"Okay, let's all calm down for a while. Let me say it again. No one is allowed to wear waterproof clothing. If you freeze to death in the sea, don't blame me for not saying hello in advance. But if you fall into the sea, there will be a boat to pick you up. It's hard to get soaked.
Not even 2 hours, and there's that smoke
You have also brought the flares. When the wind and waves are strong, who can see where you are?" A pilot wearing a suit with the rank of colonel in the back of the room interrupted the argument between Da Tou and Hu Da Eye, and pointed out the things that needed attention.
I reiterated it again.
"I got it, you've been talking since last night, aren't you tired?" Someone in the corner became impatient.
"Fuck you, you're tired of standing on the deck. It's not clean anywhere. Damn it, I'm doing it for your own good. I'm not bothered by what I said, but you're bothered by what you heard." The colonel heard someone complaining and picked up the bed.
The pillow was thrown over.
Time passed minute by minute, and at exactly 4:35, the entire fleet seemed to have suddenly woken up. A rapid siren sounded in the cabin, and groups of pilots ran out of the lounges and walked towards the elevator.
, the deck suddenly became more lively.
At 4:55, the first SBT-4 carrier-based attack aircraft on the Annan heavy aircraft carrier roared off the deck, plunged towards the sea, and then slowly pulled up and rose into the air. Behind it
Planes took off one after another, and the entire rear half deck of the aircraft carrier was shrouded in blue smoke ejected from the aircraft engines, which was then blown away by the sea breeze.
Like the Annan, several other aircraft carriers all took off aircraft on the same frequency. The first wave of 300 aircraft were all SBT-4 attack aircraft. Since it was a raid, the additional SBT-4 had certain capabilities.
maneuverability and speed, so the first wave of bombers will not be escorted by fighter jets, and most of those precious fighter jets will remain on the ship and in the sky above the fleet to protect the safety of the fleet.
There were more and more planes in the sky. The flight commander on the aircraft carrier used radio in the flight control tower to constantly contact the various squadrons and groups, asking them about the formation and progress. At 5:08, the first batch of two
The attack aircraft of Formation 30 began to fly towards the northeast, and then, at an interval of 3 minutes, a formation of aircraft of equal size flew in the same direction. When the last two formations all left the sky above the fleet, the entire fleet began a second wave.
Preparations for airplane takeoff.
Since most of the remaining aircraft are in the hangar below the deck, the second wave of attack aircraft departs about 40 minutes later than the first wave. It is also 300 SBT-4 attack aircraft. There is also no fighter escort. Like this
There are a total of 3 attack waves, with a total of 900 attack aircraft. Most of the remaining fighters and more than 200 attack aircraft remain on the ship as the fleet's defense force.
The Hawaiian Islands are located a little east of the central Pacific Ocean, more than 2,000 nautical miles away from the west coast of the United States. They are mainly composed of 8 large and small islands. The latitude here is similar to that of Taiwan Island. The climate is also an island climate, but Hawaiian Island is affected by the monsoon.
It is drier than Taiwan.
These eight large islands are lined up diagonally on the sea from northwest to southeast. The third island, Oahu, is the largest naval base of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. It also has a famous city, Honolulu.
The U.S. Navy began building a naval base here in 1909, and successively built large-scale, well-equipped shipyards, dry docks, docks, oil depots and other facilities. It also built a submarine base and airport in 1922, making it an unparalleled U.S. presence in the Pacific.
The sunken aircraft carrier. After the South China Sea Federation attacked Japan, this place became the permanent base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Pearl Harbor is located on the south side of Oahu, at the lowest point between the Kolau Mountains and the Whitenai Mountains. The entire harbor is shaped like a chicken paw extending toward the mainland. The outlet of the harbor is at the ankle, and is only more than 300 meters wide.
The Waipio Peninsula, Pearl City Peninsula and Ford Island in the harbor naturally divide the entire harbor into four areas, with a total area of 27 square kilometers and can berth 500 ships at the same time.
