In order to make the plan to attack Pearl Harbor more confusing, the U.S. Navy deliberately ordered the two remaining U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers stationed in San Diego Harbor to leave the port and sail toward the Gulf of Panama, creating the illusion of temporarily leaving the West Coast.
In fact, according to the U.S. Navy's plan, after entering the Panama Canal, the two aircraft carriers will stay in the middle of the canal, join the other two aircraft carriers coming from the Atlantic, and then sneak out of the west exit of the Panama Canal at night.
After replenishing supplies at Port Ayora in Santa Cruz Harbor, they headed west, turning from the north side of the Gilbert Islands to due north, and finally launched an air attack on Pearl Harbor on the south side of the Hawaiian Islands.
During this nearly 2,500 nautical mile voyage, most of the sea areas left the normal route and basically sailed close to the equator. The complex sea conditions were a test for the US Navy's aircraft carrier formation, but it could avoid the detection of federal submarines. Since
It is a sneak attack, so concealment and surprise are the highest requirements.
What's more coincidental is that the attack time set by the U.S. Navy and the South China Sea Federal Navy is only three days apart. The Federal Navy's second attack fleet will arrive in San Diego waters on the night of the 11th and launch an attack on the port in the early morning of the 11th.
An attack fleet will attack Vancouver Harbor on the morning of the 12th.
The U.S. Navy's plan was to launch an attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of the 12th. Since the U.S. sneak attack fleet had a slightly longer journey, the U.S. fleet completed supplies on April 4 and embarked on its westward voyage.[
Three attacking fleets, two countries, all chose to launch the same attack on different targets within two days. Will their ultimate fate be successful together or different? This depends on the one hand God's favor, and the other
On the one hand, it depends on the preparation work of both parties in various details.
Let’s first talk about the two attack fleets on the South China Sea Federation side. The second attack fleet went all the way. It went from Pearl Harbor smoothly to the sea 300 kilometers west of San Diego at an average speed of 18 knots. In this area,
All ships, including fishing boats, have been cleaned up by the federal submarine force. In fact, there are basically no ships here that dare to sail in the open sea. Even the most daring captains only take a walk very close to the coast.
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After breakfast, at 4:30 a.m. on the 11th, the first wave of 260 attack aircraft and fighter jets began to gradually take off. Among them, 200 SBT4 attack aircraft were all equipped with aviation aircraft, because they were originally planned in the attack plan.
Two US aircraft carriers have left the port of San Diego. It is said that
After entering the Panama Canal and running back to the Atlantic Ocean, the only targets left for the attack fleet were the San Diego Naval Base and the Long Beach Naval Base, 100 kilometers away. As for the remaining US destroyers and cruisers using aerial jumps to drop
Or the effect of dive throwing is no worse than that of torpedoes.
The Federal Navy has used the several US Navy search radars captured at Pearl Harbor to figure out the early warning range of the US Navy's shore-based radars, and also knows one of the biggest weaknesses of the US search radars. That is, there is a huge problem with low-altitude targets.
It can only see targets 50 kilometers away and below 100 meters, and the distance of 50 kilometers can no longer be regarded as an early warning for federal attack aircraft flying at a speed close to 500 kilometers. It can almost be seen with a telescope.
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Knowing this weakness of the US radar, the attack fleet of the first wave of air strikes will fly at a low altitude. All aircraft in the fleet will fly at an altitude of less than 100 meters. They will break through the US shore-based early warning system from the sea, and then attack San Diego.
Air strikes were launched at 7 air defense positions and 4 military airports near the naval base.
After the first wave of attack aircraft, there were two more waves of attack aircraft, with only half an hour between them. Since this time the federal navy did not use the extreme method of carrying extra aircraft as it did during the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, so
As the main offensive force, 5 heavy aircraft carriers and 4 medium-sized aircraft carriers
There are only more than 600 attack aircraft on the mothership, and the other 200 or so are escort fighter jets. They are divided into three groups to follow the attack aircraft group and provide it with air protection. The two escort aircraft carriers basically do not participate in offensive operations.
Instead, it is dedicated to providing reconnaissance and air defense for the fleet.
The federal naval scientific research department has done very thorough research on U.S. shore-based radars. When the attack fleet was able to use recording radar to detect ships in the Port of San Diego, no alarms were sounded in the entire port area, and the port area and the city had not yet started.
Wake up from a dream.
However, the radars deployed by the United States on the coastline and islands are not just decorations no matter how flawed they are. And since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy has increased the construction of early warning systems. Those radar soldiers are no longer just decorations for the deaf.
, they have become an important part of the U.S. homeland defense strategy.
At 5:08, the radar station set up by the U.S. Navy on a small island outside the Port of San Diego first discovered the anomaly and immediately reported it to the port's defense department by phone. Immediately afterwards, multiple radar stations also discovered the abnormality.
