. The December day at Pearl Harbor was still shining, the huge battleships were motionless on the docks, and the sailors were either lazily lying on the deck basking in the sun, or disembarking to the shore bar or a cave to have fun.

Admiral Melkin, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, sat lazily on his lawn and looked at the Hawaii Daily that had just been delivered, and the front page of the newspaper said that the Japanese ambassador to the United States was in Washington to discuss with the US Secretary of State the idea of promoting friendship between the two countries, improving relations between the two countries, and prompting the United States to lift the oil embargo.

Melgin smiled lightly and put the newspaper aside, picked up the coconut water on the table and took a sip of it.

"Honey, today you are not going to go and Walter. Does Lieutenant General Short play? Melkin's wife walked up behind him and asked softly.

"No, dear, you should know I'm not in the mood to do these things." Melgin refused.

Madame shook her head lightly and walked away, knowing that her husband was not in a very good mood during this time, and basically refused to go out for entertainment.

A black maid walked over briskly and reported, "Sir, Major Sean is here." ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, a tall and resolute-faced general about thirty-seven or eighteen years old walked in, he was Rear Admiral Sean, chief of staff of the US Pacific Fleet, Sean came to Melgin and saluted first, and then said: "Your Excellency, tomorrow is Sunday, and many officers and men of the fleet have asked to go ashore for vacation, do you see if they all approve it?" ”

"It's all right." Melgin leaned back in his chair and said lightly: "The soldiers usually train very hard, and now it is difficult to have a chance to relax." ”

Sean hesitated for a moment before saying, "But General, if we all approve it, then we will only have a third of the soldiers left on the ship, and it will be very difficult for us to react in the event of a sudden situation." ”

Melkin sneered: "It's hard to react? What if you can react? Do you want to conquer the world with these old warships? ”

Sean listened to Melkin's complaints and was silent, he knew that Melkin was extremely dissatisfied with President Roosevelt's recent continuous transfer of the capital ships of the Pacific Fleet to the Atlantic Fleet. Under Roosevelt's orders, the originally powerful Pacific Fleet was broken up, and among the three aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet, the "Enterprise" was on its way back to Pearl Harbor, the "Lexington" had just sailed a few days earlier, and the "Saratoga" was being repaired in San Diego. There are also more than 20 capital ships that have missions to go out. Now there are only more than 20 capital warships of various types, including eight battleships, in the port, although at first glance it seems that the fleet with eight battleships is still strong, but their own family knows their own affairs, and the five battleships in it are still old ships that are about to be decommissioned, and the gun barrels on the battleships have already been built by birds, so such a fragile force is really worrying.

Faced with the fragile forces in the harbor, it is no wonder that Admiral Melkin was dissatisfied for the first time.

"What about our fighters, I heard that there was a strange order from above, pulling all the fighters out of the hangar and parking them on the airport runway, supposedly to be overhauled, which has never happened before?" Sean still doesn't understand what happened recently.

Although Melgin is upright, he has a rather irritable personality, and he does not hide his anger at Washington in front of this subordinate: "Who knows what those politicians think, I guess they want those planes to be reviewed by God." And the torpedo nets they had put in the harbor would only interfere with the traffic of our ships, and I had them dismantled the day before yesterday, and if any of them brought up this thing again, I would have them put it in his swimming pool. ”

Seeing Melkin mercilessly mocking Washington's policies, Sean frowned silently, and he always had a hunch in his heart that the relationship between Admiral Melkin and Washington was so stiff, which was not a good thing for him.

Sean thought about it and felt the need to remind his superior, "Your Excellency General, there is naturally a reason for this order from above, we just need to follow the orders of our superiors." ”

"Hmph, if you listen to the orders of these dogs, maybe you will be killed by them one day." Melgin scoffed at Sean's words, and said impatiently: "You can listen to what those bureaucrats said, and if we listen to them all, our fleet will not want to fight." ”

Sean sighed secretly, "Okay General, then I'll go out first, you can be busy." ”

On the vast ocean, a fleet was approaching, and a bloody sun flag was fluttering in the wind on the tall pole of a destroyer, followed by a huge fleet. It was a large task force of six aircraft carriers, two battleships, two heavy cruisers, three situational destroyers and more than twenty destroyers, sixteen submarines, and six supply ships, heading east toward Honolulu.

On the newly built "Akagi" aircraft carrier, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, commander of the task force, looked ahead with a solemn face, and behind him stood Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu, commander of the Sixth Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and a group of Japanese naval generals.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have reached 600 kilometers off the coast of Honolulu, and it is expected that we will be able to arrive at the predetermined location in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and we can order the submarine forces to attack." A staff officer is reporting.

