Chapter 582: Pearl Harbor (Part I)

-- 6:30 a.m. Hawaii time

In the early morning sun, most of the Hawaiian garrison was still asleep, and a supply ship was preparing to sail into Pearl Harbor, and the captain, Lieutenant Commander Colanis, was smoking a pipe in the bow of the ship, enjoying a rare tranquility. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"It's finally here, and then, the lads can rest for a while." Kelanis looked at the busy sailor and said with a smile, suddenly, the smile on his face froze, he saw that about 1500 meters on the right side of his ship, there was something suspicious, he immediately picked up the telescope and looked at it, and found that it was a cylinder of steel, as if it was the conning tower of a submarine, but it was too small, he couldn't imagine how many people such a submarine could hold, one? Or two?

Probably seeing that he was observing, the submarine hurriedly began to dive, but stopped halfway through the dive, probably malfunctioning.

Kelanis immediately reported this information to the nearest destroyer, and the captain of the destroyer was also very curious when he found this gadget, he felt that no matter what it was, but it could not be an American submarine, he dropped a depth charge directly.

This was the first explosion of the Battle of Pearl Harbor, but the interesting thing is that the attackers were not Japanese planes, but American warships, and it was not the Americans who were attacked that died, but the Japanese reconnaissance submarines, which reminds me of the first Germans and Soviets to die in World War II, and also not in their own country, but on the battlefield in support of China, and history is sometimes so dramatic.

At this time, the Japanese aircraft group was still an hour away.

When the information about the submarine infestation was reported to the Supreme Commander of Pearl Harbor, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Kimmmel, who was less than half an hour before the Pearl Harbor attack, Kimmel looked at the information, shook his head and said, "We have had too many false reports like this, so let's wait for the exact information to arrive, didn't they say that the submarine was sunk?" Then let's go and salvage it, and see if the bottom sank a submarine or an iron box. With that, he was ready to finish his meal and go playing golf.

In the northern section of Oahu, in a radar station, a huge snowflake dot appeared on the radar display, which represented the aircraft group, and the sergeant in charge of the radar saw this scene, and his first reaction was to knock the radar hard, and muttered "Why is it broken again?" I just said it doesn't work! Last time, I used the flock of birds as airplanes, and we were scolded. ”

The American GI, who was drinking Coke and flipping through magazines next to him, glanced at it and said indifferently, "Whatever, look, the Lord of the Rings will have a new book next month, and we have to book it in advance!" ”

The sergeant, who wanted to continue looking at the radar, immediately stepped forward, stretched his head and said, "Really? When? Damn, you said that the man named Jin Yong wrote so many books, I really can't believe it! ”

"Are you stupid? Don't you know yet? This novel was written by a team, and you really think that one person can write dozens of books at the same time? ”

As the joke goes, the white dot is getting closer and closer to Pearl Harbor.

-- Washington

At half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Nomura, who had finished tidying up, hurriedly got into the car with the military attache and rushed to the White House, and Hoover, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately ordered the start of action.

Nomura was very anxious at this time, his fingers kept moving, looking at his watch from time to time, there was still an hour and a half, and he still had enough time to get to the White House in the car, after all, the embassy was less than half an hour's drive from the White House, and with an hour of free time, how could he wait for Hull's arrival, at least he thought so.

But the car had only been walking for less than ten minutes before it suddenly became motionless in front of it.

"What's going on?" Nomura looked ahead and said anxiously. The car hadn't moved for ten minutes.

The military attache next to him immediately said, "I'll go and take a look." After saying that, he got out of the car and ran to the front, and after a while, he walked back and said, "There is a traffic accident in front, the traffic police are dealing with it, and it will take about ten minutes to recover." ”

Nomura heard that it would be delayed for ten minutes, looked at his pocket watch, and continued to wait patiently.

It's twelve o'clock, Nomura is still on the road, he is already a little anxious, he feels that the road is extremely unsmooth.

Maybe it's because there are more people coming out at noon, and although the car starts to move, it's slow, and the traffic starts to jam.

"We can't afford to delay any longer! Fast! Find a trail! Nomura knew the consequences of being late in the declaration of war, and he vaguely sensed that there seemed to be a force that didn't want him to get to the White House quickly.

