the world is at stake

The radar screen at the Manoa radar station turned into snowflakes in an instant, and nothing could be seen.

The radar officer was very annoyed by such anomalies. He realized that he had been fooled, ordered the radar frequency to be adjusted, and immediately called the Fleet Command on the island to warn.

But... the duty officer at the headquarters didn't take it seriously.

Snowflakes all over the radar screen?There must be something wrong with the equipment.After all, the reliability of that thing is really poor, and false alarms are reported from time to time, causing the island to fly wild.

As for the enemy attack?impossible.

The Brits are in the Atlantic, and no one dares to hit the United States in the Pacific.

Just those yellow monkeys in the Western Pacific?Inferior humans are not qualified to compete with noble whites.

"As we all know, Asians have poor hand-eye coordination and cannot fly a plane to do difficult maneuvers."

"The Chinese and Japanese are short in stature and cannot withstand high-g maneuvering."

"Chinese planes and warships need to be piloted by British and German pilots."

"All China's technology is plagiarized from the United States, and it is impossible to be stronger than the United States."

Even if the 'fraternity' yells about the threat of war every day, long-standing stereotypes will not be easily dispelled.The U.S. military is still in awe of the British in Canada, but it has never suffered a disadvantage in the hands of the Chinese.

Seaplanes conducting aerial reconnaissance continued to release electromagnetic interference until the first attack wave flew within fifty kilometers of Pearl Harbor.

After the radar station on the island changed the detection frequency many times, it finally found the fleet coming from low altitude——thick dots suddenly appeared on the screen, and the radar officer who was in a state of desperation thought he was still seeing snowflakes.

"No, it's a fighter plane, at least hundreds of fighter planes." The radar station frantically called the Fleet Command at the port, repeatedly explaining that it was not mistaken, and the radar was not faulty.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters is in the port area east of Pearl Harbor, with oil depots, submarine docks, and ship repair yards nearby.To the south is Seagam Airport on the island, and one kilometer away is Ford Island in the harbor. There is also a small airport on the island.

In the original history, the U.S. military began to build the Pearl Harbor military base in 1921.Now the 'Brotherhood' operates Hawaii a few years in advance, but the facilities in the port area are still very simple.

The duty officer of the Fleet Command finally decided to trust the radar station and sounded the alarm. Admiral Fletcher, the fleet commander on the island, was awakened by the harsh sound.Angrily, he asked the adjutant Faguan what happened, but he couldn't get an answer right away.

After 5 minutes, the adjutant reported to the commander who had just put on his clothes: "The Manoa radar station said that it found a group of hundreds of planes flying towards us, and it was close to less than [-] kilometers."

Your Excellency the Admiral frowned, he couldn't imagine who would dare to attack Pearl Harbor, even though he ordered the attack on Tokyo just a few days ago with the intention of destroying the Sino-Japanese joint fleet.

It is natural for the United States to attack China. If China dares to resist or even take the initiative to attack, it will be treasonous and incomprehensible. It is similar to blasphemy.

Admiral Fletcher did not immediately go to the headquarters, nor did he let the airport take off fighter jets immediately.He was more willing to believe that it was a radar failure, so he asked the adjutant to confirm with the radar station again.

In the process of going back and forth like this, Martha, who was flying at a low altitude, had already seen the towering mountains on Oahu Island.

Since it is clear that there is no US fleet in Pearl Harbor, the task of the first attack wave is to destroy the port facilities and make the enemy's warships lose their logistics base.

Airports, oil depots, piers, shipyards, headquarters, these are the primary targets of the first attack wave.Martha personally commanded three flying brigades to attack the airport on the island, and another flight officer commanded dive bombers to drop bombs on the oil depot.

The last thirty kilometers, the dive bomber began to climb.The fighter plane responsible for clearing the field accelerated to a speed of more than 380 kilometers, and arrived at Seagam Airport, the southernmost part of Oahu Island, in a few minutes.

