Six Hundred and Thirteen 1 Trigger

A military staff officer walked quickly in the corridor of the White House in Washington, the capital of the United States. He came to the door of the president's office and knocked on the door. With permission, he opened the door and walked into the Oval Office, standing in front of the Resolute Desk.

"Mr. President, the German army is carrying out an airborne operation on Crete. The news has been confirmed. The number of troops exceeds 4,000." The staff officer handed the report to Roosevelt and briefly introduced the situation: "The Greek defenders are fighting back. We can only wait for the final result."

"How is the training and preparation of our paratroopers?" Roosevelt asked, his voice a little hoarse, because the recent US battles in the Pacific Ocean have not gone smoothly, and the battle for Oahu has reached a fever pitch. , The Japanese army has established a complete beachhead, and a large number of Japanese infantry are advancing towards the naval port on Oahu Island, intending to occupy there and win the strategic initiative for the Japanese army.

However, even without President Roosevelt, who had a unique strategic vision, many people of insight in the United States saw the decline of the Japanese army from the suffocation of Japan's offensive. They agreed that the United States would continue to fight against Japan and that the United States would end the Pacific War by winning the war.

Nimitz finally waited for his third aircraft carrier, the Hornet, by taking advantage of the time he bought on Oahu. In this way, the number of fleet aircraft carriers in his hands has expanded to 3, which also restored the courage of the US Navy to another decisive battle. Nimitz decided to go out and fight the Japanese fleet again.

"Mr. President, we are forming two paratrooper units at the same time, the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division. The training of these two divisions is very good, and a new type of transport aircraft is also being developed." Bing knew a lot about it, and when the president asked him, he immediately responded fluently.

After thinking about it for a while, Roosevelt asked the question he was most concerned about: "Isn't it a bit sloppy to implement Nimitz's counterattack plan now?" After carefully analyzing the Japanese navy's laws of action, Nimitz insisted on fighting a decisive naval battle with all his strength in the waters near Oahu.

The U.S. Navy set off in such a mighty way, taking the aircraft carrier Hornet that had just been launched into the water, taking the Assaulter and the Yorktown, to form an aircraft carrier fleet similar to the German Navy. This fleet has no strong guns. Among the battleships, there are only young cruisers and destroyer escorts, but their maneuverability is terrible, and the entire fleet can rush to the battlefield at a speed of more than 23 knots.

The staff officer thought for a while, and decided not to take the blame for Nimitz: "Mr. President, the Naval Staff Department agrees with you, and you know this. But General Nimitz knows his fleet better. So it can’t be said that there is no chance of winning after making this decision.”

Odds of winning, this is a fatal problem, what Roosevelt is worried about is that once Nimitz's counterattack makes a mistake,

Then the U.S. fleet will completely collapse and lose its power to fight Japan. In this way, the U.S. will lose its advantage in competing with Germany, and the U.S. will have no chance of winning or participating in the European battlefield.

However, it is clear that the United States is not ready to counterattack the Japanese fleet in the Pacific Ocean, and it will be 3 months before it is fully ready to counterattack. At that time, most of the independent-class aircraft carriers built by the United States with the help of the United Kingdom would be launched to participate in the war, and the dock positions required by the United States' own follow-up aircraft carriers were moved out. In this way, the aircraft carriers manufactured by the United States using the new production process will be launched quickly, one after another, as exaggerated as dumplings.

But the United States has no time to wait for these three months. If it waits for Japan to take Oahu before launching a counterattack, then the United States will have no time to interfere with German expansion in the Middle East and the Atlantic Ocean. Germany will successfully take Egypt, control the Suez Canal and At that time, the United States will experience a new financial crisis, and the Jews will completely stand on the side of the Germans. At that time, the United States will become a poor second-rate country.

Therefore, after Nimitz proposed the plan to seize the time to fight back at this moment, many high-level Americans supported him, and even Roosevelt did not insist on opposing him. After thinking about it, he decided to let Nimitz go and give it a go. America strives for a brighter future. He authorized Nimitz to mobilize almost all warships that the United States could call up, and go to the battlefield to fight to the death with the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Just when Roosevelt was worried about whether the U.S. fleet could win the war, the U.S. Navy fleet was sailing fast in the Eastern Pacific. Standing on the bridge of the latest battleship USS Hornet, Nimitz stood expressionlessly in front of the glass window, staring at the calm sea in silence.

