Chapter Seventy-Two: The Japanese Are Crazy
The situation of the battle had been tilted towards the Japanese side from the very beginning, and the US troops docked in the harbor had no power to fight back, and after issuing the code signal of "Tiger Tiger Tiger", Fuchida Nakasa, as the commander of the first wave of attacks, once again sent a message to the fleet stranded in the rear, according to the current war situation, he asked the fleet commander Nagumo Tadaichi to lead the fleet to move forward in time, wait for the return of the first wave of attack troops, immediately replenish fuel and ammunition, and he will lead the fighters to launch another attack on the US ships in the harbor.
And Nagumo Tadaichi is not a person who sticks to the rules, after synthesizing the information sent back from the front, he boldly adopted Fuchida's proposal and ordered the entire fleet to anchor and head for Pearl Harbor, striving to shorten their attack distance and range as much as possible when the first wave of attack fighters turned. The fighters ran out of ammunition, the dive bombers ran out of bombs, the torpedo bombers began to circle in mid-air, they didn't have many torpedoes, and the fighters didn't want to waste ammunition, they were looking for more valuable targets.
"Retreat, retreat as soon as you finish the ammunition" The voice of the on-site commander Fuchida came from the pilots' headphones, every minute was precious, and in order to expand the results of the battle, Fuchida had to forcibly order his pilots to evacuate the battlefield within a limited time. At Fuchida's urging, the torpedo bombers had to drop the few torpedoes left in the engine room, and they began to return with the commander Fuchida's plane. At this time, the Japanese fleet led by Nagumo Tadaichi was less than 200 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor, and the retreating Fuchida was facing the second wave of attack aircraft.
"Attack, attack" The second wave of attack planes that had just arrived let out a wolf-like howl, and the pilots pushed down their control sticks one after another to pounce on their respective targets, and it was also said that the aircraft carriers were more resistant to beating, and the three aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet became the key targets of care in the first wave of Japanese attacks, but they actually survived the first round of strikes because of their rough skin and thick flesh, so the second wave of Japanese attack planes, which was determined to win, still had to focus on taking care of them.
The fire and smoke caused by the incessant explosions enveloped the entire harbor, and more than 1,000 U.S. Navy soldiers jumped dumplings from the tilted ship into the water, trying to swim ashore from the offshore water. "Boom" Another U.S. ship was hit by a torpedo, and the already overwhelmed ship was blown in two, and the high bow and tail all showed that this place was very dangerous, and the sailors in the surrounding sea were desperately rowing their hands and feet, hoping to escape from this sea area before the ship sank completely.
After another explosion, the broken ship suddenly increased the speed of sinking, and hundreds of sailors who had not had time to escape were dragged directly into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool, and many more sailors who had not had time to evacuate the ship were also hiding at the bottom of the sea. One, two, three, the constant torpedo attacks eventually sent the three aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet to the bottom of the sea, and the Japanese fighter pilots, who had no time to cheer, turned their attention to other ships, and they needed to sink more American ships, or even the entire Pacific Fleet.
The attack of the Japanese fleet lasted a full six hours, and if it were not for the need for the protection of fighters on the return trip, Nagumo Tadaichi hated to allocate all the machine gun ammunition to the attack aircraft group. In the afternoon, the Japanese fighters finally withdrew, and Pearl Harbor had become a hell on earth, the harbor was full of smoking ships, countless corpses floating in the water, the sea water was red with blood, and the screams and cries of the wounded soldiers were everywhere.
The six-hour attack by the Japanese fleet sank more than 60 percent of the ships of the US Pacific Fleet, including three aircraft carriers and the remaining nine main battleships, five of the seven cruisers were sunk, 11 of the 19 destroyers were sunk, and the rest were all wounded, more than 10 auxiliary ships of various types were also sunk, 188 planes were destroyed, all the airfields on Oahu Island were blown up, more than 10,000 US officers and men were killed or wounded, and Japan lost only 37 planes and five submarines.
An hour after Japanese planes began attacking Pearl Harbor, Japanese negotiators in Washington delivered an ultimatum to the U.S. Congress, and the U.S. side learned that the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor had been nearly wiped out. The U.S. side had long learned that the Japanese had drawn up a plan to attack the Pacific Fleet, but it was still in 1941 when they got this information, and then the U.S. also knew that the Japanese Congress had terminated the plan.
