Although the Chinese side kept the Hawaii operation strictly secret, the Americans still heard the rumors, and the warning that the Chinese army was going to attack Pearl Harbor was sent to the US Pacific Fleet Command many times, and the Chinese side also provided relevant intelligence and information to the US side on many occasions, which attracted the attention of the US side. Kimmmel, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, stepped up preparations for the Pearl Harbor war, and at Kimmmel's strong request, the radars and seaplanes in arrears arrived one after another, and the radar crews were replaced with personnel who could skillfully carry out the work. Kimmel also stepped up patrols in the waters around Pearl Harbor, sending large surface ships to patrol the harbor in turns, in addition to sending seaplanes to patrol.

Although there are still many people in the US military who believe that it is impossible to attack the United States, in this tense atmosphere, many people have a strong sense of hostility. These two radar crews are certainly no exception.

The two continued to be on surveillance. They were amazed to find that the aerial swarm was flying towards Oahu, Hawaii, and the light spot image on the oscilloscope was large, and it was estimated that there were more than 100 planes! (In fact, this is the first wave of air attack fighters in the aircraft carrier fighter formation, with a total of 276 aircraft, including bombers, torpedo planes, and fighter planes.)

The clock ticked by. Lokad and Lewis felt the tension in the atmosphere. They unanimously believed that the sudden appearance of so many fighters must be a bad comer, and they should immediately report to the US military intelligence center at Fort Sheft, Hawaii. Lokkard was hesitant at first, but agreed to report the air anomaly to the intelligence center immediately.

At this time, the US military had about 80 ships of various types and 500 combat planes at Pearl Harbor, among which large warships such as battleships, battle cruisers, and cruisers had strong anti-aircraft firepower, as well as more than 100 "P-40 Hawk" and "P-38 Lightning" combat aircraft. The two radar crews did not know at this time that it was precisely because of their rapid reporting of this information that the US troops at Pearl Harbor could enter combat mode 20 minutes earlier.

At this time, the intelligence center was quiet and peaceful, and only Lieutenant Allen was on duty alone (it was supposed to be two people, and the other intelligence officer, Lieutenant Taylor, had left beforehand). Alan is an experienced pilot, but he was a little overwhelmed for a while when he suddenly encountered such a major air situation. He asked Lokad and Lewis to continue to observe, but when Locard, reporting on the air situation, repeatedly stressed that the light on the air defense radar scope was the loudest he had seen since his shift, Allen felt bad. Although he did not expect that 6,000 kilometers away, Ben would carry out a surprise attack on the US troops in Hawaii. At first, he thought that the large light spot image on the oscilloscope was a U.S. "B-17" bomber. Because he had heard that several "B-17" long-range bombers of the US military were coming from California in the western part of the mainland (indeed, 20 B-17 bombers of the US army were flying from California to Hawaii at that time). However, after all, there were only a few, not hundreds. After careful analysis and study of the anomalous air situation, Allen decided that it could not be the "B-17" group, and thinking of the tension of these days, he immediately reported the situation to the headquarters.

Kimmel was so shocked when he received the information that he immediately ordered the fighters to take off for a combat cruise. The commander of the fighter group who received the order thought that this was going to be an actual combat exercise, so he carried out the order unhurriedly as he did in the usual exercise, and many pilots did not pay attention to it, thinking that it was a routine exercise. And when the US fighter group took off and suddenly found the group covering the sky in the distance, everyone was dumbfounded.

When a signal flare appeared again in the distance, the American pilots woke up from a dream, and the nervous shouts and shouts of the commanders were heard over the intercom. After a brief hesitation, the American fighter swarm began to swarm at the enemy planes.

After Fuchida fired a flare, the attacking teams saw the signal from the commander and immediately understood what he meant and began to deploy. However, due to the blocking of the clouds, the air superiority fighter squadron, which was on alert at a high place, did not see the signal from the commander's aircraft.