The airport has an east-west runway, and next to it are hangars and ancillary facilities one after another.The U.S. ground crew was alerted and dragged the fighter planes out of the hangar like busy ants and lined them up on the apron.

Due to the sudden incident, the U.S. military at the airport panicked.The inexperienced officers were dazed, and they questioned each other, not knowing how to direct their men to respond, only trying to find instructions from higher-ranking officers.

The air defense position near the airport responded quickly. Large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and small-caliber parallel machine guns were uncovered one after another. Hundreds of soldiers were busy carrying ammunition boxes and looking up at the sky to find targets.

There were already sharp-eyed American soldiers running around and pointing to the south of the airport, shouting in panic: "Look, there is an enemy attack! There is really an enemy attack!"

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a matter of national destiny. The air force in the United Fleet gathered all the flying elites of China and Japan, all of whom were strengthened super aces.

These elites rush forward at a height of 60 meters above the ground, using the ground to cover their route.

There must be an open space near the airport, but the personal vision must be blocked by buildings.

In the cognition of the U.S. air defense force, the Air Force must be in the air.Its muzzles are all pointed at the dive bombers that are climbing rapidly in the sky, but it is difficult to track the fighter jets flying over at low altitude-the muzzles cannot keep up.

There are a few gun positions facing the incoming Chinese carrier-based fighter jets, basically small-caliber rapid-fire guns.The gunners operating the artillery were so nervous that they trembled all over. They had already fired, but it was difficult to aim because the distance was too far.

But for Martha, who led the raid, she knew the specific location of the air defense positions on the island through intelligence personnel before taking off.When she was 500 meters away from her opponent, she escaped the launch safety of the rocket.

Each 'Hai J-3' has six [-]mm aviation rockets mounted under its wings, with a maximum range of seven or eight kilometers and an effective range of two kilometers.

When Martha pulled the firing trigger, six rockets broke away from the pylon, flew out in a volley, and hit the rapid-fire gun on the opposite side at a supersonic speed within two to three seconds.

Compared with small-caliber artillery shells for point attacks, [-]mm rockets explode a large area.Six rockets can blow out more than half the area of ​​a football field, killing all unprotected or lightly protected targets.

Several [-]mm twin-mounted 'Bofors' anti-aircraft guns were firing happily, and the gunners kept loading five rounds of magazines into the automatic machine.Just as they were frantic in a hurry, they were hit by a wave of rocket bombs head-on.

A ring of sandbags was stacked outside the emplacement to strengthen protection, which can effectively resist the shooting of machine guns and even [-]mm machine guns.But the sandbag failed to withstand the explosion, and was blown apart and shattered.

Before the smoke cleared, the gunner operating the anti-aircraft gun had suffered heavy casualties.In the smoke and fire, the anti-aircraft guns fixed on the ground were overturned and skewed, completely losing their ability to fight back.

The following fighter jets seemed to be plowing the ground, blasting at the hangars, runways, towers, and ammunition depots from afar.After firing the rockets, they deflect sideways to keep the jet out of the explosion smoke of its own making.

The U.S. military has five airports on Oahu, and the three incoming fighter brigades each have a division of labor, giving priority to suppressing ground air defense firepower and destroying runways and enemy aircraft.

With just one face-to-face air strike, Pearl Harbor lost most of its ability to fight back.

When Martha finished firing the rockets and took her wingman as a safari team, she sent a telegram to the Combined Fleet waiting for news in the open sea, "Pearl Harbor is trembling under my wing!"

Chapter 87 The Burning Harbor

On October 1919, [-], it was seven past five in the morning, Hawaii time.

Seagam Airport on Oahu was the first to see fireworks, followed by Ford Island Airport.Not long after, Wheeler Field on the north side of the island was also attacked.

