On the afternoon of 3 January, Hawaiian time, at the Lashana anchorage, 132 ships of the East Asian coalition carrying the Hawaiian landing force crossed the Pacific Ocean for eight days and nights, and finally successfully rendezvoused with the main force of the East China Sea Fleet.

Before sunset, a motor boat landed next to the starboard gangway of the "Pinghai," the general flagship of the combined fleet, and several naval officers in straight uniforms climbed the gangway one by one, and the two generals who walked in the front were none other than Admiral Shen Xingyi, commander of the East China Sea Front, and Admiral Liu Guanxiong, commander of the landing escort fleet.

"It's hard work, but it's time for you." The commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Sa Zhenbing, had already stood guard by the small sentry box at the top of the gangway.

Shen Xingyi saluted and said, "Commander Lausa is here to greet you personally." ”

"Wherever you are, your class is higher than mine, and this is right."

Liu Guanxiong in the back said with a smile: "So, I am also stained with the light of Commander Shen?" ”

"Ziying said and laughed - look at this day, it's about to rain again, talk in the cabin, please come here."

After a while, the three of them walked into the VIP dining room on the ship, and a small long dining table had already been arranged with a table of sumptuous wine and food with attractive colors.

Shen and Liu's entourage had been invited to the officers' cafeteria next door for dinner.

Sa Zhenbing stretched his hand and said, "The two of you will sit first, and Commander Liang will arrive immediately." ”

Shen Xingyi clenched his fists and said, "Commander Sa is too polite...... It's better to be respectful than to obey, so I'll sit down first. ”

Shen and Liu had just sat down, only to hear a "report", and an elegant-looking middle-aged general flashed outside the door - it was Vice Admiral Liang Shuming, commander of the mobile unit and the First Air Fleet in the East China Sea.

Sa Zhenbing waved his hand to him again and again: "Come in, I'll wait for you - this is Commander Shen of the Front Army, and this is Commander Liu of the landing escort force, you all know each other." ”

Liang Shuming hurriedly saluted the two: "The two chiefs haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have worked hard all the way. ”

Shen Xingyi smiled and nodded, "You're welcome, please take a seat." ”

After the four of them finished sitting down one after another, the orderly poured tea, and Shen Xingyi first raised his glass to Liang Shuming and said: "If you want to say that it is hard, how can it compare to your ship crossing 4,000 nautical miles and risking a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?" Commander Liang has made the first contribution in this battle, so naturally I want to toast you first, the war is imminent, and it is inconvenient to drink, so I will replace the wine with tea——"

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's all thanks to the courage of the soldiers, the cooperation of friendly troops, the planning of the peak, and the emperor's blessing." Liang Shuming said this, but he was greatly affected in his heart, and he unconsciously raised the teacup.

Shen Xingyi smiled and said, "Commander Liang is too modest, please-"

"Please—"

The two drank it all.

Sa Zhenbing said with a smile: "The war will be a little more peaceful another day, I will invite a few more people to drink a good wine, not drunk, this time I have to temporarily wronged everyone." But you'll have to taste the food of my Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, and you'll never forget it. ”

"In that case, it's not okay not to eat." As soon as Shen Xing said, he raised his chopsticks first.

Everyone followed suit, chopsticks and spoons were used together, and the taste was in the mouth, and they applauded, and in less than half an hour, the wind swept away most of the dishes on the table.

Shen Xingyi wiped his mouth and smiled: "Commander Sa, you can be careful, this meal has made us hungry, and we will come here every day to eat in the future, and see what you do." ”

"Welcome, welcome, as long as you work together to fight this battle, it doesn't matter how many days you eat, when the time comes, you will be presented with the best wine in your family, and you will celebrate with you."

"Okay, that's it—"

After a few gossips, the generals left their seats and came to the office of the commander of the "Pinghai" together with their entourage and staff officers.

Everyone sat down in order, and Shen Xingyi ordered the staff officers of his entourage to take out the battle plan of the front army and hang it on the bulkhead. After clearing his throat, Shen Xingyi said solemnly: "This commander is ordered by the General Staff of the base camp to personally lead the Hawaiian Raiders of the East China Sea Front, and will completely capture the Hawaiian islands with the cooperation of the Navy. The immediate priority is to quickly capture Oahu and clear the harbor as soon as possible, so that the naval fleet can be stationed as soon as possible, and then carry out the grand plan of the base camp. ”

"After a comprehensive analysis of the intelligence from all sides, the Front Army Command decided to resolutely carry out the first operation plan, that is, the main force of the Raiders army landed from the north of Oahu, and the vanguard assault force quickly passed through the valley in the center of the island, cut the enemy into two sections, and then annihilated them according to the situation."

"After a thorough study of the weather and tidal conditions in the area of the landing, the Front Command set the date of the landing as January 5, 1915."

