The [Pearl Harbor Incident] shocked the world, because the world found that just as the [Blitzkrieg] replaced the [Positional Warfare] in Europe, the existence of the Combined Air Force also began to replace the [Big Ship Giant Artillery Doctrine], of course, at this time, there were still many supporters of the [Big Ship Giant Artillery Doctrine] who believed that the battleships in the Pearl Harbor Incident would be powerless just because they were suddenly attacked at that time and were trapped in the harbor and could not move, and if they were combined, the outcome would be different. 【Hot Literature Friends Sharing】

But in any case, there is no doubt that there are still more people who perceive that [the battleship] is behind the times.

At the same time, because the losses of the Americans at Pearl Harbor were much higher than in history, the Americans had already transferred all the remaining ships back to the US mainland, and even built a large number of fortifications on the coast to prevent themselves from landing directly on the US mainland.

As for Hawaii or something?

Although the Americans did not announce the abandonment of Hawaii, in the case of transferring most of their troops back to the continental United States, it was actually no different from giving up.

It's not that the Americans don't want to hold Hawaii, but in the case of the almost total annihilation of the Pacific Fleet, even if the Americans mobilize 100,000 troops to be stationed in Hawaii, if they don't have the right to control the sea, they will only let this force be trapped on a small island.

On the other hand, perhaps because of the victory of [Pearl Harbor], he seems to have straightened his waist a lot in front of Yan Guang, and he has a sense of arrogance in front of others―――――― you must know the past. Because he needed Yan Guang to support their war in Southeast Asia and Australia, he would never dare to make such a move.

However, the victory of [Pearl Harbor] does seem to have greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Yuben, and these diplomats of Yuben are counted, and even the people living in China have even celebrated in a grand manner. As for the local area, it is even more joyful...

Because of the friendly relations between the two countries, there are some people who celebrate this event together.

However, there are also many people who don't like the kind of posture that says that they are arrogant, after all, in the past, their posture was very low, and now they say that they give people a sense of villain.

However, even the most unpleasant person has to admit that he did a really good job in the matter of [Pearl Harbor], completely destroying the US Pacific Fleet through a single raid, as well as most of the fuel and ammunition stored in Hawaii...

Even Kimmel said afterwards: "I have to admit it." It was indeed a very beautiful military operation; Treacherous behavior aside, I really performed quite well this time. ”

The air raid on Pearl Harbor lasted two and a half hours, and the Japanese won a decisive victory.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet in December 1941 had a total of 12 capital ships, including 9 battleships and 3 aircraft carriers. At the time of the attack, Pearl Harbor had 98 ships, and in the attack, except for one of the 12 capital ships that was not at Pearl Harbor, the remaining nine battleships and two aircraft carriers were almost all severely damaged, and several of them, especially two aircraft carriers, were devastated.

Of the total 390 aircraft, 188 were destroyed (92 of which belonged to naval fighters. 96 belonged to army aviation aircraft) and 155 were damaged (126 army aircraft and 31 naval aircraft), with the Kaneohe and Ban airfields being the most severely damaged, and only one of the 82 aircraft at the two airfields was able to take off after the attack.

As for casualties. While no statistics have been made so far, Kimmel expects at least 5,000 people to have died in the attack...

In comparison. The losses were not on the spot, with a total of 29 military aircraft (9 fighters, 15 dive bombers and 5 torpedo bombers). Among them, 14 dive bombers and 6 fighters were lost in the second wave of attacks), and the flight personnel totaled 55 people, and the boat force was sunk by a total of one Yi-class submarine and four pocket submarines, and one was captured by the US military because it ran aground, and a total of 9 people were killed (later known as the "Nine Army Gods" in the domestic propaganda).

Leaving aside the strategic correctness of the operation, it was militarily successful.

After all, what I paid in this attack is really insignificant compared to the Americans.

In addition, unlike in history, the credentials for the declaration of war were submitted before the attack, so although the attack angered the Americans, the effect was not as strong as in history―――――― although no matter how you look at it, it was a long-planned attack...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army moved south to attack the Philippines, which had been preparing for a long time. The people on the West Bank of the United States were worried about the landing of Japanese troops, and the American military believed that the coastline of the West Bank of the United States was too long to defend, and Roosevelt ordered preparations for the defense of the Rocky Mountains.

As for the necessity of its landing, Yamamoto believed that there were only two ways to end the war: one was to occupy Pearl Harbor and use it as a springboard to continue to attack the U.S. mainland, and to force negotiations in Washington, D.C., and the other was to establish a Southeast Asian country that would continue to consume U.S. resources, so that they would think that victory would cost a huge price, and return to negotiations.

After the outbreak of World War II, the company deployed its main transport ships and soldiers to Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and was no longer able to capture Pearl Harbor and land on the mainland.

Even if they landed at Pearl Harbor or the West Coast of the United States, it would be a problem for the Japanese to ensure their supplies, and the entire overly long supply line in the Pacific Ocean could not be afforded by the Japanese army.