"Got it!" Nagumo Zhong nodded expressionlessly, "Order the submarine force to go out and sneak into Pearl Harbor secretly." ”

Seeing that Nagumo Tadaichi didn't seem to be in high spirits, Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu behind him asked, "Your Excellency Commander, since you have brought the Imperial fleet here, you still have to work hard for the next thing." ”

"This is natural." Nanyun Zhong turned his head and said, "Qing Shui-kun, you can rest assured, since I have already brought the fleet here, I will naturally do my best." Although I do not support Commander Yamamoto's plan, as a Teijin, I will certainly do my best to win this war. ”

"Then please" Mitsumi Shimizu bowed deeply, he knew that Nagumo Tadaichi was originally very opposed to this sneak attack plan, Nagumo Tadaichi thought that rashly starting a war with the United States would only drag Japan to the abyss of destruction, but the base camp just handed over this task to him, which cannot but be said to be a great irony.

Nagumo Zhongyi continued: "Shimizu-kun, as the commander of the advance formation, I will ask you to command the submarine to sneak into Pearl Harbor, your advance formation will leave tonight, and you must sneak into Pearl Harbor before three o'clock tomorrow morning to clear the passage for the carrier-based aircraft, can you do it?" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, my advance fleet promises to complete the mission on time, and will definitely clear the passage for the carrier-based aircraft, otherwise I am willing to apologize to the emperor." Lieutenant General Mitsumi Shimizu immediately puffed up his chest and reassured.

"What's the use of your caesarean section! If my attack goes smoothly, that's the point! Nagumo Tadaichi's face suddenly darkened, and he reprimanded loudly.

"Hello! For the sake of the hegemony of the empire, I will definitely sweep the passage on time. Mitsumi Shimizu gritted her teeth and assured loudly.

"Yo Xi Qingshui-kun, then I wish you success!" Nagumo Tadaichi was also very worried, after all, this sneak attack was related to the fate of the empire, so he couldn't help but be nervous.

The White House, USA

"Your Excellency President, there is a secret report from our internal line that the Japanese Combined Fleet had mysteriously disappeared a week ago, and even the officers of the Japanese Admiralty did not know where they were going." The Central Bureau of Investigation gathered a crowd of Jim to report to Roosevelt with the latest intelligence in hand.

"Jim, guess where the Japanese task force is now?" Roosevelt asked quietly as he flipped through the information.

"I guess they've already arrived near Honolulu (Honolulu) Island." Jim smiled bitterly, knowing that the enemy had sharpened his sword towards him, and he could only pretend to be indifferent, which was really uncomfortable.

"It was a painful choice." Roosevelt said slowly: "Our country has been immersed in peaceful days for too long, and people have long forgotten the taste of gunpowder. It may be a choice that will require blood and sacrifice, but it is worth it, and there is no doubt that we will be able to stop the German and Japanese fascist aggression only by joining this war as soon as possible. Some people may think that we are cold-blooded and cruel, but this world is like this, where is the victory without sacrifice? The clarion call for freedom has been sounded, we will soon be involved in war, and this information will have to be sealed for at least fifty years before it will see the light of day, so let history judge what we are doing today. Roosevelt's face was even a little painful at this time, as if he had foreseen Pearl Harbor covered in black smoke.

"But we saved the whole of America, didn't we?" Jim said softly, clenching his fists as if to boost his confidence

Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning, December 8, 1941

The commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Melkin, also received a telegram from Washington, which came from Chief of Staff Marshall, in which he mentioned the fact of a possible sneak attack by Japan, but

The telegram was casually thrown into a waste paper basket by Melkin, who was eating breakfast.

In this way, the Pacific Fleet lost its last chance

While the morning sun had just risen and the soldiers of the Pacific Fleet, who had just participated in the revelry last night, were still asleep, the first attack wave of the Japanese sneak attack group, 183 bombers and fighters, had already flown over Pearl Harbor and dropped the first bombs. In an instant, the calm Pearl Harbor was filled with the sound of dull explosions.

The Pacific Fleet, which was asleep, was caught off guard, and Japanese bombers, with the cooperation of submarines already lurking, quickly sank three battleships and six destroyers in the harbor, and several more battleships were heavily damaged. Smoke billowed from the battered battleship, turning the picturesque Pearl Harbor into a living hell.

