readx;??? Roosevelt was ready to declare war on Japan as soon as he received the attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, the formal declaration of war on Japan also required the approval of the Diet, which would not approve the proposal until at least the next day, December 8.

But President Roosevelt couldn't wait, he wanted to hold a press conference in the name of the president, and he wanted the people of the United States to know that although he was disabled, he would also express his tough stance of fighting to the death in the face of the enemy's shameless sneak attack.

Roosevelt believed that this was the only way to get the parliamentarians, who were in charge of isolation, to vote by a show of hands on the proposal to declare war on Japan.

Although the press conference was held in a hurry, the well-informed press immediately sent hundreds of reporters to the White House press briefing room to attend the press conference held by President Roosevelt in his personal name.

You must know that in the history of the United States, there has never been a president of the United States who has held a press conference of this magnitude in his own name.

In the past, there have been some press conferences in the name of individuals, but those press conferences were often only done by some legislators who wanted to expose some shady things about the government.

But why did President Roosevelt, the dignified president of the United States and the most popular president of the United States, hold a press conference in his personal name?

Could it be that with his identity and status, there are still problems that he can't solve? It can't be that the president caused some peachy news in the White House, right?

The reporters who were waiting for President Roosevelt to appear in the press conference hall were gossiping about Roosevelt's affair trip, and then they saw President Roosevelt, accompanied by Director Hoover, walk out from behind the background wall of the press conference hall with a serious face.

President Roosevelt's opening remarks were very special, first explaining the American people's freedom war for independence, and then explaining the ups and downs of the United States over the past 100 years since its founding, as well as the American people's freedom-loving and peaceful way of life.

Finally, when all the reporters in the audience were listening to the excitement, President Roosevelt changed his voice and told the story of Japan's surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base.

When the reporters at the scene learned that part of their Pacific Fleet, which was resting at Pearl Harbor, had been completely annihilated by a sneak attack by the despicable Japanese, order at the scene was chaotic for a while.

Fortunately, Roosevelt's prestige was unmatched, and he quickly controlled the atmosphere of the scene, defining the entire press conference as an impassioned declaration of war.

The reporters at the press conference were also deeply affected by Roosevelt's speech, and everyone unanimously applauded warmly to express their support for President Roosevelt.

It is believed that as soon as the press conference is over, broadcasts and newspapers throughout the United States will immediately release the news that the United States is going to declare war on Japan to the world. And President Roosevelt's speech is sure to arouse the support of the people of the United States.

At the end of the press conference, when Director Hoover pushed President Roosevelt's wheelchair back to the president's office again, the Secretary of the Navy had already come to Roosevelt with the latest war report.

"Report to the President, it has been confirmed that one aircraft carrier under overhaul, ten battleships, ten cruisers, twenty-eight destroyers, five submarines, and fifteen small ships of the Pacific Fleet anchored at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base have all sunk."

"Hey, is the loss really so big? I thought we were just exaggerating the losses to increase the hatred of the people against the Japanese? Roosevelt was surprised.

"Yes, Mr. President, but thankfully, of the three mothers of our Pacific Fleet, only one aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, is moored at Pearl Harbor.

Therefore, although all the warships in the harbor have been wiped out, more than half of the strength of our Pacific Fleet has not been lost, after all, there are still two aircraft carriers, and dozens of other ships are patrolling the Pacific Ocean.

They didn't suffer losses on this fleet, I just got in touch with the fleet, and they were a hundred nautical miles south of Pearl Harbor.

I have ordered their fleet to move quickly towards Pearl Harbor, and we must catch up with the Japanese fleet in the shortest possible time and deal them a heavy blow. The Secretary of the Navy said firmly.

"How can you find the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet in the vast sea?" Roosevelt was hopeless about the Navy's pursuit.

"Mr. President, it is Ms. Xu Meiqi of Huaxing Group who has just provided us with the coordinates of the Japanese, and she said that their Huaxing Company has an inside line in the top level of the Japanese Navy.

After learning that the Japanese had attacked our Pearl Harbor, she immediately contacted the inner line in Japan and learned the specific location of this fleet. That's why they notified us as soon as possible. The Secretary of the Navy reported.

"Great, God is on our side. Immediately order all carrier-based aircraft of the Pacific Fleet to launch an attack on the Japanese fleet, no matter how many Japanese ships can be destroyed, even if they just drop a bomb on a Japanese ship, it will be a success for our entire United States. President Roosevelt exclaimed.

"Yes, I'll give the order at once." The Secretary of the Navy turned around and walked out of the president's office.

"Hoover, we are finally going to war with the Japanese, and we will have to deal more with the people of the Huaxing Group in the future, they have been working hard in Japan for many years, and I believe they can provide us with very useful information in the future." Roosevelt admonished.

"Yes, Mr. President, don't worry, we have always been a strategic partnership with Huaxing Group, and their motherland is also invaded by the Japanese, I believe we will cooperate seamlessly." Hoover immediately nodded in agreement.

Then Roosevelt personally ordered that all arms be warned, and all military-industrial complexes immediately convened a meeting to expand production. At the same time, the ministers of the army, navy, and air force immediately went to the White House, and they wanted to discuss a set of feasible plans.

They want to give the Japanese a counterattack at the first opportunity, and they want the arrogant Japanese to know that they Americans will not give in. At the same time, Roosevelt ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately contact the Chinese government: "What equipment do they want, we Americans are out, free of charge." Roosevelt said fiercely.

While Roosevelt and Hoover were still discussing how to retaliate against Japan.

One hundred and eighty nautical miles east of Pearl Harbor, all Japanese aircraft had returned to the task force, and most of the aircraft had been rereplenished.

Then I saw Yamamoto wave his hand, and all the fully loaded planes immediately attacked the waters south of Pearl Harbor.

At this time, 100 nautical miles south of Pearl Harbor, an equally large aircraft carrier fleet had just received the coordinates of the Japanese task force that had attacked the Pearl Harbor naval base, so nearly 200 fighters on the two aircraft carriers immediately loaded their bombs and took to the air to prepare to attack the task force.

Looking closely at this fleet, there are nearly 200 aircraft on the two aircraft carriers, and the escort formation is all destroyers, and the number of these destroyers adds up to 40.

Then on the outermost periphery of the entire fleet are a dozen frigates with air defense as the main focus, and as for the invisible sea, there are more than a dozen submarines guarding the fleet below the waterline.

It is said that it is not that enemies do not get together, but there is also a saying called passing by. This time, the Japanese task force sent a total of 400 planes, and because they were going to attack the waters where the Pacific Fleet was located again, they still flew in the form of low-altitude raids.

But the American planes are different, they are a group of troops determined to take revenge. So they flew at the top speed of the Japanese task force at high altitude.

In this way, two huge flying planes passed by at high and low altitudes, and neither of them noticed the existence of the other.

Therefore, when several hundred Japanese planes flew over the Pacific aircraft carrier formation, American planes also flew over the Japanese task force, so the two equally powerful aircraft carrier formations, which had not yet met each other, began a desperate battle of air raids and counter-air raids.