Chapter 584: Shocking the Universe
The ground officer nodded happily at first, and then said with some hesitation, "But... But we didn't get an order. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Fuchida looked at the conning tower in disbelief, and sure enough, he couldn't give an order, and inside the conning tower, Nagumo Tadaichi was hesitating.
"Your Excellency, the first planes have returned, and we must hurry up and prepare for the next attack." The staff officer next to him said.
Nanyun Zhong looked outside, shook his head and said, "Our mission is over, now there should be at least three teams of American troops to start looking for our traces, if we are discovered, it is likely that there will be losses, this is too dangerous." Don't forget, there is another aircraft carrier in the US military that is missing. β
As he spoke, Nan Yunzhong ordered, "When the second wave of planes comes back, return immediately!" β
Fuchida was anxiously waiting on the deck, and suddenly saw a tree flag hanging out, and hurriedly shouted, "Quick!" Hurry up and get ready for the second attack!! β
"Wait... That.. That's the order to prepare for the return voyage! Someone next to him reminded him.
Fuchida looked at it seriously, and he was surprised to find that the flag language meant to wait for the second wave of planes to return, and he immediately ran quickly to the control tower. Pushing away the guards' blockade, he rushed in and shouted to Nagumo Tadaichi, "Your Excellency, commander, why do you want to stop the attack? There are still a large number of American ships in Pearl Harbor that have not been destroyed, as well as their docks and repair yards, which have not been bombed. β
Nan Yunzhong glanced at him and said, "Have you forgotten what our mission is?" β
Fuchida waved his hand and replied, "Isn't it completely destroying the Pacific Fleet of the United States?" β
Nagumo Tadaichi shook his head and said, "It is to cover the operations of our army in Southeast Asia, to protect the flanks and rear of the Southern Fleet, and now that our mission has been completed, then what I have to do next is to lead this elite unit back to Japan safely... Ready to sail back!! β
Fuchida wanted to say something, but the grass deer next to him stopped him and said, "Fuchida-kun, we must make a calm judgment between our fighting enthusiasm and our combat strength, our country's financial resources are almost exhausted, but the financial resources of the United States are almost unlimited, if we have any accidents, then even if Pearl Harbor is completely destroyed, what can we do?" β
Fuchida opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and finally stamped his foot hard and retreated.
Nagumo Tadaichi actually felt extremely sorry in his heart, if Japan's national strength was stronger, he would naturally dare to take risks, but now he only thinks about how to reduce losses.
-- Tokyo
"What? Nagumo Tadaichi gave up the second attack? The staff officers around Yamamoto Fifty-six were stunned when they heard the news, Yamamoto Fifty-six looked back at the list of American warships on the wall, and smiled slightly, he understood Nagumo Tadaichi's thoughts very well.
"Your Excellency General, we must send a message to General Nagumo to continue the attack, this is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter, once it is lost, we don't know when we will have such an opportunity."
Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head and said, "Nagumo Tadaichi is like a thief who has just stolen something, what he wants to do most now is to run away with his loot, forget it, his mission is basically completed, and those of us who are in the rear, let's not interfere too much in the command of the front line." β
Yamamoto Isoroku believed that the people in the rear did not understand the situation at the front, and if he ordered Nagumo Tadaichi because of the advice of the staff officer, then Nagumo Tadaichi's majesty would be damaged, so Yamamoto Isoroku vetoed the staff officer's suggestion, and as for whether his idea was right or wrong, his descendants said.
The streets of Tokyo were still dark, but the loudspeakers hanging on the streets suddenly sounded, and the Japanese people in Tokyo were awakened from their sleep with a loud roar, and the radio kept repeating the phrase "Important news will be broadcast." β
Zhenbai Sven slowly walked to the windowsill, Ba Shun touched his head beside him and asked strangely, "What is going on?" β
Zhenbai Sven sighed: "The United States and Japan are at war!" .... These fools simply don't know what kind of country they are fighting against. β
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the radio station to publish an announcement from the Japanese base camp: "The Imperial Navy and Army entered a state of war with the British and American forces in the western Pacific early this morning, and at the same time carried out a fierce air attack on the American fleet and air force on the Hawaiian side!" β
In order to enhance the atmosphere, the radio also used demagogic "Drawing Swords" and "March of Warships".
