On the evening of July 1, the mobile force of the Japanese Army Nagumo Chuichi used an advance fleet composed of 27 submarines and 5 special submarines, departing from Yokosuka and Saeki Bay respectively, divided into three groups, and headed straight for Hawaii to carry out reconnaissance.
The task of monitoring and intercepting the US fleet.
Although a submarine was discovered by the US military, the Pearl Harbor garrison did not pay attention or be vigilant.
Until 6 o'clock in the morning on July 2, the Japanese fleet, consisting of six aircraft carriers as the backbone, set off from Danguan Bay, moved covertly along the northern route, went to the predetermined sea area north of Oahu, and launched a surprise attack on Pearl.
Hong Kong’s mission.
At 6:42 in the morning, the USS Ward destroyer reported that they had attacked an unidentified foreign submarine.
At 6:50, in Pearl Harbor, the sun was warm and the sea was calm. Some of the officers and soldiers who got up early were having breakfast, and some soldiers on special posts were already heading to their posts one after another.
Two radar soldiers lazily walked into the radar station and took over from the night shift members there.
"Hey, wake up! Go back to the barracks and sleep, we're here to change shifts." The two soldiers who were changing shifts were already used to the fact that soldiers in the radar station fell asleep during duty hours.
"Ha...here you are." The sleeping soldier who was woken up stretched his body and said to the person on duty: "Then I'll leave it to you. I'll go back to sleep."
What responded to him was the almost demented expressions of the two people in front of him.
"Hey! Talking! The two of us are going back, you can take over." The soldier, who had fully woken up, waved his arms to the two people in front of him who had inexplicably dull expressions.
"Hey..." Seeing that the other party still didn't reply, the waving soldier finally realized that something was wrong. Following the gazes of the two people opposite him, he turned around and looked at the radar screen.
"God!" It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. The sight frightened him half to death.
Because he was asleep, the red dots that appeared densely on the radar screen were never reported.
In an instant, the drowsiness caused by drinking on duty last night has completely disappeared.
Enemy attack!
Reacting to this, he quickly rushed to the telephone and opened the call to the Air Defense Command.
“A large number of unidentified aircraft spotted in northern Oahu!”
At this moment, on the sea outside Pearl Harbor, the sound of seagulls could be heard, and the winter sun slowly rose on the horizon. It was still peaceful and peaceful.
The commander at Pearl Harbor, General Stark, was still playing with the new lighter brought from Los Angeles out of boredom, glancing at the flow of people outside the window from time to time.
The mundane life in the military camp every day made him feel that it was meaningless to urge the soldiers to strictly abide by military discipline. Therefore, even if he saw that the officers and soldiers under his command were not ready when it was time to take up their duties, he did not bother to urge them.
"Dingling bells..."
Since the fleet of aircraft displayed on the radar was very large, the radar soldiers were very panicked when they came to their senses and picked up the phone. They were even so nervous that they lost their grip on the phone and dropped it several times.
"Report to Commander! A large number of unidentified aircraft have been spotted in the northern part of Oahu!"
General Stark, who was accustomed to hearing the cry "Wolf", was not alert at this time. On the contrary, he was a little annoyed by this soldier who interrupted him to listen to music.
The frequency of military exercises has been quite high recently, and there have been too many incidents involving submarines and aircraft. He remembered that a friend who managed the bomber army told him that whenever they flew from the United States to Hawaii, they would often be able to fly to the waterway near the waterway.
The troops issued emergency drills.
Wait, something's wrong!
If it were an exercise, a commander at his level shouldn't have heard nothing!
"Damn!" Realizing that things might not be simple, Stark was suddenly enveloped by an ominous premonition.
But then Stark thought, since the war in the 19th century, no country has dared to take action against the United States. The news reported by the radar station this time may be just an accident caused by poor communication.
After all, Stark still stubbornly believes that no country at the moment will take action against the neutral and powerful United States. Isn't it stupid to push a neutral and powerful country to the hostile side?
He thought that maybe what he had detected was a B-17 bomber coming from the United States, but he had not received the relevant notification, which caused such a misunderstanding. So Stark even ordered the radar station to be temporarily closed.
Seven forty-five.
The destroyer USS Ward's report on attacking the submarine went through layers of review and finally reached the U.S. military headquarters.
But it was too late. Outside the headquarters, a dense fleet of aircraft had already appeared at the end of the field of vision.
These fighters are obviously not like the Americans' own P-40 fighter jets, and through binoculars, many U.S. military officers can already see the huge red rising sun flag painted on the wings.
This is a Japanese plane!
That group of crazy dwarfs, who have not yet emerged from the quagmire of war on the Asian continent, are now raiding the US military base in the Pacific without any warning?!
At this moment, countless American officers and soldiers were finally completely shocked by the arrogance and courage of the Japanese.
"Woooo..." The air defense siren that should have been sounded long ago finally sounded belatedly at this time.
"This is not a drill, this is not a drill, it is an air strike..." During the broadcast, there was a huge change that was difficult for countless officers and soldiers to accept.
Just the day before, they thought they were outside the war, a safe neutral country's military, and would not be in any danger. But at this moment, their wrong thoughts were shattered.
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While the Americans were shocked by the madness of the Japanese, the Japanese pilots who were already close to the target were also surprised by the power of the US military.
In Pearl Harbor, there were 8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, 3 seaplane tenders, and 29 destroyers alone.
And this does not include the 4 light cruisers and 3 destroyers at Pearl Harbor.
Such a huge fleet was stationed in just one military port. The most important thing is that the Japanese pilots did not find the three US aircraft carriers that were repeatedly required to sink fire first in combat instructions.
Excluding the aircraft carrier fleet, there is still such a powerful warship lineup. Americans are really wealthy!
Surprisingly enough, the Japanese airmen did not stay in a daze like the American soldiers who had no war experience.
It can be said that the mission in their hands has not been missed at all. With the sound of "wandering...", huge bombs rushed along parabolic trajectories towards the densely packed American warships below.
"Boom! Boom!...Boom!" Accompanied by the loud explosion, the American sailors finally figured out the situation.