"Oh my God, these damn Japanese monkeys" Roosevelt waved his hand, and the papers, telephones, and cigar boxes on the table were scattered all over the ground, and several of his assistants and white-collar workers in the think tank were stunned when they looked at each other, it had been a long time since President Roosevelt had been so angry. The diplomatic note sent by the Japanese negotiator was placed on Roosevelt's desk alone, and Roosevelt's eyes were swollen with the red cover.
Roosevelt's hand was on the diplomatic note, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the table, the Japanese side sent this note after the attack on Pearl Harbor, their original intention was to use this to coerce the United States, in a vain attempt to continue to get the support of the United States, from the United States to continue to obtain steel, oil, and scarce materials, has achieved the purpose of supporting their continued expansion in Asia. Roosevelt laughed silently, the Japanese are really too arrogant, do they think that the United States only has the Pacific Fleet? Do they think that after defeating the Pacific Fleet by sneak attack, the United States will admit defeat?
Roosevelt had already sentenced the Japanese to death in his heart, and the Americans were able to defeat the British with their rudimentary breech guns and stragglers, and now they can also defeat the arrogant Japanese. "Convene a meeting of congressmen in Washington, and immediately "Although Roosevelt was already thinking about war against Japan, the United States was not a presidential minister, and he still needed to obtain the support of Congress before making a decision, otherwise he would not even be able to assign a single soldier."
The sources of members of Congress were equally swift, and after the White House learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor, many members of Congress got the same information, as did the members of the Rockman family who secretly supported them. When one stone stirred up a thousand layers of Lang, and the whole of Washington was still as noisy and lively as in the past, the members of Congress had already gathered together like a rally to quarrel, some advocated war, some were good to talk about, some were hiding from the sidelines, and whatever was said anyway.
Roosevelt's presence did not stop the endless noise, but when Roosevelt's assistance was completed with the diplomatic note loosened by the Japanese side, the mood of the congressmen was extremely bad, and the Japanese side dared to use strong language in the diplomatic note to demand that the US troops withdraw from the Philippines, not only that, but Japan also proposed that the steel exported to Japan by the United States could not be shipped across the ocean, and could directly build ships for Japan in the shipyards on the west coast, which means that Japan asked the United States to manufacture ships for them for military purposes. The tone of the Japanese side at this time was a request, not a request.
The noise of the parliamentarians continued into the night, and finally the majority of the MPs agreed to declare war on Japan, but it was better to limit it to war against Japan, after all, Germany had long since broken the alliance with Japan, and Germany and the United States had always had good relations.
The next day, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced in Congress that the United States would declare war on Japan, and at the same time, American radio broadcast the news to the nation: "Pearl Harbor has been attacked in a despicable way!" President Roosevelt said, "This day of great shame must be remembered!" Then, the American radio station broadcast the news to the whole world in order to seek the support of more countries in the world.
Pearl Harbor, where the US Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by the Japanese, which was definitely the biggest news in 1942, more powerful than the German SS commandos occupying LinkedIn Buckingham Palace in 1939. Hunter, who had Zhao Zhi's support behind him, quietly made a large amount of money, and his subordinates sold all the information obtained by the CIA through various channels according to his instructions.
According to his calculations, even if the Japanese side started the plan to attack Pearl Harbor, it would probably take half a year later, but he did not expect that the Japanese would be even more anxious than him, and the so-called attack plan was approved in mid-April, but it was completely implemented in 20 days, and it was actually a success, which was unbelievable to the extreme.
"Wait, don't worry" The Japanese have already made a move, Zhao Zhi doesn't care how many American warships the Japanese have killed, he only cares about the attitude of the United States, once the United States declares war on Japan, this country with the largest and most advanced industrial base on the earth will start like a war machine, what Zhao Zhi has to do is to seek enough benefits for himself and Thunder when the United States and Japan are at war, only in this way, the foreshadowing he did in the early stage will not be in vain.
The Japanese are so arrogant, arrogant that they ignore any country on the planet, but Zhao Zhi is not the same, he is from a few decades later, he knows how huge the industrial base of the United States is, and he knows how terrible this country is once it becomes a war machine, and he is thinking about how to drag the Soviet Union into this world war.