"Hooray!!" "Hooray!!"
When the fanatical Japanese people heard the news, they immediately fell into a complete carnival, in the propaganda, they have always believed that the great depreciation of the Japanese currency is due to the financial attacks of Britain and the United States, and their difficult life is also the result of the British and American sanctions against Japan that joined the Axis powers, and they have long wanted to repair those white people who are arrogant every day, and now, the opportunity has finally come.
The quagmire of the Chinese battlefield did not completely crush the morale of the Japanese army, on the contrary, they were extremely looking forward to finding a place to vent, and now, there is a person to vent.
The news of the attack on Pearl Harbor spread rapidly around the world, and the heads of forces in Chongqing, Yan'an, Moscow, Berlin, and London were trying to digest the news.
-- London
It was evening in London at this time, and when Churchill got the news, he jumped up for joy, and he waved his pipe and said, "Now that we are invincible, the lovely Japanese have drawn our strongest allies into the war, and our victory is only a matter of time." β
A few people next to each other smiled, they also understood the significance of the United States' formal entry into the war, Germany's main force was now deep in the Soviet Union, and with the support of the United States, Britain would have peace of mind.
After Churchill sat down and was safe, his mind began to think about other places, the current European Germany must be defeated, but after the defeat of Germany, how to make Britain become the hegemon of Europe again or at least not let a new hegemon in Europe appear is the most important problem he needs to think about now.
"That's... I have to warn you, Mr. Prime Minister, that our colonies in Asia may be about to be attacked by the Japanese army. One of them suddenly reminded.
Churchill was suddenly shocked, and it was only then that he remembered that Japan's target was not only the United States.
-- Berlin
Hitler's office was in a mess, countless things were thrown to the ground by him, and he spoke incoherently with excitement, so frightened that people outside the office did not dare to enter at all. They all understood why Hitler was so angry, in order to prevent the United States from entering the war, no matter how much the United States supported Britain, Hitler did not allow DΓΆnitz to attack American ships, even if those ships were blatantly carrying all kinds of weapons, in Egypt, there were countless American factories producing equipment to arm the British Afrika Korps, and now, the Japanese attack made Germany's patience in vain.
Hitler slammed open the door and shouted, "Send electricity to Japan at once, didn't they keep saying that they would not be defeated?" Then prove to us that Germany cannot help them in the Pacific, let them fend for themselves. β
Himmler asked, "My FΓΌhrer, then are we going to declare war on the United States?" If according to the treaty..."
Hitler swallowed his saliva and said, "Prepare for a declaration of war, I wanted to put the United States last, but we Germanic people are fearless, and the success or failure of the generals of the Eastern Front will directly affect the outcome of the empire." The empire is already strategically dangerous. We must settle the fighting in the East before the United States completely activates their forces! β
In Hitler's initial plan, although the fighting on the Western Front is not over, there is nothing to worry about, he can spend a year to two years to solve the Soviet problem, and then go back to solve the British problem again, after all, the power of the Soviet Union has swelled not like this, and if it is delayed, it may be that the Soviet Union will attack Germany, but now it is very different, the strength of the United States was reflected in the First World War, if the United States goes all out into the war, the variables on the Western Front will be very large.
Hitler squinted his eyes and looked at Japan on the map, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad for this damned country to do this, and of course, when he got the real loss of the US Navy at Pearl Harbor, his mood would be different.
-- Moscow
Stalin squinted his eyes and put down the telegram, he raised his head and said, "The United States is going to enter the war, then a huge anti-Axis bloc will be formed, and we, the Soviet Union, will be a member of this bloc, and the United States has given Britain so many supplies, should it also support the Soviet Union?" After all, we took on most of the German pressure. β
Molotov nodded and said, "I understand, I will contact the United States immediately." β
Stalin smiled and said, "This is our biggest good news now, Japan and the United States are at war, then it means that Japan will inevitably not be able to go north, the intelligence is correct, immediately contact the Far Eastern Front, let them be ready to support the Western Front at any time." β
When Stalin was making strategic arrangements, Zhukov knocked on the door and walked in, he had a gloomy face, handed a telegram to Stalin and said, "Comrade Stalin, just now a telegram has been sent from the Smolensk front, the German army's rapid corps advanced about 200 kilometers, encircled Mogilev, and captured Orsha, Smolensk, Yelnya, Krichev. The 19th, 16th, and 20th armies of our army were surrounded, and our 13th Army was being attacked by the Germans and was still fighting. β
Three armies? Stalin will really change into an army, Stalin has just gotten a piece of good news, and here is a bad news, which makes Stalin a little breathless.
