At two o'clock in the afternoon of Washington time, when Roosevelt received the information that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by Japan, he was suddenly taken aback. This is not the United States in later generations, and even if Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in later generations can be said to be a conspiracy for the United States to enter the war. But in this time and space, the United States does not have this idea, China is watching from the sidelines, where would the United States enter a state of war in such a hurry.

Japan's move was indeed unexpected by the United States, although many people have already said that Japan will take the opportunity to sneak up on US military bases in the Pacific. However, it is generally believed that even if the Japanese do something against the United States, the target can only be the Philippines. But who knows, Japan actually went to Hawaii at the expense of the near and far. This shook the United States up and down.

Continuous intelligence came, when the news of the total annihilation of the Pacific Fleet came on telegram. Roosevelt almost lost his footing, but he survived. But when the last news came, Roosevelt could no longer support it, and fainted gloriously.

Japanese carrier-based aircraft detonated a heavy oil depot, and Hawaii was finished.

This intermittent telegram shocked the high-ranking officials in Washington. They all know that there are tens of millions of tons of heavy oil in Hawaii, and in the event of an explosion, its power is comparable to that of tens of millions of tons of explosives. Moreover, once the explosion of heavy oil oil occurs, its harm is by no means comparable to that of explosives.

Even though they hadn't seen anything like it, it couldn't stop them from thinking about it. In the event of such a catastrophe, there is only one consequence, and that is that the entire island of Oahu will be flattened by the fire. Even the rock will be burned to ashes, and the steel will be melted, not to mention other things. After the fire. Oahu will be gone except for the remaining burning ashes.

Just when Roosevelt was awakened, hurried footsteps came, and a White House attendant came to Roosevelt and said: "Your Excellency, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, has just submitted a declaration of war, officially declaring that Japan and the United States are in a state of war. ”

"Little devils who like sneak attacks, what's the use of declaring war now, since it's already done. What are you afraid of declaring war. Half a century of hard work has been ruined. The Pacific Fleet is gone, and the entire Pacific Ocean has now become someone's backyard. The Philippines is finished, and so are the interests in the Pacific. It was the first time since Roosevelt took office that he had made such a gaffe. It was the time of the economic crisis. He didn't have such a gaffe. It can be seen how much this matter has affected him.

"Your Excellency. Now is the time to make a decision, and since the declaration of war is inevitable, we have no choice but to fight. ”

"We should mobilize for war immediately. Recruit soldiers, convert the economy, and build warships with all your might. ”

"Vigorously produce weapons and equipment, join the Allies, and exchange a lot of weapons and equipment for our time to breathe. Especially in Australia and the Far East, the Japanese had to be made difficult. ”

"It is also necessary to quickly explain to the people that when this happens, it must be clear to the people that war is coming."

"The members of parliament also need the president to say it himself, and that group of people has to agree."

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Hearing the advice of his aides and senior officials, Roosevelt nodded, knowing very well that under such circumstances, it was completely impossible for the United States to stand alone. If something like this happens, the policy of isolation will no longer exist. Although there was still a great power in the East, Roosevelt had no choice, and war was the only means now. Later, more on that later.

With the reason for war, Roosevelt immediately convened Congress, which was more efficient than ever.

Roosevelt said very directly in Congress: "Japan has not formally declared war this time, and the despicable attack will forever bear the charge of dishonor, and the American people will surely win the final victory, and we must not only do our best to defend ourselves, but also ensure that this despicable act can no longer endanger us." We will be victorious, God willing. I hereby only ask Congress to declare 'entry into the war'. ”

The U.S. Congress passed a declaration of war on Japan by a mere vote of opposition. Roosevelt immediately signed a declaration of war, calling October 25 a "day of national shame." The U.S. government continued and intensified its military mobilization and began to transform its economy into a wartime economy.

In Europe, after Nazi Germany attacked Pearl Harbor in Japan, 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 October 28, soon followed by Mussolini in the Kingdom of Italy.

