Nagumo Tadashi did not know that their every move was being monitored by the Communist government, and similarly, the American GIs on Pearl Harbor did not know that a large Japanese fleet was heading towards them...

"Hey! Bill, do you want to come and play! ”

On the way to the basketball, several young soldiers holding the basketball saw a companion, hurriedly shouted to the companion, and also raised the basketball in their hands.

"We're still short of people here!"

Since they were all members of the West Virginia, Bill nodded after a pause, but he counted the number of people on the other side later.

"One, two, three......... If you count me, it seems like there's one person missing..."

It's true that there are only nine of the eight people on the opposite side, including yourself, so there is still one person left to play...

"What's that, there's only one person left anyway, so it's good to be looking for one when the time comes!"

The companion on the other side was clearly a little unimpressed by Bill's words.

At this time, Bill suddenly saw a passing sailor, so he hurriedly spoke.

"Isn't that Doris, why don't you call him!"

"Him?"

Seeing the black sailors walking in the distance, his companion hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

"Forget it, that's a black man!"

At this time, several other people also spoke.

"yes, I don't want to play basketball with black people."

"That's it!"

"That's a!"

Hear them out. Bill sighed.

At this time, Doris in the distance seemed to hear the words here, but after hearing the words about the "", he actually wanted to join in Doris. The expression on Miller's face darkened (though not recognizable). Then he walked briskly out of here.

Look at Doris. As Miller departed, Bill reached out as if to say something, but couldn't say it.

Speaking of which, this Dorris. Miller was also a well-known figure on Bill's ship, although the black man named Dorris was merely a cook on the West Virginia, because according to U.S. Navy regulations, African Americans were not allowed to be official combatants on the ship. He could only do heavy and arduous ship duty. However, he rose through the ranks quickly, and soon became a ship's cook, and a private.

He would also say that he was a well-known figure on the ship, and not just because he was black.

Although he also served on the Nevawa halfway through his service career, he was the heavyweight boxing champion on the West Virginia when he served on the West Virginia.

Therefore, although racial discrimination in the United States was very serious at this time, Dorris was still very famous on the [West Virginia]. It's just in this day and age. Even such a reputation is obviously no match for the power of skin color...

Just as Bill sighed as he looked at Doris's back. His companions also seemed to have found a strong man, and after the negotiation, the companion patted Bill on the shoulder.

"Alright. We've found someone, let's go! ”

The group soon arrived at the basketball court, although it was only about 7 o'clock. But there are not many people who are willing to waste their youth in bed, so the basketball court at the base is already crowded with people, and there are even some girls on the periphery of the basketball court―――――― I don't know why they are not in the hospital and running here...

"Let's go!"

Bill said loudly.

"Whoever brings it back has to go to the bar for a treat if they lose!!"

The salary of the Navy in these days is not very rich, even in the United States Navy, so after hearing about the treat. The rest of the people were all in good spirits. ..., "Come on! ”

Just talking kung fu, the basketball has been thrown into the hoop.

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While the Americans were still having fun there. The Japanese fleet had already arrived not very far from Pearl Harbor.

Unlike the Americans who were having fun, the Japanese on the aircraft carrier were either quietly adjusting their state or silently praying that their gods would bless them and allow them to complete their operations smoothly.

On the deck, the logistics personnel were also busy loading the 800 kg armor-piercing bomb (1760 pounds, equivalent to 798.32 kg) and the Type 91 torpedo with a diameter of 450mm and 852 kg onto the Type 97 torpedo attack aircraft, while another group of logistics personnel loaded the Type 99 dive bomber with 550 pounds, that is, a bomb weighing 250 attacks...

"I hope this operation will go well..."

Standing on the bridge of the ship, looking at the busy deck, Nagumo Tadaichi was also praying.

Hearing Nagumo Tadaichi's words, Hasegawa Kiichi hurriedly said on the side.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, this operation will be smooth..."

"I hope so..."

In history, due to various reasons, the material preparation of the Japanese was not sufficient, and in later generations there was a saying that the Japanese at that time had enough armor-piercing shells of 800 kg, and the number of modified shallow water torpedoes was not enough.

However, in this era, thanks to the help of the national government, the Japanese were given a quantity of ammunition that they had not received in history...

Of course, Yan Guang helped more than that, but these Japanese people don't know...

After a while, an officer ran into the bridge road.

"Your Excellency, the deck is ready..."

"Are you all ready?"

"That's right."

The officer nodded earnestly.

"You can go at any time."

"Good..."

After getting up from his seat, Nagumo Chung took a kiss to Hasegawa next to him.

"Send a telegram to Lord Yamamoto and say that we are ready..."

"Yes!"

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Yamamoto Fifty-six, who was far away from home, had also gotten up early. Although Nagumo Tadaichi was the commander of the front line, as the direct planner of this operation, Yamamoto Isoroku never left his flagship [Nagato battleship].

