USS Mississippi battleship.

Rear Admiral Smit stood in the command module and kept observing the situation on the sea with a telescope, and after waiting for many days, he finally waited for a telegram from Pearl Harbor that the Chinese naval fleet had finally arrived and was shelling Pearl Harbor.

Ever since Hua Guo announced that he had purchased Hawaii and Alaska from the United States, he knew that the Chinese fleet would arrive soon, and it was not unexpected, the Chinese naval fleet came so quickly, and after receiving the telegram, he quickly rushed to Pearl Harbor with the Hawaiian fleet hiding near several small islands in the northeast.

Smit put down his binoculars and said to the chief of staff, "How far is Pearl Harbor?" ”

The chief of staff said: "About 150 nautical miles!" ”

Smit took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was ten o'clock in the morning, and the Chinese fleet was 30 nautical miles north of Pearl Harbor, that is to say, the fleet was still 120 nautical miles away from the Chinese fleet, and the maximum speed of the whole fleet was 18 nautical miles, which was mainly dragged down by the speed of the two old battleships, and the maximum speed of these two old battleships was only 18 nautical miles, and he calculated in his heart that if the whole fleet sailed at full speed, it would take more than six hours and less than 7 hours to reach the Chinese fleet, that is, The fleet encountered the Chinese fleet between about 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Chinese fleet was facing the direction of Pearl Harbor, and the fleet had more than an hour to prepare when it was about to approach the Chinese fleet, and the sun was below sea level, and after the sky darkened, it launched an attack on the Chinese fleet from behind.

Come to think of it. Smit told the chief of staff: "Tell the communications department to maintain close contact with Pearl Harbor. If the Chinese fleet attacks Pearl Harbor again, report it immediately! ”

The chief of staff nodded and said, "Understood!" ”

"Wait. Also, send seaplanes to reconnoiter the surrounding 50 kilometers and notify the whole fleet to move at full speed in the direction of Pearl Harbor! ”

"Yes!"

The battleship Qingyun.

"Report, General, our fleet is a hundred nautical miles from the Hawaiian fleet! The USS Dawn's carrier-based aircraft fleet is all ready to take off and attack! ”

When Zheng Dahai heard the report, he immediately instructed: "Give Liu Hongwei an order to send two warships to expel the Hawaiian ships that are being surveilled, and then send seaplanes to kill the reconnaissance planes in the direction of Pearl Harbor that are surveilling, and then lead the fleet to advance in our direction after completion." Flank the Hawaiian fleet with the main fleet! ”

"Yes!"

What reassured Zheng Dahai was that Pearl Harbor and the whole of Hawaii did not have an air force, only a few land-based and water reconnaissance planes, and if Hawaii had a large number of air forces, he would definitely not deploy such tactics, and this battle would not have been fought like this.

If there was an air force on the Hawaiian side, he would quietly arrive near Pearl Harbor with his fleet, and then send two carrier-based aircraft groups on the aircraft carrier to bomb Pearl Harbor in turn, first destroying the air base at Pearl Harbor and blowing up all Hawaii's land-based fighters. Then bombing the headquarters in Pearl Harbor, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and finally bombing the shore defense batteries and ships in the harbor, of course, with the number of carrier-based aircraft on the two aircraft carriers he could command, these plans could be carried out at the same time. The defenders of Pearl Harbor did not have any time to react and prepare, as was later done by the Japanese naval fleet under Isoroku Yamamoto during World War II.

Around twelve o'clock in the afternoon. Smidt, commander of the Hawaiian fleet, received a telegram from Pearl Harbor, to which the chief of staff reported: "General. Call from Pearl Harbor! ”

"What's the news?"

The chief of staff said: "A telegram from Pearl Harbor said that the Chinese fleet sent two warships to sink the gunboats and torpedo boats sent to monitor the harbor, and the reconnaissance planes sent by the port base were also shot down by the seaplanes they sent. Now the Chinese fleet is gone! ”

"What? It's gone? Smit asked incredulously.

"Yes, General!"