After the order was given, Fuchida Nakasa observed the movements of the troops, and he found that the air supremacy fighter squadron showed no signs of disengagement. He immediately realized that they might not have seen the signal. Fuchida then fired another flare in the direction of the air supremacy fighter team. This time, the air supremacy fighter team saw the signal and immediately increased its speed and flew over Oahu.

However, a misunderstanding occurred. When the commander of the dive bomber squadron, Takahashi Navy Shosa, saw the latter flare and linked it to the previous one, mistaking it for two flares - to carry out a strong attack. Since it was a strong attack, it was up to the dive bomber fleet to strike first.

Soon after, the "Chikuma" reconnaissance plane, which was conducting reconnaissance in front of the enemy, sent a report that Pearl Harbor had 2 aircraft carriers, 10 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, and 10 light cruisers, and reported the anchorage of the enemy ships. At this time, the "Ligen" reconnaissance plane, which was conducting reconnaissance at the Lashana anchorage, also reported around this time: "The enemy fleet is not at the Lashana anchorage. ”

"There are only two aircraft carriers!" Fuchida secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, he had been holding on to luck before, hoping that all the enemy's aircraft carriers would return yesterday. Now, it was decided to concentrate forces on the two aircraft carriers and all the battleships in Pearl Harbor.

The cloud cover gradually decreased, and the cloud cover was broken in many places. As the formation approached Pearl Harbor, the sky was clear, and the whole of Pearl Harbor was clearly visible from the northwest valley of Oahu.

"Report to the captain, I saw Pearl Harbor!" Matsuzaki shouted excitedly.

Fuchida watched intently.

See, it's there!

The inner and outer sides of Ford Island were flanked by the tall masts of battleships, and the American [***] ships in Pearl Harbor did not stop there motionless as if they were sleeping. Instead, the air horns were sounded one after another, and some warships had already lifted anchor and left the berths, and Fuchida could even see the busy figures of the American sailors on the ships.

Fuchida calmly picked up the binoculars and observed, carefully counting the large ships at anchor. 12 ships indeed!

Seeing those two huge aircraft carriers, Fuchida couldn't help but clench his fists.

"Mizuki Hyocao, now issue an attack order!" Fuchida watched through a telescope while shouting loudly to Mizuki Hyocao through the microphone.

Mizuki Bingcao pressed the electric key and repeatedly sent the password command, "Report to the captain, the attack order has been issued." ”

"Good!"

At this time, it was 3:10:19 a.m. Tokyo time (7:49 a.m. Honolulu time).

After receiving the order to attack, Admiral Takahashi immediately commanded the dive bomber squadron to enter the reserve attack position. Seventy-two dive bombers flew in two routes, one of which was personally led by him to Ford Island and Hickam airfield, and the other was commanded by Admiral Akira Sakamoto to fly to Wheelier airfield.

When Takahashi saw the two flares, he judged that it was a strong attack, and naturally thought that he would take the lead. Now, having received the order to attack, the action began without hesitation.

Takahashi saw that at the Hickam airfield, not far from Pearl Harbor, huge hangars were being built one after another, and heavy bombers had just been dragged out of the hangars and lined up on the tarmac. There are quite a few targets!

But the American fighters are gone.

"Can't let these guys take off!" Takahashi turned the nose of the plane and swooped over. A second plane followed. Then, the third, the fourth...... Suddenly, smoke rose from Hickam Airport. Smoke also rose from the airport on Ford Island. A tall column of smoke also rose over the Wheelier airport, farther away.

Just as Takahashi threw the bomb into the hangar of a heavy bomber, a smoking American "Eagle" fighter with a blue and white five-star mark painted on the fuselage suddenly swooped down from the sky!

Takahashi's surprise was not trivial, he saw the American fighter plane rushing towards him like crazy, and through the broken cabin, he could even see the bloodstained and terrifying face of the American pilot in the cockpit!

Takahashi, although startled, was still able to easily get rid of the opponent's attack with skillful movements, and he saw the fuselage covered with bullet holes and black smoke spewing from behind him, slamming into the ground and turning into a pile of flames.

Takahashi looked up at the sky above him and couldn't help but be startled.

