Chapter 128: The Great Bombing (2) The Second Update
Within ten minutes of the warning, the American battleship Nevada tried to escape Pearl Harbor, but was torpedoed and had to run aground on the beach. The ammunition depot of the battleship Arizona exploded and sank to the bottom of the sea in nine minutes, with eighty percent of the Navy soldiers buried with them.
Yu Sheng frantically recorded these images with the camera in his hand. These images are unique to later generations. Although it was too close to Pearl Harbor and stray bullets would pass by from time to time, these dangers were automatically ignored when he concentrated for the rest of his life. The opportunity to witness and record the turning of the wheels of history is not available to everyone. Besides, when I was in Shanghai, I didn't fight with the Japanese!
At 8:54 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the second wave of Japanese attacks began. Fifty-four bombers and seventy-eight dive bombers dropped bombs of all kinds on the Americans' military ports. Some of the Americans' planes flew hastily to meet the enemy, but they were no match for the Japanese Zero. Thirty-six Zero fighters firmly held air supremacy in the hands of the Japanese.
This bombardment continued until 9:45 a.m. before it gradually subsided. At ten o'clock in the morning, the first wave of bombers flew back to the Japanese fleet. At 1:30 p.m., Vice Admiral Nagumo, commander of the Japanese fleet, ordered the fleet to return home, and the Japanese bombing and attack on Pearl Harbor was over.
In this battle, the Japanese dispatched six aircraft carriers, four hundred and twenty-three aircraft, two battleships, three cruisers, nine destroyers and thirty submarines. Only twenty-nine aircraft and fifty-five pilots were lost, as well as several pocket submarines. Twelve U.S. battleships were sunk or damaged, and three hundred and forty-three U.S. aircraft were destroyed or damaged. As a result of the deaths of 2,403 Americans.
Judging from the data alone, it can be regarded as a brilliant result. However, the strategic purpose was not achieved, and none of the three aircraft carriers of the Americans were parked in Pearl Harbor. And the 4.5 million tons of heavy oil stored on the five-mile hill outside Pearl Harbor were not blown up. Therefore, the bombing of the Japanese was not a success.
When he found that there were fewer and fewer Japanese planes, he carried his camera and rushed to Pearl Harbor. At this time, Pearl Harbor was full of wails and fires. Countless people have been injured.
The rest of his life is not hard-hearted. I could only put down the camera, work with the American GIs who had not been injured, give simple first aid to the injured, and then carry the wounded to the hospital together. It's not that I don't want to use a stretcher for the rest of my life. It's just that I can't find it at all at this time. There are so many injured people that these things are simply not enough.
However, since he was seriously injured and weak for the rest of his life, he still had the strength to carry Cathers. So when the state of martial arts is intact, it is still necessary to carry two more people. Therefore, everyone else is carried by two people, or one person carries the other. And for the rest of his life, he carried one on one shoulder. Among them was an American GI who had a roast pig dinner together on Waikiki Beach the other day.
The hospital is not too close to the port. For the rest of his life, he carried two people who combined more than 300 pounds all the way to the hospital, and he would feel sweaty. At this time, I saw Qing Xiaoyi in the hospital. Qing Xiaoyi originally slept in a Polynesian village with a few blonde American nurses.
Early in the morning, they heard the explosion outside, and several women got up one after another. Then, it was judged that something was wrong. A few people hurried back. Qing Xiaoyi couldn't stand by and watch, so she came back with them. Thankfully, by the time they returned, the Japanese attack had begun to wane. A large number of wounded people arrived at the hospital, and Qing Xiaoyi worked non-stop to help these nurses she knew take care of the wounded. Although she did not study medical care, she managed dozens of children. Therefore, it is extremely skillful to classify and arrange this kind of thing.
With Qing Xiaoyi's help, several American nurses were able to deal with the wounded much faster than before.
By the time the Japanese attack had largely passed, at 11:15 a.m., the Governor of Hawaii announced on the radio that Hawaii was under martial law. At 12:40 a.m., the Governor of Hawaii and the President of the United States agreed to introduce wartime law in Hawaii. At 4:25 p.m., the Governor of Hawaii officially signed the Wartime Act.
At this time, all circles in the United States were already fully aware of the news of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the heavy losses of the US Navy. And the declaration of war submitted by the Japanese with a delay of an hour made the Americans even more angry. Roosevelt declared that it was a despicable sneak attack. At the same time, December 7 will be positioned as the day of national shame in the United States. Subsequently, war was declared on Japan.
Following the United States, more than 20 countries, including Australia and the Netherlands, also declared war on Japan. The most strange thing is that the Chinese, who had been fighting with the Japanese for more than four years at this time, actually declared war on Japan, which actually occupied half of China, four years later. Such a declaration of war really made the descendants of Yan and Huang lose face.
The United States, a country because most of its main population and pioneers came from Europe, is European immigrants. Therefore, although its ideology and culture claim to have the advantage of accommodating various cultures, in essence, it still takes modern European thought as the main cultural foundation. Emphasizing the freedom and equality that has been advocated since modern times, even the system is a troublesome separation of powers.
Therefore, in later Hollywood blockbusters, every American superhero who saves the earth from aliens will advertise that he does not want to be ruled by aliens. The slogan was shouted naturally, and the tall one was a mess.
The reason why American blockbusters are selling well is because this kind of slogan is actually deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the United States. Everyone doesn't want to be left in charge. However, if everyone has an idea, then the most likely situation is that it is difficult to reconcile the opinions. Some agreements drag on and take a long time to negotiate. It's really not efficient.
But if there's one thing that upsets all Americans. It's all agreed. In this way, the knowledge and production capacity that it has accumulated since modern times will explode in a collaborative way, which is amazing. As Isoroku Yamamoto said, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor woke up a giant!
Before the war, as Roosevelt said in the movie "Pearl Harbor": "Others are making bombs, and we are making refrigerators." However, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the production of refrigerators was temporarily put on hold, and the huge industrial system of the United States began to support military production. All the battleships damaged in Pearl Harbor were designed, refitted, and repaired with incredible speed. And the sunken California and West Virginia were also salvaged and re-entered the war!