13:00 ET, Washington, U.S. Department of State.

Secretary of State Robert Lansing took the document from Lu Zhengxiang's hand with a puzzled expression, and a minute later, the dignitary, who was known for his composure and steady, raised his head in surprise: "Lu, this is war!" ”

Lu Zhengxiang didn't dare to look at his old friend: "Unfortunately, I can only obey the orders of the imperial government. ”

Lansing's face turned pale, turned around resentfully, strode to the office, and grabbed the phone: "Answer the White House, I want to talk to the president!" ”

Eight thousand kilometers away at Pearl Harbor, the sky has just brightened, and the harbor is filled with the lazy drunkenness of a happy Christmas Eve. The vast harbor was covered with sparse clouds, and there was not a single plane, only early seagulls circling aimlessly.

The huge group of ships anchored quietly and serenely around Ford Island in the oblique sunlight.

Roughly east of Ford Island, in the main mooring yard, from northeast to southwest, six pairs of dreadnoughts were moored in order: the USS Pennsylvania and Arizona, the USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma, the USS New York and USS Texas, the USS Wyoming and the USS Arkansas, the USS Florida and USS Utah, the USS Delaware and the USS North Dakota.

To the east of the main mooring, near the first pier and the unfinished docks I and II and the second pier, four armored cruisers were moored close to the shore: the USS San Diego, the USS Huron, the USS Memphis and the USS Sittery, several coal, oil and repair vessels, as well as a number of flat-bottomed barges.

To the north of Ford Island are the seaplane carrier USS Jupiter, several light cruisers, a number of coal, oil tankers and repair vessels, as well as two destroyer carriers and 16 destroyers - each anchored in such a way that one side of each carrier is close to eight destroyers.

To the northwest of Ford Island, similar to the main mooring, five pairs of smaller tonnage ships were moored from northeast to southwest: the USS South Carolina and Michigan, the USS Connecticut and the USS Louisiana, the USS Kansas and Minnesota, the USS Virginia and the USS New Jersey, and the USS Nebraska and USS Georgia.

In the southwest of Ford Island, near the entrance to the harbor, the armored cruisers "Frederick" and "Huntington" and the large protective cruisers "St. Louis", "Milwaukee" and "Charliston" are moored.

Short seaplanes on Ford Island and Wright planes at Hickam Airport are neatly parked in marquees – to prevent Hawaii's abundant rain from corroding their wooden skeletons. The Wright V has a patrol radius of 250 nautical miles, while the Schott has a patrol radius of less than 150 nautical miles.

On 25 December, there were 18 seaplanes (including 6 aboard the Jupiter), 26 land-based aircraft and one airship deployed throughout Oahu, less than half of which were equipped with machine guns and bomb racks.

The Pearl Harbor naval base did not deploy any anti-aircraft weapons with a caliber greater than 7.62 mm, and the 22 Maxim machine guns mounted on the tripods were the entire anti-aircraft fire of the base itself.

The newest dreadnought battleships "Pennsylvania", "Arizona", "Nevada" and "Oklahoma" were each equipped with two prototype three-inch anti-aircraft guns, which were the only eight anti-aircraft guns in the fleet, and the anti-aircraft fire of the other ships was limited to a few Maxim machine guns mounted around the superstructure.

At this time, the officers and men of the ships were coming out of the cabins in twos and threes and gathering at the bow of the ship to prepare for the flag-raising ceremony.

No one noticed that a small cluster of black dots had faintly jumped out between the gaps in the clouds in the north.

At 07:50, Colonel Cai Yong's plane was the first to arrive over Pearl Harbor.

In the jewel-like blue harbor, there are strings of large and small steel ornaments quietly inlaid - the enemy army is defenseless!

Cai Yong immediately ordered the telegraph operator behind him: "Send a report!" Chibi is a success! ”

More than 2,000 years ago, in the Three Kingdoms era, the Sun-Liu coalition army defeated Cao Cao's naval army in Chibi, which laid the general trend of the three-point world.

At the same time as the report was issued, Cai Yong took out his signal gun and fired two flares into the air, issuing an order to "attack immediately" to the 130 combat planes behind him.

Ten minutes later, the communications staff officer on the "Pinghai", the flagship of the Combined Fleet, excitedly rushed into the commander's office and reported: "Chibi is successful! ”

Sa Zhenbing just smiled slightly, took out the black piece from the chess bowl, and continued the game of black and white on the table, where the situation was undecided.

08:10, Pearl Harbor Base.

Through the wide glass window of the dining room, Admiral Evanley, commander of the U.S. Navy fleet, stared blankly at the incoming fleet of planes, his knife and fork trembling slightly.

"Commander, there's a call from Washington, 1 hour ago China has declared war on our country, ordering the fleet to immediately enter combat mode."

"1 hour ago?" The corners of Ivan Li's mouth twisted slightly.

"Yes, 1 hour ago."

A second later, the innocent ham toast and omelette on the table fell victim to the plate and flipped off the plate and tumbled to the floor.

At 08:15, the 36 ships of the first attack wave first pounced on Ford Island and the Hickam Naval Air Station, and fiercely strafed the rows of clean cyan tents, and at the same time dropped bombs, and immediately puffs of black smoke rushed into the sky.

Two minutes later, six squadrons of 48 torpedo planes entered from the east of Ford Island and dropped torpedoes at the six huge dreadnought battleships on the outside of the main mooring.

The torpedo plane, which flaunted the blue, red and gold rings under the wings, was not in the mood to greet the Yankees who were in a daze, and threw torpedoes directly at the battleship, then suddenly turned the nose of the plane to the north and withdrew from the battle with a big grin.

At the same time as the terrible siren sounded from the shore, a high column of water suddenly rose from the port side of the "Arizona", and the dull and heart-rending explosion shook the entire harbor!

Then came the USS Oklahoma, USS Texas, USS Arkansas, USS Utah, and USS North Dakota, and the well-trained Chinese torpedo pilots threw mines at a distance of 500 yards without hindrance, and the hit rate was so high that even they felt dizzy!

After dozens of tall and terrifying columns of water rose one after another and sprinkled down one after another, the six battleships tilted one after another, among which the port side of the "Arizona" was hit by seven torpedoes, which not only quickly tilted to the left to the 40 degrees, but the fire that ignited inside also rushed out from the open hatch, and the smoke of the fire soared straight into the sky!

Within minutes of the attack on the battleships at the main mooring, five squadrons of 40 torpedo planes entered from west of Ford Island and attacked the Michigan, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Georgia, which were also moored outside the queue, the same squadron against one battleship.

At the same time, a partisan squadron of only 6 torpedo planes, divided into three groups, launched an attack on several armored cruisers and large protective cruisers at the entrance to the harbor......