"The Command of the Front requested the cooperation of the main forces of the East China Sea Front Fleet as follows: between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., three artillery units of comparable size were to simultaneously bombard Wikiki Beach in the southeast of the island, Iva Beach in the southwest of the island, and Sunset Beach, the real landing site. At the same time, one part of the carrier-based aviation unit will directly support our army's land operations on the beach at sunset, and the other part will concentrate on bombing the enemy barracks and monitoring the main roads, so as to strike at the enemy troops moving through the avenues at any time, but it must be remembered that no bridges should be bombed, and all important bridges will be captured by the special attack force before the landing battle is launched. As for the escort of the landing fleet and the escort of the landing beachhead, it will still be the responsibility of Commander Liu's escort fleet. Above. Commander Sa, what's the problem? ”

Sa Zhenbing nodded: "No problem, it's all our business." ”

"Then, for the sake of cooperation, my operational staff officer will explain this operational plan." Shen Xingyi nodded to a long-faced colonel behind him.

The operational plan for the day of the landing was as follows:

Within three hours of the first day of the attack, the flotilla would release two waves of landing troops and take advantage of the high tide to land in one fell swoop.

The first wave consisted of the 1st Assault Group and the 1st Cover Group.

The 1st Assault Group is under the jurisdiction of:

The 1st and 2nd Tank Brigades of the Marine Corps are all scheduled to be carried by 7 tank landing ships. The two brigades have a total of 6 light tank battalions and are equipped with 196 "Flying Wolf" light tanks (including 28 tracked engineer operation vehicles converted from combat vehicles). In addition, 14 TDC90 amphibious self-propelled guns (90 light grenades) of the 3rd Artillery Battalion of the 101st Amphibious Mobile Artillery Brigade, as well as 126 2.5-ton trucks of baggage and engineering units (carried on the upper deck by 7 tank landing ships). A total of 196 light tanks, 14 self-propelled guns and 126 supply trucks of 2.5 tons are scheduled to be released by seven tank landing ships on the beachhead.

The 11th and 12th Marine Corps Amphibious Infantry Brigades are all scheduled to be carried by 10 combat vehicle landing ships, each carrying 16 TDC2 personnel carriers, 2 TDCG amphibious assault vehicles, and 2 TDCH amphibious support vehicles, with a total of 160 TDC personnel carriers, 40 TDCG and TDCH support vehicles, and 5,500 soldiers (including vehicle crews). The tank landing ship will release a flood near the beachhead, and the tank troops will rush to the beach in waves before they rush to the beach, and occupy the beachhead. Later, they joined up with the chariot troops on the beach and attacked the interior together.

The main force of the 101st Amphibious Mobile Artillery Brigade of the Marine Corps, 27 medium general-purpose landing craft carried by 7 dock landing ships, carrying the brigade headquarters of the 101st Amphibious Mobile Artillery Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Battalions, a total of 54 TDC amphibious self-propelled guns (36 90 grenades and 18 120 morals), 54 2.5-ton supply trucks, and the landing ships carrying the combat vehicle units directly rushed to the beach. After successfully going ashore, the 3rd battalion on the landing ship of the combat vehicle converged and advanced with the armored mechanized unit.

The 1st Assault Group was a mixed infantry regiment carried by 60 light mechanical landing craft mounted on 10 transport ships, with a total of 3,360 men (including 3,200 light infantry), 20 infantry guns and 40 light trucks.

The 1st Special Mixed Engineer Regiment, equipped with mechanized trestles, mechanized chemical vehicles (equipped with bulldozers, winches, booms, etc.), mechanized paving vehicles (laying iron plates connected together) and other mechanized engineering equipment, loaded on the combat vehicle landing ship, landed after the first cover group.

The 1st Cover Group consisted of about 5,000 officers and men from various units of the 1st Marine Division, including infantry, engineers, artillery commanders and coastal markers, carrying small mortars and machine guns, and was scheduled to be carried by 144 light infantry landing craft carried by 17 tank landing ships and 7 dock landing ships and to seize the beach before the 1st Assault Group, consolidate the beachhead and open access for the tank troops.

The second wave consisted of Assault Group 1 Reinforcement and Cover Group 2, all carried by 120 light mechanized landing craft mounted on 20 troop carriers.

Assault Group 1 was replenished by 80 light mechanical landing craft, of which 50 were carrying 100 2.5-ton supply trucks loaded with supplies, 20 were carrying 40 2.5-ton troop carriers (carrying 1,000 mechanized infantry), and 10 were carrying 20 1-ton light trucks and 10 75-mm infantry guns.

- The total strength of the 1st Assault Group on the day of landing is:

192 Flying Wolf light tanks (37 guns), 160 TDC2 landing personnel carriers, 20 TDCG amphibious combat vehicles (37 guns), 20 TDCH (75 rifle guns) amphibious support fighting vehicles and 74 amphibious self-propelled guns (48 90 howitzers, 26 120 morals).

280 2.5-ton trucks loaded with supplies, 40 2.5-ton trucks carrying mechanized infantry, 60 1-ton light trucks towed for infantry artillery and 30 75-mm infantry guns.

The total number of soldiers is more than 11,000.

The 2nd cover group was carried by another 40 light mechanized landing craft: 20 fully loaded infantry with a total of 1,600 people, 10 with sappers and their equipment, 10 with 10 75-mm mountain guns and 20 1-ton light trucks.

- The total strength of the two cover groups on the day of the landing was about 7,000 men, and the heavy armament included several medium-caliber mortars and infantry guns.