Chapter 501 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger Five

"The special training of the Akagi flight team is now over. All personnel pack up and board the ship on time at 4 o'clock this afternoon!"

In a very spacious lounge full of pilots, Lieutenant Colonel Mitsuo Fuchida, the captain of the Akagi flight team, announced the "boarding" order in public. Now all the captains, whether flying Zero fighters, "Comet" dive bombers or Type 97 torpedo bombers, have understood the tactics of American fighters and know that American pilots are very difficult opponents - in fact, most American pilots are easier to deal with than German aces like Hessman Jr.

"Japanese pilots are now disbanded." Mitsuo Fuchida then gave another order, and then he said in English: "All German pilots stay."

More than a hundred Japanese in the room stood up and filed out in an orderly manner. Only 8 German pilots assigned to the Akagi were left. According to the plan, they will form a fighter squadron with Hessman Jr. as the squadron leader (the Japanese carrier-based aircraft unit has a squadron organization) to be responsible for the direct cover of the Akagi in the upcoming battle.

Mitsuo Fuchida continued in English: "Everyone, we are going to board the Akagi aircraft carrier, and then we will stay on the aircraft carrier for a long time, and we will go to a relatively cold place, so please bring more warm clothes."

The Akagi aircraft carrier will go to Saki Bay, where it will conduct a week of training, and then it will leave Saki Bay on November 18 and head for Danguan Bay on Etorofu Island in northern Japan.

Fuchida continued: "Your aircraft has been sent to the aircraft carrier. It is a Fokker Zero manufactured according to the drawings provided by Fokker Company. Except for the lack of superchargers and MW50 systems, everything else is the same as the Fokker Zero. The engine is also manufactured using German technology and has very strong horsepower. You have a week to familiarize yourself with the new aircraft and practice taking off and landing on the Akagi."

It is now November 11th, and one week later will be November 18th. The Akagi will go to Danguan Bay on Sawaroku Island, the assembly point of the First Mobile Fleet.

According to the "Z Operation Plan" formulated by Isoroku Yamamoto (actually formulated by the staff).

The First Mobile Fleet, which consists of 8 aircraft carriers including Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Zuikaku, Shokaku, Ryujo, and Hosho, as well as 12 battleships including the Kongo-class battleships Hiei and Kirishima, and the heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma, plus 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers, 3 submarines, and 7 oilers, will depart from Danguan Bay on November 26, enter the standby area and refuel in the evening of December 3, and then wait for Yamamoto's order.

Unlike the "Z Operation Plan" in history, this "Z Operation Plan" is much more complicated. Because Yamamoto Isoroku's goal this time is not to launch a sneak attack, but to occupy the Hawaiian Islands! If the goal of occupation is not achieved, a decisive battle with the US Pacific Fleet in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands will be carried out, and efforts will be made to give a devastating blow!

On the battleship "Nagato" anchored at Hashima Island, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was giving instructions to Chuichi Nagumo, who was about to command the First Mobile Fleet to attack.

"Mr. Nagumo, this time the fleet with the "Nagato" and "Mutsu" as the core will also be dispatched, commanded by Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu, to escort the Taiwan Mixed Brigade to Hawaii. If the surprise attack is successful, the landing operation will be launched immediately..."

In the commander-in-chief's cabin on the "Nagato", Isoroku Yamamoto and his old subordinate Chuichi Nagumo sat on the ground, with a sea chart near Hawaii spread out between the two, and two cups of cold coffee placed.

Isoroku Yamamoto's time on the "Nagato" is running out, because the new flagship of the Combined Fleet, the "Yamato", has been completed and is currently undergoing sea trials. According to the plan, on December 1, Isoroku Yamamoto and the Combined Fleet Command will board the "Yamato Hotel" in Danguan Bay, and the original flagship "Nagato" will become the flagship of the "Hawaii Expeditionary Fleet", with the former 1st Fleet Commander Takasu Shiro as the commander. Escort thousands of elite Japanese army officers and soldiers to Hawaii.

The Taiwan Mixed Brigade commanded by Major General Yuichi Tsuchihashi was sent by the Army to participate in the Hawaiian operation. The Taiwan Mixed Brigade is of course not a force mainly composed of Taiwanese, but a brigade-level detachment composed of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments and the Taiwan Mountain Artillery Detachment (composed of 2 squadrons) under the Taiwan Army (Japanese garrison in Taiwan).

