803 Admiral's Decision IV landed on Oahu

Washington, White House. November 12, 1938.

President Roosevelt took the telegram from Stilwell and proudly greeted Harry. "It seems that the power of the dollar cannot be ignored, Harry, and if the Far Eastern Republic joins the war against Japan, it will reduce the pressure on Hawaii, and it may also divide the 'alliance' between China and Japan, and maybe some conflict will break out between China and Japan," Hopkins said. ”

Harry. Hopkins shook his head with a grimace. He had just returned to Washington from London on a plane, and at 10 Downing Street, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the Prime Minister of the British Empire had a painstaking three-hour negotiation and tried to explain to the good gentleman Chamberlain why the United States of America could not form an "anti-fascist alliance" with the British Empire, but could only cooperate with Japan in a limited way...... After completing negotiations with the British, he heard the news of the Soviet invasion of Persia, so he canceled his trip to Tbilisi and returned home early.

"But, Mr. President, Stilwell reports that a steady stream of Chinese and Chinese troops are reaching Tientsin, under the rule of the Kuomintang, where they will board ships to join the camp of attacking the British Empire and the French Empire. This will have a very negative impact on the relations between the United States and Britain and France. ”

Roosevelt laughed, picked up the coffee cup on the desk, and took a sip, "Harry, the United States is cooperating with the Far Eastern Republics, not with the Chinese GCD. The armies of the Far Eastern Republic will not participate in the southward march, and we will also send military delegations there to control the use of all American aid, and if it is found that the American aid is transferred to the southward army of the Chinese G, we will immediately suspend the aid! ”

Hopkins nodded with a wry smile and asked, "Zhongg, uh, is the Far Eastern Republic how much aid does it want?" Did the telegram say it? ”

Roosevelt picked up the telegram and looked at it twice, and smiled: "A low-interest loan of $40 million, with an annual interest rate of 3%, and a lump sum repayment after 15 years." In addition, 36 155mm howitzers, 120 75mm mountain/field guns, 60 37mm anti-tank guns, 60 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 240 81mm mortars, 360 60mm mortars, 38 Stuart light tanks, 50,000 rifles, 3,000 light and heavy machine guns, and corresponding ammunition...... Hehe, the requirements are not too high. He seemed extremely satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations, nodded and said, "I have decided to approve this application for government loans and lend-lease supplies." At the same time, Stilwell was promoted to major general, and he was appointed ambassador and head of military delegation to the Far Eastern Republic, overseeing the use of American aid. ”

Hopkins also nodded in his heart, the agreement reached between Stilwell and China G is indeed within the scope of what the United States can afford. Although the loan is 10 million more than the original offer, it almost reaches the bottom line of the United States. However, the amount of military aid requested was lower than expected, especially since no request for aircraft was made...... Aircraft are also urgently needed by the US military at present, and there is really not much margin to provide foreign assistance.

"President, did Stilwell's report say when the Far Eastern Republic intended to go to war against the Japanese forces in the Far East?" Hopkins' face was a little anxious. "The war on the Hawaiian side seems to be very urgent, and the Japanese have already occupied the islands of Ekau, Nihau, Rana and ......," he said.

"Well, I know that." Roosevelt interrupted Hopkins with a wave of his hand, and the big red face that had been in high spirits became gloomy. "In fact, all the major islands except Oahu will fall in a matter of days, because there aren't many troops defending there!"

"That's why we need the Far Eastern Republic to attack as soon as possible." Hopkins frowned slightly.

"It's as soon as possible." Roosevelt thought for a moment and said, "China and G promised to start a war within three months of receiving U.S. aid...... Stilwell is fighting for it, but it won't be until next year soon. And until then, we'd better not lose Oahu, or those Chinese GCDs might change their minds. ”

"Can Oahu be defended?" Hopkins asked in a low voice.

Roosevelt sighed slightly, and just as he was about to say something, there was a sharp knock on the door, and then the voice of the presidential adjutant of the Navy rang out: "Mr. President, Pearl Harbor emergency, early this morning, a huge Japanese fleet was found on the sea north of Oahu, and the Japanese army is likely to land on Oahu today." ”

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"Shelling! Hidden ......"

