The first loss of the US Pacific Fleet was not the credit of the Royal Air Force, and the fleet commander Kimmel pretended to calmly give the order of the battleship to find an opportunity to leave the port and line up to counterattack, which was resolutely carried out by some captains, and the Northampton-class heavy cruiser Chicago collided with the destroyer USS MacDonald on the way out of port. The 10,000-ton Chicago directly knocked over the more than 3,000-ton MacDonald.

The sailors on the destroyer fell unsuspectingly, and the MacDonald sank to the bottom only a few minutes after it overturned, and many of the sailors in the bilge did not have time to escape—and in the case of the battleship overturned, it was impossible to escape.

On the USS Missouri, Kimmel angrily yelled, "Is Rundes a pig?" No matter how stupid a person is, he won't hit his own people, right? ”

But his anger didn't last long, and he soon found that he couldn't get angry anymore.

The sinking of the MacDonald seemed to remind the warring parties that it turned out that the battleship could also be sunk. The Arizona, which had been seriously injured by two injured howlers, suddenly let out an earth-shattering explosion. At one point, thick smoke billowed out, and the column of fire was more than 1,000 meters high, which was a characteristic red and black column of smoke due to the insufficient combustion of gunpowder and explosives explosion. The fire caused by the plane hit spread to the ammunition depot, and the Arizona was blown in two and slowly sank into the oily seawater.

Ten minutes later, a fire broke out on the deck of the CV-3 USS Saratoga, and a large 500-kilogram semi-armor-piercing projectile smashed through three decks in a row, exploding in the living compartment, and the flames rushed out through the large hole in the deck, making it impossible for the crew on the deck to get close at all. A Clemson-class destroyer tries to get close to the Saratoga to help put out the fire, but the bluefin tuna dropped by Cerberus at the far end has begun to wreak havoc at Wusongkou, and the destroyer who has the courage to save lives pays the price for its bravery. One of the three destroyers fired at the Saratoga was blocked, and the two outside hit the CV-3 below the backchord waterline. The slightly fragile underwater armor was torn open with two terrible holes, and the turbid sea water rushed down at once. The sailors closed the watertight compartment in the back half in time, and the superiority of the American warship in terms of anti-sinking design was reflected, although the Saratoga had been tilted a little, and the rear rudder was completely blown up, completely losing power, but it still floated strongly. But the soldiers operating anti-aircraft weapons on both sides of the ship's chord could no longer shoot normally. Kimmel frowned and gave the order to abandon the ship, and the Saratoga, which had lost power and anti-aircraft firepower, had become a live target, and he was responsible for the lives of more than 2,000 sailors and more than 200 pilots on board.

But which ship is safe? The order given to the pilots by the commander of the Royal Air Force, Yun Jiu, was not to leave a single bomb behind.

Wusongkou, the mouth of the rolling Yangtze River, was filled with columns of red and black mixed smoke, and hundreds of bombers of the Han Royal Air Force flew up and down in the smoke columns like around wooden stakes. Because of the smoke deliberately released by the destroyers and the thick smoke from the damaged battleship, the pilots could not see the ship on the water, and many pilots resorted to dropping bombs in areas where the smoke was thick and the anti-aircraft guns were dense.

The two hundred Helleyes were elegantly practicing the aiming game at high altitude, and their results were more by mistake. Sometimes the battleship was targeted, and the cruiser next to it suffered. The greatest threat to the US fleet was the more than 600 bluefin tuna dropped by 140 Cerberus, and many bombardiers on Cerberus did not need to aim at such a target as the Grand Fleet, and they used the method of dropping them at a fixed depth, rather than targeting a specific warship. Compared with the aerial bombs, the tuna's attack is more deadly, and not one or two, each pull attack is dozens or even hundreds, and soon the West Virginia and the Tennessee battleships were torn off thick armor, especially the Tennessee, although the old ship that has been in service for more than 20 years also uses the design of multi-layer encrypted cabins, but because the tuna tore off the armor under the waterline, the boiler exploded, and the heavy oil depot was immediately ignited and was forced to abandon the ship.

An hour later, the second bomber launched the attack, which hastened the destruction of the Pacific Fleet, and the CV-2 Lexington sank to the bottom of the sea with fifty carrier-based aircraft that could not take off, and the unpowered CV-3 Saratoga was opened by the sailors before abandoning the ship. At noon, the last battleship, the USS California, was hit by a large bomb on the bridge, spewing up another column of smoke nearly a thousand meters high that could be seen dozens of miles away.

The two aircraft carriers, six battleships, and three heavy cruisers of the US Pacific Fleet, as well as large and small frigates, supply ships, oil tankers, and a hospital ship, were all sunk or beached except for the USS Indianapolis, which sailed to the vicinity of the Bund for people to visit.

The Chicago, which sank friendly troops and escaped from Wusong Harbor, could not escape the fate of being sunk, and the sea wolves guarding outside the port ruthlessly sent it to the bottom of the East China Sea.

