On the afternoon of December 28, Hawaii time, in the northern suburbs of Honolulu, it rained.

"Surrender, impossible!"

Faced with more than a dozen local dignitaries, led by Mayor Marian, Lieutenant General Scowley, commander of the Hawaiian garrison, categorically rejected their requests.

The shelling of Oahu by the East Asian Fleet two days earlier, although it did not cause much damage, made most of the white inhabitants of the area lose the will to resist.

Shore defense batteries can't hit enemy ships at all!

Huo Nururu will be bombarded into ruins by a giant cannon at any moment!

The leaflets dropped by enemy planes are demagoguery, and Pearl Harbor, where only a pile of shipwrecks remains, is even more desperate, but what about the American fleet? Where did the fleet go?

Mayor Marian, who had been coaxing, quickly made a 180-degree turn and led local white representatives from all walks of life in Hawaii to the garrison headquarters far from the city to petition for negotiations with the enemy.

Seeing that Scowley refused without thinking about it, Marian didn't give up so easily: "General, negotiate, it's just a negotiation!" ”

Scowley grimaced: "The leaflet says very clearly, I want my people to lay down their arms, what else is there to talk about!" ”

"Would you like to watch the whole city fall to the ground?"

"If they're willing to slaughter their own people, let that damn city be reduced to ashes. As for you, Mr. Mayor, and you, fellow citizens of the United States, if you are afraid of loss, go back and pack your things and get away from the coast, as far away as possible. Of course, if you're going to play up to the indomitable spirit of the Americans, turn left downstairs and you'll find the militia convening office. ”

General, we can't move the house too, I mean, the hotels, the restaurants, the bars, the shops, the factories, ......."

Scowley shrugged disappreciatively: "Yes, houses, shops, factories, this mess, God." But have you ever wondered if this city is more of our white people's houses, or is it more of those yellow monkeys' houses? I have ordered the National Guard to drive all the yellow people in the city into Chinatown, and all the passages have been barricaded, and if the enemy really wants to destroy the city, well, their hands will be stained with the blood of thousands of their compatriots! ”

"Shameless! What a sinful act! God will not forgive you! An old man in the petition group with glasses on his nose shouted.

Scowley scoffed at this: "To deal with barbarians is to throw that damned civilization aside, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye!" Sir, this is war! The need for war is above all else! ”

Another middle-aged man with a big belly and a merchant-like appearance knocked on the floor with his cane: "General, you can't defeat them, the fleet has abandoned us!" The United States has abandoned us! Sooner or later, the enemy will occupy this place, and when the time comes, the matter of Place Frangran will definitely be stabbed out, and God knows how they will retaliate! General, since you don't let us get on the ship and leave, you must be responsible for the safety of our lives, and now that we are on the same island, we can't go anywhere, let us see the reality, your safety, the safety of your men, the safety of all the white people here...... If we trade non-resistance for assurances that we will not retaliate against the massacre at Place Franglans, we can even promise that your men will not be held accountable......"

Scowley glared: "Impossible, as a member of the U.S. Army, I will not give up my sacred mission before receiving orders from my superiors, and surrender without a fight in shame." Gentlemen, if you are not going to help me, don't trouble me, now you can get out of the way, guards! ”

"Then send a telegram to the White House...... Please......"

"We don't want to die ......"

"Damn, it's all because of your orders, who told you to sink the ship!"

From pleading to scolding, the members of the petition group were carried out by the guards, and Scowley's ears were finally cleared.

"Shame on America, a bunch of bastards, cowards!"

Cursing disdainfully at the door, Sculley returned to his desk, took off his military hat, rubbed the back of his aching head, and struggled to think.

Since the shelling on the 26th, the enemy fleet has not launched another attack, and the planes sent have only dropped leaflets over the city and barracks, and no reports have been received of the discovery of the enemy's landing force, but the naval radio stations on Maui and Molokai have lost contact with each other.

Clearly, the enemy wanted to capture the other islands in the archipelago first, which should have been a no-brainer, since the vast majority of the garrison was on Oahu, and at most the enemy would be held back by a National Guard battalion on the island of Hawaii, divided into five battalions stationed miles apart.

The real battle will only unfold on Oahu.

Two days later, more than 25,000 officers and men on Oahu had fully mobilized and moved into their intended positions, which had been planned a week earlier and had been surveyed on the spot by a very small number of officers.

The most important thing in Oahu is the beach.

Blue sky, turquoise sea, coconut palms, white sand beach, chilled juices, sunbathing......

Battleships, cannons, sampans, ants poured into the beach......

In the blink of an eye, the beautiful beach turned into a source of headaches.

Damn war!

Where will the enemy land from?

The most glamorous place in Honolulu – Wikiki Beach right next to the city?

If that's the case, it's easy to do.

Not only could they be supported by shore batteries, but troops could also lie in ambush in the city, shooting at the exposed beach from the houses and the nearby heights, and even airplanes would have made it difficult to spot the cannons hidden in the houses, oh, and our lovely Mr. Maxim......

The enemy could not have been so stupid, but just in case, two battalions were deployed around Wikiki Beach, reinforced by a machine gun company and two field artillery batteries, which were enough to suppress the beach for several hours.

Two battalions were deployed in the city of Honolulu, whose main task was to defend the port and guard Chinatown.

A battalion of the 50th and 53rd Regiments, assembled northwest of Honolululu, and several artillery batteries served as the general reserve.

There was a battalion at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, and although it was heavily protected by shore batteries, it was clear that there was no way to trust the demoralized navy.

Sunset Beach north of Oahu? The beach was nice, but it was too far from the base of Pearl Harbor and the city of Honolulu, and if the enemy landed there, they would have to push through the valley in the middle of the island, step by step, and we would have enough time to form a line of defense that would cut across the entire valley...... But we must not let our guard down, and the two battalions assembled around Haleiwa should be able to buy us enough time.

Well, the rest ...... Eva Beach, on the west side of the entrance to Pearl Harbor, should be the most suitable place to be.

There, will be the graveyard of the enemy......