I saw that in the blue sky, countless fighter jets were chasing back and forth, struggling to tear them apart. From time to time, a hit fighter pulled a long black smoke and fell from the air to the ground.

Another American "Eagle" fighter plane fell from the sky, its tail completely wrapped in flames, and the plane fell vertically from Takahashi's side to the ground, and Takahashi saw that the American pilot in the cockpit, covered in blood, looked at him viciously, waved his fist at himself, and then smashed it with a "boom."

"These Americans are warriors." Takahashi couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately after that, several more American fighters were shot down, and Takahashi looked left and right, but he did not find that the "Gale" fighter plane that had been shot down by Yumoto, and his hanging heart gradually relaxed.

As a veteran pilot, Takahashi also flew the new "Gale" fighter, and once admired the excellent surname of this fighter, and now, in specific battles, the advantages of the "Gale" have been fully reflected.

At the same time, the first squadron of the torpedo squadron led by Navy Major Murata had already made a detour back to the mouth of Pearl Harbor and was passing through the Navy Yard area from the Hickam airfield to enter the attack course. Murata clearly knew that this operation was a surprise attack, and the attack should be started by the torpedo fleet first. So, he was taken aback by the sudden rise of gunsmoke from the Hickam airport. This was not possible, the smoke of gunfire covered the target of the torpedo fleet, and the torpedo attack had to be carried out in a hurry. It turned out that the commander-in-chief, Fuchida, carefully arranged to fire the first torpedo of the battle from the torpedo fleet at the scheduled start time of the attack at 3:30 (8 o'clock Honolulu time). Now, all in vain, the attack started 5 minutes earlier than scheduled.

After the order to attack was given, the horizontal bomber squadron directly led by Fuchida took advantage of the gap before the attack to detour from the western side of Oahu to the skies over Cape Balberts at the southwestern tip of the island.

Balbords Point Airport is located on the left side of Balberds Point. This airfield is just an open space, and there is not a single plane.

According to intelligence, the U.S. military has a powerful anti-aircraft gun position at Cape Balberts, which is responsible for the air defense of Pearl Harbor. Fuchida paid special attention to observe how they would fire, but at this moment, there was no fire to be seen anywhere.

Fuchida then turned his head to observe the situation over Pearl Harbor and on the ground. The sky above was full of figures of the fighters and the American fighters tearing apart. Fierce air battles are taking place there.

"Bang bang bang!"

Clouds of black smoke bloomed around him, and Fuchida's heart shrank, he knew that the Americans' anti-aircraft guns had begun to fire, which showed that the Americans should have received the news of the attack of the Japanese army and prepared for battle in advance.

Finally, as he feared, the surprise attack turned into a strong attack.

Even if it's a strong attack, it must be successful! Fuchida said loudly in his heart.

In any case, the flying team is very good. Even if the results of the battle have not yet been seen, we should be sure that the battle has been carried out to such an extent. Okay, report to your superiors. Chief Nagumo, Chief Yamamoto, and the base camp are all waiting!

Fuchida looked at Mizuki Hyocao. Mizuki Bingcao had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and immediately picked up the cipher code table. "Mizuki Hyocao, send a message to the fleet with a type of radio wave: 'I have succeeded in a surprise attack,' and set the transmitter so that Tokyo can receive it directly."

"Yes!" Mizuki Hyocao pressed the electric button and sent a telegram.

"Report to the captain, the 'Pancheng' has received a telegram."

At this time, it was 3:23 a.m. Tokyo time (7:53 a.m. on December 7 in Honolulu).

The code for the success of the surprise attack is the word "tiger". The "Pancheng" forwarded the telegram. However, the battleship Nagato, the flagship of the Combined Fleet in Hiroshima Bay, and the Tokyo base camp had already received this telegram directly before it could be forwarded. This was for the relatively simple small aeronautical transmitters of the time; This is indeed a remarkable new record. It is true that the message is a "tiger", and the tiger is believed to be able to return from a journey of thousands of miles, so it must have flown back from a distance of 3,000 nautical miles.

