Chapter 283: Target: Pearl Harbor
After receiving Zhang Shusheng's order and understanding his needs, the little kid in the virtual screen stopped what he was doing, and then waved his hand, and a list of items available for Zhang Shusheng to exchange suddenly appeared on the screen.
"My boss, there are a total of 122 types of equipment available for exchange, and the price is extremely favorable."
Sitting at the table, Zhang Shusheng carefully examined the densely packed several pages of exchangeable items.
"Huh? Reconnaissance satellites ......"
The first item in the list is the most advanced reconnaissance and monitoring equipment in this list, which is said to be a reconnaissance satellite, but in fact, the full name is "planetary monitoring system".
Clicking on the parameter report of this planetary monitoring system, Zhang Shusheng found that although this thing is worthy of its name and the title is also very bluffing, it is actually just a product of the development of a first-level interstellar civilization to the top.
Recalling my own time, whether it is synthetic aperture radar or high-precision optical reconnaissance satellites, in fact, they can achieve effective monitoring within the operating orbital range. As the most technologically advanced United States at that time, if they were given another one or two hundred years to develop to the peak of first-level interstellar civilization, it should not be a problem to produce such a real-time planetary monitoring system.
But now, although this planetary monitoring system is the most secret, safest, and most condescending means of surveillance, it does not meet Zhang Shusheng's needs.
"If you exchange such a monitoring system, it is not necessary to exchange a rocket to send it to the sky, it is too troublesome, and the price is also very expensive, a system of 50,000 points is too expensive."
However, affected by this, Zhang Shusheng decided that when waiting for the launch of the satellite at the end of the year, he must exchange for a high-surname Neng satellite and then launch it. In the first half of the year, the task of simulating the launch of satellites was completed, and the corresponding satellites were basically successfully developed, and we are waiting for the launch of the satellites at the end of the year.
Although Zhang Shusheng has been urging the satellite development plan, he has never thought of relying on this 'honorary star' to get practical space help, and when the time comes, he will have to launch a truly advanced satellite that has been exchanged.
Then he continued to look down, and sure enough, several more satellites were found, among which synthetic aperture radar satellites were impressively listed, but they were all skipped by Zhang Shusheng one by one.
The first ten systems that can be used for monitoring are basically satellite systems, and perhaps the little kid also thinks that if you want to implement long-distance and large-scale monitoring, this kind of condescending space satellite is the best choice.
After looking at several more items, Zhang Shusheng finally selected a small set of "compound eye" battlefield monitoring equipment.
This set of battlefield monitoring equipment is very small in size, and is mainly composed of two parts: signal collection port and receiving and processing equipment. The signal collection port is mainly a high-precision detection lens with a 'compound eye' structure, and the lens comes with a signal compression device to compress the huge information collected, transmit it back to the receiving and processing equipment thousands of miles away, and then restore it to a high-precision and high-definition original picture.
This kind of 'compound eye' battlefield monitoring system has a relatively simple structure and a relatively low exchange price, and in the process of signal transmission, due to the use of special atmospheric reflection technology, the receiver does not need to be transmitted by a satellite in space to receive the signal of the front-line lens.
What satisfies Zhang Shusheng the most is that, according to the instructions, if this kind of system is installed on the plane, it can obtain a very wide-angle range of monitoring and reconnaissance in the head-on direction of the plane.
"Little brat, exchange me for two sets of compound eye battlefield monitoring systems."
A compound eye system, the points required for redemption are 1000 points. Zhang Shusheng looked at the total number of points displayed in the upper left corner of the screen, but at this time it was as high as 2 million points, compared to which the price of this compound eye system was almost insignificant. With the gradual development of civilization, even if you don't raid a city, win a battle, or make a huge breakthrough in a certain technology, just relying on the automatic increase of points brought about by the development of civilization, about a week's points are enough to exchange for these two systems.
However, Zhang Shusheng has always been more frugal, if it is not something that is very needed, he will not easily exchange it, after all, he can foresee that there are too many things that need to be exchanged in the future, and accumulating points is really a long way to go.
"Yes, boss."
With a gesture from the little kid, Zhang Shusheng knew that the dream machine would soon open the exchange and teleportation. He stared at the room and saw a bright light light in the corner next to the Dream Machine, and he knew that this was the Dream Machine's own ultra-miniature space teleportation system.
After a flash of light, two sets of equipment appeared in the open space in the corner, each in two boxes, each about the size of a 21-inch television.
