At two o'clock in the morning on December 25, 1940, 300 nautical miles northwest of Oahu, a large naval task force was sailing through a raging storm. This huge fleet consists of 14 aircraft carriers, 9 cruisers, 16 destroyers, 12 submarines, 10 tankers, and 20 merchant converted transports. The huge naval formation stretches for dozens of nautical miles!

This huge naval task force has been in the ocean for 10 days, and their final destination is Pearl Harbor, the naval base of the US Pacific Fleet. That's right, this is the Japanese Super Task Force led by Isoroku Yamamoto.

In another time and space, Japan only dispatched 6 aircraft carriers when it attacked Pearl Harbor (Japan had 10 at that time), but this time it dispatched 14 aircraft carriers, of which 8 aircraft carriers belonged to the newly formed Japanese Air Force, carrying more than 700 combat aircraft.

I have to say that in order to successfully complete this long-distance sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese government really made a lot of money. Because the combat aircraft of World War II are relatively light, the take-off speed requirements are not high, and the take-off deck can be met with wooden planks, so it is not as tall as modern aircraft carriers, and even ordinary large cargo ships can be easily transformed into aircraft carriers carrying combat aircraft.

Yamamoto Fifty-six stood quietly in front of the porthole of the bridge of the Nagato, only to see the torrential rain outside the window roaring like a fierce wind, and the sea set off waves of turbulence, surging and whistling, as if to foreshadow the coming fierce battle. The battleship Nagato was the first battleship in the world to have a 40-centimeter main gun, with a speed of 26.5 knots and a speed of 49 kilometers per hour, and a full load displacement of 42,800 tons!

The Nagato was the largest and strongest warship in the world at that time, and it was the spiritual symbol of the Japanese Navy. Deeply trusted by the Japanese people, it is known as "the strongest warship in the world!" The battleship Nagato was the flagship of Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, and most of the deck buildings have been demolished and runways have been laid on the deck, transforming it into an aircraft carrier that can carry more than 70 combat aircraft.

Looking at the violent wind and waves outside, Yamamoto Fifty-six frowned slightly, although this kind of weather is very conducive to hiding his whereabouts, but if it is still like this when he arrives at the destination, it will affect the entire sneak attack. Nagumo Tadaichi stood behind Yamamoto Fifty-six, and he was directly responsible for the offensive operation of the Naval Aviation Corps, and when he saw Yamamoto Fifty-six frowning at this time, he immediately knew what Yamamoto Fifty-six was worried about.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, this kind of storm weather comes quickly but also quickly, I believe that as long as you move forward 200 nautical miles, you will usher in good weather!" Nagumo Tadaichi stepped forward and took a small step, stood beside Yamamoto Fifty-six and said softly, "Although we have done our best to keep it secret, the entire fleet has been silent on the radio since it left its home port, and we have chosen the sparsely populated northern route.

But such a huge task force still has a great risk of being discovered after all, but this sudden storm has greatly reduced the risk of us being discovered, and it can be said that this sudden storm is the God Blessed Empire. "Although it is said that Japan used a fleet that was larger than the other time and space this time, but in this era when there are no satellites, unless the point is back to meet passing ships and patrol ships, it is really difficult for the Americans to find the Japanese fleet sailing on the sparsely populated sea route in the vast sea!

"Yo Xi, I hope so!" Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded lightly, no matter how much he worries at this time, it will be superfluous, and when the time comes, he can only see if God will give face! Yamamoto walked back to the command room and looked down at the military map of Pearl Harbor from the Special High Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This map is extremely detailed and clear, showing all the important value objects of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's oil depots, ammunition depots, supply depots, hangars, ship berths, and so on in Pearl Harbor.