With the reminder of the war between the South China Sea Federation and Japan, the U.S. Navy began to deploy many air defense positions around the port area in 1939, and installed several radar stations, plus the army troops on Oahu and Lana Island.
It is very difficult for aviation aircraft to attack here. Without enough aircraft, they cannot pose a threat to the interior of the port area.
At 5:30 in the morning on January 9, 1941, most people on Oahu were still asleep. At a U.S. Navy radar station located on Whitenay Mountain, two U.S. soldiers were preparing for a shift change.
The daily job of the radar soldiers at the base is to work a four-hour shift at this radar station every day, stare at the radar oscilloscope, find the echoes of aircraft or warships from the chaotic waveforms, and then compare it with the data in their hands to make judgments.
Is it one of our own aircraft or ships?
Although this job is not tiring, it is very tiring. In peacetime, no one can expect two young men to stare at a small screen for 4 hours in a row. Not only do they have to look at the waveforms that jump up and down, but they also have to distinguish abnormalities from them.
changes.
After finally finishing their shift, the two American soldiers were packing their belongings and listening carefully to the movements on the mountain road. They kept complaining about why their companions who came to take over were always late, making themselves in vain.
Staying on the barren mountain for an extra 5 minutes for no reason.
At this moment, a radar soldier discovered that the radio wave on the oscilloscope jumped violently a few times, raising a high wave crest, and continued to show no sign of coming down. The soldier was very surprised and ran outside to take a look.
After looking at the antenna to make sure that the big thing like a combed wire bed was still rotating normally, he went into the house again, picked up the navigation chart issued by the Hawaii Island Naval Command, and searched it, but couldn't find any big ones.
Records of fleet movements.
At this time, the waveform on the oscilloscope suddenly dropped again. Although there were still some jumps from time to time, no continuous wave peaks appeared.
"Bowers, let's go, they're coming up, why are you dawdling?" Just when the radar soldier was hesitating whether to report this to the officer on duty at the headquarters, his companion shouted loudly outside the house, and at the same time
There was also a sound of car motors on the way up, and the replacement was coming.
"There was an abnormal signal on this thing just now. Do we need to report it to the headquarters?" The radar soldier named Bowers hesitated and asked his companions loudly.
"Sooner or later, this crap will drive you crazy. What time is it now? All the officers on duty are sleeping. Do you want to wake them up at this time to listen to your waveform theory?" His companion poked his head halfway in from outside the house and asked.
road.
"They have brought new equipment. I am afraid that not only will we be unable to walk, but we will also have to help them unload the truck. Can your waveform theory help us escape from this labor?" The companion told Powers in the room about the new discovery.
"Shit, it's so unlucky. We have to work so early in the morning, and we haven't had breakfast yet." When he heard that not only could he not take over the shift normally, but he also had to work voluntarily, Bowers stopped caring about the waveform and dropped the pencil in his hand.
, cursed and walked outside the house.
There were two trucks going up the mountain. There were several boxes covered with waterproof canvas. There was no one in the truck, only the author's driver and a replacement radar soldier in the cab.
"Shit!!! Shit!!! Hurry up, I'm so sleepy, go back to sleep after you finish." Seeing that he really needed help to unload the truck, Powers cursed a few more times, and then reluctantly left.
When we got to the truck, we, together with two other radar soldiers and two drivers, started to climb onto the truck and unload the large wooden boxes.
"These damn radars make me dizzy all day long, and now they need newer ones. Can't they be connected to the bottom of the mountain with a wire? The navy can build those big warships, but it can't afford to buy thousands of them."
Meters of wire, what the fuck." Bowers muttered and cursed the Navy executives while doing it. When they finished unloading one car and were about to climb into the second car, they suddenly heard a strange sound.
The buzzing sound is both dull and clear.
"Powers, over there, over the sea, look, planes!!! Lots of planes!!!" Several American soldiers stopped what they were doing and looked around to find the source of the sound. One of the radar soldiers was the first to
Found the target, shouted to Powers on the roof of the car, and showed him with his finger. (To be continued...)