The fighter planes responsible for the island's air defense were extremely vulnerable in the face of a surprise attack, and the American-made B-10 bombers and P-series fighter jets at the airport were shattered by the explosion of the rockets.

The 127mm large-caliber anti-aircraft guns continuously fired hot projectiles, trying to drive away the dive bombers that surrounded them like vultures.

The gunner must estimate the flying altitude of the enemy aircraft and set the time for the timing fuze, but this is really powerless on the unpredictable battlefield.

The small-caliber rapid-fire guns are more flexible, but they can't suppress the Chinese fighter jets scurrying around at low altitudes. Instead, they are destroyed by the rockets fired by them from time to time.

After the ground air defense was suppressed, the dive bombers carrying 250 kg bombs began to drop bombs from an altitude of one thousand meters.Since the main force of the Pacific Fleet is absent, their target is the infrastructure of the port area.

The focus is on the oil depot.

In 1919, the US military's oil depots on Oahu were far less numerous and larger than in the 'original history'.They are not hidden in the mountains, but are arranged in giant atmospheric storage tanks on the shore, which contain viscous marine heavy oil.

In order to prevent fire, the U.S. military has set up a firewall several meters high around each oil storage tank, and there is a distance of 50 meters between each oil storage tank.But in the face of aerial bombs dropped from high altitude, its huge tank is an obvious target.

Each oil storage tank is surrounded by complex pipelines, as well as pipe racks, pump stations, and power distribution rooms for laying pipelines.And because the freezing point of heavy oil is very high, it will solidify at room temperature, and steam heating and heat preservation are required to maintain fluidity.

Simply put, the entire system is extremely fragile and easily destroyed.

Therefore, when the air strike fell from the sky, Admiral Fletcher, who hurried out of the officer's apartment, saw an aerial bomb hit the oil depot area, and immediately his eyes turned black, his legs became weak, and he could hardly stand up.

"It's over, the oil depot is going to be finished."

There are more than one million tons of heavy oil in the port oil depot at Pearl Harbor, which is an important guarantee for maintaining the presence of the fleet and even the US Navy in the Pacific Ocean.

Once the heavy oil in the huge oil storage tank is ignited, it cannot be extinguished at all, and the high temperature will make any fire fighting methods ineffective.The fire brigade could only flee for their lives and let it burn.

If the fire is raging, and in a more dire situation, the burning heavy oil will form a 'flowing fire' that spreads in all directions, like an unstoppable eruption of volcanic lava, and ignites any combustibles nearby.

"Go to the underground headquarters and order all fighter planes to take off at the airport of the Hawaiian Islands immediately. The incoming enemies must be driven away to ensure our safety."

Relying on the support of his entourage, Admiral Fletcher would not fall down.His chest rose and fell violently, and he panted heavily like a bellows under the weight of the air raid, and it took him a long time to issue an effective order.

In fact, 10 minutes before the air attack, the duty officer of the Fleet Command had already issued an alarm to all airports in the Hawaiian Islands.The radio station on the island also frantically broadcasted to the whole island that there was an air raid, demanding that all soldiers return to their posts immediately.

However, there are only a handful of U.S. fighter planes that can take off into the air in a hurry.Occasionally, a few lucky ones escaped the first wave of air strikes and flew, and they would soon be shot down by the Chinese HNA ace who was hunting around.

The range and ballistic performance of the 12.7mm gun far exceeds that of the 3mm 'Browning' machine gun. 'Sea J-[-]' is extremely deadly under the control of a master, and can shoot down opponents from a distance.

Just when Admiral Fletcher was about to go to the underground headquarters, he suddenly felt a huge earthquake under his feet, and at the same time, there was a booming sound hitting his ears like a raging wave.

On the east side of Ford Island is the berth for large warships. In addition to the oil pipeline, there are several inconspicuous buildings near the berth, which are actually semi-buried ammunition depots.

