It was just dark that night. Zhou Zhihan stood alone on the tower of Pearl Harbor Land-based Iwa Airport and watched the night view of Pearl Harbor. He missed China and his comrades during the war. He missed his home and his parents, wife and children.
Whenever he thinks of Karen, Zhou Zhihan feels very sorry for her.
Karen gave up everything she owned in the UK and came to China with him, but the war caused them to be together less and more apart. Except for the first few days of their marriage, he spent most of the time on the battlefield. After the birth of the child, he did not hold him for a few times. Second-rate.
I just wrote a letter to Karen yesterday, and it will probably take more than half a month for her to receive it.
There were no transoceanic telephone calls at this time, so the fastest option was a telegram, but he would not easily send a telegram unless it was urgent.
At this time, the officer's family is most afraid of receiving telegrams, which mostly represent death notifications.
Rather than a telegram, his family would rather see his handwritten letter stating that everything is well!
The aircraft carrier "Enterprise" in the aircraft carrier harbor a little further away just returned to port before dark. The lights on the ship were brightly lit, and the F4F carrier-based aircraft were arranged neatly. The skids were placed in the front and rear of the landing gear, and the fastening straps were tightened. The pilots and sailors were The ship was neatly arranged, saluting during the military music, lowering the flag, and starting to get busy cursing and swearing just after disbanding. When they returned from a long voyage, except for the personnel on duty, most of the remaining people did not even eat the dinner on the ship. Everyone took a shower and shaved, and prepared to go ashore to drink and have fun.
Tomorrow is Sunday. Honolulu, which is about ten kilometers away from Pearl Harbor tonight, will be a paradise for sailors. Every weekend, there will be many taxis outside Pearl Harbor, and some girls will simply stand beside the taxis. , waiting for the selection of the soldiers.
The ship is responsible for food, drink, housing and clothing, so the sailors never save money. Wherever the fleet docks, it is their paradise.
The aircraft carrier [Lexington] returned last night and was parked not far from the [Enterprise] for regular maintenance. It was like a huge steel giant, full of power, and the maintenance staff stood on it like ants.
Not far from it, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown is parked. This giant ship will set sail for sea training on Monday. The sailors on the ship have already sat in bars or hotels on the shore and started to have fun. This is when they leave the port. The carnival before.
The aircraft carrier [Hornet] just left port this morning, and it is estimated that it will take half a month to come back.
Looking at the three aircraft carriers in front of him, Zhou Zhihan was extremely envious. When would China have one with fighter planes parked on it, fighting through the waves in the sea, and then the carrier-based aircraft would take off after reaching the coast of Japan...
Great China! come on!
Zhou Zhihan shook his head and looked at the giant steel beasts in front of him. The scene in his mind was actually a movie scene from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
Thinking of the tragedy when Pearl Harbor was bombed, Zhou Zhihan was not happy at all. Although the United States only entered the war after the Pearl Harbor incident, the situation of the war was reversed by the allies and they won the final victory.
Zhou Zhihan lit a cigarette.
I knew clearly that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was imminent, but I remained silent. Was this right or wrong?
Ever since he stepped into Pearl Harbor, this thought had repeatedly tortured Zhou Zhihan. Although he had made decisions and plans, this thought still popped up from time to time, causing a fierce inner battle with him.
"call……"
Zhou Zhihan blew out a smoke ring and then smiled dumbly. If I tell the Americans now that the Japanese will attack your Pearl Harbor in a few days, you must prepare in advance...will anyone believe it?
I guess someone will treat me as a lunatic and send me back to my country.
No one will believe it.
Many military historical materials record that before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, relevant U.S. departments knew the clues, but they did not believe that the Japanese dared to launch a war against them.
At this time, the United States and Japan were negotiating, and they might even think that I was sowing discord. Zhou Zhihan remembered that in order to successfully attack Pearl Harbor, the Japanese deliberately negotiated with the United States as a cover, and prepared two cases A and B.
"Case A" is an old wine in a new bottle. It claims that it can agree to the United States' request for the principle of non-discrimination in trade with China, and that Japan can withdraw its troops from Indochina and China. At the same time, Japan stated that it would be up to Japan to decide whether to participate in the war, but it did not promise not to attack the United States. .
"Case B", on the other hand, was silent on issues such as the withdrawal of troops from China. It only used Japan's withdrawal from southern French Indochina as a cover and asked the United States to force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender. The United States was not allowed to interfere in the Sino-Japanese peace talks, and Japan and the United States resumed trade before the asset freeze. relations, supplying oil to Japan, and assisting Japan in obtaining resources from the Netherlands and India. These demands are undoubtedly for Japan to monopolize China and dominate the Western Pacific.
However, the United States did not respond to either case A or B. Instead, it submitted a draft of the "Basic Outline of the Daily Agreement" to Japan, known as the "Hull Memorandum", requiring Japan and the United States to ensure that both sides abide by the principles advocated by the United States in the past. Proposes the conclusion of a multilateral non-aggression treaty between China, the United States, Britain, Japan and the Netherlands, requires the Japanese government to withdraw all land, sea, air and police forces from China and French Indochina, and requires Japan to abandon the Triple Alliance Treaty...
What the Americans didn't know was that the above treaties were just a conspiracy by the Japanese. The purpose was to let the Americans know that the Japanese were willing to negotiate with the United States, so that the United States could relax its vigilance and take the opportunity to attack Pearl Harbor.
Zhou Zhihan put out the cigarette butt and put it away. Nan Nan laughed at herself: Even if I want to sow discord, I have to have the strength.
Zhou Zhihan turned around and saw that 45 degrees to the left of Iwa Airport was the channel called "Battleship Street" between Ford Island and the naval base.
This channel runs from the southwest to the northeast, and is lined with steel behemoths such as the battleship Oklahoma, the battleship Maryland, the USS Tennessee and the USS Arizona, with lights in the distance. Against the background, it is very spectacular and shocking.
The USS Pennsylvania, the flagship of Admiral Kimmel of the Navy, is still moored in the dock of the Southern Naval Shipyard for additional naval guns.
Parked to the north of Ford Island is the seaplane carrier USS Jellyfish, and next to this light aircraft carrier for offshore defense are the destroyers USS Utah and USS Detroit.
The destroyer USS Tangier is anchored next to Pearl City, serving as the outermost defense and signal ship. The destroyer USS Raleigh is only docked next to the fuel depot built parallel to the naval base, serving as the defense in the northwest corner. The battleship, she and the destroyer Tangier formed a horn, and it seemed that she could protect the entire Pearl Harbor.
On the right side of the submarine base is the famous Pacific Fleet Headquarters. Behind the headquarters is the battleship "Queen Star" parked.
Opposite Ewa Airport are Haleiwa Airport and Oahu Airport where A47 transport aircraft are parked. Rows of P40 fighter jets are parked at Wheeler Airport. On the right is Kaneohe Airport. This airport is lined up with Ford Island Airport. There are four squadrons of Mustangs, the latest Thunderbolts at Bellows Airport, and the famous B25 bombers parked at Hickam Airport. Between the latter two is Honolulu, a paradise for sailors.
On the other side of Iwa Airport, there are light and heavy cruisers, destroyers, various small torpedo boats, minesweepers, as well as many work ships, fueling ships, tugboats, repair ships...