After looking at it for a while, Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has done a good job, the map is too detailed, with this map, not only the air force bombing, but also the imperial army's beach-rushing landing and airdrop operations, can get twice the result with half the effort!" Nan Yunzhong nodded and agreed: "Yes, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs providing so much accurate information, this long-distance attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire will definitely be able to obtain the most perfect results!" ”？ After a pause, Yamamoto Fifty-six said with a gleam in his eyes: "Three hours later, when our plane arrived outside Pearl Harbor, our declaration of war was just handed over to the Americans, and at that time it was too late for them to take precautions.

As long as we grasp the time well, the Great Japanese Empire can defeat the United States in a righteous and bright way, deal a great blow to the arrogance of the Americans, and let them know that the Great Japanese Empire is an invincible and powerful opponent! The corners of Nanyunzhong's mouth curled: "The Americans have not experienced a war for hundreds of years, they are too arrogant, they think they are the world's number one industrial power, and no one dares to provoke them."

I'm afraid that even if our credentials were handed to them, they would definitely not have thought that the powerful fleet of the Great Japanese Empire had already arrived at Pearl Harbor, and most of them would probably think that the Great Japanese Empire was joking with them! "Haha, that's right! This time, we must beat the Americans to the bitter and scared! "Yes, tell these Americans that the Japanese Empire is invincible!" "Who called these arrogant Americans always want to blackmail the sanctioned empire, this is the price they should pay!"

"Great Japanese Empire onboard!" "Hahaha!" The conversation between Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagumo Tadaichi quickly caused a chain reaction, and dozens of Japanese naval officers and colonels laughed arrogantly. However, it was only three seconds before a huge wave crashed against the side of the battleship Nagato.

The unparalleled force of the impact spread, causing the battleship Nagato to tilt to the right with a visible amplitude. As the hull of the ship quickly shifted and tilted, the Nagato seemed to be unable to withstand such an amplitude of impact, and the entire hull steel structure began to creak. "Ahh "This!" The young staff officers in the swing room couldn't help but be frightened, and their faces became ugly, but Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagumo Tadaichi, who were standing in front of the porthole, had the same faces as usual, and they didn't show any panic!

"Don't be nervous, it's just a small scene!" Seeing the nervousness on the faces of the young staff officers, Yamamoto Fifty-six did not have the slightest sense of reproach, and comforted with a smile: "The ships of the Great Japanese Empire can completely withstand hurricanes and rains, and in the future, the Great Japanese Imperial Navy will definitely be able to gallop across any sea area at will!" "Hello!" "The Imperial Japanese Navy is invincible!"

Yamamoto Isoroku's sonorous and powerful words were extremely infectious, and the expressions of the young Japanese staff officers in the command room suddenly relaxed, and their eyes became extremely hot. On the other aircraft carrier, Nojima Rikuto stood in front of the porthole in full armor and silently watched the storm outside, without saying a word. This time, Nojima Luren and his special team, which had been carefully trained for a long time, also joined the task force, and their combat mission was to go to Hawaii Island after the battle began, eliminate the US command post as quickly as possible, and ensure that the oil depot was completely in the hands of the Japanese army.

On this basis, if possible, their airborne surprise force will have to support the army's beach-grabbing landing force! This battle is very crucial for the Nojima landers, who can only win but not lose, because in the past year or two, the Nojima landers have always been more defeated than victorious when fighting against the Shandong Group Army, and it can be said that they have been eaten to death! Thinking of the past, the people of Nojima were full of a faint sadness in their hearts, and they couldn't understand why the special forces they had worked so hard to create could not achieve the desired results at all, and they could not take advantage of the Shandong Group Army at all!

This time, he was finally able to join the attack force, and Nojima Rikuto made up his mind, and if he didn't succeed in this battle, he would become a benevolent. Because if this battle can be fought beautifully, it will undoubtedly be a turnaround battle, on the contrary, if there is still no bright spot, then his future will definitely be completely over! In that case, it's better to hang up this battle directly! Keigo Sano, who is known as the king of guns in the special operations team, walked over and asked softly, "Nojima-kun, what are you thinking?" ”

Nojima Luren didn't look back, and said in an extremely cold tone: "This battle is the most challenging strategic-level mission since the establishment of our special brigade!" Sano-kun, tell everyone that this time only victory is allowed, no defeat is allowed, no matter what the cost is, the mission must be successfully completed, and let everyone in the empire know the power of our special brigade! Otherwise, there would be no need for us to exist! "Hello!"