Especially when the time for the attack is approaching. Yamamoto Fifty-six stayed in the command room of the Nagato all the time.

Therefore, when Nagumo Tadaichi's message was delivered, Yamamoto Fifty-six had already received it.

"Are you ready..."

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Yamamoto Fifty-six was silent for a moment.

By Yamamoto's side, the officers in the circle who were at least at the rank of Osaku were all so angry that they didn't dare to make a sound.

Maybe no one knows, but in fact, Yamamoto Isoroku himself has a lot of influence in the navy.

Historically, Yamamoto strongly opposed the Japanese invasion of northeastern China in 1931 and the outbreak of a full-scale war with China in 1937. and joined the German-Italian-Japanese Trilateral Axis in 1940. In 1937, Yamamoto, who was the vice admiral of the Japanese Navy, told the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Joseph Yamamoto, about the Japanese bombing and sinking of the U.S. river gunboat USS Pānay. Joseph Grew apologized, the incident made him a target for assassination by Japanese right-wing soldiers.

In 1938, a succession of Japanese navy and army officers of the Shaozhuang faction began to openly criticize a small number of high-ranking officers who were pro-American or opposed to the Three Kingdoms Axis as "harming Japan's due interests." Those who were criticized included Isoroku Yamamoto, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, and Narumi Inoue. At this time, Yamamoto received malicious emails and assassination threats from militarists.

The Japanese Army, disgusted with Yamamoto's constant opposition to the Three Kingdoms Axis, sent military police units to "defend" Yamamoto, in effect residential surveillance. Yamamoto even put a machine gun in his house to prevent assassination. Soon after, on August 30, 1939, Yamamoto was transferred from the post of Vice Minister of the Navy. Commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. This was one of the last steps taken by His Excellency Mitsumasa Yonechi in front of the stage. Enable Yamamoto to work on a naval ship and avoid possible assassination threats. Minai was certain that if Yamamoto had stayed on shore, he would have been assassinated in 1939. …,

December 15, 1940. Yamamoto was promoted to admiral. At this time, just as Hideki Tojo came to power to form a cabinet, public opinion generally believed that as long as this person gained power, Yamamoto would definitely be deposed. Back in the days when Yamamoto was Vice-Admiral of Japan. There were many conflicts with Tojo over the issue of sending troops to occupy Northeast China. Public opinion speculated that Tojo would send Yamamoto to run the Yokosuka Shofu, a position "with a spacious office, a resounding title, and no real power."

But when Tojo promulgated his new government team, Yamamoto was left untouched as commander of the Combined Fleet, even if his views were very different from those of Tojo and the militarists who were keen on war with Europe and the United States. Yamamoto's reasons for not being deposed included his irreplaceable position within the navy and his good personal relationship with the Japanese imperial family.

Although in this era, the original war of aggression against China did not break out. However, Yamamoto still opposed joining the Axis powers, which also made his relationship with the young Zhuang faction in China quite strained.

However, Yamamoto Isoroku can be in the position of admiral. He commanded Japan's most powerful combined fleet because of his enormous influence within the navy and, of course, his personal relationship with the Japanese Imperial Family...

It is this huge influence and personal relationship with the Japanese imperial family that makes even Hideki Tojo unable to move Yamamoto Fifty-six―――――― not to mention that the relationship between the navy and the army is also bad.

While Yamamoto Fifty-Six and the others were still silent about the message sent back by Nagumo Tadaichi, none of them seemed to notice, and in the command room, a glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of several naval officers.

The monitoring of the combined fleet, in fact, has ended in the middle of the road, after all, the YJ-40 still has certain problems in the range, even if it is short and medium-distance, if it is long-term, you need to wait for the air refueling technology to come out―――――― but this is not something that can come out in a short period of time...

The Air Force's monitoring of the Combined Fleet lasted only halfway, but even halfway was enough.

The staff officers of the Ministry of Defense can estimate the remaining range through the first half of the voyage, although there will definitely be some deviations, but there is no problem with the approximate estimate.

After all the AWACS units returned to the air base in Vladivostok, they really had to rely on Japanese spies.

As has been said in the past, there are many Japanese people in Japan who, like Miyazaki, see China as the hope of "East Asian civilization", and as China grows stronger. There are more and more such people in Japan, and it is precisely by taking advantage of this opportunity that the Military Intelligence Agency quickly expands its power in Japan. They even got some people to go to Japan and blend in with the Japanese government and army.

After more than 20 years of incubation, some of these people have even reached the rank of generals in the navy and army―――――― of course, there are still more people in the navy, after all, those young men in the Japanese army are too crazy, and this degree of madness is not something that ordinary people can learn, even spy personnel who have undergone special training from the Military Intelligence Bureau.