The ammunition depot is full of heavy aerial bombs and naval gun shells, as well as thousands of tons of propellant.None of these things are to be trifled with, especially those sealed propellants wrapped in silk.

Generally, propellants are so stable that bullets cannot detonate them.

However, under air strikes, aerial bombs with semi-armor-piercing warheads can easily penetrate the top of the reinforced concrete ammunition depot with the help of the kinetic energy imparted by the dive bomber.The violent explosion can just ignite the propellant.

The moment the ammunition depot was hit by the aerial bomb, a puff of smoke rushed out of the roof of the penetrating depot and filled the sky, and then sporadic explosions appeared in the smoke.

But the people around thought they had survived in horror. About 5 seconds later, a huge fire dragon soared into the sky, and the violent detonation spread instantly.

Several buildings in the ammunition depot disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the mushroom cloud formed by the shock wave occupied all the space in the field of vision within a second.The expansive fireworks swept everything in sight.

The white smoke and dust on the periphery spread out first, followed by the fiery red mushroom cloud.The booming sound spread to the surroundings, and a billowing smoke column rose in place.

The shock wave was like a tornado, blowing up everything in the ammunition depot and throwing it flying. People within a range of 500 meters evaporate instantly, and people within a range of ten kilometers are affected by its shock waves.

Admiral Fletcher was two or three kilometers away from the explosion point, separated by the harbor bay.But the explosion made him unsteady, and even the entourage who supported him staggered like a drunk alcoholic.

The fragments raised by the explosion even flew ten kilometers away, and after being blasted, they flew down again at different distances, engulfing the surrounding area of ​​the port area in smoke and dust like a pouring muck truck.

Admiral Fletcher was unsteady at first, but was soon hit by the explosion fragments that fell overwhelmingly.He had to raise his hands to cover his head, seeking shelter under the protection of his entourage.

But the smoke and dust obscured the sight of the admiral and his entourage, and also caused them to have difficulty breathing and become dizzy.Before long, fragments of the explosion, like an eruption of volcanic ash, knocked them down and buried them.

Intense smoke and dust covered most of the port area in a short period of time, and the remaining US air defense forces were unable to fight, which also affected the attack of the air strike force.

Martha had to order the various brigades to attack targets on other islands and report the current battle situation to the fleet.But this did not lessen the damage suffered by the port area,

But the explosion of the ammunition depot on Ford Island in the harbor is not the worst, there are more tragic ones.Because in the thick smoke and dust, the flames are getting more and more intense.

The magnitude of the fire and the strength of the smoke column exceeded everyone's imagination on the battlefield.When it burned for half an hour, the accumulated heat finally prompted it to explode violently.

Sudden boiling—the oil storage tank at the port has a diameter of 80 meters and a height of more than 20 meters. It can store [-] tons of heavy oil inside.If the viscous heavy oil in the tank is heated to a high temperature, a huge pressure will be generated inside it.

If this pressure is released, it will produce disasters like the end of the world.

A huge amount of heavy oil will explode, throwing it into the sky like a real volcanic eruption, and it will rain like a natural disaster.Just imagine, when hot oil droplets are scattered like arson bombs, there is no safe place in the entire port area.

Everything will be burned.

This nightmare scenario is becoming a reality.

After the ammunition depot exploded, an oil depot at Pearl Harbor also exploded.Although its violent degree does not seem to be high, the harm is still greater than that.

It was as if a volcano appeared in the smoke and dust, and burning heavy oil shot up into the sky.Every time it erupts, it will cause strong secondary damage-burning through and igniting the surrounding oil storage tanks.

In the original history, Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was only about bombing the battleships docked at the pier, and turned a blind eye to the ammunition depots and oil depots that were close at hand.It is more important than anything to ensure that US warships cannot sail.

But for China now, the logistical support capability to destroy Pearl Harbor is more important.Without fuel, without docks, without ammunition depots and command structures, the U.S. Navy had to retreat to San Diego on the west coast.