As for asking China for help? Although the current Sino-Japanese relations are friendly, and ordinary people regard China as an ally and the elimination of "East Asian civilization", the upper echelons of Yubenzhèngfu are not as naïve as ordinary people after all, in their eyes China is not trustworthy, if it is just used and used, it is nothing, but such a major matter is also entrusted to the Chinese...

Moreover, if it is said that it really attacks the US mainland, it will be a matter of good interest to China no matter how you look at it.

Treat others as you please. It is said that there is a strong neighbor next to it, and if this is still the case, does China like it?

In addition, the United States should not be underestimated in all aspects, so the top management of the United States had already decided before Pearl Harbor. After Pearl Harbor, taking advantage of the collapse of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, to occupy and consolidate its domination in the South Sea Islands and Australia...

According to the calculations of the military department, it can bring at least two to three years of advantages to the military department...

In two to three years, according to the current level of progress, there will be no problem in completely occupying Australia, after all, it is only a continent with a population of only 7 million, which can no longer be described as "vast and sparsely populated"...

At that time, it would have been possible to use the resources of these two places to wage a war of attrition ‖ the United States.

It was not until the Americans understood that if they wanted war to be the first place, they would have to pay an extremely high price, and they were negotiating with the United States.

Although they are ambitious and arrogant, they still have a trace of sanity after all.

Dominating the whole world with a single war? I have never thought of such a thing. For them, to be able to expand their influence to the South Seas and Oceania is tantamount to winning the "national fortune", which, according to Hitler, is "the living space of the nation"...

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the Meiji Restoration laid the foundation for today's Shomoto, and all they had to do was expand that foundation further.

As for their lovely German friends?

"Aren't friends just for selling..."

Although Germany and Ben have a better relationship. However, it does not mean that I agree with the views of the Germans, not to mention that it is more important for me to have national fortunes...

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Although it was said that Ben had no intention of landing on the mainland of the United States after the [Pearl Harbor Incident], after the surprise attack, rumors began on the island of Hawaii that "it was said that the workers had cut the sugar cane from the sugar cane fields into signs to guide the Japanese military planes in the West Coast of the United States" and that the Japanese Americans on the west coast of the United States were engaged in local sabotage work, and even said that the Japanese army was about to land in Hawaii. U.S. West Coast Military District Commander John? General DeWitt claimed intelligence that there were Japanese or descendants of Japanese descent as spies and saboteurs, and suggested that Roosevelt order them to be imprisoned. Roosevelt also gave the order, and about 110,000 Japanese Americans in the continental United States and Hawaii were later transferred to internment camps. However, the policy has been implemented to varying degrees, with far more Japanese Americans detained on the West Coast than on the East Coast.

on the battlefields of Europe. After Nazi Germany's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hitler told the Reichstag that "Germany's allies in Asia are dealing a heavy blow to the misbehaving United States," and declared war on the United States on December 11, soon followed by Mussolini of the Kingdom of Italy. Hitler did not have this obligation in the Axis accords, but he did so ♀ to anger the American people even more, so that the United States could support Britain more obviously.

In the past, there were conditions for the support of the United States for Britain, but now this condition has begun to decrease indefinitely.

Of course, there is also a consequence of this, that is, the British demand for supplies from China has decreased a lot, and even the business with Yan Guang has deteriorated a lot...

Fortunately, due to the fact that the Atlantic Ocean was densely packed with German submarines, the importance of the ground balance line to the British never diminished, after all, the Italians were too easy to deal with.

Also, according to intelligence from the Military Intelligence Agency, the Germans were planning an operation against the United States.

Codenamed...

"Operation Drumming"

In addition, due to the "Pearl Harbor Incident", countries around the world have shown great interest in "aircraft carriers", which have always been under the "battleships" and "battle cruisers" in the past.

Needless to say, not only did they return the third of the original "Yamato battleship", but also converted it into a new aircraft carrier, that is, the historical "Shinano" aircraft carrier.

The Shinano was originally the third ship in the Yamato series of super-battleships, and construction began in May 1940, after the construction of the Yamato and Musashi began, at the Yokosuka Shipyard in Kamoto.

However, during the construction period, the Japanese suffered a crushing defeat at Midway, and the sinking of four heavy aircraft carriers led to a significant reduction in the maneuvering forces of the Japanese aircraft carriers. The navy was helpless and could only order the Shinano, which had already completed half of the construction plan, to be converted into an aircraft carrier.

The construction of the ship was the No. 1 secret of the Japanese army, and the location of the shipyard was hidden, and the workers who built it were not allowed to step out of the factory during the construction of the ship.

Shinano's original plan was to be completed by December 1944. However, in 1944, the combined fleet of the Japanese army was badly damaged. A large number of ships were undergoing major repairs at the Yokosuka shipyard, which led to the suspension of Shinano construction work for several months.

After arriving at the Leyte Gulf Voyage, the aircraft carrier mobile force of the Ship was almost completely wiped out, and the embarrassing situation of no ships available and the imminent demise of the empire made the Navy strictly order that the Shinano must be built within 1944 (the Japanese army had strict military orders before the war, and if the task was not completed, from the commander in charge to the shipbuilders would be severely punished). The shipyard had to work day and night and neglect minor processes as much as possible, and was reluctantly declared complete on November 19, 1944 (in fact, the ship still had a lot of details left unfinished).

