At dawn on December 8 (December 7, Hawaiian time), Vice Admiral Tadaichi Nagumo and his fleet arrived about 230 nautical miles north of Pearl Harbor on time. Nagumo's flagship aircraft carrier, the USS Akagi, was immediately raised with a bright red "Z" signal flag. With the raising of the "Z" flag, the engines of all aircraft carriers were started, and one after another fighter planes were waiting anxiously like their greedy masters, ready to pounce ferociously on the prey not far away at any time and give it a fatal blow.

At 3:42 a.m., not far from Pearl Harbor, the American minesweeper "Condor" suddenly noticed a periscope on the sea, and they immediately reported it to their superiors. Then the destroyer "Walder" rushed over, opened fire on the position of the suspected enemy submarine and dropped depth charges.

Although the captain of the "Walder" immediately reported the incident to the naval headquarters stationed there, it did not arouse the attention of the superiors, who believed that it was just a reconnaissance by the enemy and that there was no need to make a fuss. At this time, it was close to dawn, and the Japanese warships had arrived at the intended take-off site, and Nagumo issued an order at this time to let the fighters take off at 6 o'clock. Outside Pearl Harbor, the Japanese miniature submarine battle group lurking not far away raised their periscopes one after another.

Beautiful Hawaii, with waves rippling on the surface of the sea, seagulls spreading their wings and flying. It was a Sunday morning, the sun had not yet risen, and most of the American soldiers were still asleep.

At the Opana radar station, at 6:45 a.m., two American soldiers stared at the screen with tired eyes, and suddenly they noticed that an unknown object was approaching Oahu, which was a Japanese reconnaissance plane, but the two did not report it. Soon, the screen showed that a large number of planes were approaching in the north, so they did not dare to slack off, and quickly contacted the air defense center to report that an unknown object was approaching the base, but did not mention the scale. Lieutenant Taylor, who was on duty, told them that they should have seen a patrol from the "Higham" airfield, or a B-17 bomber from the contiguous state of California.

At 7:40 a.m., one hour and 40 minutes had passed since the Japanese fleet left the aircraft carrier, and the Japanese commander of the Japanese army, Fuchida Navy Nakasa, judged that the American troops were still asleep and had not yet woken up, and that the sneak attack would be successful, so he fired a signal flare to start the attack. Immediately afterward, before the first bomb was dropped, Fuchida sent another radio signal to the fleet command, "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ", telling Nagumo that the sneak attack was successful.

Immediately the Japanese army began to launch a frantic attack, because the American army was still in an unguarded state, there was little counterattack ability, the Japanese fleet unimpeded to carry out their own tasks, they began to look for the prey as they wanted, and carried out cold hunting.

The Japanese began attacking the airfield at 7:48 Hawaii time, and the 50 P-40 and P-36 planes stationed at Wheeler Airfield were destroyed in the first attack, and the barracks and hangars were bombed, and Wheeler Airfield was completely incapacitated. Shigam Airport was the base for bombers, with about 70 bombers parked and the same level of damage as Wheeler Airport.

At the beginning of the sudden attack of the first wave of Japanese aircraft, the US troops were in confusion, panicked, and powerless. The anti-aircraft guns on the island did not fire sporadically until six minutes later, and very few Japanese planes were shot down. For the first few minutes of the warships in the harbor, almost no one could realize what was happening. As soon as the battleship "Nevada", which was at the end of the line, raised the Stars and Stripes, it was torn to pieces by the machine guns of the Japanese planes in an instant. When the first torpedo hit the battleship "Arizona", the Americans still had an expression of disbelief. The battleship "Maryland" was also raising the flag, and a sailor casually glanced at a group of planes rushing to a nearby airfield, thinking it was his own plane, and before he could come to his senses, the bomb had fallen on his head.

At 7:58 a.m., Colonel Logan C. Remsey made a broadcast to the harbor on Ford Island: "Pearl Harbor is under attack, this is not a drill!" At 8:12 a.m., the news was then sent by PACOM and then to Washington, but it was 2 p.m. Washington time when the news reached the president and the State Department.

By this time, the USS Oklahoma and the USS West Virginia had been blown up, and the USS Arizona and more than 1,000 sailors were also drowned in a series of devastating explosions triggered by the ammunition depot.

The battleship "Arizona" suffered the most casualties as a result of a bomb that pierced the deck and exploded in a boiler and ammunition depot. Soon the U.S. forces began to counterattack, with sporadic anti-aircraft fire and a handful of aircraft taking off.

At the same time, Japanese pocket submarines that infiltrated Pearl Harbor set off mines, fired torpedoes, attacked American ships, and blockaded the harbor.

At 8:40, the second wave of Japanese attack aircraft had crossed the east coast of Oahu and began its attack. The first wave of the fleet, which took part in the attack, began to return to the rendezvous point, and at 8:45 a.m. successfully returned to the skies over the Japanese fleet.