Easily open the box, and as in the previous exchange for items, there is a product information sheet at the top of the box. Zhang Shusheng took a cursory look, this is a civilization called 'Anka' produced in the late stage of the first-level civilization, and there are some machine parameters on it, instructions for use, etc. The operation of the whole equipment is relatively simple, and Zhang Shusheng doesn't even need to let the information processing terminal of the monitoring system be fiddled with by the people of the Science and Technology Committee, just put it directly in the house.
This secret science and technology center located dozens of meters deep under the FΓΌhrer's base camp can be described as huge, Zhang Shusheng's main office is not small, just one office is divided into office, rest, exercise, swimming, etc., many times, if it is not necessary to use those large equipment installed in other areas of the science and technology center, it is completely enough for him to stay in this main office.
"Zhang Yi, install them here."
Zhang Shusheng clapped his hands and stood up, and said to the robot butler 'Zhang Yi' who was waiting in the distance.
"Yes, boss."
According to Zhang Shusheng's request, the little kid deliberately set the male butler of this secret science and technology center to look like an old man. According to its assumption, it arranged more than a dozen robots for its boss that needed to be exchanged, but they were all reprimanded by Zhang Shusheng without exception.
Points are precious, and they must not be wasted when they are not needed, such as robots, if you exchange for a scientific research robot, then it is extremely useful, but if you just serve as a housekeeper, there is no need to waste it at all.
Finally, in the list of equipment and 'personnel' that Zhang Shusheng configured for the science and technology center, in addition to some scientific research robots that can study routine technology and assist Zhang Shusheng in scientific research, there is only one male butler and a Lori maid.
"Xiaoyu, make me a cup of tea."
Zhang Shusheng sat there and waited for Zhang Yi to install the tuning equipment, then turned around and said to the maid Xiao Lori 'Xiaoyu' who was standing in the distance.
"Yes, boss."
The sweet little Lori, like Zhang Yi, looks no different from the real person, with an angel's face, a petite body, wearing a pure white dress, smiling, a real pure little devil, walked to the pantry, took tea, poured water, and skillfully brewed a cup of tea, with skillful movements, without the slightest sense of stiffness. "Boss, please."
Xiaoyu, like Zhang Yi, belongs to the service robots produced by the second-level civilization, there is no terrifying 'real intelligence' like a little kid, only artificial intelligence, in addition to serving their own boss, they can also do simple communication with Zhang Shusheng. When he is not doing special project research, Zhang Shusheng, who studies science and technology, even mostly stays with the two of them to work in the main office of this scientific research base. It is also because of them that Zhang Shusheng will not find this underground base very boring.
"Boss, it's done."
Zhang Yi reported to his boss, and when he saw Zhang Shusheng nodding, he pressed a button.
The whole compound eye monitoring system, the difference between the receiving and processing equipment and a computer is not big, but it does not rely on the screen, but directly projects a beam of light, in front of the machine, about two meters from the ground in the air projection a 3D stereoscopic image.
At this time, the lens of the system was facing the direction of Zhang Shusheng. Correspondingly, the 3D stereoscopic image is Zhang Shusheng sitting at the table drinking tea, the image is very high-definition, and the three-dimensional sense is very strong, as if looking at yourself in the mirror.
"Yes, I hope the effect will be satisfactory by then."
Two days later, the military port of Taitung, Taiwan.
On the aircraft carrier Dachu, as soon as Song Zhou, the ace pilot of the HJ-3 fighter, and Cai Gongcheng, the wingman pilot, returned to the cabin dormitory, they saw two internal guard soldiers wearing white armbands waiting for them.
Ten minutes later, Song Zhou and Cai Gongcheng were taken to a conference room, where in addition to Rear Admiral Jiang Ming, there were two people dressed as engineers.
"Lu Gong, Qu Gong, these are the two pilots we selected, Song Zhou, the ace pilot of the Naval Aviation, and his wingman Cai Gongcheng." Jiang Ming enthusiastically introduced the two people dressed as engineers, and then introduced to Song Zhou and the others, "Xiao Song, Xiao Cai, these are Engineer Lu and Engineer Qu sent by the Science and Technology Committee. The two of you are fortunate enough to be chosen to be the executors of a secret mission, so let them tell you about it. Do a good job and don't let down the expectations of the ego. β
"Yes, Captain."
Jiang Ming nodded and left the small conference room.
