Chapter 133, Pearl Harbor
"Woo~~~" The terrible air defense sirens sounded, and the sleeping American GIs still didn't know why.
"What? Drills? One of the GIs muttered to himself, then rolled over and went back to sleep.
"Everyone, please note that this is not a drill, it is not a drill, the Japanese are calling, their plane is a hundred kilometers away, everyone pay attention, this is not a drill." The voice of the commander of the air defense came from the loudspeaker.
"Shet, find this lame reason again." A GI holds out a middle finger to the horn.
In the past, when I was conducting exercises, I often found all kinds of reasons and said that it was not a drill, but in the end it was a drill, and they were all immune.
(This incident tells everyone, don't play the game of "wolf")
Still, they got up from their beds and scrambled to get dressed, until their commander approached them with a telegram......
"Man, go to your place, it's not a drill, it's not a drill, go quickly."
"Ou, sir, we are already familiar with your tricks, don't lie to me."
“NONONO!!! This time it's true, Japan has already declared war on us, and the combat orders from the General Headquarters have come down, hurry up to the post, and the plane will take off quickly. ”
As he spoke, he raised the telegram in his hand. After receiving the telegram, these GIs looked at each other, and when they saw the instructions from the White House, they realized that this was true, and they looked at each other, and the first reaction in their minds was: war is coming.
The U.S. troops on Oahu were in chaos in an instant, they didn't have any preparations for war, and they didn't expect the war to come so suddenly.
In a panic, half an hour passed, and the Japanese planes flew from the sea like locusts.
Although they were prepared, the American GIs were not ready in their hearts, and the US troops, who had not fought for many years, were a little helpless in the face of the flying Japanese planes.
The first wave of nearly 200 planes successfully landed on Oahu and bombed and strafed US airfields and military ports.
"Hurry up, air defense, air defense ~, the plane will take off quickly." The U.S. military looked extremely flustered, and nearly half an hour of preparation was still not ready to make a name for itself.
The US anti-aircraft weapons began to shoot at the air, and artillery shells and bullets swept through the air, but they had not fought for too long, and their military quality was not up to par.
"Woo~~" The bombs that fell from under the belly of the plane screamed and smashed on the US airfield, a large number of planes were not destroyed, the hangar was reduced to ruins in the explosion, and few planes took off.
Originally, the US Air Force was sleeping, the planes were empty, and the fuel and ammunition were not loaded, and then they were suddenly called, and the Air Force, which was not prepared in the slightest, hurriedly ran to the hangar, and when it was ready, the bombs also fell.
Under the impact of the thick bombs, the steel deck of the Japanese warship was directly smashed through and smashed into the hull, and the explosion instantly blew the entire battleship out of the water. Then it creaked and broke, and the whole battleship broke in two.
The first wave of aircraft, mainly fighters, was mainly to completely destroy the counterattack force of the US military, and all the planes that could and could not be lifted into the air were completely destroyed. Those that had already risen into the air were also bitten to death by the Japanese planes as if they were bullying too many and too little, and finally shot down. As for Oahu's air defense system, it is still dominated by machine guns, and air guns are not common, mainly anti-aircraft weapons on battleships.
The first wave of planes began to return after dropping bombs and meeting the expected operational plan, while the second wave of planes, mainly bombers and torpedo planes, with a small number of fighters covering and bombing, covered the US fleet and barracks, ensuring that US strength in the Pacific Ocean was greatly reduced.
The third wave of planes, which was supposed to be canceled, still arrived as scheduled, and another wave of attacks was carried out on the US fleet, which had not yet completely sunk, to ensure that not a single floating ship could be seen on Pearl Harbor, not even the small sampans, and the fighter planes used machine guns to strafe back and forth on the water, sweeping the soldiers who fell into the water to death, and beating the example of water dogs.
According to Yamamoto's request, make sure to make sure that you see any ships around Oahu, and do your best to eliminate the American troops on Oahu. After all, the time was ahead of schedule, and Yamamoto Fifty-six was not fully prepared, so out of caution, he sent a fourth wave of planes to fly. In fact, it was the first wave of planes, which flew back to replenish it, and flew again.
After repeated bombardments, the Pacific Fleet on Oahu sank, and the water was littered with fallen GIs and countless corpses.
After the end of the four waves of air raids, it was already more than 12 o'clock at noon, and Japan's initiative shocked the world, and Britain, France, and the Soviet Union and other allies secretly rejoiced in their hearts. And the mustaches of the Axis countries gave a thumbs up to Japan's hand, and the young man was very good, and he had long been unhappy with the United States, and he always sent supplies to Britain.
Outside Pearl Harbor, the 10 submarines sitting on the bottom confirmed that all the Japanese planes had flown away, and then quietly surfaced to observe the situation at Pearl Harbor through periscopes.
The current situation at Pearl Harbor did not require them to make up for it at all, and the Japanese army did a great job of blowing up all the US Pacific Fleet, leaving not a single one, and the water in the harbor was full of human figures, oil, garbage, and other things, and there was not a single battleship in sight. However, there are still some battleships that are not completely sunk, and the tops are still exposed, after all, Pearl Harbor is only 14 meters deep on average.
After determining that there was no need to mend the knife, the 10 submarines quietly turned in the water, left Oahu, and returned to Macau.
The Japanese planes all left, leaving behind a mess of Oahu. The reconnaissance plane that took off from the Enterprise came to Oahu and went around in a circle, the plane passed through the smoke of gunpowder, and the pilot looked at Pearl Harbor and the airfield that had been bombed into ruins with a shocked face, not a single military facility was intact, even the hospital was blown up, and only half of the red cross was inserted in the ruins, and the harbor was full of soldiers who had fallen into the water, paddling hard. Some battleships sunk to the bottom, and a small section exposed to the water, and so on and so forth. Everything looks miserable.
"Oh, God!" The pilot of the reconnaissance plane sighed in fright when he saw the situation below.
After circling around Oahu and taking a few photos, he was about to return to the voyage when he suddenly noticed something black under the surface of the sea, which seemed to be a big fish. But he knows, it's clearly a submarine.
Circling around the submarines, he didn't think they could do him any harm, and reported the discovery of the submarines.
At this time, the submarines that appeared outside Pearl Harbor, except for the Japanese submarines, he really couldn't think of who these submarines would be.
After taking a few photos of these black shadows, the pilot returned in a reconnaissance plane, after all, this was only a reconnaissance plane, not an anti-submarine aircraft, and did not have any anti-submarine weapons. (To be continued.) )