Adolf from the Axis Accords. Hitler had no such obligation, but did so anyway. This further infuriated the American people and made it more visible for the United States to support Britain. It also delayed the US military answer in the Pacific for some time. The entry of the United States into the war gave the Allies enormous industrial productivity, and Britain immediately relieved the crisis of being deprived of supplies by the Dönitz submarine fleet. The Soviet Union, for its part, gained time to transfer industry to the Ura Mountains after Operation Barbarossa in Germany to resume production.

This is not the United States before, if the United States was to make money before, then now, the United States is for the victory of this war. Because there is still China watching from the sidelines in this world, the United States urgently needs an opportunity for a quick victory. The issue of helping allies is no longer a matter of money or money, but of strong support. Therefore, for the rest of the Allied countries, the accession of the United States is a great booster.

For Germany, this is already an unavoidable situation. From the time Hitler decided to start carrying out unrestricted submarine warfare, he was already mentally prepared for such a situation. It was just that the bold move of the ally in the East pleased Hitler and at the same time deeply surprised its audacity. This play was played too beautifully and dealt an extremely heavy blow to the United States.

It's just that in Hitler's heart, there is one thing he feels very sorry for, that is, the tens of millions of tons of heavy oil, which is now very precious to Hitler. However, he also knows that there is no way for Japan to take back those heavy oils, and blowing them up is the best choice.

After two years of continuous offensives, Germany's oil reserves were running out, and although Germany had occupied many of the Soviet oil fields at this time, the daily consumption was still terrifying. So. He needed more sources of oil, so he set his sights on North Africa.

And in the Far East, Japan, which had achieved great results because of the sneak attack, also began to strike while the iron was hot.

The Japanese 14th Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, landed on the Batan Islands north of Luzon (not the Bataan Peninsula) and two days later on Camikin Island (not Camikin Province), Vigan, Aparry, and Kagyan in northern Luzon.

When the United States learned that Japan was attacking the Philippines on a large scale, it immediately ordered the Philippine US military to resolutely counterattack. To this end, eight American B-17 bombers attacked the Japanese troops who landed in Kagyan, and the other B-17 bombers joined forces with fighters to attack the Japanese troops who landed in Vigan, in the last joint operation of the Far East Air Force. A total of two troop transports, a light cruiser Naka, and the destroyer Murayu were damaged. Sink a minesweeper.

On the morning of November 1, 3,000 soldiers belonging to the Japanese 16th Division landed in Legaspi, south of Luzon, 150 kilometers from the American and Philippine defensive lines, and on November 3, the Japanese attacked Mindanao.

At the same time, the U.S. Asian Fleet had retreated from Philippine waters on 2 November after suffering heavy losses while the Japanese bombarded naval installations in Cavite. Only submarines could challenge the superiority of the Japanese Navy.

The main offensive of the Japanese advancing towards Manila appeared on the morning of November 7. More than 40,000 soldiers of the Japanese 14th Army, commanded by Masaharu Honma, invaded Inyain Bay in northern Luzon. Partially part of the Japanese 48th Division and the 16th Division, supported by nearly 100 tanks and artillery fire, landed at three locations east of Inyain Bay.

A small number of B-17 bombers flying in from southern Australia attacked the invasion fleet, while US submarines also attacked from nearby waters, but with little effect. The 11th and 71st Philippine Infantry Divisions, lacking training and equipment, were unable to repel the Japanese landing. And you can't suppress the enemy on the beach.

Units of the Japanese 48th and 16th Divisions landed farther south of the bay, and the U.S. 11th Infantry Division met the Japanese at Rosario but was forced to retreat after suffering heavy casualties. By the evening of 9 November, the Japanese had advanced sixteen kilometers inland. The next day, 7,000 soldiers of the 16th Division landed at two points along the coast of Ramon Bay in southern Luzon, where they found that the American forces were powerless to resist, and they concentrated and began to advance north towards Manila, joining forces with the northward and southward for a final victory.

