If there is one word to describe the United States after the start of the war, it is "chaos"! Raymond, who received the news from the aviation liaison officer Arnold, immediately ordered the whole army to go into a state of alert, the army to enter the defensive positions, the air force to take off on alert, and the air defense units to enter the air defense positions.

In the case of a well-trained army, the above orders will be carried out perfectly, and even without the supervision of the superiors, the middle and lower officers will make their own judgments, and arrange for soldiers to enter positions and receive ammunition, etc. But it was much worse for the American servicemen, with chaotic radio waves traveling over several islands, chaotic soldiers and officers running between barracks and positions, and chaotic supplies handing over between logistics officers and front-line officers.

A squadron of fighters taking off from Hawaii Island mistook a reconnaissance plane from Oahu for a Chinese plane because of nervousness, and the fighters rushed up to shoot it down, only to discover that the plane had its own logo on its wings.

The chaos lasted for more than an hour, and Lieutenant General Raymond, who had killed three cups of coffee, did not receive the news of being attacked, but was forced to be sent to the hospital for recuperation because of excessive stress and dehydration.

The fighters and reconnaissance planes that took off from the airfield also did not find the Chinese planes, and Arnold stood in front of Lieutenant General Raymond's hospital bed and wondered: "Why did the Chinese planes appear in our north?" ”

At this time, about 350 kilometers northeast of Oahu, an aircraft carrier group was cruising at a speed of about 15 knots. In the formation, the aircraft carrier Huo Qubing was in the center, and was escorted by 1 general-class battle cruiser, 5 Nanhai-class cruisers, and 8 Guangzhou-class destroyers. Two planes on the deck of the aircraft carrier were preparing to take off, and two planes were also circling over the formation.

The route of the raiding fleet was to start from Midway, bypass the Hawaiian Islands from the north, and arrive on the east side of the islands to carry out the raid operations. However, after the construction of the submarine base on Midway Island is completed and the Navy's submarine force is stationed, most of the sabotage tasks will be handed over to the submarine officers and men, and the aircraft carrier formation will be used to cover the infantry's more important battle to seize the island.

At 3 p.m., a huge US transport fleet appeared in the field of vision of the pilots of the reconnaissance planes on time, and the wolves set their sights on their prey, and a new round of hunting activities began immediately.

Lieutenant Ingersoll, the captain of the destroyer USS Millis, nervously watched the back of the Chinese reconnaissance plane in the distance; after the war began, the US intelligence department provided a large amount of information about the Chinese military to all branches of the military, including information about the Chinese military plane -- although it was very vague, it was enough for Lieutenant Ingersoll to recognize it.

There is such a note in the intelligence: the Chinese military aircraft fly at a speed of more than 500 kilometers, the maximum ceiling cannot be guessed, the firepower is powerful, and they can carry heavy bombs and torpedoes to attack moving surface ships.

"That's right, it's a tragedy!" The middle-aged man next to Lieutenant Ingersoll, 27, complained sharply that the USS Millis had undergone an anti-aircraft modification, and that most of the U.S. destroyers sent to the West Coast had undergone similar modifications, and then were asked to carry out escort missions to the Hawaiian Islands. The large battleships were hidden in San Diego as treasures by the upper echelons of the Navy, and were being loaded with dense anti-aircraft guns.

"Captain, I'm more worried about the safety of the transport ship, there are 27 transport ships behind us, providing more than 50% of the supplies of the Hawaiian garrison, as well as Rear Admiral Edward and the 4th Infantry Division of the Army, such losses are not enough even if our entire ship sinks!" Ethan, the middle-aged first officer, said with a frown, this first mate is often disheveled, and there is a musty smell coming from his body, which is unbearable for a naval officer who attaches great importance to his image. However, Ingersoll did not mind this, and immediately promoted the captain to be his first mate after taking up the post of captain of the destroyer Millis, because he had a wealth of seafaring experience that he did not have.

Ingersoll didn't speak, he knew very well in his heart that if he was really attacked by Chinese aircraft, the end was likely to be that his destroyer, the other three destroyers and a cruiser escorting the escort would resist desperately, and then sink one after another under the attack of the aircraft, and the goose-like transport ship finally surrendered to the enemy. Of course, it is also possible that the enemy will sink all the transports, which is the real tragedy - pity the more than 20,000 soldiers on the transports!