However, at this time, because he himself witnessed the power of aircraft carriers in the Pearl Harbor incident, especially after achieving far better results than in history, although the [big ship and giant artillery doctrine] was still very marketable in the navy and even in the upper echelons of Zhèngfu, under the strong demand of Yamamoto 56 and others, not only did he start construction of several aircraft carriers in the city, but also temporarily withdrew the construction plan of the third "Yamato-class battleship". And it is ready to be converted into a super-aircraft carrier.

When the Yamato was completed, it had a standard displacement of 65,000 tons, a trial displacement of 69,100 tons, and a full load displacement of 72,808 tons Note 1. The total length of the hull is 263 meters. With a waterline length of 256 meters, a perpendicular length of 244 meters, and a width of 38.9 meters, it was the largest battleship at that time...

And according to the expectations of the Navy, after undergoing modifications. The standard displacement of the "Shinano" aircraft carrier, modeled on the Yamato-class battleships, will reach at least 60,000 tons, and the full load displacement is even more unthinkable. At that time, the Yamato-class battleship will be like a Yamato-class battleship, with the world's largest aircraft carrier, the Vino!

If...

Without Limbo's words...

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Because of Pearl Harbor, the world's major naval powers began to take an interest in aircraft carriers―――――― after all, they were much cheaper than battleships.

This is still the case in other countries. Not to mention China, after all, under the guidance of Yan Guang, China originally attached great importance to aircraft carriers.

It's just that I saw that the aircraft carrier construction plans of the United States and the United States were launched one by one. Some "people of insight" and ordinary navies in the country are a little impatient. Although the Ocean Fleet is still one of the most powerful fleets in the world, if the aircraft carrier construction plans of Japan, the United States and other countries are introduced and completed, there is no doubt that the Ocean Fleet will be a head below them.

Inferior? This is absolutely unacceptable for the national fáng navy, which has dominated Asia for many years.

However, when the low-level naval officers jointly admonished Sa Zhenbing, who was the Minister of the Navy at the time and was also the most influential in the Navy, could speak to Yan Guang and introduce a new naval construction plan, Sa Zhenbing pretended to be deaf and dumb there...

Of course, it is not completely deaf and fake, after all, China is also a country with a social society, even in the past so many years, and I am afraid that there is no country in this world that completely eliminates the word "human favor".

So just when these young naval officers left in disappointment, several high-ranking officials around Sa Zhenbing said to them with a smile.

"Wait, there will be surprises..."

Surprise? What surprises?

A surprise on the aircraft carrier, of course ...

After many years of construction, the first ships of the "Lingbo-class large aircraft carrier" and the other class of "Kunlun-class medium-sized aircraft carriers" have finally been completed respectively, and now only the water is needed to outfit or something.

However, in this era, outfitting is also very simple, and it is estimated that it will not take more than a year to dry up...

Among them, the "Kunlun-class aircraft carrier" has a standard displacement of 34,000 tons and a full load displacement of 43,000 tons, which is an out-and-out medium-sized aircraft carrier, but it can also be regarded as a large aircraft carrier in this era.

In addition, the deck length is 275 meters in length, 45 meters in width, and the number of aircraft is 90 ...

In terms of performance, the Kunlun class is about the same as the Essex class in service in the United States in 1943, but it is stronger, and the combat effectiveness in this period is definitely strong, at least much stronger than the "Akagi" in this period...

As for the "Limbo class", it has a standard displacement of 62000 tons and a full load displacement of 83000 tons.

The length of the ship is 331 meters, and the width of the ship is 86 meters.

The width of the waterline is 40 meters, the draft is 12 meters, and the maximum speed is 12 knots.

At the same time, the hangar of the Lingbo class has a capacity of 130 aircraft, 180 aircraft in wartime, and a maximum of 200 aircraft...

Of course, in general, the number of 130 aircraft is enough, and the number of 180 aircraft is enough for a big battle. As for 200 or something, they won't be needed at all in wartime, not to mention that if you really want to squeeze it, I'm afraid the number of 200 can be even more...

However, the positioning of the Limbo class is the core of the battle group, and it is not just a front-line combat force, let alone a single one. In the battle, the "Limbo-class" will be accompanied by the "Kunlun-class aircraft carrier", and the Kunlun-class aircraft carrier has a defect compared with the Lingbo-class that it has too few aircraft.

Therefore, after the end of the battle, the "Kunlun class" and other aircraft carriers are likely to have a large loss of carrier aircraft, and at this time, the "Lingbo class" can be replenished with its own excess carrier aircraft, and this is also an important reason why the Lingbo class has so many carrier aircraft.

Therefore, in the positioning of the Navy, the "Limbo class" is not only the core combat force, but also the support and supplementary force of the aircraft carrier fleet, using its own surplus carrier aircraft and equipment to supplement other aircraft carriers... (To be continued.)