The Battle of Pearl Harbor had begun as American destroyers opened fire on the Japanese midget submarines.
In fact, American destroyers were the first to fire the "first shot" in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
This also indicates that the first drop of blood shed in the Battle of Pearl Harbor was not the Americans as the losers, but the Japanese as the victors who became arrogant after the victory.
In fact, there were many Japanese mini-submarines like the one sunk by the US military just now. They planned to quietly enter the harbor and lurk before the battle started. After the battle started, they would unexpectedly sink those ships that wanted to escape at the port and sink them. Cause more panic, in order to achieve the goal of blocking all ships in the harbor and annihilating them.
Although Zhou Zhihan knew the time when the Pearl Harbor incident occurred and the main battles in history, he did not know that before the war was about to break out, the Japanese had sent a pocket submarine to enter the harbor.
Therefore, Zhou Zhihan felt the seriousness of the situation. He decided to take off early and seriously told his team members that based on years of war experience, he smelled something strange in the air at Pearl Harbor.
Strange?
Can you smell something strange in the air?
All the pilots were gearing up, thinking that the chief instructor was teaching them how to improve their concentration, and they all thought that the chief instructor would definitely teach them new skills today.
Until now, the pilots still believe that what Colonel Zhou just said is also part of the exercise, including the sunken pocket submarine they saw not long ago. Coupled with the "suicide note" incident last night, they feel even more about today's The exercise was new and different from the past.
In their view, everything that is happening now is an exercise. Otherwise, the first, second, and third level combat readiness air defense alarms would have been sounded over Pearl Harbor. Fighters would take off to defend the air, and all ships would start heading to the sea to avoid staying in the sea. The harbor was surrounded and annihilated, the sailors took up their positions, the turrets pointed to the sky and prepared for battle...
If it were true that an enemy submarine quietly entered Pearl Harbor and was destroyed, the officer on duty would have urgently reported the matter to the commander.
If you don't report such a big thing, you will lose your head.
But up to now, not even a single reconnaissance plane has flown out of the sky over Pearl Harbor, and there is no air defense siren. All the warships are sleeping more peacefully than a girl in the harbor, let alone Level 1, 2, and 3 emergency combat readiness.
This is the drill.
This kind of situation often happened in the past. Sometimes the commander-in-chief would suddenly make such a move, just to check the vigilance of the defense personnel responsible for the security of Pearl Harbor...
The team members looked around again. The sky above Pearl Harbor was still so peaceful. All the warships were parked in the harbor like sleeping children, swaying gently with the waves.
Oahu is surrounded by white foam left by the rising waves. The entire island is lush and green, and the endless mountains in the distance are also shrouded in a group of mist, like a fairyland. Under the morning light, everything is amazing. Breathtaking and beautiful scenery.
The team members were relaxed and comfortable, but Zhou Zhihan did not dare to delay for even a second. He led everyone to have breakfast in advance and went to the airport immediately without resting after the meal to prepare for take-off.
Since today is Sunday, Zhou Zhihan handed in the registration form for today's takeoff training in advance last night.
The officer on duty yesterday did not know which woman he was fooling around with now. The officer on duty at night secretly held a pornographic magazine to ward off his drowsiness. Seeing Zhou Zhihan leading more than 20 pilots over, he quickly put the magazine in the drawer and laughed. A little embarrassed: "Instructor Zhou, what are you doing this early in the morning..."
Are the pilots surprised by this incident? Who doesn't have a few sexy beauties under their pillow...
Zhou Zhihan handed over a piece of chewing gum considerately, and then peeled one off himself: "I submitted the training report last night."
"Oh..." the officer put the chewing gum in his mouth, stood up, and looked for the report form, "You are such a dedicated instructor Zhou. It seems that you wasted the good time and beautiful scenery last night... Eh... ..." He stopped flipping through the application form and looked at Zhou Zhihan, "Are you sure you submitted the application form?"