Keigo Sano nodded heavily, how did he not know the current embarrassing situation of the special brigade, and he had also been looking forward to such an opportunity to become famous! As time passed, the Japanese task force arrived and anchored 190 nautical miles north of Oahu, at 5:45 a.m. I don't know when, the storm on the sea has stopped, the whole sea is calm, like a mirror, there is a dead silence between heaven and earth, there is no sound!

"It's so quiet outside." Yamamoto Fifty-six stood by the porthole, looked at the dead sea for a while, then looked down at the time, looked back at Nagumo Tadaichi and Yamaguchi Tashi, and said: "Gentlemen, the storm of nature has passed, but a war storm launched by the empire is about to begin!" The battle for the fortunes of the Great Japanese Empire is finally here! "Hello!"

"The Imperial Japanese Army will win!" Nagumo Tadaichi and Yamaguchi Tawen and others paused heavily, not only in response to Yamamoto Fifty-six, but also to remind themselves. Retracting his thoughts, Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at Yamaguchi and said, "Yamaguchi-kun, there are still 15 minutes left, and the naval fleet will enter the designated sea area, is your air force ready?" ”

"Hello." Yamaguchi Duowen paused: "Back to Your Excellency Commander, more than 700 combat aircraft of the four flight wings are ready for battle. As soon as His Excellency the Commander gives the order, our Air Force can launch a devastating bombing campaign against Pearl Harbor and military installations on the Hawaiian Islands, ensuring the successful completion of the bombing mission! ”

"Yo Si." Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded, and then looked at Nanyun Zhongyi: "Is the Imperial Navy ready?" "Hello!" Nagumo Zhong said for a moment: "20 submarines have arrived at the designated combat positions, and more than 450 naval combat planes have already been loaded with ammunition and fuel, ready for battle!" ”

"Yo Xi!" The corners of Yamamoto Fifty-six's mouth curled slightly, and then his eyes flashed with fierce murderous intent, and he said word by word: "Yamaguchi-kun, Nagumo-kun, the success or failure of the empire is in one fell swoop!" On my order, the first attack formation at 6:10 officially attacked, targeting the US Navy's Pearl Harbor base! ”

"Hello!" Yamaguchi Tawen and Nanyun Zhong paused heavily, and then took the order and left! Fifteen minutes later, the Japanese task force halted its advance and anchored in the sea. The next moment, the headlights on the bridge of the Nagato lit up one after another, and in the blink of an eye, the entire bridge was illuminated as if it were day. Immediately afterwards, the bridges of the warships of the entire task force were lit up, and the radio that was in a silent state was also resurrected, and the entire task force began to show a hideous face!

It didn't take long for the decks of 14 aircraft carriers to get busy and begin to make final combat preparations. Yamamoto Fifty-six looked down at his watch, and when the watch hands pointed to six o'clock, he turned his head and nodded to Nagumo Tadashi beside him. "Hello!"

Nanyun Zhong paused heavily, then turned his head and shouted at the group of devil officers in the command room: "For the glory of the empire, for the future of the Yamato nation, attack!" As soon as Nan Yunzhong's words fell, dozens of offensive orders immediately sounded in the entire combat command room. Imperial warriors, the history of the Empire will now be written by you! For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, for the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, attack! At this time, Yamaguchi Bunta also gave the Japanese air force an order to attack.

