After the confrontation between China and the United States on the Pacific coast, the United States used the four years from 1906 to 1910 to carry out a great deal of work. For example, the Panama Canal, which was delayed for nearly half a century, in 1903 the United States took control and fully restored the project, the Americans invested sufficient budgets, recruited nearly 200,000 laborers from Central and South America, the construction machinery company under the San Francisco consortium produced a large number of construction machinery, including excavators, loaders, etc., which greatly accelerated the construction period, and the heavy-duty ten-wheeled trucks produced by automobile companies were also used in a large number of canal projects. According to the schedule, it was expected that the Panama Canal would be opened and navigable by the end of 1910, after which the United States would have greater control over the Pacific region, and the speed and efficiency of warship support and logistics transportation would be multiplied.

In addition to the strategically important canal, the U.S. government also invested heavily in the construction of military ports in the Pacific, including the San Francisco Military Port, which was formerly the home port of the Pacific Fleet, and the San Diego Military Port, which opened in late 1909. The area of Hawaii, which had been annexed by the United States, was partially commissioned by the Americans and was expected to be completed in June 1910. At that time, the U.S. Pacific Fleet will move most of its warships from Yokosuka to Pearl Harbor for use as a home port.

At present, the most important military port of the Pacific Fleet is the port of Yokosuka in the Gulf of Tokin in Japan, and according to the previous reconnaissance of the Survey Bureau, the main force of the US Pacific Fleet is moored here, including four Gotsugashi ships, six former Gogatake, and another 35 large warships. Only three of the former Wuyue ships are too old to sail to the ocean, and are currently moored in the San Diego Military Harbor. The U.S. Navy plans to use the three aging warships as target ships to exploit their residual heat.

The commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Lu Hai, had very complete information in his hands, and the investigation bureau was very effective, which provided great help to the fleet's sneak attack.

The Port of Yokosuka, located in Tokyo Bay, was bombarded by the Chinese Navy during the last war and was rebuilt with the support of the United States. There are more than 50 large-caliber, enclosed shore defense batteries on land, which can completely block Tokyo Bay. The narrow sea area is covered with mines and interdiction nets to intercept submarines,

Due to the threat posed by the Chinese Air Force, a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and small- and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also placed near the port, a division of Japanese troops was stationed near the port, and there were two military airfields in the rear, with about 150 fighters stationed to provide air protection for the port.

However, there are still big loopholes in the seemingly impregnable port, and the American warships are not equipped with anti-aircraft artillery at all, and in the era of general contempt for air force aircraft, no one thought of installing anti-aircraft weapons on the battleships, which is not necessary, and will squeeze the already small space and change the structure of the warships.

At six o'clock in the morning, 350 nautical miles from Tokyo Bay, the Combined Fleet aircraft carrier Shiraki released 18 reconnaissance planes to fly to the port of Yokosuka.

At 6:10, Lieutenant Colonel Bai Zhai, commander of the Bai Qi Aviation, received an order and ordered the first wave of aircraft to take off, while the other three aircraft carriers were also busy releasing one aircraft after another. The pilots put on their uniforms and hats and formed in a squadron, taking commemorative photos under the command of the accompanying cameramen, and then rushed to their respective fighters. After loading the ammunition according to the functions of the aircraft and checking it, the ground crew signals to the pilot and then leaves the aircraft. The pilot started the engine, carefully inspected it, and then made a take-off request to the tower with a rumbling roar. A lively game of competition was staged on the Chinese aircraft carriers, and all four aircraft carriers released the prepared planes as quickly as possible.

The smoke from the plane's engines was quickly dispersed by the sea breeze, and at 6:20 a.m., the first wave of 183 fighters and bombers took off and flew towards the port of Yokosuka.

In a seaside fishing village at the southwestern tip of Tokyo Bay, an aging fisherman prepares to clean up his old fishing nets, and the thin body of the fisherman seems to be blown into the sky in the next moment under the fierce sea breeze. Even though he is over 60 years old, the fisherman still has to work hard every day, because two strong laborers in his family have been drafted into the army, and his daughter-in-law, wife and grandson need their own fishing boats and nets. Japan has changed a lot in recent years, but unfortunately the living conditions of the Japanese people at the bottom have not improved at all.

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in the sky, and the old man looked up, and a group of unknown objects loomed in the sky, like the most terrible locusts. These planes pierced through the clouds and fog and pounced fiercely on Yokosuka.

The planes that flew at low altitude flew over the old man's head one after another, and he couldn't see the end at a glance. In the era of long-range early warning, when the navy was not attacked by the air force, no one could detect the threat of rapid passage from the sky, and there was no means to stop the sneak attack of aircraft.