A new order was issued from the cruiser, the flagship of the escort fleet, and the Millis was ordered to move in the direction of the Chinese planes flying away, with the task of early warning, or suicide.

"Captain, where did you offend our detachment commander? How did you get such a task? The first mate asked Ingersoll jokingly. The shortcomings and advantages of this kind of person are equally obvious, the cowboy spirit of not caring about anything is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and does not care about the etiquette between superiors and subordinates, does not care about the orders of superiors, and does not care about their own lives.

"I don't know, it doesn't matter what you offend, I'm afraid we're all in trouble this time!" Before the destroyer Millis left the field of vision of the escort fleet, the Chinese plane appeared in the sky, and as the black dot slowly became larger, the roar of the aircraft engine also reached everyone's ears.

"Send a warning message to the rear! Increase your speed and maximum speed now! Move closer to the fleet. At this moment, Lieutenant Ingersoll made the most appropriate judgment, the speed of the destroyer quickly increased, maybe the Chinese planes in the sky thought that this lonely battleship was too slippery, or a large number of transport ships were waiting for them to bomb, and even ignored the Millis!

As the Millis approached the convoy, the bombardment had already begun, and the Chinese planes swooped down from high in the sky like eagles preying on prey, and the destroyers and cruisers below were like hares prostrate on the ground and did not dare to move. When the first bomb left the belly of the plane, several escort warships finally reacted, and the sailors hurried to the anti-aircraft gun emplacement, and the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were fired.

The anti-aircraft fire of several escort warships did not form a network of fire, nor did they pose a threat to the attacking aircraft, they were not low, old biplanes, but the pinnacle of piston aircraft. Anti-aircraft guns and bullets can't even touch the ass of an attack aircraft!

"This damn war! These damn Chinese monkeys! Hammered the table in front of him, an escort destroyer was hit by an aerial bomb and directly exploded in two, and the American commander on the cruiser scolded loudly: "What kind of hero is staring at the transport line like this?" ”

Just as he was frantically complaining about the unfairness of the war, he heard the shouts of the crew on deck, and he saw these people pointing to the sky, and saw that these people were shouting something to himself. He pushed open the hatch and walked up the wind-blown iron staircase, where he finally heard the terrible words that the sailors had shouted to themselves in the morning breeze: "O God! Plane! The plane of the Chinese! ”

The captain raised his head in horror and saw more than a dozen Chinese Navy fighters painted with red five-pointed stars on their wings flying over their heads, and the torpedoes and bombs hanging under the belly of the plane looked so majestic.

"It's over! It's all over. The American captain sighed, collapsed on the stairs, and said with a cry: "We are being targeted, we are being targeted, why don't we have such planes?" Why don't we have such a battleship? ”

A Chinese aircraft carrier appeared on the U.S. transportation line in the North Pacific and was used as the most terrifying ocean-going assault ship, and the U.S. transportation line was intercepted and killed in the most brutal time in history.

Even if the submarine is very useful and unpredictable, after all, this weapon is limited by its own performance and cannot completely strangle the US transport fleet, even if the hunting efficiency has been improved under the guidance of wolf pack tactics, it is completely incomparable with aircraft carriers.

An aircraft carrier fleet with carrier-based aircraft can control tens of thousands of square kilometers of sea area and use air power to carry out rapid strikes against targets in this sea area.

Moreover, this time the sabotage fleet also played a more ruthless trick, making the Americans scold the Chinese for their shamelessness after this naval attack.

"Captain! Captain! Not long after the American captain sat down on the ground, a crew member rushed in: "Huaguo, the clear code telegram of the Chinese Navy." ”

"Telegram? Read! The British captain was now broken and broken, and said loudly.

"Our fleet has taken control of the waters around you, if you surrender, please fly the white flag on the ship as a mark, and in 5 minutes our naval aviation will start attacking all ships that do not fly the white flag...... I'll send someone to take over the surrendered ship, over. The crew member looked at his commander as he finished speaking.

Seeing that his captain didn't speak for a long time, he had to ask weakly again: "Sir?" ”

"Hang the white flag! ......" The captain, who had lost any temper and had been stimulated by the new style of play of the Chinese Navy, said weakly, he was afraid that his crew would not hear clearly, and said again: "Hang the white flag!" (To be continued.) )