Smit wondered: "What is the Chinese fleet trying to do?" ”

The chief of staff analyzed: "The Chinese army sent warships and seaplanes to sink our ships and reconnaissance planes, and they definitely don't want the whereabouts of their fleet to be known to us, and they must have some conspiracy!" ”

Smit quickly thought of this possibility, his face changed, and then he sighed: "We may have to fight in advance!" Inform all combatants of the entire fleet to get ready! ”

The wind was blowing, the sky was starting to get overcast, the waves were a little heavy, and some ships with a relatively high waterline were washed up on deck by the waves.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Smit received a not very good news, which made him feel very bad, and the chief of staff reported to him with a nervous expression: "General, the situation is not good, the two water reconnaissance planes we sent out did not come back to report the reconnaissance situation within the specified time, according to the time calculation, at this time their fuel should have run out, that is to say, the reconnaissance planes and we have lost contact, if they did not come back in time because of an accident or disorientation, it means that they have been more than lucky, They are likely to have been shot down by Chinese fighters, and as far as we know, the Chinese army has a large ship capable of carrying fighters, and these fighters are much more powerful than our seaplanes in terms of firepower, range, and flight speed! It is highly likely that they were shot down by Chinese fighters."

The range of a seaplane is limited, its reconnaissance radius is much shorter than that of carrier-based reconnaissance planes and roadbed reconnaissance planes, and the reconnaissance area is also much smaller, mainly because it needs to take off from the water and the weight it carries cannot be too large, which limits the fuel it can carry.

Smit continued with the words of the chief of staff: "Then it means that the Chinese fleet is not far from us, and the order is to go down, and the whole fleet will enter a combat state, especially the anti-aircraft machine guns and air guns must be ready to fire at any time!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Half an hour later, there was finally a blur of warships in front of him, when the observers on the watchtower saw the situation and reported it, Smit finally determined that it was the Chinese fleet, but at this time the Hawaiian fleet was all ready, but what puzzled Smit was that the Chinese fleet did not rule out the fighters coming to bomb and strafe.

Then just when he was very confused, there was already a mess outside the command cabin, and he immediately asked: "What's the matter, there is a panic outside?" ”

A staff officer ran in and panted and reported: "General, plane, plane!" The planes of the Chinese army flew from our rear, and the sky was dense! ”

"What? Flying from behind? Smit was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ran out of the command cabin with a telescope and onto the bridge.

As soon as the roar came out, the air defense of the Chinese army in the sky flew over, but at this time, the air defense weapons on each ship of the Hawaii fleet had all fired, but the air defense fire on the ships of the Hawaii fleet was still too weak for the Chinese army aircraft group, and the Chinese fighters easily passed through the sparse fire net in the sky and skimmed over the Hawaiian fleet. There are also long series of holes in the deck.

"Boom, boom, boom??????" Explosions rang out on every fighter plane, fighters flew in, machine gun fire always took many lives, some turrets were blown out of shape, some turret barrels were bent, the turrets and the surrounding dead bodies were lying everywhere, blood was also flowing all over the ground, many sailors with short arms and legs were lying on the deck screaming.

Some fighters dropped a torpedo when they flew in, and when the torpedo fell into the water, it crashed into one battleship after another, and the sound of incessant explosions came from under the water, and from time to time the battleships were hit by torpedoes, and the waterline was blown out of one big hole with a diameter of more than one meter.

Almost all Hawaiian battleships were on fire and smoking, more than a third of the battleships were torpedoed, and ships with poor anti-torpedo designs were heavily flooded after being torpedoed, and began to slowly tilt, and in the process of tilting, a large number of Hawaiian sailors on the battleship fell into the water.

This was the first wave of bombardment, which reimbursed the Hawaiian fleet by a third, and each of the remaining ships was more or less damaged, but it was only a matter of serious or minor injuries.

"General, a fleet has appeared in our rear!" Just as the first wave of fighters of the Chinese army had left, Smit heard the report of the chief of staff before he could catch his breath.

In the bombing just now, Smit was knocked to the ground by the explosion, and he suffered a minor head injury, while medical personnel were treating his wounds.

After listening to the report of the chief of staff, Smit's face changed again, and he ran out of the command cabin to take a second look, it was over, there were Chinese fleets in front and behind, and the Hawaiian fleet was equivalent to a hamburger sandwiched in the middle.

"General, we are caught in the front and back! If my guess is correct, our every move has long been under the surveillance of the Chinese army, they have arranged this front and rear flanking attack, and then there should be bombing, plus the naval artillery bombardment from the front and rear, we are finished! ”

Smit sat on the deck, his face was frighteningly pale, his whole body collapsed, and after two minutes, he stood up and said to the chief of staff: "We have no chance, give the order to surrender, any more resistance will only increase unnecessary casualties."

The staff office was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I will order the communications department to send a telegram of surrender to the Chinese fleet!" ”

Smit reminded: "Send another telegram to Pearl Harbor and tell them that we have surrendered!" This will give them a little more time to prepare, and as for how long they can resist, it's beyond our control! ”

The chief of staff promised: "Okay, I'll go and prepare!" (To be continued......)