At around eight o'clock in the evening on September 5, in a private house in Jiangshan City, Ouyang Yun received a letter marked with the top secret level from Xin Bao, signed it, tore open the envelope and took out a telegram, his expression immediately changed.
Becoming dignified. Flying
This sealed message was sent back from Tokyo by Li Lanwang, and only Ouyang Yun had the codebook. Pulling out the codebook, he checked it twice in a row to confirm that there were no errors in the content, and his expression suddenly became strange. Later, he handed over the codebook.
The secret message was sealed again and handed over to Xinbao for archiving. He said to himself: "The little devils can't wait any longer. But aren't they worried about the storm in the South Pacific?"
In the past, the Japanese launched the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of November in order to avoid the storm season in the South Pacific. Now, they launched this action two and a half months in advance. So, how will history change?
Woolen cloth?
Ouyang Yun suddenly looked forward to the moment when the mystery was revealed.
It was such a coincidence that on September 14, just as the Xuebing Army was annihilating the remaining Korean puppet troops and the Peace Army in the southeastern area of Zhejiang, and began to establish a new defense line bounded by the Qiantang River, the Japanese combined fleet attacked the U.S. Pearl Harbor Naval Base.
achieved success.
Compared with the period of history that Ouyang Yun is familiar with, the Japanese's painstakingly planned operation has made great progress. First, the Japanese first submitted an "ultimatum" to U.S. Secretary of State Hull by Minister Nomura in the United States.
launched a sneak attack; secondly, not a single ship in the US Pacific Fleet, including the three aircraft carriers, could escape this sneak attack; thirdly, after the successful sneak attack, the Japanese did not rush to leave, but sent the Marine Corps to station
Hawaii, and then actually started repairing the American warships that were damaged by them under the eyes of the Americans. Judging from their plans, it seemed that they wanted to take these warships as their own.
The whole incident was perfect. Minister Nomura handed the "ultimatum" to Secretary Hull half an hour ago. Half an hour later, the first wave of Japanese fighter planes suddenly appeared over Pearl Harbor. The unprepared Americans
The Japanese suffered heavy casualties under the fierce bombing. In the first round of air strikes alone, two of the Pacific Fleet's three aircraft carriers were sunk, and the land airports were also completely destroyed. The Americans who rushed to respond to the second round of air strikes could not organize at all.
With effective anti-aircraft firepower, three of the nine battleships were directly bombed and sunk in the military port. The other two battleships with training missions were also discovered by the Japanese and sunk fifteen nautical miles south of the military port. At this point, the Americans could no longer organize effectively.
Resisted.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, a regiment of Japanese marines began to launch a landing campaign. After another hour and a half, they completely occupied Oahu.
At this time, senior officials of the U.S. government were meeting to discuss countermeasures because of Minister Nomura's "ultimatum" which was no less than a declaration of war. Therefore, when "Pearl Harbor Naval Base was attacked by the Japanese combined fleet, the entire Pacific Fleet was destroyed."
"The news reached Washington, and all senior U.S. government officials present at the meeting, including President Roosevelt, were furious.
In excitement, President Roosevelt slapped the table and almost stood up. After he sat down heavily, he ignored the severe pain in his legs and shouted: "This is a naked and premeditated sneak attack. The Japanese are so shameless!"
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U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Carteret Marshall looked gloomy and asked the intelligence official who delivered the news in a deep voice: "Is the news confirmed?"
Yamamoto Isoroku made a lot of preparations in advance in order to complete his victory in the first battle. Therefore, starting from the second round of air raids by the Japanese army, the military communication facilities on Oahu became the key bombing targets. Because these facilities were destroyed prematurely,
Admiral Melkin, the top commander of Pearl Harbor, had to move to a nearby island to send electricity to Washington through the postal system. In this way, although he finally escaped and successfully sent out radio waves, the time was always delayed.
After the battle is over.
"Declare war!" Hull said.
Roosevelt's eyes were red, and he changed from his usual gentle style and said seriously: "Declare war - if Japan wants to fight, then let's fight!"
The United States declared war on Japan, and soon after, Britain, a country that had been at war with Japan for several months, also declared war on Japan. That night, Germany declared war on the United States. Then, Charles de Gaulle's French government-in-exile also declared war on Japan.
.At this point, World War II has entered a completely new situation.
Between countries, declaring war and forming alliances are actually very simple, just a piece of paper. The specific measures after declaring war are the focus.
At about eight o'clock that night, Yamamoto Isoroku, surrounded by dozens of generals, stepped onto the dilapidated Pearl Harbor pier. The old Japanese looked at the workers who were undergoing intense repair work on the US ship, and rarely revealed
Smiling face.
In the original plan, in order to minimize battle losses, aircraft carriers and land airports were the key targets. Therefore, although he decided to capture as many American ships as possible, he had only expected to capture one or two battleships before. In addition,
Just a few cruisers and other large ships. But now he has captured an aircraft carrier. No wonder he is smiling. Pointing to a US aircraft carrier being repaired, he smiled and said: "If I read it correctly,
Is this the Enterprise?"
Someone under his command immediately said, "Your Excellency has good eyesight, it is the Enterprise!"
"Tell the workers that they only have five days to make repairs. After five days, we must return on time!"
"Hai!"
"Where are the prisoners? You didn't abuse them, did you?"
"No, no, according to your instructions, we have exercised sufficient restraint against the Americans -"
"This is necessary. We do this because we don't want our expatriates to be persecuted. You remember, when dealing with Americans, defeating them in person is more effective than using tricks behind the scenes."
"Hai!"
"Has there been a telegram from Koizumi?"
"Not yet. I guess Mr. Koizumi wants to achieve a certain level of success before reporting success."
Yamamoto Isoroku and Koizumi Toshiichiro had previously communicated and agreed that when the Combined Fleet began to conduct air strikes on Pearl Harbor, the Western Expedition Fleet would begin to attack the U.S. Philippines.
Koizumi had previously expressed his confidence in attacking the Philippines, so Yamamoto asked this question. In his opinion, seven hours have passed, and there should be movement on Koizumi's side. At this time, there are still two ships in the Western Expedition Fleet.
An aircraft carrier, a battleship and several other warships were more than enough to deal with the US Navy's mixed fleet in the Philippine Sea. As for the ground forces, Yamamoto thought that after several battles in the Dutch East Indies and British Malaysia, the First Marine Corps still had
The Second Army has grown up, and it is naturally easy to deal with those American soldiers who have not fought in countless years.