Although each unit is named "Taiwan", the vast majority of the wealthy in these "Taiwan" units are Japanese, with only a very small number of Taiwanese volunteers - Japan has not yet implemented a conscription system in Taiwan, and only a small number of volunteers exist. Moreover, these Taiwanese volunteers have Japanese names, and are completely Japanese in thought and culture, and can basically be regarded as Japanese.

However, it was impossible for less than 7,000 troops to attack Oahu with only two infantry regiments and two mountain artillery squadrons. The mission of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade was to land on Kauai, where there were few American troops defending the island. Along with them, there were 3,000 laborers from North Korea and Taiwan. Their mission was to expand the airport, docks, and build barracks on Kauai.

"If the raid on Pearl Harbor achieves good results," Yamamoto Isoroku said, "the First Mobile Fleet will retreat to the open sea to join the Hawaii Dispatch Fleet, and then the two ships 'Hiei' and 'Kirishima' will join the Hawaii Dispatch Fleet. Hawaii will send a fleet south to attack Kauai and act as a decoy. If the decisive battle is won, the next step will be to attack the island of Oahu. The fleet escorts the army's troops to Hawaii to join the war!"

The First Fleet has always operated together with the Combined Fleet Command. After Yamamoto Isoroku took the command to the "Yamato", the original First Fleet will be renamed the Hawaii Dispatch Fleet, and the new First Fleet will It will be organized starting with "Yamato" as the flagship.

"Commander, has the Army agreed to send a large force to fight in Hawaii?" Nagumo Chuichi asked with some uncertainty. He had not heard any news about this.

Yamamoto Isoroku shook his head and said with a wry smile: "How can someone like Fool Yuan understand Oahu's key position in this war?"

"Fool Moto" is the nickname of the current Japanese Chief of Staff Moto Sugiyama. This guy is not stupid, he just looks a bit dull.

In addition, like most Japanese army officers, he is a "mainlandist" and hopes to turn to the East Asian continent after solving the oil supply problem. That's why Yamamoto Isoroku called him "Fool Yuan" behind his back.

"Fool Yuan thinks that as long as the oil supply is solved and the continent to the west is taken over, the empire will have the basis to compete with Germany and the United States." Yamamoto Isoroku said in a dumbfounded voice. "He felt that it was not enough for us Japan to defeat the United States, and we had to add the Soviet Union. He really didn't know what to say."

"Commander, then the battle in Hawaii..." Nagumo Tadashi was stunned.

Yamamoto Isoroku smiled and said to Nagumo: "Nagumo-kun, it's up to you. If you can win a big victory like the Battle of Tsushima in Hawaii, then even the fool Yuan can't stop us from occupying Hawaii." . Only by capturing Hawaii can the empire’s absolute defense circle be truly guaranteed.”

Nan Yunzhong nodded, "Commander, please rest assured that the First Mobile Fleet will go all out!"

Yamamoto smiled and nodded, "By the way, the Germans don't agree to send aircraft carriers to the Pacific, but they have sent a guided missile cruiser."

"Missile cruiser? What is a missile?"

"It's a human-operated flying bomb," Yamamoto Isoroku said. "The Germans' ultimate idea was to use radio guidance, so they named this weapon a missile. But at the moment they have not solved the problem of radio guidance, so It will be changed to manned driving.”

"Is there anyone in Germany who is willing to drive this kind of missile?" Nagumo Chuichi asked a little uncertainly.

"Probably not..." Yamamoto Isoroku shook his head, "So they sent this guided missile cruiser named 'Kaiser Friedrich III' to support us. According to the German description, this is a standard ship The large ship with a displacement of 23,700 tons has two V3 missile launchers and carries 18 V3 missiles and 1 V3 training bomb.”

"When will the ship arrive?"

Yamamoto Isoroku replied: "It will arrive in Japan before the end of this month. If all goes well, the 'Emperor Friedrich III' will operate together with the 'Yamato'. It will participate in the final attack on Oahu early next year. "

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Oahu, Pearl Harbor.

Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Aircraft Carrier Task Force, quickly walked into the Pacific Fleet Headquarters building. He had just gotten off his flagship USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, and before he could go home, he received a call from the Pacific Fleet Command, asking him to see Admiral Husband Kimmel immediately.

When he walked into the Pacific Fleet Headquarters building, he found that there was a hint of gunpowder here. The officers coming in and out were all in a hurry, with very solemn expressions on their faces. Some of them were still talking in low voices. The content of the conversation was not about the weekend dance party or the sunshine on the beach, but how to kill the Japanese!

Although Halsey liked such topics very much, he was still very puzzled that someone in Pacific Fleet Command was actually discussing war! Lieutenant General Halsey thought, has Japan declared war on the United States?