With the support of the information transmitted by Nakanishi, General Zhukov, who was in charge of commanding the Battle of Moscow, was ruthless and concentrated all the forces that the Soviet army could concentrate, even the newly built T-34 tanks and Katyusha rocket artillery were thrown into battle, and the Soviet army finally launched its first counteroffensive on the Moscow defense line on December 6.

The Soviet army was on the counteroffensive, but the German army gathered under the city of Moscow was in a desperate situation, not to mention that tanks, cars, and armored vehicles could not be driven, and on December 6 alone, the German army without equipment to resist the severe cold froze to death and frostbitten tens of thousands, and the elite German Army Group Center was trembling in the harsh winter in Moscow, and there was no longer the momentum of launching a blitzkrieg.

The Soviet counteroffensive began only two days ago, and by December 8, the mad demon Hitler had to give the order to turn the entire Soviet-German battlefield into defense. The German army, which had been invincible since the blitzkrieg on Poland, finally hit a wall under the city of Moscow!

December 8 was a pivotal point in the entire Second World War.

The alliance between the jackals was not credible, and the Germans were eager for the Japanese army to attack the Soviet Union from the Eastern Front, and as a result, the Japanese army occupied the Far East and made peace with the Soviet Union. Now, the German army is in a predicament under the city of Moscow due to the cold weather, and the Japanese army continues to pull a hand, but the Japanese army not only does not pull Hitler and the German army, but on the contrary, for the sake of its own oil problem, it provokes the United States, which should not be provoked.

At a time when Hitler had no choice but to order the German troops to go on the defensive in the Soviet-German battlefield, on the morning of that morning, an assault formation consisting of six aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, the "Akagi," the "Kaga," the "Soryu," the "Flying Dragon," the Shozuru, and the Zuizuru, launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the base of the US Pacific Fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi.

Pearl Harbor is located in the Hawaiian Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean between Japan and the United States, east of the West Coast of the United States, west of Japan, southwest of the islands, north of Alaska and the Bering Strait. Both are between 2,000 nautical miles and 3,000 nautical miles, and are important transportation hubs in the Pacific Ocean. It is also the most important base of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy.

The reason why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was also out of desperation. The Japanese army was in need of oil so much that they drilled everywhere in the northeast under the cover of exploring resources, and they did not find any trace of oil when they drilled to 800 meters, so they had to believe the Americans' statement that there was no oil in the northeast. In fact, the Japanese were so impatient that they only drilled 800 meters and then gave up, if they drilled down another 200 meters. It may be oily. You must know that the shallowest oil layer in Daqing Oilfield is about 1,000 meters. The first oil well in Daqing Oilfield, Songji Sanjing, only drilled to the oil layer between 1357 and 1382 meters. This little Japan is too impetuous, and it is destined to achieve nothing great.

Oil cannot be found in the huge China, and the East Indies in the East Indies such as the Central Sumatra Oilfield, Sumatra Oilfield, East Kalimantan Oilfield and other abundant oil fields have become a lifesaver in the eyes of the Japanese, and they must be caught in their hands! And to conquer Southeast Asia, to seize these oil fields from the British and American colonists. The first thing to be solved is the US Pacific Fleet. Otherwise, Japan will face the danger of being cut off from shipping routes and even bombing and attacking its homeland. As a result, the plan concocted by the commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, to attack Pearl Harbor was approved by Emperor Hirohito in a grand manner amid the quarrels within the Japanese military.

It's different from history. This time, the Japanese Combined Fleet assault formation attacked Pearl Harbor because of the experience of raiding Vladivostok, and the navy was full of confidence.

According to Yamamoto's assumption, this sneak attack on Pearl Harbor could gain a strategic advantage in the Pacific theater for about a year. For this reason, it is worth taking the risk of destroying at least three aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet in World War I to establish Japan's military superiority. In consideration of the temperament of the Americans, Yamamoto asked the embassy in the United States to submit the ultimatum to the US government 30 minutes before the start of the attack, that is, at 13 o'clock on December 7, US time. Strike at the will of the United States to resist with an open declaration of war.

At 6:10 a.m. on December 8 (December 7, U.S. time), Tadaichi Nagumo, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet Assault Formation, who had received an order to attack the base camp, ordered the first wave of 183 bombers and fighters of the assault formation located 220 nautical miles north of Oahu in Pearl Harbor to take off and fly toward Pearl Harbor. At 7:15, Nagumo Zhong ordered the second wave of 167 planes to take off.

At this time, Pearl Harbor and the U.S. military airfields on Oahu were still immersed in tranquility. The Japanese planes flew by with great swagger, and the US commander at Pearl Harbor, who received reports from radar troops and observation posts, did not pay attention. Knowing that the Japanese planes swept into the port of entry in a low-altitude flight posture and began to bomb indiscriminately, the US commander at Pearl Harbor suddenly realized that this was not an exercise, but an attack!

Aerial bombs were exploding, airborne machine guns were strafing, and the peaceful Pearl Harbor was suddenly engulfed in a baptism of blood and fire.