And now. These spies who have been lurking for many years are the best props for the Kuomintang government to grasp the movements of Japan...

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Yamamoto Fifty-six didn't know, even in his command room, there were several spies from China mixed in, so after looking at the information sent back by Nagumo Tadaichi, Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded.

"Send a message to Nagumo and agree to attack!"

"Yes!"

With that, an officer had already run to the side.

Not long after the order to agree to the attack was given, Nagumo Tadaichi, who had been waiting on the [Akagi aircraft carrier] for a while, finally received the order. ..., although it was only a few minutes before and after. But in such a region is not very far from Pearl Harbor. The sea area that could be discovered by the Americans at any time stayed, and Nagumo Tadaichi, who was very shocked on the surface, was still very nervous, so after receiving the permission order, Nagumo Tadaichi was also secretly relieved.

"Admiral Yamamoto's permission has come down..."

After looking at the telegram in his hand. Nagumo Tadashi pair Hasegawa Road.

"Order, let them attack..."

"Yes!"

Just like Nagumo Tadaichi, the naval soldiers on the deck have been waiting for a long time. So after receiving the order to allow the sortie, the pilots boarded their planes one by one.

A total of 183 aircraft were used in the first wave of attacks, namely the first group of 49 Type 97 torpedo attack aircraft targeting battleships and aircraft carriers, as horizontal bombers, carrying 800-kilogram heavy armor-piercing shells, commanded by Mitsuo Fuchida. Divided into 4 fleets. 40 Type 97 torpedo attack aircraft, commanded by Shigeharu Murata. Armed with Type 91 torpedoes, divided into 4 fleets.

The second group targeted aircraft stationed at Ford Island and Wheeler airfields, a total of 51 Type 99 dive bombers, carrying 250-kilogram bombs, commanded by Koichi Takahashi.

The third group of targets is aircraft taking off from airports and seizing air supremacy.

A total of 43 Zero fighters, commanded by Itagu Shigeru.

This first wave of 183 aircraft will determine the success of this operation...

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At the Opana radar station, two privates were still discussing the UFO that had just been discovered.

"What the hell is that, you say?"

Ben asked as he lay back in his chair, scratching his head as a somewhat bored Coote.

"Who knows," said Spear, who looked at the magazine, without looking up. Maybe it's a seabird or something..."

Not long ago, Kurt and Spear spotted an unidentified object approaching Oahu on the radar monitor, but the two people who didn't know the urgency of the matter didn't report the situation, of course they didn't know, it was actually Nagumo Tadaichi's reconnaissance plane...

"Really, when will it be time for the shift change..."

Looking at the sun that had risen outside, Coote muttered.

It's not as tiring as other classes, but it's a bit boring to stay in the radar station all the time...

Just when Coote was thinking about whether to apply for a change of class, or simply get out of a minor illness, and then go to the hospital to see the beautiful nurses inside, a large reaction suddenly appeared on the radar monitor.

"Spear, don't look at it yet, come and see what this is!"

After patting his companion, Coote pointed to the monitor.

Putting the magazine down, Spear saw on the monitor a large number of unidentified objects approaching from the north.

"God knows, quick, report up..."

If there is nothing in that case (?) If you don't report it this time, it will be a serious dereliction of duty, so Cooult and Spear hurriedly reported the situation over the phone.

It's just that I don't know if I'm in a hurry, when contacting the air defense center, these two people didn't mention the scale of the unknown object...

"Unknown?"

Lieutenant Kermit A. Tyler, who was playing chess with someone else on the phone, looked at it and said into the microphone.

"You should be seeing a patrol at the Higam airfield, or a B-17 bomber from the continental United States," Taylor continued, after playing a chess piece. "There's nothing to worry about..."

Hearing Taylor say this, the two looked at each other.

But since Taylor said so, they don't have much to say.

After all, the two of them are just ordinary privates, and Taylor is a lieutenant, although the lieutenant may not seem much older than the private, but he is also a boss anyway, isn't he?

"In that case," Coote thought for a moment. So how about we also play chess? ”

At this time, Mitsuo Fuchida and the others had left the fleet for more than an hour, and Mitsuo Fuchida didn't know that their actions were almost discovered―――――― if that person could be more cautious...

In any case, at least in the opinion of Mitsuo Fuchida, the operation was perfect, because the Americans did not detect their actions at all ...

"Next, just give the Americans a hard blow!"

After judging that the Americans were not yet sober and that the sneak attack would be successful, Mitsuo Fuchida fired a signal flare. However, no one in the fleet saw it, and Fuchida fired another round, but some people have misunderstood that it was a combat method of firing two rounds.

However, this mistake had no effect on the entire operation, as there was no organized resistance from the American forces.

Before the first bomb was dropped, Mitsuo Fuchida also sent three signals over the radio.

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”