November 23, 1941.
Thousand Islands.
This winter, the snow on Thousand Islands came very early like the university in Moscow. It rained all night at the university. The next morning, the entire island was covered with white silver, and the scene was peaceful.
The pace of history continues to move forward in less than a second.
Nagumo Chuichi convened commanders at all levels, staff and destroyer captains to hold a remote worship ceremony on the "Akagi". All Japanese expressions were pious and dignified, looking at the white snow in the distance, wishing the Emperor long life!
After the remote worship ceremony, Nan Yunzhong summoned all the commanders in his large war room. His face was stern and unsmiling, and his square face revealed the unique tenacity of a soldier. He looked around at everyone for more than ten seconds: "Everyone!"
"Snapped!"
All the commanders present knocked their heels lightly and saluted General Nagumo Chuichi with their voices in unison.
"Today, I want to solemnly tell you that our mission is to attack Pearl Harbor in the United States!"
Three seconds later, the entire war room was boiling.
From the beginning of the assembly training, all commanders knew that the Imperial Navy would make a big move, but no one thought it would be Pearl Harbor. At this time, Chuichi Nagumo announced that the ultimate goal was Pearl Harbor, and everyone fell into a crazy celebration.
Sneak attack!
Another sneak attack!
At this moment, the aggressiveness and despicability flowing in the blood of the Japanese were fully aroused.
Seeing everyone celebrating and reveling, Nagumo Chuichi always kept an indifferent expression. There was no emotion or joy on his face. In fact, only he knew that when he said the words "attack on Pearl Harbor", the empire All the glory or shame of a man is borne on his two shoulders, one marking glory and the other carrying shame.
If the attack on Pearl Harbor is successful, his name will be recorded in history and become the eternal glory of the empire. If it fails, Nagumo Chuichi's name will be synonymous with sinners from now on, and will always be engraved on the pillar of shame.
A few minutes later, when the commanders' emotions stabilized, Nagumo Chuichi took a sip of water: "General Yamamoto emphasized that at the moment, the imperial mission is holding negotiations with the Americans in Washington. If, at 1 o'clock in the morning on the first day of the attack If a negotiated agreement is reached before, he will order the combat troops to withdraw. After everyone receives the withdrawal order, all combat troops must withdraw immediately."
As soon as Nagumo Chuichi finished speaking, several commanders in the audience shouted loudly: "This request is unreasonable. Our army had already entered the offensive position at that time. How could it be possible to stop just as long as we said it? We were just about to draw our bows. If the Americans notice the sharp arrows fired when they loosen their strings, they will immediately be able to identify our intentions. Once they launch an attack on us, we, who are retreating, will have no power to fight back. The entire huge fleet will most likely fall into catastrophe. …”
Nagumo Chuichi waved his hand violently, interrupting everyone's controversy, and said seriously: "Raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a while. Soldiers are to protect the peace of the empire. If any commander thinks that he can not return after receiving the order, then I will ban him from playing now and please resign immediately."
No one can refute what Nagumo Chuichi said.
There was silence in the venue, and no one dared to raise any objections.
Once the order is issued, no one can bear the consequences of disobeying the order, because he is not the only one who bears the responsibility, but also his family.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Nagumo Chuichi remained expressionless:
"Very good. You are all the pride of the Japanese Empire, and you all know that you will obey and be loyal to the Emperor's instructions to the death.
In addition, all the warships that I am going to participate in the attack on Pearl Harbor must unload all items that are not directly related to combat.
Also, because the team has to bypass cold areas in the north, and the assembly point is in the cold Shanguan Bay, each fighter is required to apply antifreeze grease on the ailerons, rudders, elevators, and control sticks to prevent Machinery malfunction occurs when urgent need arises. "
"Hai!"
All commanders bowed to answer.
Just when Nagumo Chuichi was having a meeting, a young man on the island climbed up a hillside, and suddenly a powerful fleet appeared in front of him, including battleships and aircraft carriers that he had only heard of but never seen.
The six aircraft carriers are [Akagi], [Kaga], [Soryu], [Hiryu], [Shōkaku] and [Zuikaku].
Two high-speed battleships [Hiei] and [Kirishima].
Two heavy cruisers [Tone] and [Chikuma].
1 light cruiser [Awuwei].
There are also 9 destroyers, 3 submarines, and 7 oil tankers.
The young man shouted loudly: "This is incredible, come out and see!"
As a result, more islanders heard the sound and hurried out, wearing thick coats. When they saw dozens of warships gathering in the sea, the adults thought they were going to fight and immediately trembled all over, while the children cheered and jumped up the hillside. Back to running...
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Just as Japan's huge fleet was gathering and preparing to launch a sneak attack, the U.S. naval base far away in Pearl Harbor also quietly changed.
After returning from General Short, Zhou Zhihan immediately started to form two fighter squadrons. His plan was to form a P40 fighter squadron and an F4F Wildcat carrier-based aircraft squadron. All the personnel of these two squadrons were selected by him.
Zhou Zhihan knew that time would not wait for me. There was only less than half a month until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. During this half month, he would condense the two fighter squadrons into two sharp swords. At the critical moment, At the right moment, give the Japanese a head-on blow.
At this time, most of the American pilots were rookies who had never been on the battlefield. They were extremely rich in theoretical knowledge but lacked practical efforts. Moreover, American soldiers had always been timid and fearful of fighting. Zhou Zhihan had to ensure that the selected people would be able to fight in the battle. When Japan has a huge aircraft fleet, it will not shout "God" and then turn around and run away.
Pilots fleeing without fighting have happened in the air forces of many countries. When a small fleet encounters a large opponent's fleet, there are many people who escape.
The air is not land.
There was a war team on land, and those who escaped were killed with one shot.
There was a battle between the two sides in the air. The pilot who wanted to escape fired far away from the enemy plane, then pressed the stick and ran away. God could not stop him, let alone a supervising team to shoot him.
And after he returned, he had 100 reasons to excuse himself, such as abnormal noise from the engine, insufficient elevator response, and slow joystick. Some even said that there was a problem with his machine gun sight, or the machine gun had jammed and he had to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield and remove the slot. , when we go back, the air battle is over...
After returning to his office, 20 minutes later, Zhou Zhihan's desk was filled with the files of all pilots in the base, including land-based pilots and naval pilots, including transport aircraft, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft pilots.
On Saturday night, Zhou Zhihan's stunning battle with Japanese sumo wrestler Saburo Furuta made his reputation at Pearl Harbor skyrocketing. Coupled with the support of General Short, what he wanted was quickly delivered.
While checking the pilot files, Zhou Zhihan was surprised to find that there were several pilots at the Pearl Harbor base who had participated in supporting the Dunkirk and London battles.
