Chapter 266: The Occupation of Hawaii
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At 5 o'clock, the sky was not completely bright, at this time the entire military port was still quiet, all the personnel had not yet gone to work, only a few patrol officers were walking listlessly, this was the best time to launch an attack.
The 6 capital ships were lined up 8 kilometers from the military port, 3 battleships were in the middle, 3 battlecruisers were lined up on the north and south sides of the battleship, all the capital ships were facing the Honolulu harbor, and the destroyers and fast torpedo boats were on guard around the capital ships, and the whole fleet was ready for battle.
At this distance, the hit rate of the Lanfang-class battleship is very low without the premise of the central control artillery system, and the hit rate of the fleet led by himself is 6 times that of the original after installing the central control artillery system, so it will be easy to hit the US ** ship at this distance, and even sink it, and its own safety factor is very high.
Under the orders of the fleet commander Gan Pinghai, 6 capital ships began shelling the port of Honolulu, targeting the US warships anchored in the military port.
There is a small island outside the port of Honolulu, called Thunder Island, and the US warship bureau is anchored on the east side of Sound Island, and shelling the military port from the sea can only be blind fire, and if the warships in the military port counterattack, they can only shoot blindly.
At this time, the submarines of the two squads were guarding the waterways in the north and south directions of Sound Island, and as long as the warships in the harbor rushed outward, they would first face the attack of torpedoes.
60 main guns opened fire at the same time, and suddenly there was a loud roar, which woke up the sleeping people, and the whole port immediately boiled.
With the explosion of 60 shells in the port, there was a deafening explosion, and the continuous flying shells paralyzed the entire port, the soldiers could not find the officers, the officers could not find the soldiers, and the government did not yet go to work, and the few policemen on duty in the police station could not maintain the chaotic situation at all.
In order to fire as many shells as possible into the harbor before the US forces reacted, Vice Admiral Gan Pinghai asked all ships and guns to fire freely and fire shells at the fastest speed, which would deal the greatest blow to the US forces in the first wave of attacks.
Some of the shells hit the warship, and as long as they were hit, they were either sunk or seriously injured; Some of the shells landed in the barracks, which immediately blew up the barracks and turned people on their backs, causing heavy casualties to the US troops, causing a raging fire and causing secondary damage to the US troops. Some of the shells landed on the docks, either blowing up the warehouse or falling on the flat ground, blowing up a huge crater, which made the people who saw it not only frightened; Some merchant ships anchored in the harbor were blown to pieces after being hit; There are also some shells that fall in commercial and residential areas, and even on the streets, and the huge power of the shell explosion can directly blow up the surrounding civilian buildings into a batch of ruins, and the people inside or around the building will be killed instantly in the huge shock wave, and the people around the bomb landing site will be torn to pieces directly, and many more people will be buried under the rubble.
The commander of the US Pacific Fleet did not know what was happening, only that the port was under heavy attack, the entire city was under heavy enemy fire, and all the officers could not protect themselves, let alone organize an effective counterattack.
The whole port of Honolulu was full of running people, violent explosions everywhere, even moans, shouts, cries, cries for help, and the whole city was mixed up and became disorderly.
The whole fleet is finished, the whole city is finished, this is the first impression left for the commander of the Pacific Fleet.
At the time of the attack on Gan Pinghai, a telegram was sent to the commander of the 41st Division, ordering him to simultaneously attack the U.S. Army on Oahu.
After receiving the order, Xia Shuanglong, commander of the 41st Division of the Praetorian Guards, immediately ordered the artillery to start shelling the US military camp stationed in the town of Kaneohe.
After the landing, Division Commander Xia Shuanglong ordered the artillery to set up an artillery position 5 kilometers from the town of Kaneohe, and all the artillery of the division and regiment participated in the shelling.
More than 200 artillery pieces opened fire at the same time, and the first round of shelling basically covered the entire American barracks.
Xia Shuanglong's order was that all artillery should fire freely, and that the shells of a base number should be completed in the shortest possible time, and that the US troops should not be given time to react, and that they should strive to give the US troops the greatest damage and cause the greatest damage in the first wave of artillery bombardment, and this is the advantage of sneak attack warfare, and in the shelling, it is necessary to cripple the enemy and make the enemy lose the ability to counterattack.
After the shelling began, Xia Shuanglong ordered the 1st Regiment to run forward to eliminate the US Army officers and soldiers who were undergoing the baptism of artillery fire.
Although the explosive power of each shell is not as powerful as the main gun shells of the main ships of the navy, the army has a larger number of guns, and the rate of fire of these guns is several times that of the main guns of the capital ships.
In the first round of shelling, more than 200 shells fell inside the barracks, some fell in the dormitories, and the American officers and soldiers in the rooms were killed without reacting, and a large number of the dormitories collapsed in the shelling, and those that were not directly hit were buried under the rubble, and some fell in the warehouses, causing the explosion of the stored ammunition; The dense explosion of shells also caused a raging fire; Most of the lucky US officers and soldiers ran out of the dormitory naked, but it was not safe outside the dormitory, looking at the dense flying shells, it was simply covering the sky and the sun, and the shocked US officers and soldiers repeatedly drew the word "ten" on their chests.
The US officers and men, who were still conscious, quickly rolled into the crater to avoid the dense artillery fire, while many more were frightened and incapacitated; The U.S. soldiers hiding in the crater were holding their heads with their hands, lying on the ground tightly, trembling all over, and their mouths were still confessing to God.
Some experienced junior officers shouted: "Lie down, all lie down!" They all hid in the crater, and they all lay down! ”
But their voices were drowned out by the violent explosion of shells, and their cries were not heard at all.
"God, is this the end of the world?"
"Help!"
"God forbid!"
"I'm going home!"
The entire barracks was filled with the sound of explosions, splashing of dirt, gravel, rubble, and even the stumps and severed arms of officers and soldiers.
After firing the first base shell, Division Commander Xia Shuanglong ordered to reduce the speed of artillery bombardment and slowly bombard the US ** battalion, so that the US survivors could not organize an effective counterattack and buy time for the attack of the first regiment. (To be continued.) )