At dawn on December 8 (December 7, Hawaiian time), Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi led his fleet to about 230 nautical miles north of Pearl Harbor on time. Nagumo's flagship aircraft carrier, the 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 the fighters 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 warship had arrived at the scheduled take-off site, and Nagumo issued an order at this time to let the fighter plane take off at 6 o'clock. Outside Pearl Harbor, the miniature submarine battle groups 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 U.S. soldiers stared at the screen with tired eyes, and suddenly they noticed that an unknown object was approaching Oahu, which was the reconnaissance plane of the Japanese army, 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 continental California of the United States.

At 7:40 a.m., one hour and 40 minutes had passed since the military convoy left the aircraft carrier, the leader of the group, Fuchida Navy Nakasa, judged that the US 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 begin 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 army began to launch a frantic attack, because the US troops were still in an unguarded state, there was almost no ability to counterattack, the military fleet was unimpeded and separated to carry out their own tasks, and they began to look for the predetermined prey as they wanted, and carried out ruthless hunting.

The army 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 surprise attack of the first attack wave, 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 aircraft 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 column, raised the Stars and Stripes, it was torn to pieces by the machine guns on the plane. 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 air 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 apart, and the USS Arizona and more than 1,000 sailors were drowned in a series of devastating explosions caused 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, the pocket submarine that infiltrated Pearl Harbor cast mines and fired torpedoes to attack US ships and blockade the harbor.

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

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

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 look for the fleet, but no one thought of using radar to track the planes, so that they could find the Nagumo fleet, so they found nothing. Three other planes were shot down by the U.S. military's own anti-aircraft artillery in the afternoon after the end of the second wave of attacks.

For nearly two hours, he controlled the sea and air over Pearl Harbor and carried out bombing and strafing as he pleased. At 9:45, the Japanese army, which had completed the attack mission, began to retreat.

In less than two hours, the Chinese 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.

However, the losses of the army were very small, only 29 planes were destroyed, more than 70 were damaged, 55 pilots were killed, 5 pocket submarines were destroyed, and 1 pocket submarine was captured.

Admiral Yamamoto 56, commander of the 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. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, delivered a speech to Congress, and he said with great sorrow and indignation: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, the United States was deliberately violently attacked, and this statement will forever be our national shame!" -- The United States of America was deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire...... He said that Ben did not officially declare war this time, and that the despicable attack would 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 since the unprovoked and cowardly attack of 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 always been procrastinating, quickly passed a declaration of war on Ben with only one vote against it. In the afternoon of the same day, the United States declared war on the political axe. Roosevelt immediately signed a declaration of war, calling December 7 a "national disgrace."

On 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 his first words after learning the news of Ben's attack on Pearl Harbor were "All right! We finally won. "Yes, the course of the war was completely unexpected by him, and he could not have imagined that he had done him a great favor, a great help to the British. Once upon a time, in order to drag the United States into the war, he made great efforts to obtain only one "Lend-Lease Act" in the United States, but his own attack on the United States made the Americans have to make a painful determination to enter a global war. On the same day, Britain declared war on Yue.

When Hitler heard the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he flew into a rage, and he cursed Ben 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. Ben's stupidity dragged the United States into the war and gave the United States an excuse to enter the war, and Hitler's world name strategy may have come to naught.

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

11 It was said that 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 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. ”