Soon after, the commander of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft that attacked Cheng sent a "Tiger!" to his own fleet, which represented the sneak attack. Tiger! Stimulated by the good news, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi immediately dispatched a second wave of 173 bombers to the air and began to expand the results of the battle

When the bombing began an hour later, for various reasons, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Kobayashi, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Kodell. Hull handed in a declaration of war, and Cordell. After Hull took the declaration of war, he said angrily to Ichiro Kobayashi: "In the more than 20 years of my diplomatic career, I have never seen such a shameless declaration of war!" ”

After two attack waves of the Japanese task force bombarded the US Pacific Fleet in one hour and fifty minutes

A total of eight warships, three cruisers, three destroyers, and eight auxiliary vessels were destroyed, totaling 300,000 tons, while 390 planes were destroyed on the shore, 2,403 killed, and 1,178 wounded.

"Jianming, the Japanese really bombed Pearl Harbor, and the Americans declared war on the Japanese!" When Bai Chongxi hurriedly took the latest telegram and reported it to Su Tong, his expression was filled with a hint of surprise and joy.

Su Tong put it aside after the telegram, as if he had put down a burden, with an indescribable relief.

"The Americans finally entered the war, which proves that the end of the Japanese is also coming, and they have disrupted the original history with the golden finger of the moon base, and now they have twisted part of the history stiffly to the right track with their own efforts, but what about the history of China? Will it still be like it in another plane? ”

Su Tong did not know what the future history would be, but he was confident that he would take a completely different path with the efforts of himself and all the people.

After thinking about it carefully, Su Tong asked, "Brother Jiansheng, where is Hu Lian's Third Army Group?" ”

As soon as this question was mentioned, a smile appeared on Bai Chongxi's face: "Now that they have occupied Uerlian, it can be said that the Far East of Soviet Russia has all fallen into our hands, and we are already across the sea from Alaska in the United States." ”

"Good!" Su Tong slapped his thigh excitedly, "Immediately mobilize thirty divisions of the National Guard Corps to station in the Far East of Soviet Russia, so that Hu Lian's Third Army Group can pull out." Now that the Germans are fighting fiercely with Lao Maozi, as long as we speed up the pace of immigration, we will certainly be able to stabilize the situation in the Far East within three to five years, and as long as we can maintain it for 30 to 50 years, we will be able to completely occupy the Far East! ”

Bai Chongxi nodded, with emotion on his face: "Yes, it turns out that I didn't expect that one day we would not only be able to completely recover the lost ground, but also snatch Lao Maozi's place by the way, this kind of good thing didn't even dare to dream of before!" ”

Su Tong also smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, this kind of good thing will definitely happen in the future!" With that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

After laughing, Su Tongcai said: "Brother Jiansheng, now the war in Soviet Russia has fallen into a stalemate stage due to the Soviet Union and Germany, and the harsh winter has come, and it is useless for us to keep too many troops in Soviet Russia." After Hu Lian's Third Army Group got out of the Far East, I wanted them to go back to China to rest first, what do you think? ”

"Go back to China to rest?" Bai Chongxi glanced at Su Tong suspiciously and asked, "Jianming, are you worried about the unstable situation in the country?" But as far as I know, there is no instability in the country now, and besides, there are more than 1 million front-line troops and more than 30 million reserves on the southern coast? What are you still worried about? ”

Su Tong smiled and shook his head, "I'm not worried about domestic instability, it's another use for me to transfer the Third Army Group back to China." ”

"Oh, what's you thinking?" Bai Chongxi knew that this little fellow had always done things imaginatively, and sometimes he was so bold that he was even stunned by his decades-old veteran.

"Brother Jiansheng, do you know what our country is currently lacking the most?"

"What's missing?" Bai Chongxi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Don't you know that I'm just a big boss?" Don't sell anything to me. ”

Seeing that Bai Chongxi looked like he was confused, Su Tong stopped joking with him, looked at Bai Chongxi and said word by word: "Iron ore and oil!" ”

"Iron ore and oil?"

"Yes, iron ore and oil!" Su Tong said solemnly: "Although we all know that there is a large amount of oil buried under the South China Sea in our country, but now we are limited by the weakness of the technical force at this time and cannot be exploited on a large scale, but I know that there is a place where the amount of oil buried is dozens of times that of the South China Sea, and it is also a very easy to exploit 6 oil fields, as long as we occupy there, our country's oil will be lost in the next 100 years!" ”

"Oh? Where is it? ”

Su Tong's fingers crossed a long arc on the huge world map, constantly moving westward, and landed in a place that was familiar to people in later generations!

"That place is the Middle East! Our big oil depot of the future! ”

"You want to march into the Middle East?" Bai Chongxi exclaimed, "It's the territory of the British." ”

"Afraid of what? Not only will I march to the Middle East, but I will also march to Australia, which is the guarantee of the future of our country! At this time, Su Tong's face carried an indescribable perseverance and determination!