Stalin calmed down and said: "Who is it that the Germans led the troops to surround us?" β
Zhukov replied: "It's Guderian and Hawke. β
Stalin stomped his feet and scolded, "Why are these two bitches raised again, Smolensk is a must-pass place for Moscow, their goal is Moscow, tell Smolensk that you must hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon, send a telegram to Timoshenko, you must find a way to dispel such an arrogant offensive arrogance of the German army, if the German army arrives in Moscow with such morale, then everything is in danger." β
The news that the United States was going to war brought only a few minutes of good mood to Stalin, who had to face the problem of the millions of Axis troops he was now confronting again.
-- Chongqing
After receiving the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Chiang sat for a long time, his face extremely complicated.
"Darling, the United States and Japan are finally going to war, this is good news, why do you have a bad face?" Song Meiling asked incomprehensibly.
Jiang Zhong sighed and said, "I didn't expect Japan to be so crazy, the loss of Pearl Harbor must be very large, now is the darkness before dawn, it is the darkest moment, the United States may not be able to effectively support us in half a year, our road is not much easier." β
Chiang understood very well that if the US Navy was hit hard. So what does the United States use to support China, with airplanes? How much material can be transported by airplanes, it is said that the counteroffensive, it would be good to maintain the status quo.
If the foreign aid is insufficient, he can only rely on himself, Jiang Intermediary stood up and said, "Let Kong Xiangxi come to see me immediately, our grain tax work must be strengthened!" β
-- Yan'an
The chairman sat with Zhou Guansheng and Mr. Zhu, and in front of the three of them was a telegram about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and Mr. Zhu was the first to speak, "According to Xiao Jiang, the Japanese army will take almost all of Southeast Asia in the next three months, and I believe that Britain and the United States will definitely hope that our China will help them fight the Japanese army." β
The chairman waved his hand and said, "Haven't we been fighting the Japanese all the time?" It's been five years since 1937, and ten years since 1931! What is happening now is also the cause and fruit of the Americans and the British themselves. β
Without the support of Britain, Japan would not have been able to afford to fight the First Sino-Japanese War, and without the support of the United States, Japan would not have been able to support its five-year war against China.
"I believe that the Americans will find us soon, what should we do next?" Zhou Guansheng asked the chairman.
The chairman waved his hand and said, "Let's act according to the plan, let's solve the problem of our establishment first, this matter can be mentioned to the Americans, the 18th Army is still the establishment of three divisions, it is very inappropriate, we can not need money and food, we just need an establishment, so it is also convenient to command the operation." In addition, the military leaders of various ministries will also prepare to hold a meeting in Yan'an in the near future to discuss the counteroffensive together. β
Zhou Guansheng stood up and said, "This kind of work, no matter how resolute it is, it's also happy, but I don't know what happened to Xiao Jiang, the news said that he also went to Pearl Harbor, I'm a little worried about him." β
"When the kids are older, it's time to go out." Mr. Zhu was very open-minded, he said, "Let's do our thing, when he comes, let him come, we have to let him tell us a good story, we have also seen this Pearl Harbor movie, but the movie is always a movie, and I always feel that something is missing." β
The chairman nodded and said, "The old one is okay, but I don't want to watch the one I made halfway through it, it's a good historical drama, and it's turned into a romance movie, Yamamoto Fifty-six and Nagumo Tadaichi haven't had three young Americans eye-catching, this messy set, we must not learn it in the future!" β
"Chairman, let's talk about our next steps." Zhou Guansheng hurriedly pulled the topic back, otherwise he wouldn't know where to go.
The explosion at Pearl Harbor attracted the world's attention, and in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, countless Japanese troops took up arms and began an attack under the command of Shouichi Terauchi.