Many Allied soldiers surrendered or fled, and the U.S. Filipino Division was stationed in the theater to cover the withdrawal of troops to Bataan and prevent the Japanese from advancing into the Subic Bay area. On 13 November, MacArthur ordered a return to his old pre-war plan to defend only Bataan and Corregidor Islands. Both the military command and the Philippine government have moved to the island, but a large number of defenders remain elsewhere for months.

On 15 November, the Philippine 31st Infantry Division moved to near the zigzag pass to defend the flank of the defenders withdrawn from south-central Luzon, while the U.S. Philippine Division regrouped at Bataan. On 20 November, the 31st Infantry Division was moved to defend at the neck of the Bataan Peninsula, at the crossroads west of the Olongapo-Manila road, which was captured by the Japanese the next day.

From January 7 to January 14, 1942, the Japanese concentrated reconnaissance and preparation for the attack on the Abkai Line, the American and Philippine troops approached Abkai to meet the Japanese attack at night, and the American Philippine Division counterattacked on January 16, but the counterattack failed, and on January 26 they were forced to retreat to the Boracay-Mertema defensive area.

Although the Japanese offensive was hampered by heavy losses and fuel shortages during several weeks of offensive, the situation of the Allies in the Asia-Pacific region deteriorated. Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to retreat to Australia and became Supreme Commander of the Southwest Pacific region.

(MacArthur spoke in southern Australia: "I came out of Bataan, and I will go back.") ”)

Maj. Gen. Wainwright became Allied Commander of the Philippines on Feb. 2, at which point the U.S. Philippine Division shifted to support other defense areas. Beginning on 8 February, the Japanese launched a new offensive, and the Allies were weakened by hunger, disease, and continued fighting. Half a month later, the Japanese broke through along Mount Maniboras, and the Philippine division of the US army could no longer coordinate operations and could not counterattack in the face of fierce attacks. On 25 February, an infantry regiment of the United States and the 31st Philippine Infantry Division collapsed near the Apu River, eventually surrendering to the Japanese on 28 February.

Corregidor Island is the coastal artillery station of the US Army, and the old coastal artillery regiment and the US anti-aircraft artillery regiment are stationed on the island. Anti-aircraft artillery regiments were deployed on the heights of the island of Corregido. Shooting down many Japanese Air Force fighters and bombers, the fixed old batteries and huge howitzers used to defend against any attack from the sea were easily found and destroyed by the Japanese bombers, and the American soldiers and Filipino Scouts, a total of 14,700 men, defended this small fortress.

The Japanese Air Force had ordered the bombers to be loaded with oxygen to make the bombers fly higher to avoid anti-aircraft artillery fire on the island, after which more intense bombing came.

At the beginning of the Japanese offensive, Philippine President Manuel . Quezon, General MacArthur, other senior naval officers, elected legislators, and their families escaped the air raid on Manila and moved into the Marinta Tunnel on Corregido Island, where they arrived on either side of the Marinta as a high command headquarters, hospital, and storage of food and munitions.

In February 43, several US Navy submarines reached the northern part of Corregido Island. The navy brought letters, orders, and weapons. They also took away high-ranking American and Filipino officers, gold, silver, and other important documents, and some of them were captured by the Japanese and imprisoned in concentration camps in Manila and elsewhere.

The defenders of Corregido Island, including the aforementioned air and shore defense forces, the 4th U.S. Marine Regiment, and some U.S. Navy personnel garrisoning Corregido, when the Japanese captured the Bataan Peninsula. Some U.S. troops fled to Corregido Island.

On 5 March, the Japanese began a heavy artillery bombardment of Corregido Island. Cover the landing of the landing force. In the middle of the night of March 5, the left flank of the Japanese 4th Division, including an infantry wing. A 7th Tank Wing and two squadrons of mountain artillery landed in the northeast of the island. Despite fierce resistance, the Japanese established a beachhead with tank and artillery support, and the defenders were quickly driven to the foot of Marinta Hill.

On the evening of 6 March, Wainwright offered Japan a condition of surrender, which Japan insisted that the surrender must include all Allied forces in the Philippines, which Wainwright accepted, believing that the lives of soldiers on the island were at risk.