The engineers from the Science and Technology Committee were undoubtedly very respectable, and Song Zhou and the others were excited, and each was speculating about what the task would be.
"This mission is to ......"
The two engineers began to brief the two pilots, who would be responsible for piloting a carrier-based aircraft equipped with a "compound eye" battlefield surveillance system to transmit valuable battlefield information to the rear during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
October 22, 1942.
"Chairman of the National Committee, the plan of 'climbing a new high mountain' for my sneak attack on Pearl Harbor has officially begun, and Prince Takamatsunomiya Nobuhito, Hirohito's special envoy, went to the port of Shan Guan Bay on Seki Island to see him off, and Yamamoto Isoroku led the command of the team, and the combined fleet has just left the port.
It has been preliminarily determined that their route is consistent with the information we have obtained before, and it is expected that they will make a detour from the direction of the Bering Strait to the waters near Pearl Harbor.
In addition, the combined fleet of the Germans also left the port late yesterday, successfully escaped the surveillance of the British fleet and disappeared into the depths of the Atlantic. The British came up with an analysis that the Germans were going to make a move in the depths of the Atlantic, and even on the eastern coast of the United States. At present, the British have mobilized their main fleet to search everywhere in an attempt to track down the German fleet, and the Americans' Atlantic Fleet, after receiving information, has also dropped anchor and left the port, and its northeast coastal airfields have also entered a state of combat alert, as if they are facing a great enemy. β
The director of the intelligence department of the base camp personally reported this exciting latest information to Zhang Shusheng.
Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but be secretly happy when he heard this, and said that everything was ready, and he said that his wave of east wind was finally blowing.
"The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, and now the praying mantis has begun to act, and the yellow finch should also leave the nest."
Zhang Shusheng picked up the yellow phone in the three-color phone on the table, "Pick up the Navy Command." β
In a moment, the phone was connected, and it was directly taken to the office of Admiral Deng Haoqian of the Navy Command.
"The Yellow Sparrow Plan, immediately start executing as planned."
October 23, 5:30 a.m., Taitung Military Port.
The decks of the aircraft carriers Dachu and Dayan, the southwest-class multipurpose cruiser Dalian, and an advanced comprehensive supply ship that has just been installed in the navy for a few months are already full of officers and men of the navy of the People's Republic of China.
At this time, the Dachu and Dayan, as well as the Dalian with a displacement of 13,000 tons and the supply ships, had already started their steam turbines and set out on the expedition with armor.
"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen, on this expedition, Cunsheng will definitely die and complete the established combat mission at any cost."
The commander of the People's Navy's Pacific Task Force, the admiral in charge of directing the 'Yellow Sparrow' operation plan is the captain of the veteran aircraft carrier of the People's Navy, and is currently Vice Admiral Ge Cunsheng, deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet.
Sending off the expedition fleet were Admiral Chen Shaokuan, one of the deputy commanders of the People's Navy, former Kuomintang Navy Minister and now mainly in charge of the East China Sea Fleet, and Vice Admiral Gao Xiaochuan, commander of the East China Sea Fleet.
Chen Shaokuan held Ge Cunsheng's hand tightly, and said earnestly, "Xiao Ge, this operation has a long way to go, we must ensure that the fleet is foolproof, do not take authority without authorization, in case of emergencies, you can report directly to the base camp immediately through the communication equipment issued to you." β
Ge Cunsheng nodded, as a veteran aircraft carrier captain, his combat experience and navigation command experience are very rich, in comparison, Chen Shaokuan in front of him is even far inferior to him, however, he did not have any criticism in his heart, but said solemnly, "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen, Commander Gao, rest assured, this battle will be successful." β
Without any superfluous words, Ge Cunsheng only had the belief of victory in his heart. After saluting, he turned around and walked quickly to the helicopter parked in the distance, which would land directly on the already moving Da Chu aircraft carrier.
At the seaport, Chen Shaokuan, deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, and Gao Xiaochuan, commander of the East China Sea Fleet, both raised their hands and saluted to bid farewell to the three warships on the expedition. There was no whistle, no flowers, no people to see them off, and yet, they were confident.
In order to maintain maximum secrecy, most of the officers and men of the Navy did not even know that the destination of the expedition was Pearl Harbor, except for special officers and pilots. But everyone knows that these two months of high-intensity training and simulated combat are not groundless. Everyone was holding back their strength, because a war belonging to the navy was about to begin.