A mournful shout suddenly rang out from the U.S. military position on Laya Beach in northern Oahu, and as soon as the shout was raised, a sharp and piercing whistling sound followed in the air. The sound sounded deafening, as if it were the huge roar of dozens or hundreds of locomotives speeding past their ears at the same time, and even those hiding in the reinforced concrete bunkers could still feel this loud sound that pierced everything, pounding their hearts and shaking their brains.

Almost at the same time, countless orange-red fiery rays of light flew rapidly from the sea in the distance, forming a stream of fire in the air, and then hundreds of large and small shells exploded everywhere around the American fortifications. The whole earth trembled, and the whole sky seemed to be set on fire.

The American soldiers hid in the batteries, in the infantry forts, or in all kinds of anti-artillery fortifications, with their mouths open and their ears covered, enduring the huge shocks, as well as the heart-piercing shells whistling and exploding loud noises, and the hot and breathless smell of gunsmoke. They did not expect that on the territory of the United States of America, there would be such intensive shelling! What's even more unbelievable is that it was the Japanese soldiers who were caricatured by the newspapers as scarecrows who brought them such a disaster! And just a few days ago, these unfortunate lands from several volcanic islands, flying their almost obsolete planes, blew up the United States Navy, which is said to be the most powerful in the world, and trapped their hapless army forces on this small island covered in artillery fire.

What frustrated these front-line officers and soldiers of the US army the most was that the artillery on their side did not know where to go? The 10-inch and 12-inch cannons, which usually looked majestic, and the cannons of the battleships stranded on the beach of Pearl Harbor, did not fire a single shell, and it seemed that they were going to be reduced to ashes by the Japanese cannons of the American youths guarding here......

How could such a thing happen to the US Army? Isn't the United States the world's largest industrial country, with the world's largest arms production capacity? Shouldn't it be the American shells and bombs that pour down on the enemy's head as if they didn't want money?

How did the American soldiers here know that their powerful large-caliber guns, whether they were shore guns or naval guns on warships, were all fighting to the death with groups of Japanese bombers!

"All attention, Type 97 five-five formation, height 3000 meters, while throwing bombs, target front batteries."

After a brief observation of Pearl Harbor, which was shrouded in smoke and fire, Kengoro Hetofu triumphantly gave the order to attack. This time, the Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft he piloted did not have a Type 91 torpedo, but an 800-kilogram armor-piercing bomb. The target of the bombing also became the fortified area near the harbor, where the 10-inch and 12-inch artillery posed a great threat to the army and navy attacking Pearl Harbor and had to be suppressed. As for the US Pacific Fleet...... Liverpay glanced through the glass cover of the cockpit and glanced at the harbor below. I saw that Pearl Harbor, which used to be crowded with many huge warships, is now a mess, and there are no floating warships in sight on the sea, and those small and medium-sized ships have long since disappeared, either escaping or sinking to the bottom of the sea. The situation of large warships such as battleships and heavy cruisers is not much better, except for a few more clever ones who chose to run aground, and can now use the ship's anti-aircraft guns to fight the Type 98 ship explosion, the rest of the battleships either capsized in the water, raised a stern, or sat in the harbor, revealing a mast or a bridge or something. In short, the U.S. Pacific Fleet is completely finished after this battle! Even if the United States has the world's largest industrial production capacity, it will take at least two or three years to rebuild such a fleet, right? At that time, Hawaii would have long been an impregnable fortress in the hands of the Japanese army, and those Yankees would have to die a few hundred thousand if they wanted to take it back!

Boom, boom, boom......

Clouds of exploding gunpowder exploded in the distance, like a curtain wall of blue-gray smoke blocking the way of the Japanese attack aircraft group. This made Kengoro Hetofu frown, it was clear that those Yankees had not given up the fight yet, and they also had the courage to fight against the constantly falling shells and bombs!

"The groups dispersed. Groups 1 and 2 on the right No. 1 battery, 3 and 4 groups on the left side of the No. 2 battery. Group 5 come with me and bombard the No. 1 battery in the middle! ”

After giving the hasty order to attack, Kengoro Hetofu pulled the control stick and formed a bombing formation with four other Type 97 attack planes, and rushed into the artillery curtain wall in front of him.