Immediately afterward, one reconnaissance plane, fighter plane, and bomber after another took off from the deck and soared into the sky with a fierce roar. In a short time, the first attack formation took off 300 combat aircraft from 14 aircraft carriers. After taking off, 300 combat planes formed a large group of attack planes in the air, and then, under the guidance of reconnaissance planes, pounced on Pearl Harbor, 300 kilometers away.

It was only 180 nautical miles from the sea area where the Japanese task force was located to the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, and even the slowest bomber could reach it in an hour.

Washington, USA. "It's almost time! Go to the White House now, fast! Matsuoka Yoyo, who had been waiting for a long time, came to the gate of the White House in the United States, took a letter of state, and shouted at the guards: "In view of the extremely rude coercion and arrogance of the US government, the Japanese Empire could not bear it anymore and officially declared war on the United States!" This is the declaration of war of the Great Japanese Empire, please forward it to President Roosevelt immediately! ”

"Watts? You're going to declare war on the great America, did I hear you right? "What? Do you say it again? The American guards in charge of standing guard were stunned, and for a moment they couldn't believe that what they heard was true, and they had the impression that the little Japanese delegates had been low-browed and docile in and out of the White House these days. And they also heard that little Japan has come to take the initiative to beg for mercy and beg the US government not to embargo oil and steel.

These guards really can't figure it out, where does the courage and self-confidence come from in the country of projectiles, dare to declare war like the incomparably powerful United States! Looking at the stunned appearance of the American guards, Matsuoka Yoyo only felt extremely happy, and finally had a feeling of raising his eyebrows, holding the declaration of war and shouting loudly again: "You have all heard me clearly, in view of the extremely rude coercion and arrogance of the US government, the Japanese Empire can no longer bear it, and now it is officially declaring war on the United States!" ”

After speaking, Matsuoka Yoyo directly stuffed the national letter into the hand of a guard, and snorted coldly: "Hurry up and hand over the declaration of war to President Roosevelt, and tell him that the Great Japanese Empire is not a sheep that can be slaughtered, and the Yamato nation is the best nation in the world, and it will never be ignored and bullied!" After speaking, Matsuoka Yoyou, accompanied by Ambassador to the United States Yoshizaburo Nomura and others, swaggered away.

As for when this declaration letter will be delivered to Roosevelt, Matsuoka Yoyo doesn't care, as long as this declaration letter is sent before the attack on Pearl Harbor! "Watts? Are you Japan really going to be the enemy of the great United States? "What a bunch of people who don't know whether to live or die!" "Oh God, isn't it Christmas today, but April Fool's Day?" "Damn the Japanese, you will definitely pay dearly for this stupid decision!"

After reading the declaration of war in his hand, several White House guards were still a little confused, this came too suddenly, too unexpectedly! Although they didn't understand why, the White House guards did not dare to delay, and soon handed over the Japanese declaration of war to Roosevelt. "What? Did the Japanese declare war on the United States? What the hell does this mean! Roosevelt was equally surprised when he received the declaration of war, even though he had long known that the Japanese were ambitious, had strong coveting of Southeast Asia, and were even hostile to the United States.

Because just yesterday the two countries were still negotiating in good faith and had made a "breakthrough," Roosevelt and other senior US officials were unanimously optimistic that the Japanese did not yet have the courage to make an enemy of the mighty United States. As long as the oil chips are well utilized, the Japanese will obediently obey their words, and they will be able to lead the Soviet Union and China to delay the pace of the Japanese and German offensives.

However, just after more than ten hours, the situation that they were most worried about and what they did not want to see happened happened that the Japanese were really short-sighted and declared war on the United States! Secretary of State Hull's face became extremely ugly, and an extremely ominous premonition suddenly came to his heart, and he hurriedly said to Roosevelt: "Mr. President, I'm afraid things are not so simple.