On March 8, he sent a message ordering Sharp's Visayas-Mindanao forces to surrender, and Sharp complied, but individual soldiers continued to fight as guerrillas.

On November 1, 42, the same day that the Japanese army began its attack on the Philippines. U.S. Governor General McMillen of Guam was told in his sleep that the Pearl Harbor incident had broken out yesterday afternoon, and that the United States and Japan might formally declare war on each other.

Japanese warplanes that took off from Saipan to strafe the US military barracks over Guam, US Navy supply stores, radio stations, the Guam subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company of the United States, and many civilian facilities on Guam were also attacked by Japanese warplanes.

During this air raid, the US warships (small-tonnage minesweepers) anchored at the docks on Guam also counterattacked and strafed the Japanese planes, and after shooting down a Japanese plane, the US minesweepers were also sunk very quickly. The fighting continued into the afternoon, and there were still air raids all day, and it was not until after 17 o'clock in the evening that the Japanese planes did not fly again.

The next morning, more than a dozen Japanese warplanes attacked again, but only once today, this time targeting the government mansion in Agania and several nearby villages.

In the evening, the Japanese invading fleet was dispatched from Saipan, including four cruisers loaded with landing forces and weapons and ammunition, four destroyers, two gunboats, six submarine sweepers and destroyers, two minesweepers, and two cargo ships carrying water and food supplies, and rushed to Guam at full speed to prepare for a large-scale landing.

At two o'clock in the morning on November 3, the Japanese troops belonging to a battalion of the Japanese Marine Corps successfully landed, and immediately attacked the government mansion and captured it after coming ashore. The Japanese then advanced and attacked the U.S. Marine Corps barracks. Another Japanese unit launched a northern flank attack, landing in the northwest bay of Guam and then attacking the Japanese division in Southern Agania.

At four o'clock in the morning, a fierce battle broke out between the Japanese marines, the American marines, and the islanders in the Spanish Plaza in the city of Agana.

At sea, the Japanese navy carried out partial cruises, successively destroying the Allied navies, the greatest of which was the total annihilation of the remaining forces of the British Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean. Completely expelled the Allied naval forces from the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and made the Japanese navy invincible in both oceans except China.

Japan occupied various islands in the Pacific Ocean one after another, and because the U.S. Pacific Fleet was destroyed in Pearl Harbor and was unable to assist its theater of operations, and the Japanese army attacked on a large scale, the islands were occupied by the Japanese army. The Japanese army built different fortifications and airfields on each island, which made the scope of Japan's "absolute defense circle" constantly expand, but the number of troops was greatly dispersed. In addition, the Japanese army also intensified its attack on Australia, and began to actively want to expand in the south while occupying the north.

At this time, the Allied forces in Australia were all led by MacArthur, and with the continuous support of American weapons, they gradually stabilized the front. Although by this time two-thirds of Australia had been occupied by the Japanese, the Allies were slowly gaining a foothold.

In less than five months, Japan had captured all the Allied islands in the Pacific, and its record had reached a peak.

But this also directly exposes a problem, that is, the troops are completely unable to keep up. Although there are already a large number of North Korean puppet troops and Indonesian puppet troops, the strength is still stretched. This also gave the Allied leaders in Australia a chance to breathe, otherwise perhaps the whole of Australia would now be occupied by Japan.

The glorious battle record, the huge victory, and the unprecedented territory made the whole of Japan begin to cheer and cheer. When the war broke out, even Hideki Tojo never thought that there would be such a good situation now.

The Japanese side also began to recover the spoils of war, countless resources were transported back to the Japanese mainland, mines were opened in various places, and countless prime people were pulled into the mines, working day and night. Ships laden with gold and jewels come and go. It has greatly strengthened Japan's national strength and economy.

Such a source of wealth is absolutely unprecedented, especially in this kind of crazy plundering by Japan, eight points of spoils, the Japanese army can scrape out two more points.

The effect of the Golden Lily Project, like Japan's record, has reached the peak of history.

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