

The United States is now like a swarm of maniacs who have been stabbed in a hornet's nest, extremely aggressive, and the North American continent is overwhelmed by a wave of anger.

The only surviving aircraft carrier of the Pacific Fleet, the Saratoga, was spared the disaster because it was not at Pearl Harbor, and this aircraft carrier will also assume the main maritime military force to counter the Japanese navy.

Historically, the United States was supposed to have three aircraft carriers, the USS Enterprise, the USS Lexington, and the USS Saratoga, but in 1935 European businessmen bought two aircraft carriers, and now only the USS Saratoga remains.

Of course, the shipyard probably still has an aircraft carrier under construction, which is estimated to be completed in a few months.

The main warships of the US Navy are gone, and the only ones that can participate in naval battles are probably the USS Saratoga and a small number of submarines and destroyers.

However, it takes time, shipbuilding is not a matter of a day or two, and in any case, the United States must have enough warships.

In addition to the Navy's shipbuilding program, the U.S. Army is also going to expand.

After the declaration of war, the United States boiled, great sadness turned into motivation, and the United States woke up.

However, the Japanese did not want to give the Americans a chance to turn over, and the navy was ready, and the army of one million troops had been assembled and was about to launch a large-scale attack on the US mainland.

The commander-in-chief of the operation, Yamamoto Isoroku, commander of the Japanese-Japanese Combined Fleet, sat at Pearl Harbor and personally commanded it.

On 21 September, the Japanese set out for an advance fleet consisting of 27 submarines of the Sixth Fleet and carrying five special submarines, and the commander of the advance formation was Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu, commander of the Sixth Fleet.

The commander of the 1st Submarine Force is Rear Admiral Tsutomu Sato, commander of the 1st Submarine Squadron, and has four submarines under his command, the "I-9," "I-15," "I-17," and "I-25," to attack the US warships that may launch counterattacks.

The commander of the Second Submarine Force is Rear Admiral Shigeki Yamazaki, commander of the Second Submarine Squadron, and has seven submarines under his command, namely the "I-1," "I-2," "I-3," "I-4," "I-5," "I-6," and "I-7," which target San Diego and monitor and wait for an opportunity to attack the US forces.

The commander of the Third Submarine Force is Rear Admiral Shigeyoshi Miwa, commander of the Third Submarine Squadron, and has nine submarines under his command, namely the "I-8," "I-68," "I-69," "I-70," "I-71," "I-72," "I-73," "I-74," and "I-75," which are under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles and are attacking US ships that may launch counterattacks.

On September 23, a large fleet sailed out of Pearl Harbor.

Among them, the commander of the air raid force was Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, and six aircraft carriers, including the "Akagi," "Kaga," "Soryu," "Flying Dragon," Shozuru, and Zuizuru, were tasked with dispatching carrier-based aircraft to attack the west coast of the United States.

As the commander of the alert force, he was the commander of the 1st Destroyer Squadron, Rear Admiral Omori Sentaro, and led the light cruiser "Abusumi" and nine destroyers "Tanikaze", "Urakaze", "Hamakaze", "Isokaze", "Shiranui", "Kasumi", "Hail", "Yangyan" and "Akigumo", and was responsible for providing alert for air raid units and supply units.

The commander of the support unit was Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, commander of the Third Sentai Group, and led two battleships, the "Hiei" and "Kirishima," and two heavy cruisers, the "Tone" and "Chikuma," to provide support for the air attack forces, mainly against the large surface warships of the US army.

The patrol force was commanded by Navy Commander Imasaki Imaizumi, commander of the Second Submarine Group, and consisted of three submarines, the "I-19," the "I-21," and the "I-23," which sailed ahead of the formation route and assumed reconnaissance and vigilance.

Seven oil tankers, including the "Polar" Maru, the "Far East" Maru, the "Kenyo" Maru, the "Kuniyo" Maru, the "Shenguo" Maru, the "Toho" Maru, the "Toei" Maru, and the "Japan" Maru, formed a supply fleet and were responsible for refueling the formation at sea.

After the departure of these fleets, a large number of army forces will depart on transport ships, and after the victory of the Japanese naval battle, they will force their way to the west coast of the United States and burn the flames of war to the United States.

Most of the operations in the Pacific have ended, and the Japanese Empire has occupied the Pacific Islands, and these troops that originally fought in Asia will be transferred to the North American theater one after another.

The determination of the Emperor was very great, the Japanese Emperor was an island country, lacked resources, and disasters continued, on the other hand, the American continent was rich in products and much stronger than the Japanese Islands, that is, the greedy Japanese Emperor took a fancy to the North American continent.

The mainland dream has been haunting the Japanese Emperor, and Feng Tian interrupted his black hand reaching out to China.

However, there is not only China on this continent on the earth, this is the mountains and rivers are in doubt, and the rich North American continent must belong to the Great Japanese Empire.

This is a new situation that did not arise in the previous life, and the Second World War could not be the same as the previous one.

Although the European theater has not changed much, the Asian theater and the war between Japan and the United States have changed beyond recognition.

The main reason why the Japanese swept through Asia much earlier than in the previous generation was that the Japanese withdrew their combat troops from the mainland and had sufficient armed forces to launch a war of aggression in advance.

Today, Asia is completely in the hands of the Japanese army, and Honolulu has become a bridgehead for the Japanese army to launch an attack on the United States.

The current situation is favorable to the Japanese side, and the United States is the passive side.

The contest between the Japanese and the United States has just begun, and it remains to be seen who will be the ultimate victor.

The Japanese army of millions is ready to go, and the war in North America is about to break out, the United States, are you ready?