Now it seems that most of Japan's deliberate efforts to create various false appearances, such as sending troops to the Far East, negotiating in good faith, and not daring to become an enemy of the United States, are all aimed at concealing their true war intentions. "You say the Japanese are about to do it?" Roosevelt's heart chuckled, and he instantly understood what Hull meant, and said with wide eyes: "And their first target is Pearl Harbor, the home port of the Pacific Fleet?" ”

Hull nodded in a heavy tone and said: "I'm afraid that's the case, it's hard to know that the Japanese sneak attack fleet has arrived near Pearl Harbor, otherwise the Japanese wouldn't have bothered so much." "Despicable and shameless!" Thinking of the reality that was about to become, Roosevelt glared angrily and said to Hull: "Immediately contact the Pacific Fleet Command, let them immediately enter the alert state, and send a reconnaissance plane to patrol the surrounding waters!" ”

"Yes, Mr. President!" Hull didn't dare to delay, and immediately turned around and walked out of the Oval Office. ……

Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku of the Japanese Navy stood like a javelin in front of the porthole, watching intently as the huge first wave of attack formations disappeared into the sky. As the first wave of attack formations took off to attack Pearl Harbor, under the sea in front of the Japanese task force, a whole 16 Japanese submarines began to scatter in all directions, heading at full speed toward the predetermined combat area. At the same time, the entire task force began to move forward at full speed, rapidly approaching the Hawaiian Islands. After Yamamoto retracted his gaze, the deck of the aircraft carrier Nagato was busy again, and one combat plane after another was lifted to the deck through the elevator.

After a while, the deck of the Nagato aircraft carrier was once again filled with all kinds of combat aircraft. Immediately after that, the Japanese pilots of the second attack wave came out of the bridge lounge one after another and walked towards their respective combat aircraft. The Japanese pilots, wearing white scarves, looked nervous and excited, stepping on wings or ladders to enter the cockpit one after another.

Soon, under the guidance of the navigator, the combat planes entered the runway one after another and began to line up. Yamaguchi Tawen personally walked up to Aoi Koike, the captain of the flying wing, with a white cotton bowl scroll printed with the red sun and the word "victory" written on it, and said in an excited tone: "Koike-kun, I wish you success and an immortal feat for the Japanese Empire!" "Hello!"

Koike Aoi solemnly stretched out his hands to take the bowl scroll, tied it to his head hard, and then saluted Yamaguchi Tashi and said, "Please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, the Imperial Air Force will definitely live up to its mission!" Great Japanese Empire onboard! "Onboard!" Yamaguchi Tashi returned the salute and watched Aoi Koike board the cabin and then enter the runway to prepare for takeoff.

About half an hour later, one after another, the combat planes took off from the deck one by one. The second wave of attack formation combat planes on 14 aircraft carriers took off one after another, and soon more than 300 combat planes formed a powerful attack formation in mid-air again, and then roared towards Pearl Harbor! Shortly after the second wave of the Japanese task force had completed its takeoff, the first wave of more than 300 combat planes had already broken through the clouds and fog and flew into the airspace near Pearl Harbor.

At this time, the Pearl Harbor base was a peaceful scene, and the American soldiers and civilians on the island of Hawaii were immersed in the joy of Christmas. Most of the sailors of the Pacific Fleet are on vacation, and even the few sailors on duty on the ships are rarely sticking to their posts, and many warships have not even removed their gun suits. American sailors are celebrating Christmas in a variety of ways of entertainment, whether they are cleaning on the warship, playing cards boringly, telling adult jokes, and even having morning exercises with the female ticket on board.

Pearl Harbor was quiet in the early morning, and neither the officers nor the soldiers realized that the catastrophe was rapidly approaching, and a large number of Japanese planes full of murderous intent were about to arrive.

When the first wave of planes arrived 10 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor, the planes began to pull up one after another, ready to officially start bombing mode. It was also at this time that several watchtowers and radar stations east of Pearl Harbor spotted Japanese planes in the air. The radar crews of these radar stations immediately reported the discovery of a large number of unidentified planes to the colonels and officers on duty at the Navy's Air Defense Command.