At 7:40 a.m., the first wave of aircraft arrived on the south side of the port of Yokosuka, and nine minutes later the commander gave the order to attack, and a few minutes later the commander of the Air Force sent a report to the fleet of the successful sneak attack of "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger". After receiving the report, the fleet immediately released a second attack wave composed of 168 aircraft, after which Bai Zhai suggested to Lu Hai to prepare to release the third wave of attacks, and when the third wave of attacks was completely lifted into the air, the deck could be emptied and the first wave of planes could return to land. Lu Hai agreed to Bai Zhai's suggestion, so the remaining 61 planes of the third wave were pushed out of the hangar, and some tired ground crews had to go back to work.

At this time, the port of Yokosuka is like a young woman who has been stripped naked, waiting for the arrival of a strong man. First of all, on Saturday, a special day, all the warships were quietly moored on the docks, and more than half of the officers and men stayed in hotels, bars, or houses on land. The US officers and men on duty looked at the planes in the sky in a daze, they were still thinking about where these planes came from, and the officer in charge of communications had just sent a telegram of inquiry, but due to the backwardness of the communications equipment and the laziness of the superior officers, they had not yet received a reply.

The American GIs were extremely slow in the face of war, but the Japanese soldiers and officers in charge of the land defense immediately reacted -- this was a Chinese plane! Although I don't know this strange appearance, only the terrible country of Huaguo can have such a huge number and incredible flight speed!

When a Japanese officer finally found a high-ranking American officer on the battleship, he pointed to the plane in the sky and shouted to him: "China China! It's too late.

At 7:55, the first wave of attacks consisting of dive bombers and torpedo attack planes dropped bombs, and the first aerial bomb that fell from the sky achieved great results, the bombs penetrated the weak horizontal deck armor of the battleship South Carolina, and only exploded until it reached the location of the ammunition depot, the ammunition was detonated, and the South Carolina sank in 7 minutes, killing all the more than 1,500 crew members sleeping on the battleship.

One dive bomber pilot found this easier than usual training, having participated in military exercises in the Bohai Bay, during which he was shot down by the dense anti-aircraft fire on the Taishan. After that, he practiced his skills in throwing bombs against anti-aircraft guns, but now it seems that his skills are not used at all, because none of the warships in the United States that are densely moored can fire even a single anti-aircraft shell.

The attack went so smoothly that the pilots of the torpedo attack planes carrying heavy torpedoes were informed during training that this was the highest mortality rate of the aircraft, and all pilots had to have the courage to face death in order to stand up to the torpedo planes to achieve the maximum results. Reality played a big joke, and the torpedo machine was not threatened by the enemy from lowering the altitude, to aiming at the target, to throwing the torpedo.

Fifteen minutes into the first wave of attacks, someone finally reacted, and it was not the American Navy officers and men, but the Japanese air defense units on land, who were well-trained and reacted quickly, and quickly rushed out of the barracks to prepare to enter the air defense positions. It was only before entering the air defense position that more than half of the Japanese soldiers were killed, the dive bombers that had dropped the bombs used the two machine guns on the nose to strafe back and forth, and half of the fighters on escort missions were also agreed to lower the altitude to shoot the Japanese soldiers.

However, the Japanese air defense forces finally opened fire, causing a little trouble to the unscrupulous bombers and torpedo planes, and it was only a little bit, and the first-generation air defense weapons were somewhat powerless in the face of the Chinese planes that had reached the peak of propeller aircraft, and not only did they not shoot down a single Chinese plane, but they were also counterattacked by the killers in the air, and one air defense position after another was destroyed.

The situation on the sea was a hundred times more miserable than on land, a large amount of smoke was enveloping the harbor, countless warships were catching fire and sinking, and the sound of metal clashing and squeezing was extremely pleasant to the pilots in the air, but it was heartbroken for the American officers and men. The Chinese pilots ferociously dived and dropped bombs again and again, showing no mercy to the American warships that were powerless to fight back, and turning a blind eye to the American sailors who fell into the water.

The first wave of attacks lasted nearly forty minutes, with the Pacific Fleet sinking the ships South Carolina and Delaware, the North Dakota heavily damaged, and the USS Utah lightly damaged, three of the first five ships sunk and six others were wounded, two destroyers were sunk, and two cruisers were heavily damaged. The first wave of attacks cost the U.S. fleet more than half of its losses, and the only disappointment in the Chinese army was the group of fighter pilots, who did not gain anything other than a little ground attack. (To be continued.) )