Soon black smoke rose from Hickem Airport, followed by a column of smoke from Ford Island Airport.

"Oops, the dive bomber fleet is up first!" Mizuki Hyocao said.

Seeing this scene, Fuchida couldn't help frowning.

Fuchida Navy Nakasa decided to start horizontal bombing immediately while the smoke had not yet spread widely over the airfield. He gave the order to the horizontal bomber fleet.

"Mizuki Hyocao, order the horizontal bomber fleet to start attacking!"

At the same time as ordering the radio corps to give the attack order to the horizontal bomber fleet, Fuchida Nakasa sent a visual signal to the pilot Matsuzaki indicating the start of the attack.

"Captain Matsuzaki, take a detour, start attacking!"

The wings of the commander aircraft swing from side to side, signaling to the follow-up aircraft. Then, the commander plane immediately turned the nose of the plane, and the subsequent squadrons lined up in a single column as they pulled away. In order to avoid the air currents generated by the flight of the squadron in front, the squadrons were separated by 200 meters. Ten squadrons lined up in a long line of snakes.

"Report to the captain, let the guide plane drive to the front." Matsuzaki said.

"Good!" Fuchida nodded.

Fuchida looked at the second plane. The second plane was a guide bomber, piloted by Koto Watanabe, a first-class pilot, and the bombardier was Azen-nosuke, a first-class pilot. At that time, their technology was second to none in the navy. Together, they complement each other perfectly. In the fleet bombing show competition, they always maintained the first place, which is simply a pair of living national treasures.

Admiral Matsuzaki greeted the second plane, and Watanabe nodded knowingly. Then, the commander plane was slightly raised, allowing the guide plane to rush to the front. Fuchida Navy Nakasa looked at the chubby face of Aso Hyocao inside the windshield of the second plane. Ah Zeng Bingcao smiled at him and saluted, and Fuchida also smiled and beckoned.

"Good job!"

So, the guide plane rushed to the front and switched places with the commander plane.

When they were about to enter the bombing course, the US antiaircraft guns suddenly opened fire, forming a barrage in front of the formation course. The enemy gradually corrected the point of the shells, and the formation was surrounded by dark gray smoke from the explosion of the shells. The first time Fuchida saw the explosion of an American anti-aircraft grenade, he felt that its smoke was much darker than that of Yumoto.

Maybe it's dark, so it's denser, right? Fuchida thought silently in his heart.

An anti-aircraft shell exploded near the commander's plane where Fuchida was, and Fuchida felt the vibration even when he was sitting. The explosion point spread rapidly overhead.

Fuchida straightened up, trying to see where the shells were coming from. He felt that the anti-aircraft gun groups on the US ships opened fire relatively early, but as for where the anti-aircraft gun positions on the shore of the Americans were, he could not see clearly.

"Less than five minutes after the attack began, they returned fire. He said that the navy could not do this, and he said that he was good at attacking, but he was not well prepared. Yuantian secretly admired the enemy's careful defense in his heart, "This is worth learning from the people of the United States." ”

Fuchida was thinking about it there when suddenly, the commander shook as if he had been hit with a stick, and although he was still flying as usual, Fuchida was taken aback.

"Report to the captain, it's a terrible shock. Is it broken somewhere? Matsuzaki asked; Without waiting for Fuchida to reply, Mizuki Hyocao in the back reported: "The left side of the fuselage was pierced by shrapnel. ”

"Captain Matsuzaki, how's the driving going?"

"It's normal."

Just breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly, the commander plane shook violently again, probably the explosion point was very close to the plane. However, by this time, it was already very close to the goal. The target of this squadron's attack was the battleship "Nevada", which was parked in the northernmost part of the eastern side of Ford Island.

At this time, the attack formation was flying over the mouth of Pearl Harbor. Just hold on a little longer. However, the antiaircraft guns of more than 20 enemy ships, large and small, were all concentrated in this vanguard squadron, and the formation flew at an altitude of only 3,000 meters, and it was not so easy to fly over this distance to reach the north.

(To be continued)