Pearl Harbor is located at the lowest point of the plain between the Kolau Mountains and the Waianae Mountains on the south coast of Oahu. It is adjacent to the only deep-water port of Honolulu. It is the base and shipbuilding base of the U.S. Navy and the North
One of the largest and best safe harbors in the Pacific Islands, ordinary civilian ships are not allowed to enter here without special permission from the U.S. Navy Department.
However, this is only theoretical.
If the fleet belonging to the United States is willing to pay some tolls, it may be possible to temporarily station at Pearl Harbor.
Standing on the beach, looking at the boundless sea, calm and gentle, seagulls are hovering on the sea, making bursts of calls, and the cool sea breeze is blowing slowly, making people extremely comfortable. The beautiful beach, the sunset, Hawaii Island is like
The United States is a shining pearl scattered on the Pacific Ocean. In front of the beach is rolling waves, and behind it is a lush pine forest. Ryan and his comrades listened to the sound of the waves and leisurely smoked the cigarettes issued to them by the sergeant major.
Cigarettes and enjoying their vacation.
The world is in the midst of a war, and their leisurely pace is incredible. It's as if they are not here to guard the territory, but are on vacation in the beautiful Hawaii. There is a peaceful scene in the harbor. Ryan and the others also have weekends off as usual. War seems so far away.
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With Ryan were two buddies who had a good relationship with him. One of them was a stronger man named Damon, and the other one with deep blue eyes was named Stephen. Ryan was lying on the beach comfortably, Damon
Facing the sea and washing his eyes, Stephen whistled to entertain the birds.
"I said, let's go to the east beach to play later. I heard someone in the team say it is a snow-white beach. I have never seen a white beach in my life." Damon blew out a few smoke rings and turned around.
Said excitedly.
As a new recruit who was just transferred to Pearl Harbor this week, Damon was very curious about everything here.
Stephen, who had arrived at Pearl Harbor a few days earlier to report, heard this and nodded imperceptibly, agreeing with Damon's words.
When Damon saw that Ryan didn't respond, he kicked Ryan who was pretending to sleep: "Hey, hey, aren't you going?"
Ryan, who was kicked, reluctantly opened his eyes and said, "No, I have to go back to stand guard tonight."
"Holy shit!" Damon laughed and said indifferently: "Standing guard, why stand guard? We are not at war with any country, why are you so rigid?"
"Let's go, let's have enough fun. I promise you it's absolutely fine to go later. Besides, we'll be back soon. What do you have to be afraid of? Right, Stephen?" Damon winked at Stephen.
, said with a wink.
When Stephen saw this, he immediately responded with understanding: "That's right, that's right, there's no big problem. Didn't you see that the war broke out for so long before we came here and nothing happened?"
"Come on, I'm so bored all day long that I'm going crazy. Are you going or not?" Damon shouted impatiently.
Ryan knew he had to go. To be honest, he felt that the mechanical military life every day was really boring. Everything was so peaceful. Maybe the water was nothing.
Standing guard and paddling is no longer a taboo in Pearl Harbor. As long as you run out and come back, hand a cigarette to each of the two majors responsible for checking the guard, nothing will happen to you.
That's right, standing guard and deserting was only worth two cigarettes here at Pearl Harbor!
This may sound incredible, but this is the unique calmness and unhurriedness of Americans outside the war.
As one of the most important naval and air force bases of the United States in the Pacific, Pearl Harbor has a water area of 32 square kilometers and an average water depth of about 14 meters. It can berth up to 500 ships and can also provide maintenance for large naval vessels such as aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and cruisers.
Maintenance and other services. For the American soldiers here, their favorite place is a small island in Pearl Harbor.
On this small island called Ford Island, there is the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The largest grocery store in Pearl Harbor is located at this naval air station. Soldiers can not only buy their favorite Coke at the grocery store, but also
Fresh oysters are available for purchase.
Pearl Harbor is already rich in oysters, and the grocery store here buys delicious and tender oysters from local materials. Due to the convenience of picking up the goods and the large supply, the oysters are sold very cheaply, and ordinary soldiers can easily buy them.
Affordable.
Ironically, Pearl Harbor, the strategic stronghold of the United States that dominates the Pacific region, has become a place for garrison soldiers to enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy seafood delicacies.
The lack of military discipline in the Pearl Harbor troops has actually been reported many times. But what is worth pondering is that when US President Roosevelt first heard about this, he has been inexplicably shielding the Pearl Harbor garrison.
This matter was suppressed for the first time.
Except for the removal of more than a hundred officers who were originally from the Pearl Harbor garrison and demanded rectification of military discipline and were transferred out of Pearl Harbor by Roosevelt in the name of promotion, the US Department of Defense basically did not intervene to control the increasingly violent situation in the Pearl Harbor area.
military discipline.
However, while Roosevelt superficially relaxed the military discipline at Pearl Harbor, he secretly stepped up military preparations for war, and began to seriously implement a "moral embargo", ending the export of goods to Japan, and freezing some Japanese assets in the United States.
Export oil.
On the surface, it seems that the United States is not exporting strategic materials to Japan, a country that is waging war, for the sake of neutrality. But if you think about it carefully, the United States was doing well in arms transactions with Britain not long ago, but when it was Japan's turn, even the material transactions were not
It has been banned. Comparing the two, it is inevitable to find that there are deliberate elements in it.
However, this does not mean that Roosevelt can blatantly declare hostility to Japan and participate in the war.
In contrast, in the United States, their famous car king Ford often leads a large group of people to demonstrate in front of the White House. This anti-war leader within the United States often organizes people to hold protests at the White House and Congress.
Firmly oppose war.
It is even rumored that Reinhardt, the German head of state, often lamented in private that the United States’ largest German ally was their automobile king Ford.
In addition to the business world, in the American political world, their Secretary of State Hull is an isolationist and spends his days promoting the benefits of neutrality and avoiding war.
Roosevelt was unwilling to have a confrontation with these isolationists in the country, so he secretly planned some secret plans. However, not many people know about this plan now.