"Mr. Ambassador, we are still some way from the White House, and if we leave the car, we will not be able to reach the White House on time." The driver advised Nomura, "Although traffic jams are relatively rare, they will still happen, and it is good to cross this main road." ”

Nomura looked at the time, it was twelve and ten, and he could only hold back his anxiety and continue to wait.

In a car in the distance, Hoover put down his binoculars and said with a smile, "That yellow-skinned monkey looks very anxious, it seems that we are right to delay time." ”

The subordinate next to him smiled and said, "Director, should we let another car accident happen in front?" Procrastinate their time? ”

Hoover shook his head and said, "That's too obvious." Go find someone who is quick, I think their car should be deflated. ”

The convoy came to a complete halt again, and Nomura was already jumping to his feet, when a young white man in a cap and shabby clothes came up and said, "Sir, give me some money." ”

Nomura waved his hand and said, "Get out of here, don't ask for trouble!" ”

The white man snorted, bent down suddenly, then stood up and ran away quickly, laughing as he ran, "Yellow-skinned monkey!" See if you dare not give money next time! ”

Nomura was feeling strange when he heard a deflated sound of "poof".

"Damn it! That bastard cut our wheel tires with a knife! The military attache immediately wanted to draw his gun, but Nomura hurriedly stopped him, he didn't want to delay the time by getting into trouble by shooting.

"Quick! We want to go to the White House somehow! Nomura finally got out of the car, took the military attache and documents, and began to find another way to go to the White House.

It was almost half past twelve.

Time flew by, and at 1:15 o'clock in Washington time, the guards at the White House saw two yellow men on bicycles, sticking out their tongues, and wearing messy suits, panting and catching up, and hurriedly raised their guns and said, "This is the White House!" Who are you? ”

Nomura didn't care about his image anymore, unbuttoned his clothes, Washington in June was not cool, he panted and said, "I'm Japanese Ambassador Nomura, this is my ID, I want to see Secretary of State Mr. Hull, now!" Immediately! Right away!! ”

Although they didn't like Nomura's attitude, the guards still honestly reported it, after all, an ambassador of a country is not something they can provoke.

Hull picked up the phone, listened to it, laughed and said, "Oh. I know, let them go to the break room to take a break, and just say I'm in a meeting and will come as soon as possible. By the way, if he asks Mr. President, tell him that Mr. President is not in the White House. ”

Nomura heard Hull in a meeting, and his heart chuckled, and he quickly asked, "Is President Roosevelt here?" We in the Empire of Japan have important credentials to present. ”

The guard replied directly, "We, Mr. President, are not in the White House today, so you should wait for Mr. Hull." ”

Nomura reluctantly went to the break room, tidied up his clothes, and waited for Hull's arrival.

At this time, Hull had just hung up the phone, and he was sure that no military base or American colony had been attacked until now, which made him a little unsure whether Nomura's arrival was a declaration of war, and he was ready to wait for another half hour, if there was still no news, he could only give up, and the time at this time was thirteen:37 Washington time.

Just three minutes later, on the north shore of Oahu, a swarm of planes was rapidly approaching.

Fuchida looked at the quiet Oahu, picked up the microphone and said, "Attention all departments, all units are ready to attack!" ”

The inhabitants of the beach had already seen the Japanese planes at this time, but they were completely unprepared for war, and they did not know what these were yet, only some people who had a heart and knew what was coming to this island.

"The east, it's the Japanese army's fleet, according to the speed, they will start attacking in 5 minutes." Jiang Tian quickly calculated the speed of the Japanese planes and the rhythm of the attack in his mind, and faced Jiang Cheng, who was lying on the recliner with a book covering his eyes with a book on the side.

Jiang Cheng slowly took down the book, just in time to see a Japanese plane flying over his head, he sat up, and said with a smile, "It's a good show, isn't it?" I hope they work harder and don't need us to help them. ”

The huge fleet of planes flew quickly over the mountains and houses of Oahu, and the loud roar woke many American soldiers, who rolled over impatiently, cursed the damned Air Force, and then continued to sleep.