The second wave of the Japanese fleet totaled 171 aircraft, commanded by Nakasa of the Shimazaki Navy. In the second wave of attacks, the US combat ship "Nevada" tried to escape to the open sea, and the Japanese bombers saw that sinking it would block the only exit from Pearl Harbor, so they launched a fierce attack, but before it was sunk, it was towed out of the harbor by two US tugboats, and the crisis of the Pacific Fleet being trapped in the harbor was relieved.

The B-17s flying from the continental United States also arrived at Higam Airport at this time, but they were shot down or forced to land due to lack of fuel, tired pilots, and some were even unarmed. Eighteen dive bombers from the Enterprise also arrived at this time, and they set out to search for the Japanese fleet, but no one thought of using radar to track the Japanese planes, so that they could find the Nagumo fleet, so that they found nothing. Three more were shot down by America's own anti-aircraft artillery in the afternoon after the end of the second wave of attacks.

For nearly two hours, the Japanese controlled the sea and air over Pearl Harbor, bombing and strafing as they pleased. At 9:45, the Japanese troops, having completed the attack mission, began to retreat.

In less than two hours, the Japanese army dropped more than 500 bombs and torpedoes of various types, totaling more than 140 tons. It sank or damaged more than 40 US warships of various types and destroyed 265 aircraft. U.S. troops suffered heavy casualties, totaling more than 2,400 killed and more than 1,700 wounded.

The Japanese suffered very little losses, only 29 aircraft were destroyed, more than 70 were damaged, 55 pilots died, 5 pocket submarines were destroyed, and 1 pocket submarine was captured.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, won this great gamble and won a brilliant victory. It was one of the most risky and lucrative gambles of his war career, and it made him famous in the history of naval warfare.

December 8, 1941, Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. In a speech to Congress in a wheelchair, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt said with great grief: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, the United States was deliberately violently attacked, and this day will always be our day of national shame!" -- The United States of America was deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Japanese Empire...... Japan did not officially declare war this time, and the despicable attack will forever bear the charge of dishonor...... I ask Congress to declare that a state of war has existed between the United States and the Empire of Japan since the unprovoked and cowardly Japanese attack on Sunday, December 7, 1941. …… The American people will surely win the final victory, and we must not only defend ourselves with all our might, but also ensure that this despicable act can no longer endanger us...... We will be victorious, God willing. I hereby only ask Congress to declare 'entry into the war'. ”

An hour later, the U.S. Congress, which had been dragging its feet, quickly passed a declaration of war on Japan with only one vote against. In the afternoon of the same day, the U.S. government declared war on Japan. Roosevelt immediately signed a declaration of war, calling December 7 a "day of national shame."

December 8, 1941, London, the capital of the United Kingdom on the other side of the Atlantic. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill burst into tears of joy, and the first thing he said after learning the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was "All right!" We finally won. "Yes, the course of the war was completely unexpected by him, and he could not have imagined that the Japanese had done him a great favor and helped the British a great favor. Once upon a time, in order to drag the United States into the war, he went to great lengths to get only one Lend-Lease Act in the United States, and the Japanese attack on the United States forced the Americans to make a painful determination to enter a global war. On the same day, Britain declared war on Japan.

When Hitler heard the news of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, he flew into a rage, and he cursed Japan like a mad dog, cursing this stupid ally. Hitler never forgot the decisive role that American intervention played in the outcome of World War I. Japan's stupidity dragged the United States into the war and gave the United States an excuse to enter the war, and Hitler's world strategy might have come to naught.

Beginning on December 9, 1941, China officially declared war on Japan, and on the 10th, it declared war on Germany and Italy. Then nearly 20 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, also declared war on Japan.

On the 11th, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The United States also declared war on Germany and Italy. At this point, the war was literally a world war.

On the first night of the start of the global war, in a secluded residence in London, Britain's aging Prime Minister Winston Churchill finished smoking a Cuban cigar and fell into bed contentedly and soundly for the first time in more than two years. Perhaps in a dream, the British flag has flown over the presidential palace in Berlin, Germany.

North Africa, Algeria, an ordinary house is crowded with excited people. All here are the generals of the French Liberation War. General de Gaulle, holding a glass full of wine, said to all the officers:

"Comrades-in-arms, from today onwards, our main task henceforth is to prepare for the liberation of France. Cheers! ”

Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, and the scene was very lively and crazy.

At noon on December 8, in Caijiazhou, Li Ran and Bai Yu walked into Xiao Xiong's room excitedly with the telegram they had just intercepted.

"Good news, Commander! The Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor and attacked the United States! ”

"Really? Show me. Haha, this damn little devil is so stupid that he dares to mess with Uncle Sam? Isn't this going to die? Hahaha......"

Xiao Xiong and the others couldn't help but laugh happily together. After laughing, Xiao Xiong asked:

"Now is a good opportunity to beat the devils while they get carried away after their victory. How's your plan going? ”

李然 says:

"Our radio station has been set up in the vicinity of Myo Chi Pu and is luring the enemy as planned. If nothing else, it doesn't take long for Yamamoto's spy team to discover our station. ”

"That's good! It's been a long time since I've cleaned up this gang of turtle kings. ”