No one knows how heavy the heavy burden is on his shoulders at this moment, and no one knows what this young and adventurous fleet commander is thinking. He contributed to this decisive battle, and led the fleet to the ocean east of Pearl Harbor.

"General, General Spruance sent a signal with a semaphore. The entire fleet has arrived at the designated position and is entering the counterattack position according to the pre-plan." A staff officer came from behind Nimitz and reported to him the fleet's situation. Latest News.

Nimitz turned around, nodded and then smiled: "Believe me, the Japanese fleet will definitely be defeated by us this time, because I am not rushing to die, but I am really sure to win the war."

The staff officer was taken aback, he didn't expect the general to explain such a sentence to him, so he had to say with some trepidation: "General, the Japanese aircraft carriers and battleships are several times that of ours, we have no way to win this kind of war... ..."

Nimitz pointed to a stack of documents on the map table, and smiled. He seemed to be convincing the officers and sailors on the entire bridge, and he seemed to be convincing himself to make such a big gamble with all the chips: "The Japanese navy has been cruising in the waters near Oahu for a long time. Whether they are There is not enough fuel or food. There is nothing left for the Japanese on Kauai and Oahu, so as long as we fight back, the Japanese will retreat without accident."

What he didn't mention was some intelligence, which was transmitted to the United States through special channels. I heard that a German government official gave a document to an American businessman in Argentina, and received a favor fee of 2 million U.S. dollars for it. This information is an assessment report from the German technical department, which records in detail the flight performance data envelope of the Japanese Zero fighter.

It can be said that this information was handed over to the US government by the German government, with the purpose of helping the US stabilize its Pacific battlefield. However, the authenticity of this information cannot be confirmed, and the data in it is only very primitive test data, not the real Zero fighter data.

However, with this information, the U.S. Naval Air Force, after some evaluation, felt that it could rely on the latest p-40 fighter jet with an improved Rolls-Royce engine to fight against the Japanese Air Force, so this is why Nimitz decided to launch in advance. One of the important reasons for the counterattack.

"Then... General." The staff officer was obviously persuaded by his general, and the expression on his face relaxed a little, and he said, "So, we can go home alive?"

"Of course!" Nimitz nodded with a smile, patted the young staff officer on the shoulder and said, "I brought you out, so naturally I have the responsibility to bring everyone back together."

After he finished speaking, he issued his own order: "Tell General Spruance that the fleet maintains its current course, and send a reconnaissance plane to confirm the safety of the sea area around the fleet! Send a semaphore to the 1st Destroyer Fleet and let them leave Fleet, send a telegram after 2 hours, let the military airport on Hawaii Island take off the plane, find the main force of the Japanese fleet and send it back to the location."

The advantage of the Nimitz fleet was that Yamamoto Fifty-Six had no idea of ​​his sudden appearance. After so many days of fighting for the island, the Japanese must have thought that the U.S. Navy would not be here. Moreover, the U.S. fleet is not the same as the original fleet. They have the support of Army Aviation aircraft, as well as brand-new new engine-improved P-40 fighter jets.

Moreover, although the U.S. fleet has been on a long-distance raid, compared with the Japanese fleet that has been participating in the battle, it can definitely be said to be waiting for work. They carry more than 400 fighter jets. Once some of the planes take off, they do not return to the aircraft carrier, but fly to Pearl as supplementary supplies. port. Therefore, in terms of the number of aircraft, the number of American aircraft is not as small as the Japanese estimated.

Of course, the Japanese navy has an absolute numerical advantage, with 8 battleships and 4 fleet aircraft carriers. Moreover, the Japanese naval aviation has very rich combat experience, and almost all of them are skilled old pilots. So they had no fear, and felt that the US fleet would never dare to appear near Pearl Harbor.

The tragedy is that Japan's 2nd aircraft carrier fleet left the waters near Oahu a day ago in order to support the troops attacking Darwin Port. Therefore, the absolute aircraft carrier advantage of the Japanese Navy no longer exists. The number of carrier-based aircraft between the two sides is actually similar, which also makes Sanben Fifty-Six worried.

The two fleets have not found their opponents now. Spruance does not know the exact location of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet led by General Nagumo Chuichi. He only knows that the Japanese 1st Battleship Squadron is bombarding Oahu. Nagumo Chuichi doesn't know that the US fleet has arrived, and he is still preparing to attack and bomb the US military facilities on Oahu.

The sun is rising little by little, it is really a rare good weather.