The first attack wave raged on Oahu for nearly an hour, and returned to the aircraft carrier under the leadership of Martha. When it left, it happened to meet the carrier-based aircraft of the Spey fleet that came from the north.

The two sides briefly exchanged information on the radio and reported the general situation of the battle.Half an hour later, the second attack wave released by the United Fleet also arrived at Oahu.

At this moment, the smoke and dust caused by the explosion of the ammunition depot gradually sank or was blown away by the sea breeze, and the port area reappeared.

The first thing to bear the brunt was a large crater with a diameter of nearly 200 meters on Ford Island, which was the trace left by the explosion of thousands of tons of propellant and tens of thousands of shells.

The U.S. military on the ground gradually resumed command, and the anti-aircraft artillery fire became more and more intense.However, in the second attack wave, many attack aircraft bombed horizontally, using radio-guided aerial bombs to drop bombs at an altitude of 4000 to [-] meters.

Many of the bombs thrown were ground-penetrating bombs refitted from waste gun barrels.Its projectile body is extremely hard and can penetrate reinforced concrete several meters thick. It is mainly used to destroy port forts.

At this moment, the United Fleet has determined that there are no large US warships near Pearl Harbor, and all airports in Hawaii have been continuously bombed, and no US fighter planes can take off at all.

So under the pressure of the fleet's seven aircraft carriers, a group of large gunboats approached Oahu at high speed.Compared with the ammunition load of carrier-based aircraft, the ammunition delivery capability of naval guns is much stronger.

At 14 o'clock in the afternoon, the United Fleet and the Spey Fleet converged, blocked a dozen kilometers outside Pearl Harbor, and bombarded the port with thick pipes with a caliber of 356 or 381 mm.

Several slow-moving seaplanes provided calibration shots for the bombardment.

There are actually some auxiliary ships such as destroyers, hospital ships, and oil tankers in Pearl Harbor.After the air strikes began, they ran for their lives outside the port in addition to desperately defending against the air.

But before these frightened miscellaneous fish came out, they were surprised to find that a large number of [-] to [-]-ton battlecruisers and battleships had arrived outside the port.

It's so long!

Many US destroyers are only a few hundred tons, and they don't need to use the battleship's main guns, and the secondary guns can kill them.

During the shelling, the Pacific Fleet Headquarters building in the port area was hit by more than a dozen shells and collapsed on the spot.The docks and ship repair yards in the port area were not spared, and they were named one by one.

Several airports washed out by rockets are trying to repair themselves.As a result, the overwhelming shelling not only left a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters, but also sent a large number of US military engineers to hell.

At the moment in Washington, the Chinese ambassador, leading the British, German and French counterparts, is preparing to leave via a third country after submitting the declaration of war to the United States.

In the White House, Marcus waited with a livid face for the telegram from Hawaii——Pearl Harbor was severely damaged in the attack of the Chinese navy and could no longer operate.

It's ridiculous that the US ambassador to China didn't get any reminder from Washington five hours after the Chinese did it.He also opened his top-secret safe step by step, took out the prepared declaration of war and submitted it to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Minister Wang scoffed at the declaration of war from the United States, and didn't even bother to accept it. He just mocked: "Five hours ago, the two countries were already at war, and you don't need to declare war anymore."

What's worse is that the news of the war between China and the United States was sent to Hawaii from the submarine cable, and it took a long time during the chaos to send it all the way to Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam, and then sent it by radio to the US military commander who was carrying out the task of burning Tokyo.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet arrived at a sea area [-] kilometers away from Tokyo and is releasing its first attack wave.Commanding the battle is the direct lineage of the 'Brotherhood' navy, who are full of expectations for a glorious victory that will shock the past and the present.

The result..."Oh my God, is this a joke? The Chinese fleet is attacking Hawaii? Then why am I in Tokyo? History made a big joke on me."

Chapter 88 The War of Destruction