Eight o'clock is the time for the US military to raise the flag, of course, only the flag raiser and the commander need to be there on the rest day, Ramsey walked outside, and suddenly faintly heard the sound of the engine of the plane, he asked curiously, "Is there an Air Force training program today?" ”

"Report sir... It doesn't seem to be .." The adjutant next to him also said with a puzzled face.

"Where did that sound come from?" Ramsey looked up, a little confused.

In the harbor, the flag-raising ceremony is also beginning, and the three sailors are working together to prepare to hang the flag, only to hear the sound of the aircraft engine getting louder and louder, and they can't help but look up.

"Oh God! What is that? ”

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Countless Japanese planes flew out of the mountains on the side of the harbor, and these planes formed groups of three or three, as if they had exercised thousands of times, and rushed to the battleships parked in the harbor.

Looking at Pearl Harbor, which was unresponsive, Fuchida waved his arm vigorously, and he was about to succeed!

Ramsey was also raising the flag, and a plane flew over him, Ramsay glanced up and said to the adjutant next to him, "Did you write down this guy's number?" The plane is a mess and flies so low, I'm going to sue him for court-martial! He violated the provisions of Article 16 of the Safety Regulations of the Air Route! ”

The adjutant shook his head and said, "No, but it may be a captain's plane, I saw a red line on the tail of the plane, Your Excellency, he dropped a black thing!" He actually littered, our army shouldn't be so uneducated! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!!! Fuchida shouted loudly.

Ramsey watched in amazement as a bomb hit the airfield in front of Ramsey, and then he heard explosions in the port not far away.

"Damn it! Don't bother, it's Japanese planes, they're in the air!! Ramsey finally came to his senses, and clearly saw that the plane was not painted by the fun-loving American soldiers, but the Japanese army's Hinomaru logo, he walked back quickly, and then ran, he came to the news room, while listening to the explosions outside, while taking a pen and writing, he said, "Send telegrams to all places!" Pearl Harbor was hit by air, this is not a drill ... fuck!! How to write a drill??? ”

In Pearl Harbor, three planes stared at the target they had already remembered and began to drop bombs, these planes began to drop torpedoes or heavy bombs, the huge battleship was like a live target at this time, the sailors on the ship were surprised by the bomb just climbed out of the cabin, they were horrified to find a huge black bomb rushing towards themselves, and hurriedly retreated, but where did they retreat, in a burst of explosions, one after another the battleships were sunk and damaged.

When Kimmel heard the sound, he hurried out of the room and looked in the direction of Pearl Harbor, where the explosion sounded, and he happened to see a huge ship that was torpedoed and jumped up, jumped three or four meters above the water, and then fell down so hard that it broke in two, which was the last moment of the battleship Arizona.

Kimmel looked up and saw countless Japanese planes constantly shuttling between the battleships like swarms of bees, and with each shuttle, an explosion was heard.

Because the US military put the battleships and aircraft carriers in order, this is undoubtedly greatly conducive to the bombing of the Japanese planes, the Japanese planes took off from the aircraft carriers, and naturally they also knew the power of the aircraft carriers, their first target of attack was actually the aircraft carriers, the two aircraft carriers had begun to tilt at this time, one after another planes and sailors and pilots that had not yet taken off kept sliding into the sea, the Japanese planes that had dropped the bombs began to strafe these sailors with machine guns, and only a very small number of warships began to use anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to start counterattacking, but to no avail.

One after another, the Japanese troops skimmed the sea, and the blue and white torpedo tracks on the sea surface crossed and crossed, and they galloped away towards the battleships around them, with a loud bang in the sky, and the water column rose in all directions, and this scene will be recorded in the history books forever.

Eight minutes into the start of the war, all eight battleships and two aircraft carriers of the US army were shot, two of them began to sink, three of the eight battleships were sunk, four were seriously damaged, and the Japanese lost nine aircraft.

The major airfields on the other side were also attacked, but in this first round of attacks, these airfields were not the main targets, but the second round was about to arrive. The nightmare is not over.

"Host, how do you feel?" Jiang Tian asked Jiang Cheng, who was drinking Coke.

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "There is no growth, I thought they would understand, it seems... We've come to the right place! ”