More than a month later, when the sun had just jumped out of the horizon, in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, a huge fleet was moving rapidly through the waves, and the size of the entire fleet was very amazing.
A slight count shows that there are 11 aircraft carriers with empty decks alone, 7 large and medium-sized aircraft carriers, and 4 escort aircraft carriers of various sizes and relatively small in general. The rest were transports, supply ships, submarine carriers, and other escort ships, including three battleships.
The entire fleet, with a scale of nearly 30 large and medium-sized ships, is capable of confronting even the US Pacific Fleet, which is fully dispatched.
Nagumo Tadaichi, commander of the assault detachment of the Combined Fleet, put down the telescope in his hand looking at the sea, walked to the chart, compared the information sent back by the reconnaissance plane, and nodded to the staff officer next to him.
The staff officer picked up the wireless telephone next to him, turned on the encrypted channel, and said a few words before Nagumo Tadaichi stepped forward, and when he looked into the microphone, he heard the voice of General Yamamoto Go[***] from the earphone, Nagumo Tadaichi held back his excitement and reported, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the fleet is about to arrive at New Takayama in two days. β
At the same time, in the other direction, a task force consisting of four ships stopped at sea for a short time.
This is exactly the Chinese Navy's Pacific task force carrying out the 'Yellow Sparrow' program.
"Commander, when we discovered this Canadian-flagged merchant ship, we had already turned on the shipboard electronic jamming system, and at present, the radio communication in this sea area has been completely blocked."
An operations staff officer of the task force headquarters pointed to a merchant ship on the sea in the distance. On the sea about two or three nautical miles away from the four ships, a merchant ship that had deviated from its course was advancing and retreating, and in the face of four huge warships, this merchant ship of more than 7,000 tons was obviously a little panicked.
Ge Cunsheng put down the binoculars, because the sky was just dawning, the Canadian merchant ship that had somehow deviated from the course suddenly appeared near the sea horizon, and then the two sides quickly met.
Although Ge Cunsheng did not know whether the other party would recognize this as a Chinese fleet, he did not know whether the other party would be suspicious of the discovery of such an aircraft carrier fleet nearly a thousand nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor.
But he knew that the merchant ship had to be sunk, just like the other two ships he had encountered along the way.
At this time, the merchant ship Courage, which has the word 'courage' engraved on its hull, is experiencing a storm of panic.
"Captain, the radio and telegraph are out of service, and we seem to have entered a no-electromagnetic zone." On the merchant ship Courage, an old white man in the radio room was sweating profusely to report to Captain Alenke.
Alenke took a deep breath, and from the telescope, he could already see the small fleet on the other side.
It is said that it is a small fleet, but in fact, in the identity of Ehrenke, a 'temporary conscription intelligence officer' entrusted by the US Navy, this captain is not only the captain of a sea ship transporting ore, but also one of the captains who serve the US Navy and take advantage of the Sino-US route to spy on the military intelligence of the Chinese Navy.
In other words, Alan Ke is a spy.
Judging from the military training he has received, the four warships on the opposite side are definitely not American. Although he was only an amateur part-time naval spy, he had a very good understanding of the naval vessels of China and the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and it was impossible for him to recognize the wrong ship.
Judging from his experience in running Sino-US routes over the years, in comparison, most of the American ships are old, backward in design, complex in external structure, and complex in overall design, lacking streamlined beauty.
And China's warships look like, especially the new ships launched in recent years, Allenke has seen many times in ports or routes, these warships as a whole are more streamlined and beautiful, the external structure is relatively simple, and the structure on the ship is relatively simple.
And most importantly, Chinese warships, especially some large ones, often have some white spherical covers in the upper part of the island. Although he didn't know what was inside, according to his guess and the people from the Admiralty told him, it should be some communication equipment, antennas, and the like. In recent years, the Americans have also begun to design the originally complicated ship island into a more standardized design.
The Chinese fleet opposite, through the light of the morning light, in the military high-powered telescope in Erenke's hands, the ships all appear relatively new, "Two aircraft carriers, a battleship, and a supply ship, where are the Chinese going to perform the mission?" It's not off the coast of China, it's not the Strait of Malacca, Chinese there's no need to come here to protect shipping routes and fight piracy......"
In the middle of the ring, Johnson, the first mate next to him, spat out a sentence that shocked Alenke.