"Sure." Zhou Zhihan's heart skipped a beat, hoping nothing would happen at the critical moment.
"I've searched all over, but can't find it."
The officer on duty shrugged, "Okay, okay, I'll look for it again... I can't find it, Commander Zhou!"
Zhou Zhihan's mouth felt a little bitter. He quickly spit out the gum, wrapped it in paper and put it in his pocket: "Did you miss it?"
The officer on duty opened his palms and said: "Training registration forms are all placed in this area. I checked twice to make sure they are not there."
Zhou Zhihan sweated on the tip of his nose: "Please help me look for it again to see if it is missing somewhere else?"
At this moment, the phone in the duty room rang: "Wait a moment!" the officer on duty said and walked into the room to answer the phone.
Zhou Zhihan glanced at his watch. It was 6:42. He became anxious and reached for the file box containing the report form to check it out.
No.
Checked again, still not there.
Sweat broke out on Zhou Zhihan's forehead. He looked back at the pilots waiting outside. Everyone was chatting and not in a hurry to take off.
Of course, if today's flight is canceled, they would be more than happy to do so.
Zhou Zhihan stood on tiptoes and looked into the inner room. The officer was still talking on the phone with a dog-licking smile. He looked like he was chatting with a woman...
While Zhou Zhihan was extremely anxious, the Americans were still carefree.
When the report of the submarine being discovered and sunk was reported, it did not attract the high attention of the command. The fleet commander never received a reply. The ships in the harbor still did not hang up anti-torpedo nets, and no anti-aircraft blocking balloons were raised around the airport. The combat readiness personnel on duty on each ship did not receive alert instructions.
As usual, the air defense network that can be supported by more than twenty air defense artillery positions was still only handed over to four artillery companies. These four artillery companies were absent-minded because they did not participate in last night's carnival, and they were slow to enter the position. Tengteng, the soldiers told some dirty jokes...
At 6:50, General Kimmel got up 10 minutes early to play a round of golf. When he received a call from the Chief of Staff, he had not brushed his teeth, washed his face, or shaved. He was slowly watering the flowers. It was not urgent. He said slowly: "Okay, I understand, I'll be there later."
He paused as he spoke, thought for a moment, and then ordered, "I will go to the office immediately. You can further confirm the nationality of the submarine and report to me as soon as possible!"
In this way, time slipped away minute by minute in the bureaucratic reporting of the U.S. military, and the fighter-bomber group led by Lieutenant Colonel Mitsuo Fuchida was also rapidly approaching Pearl Harbor.
In fact, the Japanese submarine attack was an absolute failure. If it were not for the help of the U.S. military bureaucracy, these submarines almost ruined Yamamoto Isoroku's brilliant plan to hide from the sky, and may have destroyed the entire Japanese task force that was traveling thousands of miles away. Overturned.
When Mr. Chance appears with his long hair, if you don't grab his hair at the first time, when you wake up, all he will leave you is a bare head.
And war never gives the loser one more minute to struggle.
For example, Napoleon's Grouchy.
For example, Goering's great success during the Battle of London.
Another example is General Kimmel who did not focus all his energy on this incident because of a round of golf.
6:50.
The call to the officer on duty had not yet been completed.
Zhou Zhihan was anxious.
Even if they get the combat readiness list now, it will take at least 10 minutes for them to run to the airport and take off, and then assemble in the air to avoid the Japanese route in advance.
The most important thing is that the Japanese must fire the first shot in this war, and the Americans must feel pain before they can take action.
What if time is delayed and a Japanese plane happens to appear within sight after he takes off?
Fire or evade?
Open fire and he, a Chinese, would be the one to start the war.
If he did not fire, the Americans would later say that he delayed the fighter plane and failed to fire as an early warning, resulting in heavy losses at Pearl Harbor...
If that were the case, all his plans would be in vain, and he might even become a sinner in history.
Also, if the registration form cannot be found, what happens if the Flying Tigers cannot take off?