The Americans were not timid, the battleship Nevada was the first to open fire, shooting down two Japanese planes, which were also attacked by a torpedo. Only 10 minutes after the attack, Radio Honolulu interrupted its normal program, broadcasting a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and calling on all soldiers to return to their combat posts to meet the Japanese and defend Pearl Harbor. At 8:10, the front ammunition depot of the battleship Arizona exploded, sinking nine minutes later, killing 80% of the crew.

At 8:12 a.m., Hawaii's Supreme Commander Walter ? Short reported to the entire Pacific Fleet and Washington: "The battle with Japan began with an attack on Pearl Harbor. ”

During the war years, people's vigilance was relatively high. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army had already occupied Vietnam and made friends with Thailand, and the wolf's ambitions were clearly revealed. Although there is still isolationist thinking in the United States, from President Roosevelt to the Pacific Fleet, they are all preparing for war. Because they understand that it is time for the United States to enter the war. If we delay any longer, when Germany defeats the Soviet Union and flattens Europe, the United States will be unable to enter the war on its own. Coupled with the intelligence from China, Roosevelt should have been given an early warning, and it is likely that measures were taken, and three aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet suddenly left the port ahead of schedule. However, no one, including Chinese intelligence, could have imagined that the Japanese army's first target was Pearl Harbor.

This is mainly because Pearl Harbor is a natural harbor, and the outer islands of the military harbor are densely packed, forming a defensive circle, which is not suitable for sneak attack operations. Americans could never have dreamed that the Japanese Navy would be so bold and attack Pearl Harbor!

Aerial bombs are exploding, torpedoes are exploding, American warships in Pearl Harbor are burning, exploding, sinking, and planes at the airport on Oahu are catching fire and exploding. Pearl Harbor groaned during the Japanese air raids.

In the raging Japanese planes, the bloody nature of the American troops at Pearl Harbor was completely aroused, and the soldiers rushed to the machine guns and fired at the air. Some brave pilots rushed to the plane, forced take-off, and tried to meet the enemy.

At 8:50, the second wave of Japanese attack planes that attacked Pearl Harbor arrived at Pearl Harbor, and the commander ordered the attack.

The Japanese air raid continued until 9:45 a.m., and the Japanese planes, who had won a great victory, returned home one after another. By 10 o'clock, the first wave of Japanese attack aircraft had returned to the ship.

At 11:15 a.m., the U.S. Governor General of Hawaii announced martial law on the radio throughout Hawaiian territory. At 13:30, Nagumo Tadaichi, in view of the brilliant results of the battle, decided to cancel the third wave of attacks and ordered the fleet to return.

In the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army achieved brilliant results, sinking four battleships of the US Pacific Fleet, destroying 188 aircraft, seriously damaging three battleships, six cruisers, and three destroyers, and killing and wounding thousands of officers and men of the US Pacific Fleet. And Japan lost only 29 aircraft and 55 pilots, as well as several pocket submarines.

To the great anger of the Americans, the Japanese army once again declared war without declaring war and declared war on the United States by means of a sneak attack.

Because the Japanese Embassy in the United States was unable to print out the text of the telegram of Japan's ultimatum declaring war on the United States within the time specified by Yamamoto Isoroku, Nomura Kichizaburo delivered it to US Secretary of State Hull 40 minutes late. By this time, Pearl Harbor had been attacked for 20 minutes, and President Roosevelt had already received reports of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the heavy losses of the Pacific Fleet.

After receiving the ultimatum handed over by Kichizaburo Nomura, Hull pretended to read it patiently, then raised his head, looked coldly at the sinister and cunning Japanese envoy in front of him, and said with grief and indignation: "This is what I have never seen in my fifty years in office such a despicable government and such a hypocritical and distorted document!" ”

Nomura Kichizaburo's face did not change, and he silently endured Hull's anger!

President Roosevelt, who had seen the Japanese ultimatum sent by Hull, stood up on the table and said hatefully: "Today is a shameless day!" ”

Almost at the same time as the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, more than 400,000 Japanese Southern Army troops under the command of Japanese Army General Toshiichi Terauchi divided their troops into several routes to launch attacks on Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Burma, and successfully landed in Kota Bharu in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula and in Pattani and Songkhla in southern Thailand.

Japan has completely declared war on Britain and the United States!

Later that day, Anglo-American-Dutch coalition declared war on Japan! The Pacific War broke out completely!

President Roosevelt, who dragged his stump body and roared angrily, did not expect that Liu Yimin, who was far away in the eastern part of the world, in the Shandong Central and Southern Base Area of Shandong, China, and the headquarters of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, after receiving the news of the Japanese army's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, called Huang Wei and made a speech, and the first sentence he began was "Today is a shameless day!" ”

At this time, it was already night, and the light of the horse lantern reflected Liu Yimin's handsome and resolute face, which made Huang Wei feel bitter in her heart. However, she didn't have time to taste the pain in her heart, Liu Yimin's words were full of grief and indignation, which deeply infected her.