"Damn, these Chinese are not going to attack the United States." Johnson laughed, then shook his head again, "Oh, that's impossible, damn it, I'm talking nonsense." β
"What?" Alenke suddenly came to his senses, he never believed it, and he didn't even think that the Chinese fleet was going to fight the United States, precisely because their number was too small, only three combat ships and one auxiliary ship. But with Johnson's words, he believes that the possibility of Chinese attacking the US mainland is very small, but if it is to disturb the coast of the United States, or attack some islands and military bases in the deep Pacific Ocean, it is entirely possible.
Moreover, when Alenke left the United States, he had just attended an intelligence meeting, and the chief of naval intelligence told them that the United States might be attacked by the Germans in the near future, and that the Germans might launch military operations off the coast of the United States, or on some islands in the Atlantic.
But now, Allenke believes that no matter what the Germans want to do, if the Chinese fleet is found thousands of kilometers away from China and less than a thousand kilometers away from the Hawaiian Islands, the closest to the United States, then the Chinese are more suspected of violating the United States than the Germans.
He knew that at the speed of the Chinese fleet, his merchant ships would never be able to escape, then, as a spy with a salary from the Admiralty, he believed that he was obliged to report to the U.S. Admiralty.
"Damn it, Johnson, you go to the radio room right now, and ask Spark to fix the communications equipment for me right away, and I'm going to use it right away."
However, only a moment later, Ehrenke revealed some despair, for his mouth opened in surprise as the Spirit approached the distance of about two kilometers from the Chinese fleet on the opposite side.
I saw that the Chinese fleet opposite, on an aircraft carrier, a flying machine that did not look big from a distance, but was actually not much smaller than a fighter, was slowly flying.
The craft slowly broke away from the deck, flew vertically, and then flew towards the merchant ship Courage.
"Damn, it's a helicopter ......"
Alenke finally remembered a kind of aircraft that could take off from a warship that the naval intelligence officer had mentioned in passing during a training session. He had forgotten everything, but when he saw the Chinese helicopter, he remembered it.
A moment later, the helicopter flew over the seven-thousand-ton merchant ship.
"You have been captured, we have prepared the ships, please be sure to leave the merchant ships in an orderly manner, otherwise, you will be sunk with the ship."
After the helicopter came to the skies, it began to fly back and forth over the ship, and the warning was heard in both Chinese and English from the loudspeaker on board.
The warning is simple, not even a word of excuse. It was simply a warning that if they did not surrender and abandon the ship, then the crew would be sent into the Pacific Ocean with men and men to feed the fish.
"Give them a flag saying that we are merchant ships of the Dominion of Canada, belonging to a shipping company in the United States, and legal merchant ships registered in the United States, Zhanjiang, Fangchenggang and Keelung ports in China. We should enjoy the legal protections of China, the United States and Canada. β
Alenke ordered his subordinates to immediately issue the flag.
However, a few minutes later, when several hovercraft approached, Alenke knew that the other party was simply indifferent to his own flag.
"Captain, Spark said, the machines were still unresponsive, and he insisted that we had broken into a radio exclusion zone." First mate Johnson spread his hands and said helplessly, pointing to his head, afraid of death, he thought that it was time to surrender.
"Well, Johnson, we surrender to them."
Between being a dead ghost and a part-time agent for 'all for America', Alenke chose to surrender. However, he still had some luck in his heart, hoping that the Chinese would release him earlier, so that he could return to China as soon as possible, and he could also report the Chinese conspiracy or the fact that he had violated American citizens to the US political axe as soon as possible.
However, until he was locked in a steel cage-like cabin cell, Alenke didn't know how long he would be in prison in the future.
Because of his espionage work, Alenke was held in a prison in Hainan according to the law, and until the end of World War II, he was only halfway through his sentence.
In the cabin of the ship's captivity, Alenke met some of the other crew members, who, like himself, had been held captive.
Subsequently, he tried to find a porthole to see what was going on outside.
However, the sealed cell had no windows at all, and it was not until he heard a loud, low explosion and a slight tremor from the cabin that he realized that his Courage had been sunk.
As a matter of fact, just after a carrier-based torpedo attack plane took off with a heavy 'Chinese Sturgeon' torpedo, it turned around and aimed at the merchant ship and launched the heavy 'Chinese Sturgeon' torpedo, and in less than five minutes, the merchant ship was torpedoed by a torpedo near the waterline with a hole of more than 9 meters and sank.
(To be continued)