If the wave was abnormal, the Naval Command at the Port of San Diego was immediately notified.
This time, the response of the U.S. Naval Command was extremely rapid. Eight minutes later, the sound of air defense sirens resounded throughout the entire Hong Kong area and the city. The nearby U.S. Naval Aviation, U.S. Army Aviation, and anti-aircraft gun positions all received the response at the same time.
Warning of air raids on the Port of San Diego.
However, a quick response does not mean a timely response. Because the warning distance is too short, the attacking attack fleet flew more than 60 kilometers in 8 minutes and entered the San Diego port area. It was divided into many small fleets and began to attack their respective targets.
The target flew away. And the one near the port area
The anti-aircraft artillery fire was not ready, and the fighter jets of the Naval Aviation and Army Air Forces did not have time to take off to fight. Except for the sporadic firing of anti-aircraft artillery on several U.S. Navy destroyers parked in the port area, the entire defense system of San Diego Port was basically inactive.
Didn't respond.
The first ones to be bombed were several anti-aircraft artillery positions near the port. In order to destroy the American ground air defense to a greater extent, some of the federal attack aircraft responsible for attacking the anti-aircraft artillery positions were equipped with 6 burning bombs.
The places bombed by these planes, whether they are mountains or woods, will all burst into flames. Even the steel bodies of anti-aircraft guns can burst into flames. The explosives placed nearby and in bunkers will also explode due to high temperature and
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What happened next was that at several U.S. Navy and U.S. Army airports, a few minutes was far from enough time for the American pilots on combat duty at the airport to run from the lounge to the plane, and then drive the plane to the airport.
Carry out taxiing. But a few minutes are enough for the federal attack aircraft flying from the sky.
It only takes a few minutes to cover a distance of more than ten kilometers or dozens of kilometers, and then it is very simple. Those who should bomb the anti-aircraft gun positions throw incendiaries, and the planes that should bomb the runway only have a 500-kilogram large bomb in their belly.
For aircraft, those that are supposed to bomb aircraft and airport buildings will drop low along the runway or dive from the air towards large targets.
The attack fleet that had completed their deployment did not linger too much in the port area, nor did they deliberately use their cannons to attack other targets. Instead, they began to raise their flight altitude and turned to evacuate to the sea. This was not because they did not bring cannons, nor because they did not use cannons.
They were afraid of inadvertently injuring civilians, but were trying to make room for the second wave of attack aircraft, lest the port area be full of their own planes scurrying around, and it would not be worth it if they inadvertently injure their companions.
In the air defense bunkers of the U.S. Navy and Army, several naval and army generals responsible for defending this important military port on the west coast of the United States were paying attention to the battle situation in the port area in front of a large sand table model. Several staff officers were like a revolving door, starting from the telegraph operator.
Where to receive the battle reports from the front line, and then add or subtract the corresponding symbols from the sand table model, so that the generals can understand the progress of the battle situation more intuitively.
"Why can they always evade our radar? It was like this at Pearl Harbor, and it's like this here again. Our hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and more than 500 aircraft were blown up on their positions and runways before they had time to fire or take off.
All four airports have been bombed. I am not convinced that the South China Sea Federation knows the location of our airports and air defense positions.
I'm surprised, but it's hard for me to understand that we couldn't find their fleet." A U.S. Navy lieutenant general watched as the red five-star signs representing the anti-aircraft artillery groups were taken down from the sand table by the staff.
The yellow signs representing the number of U.S. Navy and Army aircraft were also removed from the sand table, and they complained with some annoyance.
"A few years ago, r himself warned us and the British that the South China Sea Federation had a device that could remotely detect submarines. Only then did we start to pay attention to the research of radar. I think that device can not only detect submarines, but also aircrafts.
, according to time, they had already
Having been equipped with this kind of equipment, they are at least 10 years ahead of us. It is not surprising that they can avoid our radar, and there are so many radar stations at Pearl Harbor that can be used for their research. We are in this regard in a short time.
At a disadvantage." Another admiral comforted his colleagues.
"Then we can only let them slaughter us like this? Our every move is under the eyes of the enemy. They can fight however they want, and we don't even have a chance to fight back!" The vice-admiral was still very angry.
"The current situation can only be like this. Our government is careless, and our military is also careless. Under the leadership of that crazy president, they have probably been planning for many years, but our politicians and people have been kept in the dark.
In the dark. But we have not lost this war. They can't defeat the United States with just planes. They will eventually land. Fortunately, we have made full preparations for this situation.
Within a range of 200 kilometers, we still have more than 800 aircraft that can be used, and there are also a lot of anti-aircraft guns. In the north, we still have several mobile flying units that can also be transferred here. Now we are just waiting for them to land. I really
I want to see if their army is as brave as their navy." A U.S. Army major general sitting nearby eased the dull atmosphere in the command room with a confident speech.[