"Bomb dropping!"

The moment the plane piloted by Liver Fu flew over an American military battery, the shouts of the bombardier rang in his ears, and then Liver Fu felt that the plane suddenly lightened, and the whole thing jumped upward. Liver Fu knew that the 800-kilogram bomb had been dropped. As soon as he hurriedly pulled the nose of the plane, the plane quickly climbed high into the air and flew above the range of the American anti-aircraft guns. Almost at the same moment, the entire Akagi attack squadron's 25 Type 97 shipboard attack planes completed the bomb dropping, and the 25 800-kilogram bombs were like 25 Thor's hammers hitting the US battery position.

An 800-kilogram bomb is almost equivalent to a 380mm naval artillery shell, and the huge inertia of falling from a height of 3,000 meters gives it great penetration! If you hit the top of the U.S. battery directly, of course, you can reimburse the entire battery at once. However, these Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft are not dive bombers after all, they can only deliver bombs horizontally, and their accuracy is naturally not worth mentioning. With 25 bombs dropped, 1 hit the battery is already a stroke of luck.

After circling a few more times over the area of the U.S. batteries, and after discovering that thick black smoke was rising from the top of one of the batteries, he excitedly shook the wings of the plane and gave a loud order to return.

At this time, in the waters northeast of Oahu, the huge Japanese fleet was already showing its true face. In addition to the seven valuable aircraft carriers and the light cruisers and destroyers guarding them who are still hiding in the deep sea, all the battleships, heavy cruisers, destroyers and transports of the entire fleet have been concentrated in this sea area.

Vice Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and Vice Admiral Toshizo Nishio were standing side by side on the bridge of the battleship Nagato, holding binoculars and staring at the U.S. shore defense positions covered in overwhelming artillery fire. Although it was the Americans who were bombed, the faces of the two Japanese commanders were covered with dark clouds. Japan's position in this war to divide the world was quite embarrassing, and almost all the senior officers of the army and navy believed that Japan did not have the strength to win the war at all, but they had to participate in it! If she does not choose a side to join at the beginning of the war, then after the Chinese imperialists defeat Britain and France and become a real world empire, what awaits Japan may be the fate of destruction! China will never allow a mighty Japan to sleep peacefully on her couch.

And Japan, which has already been overtaken by China, can only act as cannon fodder in this war instead of a fisherman, and all that can be chosen is to be the cannon fodder of Britain and the United States or the cannon fodder of China and Germany!

To tell the truth, most of the Japanese army and navy generals hope that Japan will become the vanguard of Britain and the United States, and work with Britain and the United States to defeat China and seize her territory and resources to strengthen Japan's national strength! However, China has drawn up such an incomparably strong ally as Germany, and together with Germany, it has destroyed the Soviet Union in a very short time...... After seeing China's formidable military strength, the Japanese soldiers, who had always been empty-eyed, also felt deep fear. Perhaps because of the psychology of worshipping the strong, although the top brass of the Japanese army were all inclined to Britain and the United States, they did not dare to touch the tiger butt of imperialism at the last moment, but got on the thief ship of China and Germany. Uh, no, I think I want to get on the thief ship of China and Germany, but the other party still has to see the performance of Japan!

Chongguang Kui, who went to China to discuss the alliance, was actually hung up, and not only Luo Yaoguo did not see him for many days, but even Wang Jingwei, who had always been pro-Japanese, actually ignored him. In the end, I followed Chen Bijun's path to find out that Luo Yaoguo meant to wait until Japan occupied Hawaii and closed the door to the westward expansion of the United States before considering an alliance with Japan...... What a wretch!

But what can Japan do?

Yamamoto Fifty-six and Nishio Shouzo put down their binoculars and glanced at each other, Yamamoto bowed slightly, and said loudly: "Nishio-kun, the task of the navy is over, and then I will ask the warriors of the army." ”

Nishio Shouzo nodded, turned around and shouted to Major General Ishihara, chief of staff of the Hawaiian Front, "Order!" The landing operation begins now! ”