On the Pacific Ocean, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is also a major transportation hub. Hawaii is within 2,000 to 3,000 nautical miles from the west coast of the United States to the east, Little Japan to the west, the island groups in the southwest, and Alaska and the Bering Strait to the north.
During the period, Hawaii can serve as a stopover for Far East aircraft traveling from south to north across the Pacific Ocean.
Therefore, the U.S. Navy believes that seizing air and sea control in the Pacific first means that the road south must be unobstructed, and then Pearl Harbor must be destroyed first. So the U.S. Navy planned the surprise operation at Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy Commander Admiral Nimitz
Consider the reasons for eliminating the Far Eastern Navy's power in the Pacific.
Therefore, during the Far East Army's attack on Midway Island, the U.S. Navy attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor. In order to realize this plan and achieve this strategic goal, a tactical step must be taken, which is to do some preliminary inspections, and then the U.S. House of Representatives
Only after approval can we start preparing for this operation. But how could the Far East Intelligence Department not know about such important news?
So when the US military attacked Pearl Harbor, the Far East Army launched an attack on Midway Island at the same time. The purpose of both sides was to eliminate the main force of the other navy in the Pacific. However, after the attack on Pearl Harbor began, the United States had a follow-up plan.
, part of which is to suspend negotiations with the Far East Army before the attack.
Therefore, before the attack, the U.S. Ambassador sent a long telegram to the Far East Group and was ordered to submit the telegram to Far East Foreign Minister Huang Song at 1 pm Beijing time before the attack. The purpose was to prevent the staff from decoding and
Before printing this long diplomatic document, submit this document containing the declaration of war.
Therefore, although Li Ningyu was aware of it, the US military finally successfully attacked the Pearl Harbor base. However, due to the subsequent attack on Midway Island, the US military's plan to attack Pearl Harbor was only halfway through and they took the initiative to retreat. The Far East Navy
The all-out attack on Midway Island also caused huge losses on Midway Island. Although the losses on both sides were similar, the Pearl Harbor base was dozens of times larger than Midway Island, so Midway Island was half destroyed, while Pearl Harbor only suffered a 100% loss.
of twenty.
However, this time the first wave of 383 attack aircraft taking off from six American aircraft carriers broke through the clouds and fog and pounced on Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack, causing heavy losses to the Far East Army. Among them, 8 battleships were hit.
4 were sunk on the spot, and the rest were severely damaged. 6 cruisers and 3 destroyers were damaged, 108 aircraft were destroyed, and thousands of officers and soldiers were casualties. However, the US military only lost 29 aircraft and 55 pilots. Since then,
Because the Battle of Midway had begun, the U.S. military launched a second wave of 368 aircraft attacks, but no attack was launched.
However, in the battle to attack Midway Island, the Far East Navy carrier-based aircraft almost destroyed the entire Midway Island. After one and a half hours of continuous bombing, more than 350,000 tons of bombs fell on the small island of only 7 square kilometers. The consequences can be imagined.
You know, so from a certain perspective, the Far East Army has taken a big advantage, because the US Navy has lost the Midway base, and their logistics supplies have reached a deadlock. They have only two ways to solve the logistics problem. The first is
Send more and more logistics supply ships, and then return to the United States for supplies.
Therefore, in the subsequent Battle of Midway, the U.S. military began to face a water shortage crisis, which was later fully exploited by the Far East Legion. After all, American soldiers were different from Far East soldiers. They had great differences in both belief and combat effectiveness.
The difference is, after all, on the battlefield, American soldiers will choose to surrender after running out of food and ammunition, but Far Eastern soldiers will never do so. They will only fight until the last moment.
The second is the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which can work tirelessly to repair warships. Even the flight deck of an aircraft carrier can be repaired if it is damaged. After all, the Pearl Harbor Base also has a shipping company that builds aircraft carriers, and the U.S. Navy needs to return if it wants to resurface it.
In the United States mainland, in this way, in the subsequent continued battle, the carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group will not be able to play a decisive role.
However, as an ally of the United States, the Japanese Navy dispatched a fleet to Midway. Under the command of the Japanese commander, Vice Admiral Chisato Morita, the first echelon arrived in the Pacific Ocean. The little Japanese brought 36 Zero fighters and 10 bombers.
6 seaplanes, as well as the Japanese Seventh Heavy Cruiser Formation, four heavy cruisers Kumano, Suzuya, Mikuma, Mogami and the Eighth Destroyer Squadron, two destroyers Asashio and Arasio, and Nikei
Maru an oil tanker.
However, with the arrival of the Japanese army, the U.S. Navy's logistics tasks became even heavier, because when the Japanese army broke through, the Far East Army mainly attacked the logistics transport ships of the Little Japanese, including the Wuzhou Maru, the Quanyang Maru, the Second East Asia Maru, and the Argentina Maru.
Transport ships such as the Brazil Maru, Azuma Maru, Keyo Maru, Goshu Maru, Kano Maru, Hokuriku Maru, Kirishima Maru, Nankai Maru, etc. have all sunk in the Sea of Japan. At present, only the military oil tankers of the Japanese Navy are left.
Another oil tanker Akebono Maru.
As for the Japanese escort fleet, the Japanese Second Destroyer Squadron, the Fifteenth Destroyer Squadron, the light cruiser Shentsu, the Kuroshio, the destroyer Oyashio, the Yukikaze, the Tenjin Kaze, the Tokitsu Kaze, and the Hatsukaze destroyers
They have all been sunk, and now only half of the remaining battleships of the Japanese Navy are. It is also worth mentioning that the four aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, have all sunk into the sea.
The first aircraft carrier formation of the Japanese Navy, this large fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Nagumo Chuichi, has 4 aircraft carriers, 266 carrier-based aircraft, 5 supply ships, 2 heavy battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 12
The destroyers were all annihilated by the Asiatic Garrison Fleet of the Far East Navy, and only one light cruiser escaped.
Therefore, the current Japanese Navy only has three remaining seaplanes and some floating warships that can support the U.S. Navy. However, the Japanese Navy's 18th Destroyer Squadron, the Second Seaplane Carrier Force, and the Japanese Fifth Fleet have not yet broken through.
come out.
Not long after, the Far East Foreign Affairs Department finally issued a notice, warning the Japanese authorities not to blatantly violate the surrender agreement, otherwise the Second Artillery Corps of the Far East Corps would not mind blowing up the Japanese island. After receiving such an announcement, Little Japan had no choice but to
Think carefully, because they have already seen the power of nuclear bombs, and they don't know how many nuclear bombs there are and are ready to be launched at any time.
However, the Japanese militarists were still very fanatical. However, as uprisings broke out across Japan, the militarists began to fall step by step. Because in the previous announcement against Japan, the second wave of nuclear bomb attacks in the Far East had entered a countdown. If the Japanese militarists
If the elements continue to resist, then the next wave of dozens of nuclear bombs will land on the Japanese island again.