At 2:15 p.m., the heavy cruiser Michael of Judah and the light cruiser Medan of the Moro Islamic Kingdom, which were conducting naval exercises in the waters of the Ryukyus, under the leadership of the battleship Yamato, a supergiant with a displacement of more than 70,000 tons, which had just entered service in Japan, shelled several US ships sitting on the beach at Wusongkou. Even the battleship Nevada, which was dragged to the river due to loss of power, could not withstand a few shots, the superstructure was bulldozed, a large hole was cut in the string of the ship, and the sea water poured in, and it was impossible to repair.

At 3 p.m., US Secretary of the Navy Knox, who had been nervous for a day, finally received the news that the visiting fleet had been wiped out. When the admiral saw the telegram, his eyes went black and he almost fell to the ground.

When Knox walked to the presidential office in the White House with a telegram with great effort, he heard a phrase coming from inside: "I didn't expect it...... I didn't expect them to really dare to do it...... President, isn't this price too much......"

It was the voice of Secretary of State Hull, and the clever Knox did not dare to listen to it anymore, but straightened his military uniform and knocked on the door......

"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and House of Representatives,

Yesterday, September 11, 1941 - a day that will be remembered for 10,000 years - the United States of America was struck by a sudden and deliberate attack by the Han Imperial Air Force.

We visited the Chinese Pacific Fleet and, with a heart of friendship and fraternity, conducted friendly and harmonious naval exchanges with our ally, the Nationalist Government of China. But at the Wusongkou military port in Shanghai, our fleet, unsuspectingly, was subjected to an unreasonable attack by the Han Imperial Air Force, the most despicable and shameless sneak attack I have ever seen in my decades in politics!

They attacked us without declaring war, and they attacked us while the Pacific Fleet was far from their home port to spread peace and fraternity abroad.

I regret to inform you that yesterday's most despicable and shameless sneak attack resulted in the total annihilation of our visiting fleet, and that many brave soldiers of the United States died in the far East along with Admiral Kimmel, commander of the Pacific Fleet.

I don't think I need to elaborate too much on the facts, the security of the United States, and the very existence of its people, are threatened by the evil Iron Alliance.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have instructed that the Army may take all defensive measures for the security of the United States.

But our entire nation must always remember the nature of this attack for us.

No matter how long it will take to defeat this premeditated invasion, the American people will win the final victory with their own righteous forces.

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Relying on our armed forces — on the unwavering determination of our people — we will achieve inevitable victory - God help me, God bless America.

I ask Congress to declare that the United States and the Han Empire have been in a state of war since September 11, 1941, when the Han Empire began its unprovoked and cowardly offensive. ”

"God bless America?"

In the Wei Qing Pavilion, after reading Roosevelt's speech in Congress, the smile on the corner of His Majesty's mouth was a little playful, "Yun Zhi, do you say that God will bless this guy with a dirty heart?" ”

"Bless the fart, if his god could really bless him, he wouldn't be a cripple!" Jiang Yunzhi still likes to put his face close to the teacup and count the tea stalks.

"Huh! That's right! And we're not counting an undeclared war! Didn't Wilson have ordered the ambassador to the United States to send a letter of protest to the White House? ”

"Huh?" His Majesty's words made Jiang Yunzhi not react, "Protest book? What does it have to do with a declaration of war? ”

"Of course it matters, do you think that the protest of our dignified Imperial Foreign Secretary is a ...... Was it a white protest? I once said to Stalin that ignoring our protests is tantamount to a declaration of war! I want to say the same thing to Luo Cripple! ”

Jiang Yunzhi nodded and smiled happily! Thumbs up and said, "I know what to do!" Your Majesty, High ...... It's really high! Dodging the folder thrown by His Majesty, Chief Jiang laughed and left Wei Qingge to hold a press conference.

Han and the United States declared war, and the chief of staff of the Han Imperial Army held a press conference, and all the newspaper and television reporters were moved, but Jiang Yunzhi had a cool expression and only said eight words at the press conference: "Ignoring the protest is equivalent to declaring war!" ”

rejected all the reporters' questions, threw the press conference to Wilson, who was too excited to preside over it, Jiang Hei turned around with a military hat on his face, leaving the reporters with an iron man's back.

Dealing with this group of reporters is Wilson's specialty, as for how the reporters interpret those eight words, I believe that with the ability of the reporters, they can dig out all the thoughts of His Majesty and even the thoughts that His Majesty does not have!

What Chief Jiang will be concerned about next is, where is Longzhou?

A few days before the launch of the "ambush on all sides" operation, Long Zhou led the two oceanic fleets to leave Port Moresby in New Guinea and embarked on a long journey.

Compared with the bombing of the US fleet in Shanghai, Longzhou's operation this time is more important, and it will have a bearing on the first-hand advantage of the dispute between Han and the United States in the Pacific. Looking at the Pacific Ocean chart, Jiang Yunzhi sighed, "The Pacific Ocean is too big, this place ...... It's so important! ”